The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 120 - When Nature Calls

Recorded Monday February 10, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central

Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host and Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast Larry McJunkin - Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired

Apple Segment China Threatens App Store Probe in Retaliation to Tarrifs - Chris https://t.ly/OrMiJ Apple's M5 Chip Entering Mass Production - Larry https://t.ly/pmvw6 Apple Invites App - Larry https://t.ly/nAVSK, https://t.ly/Xv148

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Mobile/ Linux Segment How Apple Invites works on Android - Joel https://t.ly/DhBaX Garmin Watches Bricked with Blue Triangle of Death - Joel https://t.ly/yIuC_ PebbleOS Running New Hardware after Source Code Drop - Chris https://t.ly/SmTuV

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Windows Segment MS Mistake-a-thon: Win11 Bug Updates Making things Worse - Chris https://t.ly/Uazcw MS Finally puts the Address Bar on the Bottom of Edge for Android & iOS - Joel https://t.ly/VyfAO

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Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org.

Prevent your Mac Laptop from Turning on when Opening the Lid/Connecting to Power https://t.ly/8Bnpw To prevent startup when opening the lid or connecting to power: sudo nvram BootPreference=%00 To prevent startup only when opening the lid: sudo nvram BootPreference=%01 To prevent startup only when connecting to power: sudo nvram BootPreference=%02 To undo, type: sudo nvram -d BootPreference

Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show.

Joel Vault Case Company - Vault Limited $49.99 https://t.ly/NZEFv

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