Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

John and Dave spend the entire show answering YOUR questions, including their favorite backup strategies, setting the Windows workgroup name, and some iTunes tips, including one from a listener. Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For December 5th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version and the AAC Enhanced Version courtesy of Michael, also known as ComputerNap!. John and Dave spend the entire show answering YOUR questions, including their favorite backup strategies, setting the Windows workgroup name, and some iTunes tips, including one from a listener. Show Sponsor: Kiwali.com – Pamper your iPod mini this winter in soft, stylish corduroy pouches from Kiwali. Enter PODCAST at checkout and save a special 15% for the holidays!. Note: Shownotes are now complete. Stuff mentioned: Bell’s Palsy Skype Gizmo Project Apple’s .Mac Retrospect Disney iPod Insurance Plan Dave’s Podcast about the BackBeat Media Podcast Network Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes 4.9! – Show Details PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed]eval(unescape(‘E-mail John and Dave(even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.

John and Dave talk through their wishlists for the holidays… things they wish they had, things they wish existed, and more! Join Dave and John for this great show, then send in an audio comment with YOUR wishes! Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For November 28th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version and an AAC Enhanced version courtesy of one of our fantabulous listeners, Michael, also known as ComputerNap! John and Dave talk through their wishlists for the holidays… things they wish they had, things they wish existed, and more! Join John and Dave for this great show, then send in an audio comment with YOUR wishes! Show Sponsor: GoDaddy.com – Private Domain Registration from GoDaddy.com is a smart thing to do. When you register a domain, your contact information is immediately made available to anyone who wants to see it. Act now and you can make any domain private for just $8.95/year. And, you’ll get your domain registration for just $1.99. Plus as a Mac Geek Gab listener, enter code GAB1 when you check out, and save an additional 10% on any order. Get your piece of the internet at GoDaddy.com. Save 10% on any order at GoDaddy.com. Note: Shownotes are now complete. Stuff mentioned: SmartHome Sailing Clicker VinoVenue Enomatic Picasa PlayStation Portable Parmet Public Relations Audio Hijack Pro AppleCare Protection Plan Behringer Autocom Pro-XL MDX1600 BackBeat Media Podcast Network Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes 4.9! – Show Details PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed]eval(unescape(‘E-mail John and Dave(even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.

Dave and John talk through their favorite ways to take, manage, view, and edit photos. Listen for details on things like easy photo editing, uploading to Flickr, discussion of other photo tricks and more! Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For November 21st, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version. Dave and John talk through their favorite ways to take, manage, view, and edit photos. Listen for details on things like easy photo editing, uploading to Flickr, discussion of other photo tricks and more! Show Sponsor: GoDaddy.com – Private Domain Registration from GoDaddy.com is a smart thing to do. When you register a domain, your contact information is immediately made available to anyone who wants to see it. Act now and you can make any domain private for just $8.95/year. And, you’ll get your domain registration for just $1.99. Plus as a Mac Geek Gab listener, enter code GAB1 when you check out, and save an additional 10% on any order. Get your piece of the internet at GoDaddy.com. Note: Shownotes are now complete! Stuff mentioned: Behringer Eurorack UB1222FX-pRO Nikon COOLPIX 4500 Canon PowerShot S500 iPhoto John’s .Mac Photo site Graphic Converter Napoleon Dynamite PhotoWorks PhotoWorks PhotoStreamer Epinions reviews of Online Photo Services Flickr Flickr iPhoto Export 1001 – Flickr client Gallery Web server addition iPhoto Gallery Export Plugin Custom Login Message TiVo Comes to the iPod BackBeat Media Podcast Network Coverville Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes 4.9! – Show Details PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed]eval(unescape(‘E-mail John and Dave(even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.

As promised to their listeners, nay viewers, Dave and John put together a short vidcast, optimized for the video iPod. Dave and John talk briefly about the Portable Media Expo, and discuss the agenda for the next audio cast, to be posted shortly. TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For November 12th, 2005 – Video Direct Links: MPEG-4 Video Version. As promised to their listeners, nay viewers, Dave and John put together a short vidcast, optimized for the video iPod. Dave and John talk briefly about the Portable Media Expo, and discuss the agenda for the next audio cast, to be posted shortly. Show Sponsor: GoDaddy.com has new domain names, transfers and renewals as low as $3.99. Plus, check out our hosting plans, Web site builders, secure certificates and much more. Act now, enter code GAB1, that’s G-A-B and the number 1, and you’ll save an extra 10% off any order! Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes 4.9! – Show Details PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed]eval(unescape(‘E-mail John and Dave(even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.

Doing the show from Dave’s hotel room at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo in Ontario, California, Dave and John talk through their experiences at the show, then segue into discussing different ways to get DVD video onto your computer, iPod and more. Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For November 12th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version. Doing the show from Dave’s hotel room at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo in Ontario, California, Dave and John talk through their experiences at the show, then segue into discussing different ways to get DVD video onto your computer, iPod and more. Show Sponsor: GoDaddy.com has new domain names, transfers and renewals as low as $3.99. Plus, check out our hosting plans, Web site builders, secure certificates and much more. Act now, enter code GAB1, that’s G-A-B and the number 1, and you’ll save an extra 10% off any order! Stuff mentioned: Portable Media Expo Inside Mac Radio HandBrake Google OGF Definition and Search Example Mac The Ripper DVD2One X Popcorn Toast iSquint Coverville Google Video AdCritic.com – TV Commercials on the web Ontario Marriott Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes 4.9! – Show Details PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed]eval(unescape(‘E-mail John and Dave(even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.

