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!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 69 minutes
- Episodes
- 1106
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
Mac Geek Gab #107: WWDC Keynote Dissected and Explained
Dave’s at WWDC, and John takes a few minutes to interview him on his thoughts of the keynote announcements and more. Dave makes sure to explain the things that would likely have been missed if you w…
Mac Geek Gab #106: File Sharing, Performance Boosting, and Sleep Crashing
John and Dave talk about sharing files with other Macs, boosting your Macs performance, and perhaps even engaging in the geeky side of iPhone speculation. Also tonight included are some tips from li…
Mac Geek Gab #105: Upgrades, Audio, Networking, and Spotlight
Dave and John in front of one mic today talk about tweaking spotlight and network preferences, audio geekiness, and what upgrade paths make sense for you. Enjoy!
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Mac Geek Gab #104: AirPort/Extreme, Digital Audio, FileMaker, and More!
Dave and John are back, discussing and answering your comments about Airport/Extreme, Digital Audio, FileMaker, and more!
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For Monday, May 20th, 2007
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Mac Geek Gab #103: All About FileMaker
Dave — uber FileMaker geek — chats with Ryan Rosenberg and Kevin Mallon of FileMaker about some of the geekier things that can be done with the FileMaker, but don’t require you to be a geek to do the…
Mac Geek Gab #102: Why Is There A Red Light In My Speaker Jack?
Optical audio, keyboard shortcuts, DVD regions, and MIME types all factor into today’s discussion as John and Dave share your tips and answer your questions.&id
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Mac Geek Gab #101: Printing, Prefs, Routers, and Rips (and Surround Sound!)
Lots of listener feedback answered after the week off, including Printing Defaults, Surround Sound, Ripping DVDs, and mail servers. Don’t miss it!
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Mac Geek Gab #100: The Computing History of Two Geeks
After working hard to make all the back-end code work with three-digit episode numbers, John and Dave take a break to tour back over their 20-plus year friendship, the computers they’ve owned, and mo…
Mac Geek Gab #99: Sending Mail From Remote, Resetting Routers, Home Wiring
99 episodes later, John and Dave are still at it, answering your questions and bantering away about all things Mac. Today, the geeks get into sending e-mail remotely, dealing with a pesky router, mo…
Mac Geek Gab #98: Tips on Security, Audio, Cleaning Up Your Mac, and More
Lots of tips this week, including Mac OS X keychain settings, relaying audio across the Internet, networking using your power lines, Controlling podcasts, and more.
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Mac Geek Gab #97: Troubleshoot Your Woes With The Geeks
A mish-mash of topics, including Mail, Backups, BootCamp, iChat, and more.
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For March 26, 2007
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Mac Geek Gab #96: AirPort, Networking, and Vinyl… Yum!
John and Dave answer AirPort questions, delve into the finer points of Networking, help you transfer your vinyl to iTunes, and more!
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For March 19, 2007
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Mac Geek Gab #95: Syncing, Recording, Networking, and Small Business software
Today’s mailbag episode includes topics like Syncing, Recording, Networking, and Small Business software, including an impromptu rave about FileMaker by Dave. Don’t miss it!
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Mac Geek Gab #94: Clean-up, Optimize, and Tweak Your Mac With The Geeks
Cleaning up, understanding, and tweaking your Mac are the topics discussed in today’s show. Strap in and get ready for blast-off on this wild ride with John and Dave!
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Mac Geek Gab #93: John and Dave Answer Your Questions
AirPort, VNC, Music Syncing, and auto-searching are just some of the topics covered by Dave, John, and the listeners in this edition of The Mac Geek Gab Podcast!
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Mac Geek Gab #92: Mailbag Goodies Galore With Your Questions Answered
No audio comments today, folks… It’s all John and Dave, all the time, reading messages from the mailbag and solving your problems!
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For February 19, 2007
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Mac Geek Gab #91: Home Networking Dissected and Explained
Dave and John dig into what it takes to create — and keep running — a network of Macs in your home… and maybe some Windows machines, too!
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For February 12, 2007
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Mac Geek Gab #90: From Geek Speak to Human For You
ARD, WEP, 802.11n — sound geeky? It is, but John and Dave translate it all into human language for your listening pleasure!
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For January 22nd, 2007
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Mac Geek Gab #89: Bulging Capacitors, Syncing iTunes, and ATA Busses Demystified
Bulging capacitors, syncing and sharing iTunes, and ATA busses are just a few of the topics covered in today’s show. Listen as John and Dave demistify the geekier side of the Mac for you.
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Mac Geek Gab #88: Backup, Shutdown, Syncing and Storing
Back from Macworld Expo, Dave and John dig into the mailbag to answer your questions and solve your problems.
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For January 16th, 2007
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