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Mac Geek Gab #167: Drive Issues, Shortcuts, Remote Administration, and The Option Key Explained
07/09/2008John’s back from vacation, and he and Dave use this Sunday evening show to share some geeky tips, answer your questions, and solve your (technical problems. Topics include new camera and memory cards that John used, remote administration of other machines, annotating your pictures, and yes… John and Dave (with […]
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Mac Geek Gab #166: Dot-Underscore Files, Cool Stuff Found, Kernel_task, and Listener Tips!
29/08/2008Wrapping up the week with a rare Friday afternoon show, John and Dave discuss listener tips regarding Apple Double resource forks, just what kernel_task does, managing memory on your Mac, and more keyboard shortcuts. Additionally, for your weekend (or whenever!) pleasure, Cool Stuff Found is stuffed with apps to check […]
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Mac Geek Gab #165: Shortcuts Revisited, Painting Apps, Sync Cleaning, and More!
21/08/2008Back in the TMO Towers East, Dave and John answer your questions, solve your problems, and share your tips with all the Mac Geek Gab listeners. Listen Now: Download: or (AAC coming shortly courtesy of Michael Johnston of iPhoneAlley) Show notes for […]
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Mac Geek Gab #164: Defrag, iPod Syncing Issues, MobileMe Time Zones, Shortcuts, & New Media Expo
15/08/2008At New Media Expo, John and Dave tackle your questions and share your tips about all things Mac and beyond! Listen Now: Download: (No AAC this week since we’re all traveling at NME and we wanted to get the show out. The […]
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Mac Geek Gab #163: MAC Address Filtering, Startup Passwords, iCal Syncing, and Beachballs!
11/08/2008John and Dave talk about how to filter different computers — at different times — from your wireless network, a new take on syncing — and not syncing — calendars via MobileMe, and among other things discuss everyone’s favorite topic: Beachballs! Listen Now:
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Mac Geek Gab #162: Cool Stuff Found, Hidden Accounts, MobileMe, iDisk and More
04/08/2008The show today starts with John and Dave talking through Cool Stuff Found: that’s Stuff from them AND from you, and there’s some great tidbits in here. Then the conversation turns to revisiting hidden login issues from last week, as well as some MobileMe and iDisk sync explanations. Chock full […]
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Mac Geek Gab #161: Unlearning Spelling, Cache Sizes, Bypassing Password Security, and Haikus
28/07/2008John and Dave dig into topics decided by YOU, the loyal listener. Discussions include bypassing login passwords, quickly restoring a Mac to its pristine software state, UPSs and power strips, and taming Mac OS X’s spellchecker. Download now and tell a friend. BOTH are free! Listen Now:
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Mac Geek Gab #160: Digging into MobileMe, UPSs, Audio Outputs and Listener Tips
21/07/2008Using multiple audio jacks, understanding the nuances of multiple users using MobileMe, backing up without Time Machine, the benefits of Apple Service Professionals, and a DHL warning are all part of this week’s Mac Geek Gab. Subscribe today — it’s free! Listen Now:
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Mac Geek Gab #159: MobileMe, Battery Backups, iPhone 3G, and Tales of Woe
14/07/2008MobileMe's out, so Dave and John will discuss what's different (and what's the same). Plus it's summer season in the USA, and that means thunderstorms for a lot of folks, so protecting yourself against lightening is another topic. Listener questions and tips round out the show and, oh yeah, Dave […]
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Mac Geek Gab #158: Bad RAM, iSights, Drive Speeds, and Startup Shortcuts
30/06/2008Before heading off on vacation next week, Dave joins John for an all-out Geek fest, discussing what to do about bad RAM, bad hard drives, how to find speed bottlenecks, and more. Plus, listeners share tips on iSights, batteries, finding files, and a great startup shortcuts printout! Listen Now:
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Mac Geek Gab #157: Startup Secrets, Terminal Tricks, Battery Woes, and Services Menu
23/06/2008John and Dave talk about bandwidth, Mac OS X’s services menu, directories in the Terminal, scheduling reboots and more. Listen Now: Download: or (AAC courtesy of Michael Johnston of iPhoneAlley) Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For June 23, 2008 John […]
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Mac Geek Gab #156: Tips for Parallels, Time Machine, WiFi, Reinstalls and More
17/06/2008Back from WWDC, Dave and John are in the thick of the action this week, with listener tips, questions, hints, and tricks about all things Mac. Come on in, subscribe (it’s free!) and enjoy! Listen Now: Download: or (AAC courtesy of Michael […]
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Mac Geek Gab #155: WWDC, Kindle, Screen Sharing, and Windows
09/06/2008Dave’s out at WWDC, John’s manning the fort, and they have made the bandwidth stars align to bring you this special edition of the Mac Geek Gab. This week, of course, your two favorite geeks discuss all that happened this morning at WWDC, plus Dave’s traveling with a Kindle, so […]
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Mac Geek Gab #154: Signal Strength, Screen Sharing, Drive Cleaning, and IE on Mac
02/06/2008Answers to your Mac questions and tips and advice from listeners and your two favorite Geeks alike, Mac Geek Gab 154 is in the wild! Topics covered include wireless signal strength, utilities to comb your hard drive clean, running IE on your Mac without Windows, and more. Listen Now:
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Mac Geek Gab #153: Cleaning Your Mac, Listener Tips, and Questions Galore
19/05/2008John and Dave are fresh back from a virtual trip to Chicago, and now coming to you with tips about cleaning your Mac, listener answers to previous questions, and some new topics for everyone to chew on, including a Geek Challenge! Listen Now:
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Mac Geek Gab #152: Have I Been Hacked?
12/05/2008Listeners wonder if their Macs have been hacked, and Dave and John talk through the symptoms. After that, it’s off to the mailbag which is chock full of tips and questions this week you won’t want to miss! Subscribe (it’s free!) today. Listen Now: […]
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Mac Geek Gab #151: Startup Sounds, FileTypes, EQ, and Bits vs. Bytes
05/05/2008Listener tips shine through this week, with some answers about startup sounds and filetypes. Then your two favorite geeks do their part by answering your questions about equalization settings, Time Machine backups, and bits vs. bytes. Chock full o’ goodness, you’ll want to subscribe today, it’s free! Listen Now:
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Mac Geek Gab #150: Random Questions, Cool Stuff Found, and Wacky Problems
29/04/2008The question queue is overflowing, and John and Dave dive in headfirst with some tough questions about audio, mail, and graphics. Then it’s on to some Cool Stuff Found, including an app developed due to an MGG comment! After that, they just can’t stop with the wacky questions, and there […]
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Mac Geek Gab #149: Syncing, Phantom Shares, and Other Wacky Problems
21/04/2008Dave and John share some of your thoughts on the recently-discussed magically-appearing shares theme, then dig into some questions about syncing both with and without .Mac. Then it’s time for some of the wackiest questions — and solutions — the Mac Geek Gab has ever encountered! Listen Now:
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Mac Geek Gab #148: Geeks on a RAM-page, Networking, Time Capsule, and Some Fun
07/04/2008Your Geeks are back with an action-packed show this week, with discussion topics including Apple Support, RAM and paging, Networking, Time Machine/Capsule, and Dave tells his geeky story about getting 10-year-old Windows hardware to work with his brand new MacBook Pro! Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For April […]