HOT 185: iPhone 16 vs 15 - Tracking Network Usage, Shortcuts Secrets, iCloud Management
Hands-On Tech (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Mikah tackles your questions about iPhone shortcuts, tracking network data usage across devices, and more. He also shares his thoughts on whether it's worth upgrading to the latest iPhone 16 or going with a discounted iPhone 15.
Topics covered:
- Creating an iPhone shortcut to toggle call audio routing between speaker and automatic, possibly based on location. Mikah explains how to access the call audio routing setting and suggests using the Shortcuts app with a special URL to create a one-tap shortcut.
- Deciding between upgrading to an iPhone 16 Pro Max vs getting a discounted iPhone 15 Pro Max. Mikah recommends going with the latest iPhone 16 for the longer-term battery life, latest features, and to avoid potential battery health issues seen in some iPhone 15 Pro models.
- Options for monitoring data usage by device on a Linksys Velop mesh network. Mikah is surprised this router lacks data monitoring and suggests contacting Linksys to request it. Alternatives like using NextDNS for network-wide tracking or a Firewalla device are discussed.
- Deleting old iMessage data stored in iCloud. Mikah clarifies you need to adjust the message history setting in both the Messages settings and iCloud Messages settings to fully delete old messages.
- Follow-up on using an old Drobo device for storage. A listener shares how Drobo hardware failures combined with the company going out of business and firmware no longer being available makes continuing to use one very risky.
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Host: Mikah Sargent
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Hands On Tech, I will be answering several questions about iPhone shortcuts, |
| 0:08.0 | about figuring out how to track one's network use across devices, a little bit of follow-up |
| 0:16.0 | from someone who has some thoughts on Droboo, and so much more coming up on this episode |
| 0:21.0 | of Hands on Tech. |
| 0:22.0 | This is Twit. on this is |
| 0:23.0 | is Twit. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to Hands on Tech. |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome to Hands on Tech. This is the show where I take your tech questions and do my best to answer them. |
| 0:38.0 | I also occasionally review gadgets and gizmos. |
| 0:43.0 | This is going to be an episode full of great questions |
| 0:46.2 | and I'm excited to get started so we should get started. |
| 0:50.1 | First question comes in from Mark who has written in and says, |
| 0:55.0 | I have been trying to create a shortcut on my iPhone to toggle between iPhone's speaker |
| 0:59.9 | setting, which I use at home for answering calls as my default setting. I need to switch it to the automatic setting when I'm in my car using |
| 1:06.8 | carplay to be able to make or answer calls without having to manually go through the |
| 1:11.0 | iPhone settings menu, which is of course in accessibility, touch, audio routing. |
| 1:16.8 | It could be a simple shortcut to just manually toggle from speakerphone to automatic or from |
| 1:21.5 | automatic to speaker phone. |
| 1:23.0 | It would be really nice if I could automate the shortcut, |
| 1:26.0 | so when I leave the house and enter my car, |
| 1:28.0 | it would change to automatic and then vice versa when back at home. |
| 1:31.0 | Something tells me that all of this may be a little too much to ask for. |
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