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Kick off Mac Geek Gab 1157 with a rapid-fire round of Quick Tips: find the new Siri option hiding in your Camera app, tame Archive Utility’s settings to streamline your workflow, and turn your scanner and printer into a DIY copier over FTP. You’ll also learn where macOS quietly stashes your FileVault recovery key (hint: check Passwords) and how to wrangle your files so AI can actually help you, including a listener who let AI sort an entire TV library and another who put Claude Cowork to work as his personal Mac updater.

Then it’s time for Apple’s big hardware drop: the M6 and M5 Ultra arrive in a new Mac mini and Mac Studio, with 2.5-gig Ethernet as the buried lede. Your two geeks and a pilot break down what’s worth your money, tackle Apple’s storage pricing problem with Thunderbolt and USB alternatives that won’t drain your wallet, and answer whether you can move your home folder to an external drive to dodge Apple’s SSD tax (spoiler: you can, and maybe it’s time we start endorsing this?). Stick around for Cool Stuff Found: a robot mower that behaves even without fences, a smarter way to peek inside archives, and a slick DMG utility. Press play, get your answers before your gear gets you… and whatever you do, Don’t Get Caught!

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1157 for Monday, August 31st, 2026

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Quick Tips

00:00:01 Pilot Pete-QT-New “Siri” option in Camera

00:02:43 Allan-QT-Use Archive Utility’s Settings to streamline your workflow – From Stephen Robles

00:05:21 Jim-QT-Connect your scanner and printer via FTP to make a copier

Also scan to USB for speed

00:08:26 KiwiGraham-QT-FileVault Recovery Key is in Passwords