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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2025-01-19 |
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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2024-12-01 |
Old Electronics - Phone Batteries, JSON Files, Router Setups On this episode of Hands-On Mac, Mikah answers questions about what to do with old electronics, extracting photos out of downloaded files and maintaining the original photo names, how to properly manage your phone's battery, and a question from a list... |
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2024-11-24 |
Passwordless Unlocking on macOS - NAS credentials, AI Video Upscalers, Optimized Battery Charging In this episode of Hands-On Tech, host Mikah Sargent tackles crucial questions about home networking, Mac mini security, and tech troubleshooting. Absorb this week's helpful tips, from analyzing Orbi mesh WiFi performance to explaining lock screen best... |
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2024-11-17 |
Moving From Windows to Mac - dd Command, Kindle Sync, Hotspots On Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers questions such as about a feature in Linux that can allow you to cut and paste your entire drive, about passkeys and multiple accounts on the same website, and Mikah helps a listener with the process of transferring from... |
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2024-11-10 |
Operating Systems & Passkeys Follow-Up - Kindle Sync, WiFi Connectivity, Location Settings On Hands-On Tech, Mikah continues to answer more of your questions, such as why Kindle books may not stay in sync between different devices, why you can't reconnect to your WiFi network after losing connection, and how you can get a reminder or a list ... |
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