This One Goes To The Eleventh Dimension

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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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This One Goes To The Eleventh Dimension — Mac Geek Gab 1111

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

1 hour 22 minutes 36 seconds

3 weeks ago

This One Goes To The Eleventh Dimension — Mac Geek Gab 1111

You’ll come out smarter — and maybe even safer — after this week’s Mac Geek Gab with Pilot Pete, Adam Christianson, Dave Hamilton, and a triumphant return from John F. Braun. From unlocking hidden gems in iOS 26’s Health app and securing your Mint Mobile account with Number Lock to setting up ChatGPT Tasks like it’s your own personal Knowledge Navigator, you’ll pick up tricks to stay ahead. Printer drivers got you down? John’s got fixes. Want to finally make your Apple TV remote work right or unlock secret iOS 18 controls? Done. And yes, migrating to Apple Silicon? Don’t Get Caught without Go64.
For the gearheads, you’ll find Cool Stuff Found like the FIXD car scanner (a modern Automatic replacement), QuickLook folder previews, AirBattery to track your mouse’s juice, and Parachute Backup to wrangle your iCloud data. Got a Brother printer? Scan straight to USB — no computer needed. Oh, and HomePods as stereo TV speakers? Surprisingly great even though you’re skipping the center channel. With AirTags, shortcuts, OBD2 adapters, and even blood oxygen data hacks, this episode’s got something for every geek in your galaxy.

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1111 for Wednesday, October 13th, 2025

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Quick Tips

00:00:01 n-Bryan-QT-Tap Search Magnifying glass in iOS 26 Health to get to the menu of categories
00:04:50 JFB-QT-Check your printer drivers if you have paper selection issues

Canon iX6820 Large Paper Printer

00:08:04 Uncle Jamie-QT-Enable Mint Mobile’s Number Lock to prevent SIM-swapping
00:10:42 QT-Setup ChatGPT Tasks to stay on top of your projects

It’s like the Knowledge Navigator *could* have been

00:15:41 Tell us how you’re using AI at feedback@macgeekgab.com
00:17:48 X/Twitter client will let you summarize with Grok
00:20:37 JFB-QT-If your Apple TV remote is being finicky, try un-pairing and re-pairing it
00:23:17 Ben-QT-1110-iOS 18 added remote control
00:25:45 Robert-QT-Create a Shortcut to Toggle Liquid Glass Effects

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On the subject of trade-ins

00:30:59 JFB-2018 i7 Mac mini trade-in with Apple went smoothly

“I’m no prevaricator”

00:35:11 If migrating from Intel to Apple Silicon, check Go64
00:39:53 Bill-QT-In-person Apple Trade-Ins are More Reliable
00:40:57 Bill-QT-1109-Apple’s Trade-ins hold value for me
00:42:20 Do you put a case or a screen protector on your watc...