October 4, 2019 • 40 mins
Microsoft introduces new Surface gadgets at an event in New York City and Google has new ways to help you protect your privacy. Callers ask about turning an old iMac into a second monitor, whether smartphone insurance is worth it and choosing between an older iPhone and a budget Samsung phone.Follow Rich:https://twitter.com/richdemuroRich's new book, 101 iPhone Tips & Tricks:https://amzn.to/2ocPEmcSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Microsoft makes some big announcements in New York and Google
unveil some new privacy features. You should know about what's
going on. I'm Rich Dmiro. This is Rich on Tech,
the podcast where I talk about this stuff I think
you should know about happening in the tech world. And
it's also where I answer the questions that you send me.
And on this show, we'll do things a little differently.
(00:26):
Since I'm streaming live on Facebook, I will attempt to
take some of your questions live on the show. So
Producer Megan, in case you haven't noticed, she is not
with me today. She is vacationing somewhere in the world,
I believe somewhere tropical. So I'm very jealous of her today.
But I am handling the show solo, and I've got
(00:46):
lots of good questions for you, and also lots of
updates from this new Microsoft event. I was just in
New York City for a Microsoft Surface event. I personally
don't necessarily use a surface. I use a MacBook Pro.
But a lot of people love the Surface devices, and
I see why. It's kind of the best of both worlds.
You've got a tablet, you've got a sort of a
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laptop at the same time, and it's everything you need
all in one. And for me personally, I do a
lot of video editing, so I use a MacBook Pro
and it's tough for me to switch to a Windows device.
I know plenty of creators that do that, but for me,
I'm just so used to my Final Cut Pro I
can't leave it. And I love my computer. You guys
know if you follow me, that I just paid about
(01:30):
five hundred dollars to replace the hard drive.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
In my laptop.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Five hundred and fifty dollars, I think to be exact
who But the cool thing about these new Microsoft devices
is that they are going to allow you to replace
the hard drive yourself in both the laptops and the tablet.
So let me just quickly run down what Microsoft announced
at their event. They announced five new products, Surface Laptop three,
(01:57):
Surface Pro seven, Surface pro X, Surface earbuds. Those are
all going to be available by the end of the year.
Then there's two new devices, the Surface Neo and the
Surface Duo. Let me go through these quickly so that
you understand what's happening with the Surface. So Surface Laptop three.
I do have a lot of experience with that device.
Surface Laptop three is the newest and latest and greatest.
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It now comes in a bigger size, so you can
get in a thirteen inch or a fifteen inch. It's
also twice as fast. And if you had if I
had to pick a Windows laptop, this would be it.
It is a beautiful laptop. The styling is impeccable, it
is it's it's just amazing. So if I had to
choose a Windows laptop, this would definitely be it. In fact,
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I might be tempted by the fifteen inch laptop. I've
been editing with this new program called Adobe Rush, and
I can do ninety nine percent of what I need
to do for TV on that program that runs perfectly
on this Surface Laptop three, So that could tempt me
to come over. This is the fastest, according to Microsoft,
fastest lightest fifteen inch laptop you can buy. They really
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went to great lengths to explain how comfortable the typing
experience is, and I tried the keyboard out on it
and it was very comfortable. I cannot stand the keyboard
on my MacBook Pro. It is terrible, terrible, terrible. Maybe
the new ones are better. Mine's a year old two
years old. They also have a larger track pad on it,
and for the first time, you get both USB A
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and C. USB C is the popular connector these days
now that's available on the surface laptop, so you really
get everything you need. This is a pretty good device.
It also has fast charging, which means it's gonna charge
nice and fast, just like your smartphone, up to eighty
percent in about an hour. The thirteen inch starts at
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nine ninety nine and the fifteen inch starts at eleven
ninety nine. I always recommend going for the next level up,
so if you're going for that eleven ninety nine. They
make those prices sound super sexy for people that just
want to get something, but in reality, if you go
a little bit higher, you're already going like almost the
whole disc. And it's just go a little bit more
and pay a little bit more and you're gonna get
(04:03):
a lot more for that money. Surface Pro seven. Let's see,
not much to tell you about the Surface Pro seven,
except again they added USBC and it's now twice as fast.
Now the Surface pro x not the Surface Pro ten.
Everyone seems to be loving that X naming convention this year.
Surface pro X is their thinnest, lightest, most powerful surface
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Pro ever, and it's also connected.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
It's got LTE built in, which is really cool. I
love that idea.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
And taking a page from the Apple playbook, Microsoft created
their own chip with Qualcom called the SQ one, which
means this is gonna have some advantages because they made
this chip specifically for this device. It's also very thin.
They say it gives you a thirteen inch screen and
a twelve inch device.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
And one of the cool.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
New features they have the storage for the pen right
in the keyboard case. So if you get the keyboard
case and the pen, which by the way, adds a
whole bunch of money to this ice, you can store
the slim pen right in the keyboard case, which is
really cool. I love this fact that you can do
that because it just means that the pen is always there,
it doesn't get lost, and it also charges the pen,
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which is really cool. The Surface Pro seven starts at
seven forty nine. The Surface pro x starts at nine
to ninety nine. Now let's talk about the surface earbuds.
I tried these on and they look super weird. They
look like big giant discs in your ear.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
But I will tell you.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
They were very comfortable, very lightweight, and there's also some
tap things you can do on them where you can
swipe to move the song to the next song and
all this different stuff. I didn't have much luck with that.
I also couldn't hear them very well because it was
super loud in there. But I do think these are promising.
I would place them somewhere between the Galaxy buds.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
And the AirPods.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
They might actually be better than the Galaxy buds as
staying in your ears. Those are going to be expensive though.
Two hundred and forty nine dollars. That's a lot for
earbuds considering the kind of the best on the market
right now. The AirPods are one sixty, so this is
almost a full hundred dollars more expensive than those. All right, now,
let's talk about the two fun things that Microsoft announced,
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the Surface Neo and the Surface Duo. This is just
it's crazy for a company to show us something that's
not coming out for a whole other year. And by
the way, we saw this with Apple. Do you remember
something called the air Power. They showed off that charger
at one of their events, and guess what, it never
saw the light of day. Let's hope that doesn't happen
with these two devices. Surface Neo is a dual screen
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device built for productivity on Windows ten X. This is
their new dual screen operating system. It's got a three
hundred and sixty degree hinge with two.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Nine inch screens.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
So this is not a foldable display, but it's a
display that sort of folds in half. It's a dual display,
so two nine inch screens give you a thirteen inch
display total. It's really thin and you can also connect
all the other stuff. Think of it as a surface,
but both of the screens the up in the bottom
are both screens, so you can do a lot with that.
Then the Surface Duo is a surface that fits in
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your pocket. So this is a lot smaller. Yes, it
makes phone calls. Yes, it runs some sort of version
of Android along with Windows apps. And are you know
Windows Desktop apps not? There's no Windows Mobile going on here.
They're not bringing that back.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
They were.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
They understand what's going on in the mobile landscape. It's
Android versus iOS.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
They're not trying to change that. But these are two
five point six inch screens that unfold to eight point
three inches and they showed me. They wouldn't let me
touch this thing, but they had it like by ropes.
But they did give me a demo of it not on.
The screens were not on, but you know how you
can fold it, unfold it the size of the screens.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
It looks cool.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Do I think this is the future right now? I
don't think right now, but I think that they're onto
something and it does seem like these foldable displays will
be part of our future when it comes to computing.
While you're calling in, let's get a question from my
Facebook page, Facebook dot com slash rich on tech. This
is from Laurel hey Rich. Thanks for all the info,
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tips and fun stuff you've shared with us on KTLA.
Just being sure that upgrading to iOS thirteen point one
is okay?
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Now?
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Are all the bugs ironed out? I have the ten
ten are no, the bugs are not ironed out. I
am still having so many issues with iOS thirteen even
though we're on thirteen point one point two. So my advice,
Laurel is to just hang tight unless you need it.
Unless you need that dark mode, you probably don't want
to upgrade just yet. I've never seen more issues with
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this with an upgrade I have, but it's unfortunate, but
they keep ironing things out, so just I would hold
off as long as humanly possible. Right now, Carolyn rode
into my website richontech dot TV. She said, consumer cellular
grand Pad tablets, because this is non Internet service what
technical port links the connection for face to face conversation,
(09:01):
and I had to look up what this is exactly.
So the grand Pad is a tablet that is aimed
towards senior citizens and it looks like a simple Android
tablet that has you know, looks like calls, email, photos,
and camera for video conferencing, plus a little stand. And
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I generally don't like things like this because it, you know,
you're basically putting faith in this platform, this consumer.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Cellular, which is pretty big.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
They're actually very popular, so that's fine, but you're putting
faith in this platform that is not proven, so I'm
a little hesitant with that.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
And then the thing is.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Two hundred dollars today with eas say so it's like
ten dollars plus forty dollars a month for a service plan.
