Hands-On Tech (Audio)

A new Microsoft scam is reported by the NY Times, using a Samsung Galaxy S9 with your own SIM card, buying your own modem for Verizon FIOS, troubleshooting a laptop touchpad, the best password managers, mesh routers, alternatives to a cable DVR and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Setting up a tablet for someone who is bed-ridden, mirrorless cameras vs. DSLRs, "Cruising" with Johnny Jet, recovering a dead TIVO, using one monitor with two computers, the best point and shoot camera for macro photography, alternatives to Quicken, editing photos on a Chromebook, troubleshooting a flaky iPad, is the new MacMini underpowered? And more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Johnny Jet and Chris Marquardt

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Black Friday deals and the lack of deals from Apple, what tablet to buy with cellular data, what camera lenses to get for shooting in portrait and landscape, how to view a database on a phone, problems with Pokemon Go, how to tell if you've been infected by a virus on Android, extending a mesh network, and more of your calls.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Dick DeBartolo

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Best streaming services for live TV, optical vs HDMI connections, transferring data from one drive to another, Chris Marquardt talks about the changes with Flickr, what display to buy for a Mac Mini, how to accurately test your broadband internet speed, changing carriers on an LTE tablet, is a VPN necessary for a college network, and more of your calls.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Chris Marquardt

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Categorizing and organizing your picture library, cloning your hard drive on Windows, what 4K TV should I buy? Troubleshooting a crashing browser, buying mobile service when traveling to Australia, hooking up headphones to a home theater system, hiding your information from Google, NAS alternatives to Drobo, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Explaining the power of the A12X Bionic chip in Apple's new iPad Pro, recommending the new MacBook Air to replace an old faulty one, showing off the new Mac mini, Gmail as an alternative to Yahoo mail, the inability to downgrade to iOS 11, the Hit Em Up app for mass bulk texting, the STIR/SHAKEN method for halting spam robocalls, Chris Marquardt's guide to camera symbols, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Chris Marquardt

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Is the new iPad a laptop replacement? Charging different devices with USB-C, is it worth fixing an LCD TV? Finding the right iPhone to last for a while, smart door locks, is Li-Fi coming to more cities? Should I get a MacBook Pro or a MacBook Air? And more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Apps to help the blind, downloading the new Windows 10 update, getting sound from a TV using an A/V receiver, transferring data off of a failing hard drive, what to do with an old MacBook Pro, troubleshooting Bluetooth connection problems with an iPhone in the car, a good utility for compiling code, Chris Marquardt talks about Kodak's efforts with its reengineered EktaChrome, and Johnny Jet has a recommendation for a travel log for kids.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Johnny Jet and Chris Marquardt

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A recap of Apple's announcement of a new MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and iPad Pros, what computer to get for video editing, web hosting alternatives, best Bluetooth headset for an iPhone, getting a second opinion on a PC virus scan, how to adjust the volume level of phone notifications, connecting an external hard drive to a router, and more of your calls. Plus, Scott Wilkinson explains the difference between OLED TVs and Samsung's QLED TVs, and Dick DeBartolo has an augmented reality t-shirt.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Dick DeBartolo

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Setting up your smartphone's health app so that your emergency info (ICE) is accessible from the lock screen, virtual reality being used to treat chronic pain, what to expect from Apple's event this week, streaming video professionally online, how to repair the Windows bootloader after installing Linux, how to share the internet connection from your smartphone, apps that can help the blind, what to do about the Blue Screen of Death on Windows, Chris Marquardt reviews his photos from Morocco, and more of your calls.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Chris Marquardt

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For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

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