Do Your Homework and Don’t Get Caught

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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

1114 episodes

2 days ago

Get answers to your Apple tech questions every week! Dave Hamilton, Adam Christianson, and Pilot Pete share tips, tricks, and troubleshooting advice for your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and more — all delivered in a fun, friendly way that helps geeks and everyday users alike. Don’t Get Caught without your tech working right!

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Do Your Homework and Don’t Get Caught

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

1 hour 20 minutes 34 seconds

2 weeks ago

Do Your Homework and Don’t Get Caught

This week, you’re diving deep into a treasure trove of quick tips and practical geekery with Dave, Pilot Pete, and Adam! From setting iOS call-back reminders to connecting keyboards to your iPhone or iPad, you’ll learn how to make Apple’s ecosystem work smarter for you. Discover why Numbers might finally replace Excel, how to share spreadsheets with non-Mac users, and why FileMaker still rules the database world. macOS Tahoe brings a few surprises too—automatic FileVault encryption and a slick new SSH remote unlock feature—plus Docker tricks for keeping MariaDB safe across installs and smarter audio control for Zoom with SoundSource.
Then, it’s time for MGG’s signature blend of news and gear: Synology loosens its drive rules, Apple’s M5 chip and Vision Pro refresh redefine what’s “next-gen,” and the hosts roll through this year’s first Gift Guide—packed with clever, affordable gadgets from wireless CarPlay screens to flight-ready Bluetooth transmitters. Finally, listener questions hit hard: should you upgrade to macOS 26, and what’s the real story behind its indexing bugs? Tune in, geek out, and remember—Don’t Get Caught without your tech homework done!

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Quick Tips

00:00:01 Kiwi Graham-QT-Set a Call-Back Reminder in iOS 26
00:03:06 Jim-QT-Cmd+Space works on iPad too

Using a keyboard with your iPad or iPhone
Adam connected a keyboard to his iPhone with a USB-C Cable
Dictate to ChatGPT when starting a project to give it a blob of information

00:05:53 GW-QT-Started Using Numbers Instead of Excel
00:07:00 FileMaker is *still* crushing it!
00:09:13 Sharing Numbers documents with non-Apple users

Use iCloud for Numbers
LibreOffice
Synology Office

00:11:37 QT-macOS Tahoe upgrade automatically enables FileVault
00:13:28 SccrHallways-QT-Tahoe adds a way of using SSH to remotely unlock
00:14:44 Dave-QT-1110-Run MariaDB in Docker to preserve it across installs

Portainer
Docker Desktop

00:19:13 QT-Use Soundsource for those Zoom meetings
00:22:10 Heidi-QT-Hold Option in 1Password to reveal hidden fields

How do you have your password manager configured? Is it super-secure, or super-convenient, or somewhere in-between?

00:26:57 Tony-QT-Taming Liquid Glass (ChatGPT Summary)

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Vendor News

00:32:19 Bob,