So the simple answer to question Carolyn is that there
is a service plan. So there is cellular built into
this device, and that's how it's doing things. But I imagine
it's also using Wi Fi, so it connects your Wi
Fi network, it connects to cellular when it doesn't have
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Wi Fi, and that's how you're doing those things. I
would probably recommend if you have a senior and you
want to get them something to video chat, I would
probably look into something like the Amazon Echo Show, the
Google Nest Hub Max that has the camera on it.
So I would look into one of those because I
think that those are a better platform, and also the
person on the other end can use just like Skype
(10:25):
or Google Duo to make a call. Three two three,
you're on with Rich. Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Hi?
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Mark? Where are you calling from?
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Mark and Monrovia? Welcome to the show?
Speaker 4 (10:38):
Well, thank you Rich. My question is not so much technical,
but it's regarding text. What is your view on insurance
on these devices that they provide from the carriers?
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Great question?
Speaker 1 (10:51):
So my okay, So I can tell you my opinion
when it comes to my rational opinion and then my
everyday person opinion. Right, So my rational self tells me,
don't pay fifteen ten to fifteen dollars a month, put
it in a savings account, and when something happens to
your device, you know, maybe six months down the line,
you've got anywhere from sixty to ninety dollars saved up
(11:14):
and hopefully the repair is not that expensive. Now, the
other side of me says, it's ten dollars a month
and it gives you a lot of you know, it
just gives you that security of knowing that if something
happens to your device, it's not going to cost you
a ton to get the screen repaired or whatever. So
I think with the way Apple does it, you can
(11:34):
do I think it's like ten dollars a month now.
They're doing it monthly, by the way, so you can
do it forever or as long as they let you.
I'm not sure how long that is. But instead of
paying the two years up front, you can pay you know,
ten bucks a month or fifteen dollars a month if
you want the loss protection and the theft protection. So
I personally don't buy the protection plans I have in
the past, and when I have bought them, I usually
get Square Trade because it's a little bit cheaper and
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you can still get it repaired pretty easily. I think
for ninety nine percent of people. The easiest thing to
do is get it through your carrier or through Apple,
because then you just bring the phone back to what
where's closest to you. So I think that's easy, but
it also is a very expensive way to protect your device.
But then again, insurance is expensive. It gives you peace
of mind. And when you're looking at ten dollars a month,
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I always call it, did you buy a beer this month?
So if you bought a beer for you know, five
six bucks, you've already spent that much money. And how
long did that last you?
Speaker 2 (12:27):
You know?
Speaker 1 (12:27):
And this is you can if you don't drink beer,
you can put that on anything. You know, maybe you
went to a movie one night. It's cost seventeen dollars
that gave you two hours of entertainment. So it's it's
one of these things that I think comes down to
a personal decision. But I think in the long term
we probably ruin our phones less than we think. If
you're very accident prone, you know, you may want it,
(12:49):
but if you're not. I mean, I test a lot
of phones. I've I've broken exactly three in the ten
years that I've been testing phones, So that kind of
gives you an idea of and I a lot of
times I'll keep the case on fifty percent of the
time because I want to see what a phone is
like with and without the case.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Now not my follow up was you carrier, which it's
not important us, but they only provides one type of
others out there through these types of bud devices.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Yeah, so I think the most popular is uh, square
Trade squ ar So square Trade is a good one.
And then I think the other one is is really
Apple Care. That's the other popular one. You can go directly.
You can actually do it now through your phone if
you buy a new iPhone. I notice there's now a
new option inside the settings to add Apple Care to
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your phone right from the phone. So if you go
into Settings General, it says like and actually I talk
about this in my book because you can now see
the warranty time period two in your phone. But it
basically lets you add Apple Care right from your phone.
It tells you how many days you have left to
do that, because there's a certain window of time that
you have when you get a new device to add
the insurance. So I would look into that, and I
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would compare a couple of In fact, It's funny you
asked this question because I have a story idea for
KTLA where I'm going to compare some of these different
insurance companies. But in general, if you're going with a
third party like Square Trade, it's going to be cheaper.
Apple Care is right in the middle, and I feel
like the carriers are just a little bit more expensive.
But you have to remember there are usually deductibles no
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matter what, so even if.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
You pay regardless of the dam.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Yeah, and so that's that's different.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Now with Apple I do believe it's only twenty nine
dollars if you crack your screen if you have Apple
Care for the first two incidents. So the way I
always look at these insurance plans, I add up for
you know, how long I think I'm gonna keep the phone,
Let's say two years. I add up the monthly fee
plus what it would cost to actually do one fix,
which in the case of a screen, would be thirty dollars.
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So if you look at ten dollars a month times
two years, that's two forty plus thirty dollars, that is
is two seventy. So you're looking at two hundred and
seventy dollars for the first time you need a screen replacement,
that's kind of what you're looking at. But you get
two years of security with your phone. So it's a
good question. It's one that you know, I think is
a very personal decision for people. A lot of people
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just feel better having the insurance on their phone. All right,
Thanks Mark, thanks for calling in. Appreciate it. Good good question.
I struggle with that myself. But in general, I think
that if you can save the money and you're good in,
you know, being diligent about putting that money away, it's
never gonna catch up, probably will never catch up to
how much you need when you know when you need
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that repair, but at least you'll have half of it
saved away, and then it's like not as bad now.
I was kind of telling Mark the story. But I
have replaced, or I have now repaired this laptop twice,
and so I call this my three thousand dollars laptop,
even though it started out as a two thousand dollars laptop.
Because the first repair was my kid through a a
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toy at my screen and it cracked the screen, and
that was I think a five hundred dollars repair. And
then the second time my hard drive failed and that
was a five hundred and fifty dollars repair. So now
I'm holding on to this computer as long as humanly
possible because it has cost me so much more than
it should have cost me. But great question, and uh Courtney.
(16:21):
On the live stream, Courtney Rogers says, your story idea
for KTLA was from me, So thank you, Courtney, and
I will I will do my research and actually come
up with a story for KTLA because I do think
that people need to know about that stuff. Question from James' guest,
He says iOS thirteen point one point two for iPad
is requiring a passcode? How do I avoid a passcode? Well, James,
(16:43):
you know, as a tech guy, I can never ever
ever recommend that you don't put a passcode on your device.
You should always have a passcode. The reason why is
because you got to protect your device. Let's say someone
finds this device, it is now totally it's worthless to
you because they're going to be able to easily take
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it over. If you don't have a passcode on there,
your personal information is at risk. If you don't have
a passcode, you just always need a passcode. I know
it's a pain and it's tough. You got to type
it in. They want you to do six digits. There
are two things now you're asking about thirteen point one
point two. I don't know this to be sure that
they're requiring a passcode, but in the past I can
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speak to how the iPhones are generally set up, and
in the past it says please put in your passcode.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
But if you look way at.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
The bottom, it says you can have an option for
new options, and the options are if you want to
do a four digit passcode or bypass the passcode altogether.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
So it is small print.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
It's at the bottom of that screen, and they make
it so that you don't really see it, kind of
blends into the background, so you don't choose that option.
But the reality is they want that option on there.
They don't want you to choose that option, and I
don't think you should. I think you should have a
passcode on your iPad. There's no reason why you shouldn't.
And yes, it takes a little bit longer, but it's.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Totally worth it, believe me.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
All Right, while we're waiting for another call, let me
tell you about some new Google privacy features. So they
have introduced at least four new ways to protect and
control your privacy on Google and the first is incognito
mode on Maps, and this is on Android. In fact,
this was on my Android for a while. I guess
I was in the test case. I didn't know that
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I was one of the testers of this. But if
you go into your Maps and if you tap your
little head in the upper right hand corner, there is
now a new option that says incognito mode, and you
press that, and now it stops tracking you. So any
restaurants you search for, any directions you go to or
navigate to, it's not going to keep that in your
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Google history. So if you want to try that out,
just go into Google Maps on Android right now. At
the top, you'll see a little search bar. To the
right of that search bar is your face or your
profile picture. Tap and then it says incognito mode. You
tap that, and now it's gonna stop tracking you and
it will not be saved and used to personalize your
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Maps experience. So let's say you're researching a restaurant that
you don't want anyone else to know about because it's
you don't want it to affect your recommendations from Google.
You can tap that incognito mode. It's coming to iOS soon,
they say, auto delete is coming to YouTube. This is
something that's expanding on location history and web and app activity.
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This is something that you've been able to delete on
Google for a couple of months now, maybe six months ago.
