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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting - Podcast

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Get answers to your Apple tech questions every week! Dave Hamilton, Adam Christianson, and Pilot Pete share tips, tricks, and troubleshooting advice for your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and more — all delivered in a fun, friendly way that helps geeks and everyday users alike. Don’t Get Caught without your tech working right!

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
69 minutes
Episodes
1107
Years Active
2005 - 2025
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Mac Geek Gab #168: Genius Tips, Numlock, AirDisk Answers, and AppleJack!

Mac Geek Gab #168: Genius Tips, Numlock, AirDisk Answers, and AppleJack!

Dave and John back on a Monday night answer your AirDisk and numlock questions, share a couple of comments from Apple Geniuses, and more! Subscribe for free today.

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Mon 15 Sep 2008
Mac Geek Gab #167: Drive Issues, Shortcuts, Remote Administration, and The Option Key Explained

Mac Geek Gab #167: Drive Issues, Shortcuts, Remote Administration, and The Option Key Explained

John’s back from vacation, and he and Dave use this Sunday evening show to share some geeky tips, answer your questions, and solve your (technical problems. Topics include new camera and memory ca…

Sun 07 Sep 2008
Mac Geek Gab #166: Dot-Underscore Files, Cool Stuff Found, Kernel_task, and Listener Tips!

Mac Geek Gab #166: Dot-Underscore Files, Cool Stuff Found, Kernel_task, and Listener Tips!

Wrapping up the week with a rare Friday afternoon show, John and Dave discuss listener tips regarding Apple Double resource forks, just what kernel_task does, managing memory on your Mac, and more k…

Fri 29 Aug 2008
Mac Geek Gab #165: Shortcuts Revisited, Painting Apps, Sync Cleaning, and More!

Mac Geek Gab #165: Shortcuts Revisited, Painting Apps, Sync Cleaning, and More!

Back in the TMO Towers East, Dave and John answer your questions, solve your problems, and share your tips with all the Mac Geek Gab listeners.

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Thu 21 Aug 2008
Mac Geek Gab #164: Defrag, iPod Syncing Issues, MobileMe Time Zones, Shortcuts, & New Media Expo

Mac Geek Gab #164: Defrag, iPod Syncing Issues, MobileMe Time Zones, Shortcuts, & New Media Expo

At New Media Expo, John and Dave tackle your questions and share your tips about all things Mac and beyond!

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Fri 15 Aug 2008
Mac Geek Gab #163: MAC Address Filtering, Startup Passwords, iCal Syncing, and Beachballs!

Mac Geek Gab #163: MAC Address Filtering, Startup Passwords, iCal Syncing, and Beachballs!

John and Dave talk about how to filter different computers — at different times — from your wireless network, a new take on syncing — and not syncing — calendars via MobileMe, and among other things…

Mon 11 Aug 2008
Mac Geek Gab #162: Cool Stuff Found, Hidden Accounts, MobileMe, iDisk and More

Mac Geek Gab #162: Cool Stuff Found, Hidden Accounts, MobileMe, iDisk and More

The show today starts with John and Dave talking through Cool Stuff Found: that’s Stuff from them AND from you, and there’s some great tidbits in here. Then the conversation turns to revisiting hidd…

Mon 04 Aug 2008
Mac Geek Gab #161: Unlearning Spelling, Cache Sizes, Bypassing Password Security, and Haikus

Mac Geek Gab #161: Unlearning Spelling, Cache Sizes, Bypassing Password Security, and Haikus

John and Dave dig into topics decided by YOU, the loyal listener. Discussions include bypassing login passwords, quickly restoring a Mac to its pristine software state, UPSs and power strips, and ta…

Mon 28 Jul 2008
Mac Geek Gab #160: Digging into MobileMe, UPSs, Audio Outputs and Listener Tips

Mac Geek Gab #160: Digging into MobileMe, UPSs, Audio Outputs and Listener Tips

Using multiple audio jacks, understanding the nuances of multiple users using MobileMe, backing up without Time Machine, the benefits of Apple Service Professionals, and a DHL warning are all part of…

Mon 21 Jul 2008
Mac Geek Gab #159: MobileMe, Battery Backups, iPhone 3G, and Tales of Woe

Mac Geek Gab #159: MobileMe, Battery Backups, iPhone 3G, and Tales of Woe

MobileMe's out, so Dave and John will discuss what's different (and what's the same). Plus it's summer season in the USA, and that means thunderstorms for a lot of folks, so protecting yourself again…

Mon 14 Jul 2008
Mac Geek Gab #158: Bad RAM, iSights, Drive Speeds, and Startup Shortcuts

Mac Geek Gab #158: Bad RAM, iSights, Drive Speeds, and Startup Shortcuts

Before heading off on vacation next week, Dave joins John for an all-out Geek fest, discussing what to do about bad RAM, bad hard drives, how to find speed bottlenecks, and more. Plus, listeners sha…

Mon 30 Jun 2008
Mac Geek Gab #157: Startup Secrets, Terminal Tricks, Battery Woes, and Services Menu

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.

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Mon 23 Jun 2008
Mac Geek Gab #156: Tips for Parallels, Time Machine, WiFi, Reinstalls and 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!

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Tue 17 Jun 2008
Mac Geek Gab #155: WWDC, Kindle, Screen Sharing, and Windows

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…

Mon 09 Jun 2008
Mac Geek Gab #154: Signal Strength, Screen Sharing, Drive Cleaning, and IE on Mac

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 com…

Mon 02 Jun 2008
Mac Geek Gab #153: Cleaning Your Mac, Listener Tips, and Questions Galore

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 …

Mon 19 May 2008
Mac Geek Gab #152: Have I Been Hacked?

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 t…

Mon 12 May 2008
Mac Geek Gab #151: Startup Sounds, FileTypes, EQ, and Bits vs. Bytes

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 …

Mon 05 May 2008
Mac Geek Gab #150: Random Questions, Cool Stuff Found, and Wacky Problems

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 du…

Tue 29 Apr 2008
Mac Geek Gab #149: Syncing, Phantom Shares, and Other Wacky Problems

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 o…

Mon 21 Apr 2008
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