Ladies I am so with you on all this. A mere stripling by comparison I am approaching my 65th birthday on Wednesday - no pension for another year sadly but we won’t go there!
Someone nice who bought me a new iMac to mark the milestone is currently logging in to return it. I don’t think I’ve ever had so much trouble. Largely because the wrong size hard drive was specified in error. I’ve spent nearly all the return window trying to see if I couldn’t manage. But even convincing myself iCloud and Dropbox were surely to be my saviours I’ve finally admitted that I’m beat. The new one has Catalina but I have no idea if this is because I started using Migration Assistant until it threw a fit. It seems completely crazy to me that with a brand new machine I’m terrified to upgrade it!!! What is going on? I’ve run my own web design business for nearly 20 years and used to build databases and provide support at the BBC LOL!! And as for trying to find my photos - well there’s another whole chapter. It’s tempting to leave my old machine to join the graveyard of old tech that I’ve never been able to get rid of because there’s surely something lurking that I have forgotten about which will one day prove vital. That said COVID has destroyed nearly every last brain cell and I’ve not even had it!! It’s surely only a matter of time before I’m going to be asking my 90 year old mum for support. Bought her a cellular iPad just before the latest lockdown against my sister’s advice - she couldn’t cope with a mobile phone - 2 hours sitting with her and the rest some hilarious moments on the phone and she’s happily Skyping her Canadian sister weekly. Result! Meanwhile…. Pat > On 15 Mar 2021, at 10:08, Gillian Snoxall <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m amazed. You always “sound” around 39-40! I am 84, so fast catching up > with you. > > 31 Castle Street > Wallingford > OX10 8DL > 01491 825178 > 07943 409403 > > > >> On 15 Mar 2021, at 07:28, Virginia Routh <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Yes! Why do they do it? It’s particularly infuriating for us old ones (I’m >> 86 in 3 weeks time). >> >>> On 15 Mar 2021, at 07:26, Gillian Snoxall <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Oh Virginia, I do sympathise. I am struggling with my new Big Sur – and >>> longing to return to Catalina. It seems to me that they have moved things >>> just for the sake of moving them and I now dread every session on my iMac. >>> Right now I am looking for “Move to” and I can’t find it anywhere. >>> >>> Gilly >>> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/36E9EAF3-0BED-4072-A54F-E953ECFD9EEB%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/36E9EAF3-0BED-4072-A54F-E953ECFD9EEB%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/676C4139-1041-4C76-87E1-0CFFAA2AC3A0%40patw.net.
