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Hot Corners and Hot Flashes — Mac Geek Gab 877

It's summer and it's hot! That means it's time to learn some tips about hot corners (on your Mac), hot flashes (on your iPhone), and more. Listen as John and Dave take you through answers to all of your questions, plus adding in some of your Quick Tips and Cool Stuff Found. Press play to listen and learn five new things along with your two favorite geeks! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 877 for Read more…

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HaaS: Hay as a Service – Mac Geek Gab 876

Listen as John and Dave share your Quick Tips about Safari Picture-in-Picture, the caveats of Finder's Drag and Drop, Apple Remotes, and more. Lots of suggestions and ideas about note-taking and idea capturing on-the-go in the episode, many of them from y'all! Then your two favorite geeks even have time to answer a few questions, including a clever workaround for blocking SMS spam. Plus… HaaS folks! It's gonna be big! Or at least amusing. Press Read more…

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Dave Mark Joins for WWDC21 Day 1 Reactions — Mac Geek Gab 875

Guest Dave Mark joins John and Dave today to discuss, react, digest, and help explain the new things Apple announced at WWDC21's Keynote and State of the Union this year. Listen as your <del>two</del> three favorite Apple geeks have a gab for the ages! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 875 for Monday, June 7, 2021 00:01:32 Dave Mark – Taught 3 different generations how to program. 30 Books, including the Macintosh Programming Primer. Executive Editor Read more…

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Swiping Left (or Right!), Suspicious Packages, and Cool Stuff Found — Mac Geek Gab 874

Your two favorite geeks answer your questions about Target Disk Mode, using your Apple TV Remote to turn off your TV, removing words from predictive text, and more. On top of that, they share a few Mail-based quick tips and an entire pile (yep, the whole thing!) of Cool Stuff Found. Press play and learn (at least) five new things with John and Dave! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 874 for Monday, June 7, Read more…

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Juice Jackers and Battery Drainers – Mac Geek Gab 873

Ever heard of Juice Jacking? Neither had John nor Dave. No problem, though, they dug in and found everything you needed to know. That's the beauty of Mac Geek Gab, too: you ask the questions and then your two favorite geeks dig and see what they can find. Press play and learn at least five new things about battery draining, external drives, M1 displays, backups, and more! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 873 for Read more…

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Offsite Backups, Blocking Scammers, Quick Tips, and More – Mac Geek Gab 872

As Apple users, we have lots of technology needs which extend beyond that which are made by the fruit company. Listen as your two favorite geeks share their thoughts and answers to your questions about Offsite Backups, Blocking Scammers, DVRing today's video content, and much more. Press play and learn at least five new things along with Dave and John. Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 872 for Monday, May 24, 2021 Quick Tips 00:02:14 Read more…

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Passwords, Mesh WiFi, Quick Tips, and More — Mac Geek Gab 871

You like tech? Wanna learn more? Listen as John and Dave answer your questions about what to get, how to set it up, how to fix it, and more! Of course, they round out the episode with some Quick Tips, Cool Stuff Found, and some productivity tools, too. Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 871 for Monday, May 17, 2021 Quick Tips 00:02:19 Want the Read more…

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Rumbling with Gatekeeper — Mac Geek Gab 870

Apple's protective engines usually do well at protecting our devices, but what happens when they go haywire? It's time to Rumble, that's what, and John and Dave are here to help! Listen as they answer your questions, share Cool Stuff Found, push out the Quick Tips and make it easy to learn at least five new things this week! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 870 for Monday, May 10, 2021 Quick Tips 00:01:35 Dan-QT-iOS Read more…

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Trimming the iPhone App Fat — Mac Geek Gab 869

What's the best way to remove all those iPhone apps you downloaded once and never use anymore? Listen as John and Dave answer this and many other helpful questions to make your electronic lives easier! Extending an iMac's life, calibrating your TV, fiber internet, and more are the subjects your two favorite geeks dig through. Add in some Cool Stuff Found and you're guaranteed to learn at least five new things just from pressing play! Read more…

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Failing, Succeeding, and Retiring SSDs — Mac Geek Gab 868

Solid State Drives (SSD) are a wonderful thing upon which we all rely, but sometimes they get a little wonky. Listen as John and Dave discuss and answer your questions about SSDs, Clipboard Managers, Java and Spam. Add in a little Cool Stuff Found segment and you're sure to learn at least five new things. Press play and enjoy! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 868 for Monday, April 26, 2021 00:01:35 AirTags…Ordered!* 00:06:32 Dispensing Read more…