Episodes

John and Dave are back in the TMO Towers East this week answering listener questions, sharing tips, and more. Topics include automounting disks, setting default apps for documents, starting to program on the Mac, repartitioning and more. One item of note is a discussion about cable modems, their signal strengths, and how you can check and improve yours.  Subscribe now (for free!) and don’t miss another episode. Sponsor: Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Read more…

Dave and John chat for you about the WWDC keynote, Dave’s travels, and the hardware released from Apple today.  Subscribe for free and never miss another episode from your favorite geeks! Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2009 Virgin America GoGo Inflight Internet Indent style Live Coverage of the WWDC Keynote Read more…

John and Dave took the show back to Talkshoe, this time incorporating some pre-prepped material along with the live questions and comments.  The live aspect brings some additional spontaneity and yet still the same geeks you know and love. Definitely not an episode you’ll want to miss! Sponsor: Disc Label 6: Custom CDs and DVDs of music and photos, with great-looking labels and cases, make wonderful gifts. Special 20% off discount available for a limited Read more…

Dave and John start with some cool stuff found that they just couldn’t get to last week, then move on to continue the wireles network setup discussion with some great tidbits of info. After that, they start answering questions, discussing battery maintenance and more. Subscribe today for free! Sponsor: Audio Engine: Audioengine A5 and A2—Real speakers designed for portable audio players that deliver astonishing sound (and don’t cost a fortune). You can’t get better sound for Read more…

Dave and John talk about the latest Mac OS X 10.5.7 update (and the path it took John to get there!), then move into a valuable and entertaining discussion about planning and setting up your wireless/AirPort network. Subscribe today for free and don’t miss another episode again! Sponsor: Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days.   Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update Mac OS X 10.5.7 Read more…

Great advice from your favorite Mac Geeks starts out with a discussion on best practices for dealing with Technical Support reps, then dives into a virtual pile of Cool Stuff Found by all of you. Subscribe today for free and don’t miss another episode! Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! Sponsor: Audible: Get a 14-Day FREE Trial of AudibleListener® Gold And 1 Free Read more…

John and Dave do their best tonight to keep up with the overflowing mailbag by answering your questions and sharing your tips about wireless access, booting from external drives, RAM upgrades, USB devices, and fixing Time Machine bundles. Also some cool stuff found, including Pogoplug, Runcore SSD drives, Fission, Hazel and arsync! Sponsor: PageSender: The fax software for Mac OS X that really works! Fax anything you can print. Fully scriptable. All from SmileOnMyMac.com Sponsor: Circus Ponies Notebook: Read more…

Your favorite Mac geeks celebrated their 200th episode by “airing” the taping of the show live on TalkShoe, complete with listener interaction. Great stuff here, as always, and the show has an interesting real-time vibe to it, as well!  Topics include WiFi, Time Machine, Time Capsule, cron/launchd, Mouse acceleration, and more. Sponsor:Audio Engine: Audioengine A5 and A2—Real speakers designed for portable audio players that deliver astonishing sound (and don’t cost a fortune). You can’t get Read more…

John and Dave, live (to tape, er, hard disk!) discussing your tips, questions, queries, concerns, and favorite Mac apps! Sponsor:Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Note: Shownotes are complete! Greenspring Townhomes DD-WRT Linksys WRT150N Wireless-N Home Router BSSID Mac OS X 10.5: Time Machine stops backing up to external disk Linus and Lucy Portable Computers: Models Which Do Not Have a Backup Battery Read more…

More Dock tips, backup strategies, long-haul WiFi, and general troubleshooting questions about your Mac round out this week’s episode with your favorite geeks, John and Dave. Subscribe for free today! Sponsor:BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! Note: Shownotes are complete! iPod Nano Settlement DMAchoice.org WYWH Postcards AmazingMail Typical Mac User (with Victor!) Your Mac Life (with Shawn!) TalkShoe Cheating at Leopard: Make Read more…