So now you can extend this to YouTube. So if
you go into your YouTube settings, there is now an
option to auto delete your YouTube history. And what that
means is you can delete all the stuff that you watch,
all the stuff that you search for, all the stuff
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that you view, and you can decide to keep that
stuff for three months, eighteen months, or until you delete it.
So that's a new option, is well, and uh, that's
a pretty good option, I guess. I mean, if you
don't want a record of all the stuff that you're
watching on YouTube, you can just auto delete after three months. Now,
this is really interesting. If you have one of these
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Google Home devices, there is a new way to control
your data right from the Google Assistance. You can now
ask Google. You can say, hey, you know who, delete
the last thing I said to you? And then hey,
you know who delete everything I said to you last week.
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I think this is really cool, and this is something
that we've been asking for as tech folks, because it
just makes sense that you would be able to ask
Google just as easily as you ask Google a question,
ask Google to delete what you just ask Google. Now,
I personally think that this is the most incriminating thing
in the world. If you ask Google a question, then
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you say, hey, Google, oh sorry, I just said the words.
But if you say that and then you say, hey,
can you delete what I just asked you? I mean,
come on, if I was the authority, that's the first
thing I'd want to know, Hey, did this person ask
to delete anything on Google? But maybe it's truly deleted forever.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
I would assume there's some sort of record on the
Google servers that you asked to delete your stuff, but
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
I can't be sure on that one.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
So if you asked to delete more than a week's
worth of data from your account, the assistant will tell
you how to do that in your settings. And this
is rolling out next week, So that's next week, and
then all other languages next month, so you can't do
this just yet. And rolling out means that it doesn't
happen overnight. It means that it will take a while.
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And I've got a question on Facebook from Connie. She says,
is the YouTube history auto delete only on Android? Will
that be on iOS? I believe it's on both. It
doesn't say I would think that's on both. I tried
it on my Android, I believe, and it was there already,
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so that one was already there. And then the other
thing they do is they have a security checkup which
will automatically detect potential security issues with their Google account. Okay,
let's see. Yeah, that's okay, security checkup. I feel like
that's good to do. And what they're saying is that
if you have logged into a bunch of Google devices
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over the years, you can now easily you can now
easily get rid of those old devices by doing this
security checkup. And then they have a password checkup as well,
which is going to help you figure out if your
passwords are reused or compromised. The problem is to use
that feature, you have to use Google's password manager. And
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it's fine if you only use Google products to use
Google's password manager, but personally I would use a third
party password manager like last pass or dash Lane. Those
are probably two of my favorite. If you're all Apple,
you can use the one that's built into Apple. But
the problem with using all these things that are built
in is that now you're locked into their ecosystem, and
if you want to switch from Google to Apple, Apple
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to Google, it makes things a lot more complicated. So
when possible, and this is in general, I always try
to use a third party app. Like for my notes,
I use Evernotes, and it's just better than using the
built in notes app on iOS and iPhone and Mac,
because if I ever want to change things up, I
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have to export all my notes from Apple Notes into
something else. So Ever, Note works across platforms, and it's
the same reason why I use Apple Maps. It's the
same reason why I Message really bugs me because it
locks you into iPhone in.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
A very big way.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
In fact, I've actually been testing out Verizon Messages to
see if I can use because Verizon Messages lets you
see your messages on various phones, your texts. The problem
is you can't use I Message, and I Messages is
really really good. Hector writes in on my website, rich
on tech dot TV, Hey, I'm wondering what the best
photo and video editor other than the Photoshop is in
(24:01):
either free download or purchase for a modest price to
use here and there. So this is a great question
because this is what I use all the time. I mean,
I'm always editing. I don't edit my picture so much.
Sometimes I'll pop a filter on them, but most of
the time I am editing video on my computer and
also my phone.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
So when it comes to.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
The best photo editor, I would say an app called
pixel Mater is a really good one. It's very high powered,
has a lot of features that I don't really understand,
but it's a great program. I think I paid five
five or six dollars for it pixel Mater Pro, and
they do have it for iOS on your phone, so
you can get that for your phone, and it's a
(24:42):
you know, it does everything you need. It does all
kinds of like photo editing, this and that.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
That's too much for me.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
I don't want to do all that kind of stuff,
but I do something called snapseed, which is a lot easier.
And Snapseed is just a program that lets you do
very I mean, it's very powerful. It's owned by Google actually,
but for me, it's just I love the filters on there,
and I love kind of the different little things you
can do on there, Like if you have a little
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you know, let's say you take a picture and you
got some something stuck in your teeth, you can just
kind of smudge that out with a very simple flick
of the finger on your screen using that app. So
snapseed is really great. If you're kind of sick of
all the filters on Instagram, check that one out.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
The other one.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
People like is Visco Vsco. That's another photo editing app.
I personally don't use it, but a lot of people
like to use it. It's also a sharing platform. You
can do that. And you did say video editor, So
I'll give you a couple of recommendations for video editors.
I really like a video editor called Adobe Premiere or
Adobe Rush. Is it Premiere Rush or is it just Rush? Yeah,
(25:45):
Adobe Premiere Rush. Now that's ten dollars a month, but
it is the best mobile video editor for both iOS
and Android.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Check that out. If you're on are you on an iPhone?
I can't tell, So.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
If you're on an iPhone, iMovie's pretty good. But I
person like the other one much better, So I would
I would use the Adobe Rush and then the other.
The other one I like is Infinite Stories. If you're
just trying to do stuff for Instagram, check out Infinite Stories.
That's a that's a pretty cool program as well. So Hector,
thanks for the question nine five one? You are on
(26:19):
with rich? Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 5 (26:22):
Speaking with?
Speaker 3 (26:22):
Robby Robbie?
Speaker 5 (26:25):
Oh bb Yeah, we be I E Hi?
Speaker 3 (26:28):
How are you doing?
Speaker 5 (26:30):
Pretty good, isn't you?
Speaker 2 (26:32):
I'm excellent? What's on your mind?
Speaker 5 (26:35):
Well? I was just wondering which phone is better, Sampson
J seven or the iPhone.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
On seven class Samsung J seven.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Let's see, I'm looking this up right now to see
what the the Usually the J lines are kind of
Samsung's entry level devices. They sell them at a lower cost.
They don't they don't have all the high end features
as their Galaxy s you know, S line or their
Note line. And then the other one.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
I have both both phones right now and I'm just
trying to figure out which one to go with. And
I'm still I can.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
If I had to choose between these two phones, the
iPhone seven or the Samsung J seven, I personally would
go with the iPhone. And I'll tell you why, Number one, Uh,
you get a better operating system on it, because it's
going to be newer, more up to date. You get,
you know, because you can run iOS thirteen on it,
(27:35):
and you get better apps, and it's going to be faster,
it's going to have a better camera, and basically everything
about the iPhone is going to be better than this
J seven. I'm looking at the uh.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
The screen.
Speaker 1 (27:49):
It's got a five point five inch super ammal ads.
That's fine, it's unlocked. It's got expandable memory. So the
only thing going for I think is the expandable memory.
But otherwise, the you know, the rest of the specs
are not going to be as good as the iPhone.
It's it's decent, and I'm looking at the specs here.
It's it's okay, but I don't think it's going to
(28:11):
be as good and as long lasting as the iPhone.
So that would be my recommendation. Let's see what kind
of Android it's running. Do you know which version of
Android it's running? It doesn't even say.
Speaker 5 (28:25):
No, I don't.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
Yeah, And the thing about it just it doesn't even
say what version of Android it's using, but it's Samsung
is notorious for taking a really long time to upgrade
the Android operating system on their devices. So you're going
to be running an older version of Android versus the iPhone.
You said it's a seven plus. Yeah, so you got
(28:47):
a nice big screen. I think that's the way to go.
I would I would definitely go with that phone.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
Is that is that help?
Speaker 5 (28:57):
Yes to go?
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (28:59):
I've been watching on Channel five TV for a long
time and I decided I'm going to give them more
callumn see which one he would recommend.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
Well, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
And I you know, if you said, if you said
the Note ten versus the iPhone eleven, I'd have to
you know, I'd have some more debate there. But when
it comes to these two phones, I think, in my mind,
the iPhone seven plus is going to be a stronger
contender for.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
For it's just everyday use.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
I think it's going to be just easier and better
and you're going to get more for your for your
money out of that phone than you are the J seven.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
So Robbie, good question, Thanks so much for calling.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
You appreciate it. Have a good day.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
You welcome five six two you're on with Rich?
Speaker 5 (29:42):
Hi?
Speaker 2 (29:42):
Who's this?
Speaker 6 (29:44):
I just stroud?
Speaker 2 (29:45):
What's going on?
