Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

The mailbag is the seed of conversation this week as John and Dave dig in and spend the whole show answering your questions! Topics range from cleaning up your drive, resetting your Mac’s firmware, iChat AV bugs and more! Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For October 3rd, 2005 Direct Links: Enhanced/AAC Podcast or MP3 Version The mailbag is the seed of conversation this week as John and Dave dig in and spend the whole show answering your questions! Topics range from cleaning up your drive, resetting your Mac’s firmware, iChat AV bugs and more! 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: Radtech ScreensavRz Radtech OmniCleanz iLife ’04 All-in-one Desk Reference for Dummies iLife ’05 Missing Manual OmniDiskSweeper iPod Insurance (possibly UK only) Compost gShield – Command line firewall utility for Linux 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, 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.

Travel-related Gadgets are the topic of this weeks’ Gab between John and Dave. These two self-professed geeks talk through their favorite toys to use when traveling. They also talk through some news items from the week, including some poignant tips about the latest dotMac upgrade. Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For September 26th, 2005 Direct Links: Enhanced/AAC Podcast or MP3 Version Travel-related Gadgets are the topic of this weeks’ Gab between John and Dave. These two self-professed geeks talk through their favorite toys to use when traveling. They also talk through some news items from the week, including some poignant tips about the latest dotMac upgrade. Show Sponsor: iPodObserver.com – Visit iPodObserver today for iPod culture, news, reviews, and music. Stuff mentioned: Portable Media and Podcast Expo OWC Mercury On-The-Go Targus TCG650 Backpack AirPort Express DLO TransPod AirPlay Record Labels Want a Piece of iPod Sales Apple’s Chapter Tool Apple Makes Changes to .Mac: Storage Now 1GB, Groups Added, Backup 3 Released iPodResQ 206-666-GEEK – Free voicemail courtesy of K7.net 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, 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 cover a variety of topics this week including reviewing the iPod nano, discussing their current podcasting setup, catching up with some listener feedback, and a few other surprises for you! Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For September 19th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, September 19th, 2005 Dave and John cover a variety of topics this week including reviewing the iPod nano, discussing their current podcasting setup, catching up with some listener feedback, and a few other surprises for you! Stuff mentioned: Skype Mackie Onyx 1220 Audio Hijack Pro Hugo Schotman Hartsfield-Jackson Atalants International Airport iPod Nano Macworld Expo Boston no longer! Cingular RAZR Apple Files for Trademark on iPodCast 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, 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 wrap up their conversation about file sharing, giving lots of alternative options to allow you to send files to friends and colleagues across the Internet. Additionally, some discussion on screen sharing and remote control, as well as some more listener feedback. Enjoy! Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For September 12th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, September 12th, 2005 John and Dave wrap up their conversation about file sharing, giving lots of alternative options to allow you to send files to friends and colleagues across the Internet. Additionally, some discussion on screen sharing and remote control, as well as some more listener feedback. Enjoy! Just a quick note from Dave: I had Audio Hijack Pro set incorrectly, and as such it introduced an abnormal amount of delay between John and I during our chat. Next week’s show will be much more in-sync… we promise! Stuff mentioned: Red Cross Hurricane 2005 Donation Page YouSendIt.com Skype iChat BitTorrent iPodder (lemon) WhatIsMyIP.com PortForward.com FuGu – Graphical front end for SCP (secure copy over SSH). DynIP.com DynDNS.org VNC Chicken Of The VNC Apple Remote Desktop Bulldog Reporter PR University iPod Nano HP PSC Software Updates PocketMac Palm Treo 650 Chatter Email 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, 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.

Sending large files across the Internet isn’t always easy, and Dave and John go through some options for doing this today. Then it’s straight to the mailbag, sharing some great tips sent in by listeners, including an awesome app for creating audio comments. Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For September 3rd, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, September 3rd, 2005 Sending large files across the Internet isn’t always easy, and Dave and John go through some options for doing this today. Then it’s straight to the mailbag, sharing some great tips sent in by listeners, including an awesome app for creating audio comments. Show Sponsor: iPodObserver.com – Visit iPodObserver today for iPod culture, news, reviews, and music. Stuff mentioned: Red Cross Hurricane 2005 Donation Page The Interdictor – A blog from folks who are in a datacenter in the French Quarter, New Orleans, LA PortForward.com Audio Recorder 2.0 PureFTPd Manager for Mac OS X Audio Recorder 2.0 – Great for sending in Audio Comments (hint, hint!) LAME MP3 encoding framework for Mac OS X iChat AIM – Allows iCHat-compatible video conferencing for Windows users Trillian – Windows software for full screen iChat-compatible video chatting iVisit – Multi-platform video chatting application Applejack Gmail Gmail-Is-Too-Creepy.com – a listener-submitted site TMO Help Wanted: Reporter 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, 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.

