No one does a better job of explaining technology, computers, and the Internet than Leo Laporte. This feed contains the full audio of his twice weekly radio talk show as heard on stations all over the US on the Premiere Radio Networks. For show notes and more visit techguylabs.com. Records live weekends at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 18:00 UTC.
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2025-02-16 |
Voice Acting Setup & Gear - Getting Started With Voice Acting In this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah Sargent addresses a question from listener Faye about the setup they should go with to start with voice acting, covering how one should approach getting into voice acting and providing some resources for Faye to ... |
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2025-02-09 |
Stop Devices from Listening for Keyword Activations - Halt Devices From Listening In On Hands-On Tech, host Mikah Sargent addresses a listener's concern about their Apple devices seemingly listening to conversations in their office and offers a few way to disable this functionality.Don't forget to send in your questions for Mikah to an... |
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2025-02-02 | On Hands-On Tech, Mikah helps Mark rein in Siri after a recent update caused Mark's Siri to start having activation issues and responding inconsistently to voice commands.Send in your questions for Mikah to answer at hot@twit.tvHost: Mikah SargentDownl... |
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2025-01-26 |
Duplicate Photos In My Folders! - External Devices & Gmail Storage On Hands-On Tech, Mikah Sargent helps Richard figure out why there are duplicate photos of the same picture in his photo folders! Plus, Mikah answers Lance's question about Windows 11 and some devices being labeled as removable external storage devices... |
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2025-01-19 |
Managing Spam Emails - Filtering Out Spam Emails in Your Email Acocunts On Hands-On Tech, Mikah helps Lars, who is seeking help for a friend who is being flooded with spam emails and is looking for a way to filter out the spam emails!Mikah strongly recommends transitioning away from ISP-provided email addresses, as they of... |
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2025-01-12 |
Connecting An iPad to an Android Smart Home - A Unified Smart Home Experience In this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah Sargent tackles a unique smart home dilemma from a viewer named John, who runs his home automation through Android while his wife uses Apple devices. John wants to know if he can use an old iPad as a home hub to ... |
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2025-01-05 |
Stop Your TV from Turning On by Itself - How to Fix Automatic Power-Ons with HDMI-CEC Mikah addresses a listener question about why their TCL TV and cable box sometimes turn on automatically after a power outage. He explains the likely causes and offers troubleshooting tips. Mikah also shares an important follow-up from a previous episo... |
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2024-12-22 |
Understanding iCloud Shared Albums - Terminal, Captive Portal, Apple 2FA On Hands-On Tech, Mikah helps Omar schedule his daughter's Mac to shut down at a specific time, Jed disables his children's iPads as the two-factor authentication points, and Ben has several questions related to iCloud Shared Albums, along with other v... |
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2024-12-15 |
Connecting Older Tech to Modern Networks - Gmail Storage, .pst Files, Internet Speeds On Hands-On Tech, Mikah continues to answer more of your submitted questions, such as reclaiming Gmail storage from deleted emails, connecting an older iPad to a newer Wi-Fi network, and why you might not be getting exactly close to the speeds you shou... |
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2024-12-08 |
Deleting Gmail Messages in Bulk - Monitor vs. TV, Bloated MacBook, Encrypting Partitions In this detailed episode, Mikah Sargent tackles a diverse range of tech challenges, from bulk email deletion and password management to troubleshooting a freezing MacBook and exploring unconventional monitor setups. Listeners will gain practical soluti... |
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