Speaker 6 (29:47):
I had a question thanks for all your help with
your tech and all makes new kids. I have an
iMac two thousand and eight and I'm looking to upgrade it.
But I was wondering, when I buy the new iMac,
can I make this my old one a second screen?
Is that something that is available?
Speaker 1 (30:04):
Prima M that's a good question. Now I know with
the new let's see here macOS Catalina. So on mac Os,
the new version of macOS Catalina, there actually is a
provision for letting another device be a secondary screen. I
know that it works with an iPad. I'm not sure
(30:25):
if it works with another computer. And I'm not even
sure that Catalina will run on a two thousand and
eight iMac. So let me look at the compatibility here.
Usually that is the bottom of the website. It'll tell
you iMac.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
Let's see Ooh, okay, so.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Catalina is not gonna run on your computer, which is
an iMac twenty twelve and later. So if you're talking
two thousand and eight, which is what you said, right,
you're not gonna be able to run the operating system
on there. Now, that does not mean that you can't
use it as a secondary There are lots of programs
out there that will turn a display into a secondary screen,
(31:06):
So you need like usually a screen sharing program. Now
I know there's one called Duet, which is for Mac,
and I think the problem with Duet is that you
might need it might again work with an iPad. So
let's see turn your iOS or Android device into a
high performance secondary display for your Mac and PC. So
(31:28):
again that one is a Mac to a iPad. So
a lot of them that I'm seeing are Mac to iPad.
But let's see if we can find a program Mac
secondary display. Have you done any searching to see if
there's a program that you've been looking at.
Speaker 6 (31:47):
I was trying to, like YouTube it, but I didn't
really find anything that allowed me to convert my whole monitor,
full computer into a monitor second monitor.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Well, you know, it's looking it's looking like there might
be a way to do it. It says that you
might be able to use a cable to do it,
and then there's you can use it as sort of
an external monitor, so that might work.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
I think you'll be able to do this. It depends
on you get to a cable.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Yeah, So what I would do is look on the
back of your device and I'm looking. Yeah, I mean
I'm looking here, and it seems like you.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
Could probably do this.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I think it really depends on your Mac. Let's see,
so use an iMac as a display with target display mode,
and it looks like you can do this.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
System requirements and.
Speaker 6 (32:41):
What happens, I'm sorry, what the two thousand and eight
would have.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Well, here's what I'm looking at.
Speaker 6 (32:47):
Upgrade. I just don't want to get I just don't
want to talk the old iMac.
Speaker 4 (32:51):
I have.
Speaker 6 (32:53):
To use it at least for a second monitor.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Yeah, the other the the what I'm seeing on this
website for the target mode is two thousand and nine
and above. So I don't know if you're gonna be
able to do You might be able to do it
some software, but I quickly just looking don't see it.
I think where there's a will, there's a way, and
I bet there's a way to do it, and I
think there's a way, but I just can't be sure
(33:17):
without you know, doing some some pretty you know.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Heavy research. But I agree.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
It's like, but here's the thing, I mean, you can
you know, there's a lot of other ways you can
repurpose this device.
Speaker 2 (33:28):
I mean, you can make it display pictures.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
You can use it as a home server, you know,
if you want to back up all your stuff to it,
which is kind of cool.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
You can do that.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
You can give it to a friend or you know,
a family member, which is always what I usually do
with my computers. So I think that there's a lot
and I you know that unless you do you work
from home at all?
Speaker 5 (33:51):
Yes, I do.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Oh you do, okay, So it would be nice to
have that secondary monitor.
Speaker 5 (33:55):
Huh yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Well, I think I think you do a little bit
of research. But it seems like the first thing you
need to do is look at the back of your
iMac and and see what kind of inputs and outputs
you have, you know, so I think I think that's
going to determine if you have I'm just kind of
looking on Google images right now to see what's what's
on the back, so.
Speaker 6 (34:19):
You know, it has like some USBs, it's I mean,
it's really all as yeah, the new newer computers have.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
I think it just but it looks like it's got
like a fire a FireWire mini DisplayPort. I think you're
gonna be able to do it. I would I would
do some searching and look online and see. But it
looks like you can do it. The only thing is
it may just be that if you're you may need
an adapter and a cable. But you know, I'm looking
at these things and it seems like it's not that
(34:49):
far off. I just I'm a little bit concerned because
the official Apple website says that it needs to be
a two thousand and nine and above. So that's what
concerns me is maybe they just don't have the support
for the older ones. I'm gonna look up one more program.
There's a program called Reflector that is a great program
that I've used, and that might actually that is only
(35:12):
it looks like it's only screen mirroring, and it doesn't
look like, yeah, it looks like it's.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Only mainly for screen mirroring.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
And but look at that. Look at that app as
well from air Squirrels. It's called Reflector. So good question,
thanks for calling it. Recommend start, I would recommend not going.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
Let's see there there.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
I think the iMac has like a the least expensive one,
and I think that that's the one you don't want
because I believe.
Speaker 2 (35:48):
That there's not a retina display.
Speaker 3 (35:50):
Let me check the uh specs on this thing.
Speaker 2 (35:54):
So yeah, let's see.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
Okay, So the cheapest one is one ninety nine dollars
and it is not a retina display, so do not
get that one. Just I know. The next one is
twelve hundred and ninety nine dollars. This went kind of
what I was saying earlier. Don't be fooled by the
cheapest Apple product because a lot of times they get
that price there just to get you in, and in reality,
(36:19):
you spend the two hundred extra dollars and you're gonna
get so much more for your money. So for twelve
hundred dollars, for thirteen hundred versus eleven hundred, you're gonna
get a retina display, which is a four K display,
which is so much better than the display on the
lesser computer. So that's the one I'd recommend, is a
thirteen hundred dollars one. Now, if you're gonna keep this
(36:39):
thing for a long time, you work from home, you
make money using this computer, I would go for the
best system that you can afford because these things will
last a while. You've had your last one for ten years,
eleven years now, So do the math, and I think
that it could be.
Speaker 6 (36:54):
A good value sound good. Thank you so much for
your help.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
All right, thanks for call and appreciate the call. You
guys said me. A lot of questions, that is for sure.
I get questions on Facebook, Facebook, dot Com, slash rich
on tech, I get questions on my Instagram. You guys
love to DM me, and yes, I don't check those
every day, but I do right back usually once a
week to those.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
So the thing is, if you need.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Something answered, Email's probably the fastest, but you have to understand,
I'm doing my job. I'm trying to you know, I'm
trying to prioritize what needs to be answered. So if
it's an easy answer, something that I can quickly write
you back, you'll get an answer quickly. But if it's
something I to do a little more research for and
kind of investigate, it'll take a little bit longer. Let
me tell you about my book while I have you here.
(37:38):
I know it's backwards on the Facebook page, but this
is it. The first copy of my book is in.
It's called one hundred and one iPhone Tips and Tricks.
It is updated for iOS thirteen, and it looks fantastic.
It is so much better than the last book, looks
wise the last book had great information. This one's a
(37:58):
lot thinner because I I kind of condensed the tips,
I made them simpler, I made them easier to follow,
and I also was a little eco friendly when it
came to the actual formatting inside, so chapters can start
on left or right of the book. So I know
it's something that it's not really something you'll notice, but
it's something that I noticed when I created the book.
(38:19):
So one hundred and one iPhone Tips and Tricks available
right now on Amazon as a paperback. This is going
to be the gift to get this holiday season, or
to give, I should say. And if you want to
read it yourself, you can read it for free on Amazon.
I put it in the Kindle Unlimited program, which means
you can read it totally for free. It's kind of
like a loan. You do have to sign up for
(38:41):
Kindle Unlimited, but the good news is they give you
two months for free. So if you sign up for
Kindle Unlimited, you read the book, it's not going to
take you more than two months to read it. You
just don't get to keep it at the end of
that time, so it is kind of alone. If you
want to buy the ebook. You can do that too.
And I do get a lot of questions people ask
if if they don't have a Kindle, how do they
read it Kindle book. Well, you can download the Kindle
(39:01):
app to any device. You can download it to the iPad,
you can download it to Android, you can download it
to your iPhone. But personally, my thing is read the
Kindle version yourself and then gift the paperback to someone
this holiday season. It's it's just a no brainer gift.
I mean everyone, believe me, anyone you give this to
(39:22):
is going to come back and say, oh gosh, I
found at least five, ten, fifteen, twenty things inside that
book that I just didn't know about the iPhone and
believe me, I get the emails from you guys, I
know that you're loving it, so thank you.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
I do appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
It is updated for iOS thirteen, including all the new
features as well. Thanks so much for listening to the podcast.
If you are a first time listener here on Facebook
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(39:58):
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That's gonna do it for today. I have a fantastic weekend.
