HOT 195: Connecting Older Tech to Modern Networks - Gmail Storage, .pst Files, Internet Speeds

Hands-On Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On Hands-On Tech, Mikah continues to answer more of your submitted questions, such as reclaiming Gmail storage from deleted emails, connecting an older iPad to a newer Wi-Fi network, and why you might not be getting exactly close to the speeds you should be getting with your internet service provider.

Jack wonders why, after deleting old emails in his Gmail account, why he doesn't have more space in his account.
Ronald asks a follow-up question from a previous episode involving his new Mac and whether he can use Spinrite to maintain a formatted external drive.
Hassan has an Eero router with WPA3 enabled, but he has to connect an older iPad to the network, which won't work on the network. Is there a workaround he can do to get the iPad to work on the Eero network?
Ray wants to know about uploading his .pst files from his Outlook client to another email provider like Gmail or Yahoo so he doesn't have to utilize the Outlook client anymore when accessing his emails.
And Ross wonders if he can do anything to get access to speeds as close as the 2.5Gbps he is paying for with his ISP.

Don't forget to send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show! [email protected].

Host: Mikah Sargent

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of Hands on Tech,
0:03.3	we have some follow-up for questions that have been asked
0:06.8	in the past.
0:07.8	We also answer some questions about using WPA3,
0:13.2	dealing with email, and also how to improve
0:17.2	the speeds of your router.
0:20.6	All of that, plus more, coming up on this episode of Hands
0:23.8	on Tech.
0:24.8	This is Twit.
0:30.6	Hello and welcome to Hands on Tech. I am Micah Sargent, your host of this show. And as is always the case, we are here today to answer some questions that people have sent in. I remind you, HOT at twit. TV is the email you want to use to get your questions onto the show. I also once again, thank
0:57.8	those of you who have written in with wonderful questions. They keep pouring in and it's starting to
1:03.2	load up. So get your question in if you have one. The holiday break is just right around the corner, so we will have some time soon to kind of
1:14.4	pour through and see what people have asked. But let us get rolling here today, starting with Jack.
1:24.4	Jack has written in and has provided some follow-up for a conversation that we had in the
1:32.4	past. Jack says, you gave directions to Vernon about deleting emails using the Gmail interface.
1:38.8	So you may remember, or if this is your first time tuning in, that I'll remind you that Vernon
1:43.5	had written in,
1:44.5	and last week I answered the question of how to get rid of old emails. Vernon had a bunch,
1:51.8	a bunch of emails, and I was helping figure out how to get rid of the ones that Vernon didn't need
1:59.0	anymore. Jack says, I used a similar technique
2:01.8	earlier this year to delete all email messages prior to January 1st, 2023. And so what Jack probably
2:09.8	did was use some search operators to say, I want you to show me all of the emails that were
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