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Harry in Lexington, Kentucky and listening via the iPhone Podcast asked: “I watch all your shows and I love you guys and appreciate all you do. My question is about the Mac Air. I’m interested in buying a Macbook Air, but I can’t decide between a 128gb solid state drive or 256. So my question is when you buy the Air Book with the 128 gig, how much of the drive is already taken up by the OS and apps that come with the Air Book?”
A 128GB Macbook Air, after formatting will have about 120GB available, and after the OS and built-in apps take up some more of that, you’re looking at about 100GBs for your own personal use.
If that’s not enough for you, you have the option of attaching an external hard drive and keeping files there, but while you’re on the move, keeping a roomy SD card in the SD card reader may be a more comfortable choice, you’d be able to easily double if not triple your storage, and it wouldn’t really take up any room, and can easily be used on the go.
For more information, tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast.
“This Week in Tech History” Weekly Feature with Chris Graveline
Team Discussion:
Last week, Apple released the latest version of it’s mobile operating system, iOS 7. In less than a week, it had over 200 million downloads. So is the update worth it? We shared some of our initial thoughts.
Guest Segment:
Dave Cicirelli, Author of Fakebook
Chris in Columbia, Missouri and listening via Tune-In Radio told us: “I’m a 46 year old woman and i’ve been rick rolled by my teenagers. I love your show and it gives so much info. I feel as smart as my 20 year old. thank you for putting the time and effort into the show.”
We’re so glad we were here to explain “Rick-rolling” to you. For those who missed that conversation, it refers to sending someone a link that you SAY is one thing, but actually takes them to a Rick Astley video from the 1980s, “Never gonna give you up.” That’s an Internet gag known as Rick-rolling.
The newest phenom, however, is “What does the fox say?” referring to a video from Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis. This bit of silliness combines funny lyrics with pretty good music (the brothers are talented musicians in their own right) and a hilarious dance video. We’ve already noticed that in Internet chat rooms and webinars, the “cool kids” are already responding to “Alright, any questions?” with “Yes. What does the fox say?”
So now, when your teenagers ask you what the fox says, you can just smile and say “yes, that was a funny video.” They’ll be impressed.
For more information, tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast.
Justin from Mississippi and listening via Supertalk Corinth 94.3FM WXRZ asked: “What is the best way to transfer purchased music from the iphone to convert over to Android?”
You should pretty much be able to drag your music to your Android phone and just use it… iTunes gave up on DRM a few years ago (since it was annoying and it was stopping no one from doing whatever they wanted with their music), so if you buy on iTunes, you’re buying a media file that should play on Android devices without problems.
If you purchased your songs a long time ago, you may still have DRM protected files, but you can download DRM-free version of anything that is offered without restrictions now even if your purchased the files before the restrictions were dropped.
Apple’s files come in the M4a format, which is a rebrand of the MP4 audio codec for lossy, unrestricted audio, and M4a is supported by the latest versions of Android, so if you got a new phone, it should be able to play iTunes files right out of box, and if you got your hands on an old phone, you should be able to find many media players that can open M4a files without requiring you to convert them to MP3 first.
For more information, tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast.
Carla in Seaport, Delaware and listening via Delaware 105.9FM News Talk asked: “I would like to know what kind of port that i can get to plug into my cell phone so i can hear it on my cars audio while i’m traveling I’m using my navigation device on my LG Revolution. I have a port in my car but i need the name of the connecting port i need to do that.”
You most likely have an Aux in port, and all that that would require is an 1/8th inch to 1/8th inch audio cable.
If that’s the case, it’s just a matter of plugging in the cable and switching to aux in on your radio and you should be done with it.
The cable itself that you need is very cheap, you can literally finding it only for a few dollars, and you don’t really need any special knowledge to use it, plug it into your phone as if you were connecting headphones, and you’re good to go.
For more information, tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast.
This Week’s Prizes for Our Listeners
Dave Cicirelli: Copies of his book – “Fakebook” – exploring our cultural obsession with social media. It’s a true story, based on actual lies.
Eton: FRX3 – Hand Turbine AM/FM/Weather Alert Radio
Ventev: An assortment of tangle-free USB cables and battery cases for iPhones