I'll see you guys real soon. Bye bye.
Microsoft makes some big announcements in New York and Google
unveil some new privacy features. You should know about what's
going on. I'm Rich Dmiro. This is Rich on Tech,
the podcast where I talk about this stuff I think
you should know about happening in the tech world. And
it's also where I answer the questions that you send me.
And on this show, we'll do things a little differently.
(00:26):
Since I'm streaming live on Facebook, I will attempt to
take some of your questions live on the show. So
Producer Megan, in case you haven't noticed, she is not
with me today. She is vacationing somewhere in the world,
I believe somewhere tropical. So I'm very jealous of her today.
But I am handling the show solo, and I've got
(00:46):
lots of good questions for you, and also lots of
updates from this new Microsoft event. I was just in
New York City for a Microsoft Surface event. I personally
don't necessarily use a surface. I use a MacBook Pro.
But a lot of people love the Surface devices, and
I see why. It's kind of the best of both worlds.
You've got a tablet, you've got a sort of a
(01:08):
laptop at the same time, and it's everything you need
all in one. And for me personally, I do a
lot of video editing, so I use a MacBook Pro
and it's tough for me to switch to a Windows device.
I know plenty of creators that do that, but for me,
I'm just so used to my Final Cut Pro I
can't leave it. And I love my computer. You guys
know if you follow me, that I just paid about
(01:30):
five hundred dollars to replace the hard drive.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
In my laptop.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Five hundred and fifty dollars, I think to be exact
who But the cool thing about these new Microsoft devices
is that they are going to allow you to replace
the hard drive yourself in both the laptops and the tablet.
So let me just quickly run down what Microsoft announced
at their event. They announced five new products, Surface Laptop three,
(01:57):
Surface Pro seven, Surface pro X, Surface earbuds. Those are
all going to be available by the end of the year.
Then there's two new devices, the Surface Neo and the
Surface Duo. Let me go through these quickly so that
you understand what's happening with the Surface. So Surface Laptop three.
I do have a lot of experience with that device.
Surface Laptop three is the newest and latest and greatest.
(02:19):
It now comes in a bigger size, so you can
get in a thirteen inch or a fifteen inch. It's
also twice as fast. And if you had if I
had to pick a Windows laptop, this would be it.
It is a beautiful laptop. The styling is impeccable, it
is it's it's just amazing. So if I had to
choose a Windows laptop, this would definitely be it. In fact,
(02:39):
I might be tempted by the fifteen inch laptop. I've
been editing with this new program called Adobe Rush, and
I can do ninety nine percent of what I need
to do for TV on that program that runs perfectly
on this Surface Laptop three, So that could tempt me
to come over. This is the fastest, according to Microsoft,
fastest lightest fifteen inch laptop you can buy. They really
(03:01):
went to great lengths to explain how comfortable the typing
experience is, and I tried the keyboard out on it
and it was very comfortable. I cannot stand the keyboard
on my MacBook Pro. It is terrible, terrible, terrible. Maybe
the new ones are better. Mine's a year old two
years old. They also have a larger track pad on it,
and for the first time, you get both USB A
(03:22):
and C. USB C is the popular connector these days
now that's available on the surface laptop, so you really
get everything you need. This is a pretty good device.
It also has fast charging, which means it's gonna charge
nice and fast, just like your smartphone, up to eighty
percent in about an hour. The thirteen inch starts at
(03:42):
nine ninety nine and the fifteen inch starts at eleven
ninety nine. I always recommend going for the next level up,
so if you're going for that eleven ninety nine. They
make those prices sound super sexy for people that just
want to get something, but in reality, if you go
a little bit higher, you're already going like almost the
whole disc. And it's just go a little bit more
and pay a little bit more and you're gonna get
(04:03):
a lot more for that money. Surface Pro seven. Let's see,
not much to tell you about the Surface Pro seven,
except again they added USBC and it's now twice as fast.
Now the Surface pro x not the Surface Pro ten.
Everyone seems to be loving that X naming convention this year.
Surface pro X is their thinnest, lightest, most powerful surface
(04:25):
Pro ever, and it's also connected.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
It's got LTE built in, which is really cool. I
love that idea.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
And taking a page from the Apple playbook, Microsoft created
their own chip with Qualcom called the SQ one, which
means this is gonna have some advantages because they made
this chip specifically for this device. It's also very thin.
They say it gives you a thirteen inch screen and
a twelve inch device.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
And one of the cool.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
New features they have the storage for the pen right
in the keyboard case. So if you get the keyboard
case and the pen, which by the way, adds a
whole bunch of money to this ice, you can store
the slim pen right in the keyboard case, which is
really cool. I love this fact that you can do
that because it just means that the pen is always there,
it doesn't get lost, and it also charges the pen,
(05:13):
which is really cool. The Surface Pro seven starts at
seven forty nine. The Surface pro x starts at nine
to ninety nine. Now let's talk about the surface earbuds.
I tried these on and they look super weird. They
look like big giant discs in your ear.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
But I will tell you.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
They were very comfortable, very lightweight, and there's also some
tap things you can do on them where you can
swipe to move the song to the next song and
all this different stuff. I didn't have much luck with that.
I also couldn't hear them very well because it was
super loud in there. But I do think these are promising.
I would place them somewhere between the Galaxy buds.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
And the AirPods.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
They might actually be better than the Galaxy buds as
staying in your ears. Those are going to be expensive though.
Two hundred and forty nine dollars. That's a lot for
earbuds considering the kind of the best on the market
right now. The AirPods are one sixty, so this is
almost a full hundred dollars more expensive than those. All right, now,
let's talk about the two fun things that Microsoft announced,
(06:11):
the Surface Neo and the Surface Duo. This is just
it's crazy for a company to show us something that's
not coming out for a whole other year. And by
the way, we saw this with Apple. Do you remember
something called the air Power. They showed off that charger
at one of their events, and guess what, it never
saw the light of day. Let's hope that doesn't happen
with these two devices. Surface Neo is a dual screen
(06:33):
device built for productivity on Windows ten X. This is
their new dual screen operating system. It's got a three
hundred and sixty degree hinge with two.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Nine inch screens.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
So this is not a foldable display, but it's a
display that sort of folds in half. It's a dual display,
so two nine inch screens give you a thirteen inch
display total. It's really thin and you can also connect
all the other stuff. Think of it as a surface,
but both of the screens the up in the bottom
are both screens, so you can do a lot with that.
Then the Surface Duo is a surface that fits in
(07:07):
your pocket. So this is a lot smaller. Yes, it
makes phone calls. Yes, it runs some sort of version
of Android along with Windows apps. And are you know
Windows Desktop apps not? There's no Windows Mobile going on here.
They're not bringing that back.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
They were.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
They understand what's going on in the mobile landscape. It's
Android versus iOS.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
They're not trying to change that. But these are two
five point six inch screens that unfold to eight point
three inches and they showed me. They wouldn't let me
touch this thing, but they had it like by ropes.
But they did give me a demo of it not on.
The screens were not on, but you know how you
can fold it, unfold it the size of the screens.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
It looks cool.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Do I think this is the future right now? I
don't think right now, but I think that they're onto
something and it does seem like these foldable displays will
be part of our future when it comes to computing.
While you're calling in, let's get a question from my
Facebook page, Facebook dot com slash rich on tech. This
is from Laurel hey Rich. Thanks for all the info,
(08:08):
tips and fun stuff you've shared with us on KTLA.
Just being sure that upgrading to iOS thirteen point one
is okay?
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Now?
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Are all the bugs ironed out? I have the ten
ten are no, the bugs are not ironed out. I
am still having so many issues with iOS thirteen even
though we're on thirteen point one point two. So my advice,
Laurel is to just hang tight unless you need it.
Unless you need that dark mode, you probably don't want
to upgrade just yet. I've never seen more issues with
(08:37):
this with an upgrade I have, but it's unfortunate, but
they keep ironing things out, so just I would hold
off as long as humanly possible. Right now, Carolyn rode
into my website richontech dot TV. She said, consumer cellular
grand Pad tablets, because this is non Internet service what
technical port links the connection for face to face conversation,
(09:01):
and I had to look up what this is exactly.
So the grand Pad is a tablet that is aimed
towards senior citizens and it looks like a simple Android
tablet that has you know, looks like calls, email, photos,
and camera for video conferencing, plus a little stand. And
(09:23):
I generally don't like things like this because it, you know,
you're basically putting faith in this platform, this consumer.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Cellular, which is pretty big.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
They're actually very popular, so that's fine, but you're putting
faith in this platform that is not proven, so I'm
a little hesitant with that.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
And then the thing is.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Two hundred dollars today with eas say so it's like
ten dollars plus forty dollars a month for a service plan.
