The Tech Guy (Audio)

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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.
Records live at http://twit.tv/live weekends at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 18:00 UTC.
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Alternatives to 3D TVs and good professional microphones? Using your Chromebook after its 'end of life', best LCD or OLED tv on the market currently, making calls through VoIP, good calendar programs, mental health resources for during these times, keeping ...

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01.10.2021 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1761 Alternatives to 3D TVs and good professional microphones? Using your Chromebook after its 'end of life', best LCD or OLED tv on the market currently, making calls through VoIP, good calendar programs, mental health resources for during these times, keeping ...
01.09.2021 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1760 Elon Musk is now the richest man in the world, U.S. creates new cybersecurity department, LTE compatible tablets, M1 Mac Mini performance, why is my Wi-Fi so slow? Using older versions of Quickbooks with MacOS BigSur, private messaging apps, finding ...
01.03.2021 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1759 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 ...
01.02.2021 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1758 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 ...
12.26.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1757 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 ...
12.20.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1756 Ways to protect your Android phone from being hacked. Why you might not be able to add a virtual background to your Zoom calls, good options for a digital tuner converter, how long to wait for the M1 Apple iMacs, ...
12.19.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1755 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 ...
12.13.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1754 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 ...
12.12.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1753 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 ...
12.06.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1752 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, ...
12.05.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1751 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 ...
11.29.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1750 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 ...
11.28.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1749 Getting good deals on computers from a home shopping channel, what are good soundbar options, why a phone might not work with a VPN, logging into a VPN multiple times on a Mac, can the M1 laptops work with GNU ...
11.22.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1748 Soundbar replacements for a home theater system and processing thousands of images. Soundbar suggestions for a home theater system, monitor suggestions for the new Mac Mini's, troubleshooting a non-functioning subwoofer, a possible dying iMac display, batch processing thousands of images, ...
11.21.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1747 The best TV for gaming, Scott Wilkinson's advice for the best 85" TVs, can you hook up an old CD player to an Amazon Echo and play throughout the house? Apple CarPlay security in a rental car, should I upgrade ...
11.15.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1746 Alternatives to Google Photos. Saving a laptop from the blue screen of death, dual-booting two operating systems on your computer, Amazon's latest devices to keep an eye on someone remotely, adjusting closed captioning on your TV, making Windows 10 look ...
11.14.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1745 Leo has the new iPhone 12 Pro Max, microphones for podcasting and voiceovers, teleprompter solutions for teachers, Black November TV sales, should I repair or replace my TV? Getting rid of ad blocker popups, creating bootable backups of macOS Big ...
11.08.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1744 Remote access applications for Android phones? Using old PS2 keyboards with your computer, why a computer may kick off other computers on the same network, why your phone's battery is dying overtime, good laptop choices for photography, troubleshooting why you ...
11.07.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1743 The state of advertising online, backing up data on a Mac, securing apartment Wi-Fi, logging into Google Voice, printing from a Chromebook after Google Cloud Print is discontinued, getting a ham radio license, what do I need to do when ...
11.01.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1742 Adding two Amazon Echoes onto one account & getting your phone to do text to speech. Good software for incremental backups on your hard drive, why your printer doesn't allow third-party ink cartridges, troubleshooting a printer not connecting to your ...
10.31.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1741 Financial results for Facebook and Apple, transferring Firefox settings to a new computer, the beginning of "Black Friday" deals with Scott Wilkinson, why is my computer slowing down when I scan an image? Recording a podcast, travel updates with Johnny ...
10.25.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1740 Resetting a Mac password when locked out. The various "Office" application options available and which one is the best choice, what will take place of Google Hangouts, how eBay knows what one caller bought on Amazon, verifying if an Apple ...
10.24.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1739 The new Windows update is here! Apple releases the new 5g iPhone 12, Quibi is shutting down, Microsoft Office alternatives, how to watch the World Series in 4K HDR, archiving old hard drives, how to help someone who thinks they've ...
10.18.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1738 Ways to make your old computer faster. Making sure of IKEA wireless speakers, computer suggestions for recording audio, the deal with Apple's product life cycles, can a modem overheat, troubleshooting YouTube TV playback, connecting a GoPro without a smartphone, and ...
10.17.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1737 A good way to remember passwords. Scott Wilkinson returns to talk about the iPhone 12 Pro shooting in Dolby Vision high dynamic range and Vizio releasing an OLED TV, some ways to stop spam text messages from coming in, is ...
10.11.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1736 Setting up your own dedicated email address. Upgrading your macOS operating system in order, organizing and backup all of your photos in the cloud, how hot can thumb drives get, the ways to posting episodes of your own podcast, making ...
10.10.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1735 Securely sharing photos online & alternatives to Sonos. Issues sending texts via Google Voice, what to do with an expired gift card, options for the fastest internet in a remote area, helping Steve Martin stopping emails from going into his ...
