Wake Up, It’s Time to Go to Sleep – Mac Geek Gab 1165

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Kick off Mac Geek Gab 1165 with a stack of Quick Tips: find the four new options hiding in iOS 27’s jiggly-icon mode, see how Messages remembers where you were when you jump back through a thread, and control which direction Photos moves after you delete a shot. You’ll keep a stubborn printer visible just by leaving Print Center open, play your favorite podcasts through your Mac with iPhone Mirroring, and turn StandBy into a desk-side HomePod remote.

Then it’s AI time: update the model on your scheduled agents before they quietly run on last year’s brains, get Siri AI’s full answers on iPhone and Mac, and size up Instinct, Muse, Dots, and Grok Bot as Apple’s assistant falls behind (again). You’ll also learn about the API credits hiding in Claude Max plans and a double-click trick that snaps any window to full size, with a Siri swear jar to keep the tips honest.

Then your two geeks and a pilot answer your questions. Find out why your Mac’s scheduled shutdown never fires and which apps fix it without Terminal, run the flashlight test that tells you whether a dying display is worth saving, and pick the right webcam for your Zoom calls, from Insta360 and Obsbot to the Continuity Camera already in your pocket. Finally, tackle the macOS 27 Finder change that grabs your file extension along with the file name, plus the keyboard workaround that brings your muscle memory back. Press play, get your answers, and whatever you do, Don’t Get Caught!

Quick Tips

  • 00:00:01 iOS 27 adds four new options to jiggly-icon mode (Dr. Martin)
  • 00:03:44 The iPhone Duo order experience
  • 00:08:26 Jumping back in Messages remembers where you were (NASANut, following up on MGG 1163)
  • 00:11:27 Choose which way Photos moves after you delete a photo (Daymon)
  • 00:13:03 Leave Print Center open to keep pesky printers available (Michael)
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More Quick Tips

  • 00:24:12 Listen to podcasts on your Mac by mirroring your iPhone (Henry)
  • 00:27:19 Update the model on your scheduled agents
  • 00:30:30 See Siri AI’s complete responses on iPhone and macOS (Bill)
  • 00:35:12 Instinct and Muse vs. Siri AI
  • 00:43:37 Claude API credits on Max plans
  • 00:44:47 Quickly expand the window you’re working in (Bruce)
  • 00:46:34 Start a Siri Swear Jar (Mark)
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Dave Hamilton

Dave Hamilton is a podcaster, a publisher, and a nerd who has spent the past three decades of his career educating thousands of computer users. In addition to Mac Geek Gab podcast (now in its 19th year!), Dave is co-host of Business Brain and Gig Gab, two other shows to check out! Dave is also the co-founder and CEO of BackBeat Media, a boutique network of podcasts and websites that represents fiercely-independent publishers, of which Dave considers himself one. He has been involved in online publishing since 1998, when he co-founded The Mac Observer, a popular Apple news site which was acquired in 2021. Technology isn't the only thing Dave's a nerd about: he's also a drummer, playing in Bitter Pill, Fling, and various other projects in and around the New Hampshire seacoast where he and his wife, Lisa, live and raised their two children. Dave's reachable for a limited amount of paid consulting at DaveTheNerd.com and you can find to him on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, too!

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