Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
by Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
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About this podcast
Get answers to your Apple tech questions every week! Dave Hamilton, Adam Christianson, and Pilot Pete share tips, tricks, and troubleshooting advice for your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and more — all delivered in a fun, friendly way that helps geeks and everyday users alike. Don’t Get Caught without your tech working right!
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- Your Data Took the Scenic Route · 1 h 8 min · Episode 1167Bring back a tap-to-stop button for alarms and timers in iOS 26 with one Accessibility setting, then let Siri do the math when you ask for a timer that ends at a specific time…
- Seventeen Hours to Save Five Minutes · 1 h 21 min · Episode 1166Hold Option while you drag a window edge and your Mac resizes around its center, and that’s just the start of what the Option key unlocks, from hidden Wi-Fi diagnostics to extra…
- Wake Up, It’s Time to Go to Sleep · 1 h 18 min · Episode 1165Kick off Mac Geek Gab 1165 with a stack of Quick Tips: find the four new options hiding in iOS 27’s jiggly-icon mode, see how Messages remembers where you were when you jump back…
- Cool Stuff Made for an Audience of One · 1 h 21 min · Episode 1164Mac Geek Gab 1164 is all about Cool Stuff Made, the apps you built and sent in, starting with Tap2Click, which finally gives your Magic Mouse a quiet tap-to-click. You’ll hear…
- Emphatically Kind Requests · 1 h 17 min · Episode 1163Customize your Finder icons for instant recognition, stretch your Apple Watch battery on long workouts with Low Power Mode, and jump months back in your Messages history with a…
- Chromations or Aberrations or a Sheen · 1 h 21 min · Episode 1162Kick off Mac Geek Gab 1162 with a stack of quick tips. You’ll stop your iPhone’s Camera Control from firing on every accidental squeeze, flip the Mac app switcher into reverse…
- Naked In Public · 1 h 22 min · Episode 1161Kick off Mac Geek Gab 1161 with a round of Quick Tips: flip through browser tabs with Command-Shift-[ and ], kill your iPhone flashlight with one tap, and learn iOS 27’s new…
- Old Contact, Who Dis? · 1 h 18 min · Episode 1160You’ll learn how to ask S-Lady to find a family member through Find My so you don’t have to call them, and why Command-Backtick (one key up from Tab) cycles windows inside a…
- It's Not a Crease, It's a Wave · 1 h 34 min · Episode 1159Apple’s September 2026 keynote is in the books, and Pilot Pete, Adam Christianson, and Dave Hamilton are here to help you figure out what’s actually worth your money. You kick…
- Maybe It's "S-Bot" · 1 h 26 min · Episode 1158Start Mac Geek Gab 1158 with Quick Tips you’ll actually use: trigger your iPhone’s camera from your Apple Watch, pull a full-quality photo out of any video in iOS 27, and find…
- SneakerNet Is Real · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1157Kick off Mac Geek Gab 1157 with a rapid-fire round of Quick Tips: find the new Siri option hiding in your Camera app, tame Archive Utility’s settings to streamline your workflow…
- Maslow vs. The Finder · 1 h 21 min · Episode 1156Ever fire off a text that never actually sent? You’ll learn how to clear those stale unsent iMessages out of the More menu, move your Dock between displays using nothing but your…
- When Your Group Chat Tells You to Fork Off · 1 h 26 min · Episode 1155Command+Comma jumps you straight into any well-coded Mac app’s settings, no menu-hunting required, and Option+Return reveals the formula in any Numbers cell (Command+Return puts…
- Don't Start Half Fresh · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1154You’ll start with a travel charger that swallows 200-plus countries into one brick, then find out that macOS Tahoe 26.6 is quietly rebuilding your Spotlight index to get ready…
- Take a Photo to Find Your Photos · 1 h 28 min · Episode 1153Your quick tips run deep this week. Learn why snapping a throwaway photo is the fastest route to every picture you’ve ever taken at that spot, then rediscover Libby for free…
- A Wonderful Opportunity to Get Super Confused · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1152Your Quick Tip arsenal gets a serious upgrade this week: use the Live Text button to make scanning QR codes easier, resurrect Apple Mail’s Predicted Mailbox when it mysteriously…
