Episodes

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Siri can do SO many things for you now, including restarting, battery level, and controlling the flashlight in fun ways. Plus, want an easier way to launch the camera? Listen as John and Dave share all of your favorite tips and then answer your questions. Plus, your two favorite geeks have come across some fun vaporware that you’re not going to want to miss. Press play, and don’t get caught! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Read more…

Quick Tips to resize macOS background windows, quick-delete apps on your iPhone, get perfect shape in markup, and finding your Apple Books are just how your three favorite geeks start this episode. Then John, Dave, and Pete answer your questions and share tips about archiving your email, fixing the Mac App Store, paying for your subscriptions, and more about using eSIMs. Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 948 for Monday, September 26, 2022 Allison-QT-Command-Drag The Read more…