Mac Geek Gab #157: Startup Secrets, Terminal Tricks, Battery Woes, and Services Menu

John and Dave talk about bandwidth, Mac OS X’s services menu, directories in the Terminal, scheduling reboots and more. Listen Now: <object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” data=”http://www.macobserver.com/podcast/player.swf” id=”audioplayer1″ height=”24″ width=”290″> </object><br /> Download: or (AAC courtesy of Michael Johnston of iPhoneAlley) Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For June 23, 2008 John and Dave talk about bandwidth, Mac OS X’s services menu, directories in the Terminal, scheduling reboots and more. Sponsor: Audio Engine: Audioengine A5 and A2 Read more…

Mac Geek Gab #156: Tips for Parallels, Time Machine, WiFi, Reinstalls and More

Back 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: <object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” data=”http://www.macobserver.com/podcast/player.swf” id=”audioplayer1″ height=”24″ width=”290″> </object><br /> Download: or (AAC courtesy of Michael Johnston of iPhoneAlley) Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For June 17, 2008 Back from WWDC, Dave and John are in the thick of Read more…

Mac Geek Gab #155: WWDC, Kindle, Screen Sharing, and Windows

Dave’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 there’s that, too. Additional reader questions and tips are provided, rounding out this fantastic episode. Listen Now: Download: or (AAC courtesy of Michael Johnston of Read more…

Mac Geek Gab #154: Signal Strength, Screen Sharing, Drive Cleaning, and IE on Mac

Answers 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: <object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” data=”http://www.macobserver.com/podcast/player.swf” id=”audioplayer1″ height=”24″ width=”290″> </object><br /> Download: (the MP3 will be in the AAC feed this week due to conversion hiccups. Sorry about that!) Read more…

Mac Geek Gab #153: Cleaning Your Mac, Listener Tips, and Questions Galore

John 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: <object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” data=”http://www.macobserver.com/podcast/player.swf” id=”audioplayer1″ height=”24″ width=”290″> </object><br /> Download: or (AAC coming shortly courtesy of Michael Johnston of iPhoneAlley) Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For May 19, 2008 John and Read more…

Mac Geek Gab #152: Have I Been Hacked?

Listeners 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: <object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” data=”http://www.macobserver.com/podcast/player.swf” id=”audioplayer1″ height=”24″ width=”290″> </object><br /> Download: or (AAC coming shortly courtesy of Michael Johnston of iPhoneAlley) Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For May 12, 2008 Listeners Read more…

Mac Geek Gab #151: Startup Sounds, FileTypes, EQ, and Bits vs. Bytes

Listener 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: <object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” data=”http://www.macobserver.com/podcast/player.swf” id=”audioplayer1″ height=”24″ width=”290″> </object><br /> Download: or (AAC courtesy of Michael Johnston of iPhoneAlley) Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For May Read more…

Mac Geek Gab #150: Random Questions, Cool Stuff Found, and Wacky Problems

The 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 are a couple of those in today’s episode, as well. Listen Now: <object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” data=”http://www.macobserver.com/podcast/player.swf” id=”audioplayer1″ height=”24″ width=”290″> </object><br /> Download: Show notes for Mac Read more…

Mac Geek Gab #149: Syncing, Phantom Shares, and Other Wacky Problems

Dave 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: <object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” data=”http://www.macobserver.com/podcast/player.swf” id=”audioplayer1″ height=”24″ width=”290″> </object></p> Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For April 21, 2008 Dave and John share some of your thoughts on Read more…

Mac Geek Gab #148: Geeks on a RAM-page, Networking, Time Capsule, and Some Fun

Your 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 7, 2008 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Version (There was a problem with the original AAC conversion, but it has been fixed now. iTunes Read more…