Mac Geek Gab 1094 for Monday, June 16th, 2025

BoyMax-QT-Hold your finger down after drawing a circle with MarkUp, and it will make it a perfect oval/circle

Bill-QT-Use Apple Mail to Quickly Reduce Photos

Joe-QT-Hide Distracting Items to read (some) paywalled content in Safari

QT-Night Stand Mode Clock on UTC - Fix to Local

Shannon-QT-1092-OnyX can delete Snapshots en masse

Jenn-QT-Space Lens is BACK in Clean My Mac

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Randy-Custom Focus Mode: Church

Derek-Custom Focus Mode: No Politics!

Brian-1092-Triggering work focus mode by time and location

Harvey-1092-Use Focus Modes with the Action button...and when watching Live Sports

Steve-1092-Using Focus Modes to manage notifications and let me know what mode I'm in

Henry-1092-Focus modes for night vision, inspiration, sleep, and more

Adam’s Audio Issues…Continue

Darrin-Custom Focus Modes: Morning, Daytime, Evening, Sleep

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Tom-How do I set more-granular focus modes?

Judy-Using alias' and question about keeping Messages...

JP-Why can't I search in Recently Deleted Messages?

JT-What is 5G Standalone and do I want it?

Mike-Will adding an IOT network solve my headaches...or add more?

New features coming to Apple’s Podcasts app

Adam installed visionOS 26

MGG 1094 Outtro

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 […]

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 paywal...

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. 
 
00:00:00 <a href="https://mgg.fm/1094">Mac Geek Gab 1094</a> for Monday, <a href="https://nationaltoday.com/june-16">June 16th</a>, 2025 
 
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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 
 
<a href="https://www.realmacsoftware.com/squash/">Squash (for Mac)</a> 
<a href="https://imageoptim.com/mac">ImageOptim</a> 
<a href="https://software.charliemonroe.net/permute/">Permute</a> 
 
 
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-<a href="https://mgg.fm/1092">1092</a>-OnyX can delete Snapshots en masse 
00:25:34 Jenn-QT-Space Lens is BACK in Clean My Mac 
 
 
00:26:56 SPONSOR: <a href="https://fireflies.ai/mgg">Fireflies AI</a>. Fireflies is the number one AI teammate that transcribes, summarizes, and analyzes your conversations so you can get the most out of every meeting. Get 2 months free at <a href="https://fireflies.ai/mgg">Fireflies.ai/mgg</a>. 
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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-<a href="https://mgg.fm/1092">1092</a>-Triggering work focus mode by time and location 
00:34:06 Harvey-<a href="https://mgg.fm/1092">1092</a>-Use Focus Modes with the Action button…and when watching Live Sports 
00:36:17 Steve-<a href="https://mgg.fm/1092">1092</a>-Using Focus Modes to manage notifications and let me know what mode I’m in 
00:39:04 Henry-<a href="https://mgg.fm/1092">1092</a>-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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