HOT 193: Old Electronics - Phone Batteries, JSON Files, Router Setups
Hands-On Tech (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Hands-On Mac, Mikah answers questions about what to do with old electronics, extracting photos out of downloaded files and maintaining the original photo names, how to properly manage your phone's battery, and a question from a listen about the best way to manage their router setup!
- Kelli came across some old electronics her father had years ago! She thinks they could be worth something but wonders if she should recycle them instead.
- Ray has their iPhone wirelessly charging at night while on Do Not Disturb. However, it randomly makes a sound at night! How can he get his phone to stop making that noise?
- Sean just downloaded their Google photos to back them up on an external drive. How can he keep the photos' original names when he extracts the files?
- Dan wonders how to manage their phone's battery life best when they keep it plugged in most of the time.
- Alan has three routers throughout his household in his home network. When he goes to different points in the house, he has to change the SSID to the router closest to where he is. Is there a simpler way of doing this before going to a Mesh router setup?
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Host: Mikah Sargent
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this episode of Hands-on Tech, we talk about recycling old gadgets and gizmos. |
| 0:06.0 | We talk about exporting your photos and keeping all of that metadata intact. |
| 0:12.0 | And we even talk more about charging your devices. |
| 0:16.0 | Plus, so much more coming up on this episode of Hands on Tech. Stay tuned. |
| 0:20.0 | This is Twitter. |
| 0:28.7 | Hello and welcome to Hands on Tech. |
| 0:30.9 | I am Micah Sargent. |
| 0:31.8 | And as you know, this is the show where we happily answer your tech questions that you send in, |
| 0:38.3 | as well as review gadgets and gizmos from time to time. |
| 0:41.8 | Today we are taking a look at some great questions. |
| 0:43.9 | I have to say, real quick, I have thoroughly enjoyed |
| 0:49.0 | and been a little humbled by seeing so many great questions |
| 0:53.4 | come pouring in the more episodes of hands-on |
| 0:56.0 | tech that go out. As we continue to put out episodes, I have seen an increase in the number |
| 1:02.5 | of questions sent to HOT at twit.tv, and it has been pretty awesome to see, but also great |
| 1:09.9 | because it means I've got lots of questions to answer. |
| 1:12.5 | And you folks are asking some really great questions. Remember, again, that's HOT at twit.tv, |
| 1:19.1 | is where you send in your questions for answering on the show. So this week, we are going to kick |
| 1:27.1 | things off with a question from Kelly. |
| 1:30.3 | Kelly has written in and has said the following. I am writing to get some advice for what to do |
| 1:34.6 | with the following devices that I found in my dad's garage. Do you think I can sell them? Are they |
| 1:40.0 | worth anything? My dad used to build computer cases with them years ago, but I am thinking they |
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