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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

When the Internet Spits You Out

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

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

When the Internet Spits You Out – Mac Geek Gab 1135 episode image

You’re about to spend an hour geeking out about the moments when your tech life goes sideways and how to keep it all under control. You’ll hit World Backup Day prep, tame your email with smart rules and categories, turn your AirPods into stealth earplugs, and learn Mac power tricks like killing stubborn processes and using Reminders so your birthday rewards never slip by. Along the way, you’ll hear from listeners about pre-emptively swapping NAS drives, upsizing your Synology, and the best way to get your movie library playing cleanly on your iPad.

Then you’ll dive into the fun stuff that happens when the internet spits you out in the wrong place, from working around VPN restrictions to making sure you Don’t Get Caught when networks get weird. You’ll remember John Martellaro and his dents in the universe, plus load up on Cool Stuff Found like AirTag sleeves for your Apple TV remote, faster AirDrop-style sharing with Blip and LocalSend, and even AI that can drive your car with Comma 4.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's time for Mac geek cab, and listener Bill brings us our quick tip of the week.

0:05.2

He says there was a discussion recently about whether or not PDF documents would open in a separate tab or a separate window in the preview app.

0:13.3

Being on MacOS 26 alone does not determine this behavior.

0:17.3

The behavior is controlled by system settings, desktop and dock, Windows,

0:23.2

and then the option prefer tabs when opening documents. There are then three options for this

0:30.4

setting. Never, always, and in full screen. The default appears to be full screen.

0:38.0

He says, I have changed mine to always because in most circumstances, I prefer to keep the number of windows open to a minimum.

0:45.9

If I want a separate window, I just drag a tab out and, of course, a new window will form.

0:51.6

Note that this setting is system wide so that it impacts most apps, not just preview.

0:57.4

This includes Safari pages, numbers, and a host of others, although Safari has its own

1:02.9

little setting that sometimes can override this.

1:06.4

More quick tips like this, plus your questions answered today on MacGeek 1135 for monday march 30th national pencil day 2026 Greetings, folks, and welcome to Matt KeeKab, the show where you send in tips like that.

1:38.6

We share.

1:39.1

You send in cool stuff found.

1:40.6

We share it.

1:41.3

You send in questions.

1:42.5

We share them.

1:43.1

We talk about answers.

1:44.3

The goal being every single one of us gets to learn at least five new things every single

1:49.9

time. We get together. Our sponsors for this episode include BB Edit from barebones software

1:56.1

at barebones.com and stamps.com where you can use code MGG to get 60 days risk free. No long lines, no

2:04.4

supplies open any time. We'll talk more about both of those in a little bit. For now, here

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