Car As a Service — Mac Geek Gab 1126 episode image

You start with deceptively simple wins that immediately clean up your digital life. You batch-rename files in Finder, unlock hidden gestures on both Mac and iPhone, and speed yourself up with small but mighty keyboard and touch tricks. Along the way, a nostalgic detour into Lotus 1-2-3 sparks a surprisingly intense discussion about competitive spreadsheeting, airline safety systems, and how that thinking naturally leads to a bigger question: when does “Car as a Service” stop being a punchline and start being reality? Even the travel hacks stay practical, from surviving cruises without surprise data charges to resetting your internal clock before you even land.

Then you shift into defense mode. You learn where password chaos actually comes from, why panic-resetting devices is sometimes the worst move, and how to spot bugs masquerading as personal failure. Listener questions take you deep into Lightroom quirks, CarPlay gesture mysteries, app safety checks, and Contacts behaving badly, with calm, methodical ways to unweird your setup instead of burning it down. It’s classic Mac Geek Gab: curiosity, experimentation, and real-world fixes that keep your tech working for you. Stay sharp, stay efficient, and Don’t Get Caught.

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1126 for Monday, January 26th, 2026
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Quick Tips
- 00:00:01 Craig-QT-You can batch rename files in Finder
- 00:05:01 January 26th: Lotus 1-2-3 Day
- 00:06:40 Competitive Spreadsheeting
  - Full Contact Spreadsheeting
  - TCAS System in airplanes
Tangent: Car as a service
- 00:13:11 When can we move to Car As A Service?
MOAR Quick Tips
- 00:19:30 Steve-You can also three finger pinch on the Mac!
- 00:22:56 Todd-Pinch iPhone Screen in Safari to reveal the All Tabs display
- 00:24:16 Time hack: when flying across time zones, start your day on the time zone you will be ending on
- 00:25:11 Craig-QT-Use Fn to bring up the Mac emoji picker
- 00:27:48 Jim-QT-For cruisers, disable cellular data on the ship
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Don’t Get Caught
- 00:34:24 Michael-DGC-Password Hell is a Real Place
  - Bitwarden
  - Access became Uplock
- 00:53:17 Larry-DGC-Known Bug in Apple Search in Settings – Don’t Nuke-n-Pave Your iPad just yet
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:54:26 Bob-?-Why Lightroom + DropBox TidBits Article Won’t Let me Put Files in the Trash Bin?
- 01:00:18 DLH-Where is CarPlay Maps pinch to zoom?
  - Maybe in iOS 26
- 01:04:49 Eric-Is MacUpdater still safe for now?
- 01:06:17 Sandy-Contacts is being weird…how do I unweird it?
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