Audio: Adding Windows features to your Mac, your calls.


On the third Wednesday of every month we do a live call in show taking your technology questions. This episode, first aired on August 17, 2011. We start our talking about Lion, the new Mac OS, but the bulk of this show, as always is the improv we do when we take your calls.  You never know what we're going to be asked, or what we might say.

In this show:
  • How to be your own computer detective.
  • I'd rather be lucky than stupid.
  • Should you leave your computer on at night?
  • Do computers dream during hibernation?
  • We solve domestic disputes.
  • What can keep you from making a recovery disk?
  • How do you keep your Macbook from overheating?
  • Should you use anti-virus software on your Mac?
  • What you might think abut before giving up your PC for a Mac.
  • How to pair a bluetooth headset with a new cell phone.
  • How solid state hard drives make your computer boot faster.
  • Can solid state drives be compromised?
  • My laptop is turning itself off! Help!
  • Why do laptops overheat?
  • Why do cats hate computers?
  • Why do I run out of Virtual Memory?
  • Voodoo may be our answer to your computer problem.
  • Are the "affordable options" for smartphone service worth trying?
  • and some bonus calls that were never heard on the air!

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Your Day airs at noon Monday through Thursday on the NPR stations across South Carolina.
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About Phil Yanov

Phil Yanov is a Technologist, Columnist and Public Radio Commentator.

He is the founder of Tech After Five as well as the founder and President of the GSA Technology Council and the IT Leadership Council.

His personal technology column appears in Greenville Business Magazine and the Columbia Business Journal.

He co-hosts the Your Day technology shows heard on NPR radio stations across South Carolina and is a frequent contributor to technology stories appearing on radio and television.