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On Hands-On Tech, Mikah Sargent answers listener Don's questions on how to set up a Mac mini as a home theater system.
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On Hands-On Tech, Mikah offers Scott some suggestions for managing a large photo library for his wife that are simple enough for her to handle and can be automated as well.
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On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah helps Omar with ways to reduce the number of scam callers he receives daily.
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On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Jeff emails Mikah about trying to recover files from an old, obsolete Drobo NAS.

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On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, George asks whether he can sync his iCloud and Google Photos photo libraries together.
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On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers one of the more common problems that plagues Apple Watch users: how can you fix an Apple Watch streak that was broken?
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On the first episode of Hands-On Tech for 2026, Mikah helps Andrew out with some recommendations to replace his home theater PC (HTPC) so that his family can watch old home movies easily!
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On Hands-On Tech, Richie asks Mikah Sargent about saving their TiVo recordings to their PC after TiVo discontinued its TiVo Desktop software.
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On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Curt asks Mikah Sargent about a good replacement to the Pocket app, an app that allowed you to save articles for later reading, which Firefox discontinued back in July of 2025.

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On Hands-On Tech, listener Micahel proposes an idea to Mikah Sargent if Apple could ever bring back the iPod Classic, but updated to be a home ecosystem? Mikah shares his thoughts.
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On Hands-On Tech, helps out helps listener Daniel switch their MFA from Authy to another app, and explains why it's going to be a more tedious process than with other MFA's.
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On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Elizabeth asks Mikah Sargent if she really needs to replace power strips after a period of time. And Stan wonders if there are any smart light switches that can connect to his 5.4 GHz router?
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In this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Lance asks Mikah Sargent about the pros and cons of using powerline ethernet adapters, and Mikah shares his strong thoughts on these devices.
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On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, how do you prevent your Mac from automatically falling asleep to conduct overnight backups? Mikah Sargent shares some third-party apps that will do just that!
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On Hands-On Tech, Mikah Sargent lists some of his favorite two-factor authenticator apps for listener Stuart and some of the pros and cons using 2FA applications.
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On Hands-On Tech, listener Ozzie asks Mikah Sargent how to repurpose a 2010 MacBook Pro so they can avoid recycling it.
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On Hands-On Tech, Mikah Sargent helps out listener Mike with how to organize old videos based on the people in them.
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On Hands-On Tech, Mikah Sargent answers a listener's question about disposing of their old iMac and the steps needed to do so.
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On Hands-On Tech, Mikah Sargent describes how to easily migrate an email account to Gmail using Google Workspace.
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After a week of real-world use, Mikah Sargent shares his review of the iPhone 17 Pro Max on Hands-On Tech. He discusses whether the device lives up to the hype, what falls short, and whether it is worth upgrading to.
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