10.04.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1734 Should I wait for Apple Silicon to buy a MacBook Pro? Routing audio from a Chromecast to your stereo system, SpinRite troubleshooting, unable to access my email through Apple Mail, can you clone a hard drive if it's bigger than ...
10.03.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1733 Google announces new Pixel phones with 5g, upgrading your home network, have I been scammed? What's new in home theater projectors with Scott Wilkinson, Upgrading an old computer or just get a new one, boosting the dialogue on your TV, ...
09.27.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1732 Google Docs comparable to Microsoft Office? How well ePaper works, troubleshooting a 2011 Mac Mini, running old Windows programs on a Mac, troubleshooting a possible failing hard drive, upgrading a computer to run Microsoft's newest Flight Simulator, Windows 10 2004 ...
09.26.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1731 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 first impressions, online note taking tools, do long ethernet cables affect internet? Advice for getting your first computer, MacBook Pro or iPad Pro? Digitizing a CD collection, adjusting audio sync on a TV, Airlines offering rapid ...
09.20.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1730 Tik-Tok continues on & online banking security. When the 5G iPhone will be announced, transferring VHS tapes to digital, embedding GPS data into a YouTube video, audio dropping out when using your phone in your car, smartphones for the elderly, ...
09.19.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1729 Apple announces new iPads and Apple Watches, turn off calling on an Amazon Echo, are Amazon Renewed Laptops a good deal? Buying a computer for word processing, finding Linux drivers, Johnny Jet is ready to go back to Hawaii, building ...
09.13.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1728 Good budget laptops & fixing an older TV. Unable to order air purifier filters from Amazon within California, troubleshooting Chromebook issues, USB ports failing on a computer, external hard drive unable to be read, phone GPS lagging, Sam Abuelsamid and ...
09.12.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1727 First impressions of the Microsoft Surface Duo, troubleshooting Adobe Creative Cloud, why are VPN speeds a lot slower? Do I need to use a VPN at home? Troubleshooting PC crashes with Windows 7, blocking ads online, getting a reliable Zoom ...
09.06.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1726 Improving cell service in your house & never buy a discounted Windows 10 key. Why a Femtocell doesn't help your cell coverage, troubleshooting spotty WiFi connection, learning how to put up an antenna, making room on your smartphone, see if ...
09.05.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1725 Getting started with a career in IT, what to do if Windows 10 is no longer supported on your PC, building a budget gaming PC, installing Linux on a Mac, Leo and Dickie D get an email from their past ...
08.30.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1724 Printer not printing in color & waiting to upgrade your mac. The Toyota Rav4 Prime, Linux running Microsoft Office, what is a VPN, eliminating duplicate contacts in your address books, camera options for online content, using Windows Remote Desktop, talking ...
08.29.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1723 Apple vs. Epic, finding a computer for distance teaching, upgrading a Synology NAS, remote desktop to fix a Chromebook, is sideloading Android apps safe? Avoiding Windows 10 updates, finding a landline phone with big buttons for seniors, what can I ...
08.23.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1722 Internet connection speeds for distance learning. Stopping robocalls, smart devices that can control circuit breakers, solar panels for certain areas of the country, the best options for extending WiFi range in your house, hard drive options for backups, webcam choices, ...
08.22.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1721 Vishing is the new way to scam businesses, backing up data in case of disaster, increasing Wi-Fi range outside the house, troubleshooting an iPhone SIM card, is this "bank" email a scam? Is the latest Windows update reliable? Choosing a ...
08.16.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1720 Troubleshooting a callers' mail client. Is it safe to leave your soundbar on all the time, using a second monitor with your iMac, download speeds are vastly different between two laptops with very similar specs, magnets and your phone, scanners ...
08.15.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1719 Microsoft's Surface Duo dual screen tablet device, troubleshooting a printer that won't print, Scott Wilkinson reviews $3000 headphones, are they worth it? Do I have to install the latest Windows 10 updates? Securing a NAS, the best airlines to fly ...
08.09.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1718 Two-factor authentication security & backing up old iPod's. Using two routers on the same network, freeing up storage on your computer, calibrating sound levels on Apple computers, backing up multiple devices, talking with Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt, and more ...
08.08.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1717 A Presidential order bans TikTok in the U.S., connecting a smartTV to the internet, virtual trade shows with Scott Wilkinson, how can I get my Chromebook to accept my password? Can Starlink satellites track you? Trusting open source software from ...
08.02.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1716 Can Chromebook run Windows, why a caller's Philips Hue lights is disconnecting from their WiFi network, security cameras that don't charge for storage on the cloud, correctly generating the right password for you, building your own router, finding out which ...
08.01.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1715 Can the White House ban TikTok with an executive order? Upgrading from a prepaid TracPhone to a smartphone, all about projectors with Scott Wilkinson, connecting devices to a mesh router, why isn't my Surface Pro getting Windows updates? Scanning photos ...
07.26.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1714 Why webpages are not loading properly, troubleshooting a laptop trackpad, good AV receiver options, is there an app that can define acronyms and abbreviations, why a Thinkpad's screen is so dark, is your network safe from ransomware, and more of ...
07.25.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1713 The new XBox Series X shows what direction Microsoft is going, getting a webcan to work in Zoom, the FCC and OTA broadcasts with Scott Wilkinson, using an old Sansui receiver as an audio amp, how can I get my ...
07.19.2020 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1712 Creating a Virtual Choir Using Zoom or YouTube? Encrypting your data, unable to reformat ones' backup drives, issues with the password manager in Chrome, darn cats and messing up your desktop, the best Linux distro's to try, troubleshooting an iDrive ...

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