MGG 241: Sleepy Macs, Defragging, SysPrefs and Cool Stuff Found

Dave and John dig into the mailbag and discuss a few issues of sleepless Macs, managing system preferences, defragmentation and then a great Cool Stuff Found segment. Don’t miss it – download today! Sponsor: PDFpen from Smile On My Mac: Effortlessly edit your PDFs. Add text, images and signatures, combine and split PDFs, reorder and remove PDF pages, and fill out and save PDF forms.  Check out the “scribbles” feature for correcting papers and more. Read more

MGG 240: Your Mac Questions & Tips Plus iPad First Impressions

John and Dave share your questions and tips regarding all this Mac and, of course, can’t help but spend a little time talking about the recently-announced iPad from Apple. Plus, John gets into not one but TWO great rants (you’ll never think of “bumper cars” the same after hearing this!). All this and more in this Premium episode of Mac Geek Gab. Subscribe and join the fun today! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: iPad Read more

MGG 239: Follow-ups and Tips Galore

This week John and Dave turn it over to you, the listeners, to share all the tips, thoughts, follow-ups and responses you’ve had to recent shows. There were so many good tidbits in the mailbag over the past week or so that it made sense to devote a whole show to sharing all this juicy info. Download today, kick back, and increase your Mac knowledge with your two favorite geeks. Sponsor: Mac Geek Gab Premium: Read more

MGG 238: Interview with Macworld Expo’s Paul Kent

As has become tradition, once per year Macworld Expo’s Paul Kent comes on the Mac Geek Gab to give us his info, perspective and most importantly his vision of the show this year. Tune in and spend some time with Paul as he tells us what they’ve cooked up and what he sees as the important aspects of this year’s annual Mac market gathering! Stuff mentioned: Macworld Expo 2010 TMO’s Great Hotel Deal for Macworld Read more

MGG 237: Gmail Browser Issues, Switching to IMAP, Network Drives and More!

In today’s episode of The Mac Geek Gab, John and Dave answer questions relating to Gmail issues, discuss the benefits of IMAP mail servers, network drive usage, RAID storage, extending an ethernet network, connecting your Mac to a projector and more! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Help Haiti earthquake victims – Donate on iTunes Want to See What’s on Your TCP/IP Network?  Check out IP Scanner! PlugINCool The WebKit Open Source Project Gecko (layout Read more

MGG 236: Video Encoding, Damaged Preferences, Unfreezing Locked-Up Macs and More

John and Dave take this snowy New England Monday afternoon to dig through the mailbag, answering questions and sharing tips about things including encoding video on your Mac, the telltale signs of damaged preference files (and how to fix them!), getting a locked-up Mac to speak again, and much, much more. Sponsor: Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Sponsor: Audio Engine: Audioengine A5 Read more

MGG 235: CES, Snow Leopard Printing, Cool Stuff Found, Sharing One Computer

Dave’s back from CES with tales to tell, John has his own successful tales of printing woes, and then it’s onto your tips, Cool Stuff Found, and sharing one computer amongst family members. All this… and LOTS more… available to download for free! Sponsor: Yojimbo: Your effortless, reliable information organizer for Mac OS X. It will change your life, without changing the way you work. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: 2010 International CES (Consumer Read more

MGG 234: Window Management, Mac Migration, NTFS, Upgrades!

It’s a new year and your favorite Mac geek podcast hosts are back in action, on schedule, and with a show chock FULL of tasty tidbits, questions, answers and, of course, cool stuff found. Want to learn how to manage application windows like a ninja? Curious about using NTFS? Migrating to a new Mac? Just want to enhance your Mac knowledge? Here you go! Download this episode for free today! Sponsor: PDFpen from Smile On Read more

MGG 233: Hackintosh, Page Outs, Shutdown Scripts, IPs

Dave Hackintoshed a Dell Mini 10v over the weekend, and he and John talk through that process — it’s easier than you might think! Then he and John answer some of your questions and share your tips with topics including swap files, pageouts, shutdown scripts, finding IP addresses and much, much more! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Dell Mini 10v NetBook How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 10v Into the Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook Read more

MGG 232: Networks, Spotlight, Mail and More!

John and Dave take this Monday morning opportunity to answer and share as many of your questions as is possible in the time given! Today they talk about Networks, scanning for missing printers, checking out Mail connection problems, fixing spotlight, and much, much more. Of course, your two favorite geeks use their signature style to make this stuff understandable and entertaining for both geeks and new users alike. Download, click play, and come join the Read more