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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Call Haptics, Photo GeoData Warnings, and Space-Saving iPhone Tricks

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

Tech News, Technology, How To, News, Education

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Call Haptics, Photo GeoData Warnings, and Space-Saving iPhone Tricks — Mac Geek Gab 1117 episode image

You kick off this week’s episode on D. B. Cooper Day with a rapid-fire mix of fresh iOS 26 tricks and Mac power-moves. You learn how iOS 26’s haptic call alerts work, how Alfred can shut down your Mac faster than any menu, and how Forklift’s sync feature rivals DeltaWalker without any hassle. Shortcuts get smarter with automated sleep tracking, Command-P becomes your instant PDF escape hatch, and you get clarity on when you do and don’t need to hand over your phone as a digital ID. Listener follow-ups keep the energy rolling, including a reminder to rethink long-held holiday assumptions and a shoutout to Tailscale for keeping your tech effortlessly connected.

Then it’s time to sharpen your defensive instincts so you Don’t Get Caught. You hear how to avoid being stranded without a wireless charger, why sending photos can leak your location, and what to do when the Mac App Store refuses to update your apps. You dig into undeleting Mail quirks, discover where your iPhone hides space-hogging files, and pick up smart workflows for offloading Messages media with CCC, iMazing, and Apple’s GDPR archive. You close with a simple breakdown of SSH so you can finally understand what’s happening when you open that mysterious Remote Login switch.

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0:00.0

It's time for Matt Geekab and listener Alex brings us our quick tip of the week.

0:06.7

He says, here's a celebration.

0:09.8

When we call someone and they answer, iPhones finally notify us with a vibration.

0:15.7

It took mere decades to catch up with Android.

0:18.0

He continues.

0:18.8

Such obvious shortcomings really make me question whether we are fair to call iPhones,

0:23.0

the most convenient phones.

0:24.1

But he's right.

0:26.0

This is a very cool feature.

0:27.8

It appears to be on by default.

0:30.1

If you go into settings,

0:31.2

phone haptics on iOS 26, it will vibrate your phone not only when a call is connected, but also when a call drops.

0:41.6

Because sometimes you don't know that a call has dropped because the sound quality is so pristine and there's no background noise.

0:48.5

And it's just like, wait, you know, how many times, and for me, have we talked and talked and talked and

0:55.9

realized, oh, wait, that call dropped, like in the middle of my soliloquy there. So, yes,

1:01.5

settings phone haptics will, uh, we'll let you turn this on in iOS 26 and it's probably on

1:06.4

by default. More tips like this. Plus, your questions answered today on MacGeekab 1117 for Monday,

1:14.8

November 24th, D. where we share tips like that.

1:42.6

We share cool stuff found, things that we found, things that you found.

1:45.7

We share questions that either you have or we have and hopefully some answers coming in.

1:50.8

We loosely string it together in an agenda that sets us all up for success in learning at least five new things every single time we get together.

2:02.6

Our monthly giveaway this month is your own open case that you can get at giveaway.

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