Mac Geek Gab Podcast
Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun come together weekly to discuss things of interest to Mac geeks, yet present them in a way that's both entertaining and informative for the average listener.

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MGG 449: Finding iCloud, Creating Workflows, and More! 10:24 PM, May. 12th, 2013

Here's John and Dave, on a warm, Sunday evening, doing what they love to do: answering your questions, sharing their tips, and gabbing with you…

Podcast Archives

  1. Jan. 31st, 2012 MGG 378: Tips, Cool Stuff Found, & Your Questions Answered

    Back from Macworld | iWorld, John and Dave dig into the mailbag to share your tips, your Cool Stuff Found, and then to answer your questions. You don’t want to miss this one, folks! Download it today for free.

  2. Jan. 30th, 2012 MGG 377: Live from Macworld | iWorld - Stump The Geeks!

    John and Dave recorded this live on Friday, January 27, 2012 at Macworld | iWorld allowing audience members to come up with questions to try and stump the geeks! Peppered in between questions were Cool Stuff Found picks from the visits John and Dave each made to the show floor. Tune in, press play, and enjoy!

  3. Jan. 17th, 2012 MGG 375: Tips on Dock, Resume, AppleCare, Gmail, Ripping, & More

    Dave, John, and your fellow Mac Geek Gab listeners have TONS of tips to share today. Highlights include managing Lion’s resume, dealing with Apple Customer Relations (versus AppleCare), what to do to ensure a successful clean Lion install, fixing missing icons in your Dock, and flashing your new iMac’s DVD drive to ensure full ripping speed. All this and more in today’s (free!) episode of Mac Geek Gab. Download and enjoy!

  4. Jan. 11th, 2012 MGG 374: Cool Stuff Found at CES, Questions Answered & More

    Dave’s out at CES and he talks about the cool stuff found on the show floor (and elsewhere!) there. Then he and John are off to the races, answering your questions about controlling a Mac with your iPad or iPhone, manually decrypting a FileVault 2 partition, troubleshooting a slowing Handbrake, organizing content on a dual drive system, and much, much more. Download today (it’s free) and enjoy.

  5. Jan. 3rd, 2012 MGG 372: iTunes Match, Safari Fixes, Sending Files, & More

    Dave and John Kick off the new year doing their favorite thing and yours: answering your questions and sharing their tips about the Mac and other Apple products. This show’s full of great stuff, as usual, including a discussion about iTunes Match (and solving some quirky problems therein), fixing Safari when it’s got you down, tips on sending large files and much, much more. Download today (it’s free!) and enjoy.

  6. Dec. 19th, 2011 MGG 370: Finder Tips, PDF Tricks, Cool Stuff Found & More!

    Dave and John start today’s show by sharing some very useful tips and tricks that you can use in the Finder. Then it’s off to the mailbag to discuss topics including how to better manipulate PDFs, troubleshooting a pixelated Mac display, Calendar sharing, and even a discussion about DMCA notices received from your ISP. Then it’s Cool Stuff Found including tips for Safari, navigating traffic and and iOS settings. All of this and a LOT more on today’s episode. Download now… it’s free!

  7. Dec. 12th, 2011 MGG 369: Email, WiFi, and Geeks’ Favorite Cases!

    Dave and John have put together a fantastic show today, including some (more!) discussion on email management, tricks for truly conquering iCloud, properly extending your WiFi networks, and then the geeks tell you their favorites of all the cases they’ve tried on all their various iDevices and Macs! All this and more in today’s freely-available Mac Geek Gab podcast. Download, press play, and enjoy!

  8. Dec. 5th, 2011 MGG 367: Photo Stream, Email, FTP, iDevice Backups

    Dave’s back from vacation and he and John dive right back in, answering questions about Photo Stream, iCloud, IMAP mail, FTP Servers on Lion, forcing iTunes to backup locally and much, much more. Download today and enjoy!

  9. Nov. 21st, 2011 MGG 366: Mail Management, iCloud Primer, & More Lion Tips

    John and Dave are back, and ready to answer, inform, and cogitate all right in front of your … ears! Topics covered today include printing from Mail.app, safely deleting junk mail, backing up your calendar, and continuing to troubleshoot Lion’s oddities. Also included is Dave’s explanation of how he’s running Quicken on Lion (thanks to VMWare 4.1) and more. Download today, press play, and enjoy and learn with your two favorite geeks!

  10. Nov. 14th, 2011 MGG 364: Solving Network, Startup, iTunes & Keychain Problems

    Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun are two of the leading experts on all things Mac (and beyond), and listeners from around the world listen to — and rely on — them to help solve their tech problems. Take a listen to today’s Mac Geek Gab to understand exactly why — these guys are true experts who know how to translate their knowledge into easy-to-understand terms just for you. Download the show to your iPod and take John and Dave along on a car ride (virtually, of course!) and you’ll understand why so many others do the same.