Hands-On Tech (Audio)

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Hands-On Tech (Audio) episodes

March 05, 2023ATTG 1964: Podcast Dreamin' - Google Takeout, Headphones for Sleep, Windows to Mac
Twitter cut off its API access, and developers of apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific are offering specific options to help them out.

A new iMac is coming out soon?

Why can't I access my files from the Google Takeout service? Is there another service I can use to access my Google data?

Is there an iOS shortcut for this?

The Father of Modern Genomics, Dr. George Church.

Lucid dreaming & headphones you can wear to sleep.

Is there an easy way to move contacts over to Fastmail?

Ant Pruitt & moving from Windows to Mac.

Is it worth setting up IoT devices on its own network?

Does Apple send out a notification to your old iPhone when your device reaches its end of life?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 25 min
February 26, 2023ATTG 1963: Always On Top - Bitwarden Argon2, ASUS 516, Rod Pyle
Blood glucose monitoring soon to Apple Watches.

US Supreme Court declines to hear a case by Wikipedia that challenges NSA surveillance.

US Supreme Court hears case on Gonzales vs Google and Section 230.

Bitwarden adds support for Argon2. What does that mean for you?

How can you get all your computers to read each other within your home network?

Alternatives for website hosting & how to move/export the content?

Leo shows off the ASUS 516 GE Chromebook.

How can you export your Apple Keychain passwords within Windows?

Is there an alternative solution to Google to store family photos/videos safely?

Rod Pyle joins the show!

What are some recommendations for a camera that can act as a peephole on your front door?

How can I set up a company-wide defender scan that is schedulable for multiple computers within an organization?

How can you set up your mobile phone to work in international countries?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Rod Pyle

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2 hr 27 min
February 19, 2023ATTG 1962: The Bottle Cap Balloon Brigade - Windows Virtualization, S23 Ultra, Email Forwarding
Running Windows 11 on the Mac.

White Castle fined for scanning employees' fingerprints.

Did an F-22 shoot down an Illinois hobby group's small radio balloon?

Why is my printer printing out a page of random characters?

Dick DeBartolo and the 17th anniversary of The Giz Wiz!

Why am I getting a warning when trying to update my version of Windows through the Microsoft store in my Windows virtualization software?

Chris Marquardt and the Gentle photo assignment review.

How to set up redundant internet through my router from different providers?

What international phone plans could one use when traveling to the US?

Leo has his hands on the Samsung S23 Ultra and shows off some photos he took with it!

How can you forward your email from Yahoo without paying for Yahoo Plus?

How many internet switches can you put on a network?

Plus, some special guests stop by the show!

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Dick DeBartolo and Chris Marquardt

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2 hr 32 min
February 11, 2023ATTG 1961: Not In My Hot Tub Buddy - AI in Bing & Google, Soundblast X5, iMazing
Superbowl TV ads.

PC sales see steep decline.

AI is being placed into Bing & Google search engines.

Why am I not receiving emails from specific email addresses?

What is quick connect for Synology and how do you use it?

Daniel Suarez interview from Triangulation / TWiT Events.

A story about fake storage devices from Amazon...

Leo gives an overview of the Soundblast Creative Labs X5 sound card.

What is BadUSB, and is there a way to safely read USB drives if you're unaware of its origin?

Mikah demonstrates using iMazing to recover files from your iPhone backups.

Bad DNSs and how to override them.

How to delete your LastPass vault and further protect your password from being breached.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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2 hr 18 min
February 05, 2023ATTG 1960: Quibbles and Bits - Super Bowl TVs, Laptop Stands, Midjourney
The Chinese spy balloon.

Facebook on your phone drains your battery quickly? A former employee suggests that it does.

Elon Musk was found not liable in the lawsuit around his "funding secured" tweet.

Scott Wilkinson and TVs to watch the Super Bowl.

Why can't I back up my iPhone SE to the cloud?

A story from a caller about canceling your cable subscription...

How to clear out your Siri suggestions.

Alex Lindsay and Midjourney.

What are some good external speakers for your new Mac Mini?

What are the laptop stands that Leo and Mikah use during the show?

What are some cheap eSim suggestions when traveling to the US?

