Episodes

John and Dave are local in New Hampshire, no bandwidth issues to get in the way today! Just a straight-ahead podcast answering your questions, helping you change permissions, re-enable Airport, suss out GigE versus FireWire speeds, and even a follow-up on encrypting your data. Good stuff! Subscribe for free today. 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 Read more

John and Dave talk about restoring icons in Finder windows, the merits of OpenDNS, Defragging (and a geeky sidebar!), Leopard’s slow network browse refreshes, software updates, and more! Sponsor:Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Sponsor:Audible: Get a 14-Day FREE Trial of AudibleListener® Gold And 1 Free Download only with this,special MGG link Note: Shownotes are complete. EasyBloom clickfree 3M MPro 110 Projector SRS Read more

Dave’s doing the show from Austin this week, so he shares his thoughts about some of the new gear he’s equipped for this trip. Then he and John go on to share your tips and answer your questions about printer presets, multiple audio sources, remote controlling Windows computers, Time Machine fixes, and even an interesting PDF conundrum. Subscribe for free and download today! Sponsor:BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Read more

 A week off brings your geeks back raring to go, and they chat through some cool stuff YOU found, a possible fix for Time Machine errors, security connecting to public WiFi networks, and more. On top of all that, they announce a contest at The Mac Observer where you can win a free Conference pass for Macworld Expo 2009! Sponsor:Disc Label: Stretch your holiday budget with a little of your own creativity. Custom CDs and Read more

You ask, John and Dave answer! This episode includes a discussion about setting up a new Mac, answers about which wireless router is best, options for backing up and migrating iApp data, and listener tips about DNS, selling your Mac, Remote pairing, and more. Subscribe for free today! Sponsor:Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Show notes are complete! PhotoPlus Expo Wi-Fire Eye-Fi Skyhook Read more

Dave and John offer some advice for folks migrating from one Mac to another, find an interesting solution for remotely configuring network settings, discussing reasons for slow Safari loads and even more! Don’t miss it!   Sponsor:Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Show notes are complete! MacBook MacBook Pro How to use FireWire target disk mode Setting up firmware password protection in Mac Read more

 John and Dave answer your questions about network backups, drive utilities, crashing preferences, and more. Additionally, they have lots of follow-ups and tips to share on previous topics including shutdown delays and wiring issues. 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! Sponsor: DEVONtechnologies: Are you drowning in paper, email, data? Go paperless today and let DEVONthink and DEVONagent do the Read more

Your two favorite Mac geeks talk through WiFi issues, Shutdown problems, Safari troubleshooting, and iTunes library dilemmas. Plus, listener tips about recordable-media longevity put a nice cap on that topic of extended conversation. Subscribe (for free!) now and don’t miss another episode. 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. New in version 4: Read more

Dave and John share their findings on the expected longevity of recordable CDs and DVDs, then answer your questions relating to all things Mac. Lots of good stuff here, folks. Subscribe for 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 September 29th, 2008 Dave and John share their findings on the expected Read more

Take John F. Braun, Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete and a week’s worth of questions, pack them into one (virtual!) room, and what do you get? MGG 169 is the answer, and packed is the word! Your geeks talk through some printer software advice and Apple Consultant training. Plus, John found some cool new toys, Pilot Pete encrypted his entire hard drive, and Dave continues his lightning saga, all here on this week’s episode of the Read more