Episodes

September’s second Mac Geek Gab Premium episode launches right into things with John and Dave helping listeners with questions about Spotlight filtering (including where it does and doesn’t apply), Mail issues (including attachments not auto-saving and rules going inactive), and a listener’s daughter who solved the spinning beachball her dad kept experiencing! All this and more on this very special Premium episode. Join now for just US$25 and get this episode and 2 extra episodes Read more

With time having passed since Lion’s release, John and Dave and the entire Mac Geek Gab community have been pooling their knowledge about the benefits — and pitfalls — associated with the Snow Leopard-to-Lion upgrade process. Dave and John share some of the latest information here today, as well as some tips about tweaking your Lion-upgraded Mac to behave better. Additionally there’s some great Cool Stuff Found included, as well as listener questions answered. Download Read more

John and Dave are back after their schedule hiccup last week due to Hurricane Irene, and they’ve got a whirlwind show for you all today! Lots of great questions came in over the past couple of weeks, including controlling Lion’s desktop order, moving from Aperture to iPhoto, diagnosing Apple Mail.app problems, resolving iOS app quirks, and much, much more. Listen today (it’s free!) and enjoy learning from your two favorite geeks. Sponsor: PDFpen from Smile: Read more

Dave and John are back in action after Tropical Storm Irene blew through, and they’ve got a great show to kick off September for you. Premium all the way, your two favorite geeks start by talking about calculating free space properly, Lion tips, and Dave talks about his new experience with Sonos units. Subscribe today for just US$25 and you’ll get this episode and at least two extra episodes per month for 6 months. Note: Read more

John and Dave are back at it, this time with August’s second Premium episode. There are more great Lion tips here than you can shake a stick at, including some hidden Mail shortcut keys, information about Time Machine doing local backups, seeing recent documents per Application, and more. Then your two favorite geeks answer your questions about putting alternate OS installations on external disks, the benefits (and nuances) of FileVault 2, iCloud and how it Read more

Dave and John hit mid-August at full stride, answering your questions and sharing tips with you about sending Mail with MobileMe (and how best to configure Mail to do so), Mission Control misbehaving, how iTunes Match will likely work for older, ripped recordings, moving your Time Machine backups, and more. Tips include making Click To Flash work in Lion as well as some great Cool Stuff Found. Sponsor: Drobo: Terabytes of storage and disk failure protection, Read more

Today’s Mac Geek Gab episode features your two favorite geeks, John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, answering your questions about controlling tabbing in Mail, preparing for the MobileMe-to-iCloud transition, archiving your Gmail in both Mail.app and on iOS, Safari cookies and more. Some great tips are enclosed here this week folks. Download (it’s free!) and enjoy! Sponsor: Gazelle is THE place to get cash for your used gadgets. Visit gazelle.com and just have some fun Read more

Dave and John are back again this week here with their first Premium show of August. As always, your two favorite geeks walk through answering some tough (but fun!) questions, then off to sharing their tips, your tips, and finally Cool Stuff Found. Don’t miss it! Subscribe to day — just US$25 for 6 months — and you’ll get this episode plus lots lots more. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Magic smoke Mail Act-On Read more

Dave and John kick off August with an absolutely overflowing mailbag. Today’s show kicks off with a healthy serving of tips, including solving a frozen mouse and keyboard, reducing the size of PDFs without killing their quality, and a note from an Apple Genius clarifying more about how they choose who to service and when. Then it’s on to your two favorite geeks answering questions about software updates, restoring Address Book backups from Time Machine, Read more

Today’s Premium episode — and July’s last — starts off with some great Mac tips that your fellow listeners have sent in. How to restore battery life, how to revert Lion’s text replacements, validating your backup routine, AppleCare start dates, and more are covered. Then it’s on to John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton answering your questions. Topics covered here include diagnosing over-running fans in your Mac, iPod nano’s FM radio, 64-bits and Lion, and Read more