We Need That Five Sense Experience — Mac Geek Gab 959 episode image

We Need That Five Sense Experience — Mac Geek Gab 959

Terminal tips to do make tricky things easy, an Apple Pencil alternative, Robots to clean your home and your pool, and a hidden pinball game are just the first few things you’ll hear from John, Pete, and Dave in this week’s Mac Geek Gab episode. Plus, with answers to important questions like, “How do I unmute my husband?” you’re guaranteed to learn at least five new things! Press play and join your three favorite geeks for Read more…

NFC Tags are Technological Rabbits — Mac Geek Gab 958 episode image

NFC Tags are Technological Rabbits — Mac Geek Gab 958

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 958 for Monday, December 5, 2022 Paul-QT-Restart Your Apple TV Remote by Pressing TV+Volume-Down for 5 Seconds 00:02:48 Requiem for a Keyboard Matias Tactile Pro Keyboard The MGG Discord Server is Live! The MGG Merch Store is Live! Cool Stuff Found 00:07:15 Ben-CSF-954–Script to Delete all Google Photos 00:09:36 Matt-CSF-Endurance to Stress Test your Mac’s CPU 00:10:47 Scott-957–Keyboard Maestro is a Good Alternative for Quitting Apps in macOS Quitter Read more…

Down The Meta Rabbit Hole – Mac Geek Gab 957 episode image

Down The Meta Rabbit Hole – Mac Geek Gab 957

Did you know about macOS Ventura’s Background Noise? How about making Apple Pay easier on your Apple Watch? Quick Tips rule the day here…right up until the tangents take over! Yep, this one’s got more rabbit holes than most, but you get to join your three favorite geeks having fun doing what they love: geeking out! Heck, they even geek out about the nerdy particulars that might have caused TicketMaster’s recent Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco. Read more…

My Lizard Brain Knows It — Mac Geek Gab 956 episode image

My Lizard Brain Knows It — Mac Geek Gab 956

Did you know you could change your iPhone’s Wi-Fi network during the setup process? How about the Terminal’s ability to show you a list of remote connection options? These are just the first two Quick Tips this week, and it continues from there, folks! Listen as John and Dave take you on a tour (tear?) through tons of great Quick Tips, Questions, and more, hitting on the iPhone, the Mac, and the Apple Watch. Then Read more…

Don’t Hide Stuff From Yourself – Mac Geek Gab 955 episode image

Don’t Hide Stuff From Yourself – Mac Geek Gab 955

Tips for your iPhone and Apple Watch start today’s episode, including some often-overlooked nuances of Focus Modes to make your life even better. Then John, Dave, and Pete answer your questions about MacBooks losing battery during sleep, Apple TV installations, Stage Manager and more. Some Cool Stuff Found rounds out the episode to ensure you—and your three favorite geeks—each learn at least five new things. Press play…and don’t get caught! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Read more…

You Mean To Say Purpler — Mac Geek Gab 954 episode image

You Mean To Say Purpler — Mac Geek Gab 954

Cool Stuff Found rules the day today, with Continuity Camera mounts, Lightroom replacements, Email tweaks, and the final word on 3-in-1 Charging Cubes. That’s not all, though. John, Pete, and Dave dissect (and maybe even answer!) your questions about Ventura’s extra CPU usage, syncing text replacement, AirTag notifications and more. Oh, and obviously Dave has yet another rant about Ventura’s System Settings because… duh. Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things with Read more…

What Madness Is This?!? (aka Ventura's System Settings) — Mac Geek Gab 953 episode image

What Madness Is This?!? (aka macOS Ventura’s System Settings) — Mac Geek Gab 953

macOS Ventura changed the way we manage preferences with its System Settings app…and lots of things aren’t where we’d expect to find them! Listen as John tries to help Dave make sense of some of these…and maybe that helps us all! There’s more: your two favorite geeks dig into your questions about Wi-Fi speeds, travel chargers, and the security of Photos on your iPhone. That plus some great Cool Stuff Found submissions from the MGG Read more…

Change is...Bad? — Mac Geek Gab 952 episode image

Change is…Bad? — Mac Geek Gab 952

Apple makes changes, mayhem ensues! Except when it doesn’t and everything’s fine. Listen as John, Pete, and Dave talk through Apple’s changes of the week, from new hardware to newly-released operating systems. macOS Ventura, iPadOS 16.1, new iPads, new Apple TVs…all of it needs to be dissected by your three favorite geeks. That’s not all, though! Quick Tips are shared, your questions are answered, and there’s even a little bit of time for Cool Stuff Read more…

Beware Alert Blindness — Mac Geek Gab 951 episode image

Beware Alert Blindness — Mac Geek Gab 951

Your Apple and tech questions answered include Doug, who has trouble with Safari loading pages, Bob, whose DiskStation is being hacked, and Richard, who wants to connect external drives to his Mac. Also, learn how to check your Carbon Copy Cloner Free Space Requirement to be sure you’re not over-filling your drive with snapshots. All of this and WAY more — and how to use your technology to weigh less — here with John, Dave, and Read more…

Conjuring Up The Battery Person — Mac Geek Gab 950 episode image

Conjuring Up The Battery Person — Mac Geek Gab 950

Which router should you buy? How much free space do I really have on my Mac? Where are my AirPods? These are just some of your questions answered by your three favorite geeks here this week. And then there are the Quick Tips. Oh, man, are there Quick Tips. Listen as Pilot Pete, John F. Braun, and Dave Hamilton go through all this stuff and more to ensure that you learn at least five new things! Read more…