Is the iPad Pro now a full-fledged computer? Leo Laporte answers Michael's question about the advantages and disadvantages of using Apple's iPad Pro as your primary or only computer.

Host: Leo Laporte

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Separate IDs in Zoom and the Best SSD Options

Creating separate IDs for Zoom, connecting a condenser mic to a computer, syncing your iPhone within the Catalina OS, unable to install Windows 10 on an older laptop, monitoring your kids' internet activity, installing Linux on a Chromebook, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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TWiT's 15th Anniversary, iPhone SE, Best Audio Equipment You Can Buy

• iPhone SE vs Sidekick 2
• EARN IT will kill end-to-end encryption. Call your senator now!
• AMD is kicking Intel's butt
• The best speakers you can buy
• The best DACs you can buy
• The best headphones and headphone amplifiers you can buy
• The story of the first TWiT
• Catching up with Scott Herriott
• Catching up with Kevin Rose
• Catching up with Patrick Norton
• Catching up with Robert Heron
• Why Kevin Rose Doesn't Use Android
• Why Robert Heron loves Google Fi and the Pixel
• Magic Wormhole: how to encrypt your communications
• John Prosser: iPhone SE Plus coming soon
• iPad Pro Magic Keyboard turns the iPad Pro into a laptop
• More catching up with Kevin Rose
• Reminiscing about the good old days - Leisure Suit Larry, FidoNet, and BBSs
• Caveat Emptor: many NAS drives use SMR
• Computer security now vs 15 years ago
• Hard drives now vs 15 years ago
• Want a great $20,000 stereo? Buy the Symbol Audio Modern Record Console
• iRacing is the best esport in the world
  

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Kevin Rose, Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, and Scott Herriot

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Setting up live video streaming for church services, are SSD hard drives reliable for backups? The best writing apps for writing a book, what kind of webcam do I need for video conferencing? Can I download my photos from Google photos? How to tell if your Mac was hacked, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Leo Laporte, Ant Pruitt, Mikah Sargent, and Jason Howell kick off the weekend with TWiT Game Night to play Jackbox Party Pack 6.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mikah Sargent, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell

Guest: Anthony Nielsen

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• Github is free for teams!
• COVID-19 tests are going unused due to hospital IT challenges
• Sales of Online Fraud Guides Are Booming
• Buyer beware—that 2TB-6TB "NAS" drive you've been eyeing might be SMR
• Citing BGP hijacks and hack attacks, feds want China Telecom out of the US
• When School Is Online, the Digital Divide Grows Greater
• Tracfone Made Up "Fictitious" Users To Defraud Taxpayers, FCC
• Apple and Google detail a bold and ambitious plan to track COVID-19 at scale
• Insecure Home Office Networks Heighten Work-at-Home Risks
• Chris Nguyen, CEO of LogDNA talks about log data mining and finding the gems in the noise of too many log entries.

Hosts: Louis Maresca, Brian McHenry, and Heather "Mo" Williams

Guest: Chris Nguyen

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Did you know that hidden in your Mac is a powerful Unix-style command line? Open up the Terminal, and try out these simple commands:
cd: change directory
ls: list the current directory's contents
chmod: change the permissions of the files in this directory
man: gives a manual on how to use any command
tldr: Too Long; Didn't Read - gives a short and simple description of any command
sudo: do a command as the superuser (admin)
rm: remove file or directory - be careful with this one!
sudonvram StartupMute=%00: turns on the "bong" when you start up your mac
sudonvram StartupMute=%01: turns off the "bong" when you start up your mac

Leo Laporte gives you helpful tips to get the most from your Mac every week on Hands-On Mac. Come back next week for more fun!

Host: Leo Laporte

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Wearable Tech For Wellness and Fitness. Getting a grip on optimal body wellness and fitness can be quite a challenge. Today we have many options in the world of consumer technology to help us get started as well as manage our daily wellness and fitness goals. This week on Hands-On Wellness, Ant Pruitt discusses the uses of popular wearable devices in wellness and fitness. The Fitbit and AppleWatch are popular items to consider on your wellness and fitness journey.

Mayo Clinic: 10,000 steps a day: Too low? Too high? : https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/10000-steps/art-20317391

Wearables:

• Fitbit Alta HR: https://www.fitbit.com/gb/shop/altahr
• Apple Watch: https://www.apple.com/watch/
• Withings Move: https://www.withings.com/us/en/withings-move

Host: Ant Pruitt

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The low-cost iPhone SE, Minecraft RTX Beta is live, Apple/Google's contact tracing plan, Animal Crossing: New Horizons as pandemic medicine, Playstation 5's holiday release changes.

• Unemployment checks are delayed for some and the ancient COBOL programming language is to blame.
• With last week's news of Google and Apple's collaboration on a contact tracing system for tracking COVID-19 spread, many people are concerned about their privacy.
• Dan Moren from Six Colors talks about the newly announced iPhone SE, Apple's lowest-cost smartphone in its catalog.
• In gaming news, Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica is blown away by the new Minecraft RTX Beta that brings complex lighting effects into the experience to give it a notable facelift. Also, PlayStation 5 might be in low supply during its holiday release. Finally, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is turning into the game to beat during the quarantine.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Dan Moren and Sam Machkovech

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Everything you need to know about Control Center on iOS.

Do Not Disturb is a powerful iOS feature that helps you set boundaries, stay safe, and maintain focus. Mikah walks you through the settings, showing you how to turn on schedules, drive without disturbances, and activate Do Not Disturb when you need it.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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