Back to their normal setup, and sounding as good as ever, Dave and John go through a ton of reader feedback and audio comments. This show is chock full of great hints and tips, including talk about the Mac Geek Gab podcasting setup, undeleting, software update, Safari usage, defragmenting, and more. Enjoy! Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For August 29th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, August 29th, 2005 Back to their normal setup, and sounding as good as ever, Dave and John go through a ton of reader feedback and audio comments. This show is chock full of great hints and tips, including talk about the Mac Geek Gab podcasting setup, undeleting, software update, Safari usage, defragmenting, and more. Enjoy! Show Sponsor: iPodObserver.com – Visit iPodObserver today for iPod culture, news, reviews, and music. Stuff mentioned: PJ Doland Mackie Skype Audio Hijack Pro Shure SM58 Ety?Com Headset Motorola HS820 Headset Telefunken U 47 Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel Apple Support Site Treo 650 LifeDrive miniViewSF iDefrag Virex Gmail Google Talk 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, 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.

After suffering through yet more broadband problems with John’s cable modem, Dave and John get a Geek Gab out, albeit a day late. Dave’s chiming in from Austin, Texas, and he and John talk about their favorite ways to keep their Macs running smooth, and how to tell when it’s not! John also wraps up his Apple tech support experience for us all, as well. Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For August 22th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, August 22th, 2005 After suffering through yet more broadband problems with John’s cable modem, Dave and John get a Geek Gab out, albeit a day late. Dave’s chiming in from Austin, Texas, and he and John talk about their favorite ways to keep their Macs running smooth, and how to tell when it’s not! John also wraps up his Apple tech support experience for us all, as well. Stuff mentioned: Cocktail Retrospect Carbon Copy Cloner Menu Meters Easy Envelopes Widget macosxhints – How to disable (and enable) Dashboard Daring Fireball: Phony OS X Login Window 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!) or post in the comments below! 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.

Due to a broadband outage, John and Dave go low(er) tech this week, at least in terms of the recording methods. That said, the show is still a geek gab, and is anything but low tech! John and Dave talk about their favorite hardware and Dave even gets a great rant about cell phones. Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For August 15th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, August 15th, 2005 Due to a broadband outage, John and Dave go low(er) tech this week, at least in terms of the recording methods. That said, the show is still a geek gab, and is anything but low tech! John and Dave talk about their favorite hardware and Dave even gets a great rant about cell phones. Stuff mentioned: Parliant – The makers of PhoneValet, a potential solution for podcasters, especially those doing phone interviews. Vonage – Voice Over IP, Plain Old Telephone line replacement option. FlashGo – Nearly all-in-one memory card reader solution Hewlett Packard PSC 950 Canon PowerShot S500 Nikon COOLPIX 4500 Logitech Cordless Elite Duo Kensington Expert Mouse Siemens SX66 Cingular PocketMac Samsung i730 Verizon Siemens Gigaset Mountain Dew – Code Red Dr. Mac – Hands On With Mighty Mouse Portforward.com – A very comprehensive resource containing information for all sorts of internet/broadband routers. iPodObserver 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!) or post in the comments below! 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 gets back from vacation and tells us all about his experiences figuring out the wireless base station and SMTP server at the vacation house — this chat includes lots of great tidbits for anyone ever traveling with a computer, including a few ways of finding your local mail server. Additionally, Dave and John respond to reader comments from last week’s show, and Dave has a few pleas for YOU geeks relating to both an overactive ATSServer process and e-mail on cell phone/PDAs! Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For August 8th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, August 8th, 2005 John gets back from vacation and tells us all about his experiences figuring out the wireless base station and SMTP server at the vacation house — this chat includes lots of great tidbits for anyone ever traveling with a computer, including a few ways of finding your local mail server. Additionally, Dave and John respond to reader comments from last week’s show, and Dave has a few pleas for YOU geeks relating to both an overactive ATSServer process and e-mail on cell phone/PDAs! Stuff mentioned: Nantucket – Even though John didn’t cut a deal with the chamber of commerce. MacFixIt Systat – Multi-use widget which can (among other things) show you your IP WhatIsMyIP.com Accident Hash – Great podcast featuring indie-music Daily Source Code – Adam Curry’s podcast about… podcasting! TiVo Desktop – Reports coming in that TiVo Desktop 1.9.1 now works in Tiger with the 10.4.2 update Carbon Copy Cloner – This, too, now works with Tiger with the 10.4.2 update Skype Mac OS X Hints Blackberry Siemens SX66 Palm Treo 650 Gmail iPodObserver Courtesy of Neal Parikh, to change the file format of the screen capture images, type: defaults write com.apple.screencapture type _image-format_ where image-format is jpg, tiff, png, pdf, and maybe more! 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!) or post in the comments below! 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’s heading off for vacation, so the show comes early this week. Today’s topic is shareware, and John and Dave talk through a few of their favorites, plus one recommended by a listener. Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For July 29th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, July 29th, 2005 John’s heading off for vacation, so the show comes early this week. Today’s topic is shareware, and John and Dave talk through a few of their favorites, plus one recommended by a listener. Products/Companies/Events mentioned: ThermographX MenuMeters iGlasses Snapz Pro X Default Folder X Spamfire Eudora SpamSieve Mailsmith Dave says Relevant Advertising is a Good Thing Gmail Pseudo iPodObserver Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!) Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes 4.9! PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed]eval(unescape(‘E-mail John and Dave(even an audio comment, if you please!) or post in the comments below! 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.