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    #22: Traveling With Your Mac

    March 5th, 2010 · 73 minutes

    Fresh back from our trip to Macworld, Katie and David talk all about traveling with your Mac. The duo talk about bags, power, accessories, backing up while on the road, security and more. Katie and David talk about all the gadgets that are in their travel

    #21: Interviews from the Macworld 2010 Show Floor

    February 20th, 2010 · 55 minutes

    This is the last of our Macworld 2010 special episodes. In this episode we speak with various vendors about what's new and what products we can look forward to in the coming year.

    #20: Live from Macworld 2010

    February 15th, 2010 · 61 minutes

    This is the last of our Macworld 2010 special episodes. In this episode we speak with various vendors about what's new and what products we can look forward to in the coming year.

    #19: 1Password

    February 8th, 2010 · 55 minutes

    In this episode Katie and David talk about one of their favorite programs, 1Password. This application does more than just auto-fill passwords. The hosts talk about all of the features of version 3 and how they use the application to stay safe and organiz

    #18: Managing The Onslaught

    January 30th, 2010 · 58 minutes

    The daily barage of links, feeds, and e-mail sites can become overwhelming. In this episode, David and Katie talk about managing the the daily flood of data using RSS, Instapaper, and other solutions.

    #17: DNS and Macworld 2010

    January 17th, 2010 · 78 minutes

    It's a jam packed show this week. We discuss alternative DNS services including OpenDNS and Google's DNS service with special guest George Starcher. We talk about the advantages and disadvantages of using an alternative DNS service and compare the new Goo

    #16: Information Managers

    January 1st, 2010 · 67 minutes

    This has been one of our most requested episodes. We talk all about information managers. These are applications that handle all those random bits of information that don’t seem to fit in any other type of organizational system. We’ll give you a general o

    #15: Scrivener

    December 12th, 2009 · 69 minutes

    We got a lot of feedback about episode 5 Word Processing and Writing, apparently people just keep looking for better word processors. So, we decided to do another show on a single application, Scrivener. Scrivener is a word processor and project managemen

    #14: Buying and Selling Macs

    November 21st, 2009 · 90 minutes

    In this episode we talk about tips and tricks when buying and selling Macs. Whether you’re a switcher buying your very first Mac, or a seasoned Mac user looking to sell an old machine, we’ve got your covered. We’ll help you figure out what accessories you

    #13: Task Management Smackdown

    November 3rd, 2009 · 83 minutes

    We’ve gotten a lot of requests for this episode, so here it is, our Task Management Smackdown. In one corner, David and The Omni Group’s Omni Focus. In another, Katie and Cultured Code’s Things. The duo discuss their system for managing tasks and how thei