John and Dave are back at it, this time with August’s second Premium episode. There are more great Lion tips here than you can shake a stick at, including some hidden Mail shortcut keys, information about Time Machine doing local backups, seeing recent documents per Application, and more. Then your two favorite geeks answer your questions about putting alternate OS installations on external disks, the benefits (and nuances) of FileVault 2, iCloud and how it will impact your Music and Photo Lives, and much, much more. Subscribe today for just US$25, and get this episode and access to everything in the Archives, too!

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Dave and John hit mid-August at full stride, answering your questions and sharing tips with you about sending Mail with MobileMe (and how best to configure Mail to do so), Mission Control misbehaving, how iTunes Match will likely work for older, ripped recordings, moving your Time Machine backups, and more. Tips include making Click To Flash work in Lion as well as some great Cool Stuff Found.

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Today’s Mac Geek Gab episode features your two favorite geeks, John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, answering your questions about controlling tabbing in Mail, preparing for the MobileMe-to-iCloud transition, archiving your Gmail in both Mail.app and on iOS, Safari cookies and more. Some great tips are enclosed here this week folks. Download (it’s free!) and enjoy!

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Dave and John are back again this week here with their first Premium show of August. As always, your two favorite geeks walk through answering some tough (but fun!) questions, then off to sharing their tips, your tips, and finally Cool Stuff Found. Don’t miss it! Subscribe to day — just US$25 for 6 months — and you’ll get this episode plus lots lots more.

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Dave and John kick off August with an absolutely overflowing mailbag. Today’s show kicks off with a healthy serving of tips, including solving a frozen mouse and keyboard, reducing the size of PDFs without killing their quality, and a note from an Apple Genius clarifying more about how they choose who to service and when. Then it’s on to your two favorite geeks answering questions about software updates, restoring Address Book backups from Time Machine, solving a few Mail.app issues, and how to install Lion on some unsupported Macs. Cool Stuff Found is thrown in for good measure, and your geeks cover it all! Download today and enjoy.

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Today’s Premium episode — and July’s last — starts off with some great Mac tips that your fellow listeners have sent in. How to restore battery life, how to revert Lion’s text replacements, validating your backup routine, AppleCare start dates, and more are covered. Then it’s on to John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton answering your questions. Topics covered here include diagnosing over-running fans in your Mac, iPod nano’s FM radio, 64-bits and Lion, and more. Subscribe to Mac Geek Gab today — it’s just US$25 for 6 months — and you’ll get this episode immediately!

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Dave’s back from vacation and he and John dive in and share all the cool OS X Lion tips that they and your fellow listeners have found. There’s some GREAT stuff in this episode folks, including some answers to listener questions, as well. Don’t miss it!

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This week is a special week because you get TWO Mac Geek Gab episodes instead of just one (and then they’re off next week). Dave and John come back to help solve Mail.app date confusion, keyboard & trackpad freezes, contact syncing problems, and a big discussion about what to — and what not to — delete from your Mac. Additionally, they have a comment from an Apple Genius about just what happens — and how it all works — when you get your Mac repaired at the Genius Bar. Don’t miss this one, folks!

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Dave and John kick off the week helping you prep for Mac OS X Lion, discussing a few tips that will pave the way for your migration to Apple’s 10.7 version of their desktop operating system. Then it’s off to the races with tons of question and answers about all things Mac and Apple, with topics including System Profiler crashes, displaying non-Apple content on your Apple TV, and a few iTunes questions, too. Download today — it’s free — and enjoy!

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John and Dave kick off July with this awesome Premium episode. Topics covered include WYSIWYG font menus, controlling Safari’s PDF plugin, various backup questions (including one about backing up across the Internet to a friend’s house), and much, much more. Subscribe today for just US$25 and enjoy an additional two episodes per month from your two favorite geeks!

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