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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Do Your Homework and Don’t Get Caught

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

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Do Your Homework and Don’t Get Caught — Mac Geek Gab 1112 episode image

This week, you’re diving deep into a treasure trove of quick tips and practical geekery with Dave, Pilot Pete, and Adam! From setting iOS call-back reminders to connecting keyboards to your iPhone or iPad, you’ll learn how to make Apple’s ecosystem work smarter for you. Discover why Numbers might finally replace Excel, how to share spreadsheets with non-Mac users, and why FileMaker still rules the database world. macOS Tahoe brings a few surprises too—automatic FileVault encryption and a slick new SSH remote unlock feature—plus Docker tricks for keeping MariaDB safe across installs and smarter audio control for Zoom with SoundSource.

Then, it’s time for MGG’s signature blend of news and gear: Synology loosens its drive rules, Apple’s M5 chip and Vision Pro refresh redefine what’s “next-gen,” and the hosts roll through this year’s first Gift Guide—packed with clever, affordable gadgets from wireless CarPlay screens to flight-ready Bluetooth transmitters. Finally, listener questions hit hard: should you upgrade to macOS 26, and what’s the real story behind its indexing bugs? Tune in, geek out, and remember—Don’t Get Caught without your tech homework done!

 

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0:00.0

It's time for Mac Geekab and listener Kiwi Graham brings us our quick tip of the week with

0:06.9

Hi folks, I just noticed on iOS 26 that a swipe left on the recent call list in the iPhone app

0:15.0

gives a clock icon action as well as a trash icon. Tapping the clock allows you to set a callback reminder.

0:23.1

I don't recall seeing that feature in the previous iOS versions, but maybe I just missed it.

0:27.7

More tips like this, plus your questions answered today on Mac Geekab 1112 for Monday, October 20th, 2025.

0:36.9

Music and 12 for Monday, October 20th, 2025.

1:13.4

Greetings, folks, and welcome to Matt Keekeb, the show where, like Adam said, we send, you send in your tips, we share them, you send in your cool stuff found, we share them, you send in your don't get caught, we share them, you send in your questions, we share them, maybe even answer them, hopefully answer them, in an agenda that is organized such that each of us gets to learn at least five new things every single time we come together, which is usually

1:20.1

weekly, very usually weekly, habitually weekly, obsessively weekly. Sponsors for this episode

1:26.9

include Barebone Software's BB Edit at barebones.com, an app that is always open on my Mac.

1:35.2

I was just checking to see if, yep, it's there.

1:37.6

And gusto.com slash MGU.

1:39.6

That's where you can go to get three months free when you run your first payroll with this very cool

1:45.8

service. We'll talk more about both of these in a little bit. For now, here on Information

1:50.3

Overload Day in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton. And here in South Dakota, I'm Adam

1:56.8

Christensen. And here also in New Hampshire, it's Pilot Pete.

2:01.3

Good to be back with you guys.

2:03.2

This weekly appointment that we seem to have obsessively.

2:06.3

Yes, our obsessive weekly appointment.

2:08.3

Yeah.

2:10.9

Obsessively will remind us weekly of the MackeyCab giveaway at Mackeb.com slash giveaway.

2:16.1

And this month, it is power photos. We are giving

2:19.1

away several licenses to that. So make sure you go sign up for that because it's one of those

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