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 Monday, October 13th, 2025
- October 13th: National Train Your Brain Day (and also National No Bra Day)
- MGG Monthly Giveaway – Your license to PowerPhotos!
- The MGG Merch Store is Live!
- 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
- 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 remot
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