MacBreak Tech

By John Foster, Kenji Kato, Ben Durbin, Craig Syverson

Technology Education Gadgets Software How-To

What's MacBreak Tech about?

MacBreak Tech is a no-holds-barred tech talk about all things Mac. We talk about technical Mac things like servers, storage, best practices and other stuff that is, well, technical.

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MacBreak Tech episodes:

01.26.2009
Underrated Airport Express
The Airport Express is an underrated wonder.
06.11.2008
Working with Back to My Mac
Back to My Mac either just magically works or it doesn't at all.
05.30.2008
Preview
Preview is a super powerful yet underrated tool.
05.19.2008
Saving Your Project
Once in a while you re-explore a project only to find that it's nearly impossible to find things, items are missing and it's a complete mess.
04.10.2008
Making Mac Your Business
Mac can be the basis of your business.
03.31.2008
G4 NAS Drive Part 1
Put two big drives in a an old G4 and format as RAID 1.
03.06.2008
alt iWork
Using iWork in ways never intended.
02.20.2008
Hello World
Programming a Mac offers lots of different choices. The best part is so many things are free to use without restriction.
02.11.2008
Emulating Anything
Modern emulators run all kinds of old and new software.
02.05.2008
Sharing Music
Music sharing isn't hard. Airport Express, Squeezebox, an old Mac and your iPod can help.
01.22.2008
Myths
Origins of myths about Macs are often lost to time and too often people still believe something that hasn't been true for 20 years.
01.14.2008
Backmatic Automatic Backup
Backing up is something that everyone needs to do.
01.10.2008
Resolutions
Use the new year as an excuse to get a new Mac, get more storage or making a faster network.
12.24.2007
Trouble Shooting a Network
Craig wants to know all about configuring his network.
12.19.2007
Quartz Composer
Quartz Composer is a visual programming langauge that supports different inputs, RSS and graphical outputs.
12.11.2007
Buying a new Mac
Ignore the specs, the price and focus on what you really need your Mac to do.
12.06.2007
Getting started with Automator
Automator in Tiger and Leopard is powerful if you practice making automation.
11.29.2007
Renew Your Mac to New
For about a $100 you can renew your Mac to make it like new.
11.05.2007
Welcome to Leopard
Leopard sports more than spots: Dictionary, Spaces, Cover Flow and QuickLook.
11.05.2007
Before you jump to Leopard
Before you jump to Leopard you have some chores to do. We talk about what you need to do to make your Mac ready for OS X 10.5
10.16.2007
MacBreak Tech: Unapproachable QuickSilver
Quicksilver is way more than just a keyboard-driven launcher. Using a noun verb grammatical model, you can do basic search and work effortlessly with applications, data, and the web.
08.27.2007
Tech Support for Tech Support
It’s 3am and the #$%^&* won’t do what you need it to do. There is little chance of anyone being awake that can help you. What do you do? You help yourself that’s what. For guys like us calling tech...
08.09.2007
Living with the Finder
Possibly the only commentary on the net in support of the Finder.
06.29.2007
Network Topology
Network hubs, switches, routers and making your own cables.
06.18.2007
Decompiling the 2007 WWDC
Decompiling the 2007 Apple World Wide Developer Conference.
06.12.2007
Hard Drive Recovery 101
Before you "try stuff" to recover a hard drive that won't come up on you Mac please listen to this podcast. What to do if your hard drive doesn't come up.
05.19.2007
Old Stuff Overview
What do you do with an old Mac?
05.19.2007
MacBreak Tech: Zulu Foxtrot Sierra (ZFS)
Scary, Redundant Redundant, and Not So Scary RAID leads to a discussion ZFS.
05.15.2007
MacBreak Tech: ABGN
There are four types of 802.11 wireless. To make all the variants go fast you need to change from the default settings and channels. With a bit of tweaking everything will go fast.

What's MacBreak Tech about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

MacBreak Tech episodes:

Underrated Airport Express

Working with Back to My Mac

Preview

Saving Your Project

Making Mac Your Business

G4 NAS Drive Part 1

alt iWork

Hello World

Emulating Anything

Sharing Music

Myths

Backmatic Automatic Backup

Resolutions

Trouble Shooting a Network

Quartz Composer

Buying a new Mac

Getting started with Automator

Renew Your Mac to New

Welcome to Leopard

Before you jump to Leopard

MacBreak Tech: Unapproachable QuickSilver

Tech Support for Tech Support

Living with the Finder

Network Topology

Decompiling the 2007 WWDC

Hard Drive Recovery 101

Old Stuff Overview

MacBreak Tech: Zulu Foxtrot Sierra (ZFS)

MacBreak Tech: ABGN