Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Stump The Geeks Live from Macstock 2025


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Recorded LIVE at Macstock 2025, this episode of Mac Geek Gab is a true “Stump The Geeks” showdown! With zero prep and a crowd full of curveballs, Dave, Pete, and Adam tackled real-time questions and Quick Tips on the fly. You’ll hear how to enable iPhone Mirroring for Mac notifications, rescue iMessages, and stabilize that wandering Dock. From Drobo debates and Apple Maps silence to VPNs with Tailscale and quirky Apple TV issues—this is geek troubleshooting in its rawest form.

Desktop icons shifting, login cert errors, Siri forgetting your name—nothing was off-limits. The crowd kept the trio on their toes with Mac mysteries and clever hacks, like Doc Rock’s red/green card video editing trick. You’ll even find out what wine your favorite geeks prefer. Whether it’s legacy Macs, lost phonetics, or wild goose chases through Apple’s system status, this one’s packed with fast answers and deep dives. Don’t Get Caught unprepared—this episode is live, unscripted, and all in.

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    • QT: Enable iPhone Mirroring on your Mac, and then you can get iPhone app notifications on your Mac
    • QT: Pete’s trip from Judy about undeleting iMessages
    • Rachel: Is Pete’s toga the only thing he’s wearing?
    • Jill, from the North Woods: Why does my dock keep moving from screen to screen?
    • Mike: How and when should I replace my Drobo 5D?
    • Troy: multiple spaces, finder never opens in the space I’m in
    • Allison: QT: Drobos are worth money to sell on eBay
    • John F. Braun: What VPN should I use to connect to
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      • Dan: it’s called Subnet Routing
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          • Lynda: Why does Apple Maps no longer speak?
          • Dave: Why does my Apple TV not Appear in HomeKit anymore?
          • Patrick: Why do my drive icons move when my Mac wakes up
          • Father John – CSF – Desktop Icon Manager will fix desktop icons in their locations
          • Lynda: Follow-up on Apple Maps. Sometimes the icon appears
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              • Messages Family Group Chat keeps getting affected by one person with new eSIMs
              • Brian: should I get a switch with my vDSL connection or use my AirPorts Extreme
              • Charles: A second follow-up to Apple Maps
              • Allison & Adam (and half the other people in the room): Why are my Apple devices telling me there’s a login/certificate issue with my Apple Account?
                • Many Wild Gooses Chase?
                • www.apple.com/support/systemstatus
                • Lynda: Siri lost my phonetic pronunciation of my last name. How do I get it back?
                • QT: Doc Rock’s green/red card (or scene!) tip for producing video. Put red up after each one that is crap, green after a good take. Makes it easy to edit.
                • Barry: What color wine do our three favorite geeks like?
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