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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Your Computer May Decide For You

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

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Your Computer May Decide For You — Mac Geek Gab 1105 episode image

This week’s Mac Geek Gab is packed with quick tips and clever workarounds you can actually use. You’ll learn how to silence your partner’s alarm with Siri, calm down watchOS 26’s Liquid Glass by reducing transparency, and keep your AirPods secure with Croakies or a magnetic strap. You’ll even pick up tricks like delaying Low Power Mode automation, grabbing CarPlay screen captures, and—yes—using your nose to turn off your Apple Watch alarm. Along the way, the crew reminds you: don’t get caught making common mistakes like letting Wi-Fi calling charges sneak up on you or letting toxic content hijack your online focus.

From cool gear like LG’s Ultrafine 4K monitor to smart app swaps like Notion over Notes, you’ll discover fresh tools to boost productivity. Listener questions spark sharp advice, too—whether it’s saving corrupted data volumes, choosing the right budget Mac mini, or bringing an old scanner back to life. And as Apple Intelligence hype builds, the takeaway is clear: we’re not there yet. Stay sharp, stay curious, and don’t get caught missing the hacks that make your tech work smarter for you.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's time for Matt Geekab and listener Rick brings us our quick tip of the week with

0:06.2

this morning while feeling a bit under the weather, my wife kindly decided to let me sleep in

0:12.5

and did the morning dog routine. Of course, a couple minutes after she left, her alarm went off,

0:19.7

not feeling like reaching way across the bed to turn it off.

0:23.0

I said, hey, S lady, turn off the alarm. My phone then stated, would you like me to turn off the alarm on Gail's iPhone 16 Pro?

0:34.7

I said yes, and her phone alarm stopped, and my iPhone stated, the alarm is off on Gail's

0:42.2

iPhone 16 Pro. Wow. Now, if the S lady could actually do the morning dog routine, I would never

0:49.6

complain about her again. More tips like this, plus your questions answered today on MacGeekab 1105 for Monday,

0:58.7

September 1st, 2025.

1:23.3

Thank you. Greetings, folks, and welcome to Mackeb, the show where we share your quick tips like that, and ours.

1:25.4

We share your cool stuff found, and ours.

1:28.7

And we share your questions and our answers.

1:30.8

And sometimes our questions and your answers.

1:36.2

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2:02.5

We'll talk more about those in a little bit.

2:04.3

For now, we will go through the agenda that we have in the hopes of each of us learning

2:10.6

at least five new things.

2:15.0

Back here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton.

2:20.5

And still here in South Dakota,

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