Hands-On Tech (Video)

Alternatives to Google Photos and conducting Zoom calls on your TV?

Digitizing record albums, troubleshooting external hard drives, cataloging and organizing your library of music and movies, affordable laser printer options, why you might not be getting internet access on your phone even if your phone is showing full bars, why a caller's Roku is getting an error for resolution, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle

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The end of Adobe Flash, finding a new NAS backup system, what is Amazon AWS? Mini and Micro LEDs with Scott Wilkinson, a good portable speaker for a laptop, troubleshooting AOL login issues, Johnny Jet: deals on flights for 6 months from now, upgrading a Samsung J7, why use a VPN? Alternatives to Quicken, a GizWiz gadget that gives you 3 ways to brew coffee, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

Leo Laporte takes a look back at some of the best moments of the year on The Tech Guy, including a call from Steve Martin looking for tech help, creative uses of tech during a pandemic, and Leo reading a letter from 10-years-ago Leo predicting tech of 2020.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Dick DeBartolo, and Johnny Jet

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For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

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Ways to protect your Android phone from being hacked.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle

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For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

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What we know so far about the SolarWinds breach of many government agencies, is leaving your PC on all the time harmful? Spectrum vs. Verizon Cellular, affordable NAS options, options to repair your tech, why is Windows taking so long to boot up? Do I have to pay rent for my modem? Hiring a programmer to develop an app, running out of space when installing MacOS Big Sur, options for photo backups, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

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Good security cameras and replacing hard drives in old laptops.

Has Apple banned Zoom within Apple's latest operating system Big Sur?, extracting DVD's to your hard drive, reducing or removing latency in video conferencing, keeping WiFi from dropping out in your home, why you may be having to reset your Windows password constantly, using an analog monitor with your computer, talking to Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle

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Disney+ is pushing the digital content transition, troubleshooting audio problems in a series of MacMinis, buying a new ham radio receiver, finding a large screen TV with good speakers, why is my iPad buffering during Quicktime? Johnny Jet has hope for travelers in 2021, finding a good desktop computer for photo backups, LCD vs OLED, Dick DeBartolo has a mini LED fireplace and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

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Why you shouldn't get financial information from TikTok, overdubbing with Audacity, why do I have to grant access to my photos and videos to my security system? Cloning vs. cloud backup, charging an electric vehicle at home with Sam Abuelsamid, downgrading Windows 10 enterprise to Home, broadband for a rural area, is there a better TIVO DVR alternative? Using a new Mac Mini in portrait mode, Rod Pyle on bringing asteroid samples back to earth, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle

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For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

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Encrypting an audio stream and good TVs for gaming.

Is there a future for flash, returning a defective phone, locating your Windows 10 serial number, alternatives to the software Dragon Naturally Speaking, a speech-to-text tool, disabling the Google Assistant button on phones that have it, why a caller's MacBook Air is making noise, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Is Amazon Sidewalk a good idea? Troubleshooting a laptop microphone, restoring old iPhoto backups, who cares about privacy? Biometric tech is coming to cars, solving AOL email login problems, Chris Marquardt reviews your texture photos, connecting to a second computer monitor at work, the future of the space program with Rod Pyle, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy.

For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

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