Seventeen Hours to Save Five Minutes – Mac Geek Gab 1166

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Hold Option while you drag a window edge and your Mac resizes around its center, and that’s just the start of what the Option key unlocks, from hidden Wi-Fi diagnostics to extra Bluetooth details in your menu bar. You’ll also learn how to update every Apple TV in the house straight from the Home app, why toggling Cellular Data revived an iPhone after iOS 27.2 when a reboot didn’t, what Reset Network Settings really costs you, and how a few well-named Notes give Siri’s new personal context something worth remembering. Plus the gang compares how they’re actually using AI right now, from Claude skills to coding agents that review each other’s work, then runs through Apple’s big week: the touchscreen MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display, the M6 MacBook Pro and iMac, and an OLED iPad mini.

Then it’s your questions: find a medication reminder that bends around shift work (and count what vibe coding your own costs you in time), make Apple Mail always put attachments at the end, have your iPhone read your daily affirmations aloud with one simple Shortcut, and reach your NAS securely with Tailscale Serve or Cloudflare Tunnels instead of opening ports. And before you trust your left-behind alerts, open each AirTag in Find My and check its exceptions list, because Find My may have quietly added places you never picked. Don’t Get Caught!

Quick Tips

  • 00:00:01 Option-drag a window edge to resize around its center (Chris)
  • 00:03:28 Update your Apple TV’s tvOS from the Home app (Rich W)
  • 00:05:09 Option-click your Wi-Fi menu (and everything else)
  • 00:07:53 Toggle Cellular Data to bring back service after iOS 27.2 (Doug)
  • 00:09:56 Beware Reset Network Settings
  • 00:12:48 Use Notes as persistent memories for Siri AI (Robb)
  • 00:17:26 Toggle Siri’s ChatGPT extension and give it its own voice
  • 00:19:36 How are you using AI today? (Andy)
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Your Questions Answered

  • 00:47:23 What’s the best app to remind me to take medication? (Colin)
  • 00:53:48 Beware the time sink of vibe coding
  • 00:55:13 Due app for customizable due dates
  • 00:57:19 How do I make Mac Mail insert attachments at the end by default? (David)
  • 00:59:54 How can my iPhone read my daily affirmations to me in its own voice? (Roy)
  • 01:03:27 Use Tailscale Serve or Cloudflare Tunnels to reach your NAS securely (Scott, following up on MGG 1164)
  • 01:10:09 Why is Adam’s Facebook not showing him the time?

Don’t Get Caught

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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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