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Episodios
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MGG 247: The Week The Lights Went Out in New Hampshire
03/03/2010John and Dave dig and then dig some more to tell you about all the Cool Stuff Found that crossed their paths over the past few weeks. Then it’s off to sharing your tips and answering your questions in this excellent episode of Mac Geek Gab! Sponsor: PDFpen from Smile […]
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MGG 246: PDF Annotation, Startup Chime, Remote Spam Training, & SSD!
25/02/2010Dave and John are back for this second Mac Geek Gab Premium episode for February. Lots of juicy stuff today, including POP vs IMAP, Annotating PDFs, Startup Chimes, Safari toolbars, and a quick refresher on SSDs. Subscribe today and enjoy! Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: StartupSound.prefPane Code to silence the […]
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MGG 245: Prepping a Mac for Sale or Service, Your Questions, and More!
22/02/2010The mailbag is overflowing, and John and Dave do their best to get through as much of your feedback as possible. A common theme this week is prepping your Mac for sale or service, and your two favorite geeks talk through that as well as sharing some listener tips on […]
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MGG 243: Live From Macworld Expo 2010 it’s… Mail Questions and More!
16/02/2010John and Dave took the Main Stage last Thursday just as the show floor opened at Macworld Expo and recorded Mac Geek Gab 243 to a packed house. The two shared their thoughts on some of their show-floor picks, then went on to take questions from the audience which, to […]
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MGG 244: iTunes Questions & Tips, Macworld Wrap-up, More!
15/02/2010John and Dave are back from Macworld Expo, ready to roll. They share their thoughts on the show, answer your iTunes questions and share your iTunes tips (including something close to the Holy Grail…), then off to discuss routers, BlueTooth issues, and more! Sponsor: Yojimbo: Your effortless, reliable information organizer […]
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MGG 242: Keychains, Admin Accounts, Personal Finance, Virtualization
05/02/2010Dave and John are back for a second time this week, talking about Keychain passwords, the pros and cons of admin accounts, personal finance software options, comparing VirtualBox with others, and more! Don’t miss it, download today! Sponsor: Yojimbo: Your effortless, reliable information organizer for Mac OS X. It will […]
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MGG 241: Sleepy Macs, Defragging, SysPrefs and Cool Stuff Found
02/02/2010Dave 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 […]
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MGG 240: Your Mac Questions & Tips Plus iPad First Impressions
28/01/2010John 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!). […]
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MGG 239: Follow-ups and Tips Galore
26/01/2010This 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 […]
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MGG 238: Interview with Macworld Expo’s Paul Kent
22/01/2010As 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 […]
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MGG 237: Gmail Browser Issues, Switching to IMAP, Network Drives and More!
19/01/2010In 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 […]
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MGG 236: Video Encoding, Damaged Preferences, Unfreezing Locked-Up Macs and More
18/01/2010John 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 […]
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MGG 235: CES, Snow Leopard Printing, Cool Stuff Found, Sharing One Computer
12/01/2010Dave’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 […]
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MGG 234: Window Management, Mac Migration, NTFS, Upgrades!
05/01/2010It’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 […]
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MGG 233: Hackintosh, Page Outs, Shutdown Scripts, IPs
29/12/2009Dave 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, […]
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MGG 232: Networks, Spotlight, Mail and More!
21/12/2009John 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 […]
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MGG 231: Finder, Install, Backup Tips, Verbose Startup, More!
14/12/2009Starting a new phase for the Mac Geek Gab, this marks the inaugural episode of the Mac Geek Gab Premium. We've had listeners asking for more content, and we've also had listeners offering to support the show directly. We certainly appreciate our sponsors, and the sponsored-shows will continue. This is […]
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MGG 230: Mail, Printing, Handbrake, and Virtualized Video
13/12/2009John and Dave talk through the answers to your tough questions, including those about Mail, printing problems, Handbrake settings for movie-to-iPhone conversions, and Windows video settings on your Mac. Subscribe today! Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for […]
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MGG 229: Cool Stuff Found, Bandwidth Monitoring, Bookmark Sorting, More!
08/12/2009Some great listener questions, tips, and especially Cool Stuff Found highlight this week's episode. John and Dave take you through all of it, ensuring you understand that which is mentioned. Want to know how to measure your Internet bandwidth? Want to sort your Safari Bookmarks? Need to tweak your Menu […]
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MGG 228: Neither Geeks Nor Listeners Are Turkeys
01/12/2009John and Dave come straight out of the US Thanksgiving holiday and into your ears, hearts, and heads sharing both their AND your Mac knowledge tips, queries, and concerns. Topics include troubleshooting Safari, saving your iDisk, Monitoring internet usage with AirPort Base Stations, and not one but two great utilities […]