Flashlight Tweaks, iPad Tips, Drive Fixes, and More

Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

Are you the go-to tech support for your family? Tired of dealing with 100+ open Safari tabs on your relatives’ iPhones? We’ve got a Quick Tip that will save you time and sanity. Learn how to close all those tabs in one swift move and keep your family’s devices running smoothly.

In this episode, Adam Christianson, Dave Hamilton, and Pilot Pete dive into practical tips for managing your Apple devices, like using the new flashlight features in iOS 18 and setting up a multi-user iPad for smart home control. Plus, discover how to disable those pesky monthly security reminders in macOS 15 Sequoia with a nerdy terminal trick.

Your three favorite geeks also explore listener solutions for syncing files across multiple Macs and discuss the best ways to record calls on Facebook Messenger. And don’t miss the segment where they share a lifesaving tip about loading your driver’s license into your iPhone wallet.

Don’t get caught missing out on these essential tech tips and tricks. Click play and learn at least five new things with us today!

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1058 for Monday, October 7th, 2024
  • October 7th: International Podcast Day
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• Quick Tips
  • 00:00:01 Mac+1984-QT-Closing all iOS Safari Tabs
  • 00:04:12 Marty-QT-iOS 18’s Flashlight lets you control beam width and brightness
  • 00:06:31 Michael-QT-Disable macOS 15 monthly security reminders by manually setting the reminder date in Terminal
  • 00:08:27 Andrew-1057-Setting up an iPad for the House
  • 00:09:59 Jeff-1057-Use iOS 18’s per-app FaceID requirement to manage the multi-use Kitchen iPad
  • 00:13:28 Ken-1057-Control Center’s power button also disables FaceID until passcode is typed
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• Don’t Get Caught
  • 00:19:21 Todd-DGC-Digital Driver’s License worked through TSA!
  • 00:24:34 Disney Strategies for Geeks
    • Use Disney’s Lightning Lane
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• Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
  • 00:40:42 zBob-How to resize Thumbnails in photos on iOS 18?
  • 00:44:57 What good is Apple Intelligence TODAY?
    • Conversational Siri
    • Notification Summaries
    • Email Summaries
    • Cleaning up Photos
  • 00:49:28 Phil-My 4TB Seagate drive is clicking…what to do?
    • Oh no…The Click of Death
    • Spinrite might help
    • Cook a hard drive in the oven
    • DriveSavers
  • 00:58:47 Fernando-Best Way to Sync Files Between 2 or more Macs
    • Resilio Sync
    • Rclone
    • Syncthing
    • Gladinet
    • rsync
  • 01:02:52 Michael-How can I use calendar events to set Focus modes?
    • Use Shortcuts to Automate Focus Modes Based Upon Calendar Events – From Reddit
  • 01:07:22 Anisa-How to record audio and video of Facebook Messenger calls
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