So the simple answer to question Carolyn is that there
is a service plan. So there is cellular built into
this device, and that's how it's doing things. But I imagine
it's also using Wi Fi, so it connects your Wi
Fi network, it connects to cellular when it doesn't have
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Wi Fi, and that's how you're doing those things. I
would probably recommend if you have a senior and you
want to get them something to video chat, I would
probably look into something like the Amazon Echo Show, the
Google Nest Hub Max that has the camera on it.
So I would look into one of those because I
think that those are a better platform, and also the
person on the other end can use just like Skype
(10:25):
or Google Duo to make a call. Three two three,
you're on with Rich. Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Hi?
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Mark? Where are you calling from?
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Mark and Monrovia? Welcome to the show?
Speaker 4 (10:38):
Well, thank you Rich. My question is not so much technical,
but it's regarding text. What is your view on insurance
on these devices that they provide from the carriers?
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Great question?
Speaker 1 (10:51):
So my okay, So I can tell you my opinion
when it comes to my rational opinion and then my
everyday person opinion. Right, So my rational self tells me,
don't pay fifteen ten to fifteen dollars a month, put
it in a savings account, and when something happens to
your device, you know, maybe six months down the line,
you've got anywhere from sixty to ninety dollars saved up
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and hopefully the repair is not that expensive. Now, the
other side of me says, it's ten dollars a month
and it gives you a lot of you know, it
just gives you that security of knowing that if something
happens to your device, it's not going to cost you
a ton to get the screen repaired or whatever. So
I think with the way Apple does it, you can
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do I think it's like ten dollars a month now.
They're doing it monthly, by the way, so you can
do it forever or as long as they let you.
I'm not sure how long that is. But instead of
paying the two years up front, you can pay you know,
ten bucks a month or fifteen dollars a month if
you want the loss protection and the theft protection. So
I personally don't buy the protection plans I have in
the past, and when I have bought them, I usually
get Square Trade because it's a little bit cheaper and
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you can still get it repaired pretty easily. I think
for ninety nine percent of people. The easiest thing to
do is get it through your carrier or through Apple,
because then you just bring the phone back to what
where's closest to you. So I think that's easy, but
it also is a very expensive way to protect your device.
But then again, insurance is expensive. It gives you peace
of mind. And when you're looking at ten dollars a month,
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I always call it, did you buy a beer this month?
So if you bought a beer for you know, five
six bucks, you've already spent that much money. And how
long did that last you?
Speaker 2 (12:27):
You know?
Speaker 1 (12:27):
And this is you can if you don't drink beer,
you can put that on anything. You know, maybe you
went to a movie one night. It's cost seventeen dollars
that gave you two hours of entertainment. So it's it's
one of these things that I think comes down to
a personal decision. But I think in the long term
we probably ruin our phones less than we think. If
you're very accident prone, you know, you may want it,
(12:49):
but if you're not. I mean, I test a lot
of phones. I've I've broken exactly three in the ten
years that I've been testing phones, So that kind of
gives you an idea of and I a lot of
times I'll keep the case on fifty percent of the
time because I want to see what a phone is
like with and without the case.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Now not my follow up was you carrier, which it's
not important us, but they only provides one type of
others out there through these types of bud devices.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Yeah, so I think the most popular is uh, square
Trade squ ar So square Trade is a good one.
And then I think the other one is is really
Apple Care. That's the other popular one. You can go directly.
You can actually do it now through your phone if
you buy a new iPhone. I notice there's now a
new option inside the settings to add Apple Care to
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your phone right from the phone. So if you go
into Settings General, it says like and actually I talk
about this in my book because you can now see
the warranty time period two in your phone. But it
basically lets you add Apple Care right from your phone.
It tells you how many days you have left to
do that, because there's a certain window of time that
you have when you get a new device to add
the insurance. So I would look into that, and I
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would compare a couple of In fact, It's funny you
asked this question because I have a story idea for
KTLA where I'm going to compare some of these different
insurance companies. But in general, if you're going with a
third party like Square Trade, it's going to be cheaper.
Apple Care is right in the middle, and I feel
like the carriers are just a little bit more expensive.
But you have to remember there are usually deductibles no
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matter what, so even if.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
You pay regardless of the dam.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Yeah, and so that's that's different.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Now with Apple I do believe it's only twenty nine
dollars if you crack your screen if you have Apple
Care for the first two incidents. So the way I
always look at these insurance plans, I add up for
you know, how long I think I'm gonna keep the phone,
Let's say two years. I add up the monthly fee
plus what it would cost to actually do one fix,
which in the case of a screen, would be thirty dollars.
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So if you look at ten dollars a month times
two years, that's two forty plus thirty dollars, that is
is two seventy. So you're looking at two hundred and
seventy dollars for the first time you need a screen replacement,
that's kind of what you're looking at. But you get
two years of security with your phone. So it's a
good question. It's one that you know, I think is
a very personal decision for people. A lot of people
(15:16):
just feel better having the insurance on their phone. All right,
Thanks Mark, thanks for calling in. Appreciate it. Good good question.
I struggle with that myself. But in general, I think
that if you can save the money and you're good in,
you know, being diligent about putting that money away, it's
never gonna catch up, probably will never catch up to
how much you need when you know when you need
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that repair, but at least you'll have half of it
saved away, and then it's like not as bad now.
I was kind of telling Mark the story. But I
have replaced, or I have now repaired this laptop twice,
and so I call this my three thousand dollars laptop,
even though it started out as a two thousand dollars laptop.
Because the first repair was my kid through a a
(16:01):
toy at my screen and it cracked the screen, and
that was I think a five hundred dollars repair. And
then the second time my hard drive failed and that
was a five hundred and fifty dollars repair. So now
I'm holding on to this computer as long as humanly
possible because it has cost me so much more than
it should have cost me. But great question, and uh Courtney.
(16:21):
On the live stream, Courtney Rogers says, your story idea
for KTLA was from me, So thank you, Courtney, and
I will I will do my research and actually come
up with a story for KTLA because I do think
that people need to know about that stuff. Question from James' guest,
He says iOS thirteen point one point two for iPad
is requiring a passcode? How do I avoid a passcode? Well, James,
(16:43):
you know, as a tech guy, I can never ever
ever recommend that you don't put a passcode on your device.
You should always have a passcode. The reason why is
because you got to protect your device. Let's say someone
finds this device, it is now totally it's worthless to
you because they're going to be able to easily take
(17:03):
it over. If you don't have a passcode on there,
your personal information is at risk. If you don't have
a passcode, you just always need a passcode. I know
it's a pain and it's tough. You got to type
it in. They want you to do six digits. There
are two things now you're asking about thirteen point one
point two. I don't know this to be sure that
they're requiring a passcode, but in the past I can
(17:24):
speak to how the iPhones are generally set up, and
in the past it says please put in your passcode.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
But if you look way at.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
The bottom, it says you can have an option for
new options, and the options are if you want to
do a four digit passcode or bypass the passcode altogether.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
So it is small print.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
It's at the bottom of that screen, and they make
it so that you don't really see it, kind of
blends into the background, so you don't choose that option.
But the reality is they want that option on there.
They don't want you to choose that option, and I
don't think you should. I think you should have a
passcode on your iPad. There's no reason why you shouldn't.
And yes, it takes a little bit longer, but it's.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Totally worth it, believe me.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
All Right, while we're waiting for another call, let me
tell you about some new Google privacy features. So they
have introduced at least four new ways to protect and
control your privacy on Google and the first is incognito
mode on Maps, and this is on Android. In fact,
this was on my Android for a while. I guess
I was in the test case. I didn't know that
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I was one of the testers of this. But if
you go into your Maps and if you tap your
little head in the upper right hand corner, there is
now a new option that says incognito mode, and you
press that, and now it stops tracking you. So any
restaurants you search for, any directions you go to or
navigate to, it's not going to keep that in your
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Google history. So if you want to try that out,
just go into Google Maps on Android right now. At
the top, you'll see a little search bar. To the
right of that search bar is your face or your
profile picture. Tap and then it says incognito mode. You
tap that, and now it's gonna stop tracking you and
it will not be saved and used to personalize your
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Maps experience. So let's say you're researching a restaurant that
you don't want anyone else to know about because it's
you don't want it to affect your recommendations from Google.
You can tap that incognito mode. It's coming to iOS soon,
they say, auto delete is coming to YouTube. This is
something that's expanding on location history and web and app activity.
(19:30):
This is something that you've been able to delete on
Google for a couple of months now, maybe six months ago.
