Episodes

John and Dave head into this last Premium episode of April talking about managing your Mac’s menubar, why some boot disks can boot all Macs — and why some can’t, changing your default Mail client, playing specific movies with specific apps, and lots, lots more! Subscribe today, support your two favorite geeks, and enjoy! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: TUAW Tip: Get your podcasts out of iTunes Mac OS X: Changing How Apple Mail Read more…

Mac Geek Gab is the show that answers your questions, shares your tips, and helps you learn even more about your Mac and other Apple devices. This week, hosts John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton certainly deliver on that mission! Dave discusses how he used his iPad for his first (connected) trip without a laptop, then they move on to answering questions about iTunes, Firewalls, Time Machine, App purchases (on your Mac & iOS devices), Read more…

Your two favorite geeks are in top form today! Listen as John and Dave take your Mac questions, solve your problems, share your tips, fill you in on Cool Stuff Found, and more. Topics include sharing apps amongst different iOS devices, managing multiple inboxes from Mail.app, cleaning up your Time Machine backups, re-routing audio, Hackintosh computers, iSight cameras and more. Take the time to download, press play, and enjoy! Sponsor: Yojimbo: Your effortless, reliable information Read more…

What to do when your Mac forgets its window positions? Migrating iTunes to a new computer? Sending your Mac in for repair? Want to import your data from one Mac to another? Have a question of your own? No fear, your geeks… are here! John and Dave take these questions — and more… much, much more — answer and discuss them on the show. Also included in this episode are some replies to the SSD Read more…

As always, your two favorite geeks are here to start the week! John and Dave dive right in and start helping listeners answer their questions about keyboard modifier keys, custom Finder icons, why Time Machine grows to fast (and how to stop it!) and more. This show’s packed full of stuff, and you’re welcome to join. In fact, you can send in your own questions to John and Dave and they’ll happily answer them in Read more…

Dave and John go straight to the mailbag this week, sharing some comments about security (including how to better secure your Facebook account), cleaning scratched CDs, and (finally!) a utility for finding what apps are truly keeping your disk(s) from ejecting! Then it’s question time, and your two favorite geeks stay squarely rooted in the mailbag, helping you and fellow listeners learn how to set default zoom levels in Mail and Safari, manage your podcasts Read more…

Dave and John come together for March’s second Premium show to answer a burning question: Will my Mac run Lion? They also dig through a few (unrelated but coincidental) questions about both SSD and RAM needs, answer a question about ejecting a pesky DVD from your Mac, what it means to get a CTO Mac repaired, dealing with yet more duplicates in Aperture, and more. Subscribe today, it’s US$25, you get two extra episodes per Read more…

Dave’s back from South By Southwest, he talks a little about that, and then he and John dive into an epic Cool Stuff Found episode. You definitely don’t want to miss this one! Sponsor: Yojimbo: Your effortless, reliable information organizer for Mac OS X. It will change your life, without changing the way you work. Sponsor: Librarian Pro 2: Librarian Pro is a complete personal inventory system. Manage your own mini-library of books, magazines, games, Read more…

John and Dave answer your questions, share your tips, solve your problems and help you learn more and more about the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and related software and technology. Today’s show features your two favorite geeks talking about iPhones not appearing in iTunes (and how to fix it), how to eject pesky disks, Finder sidebar shortcuts, a few Aperture questions, and even an impromptu discussion of Twitter clients. This is a great one, folks. Download Read more…

Dave and John bring you LOTS of goodness this week answering your questions and sharing your tips. They discuss adding a second Mac to Time Machine, converting MP3 audiobooks for use in iTunes, (im)proper hard drive volume names, share some iPhone and Aperture tips, and even share a bit about what “cruft organizer apps” to use — and how to use them. All this, and more! Subscribe today, it’s just $25 for 6 months and Read more…