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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

It's a Clear Case of Lying

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

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

It's a Clear Case of Lying — Mac Geek Gab 1109 episode image

Pete and Dave admit they couldn’t resist ordering new iPhones—though Adam stayed strong—but the catch is they haven’t even received them yet. That doesn’t stop the crew from diving into the best ways to buy and sell your old gear, plus a slew of Quick Tips you’ll actually use. From setting your default calling app to snagging Amazon’s free photo storage, updating contact images in seconds, and taking smaller HEIC screenshots, you’ll come away sharper than ever. They even explain why sticking with developer betas can sometimes be more stable than waiting on the public release. Don’t Get Caught missing these shortcuts.

You’ll also learn how to dodge surprise roaming charges after a Canada trip, fix stubborn RCS issues with one iCloud toggle, and disable carrier locks before upgrading. Listener questions bring even more depth, like whether APFS is worth it on spinning drives, how to troubleshoot iCloud sync quirks, and why Apple’s “Clear” case isn’t so clear. Sprinkle in Apple Intelligence tricks, AI-powered cocktail recipes, and smart audio bug warnings in macOS Tahoe, and you’ve got an episode stacked with must-know Apple wisdom.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's time for Mac Geekab and I'll bring us our quick tip of the week in iOS 26.

0:06.1

If you go into settings, apps, phone, not settings cellular, but settings apps, phone, you now can set some new things.

0:17.1

You can set the default calling app.

0:19.1

It can be your cellular connection. It could be

0:21.7

WhatsApp. It could be FaceTime audio. There are options in there. There are also options in there

0:28.0

for what to do with spam calls, with call filtering. It's not just unknown callers anymore.

0:34.5

You can actually tell it to say if calls are identified by your carrier as spam,

0:39.6

send those to voicemail. There's lots of options, including the ones for screening unknown

0:45.5

callers, which take far more time to go through than this quick tip. And we will do more of that,

0:51.5

plus more quick tips. Plus, you'll find out why at least two of us are liars here today on mackey cab 1109 for monday september 29th national biscotti day

1:08.0

2025 Biscotti Day. Mm. Greetings, folks, and welcome to Mac Gekab, the show where we share quick tips like that.

1:31.1

We share cool stuff found that you or we send in, the same with quick tips, and we share questions,

1:37.6

candidly, that you or we come up with.

1:39.6

And hopefully some answers or at least some assistance down the troubleshooting path.

1:47.2

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1:53.4

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1:58.3

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2:06.7

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2:12.9

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2:15.6

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2:22.1

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2:26.8

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