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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Waiting for Snow Tahoe

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

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Waiting for Snow Tahoe — Mac Geek Gab 1121 episode image

You dig into the little things macOS quietly does for you, starting with the surprising truth about Clipboard History and why macOS 26 might feel slower than you’d expect. You explore ways to rein things in, from taming runaway apps to making better use of iPhone Mirroring and clever video capture tricks. Along the way, you’re reminded that old hardware still has value if you give it purpose, and that blind trust in AI troubleshooting can lead you astray faster than it helps. This is where staying curious beats staying complacent, and where “Don’t Get Caught” is more than a catchphrase.

Then you move into the real-world problem solving that defines Mac Geek Gab: networking quirks that break expectations, WiFi settings that ignore reservations, and router updates that change the rules midstream. You also get clear, practical guidance on buying the right Mac, migrating only what you actually need, hunting down duplicate files, and reclaiming menu bar space from the notch. Even photo libraries get a reality check, helping you decide what truly needs to live inside Photos. It’s a fast-moving episode packed with answers you can use immediately, designed to keep your setup efficient, intentional, and frustration-free.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's time for Mac geek gab and I'll bring us our quick tip for the week.

0:04.3

It turns out that Mac OS 26 keeps our clipboard history.

0:08.6

If you go into Spotlight and scroll all the way down, system setting spotlight, scroll all the way down, you will see results from clipboard.

0:18.9

And it's a toggle for on or off.

0:20.6

And you can set your clipboard history is available in Spotlight for eight hours,

0:25.4

seven hours, or maybe 30 minutes or something.

0:27.9

I don't have MacWest 26 on this computer.

0:30.2

So I can't look at it right now.

0:31.5

But it's,

0:32.4

but it defaults to eight hours.

0:33.7

And then when you invoke Spotlight,

0:36.1

if you hit Command 4, Command 4, Control 4,

0:40.3

yep, it will show you a list of all the things that are on your clipboard. Unfortunately,

0:45.9

this does not sync to iOS, or at least if it does, there's no way to surface it on iOS yet.

0:51.7

But there it is,

0:54.3

clipboard manager built into MacOS.

0:56.2

So more quick tips like this.

0:58.1

Plus, your questions answered today.

1:00.5

I'm MacKeeCup 1121 for Monday,

1:03.4

December 22nd International Day of Mathematics,

1:08.1

2025.

1:09.2

Thank you. of mathematics 2025.

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