That’s Not Multitasking, That’s Cheating

About this episode

The episode covers various tips for managing Apple devices, email hygiene, and insights on the Apple Vision Pro.

You drop into an iMessage quick tip and quickly branch into a whole toolkit for running your Apple life smarter. You learn faster ways to edit messages, how Slack’s up-arrow muscle memory carries over, and why platforms limit your edit window. From there, the show rolls into clever NFC and QR workflows for appliance manuals, Time Machine fixes over SMB on Synology, and a deep dive on spam and email hygiene: Fastmail’s undelete safety net, SaneBox’s smart filtering, Apple Mail’s categories, plus when to reach for SpamSieve or even your own chatbot to watch junk folders so you Don’t Get Caught losing important mail. The crew also compares real‑world email providers, DNS setups (Cloudflare, Google, Quad9), and router‑level changes that stabilize your network. You get a reality check on legacy cruft—Trip Mode, MacFUSE, ancient launch agents—still loading after years of Migration Assistant, and how tools like Lingon and CleanMyMac help you audit what’s secretly running. On the fun-and-productivity side, you hear honest impressions of Apple Vision Pro: tabletop-style multiplayer games like Demeo, surprisingly usable virtual desktops, the importance of dual straps and decent cases, and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete, Adam Christianson

Topics covered

• iMessage tips
• email management
• NFC workflows
• network stability
• Apple Vision Pro
• productivity tools

Keywords

• iMessage
• Slack
• Time Machine
• Fastmail
• SaneBox
• Apple Mail
• SpamSieve
• networking
• Apple Vision Pro

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fastmail, SaneBox, Apple Mail, SpamSieve, Cloudflare, Google, Quad9, UniFi

Products: Apple Vision Pro

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