Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting 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!
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1104 for Monday, August 25th, 2025
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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)
- 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
- Cool Stuff Found
- 00:39:47 Brian8944-Stephen Robles Coffee Finder app that he built with ChatGPT-5
- 00:43:43 Ben-CSF-HomeCare for Troubleshooting HomeKit
- 00:45:00 CSF-Scosche PBJ2000 Portable Car Battery Jump Starter (Scosche PBJ2000 @ Walmart)
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- MOAR Cool Stuff Found
- 00:53:08 PorthosJon-CSF-US Mobile lets you choose your own network for your mobile
- 00:55:45 CSF-ViewSonic VP2788-5K 27” 5K Thunderbolt Display
- 01:03:15 John-CSF-vFlat Scanner takes page roll and fingers out of scans
- 01:05:05 Dan-CSF-WATTBOX to remotely reboot equipment from anywhere
- 01:07:42 n-Ben-CSF-Braxley Bands for Apple Watch
- 01:11:14 CSF-EVapo-Rust rust remover
- 01:13:26 Rich-CSF-GL-iNET Brume VPN Network Appliance
- 01:15:42 Andrew-CSF-Treedix USB Cable Tester
- 01:18:07 Quick follow-up on the Eufy E15
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