Mac Geek Gab Podcast

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 450: Don’t Play Ding Dong Ditch on an Airplane 10:50 PM, May. 20th, 2013

As you have come to expect from your two favorite geeks, this show brought to you with real-time logistics: Dave flew in just in time to…

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Podcast Archives

  1. Sep. 6th, 2011 MGG 351: Mission Control, Home Directories, Spotlight & Cool Stuff Found

    John and Dave are back after their schedule hiccup last week due to Hurricane Irene, and they’ve got a whirlwind show for you all today! Lots of great questions came in over the past couple of weeks, including controlling Lion’s desktop order, moving from Aperture to iPhoto, diagnosing Apple Mail.app problems, resolving iOS app quirks, and much, much more. Listen today (it’s free!) and enjoy learning from your two favorite geeks.

  2. Aug. 15th, 2011 MGG 348: Mail, Time Machine, iTunes Match & More

    Dave and John hit mid-August at full stride, answering your questions and sharing tips with you about sending Mail with MobileMe (and how best to configure Mail to do so), Mission Control misbehaving, how iTunes Match will likely work for older, ripped recordings, moving your Time Machine backups, and more. Tips include making Click To Flash work in Lion as well as some great Cool Stuff Found.

  3. Aug. 8th, 2011 MGG 347: Better Tabbing, MobileMe & iCloud, Mail Archiving, Cookies & More

    Today’s Mac Geek Gab episode features your two favorite geeks, John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, answering your questions about controlling tabbing in Mail, preparing for the MobileMe-to-iCloud transition, archiving your Gmail in both Mail.app and on iOS, Safari cookies and more. Some great tips are enclosed here this week folks. Download (it’s free!) and enjoy!

  4. Aug. 1st, 2011 MGG 345: Mail, Time Machine, Lion, Tips, and More

    Dave and John kick off August with an absolutely overflowing mailbag. Today’s show kicks off with a healthy serving of tips, including solving a frozen mouse and keyboard, reducing the size of PDFs without killing their quality, and a note from an Apple Genius clarifying more about how they choose who to service and when. Then it’s on to your two favorite geeks answering questions about software updates, restoring Address Book backups from Time Machine, solving a few Mail.app issues, and how to install Lion on some unsupported Macs. Cool Stuff Found is thrown in for good measure, and your…

  5. Jul. 25th, 2011 MGG 343: Lion Tips Galore!

    Dave’s back from vacation and he and John dive in and share all the cool OS X Lion tips that they and your fellow listeners have found. There’s some GREAT stuff in this episode folks, including some answers to listener questions, as well. Don’t miss it!

  6. Jul. 14th, 2011 MGG 342: OS X Lion Prep and Learning More About Your Mac

    This week is a special week because you get TWO Mac Geek Gab episodes instead of just one (and then they’re off next week). Dave and John come back to help solve Mail.app date confusion, keyboard & trackpad freezes, contact syncing problems, and a big discussion about what to — and what not to — delete from your Mac. Additionally, they have a comment from an Apple Genius about just what happens — and how it all works — when you get your Mac repaired at the Genius Bar. Don’t miss this one, folks!

  7. Jul. 11th, 2011 MGG 341: Mac OS X Lion Prep Tips, Misc Q&A, More!

    Dave and John kick off the week helping you prep for Mac OS X Lion, discussing a few tips that will pave the way for your migration to Apple’s 10.7 version of their desktop operating system. Then it’s off to the races with tons of question and answers about all things Mac and Apple, with topics including System Profiler crashes, displaying non-Apple content on your Apple TV, and a few iTunes questions, too. Download today — it’s free — and enjoy!

  8. Jun. 27th, 2011 MGG 339: Did Bad RAM Hork My Motherboard?

    John and Dave end out June answering your questions and sharing as many tips as possible! Topics covered include setting the iOS default calendar, dealing with CalDAV servers, diagnosing bad RAM (and possibly more!), consolidating movies in iTunes, and much more! This one’s free, folks, so subscribe, download and enjoy.

  9. Jun. 20th, 2011 MGG 337: Navigation Apps, Flat Rate Repair, Quicken & Lion, Data Migration

    Dave starts off today’s show talking about how he’s been using his iPhone more and more for turn-by-turn directions, and discusses his picks for the best apps to get the job done. Then he and John discuss the differences between logging out and restarting, a little more about backing up your iDevices, some quirks with Time Machine, and much, much more. Subscribe, download and listen (it’s free!), and even feel free to submit a question of your own to John and Dave for a future episode!

  10. Jun. 13th, 2011 MGG 336: Six Years of Gabbing Geeks

    Today marks six years since John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton released Mac Geek Gab episode 1, and they’re going stronger than ever! Some talk about Lion, lots of security stuff, resetting screen resolutions, diagnosing erratic iBooks, and a great tip about Dashboard (especially for those of you who do NOT use it!). Check it out, download for free, press play, and enjoy.

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