Don't Forget TOTO!

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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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Don't Forget TOTO!

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

1 hour 21 minutes 25 seconds

2 months ago

Don't Forget TOTO!

Learn how to use hyphens for strike-through in Messages, schedule a Mac restart, and even tell Siri or Alexa to run one-time automations. Master plus-addressing in iCloud Mail for cleaner inboxes and privacy with Hide My Email, and keep Safari’s tab bar neat by ditching Favorite Icons. And of course, Don’t Forget TOTO—Turn it Off, Turn it On again—to solve more problems than you think. Don’t Get Caught missing these fixes, including ways to recover from a too-dim iPhone screen or undo accidental changes in Notes.
Then it’s a flood of Cool Stuff Found: from an AI-built Coffee Finder app to the Scosche PBJ2000 jump starter, US Mobile’s pick-your-network option, and ViewSonic’s 27” 5K Thunderbolt display. Discover tools like vFlat for clean scans, WATTBOX for remote gear reboots, and GL-iNET’s Brume VPN appliance. Add in Braxley Bands for Apple Watch, EVapo-Rust for metal cleanup, and Treedix’s USB Cable Tester, and you’ve got an arsenal of gear to make your life easier. This episode is packed with shortcuts, hidden features, and gadgets you didn’t know you needed. Press play and enjoy, folks!

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Quick Tips

00:00:01 Ben-QT-Use hyphens to create strike-through text on iPhone Messages
00:03:33 Robert-QT-Don’t forget to try the restart

Don’t Forget TOTO! (Turn it Off and Turn it On)
Schedule a Restart Of Your Mac

00:06:54 QT – Tell A-Lady or S-Lady to do something at a set time
00:10:30 Where does it store those one-time automations
00:12:40 Scott-QT-Use plus-addressing for your iCloud email (and also iCloud’s Hide My Email)

RFC for email plus-addressing
Duck.com/email

00:20:46 SteveHammond-QT-Disable Favorite Icons to clean up Safari’s tab bar

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Don’t Get Caught

00:26:40 Stephen-DGC-You can’t delete custom-created Stations in Apple Music
00:29:59 Ed-DGC-Don’t turn your iPhone brightness all the way down…and some fixes if you do!

Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap

00:32:37 David-DGC-Apple Notes doesn’t have a undo revisions