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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Embracing Schrödinger's Desktop

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

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Embracing Schrödinger's Desktop — Mac Geek Gab 1086 episode image

You’ll walk away from this episode armed with rapid‑fire Quick Tips that shave precious seconds off your day: shuffle your iOS wallpaper for fresh vibes automatically, sling “>>” in Notes to summon recent docs, and force‑sync iCloud Photos when lag strikes. Dial down cellular burnout with Low Data Mode—yes, Mint Mobile’s “unlimited” finally lives up to its name—and tap dual‑language keyboards to spell‑check like a polyglot. Kill those “Paste from Other Apps” nags, drag Finder’s sidebar sections exactly where you want them, at least until you have to embrace Schrödinger’s Desktop zen: Let Go, Let Apple.

Then you dive deeper. Teach your Apple TV Remote new gestures, diagnose that muffled HDMI‑ARC audio before it ruins movie night, and verify printer drivers so crummy pages don’t get you fired. Garmin tools favor macOS, but confirm app permissions so rogue software doesn’t hijack your devices—Thunderbird’s indexing quirks included. Add Touch ID to any Mac mini with a Magic Keyboard or BLEUnlock, tame a cramped 256 GB laptop with Hazel’s smart folders, and squeeze every drop from your ink cartridges with savvy resets and reliable third‑party refills. Don’t Get Caught without these hacks in your toolkit.

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0:00.0

It's time for Mac Geek gab and Sandwich Girl brings us our quick tip of the week with

0:07.1

have your lock screen wallpaper change daily, hourly, or whenever you choose.

0:12.8

When you lock your phone or when you tap the lock screen, that sort of thing.

0:16.5

In iOS, you go to settings.

0:18.5

Tap add new wallpaper.

0:20.2

Choose photo shuffle. And you can choose settings, tap add new wallpaper. Choose photo shuffle.

0:22.3

And you can choose the photos you want by search by word, favorites, any album that's in

0:27.6

that sort of thing.

0:28.3

Choose up to 50 different photos.

0:30.5

And then you select the frequency on tap, unlock, hourly, or daily.

0:35.5

More tips like this, plus your questions answered today on MacGeekab 1086 for Monday,

0:42.2

April 21st, 2025.

0:44.6

Thank you. Greetings, folks, and welcome to Matt KeeKab, the show where you send in quick tips like that.

1:06.7

You send in cool stuff found.

1:07.9

You send in questions.

1:08.9

We share all of them.

1:10.6

And then with your

1:11.4

questions hopefully we answer them or at least provide a discussion on the troubleshooting path

1:17.1

so that we can each learn at least five new things every single time we get together

1:23.8

barebones.com with bb BB Edit is our sponsor for today.

1:28.8

And yes, BB Edit is open on my Mac as I speak, as it always is.

1:34.0

We'll talk more about why that is in a little bit.

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