The right router for your fiber optic connection.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Alex Lindsay

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2 hr 27 min
January 29, 2023ATTG 1959: That's Thicc With Two C's - Photo Archiving, Echo Show 10, M2 MacBook Pro
What can AI do for us in the future?

"How Platforms Die."

Moving files off an old iPod

Where can you purchase lossless audio tracks?

Is there some best practices to prep your photo and video files for better long-term storage on a network-attached storage (NAS)?

Syncing your calendars across multiple platforms.

Hands-on with the Amazon Echo Show 10.

Why are there several partitions on my USB drive?

What are my options for remote support with my parents?

Some lovely restaurant recommendations in Petaluma.

Is it worth upgrading o the new M2 MacBook Pro that was released earlier in January?

How to work within a restricted WiFi network to do wireless printing from a tablet and use Alexa to make phone calls?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 22 min
January 22, 2023ATTG 1958: Two Cups in a Meltdown - Dick DeBartolo, Tablets for Kids, OBS Studio
Twitter's 3rd party API disconnected.

Supreme Court hearing a case regarding Section 230.

Massive tech layoffs at multiple companies this past week.

Amazon Smile has been discontinued.

With all of the tech layoffs occurring in tech companies, how could this affect research and development at these companies?

Using BitWarden Command Line Interface in the Linux operating system.

Affordable devices to control aspects of your livestream.

Discord troubleshooting.

What are some tablets for young kids, and how can you restrict what apps they can use on the devices?

Securing your router using pfSense, and do you need to do much with it when setting it up?

Why is Facebook Live not livestreaming when using OBS to do so?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Dick DeBartolo

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2 hr 26 min
January 15, 2023ATTG 1957: Battery Powered Suction Cups - Password Managers, Android Watches, Battery Health
Steps you can take to strengthen your password manager.

Using an iPad Pro with your Mac through Apple's sidecar.

What are some good watches for the Android OS comparable to the Apple Watch?

Scott Wilkinson and the CES 2023 TV tech Roundup.

Could AI services like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion AI generate more jobs for people or take away jobs?

Resetting your master password in LastPass.

What are some recommendations for an email aggregator app for Mac computers?

Chris Marquardt and the start of the monthly photo assignment (Gentle).

Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell talk about battery health for iOS and Android devices.

How can you visit places abroad without relying on a smartphone?

Is there a risk in using a free password manager like BitWarden (sponsor of the TWiT Network), similar to if you were to use a free VPN service?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Chris Marquardt

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2 hr 15 min
January 08, 2023ATTG 1956: You Had One Job! - Advanced Data Protection, CES, Moving From LastPass
New tech from CES, like tech for your toilet?

The LastPass Breach and what you should know about it.

How can you call in to Ask The Tech Guys? Mikah quickly gives a demo to show you.

What happens when traveling outside of the US when you have Advanced Data Protection enabled in iOS?

Is there a free upgrade to Windows 11 from Windows 8.1?

Sam Abuelsamid calls into the show to talk about automotive companies at this year's CES convention.

Fr. Robert Ballecer gives his CES 2023 report.

Is it worth getting an iPad Pro to use it as a secondary display with Apple's Sidecar feature? What are the pros and cons of this?

Concerned about using LastPass since its data breach? Leo shows how you can transfer your data from LastPass into another password manager.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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1 hr 54 min
January 01, 2023Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1955
Leo Laporte looks back on some of the memorable calls and guest segments of 2022, as well as some changes coming for 2023!
I need to get Hearing Aids: what should I expect?

Livestreaming equipment for a school

Are internet cookies a security risk?

Rod Pyle: James Webb Telescope

Chris Marquardt: Smartphone photo apps

Getting started with NFTs

2-Factor Authentication and Yubikeys

Chris Marquardt: OpenAI's DALL-E 2

Recovering a hacked Instagram account

Johnny Jet: Power adapters for travel

Johnny Jet: Ukraine War and travel

Scott Wilkinson: the right fit for earbuds

How to import old DV tapes

Sam Abuelsamid: Polestar O2 electric roadster concept car with an automatic drone

Dick DeBartolo: It's Bananas! The Monkey Game

Steve Martin announces Leo's retirement from radio

Host: Leo Laporte

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2 hr 24 min

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