HOT 194: Deleting Gmail Messages in Bulk - Monitor vs. TV, Bloated MacBook, Encrypting Partitions

Hands-On Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Reviews, Technology, Product Reviews, Tech, Gadgets, Twit

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this detailed episode, Mikah Sargent tackles a diverse range of tech challenges, from bulk email deletion and password management to troubleshooting a freezing MacBook and exploring unconventional monitor setups. Listeners will gain practical solutions for common tech frustrations and even insights into Linux encryption!

Vernon wants to know how to quickly delete over 83,000 emails in their Gmail account.
Miroslav wants to know if there's a way to export passwords from Apple's Password Manager on iPhone or iPad without using a Mac or PC.
Charlotte wants to know why her 2020 MacBook Air keeps freezing when using Zoom and Chrome, and how to alleviate the issue.
Charles wonders how to properly set up full disk encryption on his Debian and Manjaro Linux installations.
Mark wants to know if a 55-inch QLED TV can be a good replacement for his current ultrawide monitor for text-based work.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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0:00.0	Coming up on Hands on Tech, we've got some great questions to answer.
0:04.0	How to bulk, delete, email, how to take care of managing and moving passwords from place to place,
0:14.0	fixing a freezing computer, and so much more, including a Linux question. What?
0:21.1	Yes, all of that coming up on Hands on Tech.
0:24.2	This is Twitter.
0:30.6	Hello and welcome back or for your first time to Hands on Tech.
0:36.7	This is the show where I, Micah Sargent, take your tech questions and answer them.
0:42.9	Wow, surprise.
0:45.0	You don't just ask them. I do try to answer them.
0:47.3	You can email me, HOT at twit.tv is how you get in touch.
0:51.3	We've got so many emails pouring in now that I've had to set up an automation
0:54.9	to sort of put them in a place
0:58.0	or I can go and look at them
0:59.6	and they remain separate from the rest of the email
1:01.7	that pours in.
1:02.8	So thank you to those of you
1:04.2	who are asking wonderful questions.
1:06.3	It's been a lot of fun.
1:07.8	We're kicking things off this week
1:09.7	with a question from Vernon. Vernon writes in
1:13.1	and says this, I have over 83,000 Google mail messages that need to be deleted. Is there a fast way
1:25.0	to do this? So, depending Vernon on how you had asked this question, if you had said I have over a, well, if you said, I have more than 83,000 mail messages, that would potentially result in a different answer because at that point, I wouldn't know where you were getting your email from
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