Mesh Networks, iCloud Bandwidth Fixes, and Must-Know Mac Tips
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
This week on Mac Geek Gab 1138, Pilot Pete, Adam, and Dave tackle your burning questions and deliver the tips that keep your tech humming. You’ll learn how to properly delete images from your iPhone, sort out mesh networking headaches with T-Mobile, and decide whether Updatest and HomeBrew belong in your app-updating toolkit (spoiler: brew install topgrade is a game-changer). Struggling with limited bandwidth? TripMode lets you pause iCloud downloads on demand. Plus, the crew digs into why Plex Remote Access suddenly quit working and how Claude Code can help you recompile apps on the fly.
The quick tips are stacked this week: skip the remount dance by using Finder Sidebar for network shares, generate QR codes straight from your clipboard, and tap Show Highlights in Notes to track edits. Listener Dave’s keyboard shortcut (Left-Control + Left-Command + Right-Shift…and then power) will save your Mac from accidental restarts while cleaning the keyboard, and a Synology power supply swap might save your wallet. Don’t Get Caught slipping on the latest Apple Pay hack that drains accounts from locked iPhones, or blindsided by Backblaze now excluding iCloud Drive from backups. Round it out with tickIQ for tracking your mechanical watches, and you’ve got another solid episode in the books.
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1138 for Monday, April 20th, 2026
- April 20th: National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day
- MGG Monthly Giveaway – Enter to win a Plex Pass for a Year
- Congrats to March’s SoundSource winners: Ian, Robert, and Jeff
- The MGG Merch Store is Live!
- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:03:42 Gary-How do I delete images from my iPhone?
- 00:09:05 Jim-Which Mesh setup will work with my home and TMobile?
- 00:21:20 Ian-Is Updatest (and HomeBrew) good for updating apps?
- 00:23:35 Using Claude Code to recompile apps
- brew upgrade
- brew install topgrade
- 00:29:05 GW-How to Pause an iCloud Download when bandwidth is limited?
- 00:38:02 Dr. Brad-Why did Plex Remote Access stop working
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- Quick Tips
- 00:00:01 Jeff-QT-Instead of remounting network shares, just use the Finder Sidebar
- 00:49:56 Peter-QT-Shortcut to create a QR Code from Clipboard Contents.
- 00:51:51 QT-Show Highlights in Notes.app to see who edited the Note and when
- 00:54:09 Dave-Use Left-Control, Left-Command, + Right-Shift to keep your Mac from accidentally restarting
- 00:57:50 JP-QT-Synology Power Supply May Be Cheaper Repair Option
- Don’t Get Caught
- 01:02:05 DGC-Can you steal $$ from a locked iPhone?
- 01:11:03 Paul-DGC-Backblaze now excludes iCloud Drive
- Cool Stuff Found
- 01:14:13 DLH-CSF-tickIQ to measure and track your mechanical watches
- 01:18:26 MGG 1138 Outtro
- MGG Monthly Giveaway
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac geek gab and listener Jeff will bring us our quick tip of the week. |
| 0:06.7 | He says, I recently set up a NAS on my network at my business. |
| 0:11.5 | I've been using it for some time, but I was having to remount the drives on my Mac whenever I needed them, |
| 0:17.9 | especially because my main work computer is a MacBook that I take between |
| 0:21.6 | home and work. I know that there are some tricks to help keep things mounted, but I really |
| 0:27.4 | didn't want to get too deep into them. And then I thought, wait, why don't I just drag the volumes |
| 0:32.9 | into the sidebar of the finder in the favorites section. Sure enough, they sit there, and if they're |
| 0:39.3 | not currently mounted, they quickly connect with a simple click. Make sure to save your credentials |
| 0:44.4 | if you don't want to get caught without your password. Great tip, and there will be more |
| 0:49.2 | tips like this, plus your questions answered today on Mac geek cab 1138 from Monday, April 20th, National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day, which I suppose checks out given that it's 420, 2026. Greetings, folks, and welcome to Matt Geekab, the show where indeed we share tips like that. |
| 1:27.9 | You send them in, we share them. |
| 1:29.4 | We share your cool stuff found that you send in. |
| 1:31.6 | Sometimes cool stuff found that we find. |
| 1:33.7 | Cool stuff find it. |
| 1:35.3 | Whatever that would be. |
| 1:36.8 | Probably just still cool stuff found. |
| 1:39.0 | And then you send in your questions and we provide answers with the goal being that we all get to learn |
| 1:45.3 | five new things every single time we get together. |
| 1:48.2 | Our sponsors include some new ones and some favorites. |
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| 1:59.6 | what kind of car you want and it filters the search results for you. |
| 2:02.7 | You don't have to do it. |
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