Stump The Geeks Live from Macstock 2025
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2025
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Desktop icons shifting, login cert errors, Siri forgetting your name—nothing was off-limits. The crowd kept the trio on their toes with Mac mysteries and clever hacks, like Doc Rock’s red/green card video editing trick. You’ll even find out what wine your favorite geeks prefer. Whether it’s legacy Macs, lost phonetics, or wild goose chases through Apple’s system status, this one’s packed with fast answers and deep dives. Don’t Get Caught unprepared—this episode is live, unscripted, and all in.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | it's time for the mac geek gab and this week's tip comes to us from listener judy who tells us if |
| 0:07.1 | you've ever inadvertently deleted a text string message string in ios messages open the app go to the top |
| 0:15.3 | right the three line filter icon tap that then tap on recently deleted. |
| 0:21.9 | It will take you to another screen where you select the message string that you deleted. |
| 0:26.0 | Tap recover at the bottom and you have your messages back. |
| 0:29.8 | More tips like this plus your questions answered this week on the Mac Greek Gap. |
| 0:34.7 | Matt's Mac Geekab 1099 for Monday, July 21st National Junk Food Day. |
| 0:42.5 | And also invite an alien to live with you day, live with you day. |
| 0:46.4 | Live from Mac Stock 2025. |
| 0:52.7 | And Pete has made it a Toga party here at live from Max Stock. |
| 1:02.1 | That's lovely. |
| 1:03.4 | I thought you said it was the Mac Creek Gats. |
| 1:09.1 | Greetings, folks, and welcome to Mac Geekup. |
| 1:12.0 | Welcome to everybody here live in the audience at MacStock and everybody, |
| 1:15.9 | Woo! |
| 1:16.5 | Yeah! |
| 1:17.9 | That's right. |
| 1:20.0 | And everybody listening in parts scattered about the world, yeah, here in wherever we are, Crystal Lake, Illinois. |
| 1:31.7 | I'm Dave Hamilton. |
| 1:32.5 | Our sponsors for this episode include k12.com slash MG, where you can go today to find a tuition-free K-12-powered school near you and enroll now. |
| 1:42.8 | The folks at Bearbones and BB at it. The folks at Caldera Lab. The folks at Bear Bones and BB at it. |
| 1:45.7 | The folks at Caldera Lab. |
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