Wake Up, It’s Time to Go to Sleep

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!
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1165 for Monday, October 26th, 2026
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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)
Belkin Continuity Camera Mount
NightStand Mode == StandBy
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
And Dots and Grok Bot
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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Your Questions Answered
00:50:19 Why won’t my Mac shut down automatically? (Karl)
To schedule a daily shutdown at 11 PM and wake or power on at 6 AM:
sudo pmset repeat shutdown MTWRFSU 23:00:00 wakeorpoweron MTWRFSU 06:00:00
To see the current schedule:
pmset -g sched
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01:00:12 My monitor is failing. Should I repair it? (Mike)
Which 5K monitor for my Mac? (MGG 1136)
01:04:39 Which webcam should I get for Zoom calls? (John)
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Obsbot Meet Flip
Continuity Camera
01:12:20 Did macOS 27 change how Finder selects file names? (Todd)
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