Mirrors are Wi-Fi's Mortal Enemy

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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

1103 episodes

3 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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Mirrors are Wi-Fi's Mortal Enemy

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

1 hour 19 minutes 5 seconds

1 week ago

Mirrors are Wi-Fi's Mortal Enemy

Mirrors killing your Wi-Fi? You’re not imagining it. This week on Mac Geek Gab 1102, you’ll learn how metal surfaces sabotage your signal…and what to do about it. From smarter ways to manage your Apple Watch unlocks (hint: avoid accidental calls) to clearing your iPhone’s keyboard dictionary without going full nuclear, the Quick Tips are flying fast. Want your Dock to behave on multi-monitor setups? There’s an AppleScript for that.
Don’t Get Caught thinking “Until Tomorrow” actually means tomorrow…battery limits may surprise you. And if AirPlay is acting up, you might be powering off your speaker in the wrong order. Plus, you’ll discover data-blocking USB-C gadgets, secret vaults for your passwords, and whether SMB is a safe bet now that Time Machine is ditching AFP. All that, and more listener questions answered with your three favorite geeks leading the charge.

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1102 for Monday, August 11th, 2025

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Quick Tips

00:00:01 Craig-QT-Mirrors are WiFi’s mortal enemy!
00:13:04 Andrew-QT-Clear iPhone keyboard dictionary without Nuke and Pave
00:13:49 Craig-QT-Inspector is better than Get Info
00:16:21 Bruce-QT-1101-Don’t Unlock with Apple Watch to Avoid Dialing!
00:18:58 Steve-QT-1101-Require FaceID for Phone app to avoid butt-dialing

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MOAR Quick Tips

00:25:14 Joe-QT-1100-Use Pill Organizers for holding screws during a teardown

iFixit – FixMat

00:27:52 David-QT-1099-AppleScript to move the Dock back to primary monitor

do shell script "defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string left; killall Dock; sleep 1; defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string bottom; killall Dock”

Don’t Get Caught

00:30:55 Antony-DGC-Battery Limit Changed “Until Tomorrow” doesn’t always mean “tomorrow”
00:33:04 DGC-Apple’s Calendar.app doesn’t always send invites through Google.
00:36:32 Scott-DGC-Turning Off a Speaker Before Disabling Airplay Can Prevent Normal Function of your Mac Audio

Cool Stuff Found

00:39:21 Seth-CSF-Access: Private Vault for Passwords
00:40:05 What Password Manager do you use?

1Password
Apple Passwords