Dave and John wade through quite a few issues related to Apple’s latest 10.4.3 OS upgrade, discuss repartitioning (and how not to do it!), and moving your swap partition. Additionally, announcements from TiVo and Google round out this week’s show. Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For November 8th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version. Dave and John wade through quite a few issues related to Apple’s latest 10.4.3 OS upgrade, discuss repartitioning (and how not to do it!), and moving your swap partition. Additionally, announcements from TiVo and Google round out this week’s show. Show Sponsor: GoDaddy.com has new domain names, transfers and renewals as low as $3.99. Plus, check out our hosting plans, Web site builders, secure certificates and much more. Act now, enter code GAB1, that’s G-A-B and the number 1, and you’ll save an extra 10% off any order! Stuff mentioned: Foxwoods Count Floyd Mac OS X 10.4.3 BackBeat Media Quicktime ThermographX Stuffit Expander 10 Griffin iMate Move your swap file to another drive miniViewSF Podcast iPartition AJAX – Asynchronous Javascript and XML Google Maps Google Video TiVo, Yahoo collaborate on TV recording Podner Podcast and Portable Media Expo Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes 4.9! – Show Details PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed]eval(unescape(‘E-mail John and Dave(even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.

Recorded on Halloween night, John and Dave come to you hopped up on candy to talk about a ton of stuff. Dave reviews the Video iPod, John and Dave answer a bunch of listener feedback, and they talk through the details of their podcasting setup, including the hardware and software they use and how it all works. Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For October 31st, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version. Recorded on Halloween night, John and Dave come to you hopped up on candy to talk about a ton of stuff. Dave reviews the Video iPod, John and Dave answer a bunch of listener feedback, and they talk through the details of their podcasting setup, including the hardware and software they use and how it all works. Stuff mentioned: Fark.com New iPod (video) DLO TransPod a-ha Quicktime TiVo Engadget iTunes Video Downloads Top 1 Million Quicksilver – A unique launcher Skype Audio Hijack Pro Behringer C-1 Telefunken U47 Mackie Onyx 1220 (w/ FireWire) Behringer Autocom Pro-XL Behringer Eurorack UB802 Etymotic ER6 Ultimate Ears UE5c Podcast and Portable Media Expo Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes 4.9! – Show Details PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed]eval(unescape(‘E-mail John and Dave(even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.

To say that this show is chock full of info is an understatement! John and Dave continue their tour through the terminal, discussing shells, public key encryption and various other nuances. The meat is in the tips this time, though, with great info about authenticating as a priviledged user, setting up automatic login via SSH, and an awesome audio comment detailing how to use regular expressions! John also takes us on a trip through his AppleCare experience, which is not to be missed! Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For October 25th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version. To say that this show is chock full of info is an understatement! John and Dave continue their tour through the terminal, discussing shells, public key encryption and various other nuances. The meat is in the tips this time, though, with great info about authenticating as a priviledged user, setting up automatic login via SSH, and an awesome audio comment detailing how to use regular expressions! John also takes us on a trip through his AppleCare experience, which is not to be missed! Show Sponsor: RHEM 2 – Search for a secret artifact in the elaborate and mysterious hidden city of underground caves of “RHEM 2”, an intricate pure-puzzle first person adventure game. Stuff mentioned: GUI WIMP Interface C shell Tcsh shell sh shell Korn shell Bash shell sudo command su command /etc/hosts file This Is Spinal Tap SSH – Secure Shell Public Key Crytography “Grok” Safeware – iPod Insurance Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes 4.9! – Show Details PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed]eval(unescape(‘E-mail John and Dave(even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.

This week, John and Dave fire up the terminal and walk through some of their favorite utilities, focusing on the basics. Included are little tips to make your trips to the terminal easier, and Dave even details a way to change the default reader for MAN pages. Check it out, and be sure to catch next week’s follow-up where they dig even deeper. Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For October 18th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version. No Enhanced show (yet!) this week. We’ll be building a separate feed for the enhanced show. More news to come. This week, John and Dave fire up the terminal and walk through some of their favorite utilities, focusing on the basics. Included are little tips to make your trips to the terminal easier, and Dave even details a way to change the default reader for MAN pages. Check it out, and be sure to catch next week’s follow-up where they dig even deeper. Show Sponsor: RHEM 2 – Search for a secret artifact in the elaborate and mysterious hidden city of underground caves of “RHEM 2”, an intricate pure-puzzle first person adventure game. Stuff mentioned: FireWire Wikipedia Entry How to Stuff a Video iPod Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes 4.9! – Show Details PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed]eval(unescape(‘E-mail John and Dave(even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.

John and Dave focus their advice (and that from the listeners!) towards those of you who have switched from Windows or are thinking of doing so — but don’t shy away if you’re a long time Mac user, because there’s info there for you, too! Plus, Dave even gets in a good rant about overzealous Mac-oriented virus protection companies. Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For October 11th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version. No Enhanced show (yet!) this week. We’ll be building a separate feed for the enhanced show. More news to come. John and Dave focus their advice (and that from the listeners!) towards those of you who have switched from Windows or are thinking of doing so — but don’t shy away if you’re a long time Mac user, because there’s info there for you, too! Plus, Dave even gets in a good rant about overzealous Mac-oriented virus protection companies. Show Sponsor: RHEM 2 – Search for a secret artifact in the elaborate and mysterious hidden city of underground caves of “RHEM 2”, an intricate pure-puzzle first person adventure game. Stuff mentioned: Apple to Hold “One More Thing…” Media Event October 12th Etymotic ER-6 Earphones Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes 4.9! – Show Details PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed]eval(unescape(‘E-mail John and Dave(even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.