So now you can extend this to YouTube. So if
you go into your YouTube settings, there is now an
option to auto delete your YouTube history. And what that
means is you can delete all the stuff that you watch,
all the stuff that you search for, all the stuff
(19:51):
that you view, and you can decide to keep that
stuff for three months, eighteen months, or until you delete it.
So that's a new option, is well, and uh, that's
a pretty good option, I guess. I mean, if you
don't want a record of all the stuff that you're
watching on YouTube, you can just auto delete after three months. Now,
this is really interesting. If you have one of these
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Google Home devices, there is a new way to control
your data right from the Google Assistance. You can now
ask Google. You can say, hey, you know who, delete
the last thing I said to you? And then hey,
you know who delete everything I said to you last week.
(20:32):
I think this is really cool, and this is something
that we've been asking for as tech folks, because it
just makes sense that you would be able to ask
Google just as easily as you ask Google a question,
ask Google to delete what you just ask Google. Now,
I personally think that this is the most incriminating thing
in the world. If you ask Google a question, then
(20:52):
you say, hey, Google, oh sorry, I just said the words.
But if you say that and then you say, hey,
can you delete what I just asked you? I mean,
come on, if I was the authority, that's the first
thing I'd want to know, Hey, did this person ask
to delete anything on Google? But maybe it's truly deleted forever.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
I would assume there's some sort of record on the
Google servers that you asked to delete your stuff, but
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
I can't be sure on that one.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
So if you asked to delete more than a week's
worth of data from your account, the assistant will tell
you how to do that in your settings. And this
is rolling out next week, So that's next week, and
then all other languages next month, so you can't do
this just yet. And rolling out means that it doesn't
happen overnight. It means that it will take a while.
(21:36):
And I've got a question on Facebook from Connie. She says,
is the YouTube history auto delete only on Android? Will
that be on iOS? I believe it's on both. It
doesn't say I would think that's on both. I tried
it on my Android, I believe, and it was there already,
(21:56):
so that one was already there. And then the other
thing they do is they have a security checkup which
will automatically detect potential security issues with their Google account. Okay,
let's see. Yeah, that's okay, security checkup. I feel like
that's good to do. And what they're saying is that
if you have logged into a bunch of Google devices
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over the years, you can now easily you can now
easily get rid of those old devices by doing this
security checkup. And then they have a password checkup as well,
which is going to help you figure out if your
passwords are reused or compromised. The problem is to use
that feature, you have to use Google's password manager. And
(22:40):
it's fine if you only use Google products to use
Google's password manager, but personally I would use a third
party password manager like last pass or dash Lane. Those
are probably two of my favorite. If you're all Apple,
you can use the one that's built into Apple. But
the problem with using all these things that are built
in is that now you're locked into their ecosystem, and
if you want to switch from Google to Apple, Apple
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to Google, it makes things a lot more complicated. So
when possible, and this is in general, I always try
to use a third party app. Like for my notes,
I use Evernotes, and it's just better than using the
built in notes app on iOS and iPhone and Mac,
because if I ever want to change things up, I
(23:21):
have to export all my notes from Apple Notes into
something else. So Ever, Note works across platforms, and it's
the same reason why I use Apple Maps. It's the
same reason why I Message really bugs me because it
locks you into iPhone in.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
A very big way.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
In fact, I've actually been testing out Verizon Messages to
see if I can use because Verizon Messages lets you
see your messages on various phones, your texts. The problem
is you can't use I Message, and I Messages is
really really good. Hector writes in on my website, rich
on tech dot TV, Hey, I'm wondering what the best
photo and video editor other than the Photoshop is in
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either free download or purchase for a modest price to
use here and there. So this is a great question
because this is what I use all the time. I mean,
I'm always editing. I don't edit my picture so much.
Sometimes I'll pop a filter on them, but most of
the time I am editing video on my computer and
also my phone.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
So when it comes to.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
The best photo editor, I would say an app called
pixel Mater is a really good one. It's very high powered,
has a lot of features that I don't really understand,
but it's a great program. I think I paid five
five or six dollars for it pixel Mater Pro, and
they do have it for iOS on your phone, so
you can get that for your phone, and it's a
(24:42):
you know, it does everything you need. It does all
kinds of like photo editing, this and that.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
That's too much for me.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
I don't want to do all that kind of stuff,
but I do something called snapseed, which is a lot easier.
And Snapseed is just a program that lets you do
very I mean, it's very powerful. It's owned by Google actually,
but for me, it's just I love the filters on there,
and I love kind of the different little things you
can do on there, Like if you have a little
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you know, let's say you take a picture and you
got some something stuck in your teeth, you can just
kind of smudge that out with a very simple flick
of the finger on your screen using that app. So
snapseed is really great. If you're kind of sick of
all the filters on Instagram, check that one out.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
The other one.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
People like is Visco Vsco. That's another photo editing app.
I personally don't use it, but a lot of people
like to use it. It's also a sharing platform. You
can do that. And you did say video editor, So
I'll give you a couple of recommendations for video editors.
I really like a video editor called Adobe Premiere or
Adobe Rush. Is it Premiere Rush or is it just Rush? Yeah,
(25:45):
Adobe Premiere Rush. Now that's ten dollars a month, but
it is the best mobile video editor for both iOS
and Android.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Check that out. If you're on are you on an iPhone?
I can't tell, So.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
If you're on an iPhone, iMovie's pretty good. But I
person like the other one much better, So I would
I would use the Adobe Rush and then the other.
The other one I like is Infinite Stories. If you're
just trying to do stuff for Instagram, check out Infinite Stories.
That's a that's a pretty cool program as well. So Hector,
thanks for the question nine five one? You are on
(26:19):
with rich? Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 5 (26:22):
Speaking with?
Speaker 3 (26:22):
Robby Robbie?
Speaker 5 (26:25):
Oh bb Yeah, we be I E Hi?
Speaker 3 (26:28):
How are you doing?
Speaker 5 (26:30):
Pretty good, isn't you?
Speaker 2 (26:32):
I'm excellent? What's on your mind?
Speaker 5 (26:35):
Well? I was just wondering which phone is better, Sampson
J seven or the iPhone.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
On seven class Samsung J seven.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Let's see, I'm looking this up right now to see
what the the Usually the J lines are kind of
Samsung's entry level devices. They sell them at a lower cost.
They don't they don't have all the high end features
as their Galaxy s you know, S line or their
Note line. And then the other one.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
I have both both phones right now and I'm just
trying to figure out which one to go with. And
I'm still I can.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
If I had to choose between these two phones, the
iPhone seven or the Samsung J seven, I personally would
go with the iPhone. And I'll tell you why, Number one, Uh,
you get a better operating system on it, because it's
going to be newer, more up to date. You get,
you know, because you can run iOS thirteen on it,
(27:35):
and you get better apps, and it's going to be faster,
it's going to have a better camera, and basically everything
about the iPhone is going to be better than this
J seven. I'm looking at the uh.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
The screen.
Speaker 1 (27:49):
It's got a five point five inch super ammal ads.
That's fine, it's unlocked. It's got expandable memory. So the
only thing going for I think is the expandable memory.
But otherwise, the you know, the rest of the specs
are not going to be as good as the iPhone.
It's it's decent, and I'm looking at the specs here.
It's it's okay, but I don't think it's going to
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be as good and as long lasting as the iPhone.
So that would be my recommendation. Let's see what kind
of Android it's running. Do you know which version of
Android it's running? It doesn't even say.
Speaker 5 (28:25):
No, I don't.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
Yeah, And the thing about it just it doesn't even
say what version of Android it's using, but it's Samsung
is notorious for taking a really long time to upgrade
the Android operating system on their devices. So you're going
to be running an older version of Android versus the iPhone.
You said it's a seven plus. Yeah, so you got
(28:47):
a nice big screen. I think that's the way to go.
I would I would definitely go with that phone.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
Is that is that help?
Speaker 5 (28:57):
Yes to go?
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (28:59):
I've been watching on Channel five TV for a long
time and I decided I'm going to give them more
callumn see which one he would recommend.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
Well, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
And I you know, if you said, if you said
the Note ten versus the iPhone eleven, I'd have to
you know, I'd have some more debate there. But when
it comes to these two phones, I think, in my mind,
the iPhone seven plus is going to be a stronger
contender for.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
For it's just everyday use.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
I think it's going to be just easier and better
and you're going to get more for your for your
money out of that phone than you are the J seven.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
So Robbie, good question, Thanks so much for calling.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
You appreciate it. Have a good day.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
You welcome five six two you're on with Rich?
Speaker 5 (29:42):
Hi?
Speaker 2 (29:42):
Who's this?
Speaker 6 (29:44):
I just stroud?
Speaker 2 (29:45):
What's going on?
Speaker 6 (29:47):
I had a question thanks for all your help with
your tech and all makes new kids. I have an
iMac two thousand and eight and I'm looking to upgrade it.
