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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

You’re gonna love this jam-packed episode of Mac Geek Gab! Dive in with a barrage of Quick Tips, like turning your wonky circle sketches into perfect shapes, compressing image sizes with Mail and Squash, and even tricking Safari into showing you paywalled content. Your fellow geeks also bring sharp insights—from switching Night Stand clocks from UTC to local time, to using OnyX for nuking Time Machine snapshots. And yes, CleanMyMac’s Space Lens is back!

But that’s just the warm-up. This week’s geek-fueled highlight? Custom Focus Modes. Listeners share brilliant ways to reclaim their attention—like silencing politics, syncing modes to time and place, and creating modes for everything from church to live sports. You’ll also get answers to smart questions about iMessage quirks, 5G Standalone, and whether your IoT network is friend or foe. Stay ahead of the curve with a peek into visionOS 26 and the next Podcasts app update—and remember, Don’t Get Caught.

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• Quick Tips
  • 00:00:01 BoyMax-QT-Hold your finger down after drawing a circle with MarkUp, and it will make it a perfect oval/circle
  • 00:08:11 Bill-QT-Use Apple Mail to Quickly Reduce Photos
    • Squash (for Mac)
    • ImageOptim
    • Permute
  • 00:13:44 Joe-QT-Hide Distracting Items to read (some) paywalled content in Safari
  • 00:18:05 QT-Night Stand Mode Clock on UTC – Fix to Local
  • 00:22:24 Shannon-QT-1092-OnyX can delete Snapshots en masse
  • 00:25:34 Jenn-QT-Space Lens is BACK in Clean My Mac
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• Your Custom Focus Modes
  • 00:30:01 Randy-Custom Focus Mode: Church
  • 00:31:05 Derek-Custom Focus Mode: No Politics!
  • 00:32:43 Brian-1092-Triggering work focus mode by time and location
  • 00:34:06 Harvey-1092-Use Focus Modes with the Action button…and when watching Live Sports
  • 00:36:17 Steve-1092-Using Focus Modes to manage notifications and let me know what mode I’m in
  • 00:39:04 Henry-1092-Focus modes for night vision, inspiration, sleep, and more
  • 00:41:44 Adam’s Audio Issues…Continue
  • 00:44:51 Darrin-Custom Focus Modes: Morning, Daytime, Evening, Sleep
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• Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
  • 00:50:36 Tom-How do I set more-granular focus modes?
  • 00:52:50 Judy-Using alias’ and question about keeping Messages…
  • 01:01:45 JP-Why can’t I search in Recently Deleted Messages?
  • 01:03:33 JT-What is 5G Standalone and do I want it?
  • 01:09:59 Mike-Will adding an IOT network solve my headaches…or add more?
    • WiFi Explorer
• Apple’s Upcoming 2026 OSes
  • 01:14:23 New features coming to Apple’s Podcasts app
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