- The Green Light Never Lies · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1151Fresh off Macstock, you get the full debrief on this year’s gathering before diving into a stacked round of Quick Tips. You’ll learn how to disable Summarize Notification…
- Reclaim Your Storage: iCloud, RAM & Space-Saving Secrets · 1 h 19 min · Episode 1150This week on Mac Geek Gab 1150, Pilot Pete, Adam Christianson, and Dave Hamilton pack an Embrace Your Geekness Day episode with Quick Tips you’ll put to work immediately. You’ll…
- Save Room For Your iCloud Dessert · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1149You learn at least five new things every episode, and this one stacks them fast. Roll your Apple Watch crown instead of tapping it to keep Sleep mode from searing your eyes, then…
- There’s No Two Hands About It · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1148Mac Geek Gab 1148 hands you a fresh stack of Quick Tips you’ll actually use. You’ll find out how Mark recovered every one of his accidentally deleted iMessages with…
- One Exclamation Point Short · 1 h 17 min · Episode 1147Ever triggered a hidden Mac feature by accident? This week you’ll find out why a stray backtick fires up the Magnifier in macOS Preview, and how a single screenshot plus built-in…
- WWDC 2026 Reactions, Tailscale Tricks, and Charging Hacks That Work · 1 h 23 min · Episode 1146This week on Mac Geek Gab, you’re stacking up power moves from the jump. You’ll learn how to clean up messy lists in your favorite text editor, discover that any USB-C port on…
- Mic-graines and Infotainment! · 1 h 22 min · Episode 1145Your iPhone might be running hot and draining fast — and it’s not just you. Dave and Pilot Pete break down the battery chaos introduced by iOS 26.5, which brought overheating…
- Translate Anything, Tame Your Desktop, and Dodge the Plex Price Hike · 1 h 16 min · Episode 1144This week you’ll learn to lean on Apple Intelligence to translate almost any text on the fly, lock down and hide sensitive apps on iOS, and finally tame your Desktop by…
- How Do We Say G? · 1 h 17 min · Episode 1143Geek Pride Day kicks off an episode packed with the kind of tips you’ll actually use. You’ll learn why Shift+Tab is your fastest escape from a runaway numbered list, how holding…
- Must-Know AirPods, Screen Sharing & Smart Home Wins for Apple Users · 1 h 26 min · Episode 1142You’ll sharpen your daily tech game this week: add names directly to Mail recipient fields, kill those sneaky iOS nickname pop-ups before they embarrass you, and stay alert to…
- The eSIM Showdown, Sync Mysteries, and Must-Know Mac Tricks · 1 h 10 min · Episode 1141Buckle up, geeks! This week’s Quick Tips have you refreshing the App Store like a pro, turning Finder’s Quick Actions into a PDF-combining powerhouse, swiping that iOS…
- Long-Press, Click, Recover: iPhone Tricks You'll Actually Use · 1 h 24 min · Episode 1140Pilot Pete and Dave open Episode 1140 with a rapid-fire round of quick tips you’ll wish you’d known sooner: long-press the App Store icon to jump straight to Updates, long-press…
- Cool Stuff Found Marathon: 20+ Must-Know Mac Tools, Gadgets & AI Hacks · 1 h 24 min · Episode 1139This week’s episode is a Cool Stuff Found marathon, packed with gems you need to bookmark. You’ll get a launcher upgrade with TinyStart, a slick dual-pane file manager in…
- Mesh Networks, iCloud Bandwidth Fixes, and Must-Know Mac Tips · 1 h 19 min · Episode 1138This week on Mac Geek Gab 1138, Pilot Pete, Adam, and Dave tackle your burning questions and deliver the tips that keep your tech humming. You’ll learn how to properly delete…
- Why Your AI App Matters, What's Draining Your iPad & How TSA Digital ID Works · 1 h 21 min · Episode 1137You’ve got quick tips galore this week: if your iPad battery’s draining mysteriously, your Apple Pencil might be the culprit, so pop it off when you’re not using it. Want custom…
- Healthier Than Doomscrolling · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1136You get a rapid-fire run of Mac tips that actually make your daily workflow smoother instead of noisier. From finally being able to change your Gmail address and using Markdown…