But I was wondering, when I buy the new iMac,
can I make this my old one a second screen?
Is that something that is available?
Speaker 1 (30:04):
Prima M that's a good question. Now I know with
the new let's see here macOS Catalina. So on mac Os,
the new version of macOS Catalina, there actually is a
provision for letting another device be a secondary screen. I
know that it works with an iPad. I'm not sure
(30:25):
if it works with another computer. And I'm not even
sure that Catalina will run on a two thousand and
eight iMac. So let me look at the compatibility here.
Usually that is the bottom of the website. It'll tell
you iMac.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
Let's see Ooh, okay, so.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Catalina is not gonna run on your computer, which is
an iMac twenty twelve and later. So if you're talking
two thousand and eight, which is what you said, right,
you're not gonna be able to run the operating system
on there. Now, that does not mean that you can't
use it as a secondary There are lots of programs
out there that will turn a display into a secondary screen,
(31:06):
So you need like usually a screen sharing program. Now
I know there's one called Duet, which is for Mac,
and I think the problem with Duet is that you
might need it might again work with an iPad. So
let's see turn your iOS or Android device into a
high performance secondary display for your Mac and PC. So
(31:28):
again that one is a Mac to a iPad. So
a lot of them that I'm seeing are Mac to iPad.
But let's see if we can find a program Mac
secondary display. Have you done any searching to see if
there's a program that you've been looking at.
Speaker 6 (31:47):
I was trying to, like YouTube it, but I didn't
really find anything that allowed me to convert my whole monitor,
full computer into a monitor second monitor.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Well, you know, it's looking it's looking like there might
be a way to do it. It says that you
might be able to use a cable to do it,
and then there's you can use it as sort of
an external monitor, so that might work.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
I think you'll be able to do this. It depends
on you get to a cable.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Yeah, So what I would do is look on the
back of your device and I'm looking. Yeah, I mean
I'm looking here, and it seems like you.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
Could probably do this.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I think it really depends on your Mac. Let's see,
so use an iMac as a display with target display mode,
and it looks like you can do this.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
System requirements and.
Speaker 6 (32:41):
What happens, I'm sorry, what the two thousand and eight
would have.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Well, here's what I'm looking at.
Speaker 6 (32:47):
Upgrade. I just don't want to get I just don't
want to talk the old iMac.
Speaker 4 (32:51):
I have.
Speaker 6 (32:53):
To use it at least for a second monitor.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Yeah, the other the the what I'm seeing on this
website for the target mode is two thousand and nine
and above. So I don't know if you're gonna be
able to do You might be able to do it
some software, but I quickly just looking don't see it.
I think where there's a will, there's a way, and
I bet there's a way to do it, and I
think there's a way, but I just can't be sure
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without you know, doing some some pretty you know.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Heavy research. But I agree.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
It's like, but here's the thing, I mean, you can
you know, there's a lot of other ways you can
repurpose this device.
Speaker 2 (33:28):
I mean, you can make it display pictures.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
You can use it as a home server, you know,
if you want to back up all your stuff to it,
which is kind of cool.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
You can do that.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
You can give it to a friend or you know,
a family member, which is always what I usually do
with my computers. So I think that there's a lot
and I you know that unless you do you work
from home at all?
Speaker 5 (33:51):
Yes, I do.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Oh you do, okay, So it would be nice to
have that secondary monitor.
Speaker 5 (33:55):
Huh yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Well, I think I think you do a little bit
of research. But it seems like the first thing you
need to do is look at the back of your
iMac and and see what kind of inputs and outputs
you have, you know, so I think I think that's
going to determine if you have I'm just kind of
looking on Google images right now to see what's what's
on the back, so.
Speaker 6 (34:19):
You know, it has like some USBs, it's I mean,
it's really all as yeah, the new newer computers have.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
I think it just but it looks like it's got
like a fire a FireWire mini DisplayPort. I think you're
gonna be able to do it. I would I would
do some searching and look online and see. But it
looks like you can do it. The only thing is
it may just be that if you're you may need
an adapter and a cable. But you know, I'm looking
at these things and it seems like it's not that
(34:49):
far off. I just I'm a little bit concerned because
the official Apple website says that it needs to be
a two thousand and nine and above. So that's what
concerns me is maybe they just don't have the support
for the older ones. I'm gonna look up one more program.
There's a program called Reflector that is a great program
that I've used, and that might actually that is only
(35:12):
it looks like it's only screen mirroring, and it doesn't
look like, yeah, it looks like it's.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Only mainly for screen mirroring.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
And but look at that. Look at that app as
well from air Squirrels. It's called Reflector. So good question,
thanks for calling it. Recommend start, I would recommend not going.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
Let's see there there.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
I think the iMac has like a the least expensive one,
and I think that that's the one you don't want
because I believe.
Speaker 2 (35:48):
That there's not a retina display.
Speaker 3 (35:50):
Let me check the uh specs on this thing.
Speaker 2 (35:54):
So yeah, let's see.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
Okay, So the cheapest one is one ninety nine dollars
and it is not a retina display, so do not
get that one. Just I know. The next one is
twelve hundred and ninety nine dollars. This went kind of
what I was saying earlier. Don't be fooled by the
cheapest Apple product because a lot of times they get
that price there just to get you in, and in reality,
(36:19):
you spend the two hundred extra dollars and you're gonna
get so much more for your money. So for twelve
hundred dollars, for thirteen hundred versus eleven hundred, you're gonna
get a retina display, which is a four K display,
which is so much better than the display on the
lesser computer. So that's the one I'd recommend, is a
thirteen hundred dollars one. Now, if you're gonna keep this
(36:39):
thing for a long time, you work from home, you
make money using this computer, I would go for the
best system that you can afford because these things will
last a while. You've had your last one for ten years,
eleven years now, So do the math, and I think
that it could be.
Speaker 6 (36:54):
A good value sound good. Thank you so much for
your help.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
All right, thanks for call and appreciate the call. You
guys said me. A lot of questions, that is for sure.
I get questions on Facebook, Facebook, dot Com, slash rich
on tech, I get questions on my Instagram. You guys
love to DM me, and yes, I don't check those
every day, but I do right back usually once a
week to those.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
So the thing is, if you need.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Something answered, Email's probably the fastest, but you have to understand,
I'm doing my job. I'm trying to you know, I'm
trying to prioritize what needs to be answered. So if
it's an easy answer, something that I can quickly write
you back, you'll get an answer quickly. But if it's
something I to do a little more research for and
kind of investigate, it'll take a little bit longer. Let
me tell you about my book while I have you here.
(37:38):
I know it's backwards on the Facebook page, but this
is it. The first copy of my book is in.
It's called one hundred and one iPhone Tips and Tricks.
It is updated for iOS thirteen, and it looks fantastic.
It is so much better than the last book, looks
wise the last book had great information. This one's a
(37:58):
lot thinner because I I kind of condensed the tips,
I made them simpler, I made them easier to follow,
and I also was a little eco friendly when it
came to the actual formatting inside, so chapters can start
on left or right of the book. So I know
it's something that it's not really something you'll notice, but
it's something that I noticed when I created the book.
(38:19):
So one hundred and one iPhone Tips and Tricks available
right now on Amazon as a paperback. This is going
to be the gift to get this holiday season, or
to give, I should say. And if you want to
read it yourself, you can read it for free on Amazon.
I put it in the Kindle Unlimited program, which means
you can read it totally for free. It's kind of
like a loan. You do have to sign up for
(38:41):
Kindle Unlimited, but the good news is they give you
two months for free. So if you sign up for
Kindle Unlimited, you read the book, it's not going to
take you more than two months to read it. You
just don't get to keep it at the end of
that time, so it is kind of alone. If you
want to buy the ebook. You can do that too.
And I do get a lot of questions people ask
if if they don't have a Kindle, how do they
read it Kindle book. Well, you can download the Kindle
(39:01):
app to any device. You can download it to the iPad,
you can download it to Android, you can download it
to your iPhone. But personally, my thing is read the
Kindle version yourself and then gift the paperback to someone
this holiday season. It's it's just a no brainer gift.
I mean everyone, believe me, anyone you give this to
(39:22):
is going to come back and say, oh gosh, I
found at least five, ten, fifteen, twenty things inside that
book that I just didn't know about the iPhone and
believe me, I get the emails from you guys, I
know that you're loving it, so thank you.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
I do appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
It is updated for iOS thirteen, including all the new
features as well. Thanks so much for listening to the podcast.
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(39:58):
Tech and subscribe and you'll never miss an episode. I
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That's gonna do it for today. I have a fantastic weekend.
I'll see you guys real soon. Bye bye.
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