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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Healthier Than Doomscrolling

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

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Healthier Than Doomscrolling – Mac Geek Gab 1136 episode image

You get a rapid-fire run of Mac tips that actually make your daily workflow smoother instead of noisier. From finally being able to change your Gmail address and using Markdown to escape Apple Notes, to smarter ways to attach glass screen protectors, auto-mount network shares, prune that graveyard of old Bluetooth devices, and squeeze better battery life from your iPad Pro, this episode keeps you moving instead of doomscrolling. If you’re shopping monitors for a Mac mini, curious why Find My wants light, or looking to travel with the right iPhone car mount, you’ll walk away with practical, field-tested ideas you can apply immediately.

Then you dive into a real-world warning shot: Adobe quietly touching your /etc/hosts file and what that means for taking control back on your own Mac so you Don’t Get Caught. You’ll also hear listener-vetted iPhone cases—from rugged bumpers and leather shells to newer clear cases that don’t yellow—so you can carry your iPhone with confidence and a bit more style.

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's time for Matt Geekab and I'll bring us our quick tip of the week because I noticed that Google announced that you can now change your Gmail slash Google username.

0:14.3

Of course, you have to be able to change it to something that's available.

0:17.9

So you can't change it to something someone else has.

0:20.7

But if you've been having like, you know, skater rat forever as your Gmail name and you want to

0:28.0

change it to say something boring like, you know, Dave at gmail.com, you are allowed to do that

0:34.1

as long as no one else has Dave at gmail.com, which it turns out somebody does.

0:37.2

But I bet you can find something.

0:39.5

We will link to how you do this.

0:41.6

And your old email address becomes an alias to you.

0:45.7

So you won't lose the emails that are being sent to you.

0:50.0

More quick tips like this.

0:51.7

Plus, your questions answered today on MacGeekub 1136 for Monday, April 6th, New Beers Eve, 2026.

1:01.6

Welcome back.

1:02.4

Oh, wrong.

1:03.3

Oh, see, that's the wrong.

1:04.6

Welcome back, everybody.

1:05.6

It is.

1:06.0

Welcome back to MacGeekov and cheers on New Beers Eve.

1:10.0

Yeah. to Mac Geekab and cheers on New Beer's Eve.

1:31.6

Greetings, folks, and welcome to MacGeb, the show where we share quick tips like that.

1:32.8

We share cool stuff found.

1:33.7

We share questions.

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