- When the Internet Spits You Out · 1 h 19 min · Episode 1135You’re about to spend an hour geeking out about the moments when your tech life goes sideways and how to keep it all under control. You’ll hit World Backup Day prep, tame your…
- Siri Power Moves, CarPlay Smarts, and Phil Schiller's SXSW Stories · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1134You’ll come away from this episode with a faster, smarter iPhone and Mac workflow dialed in. You learn how to boss Siri around for brightness, Dark Mode, CarPlay directions, and…
- Geek Therapy · 1 h 22 min · Episode 1133You get dropped right into geek therapy this week as you bounce from cult-favorite movies to Pixar shorts, then straight into practical Mac and iOS wins. You learn how to use the…
- We Are Not The Mickey Mice! · 1 h 22 min · Episode 1132You start this episode by supercharging your daily Apple workflow with rapid-fire Quick Tips: speaking the time from your wrist, taming screenshot previews, unzooming a stuck…
- That’s Not Multitasking, That’s Cheating · 1 h 23 min · Episode 1131You drop into an iMessage quick tip and quickly branch into a whole toolkit for running your Apple life smarter. You learn faster ways to edit messages, how Slack’s up-arrow…
- My Chatbot Ate My Inbox · 1 h 24 min · Episode 1130You start this episode leveling up your daily workflows with fast, memorable tweaks: styling text in Notes with a long press, dropping today’s date into Google Sheets with a…
- Shaving With Occam's Razor · 1 h 24 min · Episode 1129You get a firehose of genuinely useful Apple tips this week, starting with new muscle-memory moves you’ll actually use: cycling app windows with Cmd + `, nodding or shaking to…
- Cool Stuff Found While Surfing with Agentic Browsers · 1 h 26 min · Episode 1128This week on Mac Geek Gab 1128, you dive into a treasure chest of Cool Stuff Found with Pilot Pete, Adam Christianson, and Dave Hamilton. From DockLock Lite keeping your Dock in…
- Newly Effectuated Reduced Functionality · 1 h 18 min · Episode 1127You move fast in this episode, stacking Quick Tips that shave friction off your day almost immediately. You tell Siri to take notes on command, record audio directly inside Notes…
- Car As a Service · 1 h 18 min · Episode 1126You start with deceptively simple wins that immediately clean up your digital life. You batch-rename files in Finder, unlock hidden gestures on both Mac and iPhone, and speed…
- This Will All Be On The Test · 1 h 21 min · Episode 1125You start with Quick Tips that tighten up your daily Apple workflow fast. You learn how CarPlay scrubbing actually works while driving, how Siri can jump forward or back in…
- CES 2026: Cool Stuff Found That Actually Matters · 1 h 9 min · Episode 1124You walk the CES 2026 floor with Pete and Dave and quickly realize this episode is about practical gear that earns its place in your life. You hear about clever headphones…
- All Rhyme, No Reason, Just Tabs · 1 h 19 min · Episode 1123You kick off the year by tightening your Apple habits, starting with smart Quick Tips that actually stick. You build year-based music playlists for offline listening, flip on…
- Hidden macOS 26 Features, Homebrew Upgrades, and VPN Gotchas · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1122You dive straight into practical macOS and workflow wins, starting with macOS 26’s new ability to record video by window and moving quickly into keeping your Homebrew setup…
- Waiting for Snow Tahoe · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1121You dig into the little things macOS quietly does for you, starting with the surprising truth about Clipboard History and why macOS 26 might feel slower than you’d expect. You…
- Siri, It's Time For an Intercontinental Misunderstanding · 1 h 23 min · Episode 1120You jump straight into a rapid-fire run of Quick Tips that quietly level up how you use your devices every day. You learn how iOS 26 now shows charging time right on the lock…
- Scoring the Sleep Scores · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1119You dive into a packed Cool Stuff Found episode this week, moving fast from sensor-powered tinkering with phyphox to smarter dictation using Wispr Flow, altitude readouts in…
- Treat Your TV Like a Monitor · 1 h 17 min · Episode 1118You kick off this episode with a rapid-fire blast of Quick Tips that sharpen how you use your Mac, iPhone, and apps every day. You learn how to tame iOS typing quirks, get the…
