Rich talked about some of his
favorite gadgets for the holiday shopping season.Darren asks how to turn off read receipts for his texts on a Samsung S23+Angelina asks if she should get her son the Quest 3. He has the Quest 2.Larry asks if it’s OK to give out the serial number and IMEI of the iPhone he wants to sell to a potential buyer.
Swappa has a free IMEI checker.Steve Tcherchian of
XYPRO Technology will talk about NameDrop,
FaceID security, physical phone security and open WiFi networks and VPN’s.Christine in Huntington Beach asks why she can no longer press # to skip a person’s voicemail. That’s because Apple has toggled on a new feature called
Live Voicemail and now your phone is “intercepting” voicemails to transcribe what the caller is saying on screen. You can toggle this under Settings > Phone > Live VoicemailRobin asks how to get rid of duplicate photos on the iPhone. You can use the Duplicates finder under Photos App > Albums > Duplicates or try the apps
Gemini or
SwipewipeDebbie in the Smokey Mountains asks why text message sounds interrupt her phone calls. Rich says to check the settings under Messages > Settings > Hear outgoing and incoming message sounds.WhatsApp has a new feature called
Secret Code for Chat Lock.Fred in Camarillo asks why he can no longer
AirPlay from his phone to Apple TV.
Apple and
Google have named their best apps of 2023.Scott Knapp, Amazon’s Director of Worldwide Buyer Risk Prevention will explain how to avoid popular holiday shopping
scams that involve Amazon.
Amazon Top 100ish Gifts list for holiday shopping ideas!Liz in San Jose says her AirPods are not
connecting to her iPhone 15 Pro.Rick in Clinton, Mississippi found an iPhone 7 and wants to know how to reset it to factory settings. You can try a standard
Restore or a deeper
DFU Restore. Keep in mind the phone might be locked to an account.Brenda in Anaheim has a question about the
OnePlus Open.Gary wants a dash cam that will let him remotely monitor his dog in his car. Rich says to check out
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