00:09:04 Alan German (Treasurer): Chris's background image won the Award of Excellence in the "Trios" competition at the Orleans Photo Club (Lynda's version (a different viewpoint) was 0.1 points behind with the Red Ribbon in the Top Tier). Well done both! 00:15:32 Chris Taylor, President: Welcome to all members and guests! Want to join the OPCUG? - https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ Want to present at Q&A? Give us your material and we can create slides, or we have a PowerPoint template you can download and use: https://opcug.ca/downloads/Q&A-Template.potx Send in questions, shares, etc SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:18:41 Chris Taylor, President: Wikipedia Editing 101 for All https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wikipedia-editing-101-for-all-tickets-763401262727 00:19:14 Chris Taylor, President: Fraud Watch https://opcug.ca/fraud-watch/ 00:22:55 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Joke of the day: Alan's getting lots of scams from Brazil. How many million in a brazillion? :-) 00:24:48 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Harvey's audio seems very garbled. Just me? 00:25:24 Chris Taylor, President: nope. 00:26:01 Alan German (Treasurer): @Jeff Same here. It's a bit of an echo perhaps. 00:26:17 Micheline: Alan's audio was garbled but HARVEY ok 00:27:45 Alan German (Treasurer): Sounds much better now. 00:28:20 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Replying to "Sounds much better n..." It's in and out for me. And I'm back in Ottawa so good connection. 00:29:00 Chris Taylor, President: Cx File Explorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cxinventor.file.explorer 00:35:53 Stew Bruce: My gosh. Does Facebook actually take 1.3 GB? 00:37:02 Chris Taylor, President: https://letsview.com/screen-mirroring 00:39:09 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: There's a program similar to LetsView called Vysor which also works quite well for viewing your Android on a PC. I've used Vysor to show Android content through a computer connected to a data projector during talks. 00:39:51 Chris Taylor, President: Killed by Microsoft https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ windows/whats-new/deprecated-features 00:40:14 Chris Taylor, President: oops 00:40:16 Chris Taylor, President: Killed by Microsoft https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/deprecated-features 00:44:42 Micheline: sodium-ion batteries seem to be more rugged than Lithium. 00:44:53 Chris Taylor, President: Recycling batteries www.call2recycle.ca/recycleyourbatteries/ 00:45:01 Tom Trottier: For long term storage, charge lithium batteries to 40%. In regular use, try to keep charge in range 20-65% 00:45:23 E O'Driscoll: I have an old laptop with a new battery - I keep the laptop plugged in but I take the battery out. 00:45:34 Tom Trottier: For recycling, cover termanls with scotch/plastic tape 00:46:27 Chris Taylor, President: Some laptops that have removable batteries might not work without the battery in place. Check the documentation. 00:46:58 Tom Trottier: HOT battery? sinke in a metal pail full of water 00:47:43 Tom Trottier: or sand 00:47:58 Glen: Is is safe to leave a tablet or laptop plugged in 24/7 if you have it set to charge to only 85%? 00:48:02 Chris Taylor, President: Sand, yes. 00:49:41 Timothy: I have a few different types of solar power Lithium batteries packs. Instrucations say to charge at least every 3 months by using it and then recharged. This is for long term storage. 00:49:49 E O'Driscoll: How do you set a laptop to charge only to 85%? I have a Dell Precision. 00:50:28 E O'Driscoll: Nevermind - I'll Google that last question!!! 00:50:39 Tom Trottier: Then no UPS data protection 00:50:53 Jocelyn Doire: do not put into a tightly sealed container 00:51:05 Tom Trottier: Reacted to "do not put into a ti..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 00:51:12 KW-G: has this always been an issue and we just didn't really know about it? 00:55:12 Serge-ร‰rik: With a space before /F correct? 00:57:21 Harvey Hope: My Synology NAS uses Western Digital 2TB drives, they are now 12 years old 00:58:45 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Replying to "My Synology NAS uses..." Same here. DLink NAS with 2TB WDs has been rock solid. 01:00:34 Tom Trottier: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2022/ 01:01:04 KW-G: Chris helped me with an external HD fail 01:01:07 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: The only drive that ever failed on me was a Seagate. 01:01:25 Tom Trottier: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2023/ 01:02:42 E O'Driscoll: Many thanks I'll try to have a look at the harddrive as suggested. 01:05:00 Harvey Hope: My older client uses an Android tablet (in the kitchen)with cx File Explorer to access recipes on her Dell desktop computer. 01:05:55 Tom Trottier: Old computer with Linux 01:06:02 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Just take that old non-supported Windows machine and put LINUX on it. :-) 01:07:19 Tom Trottier: You can also put Chrome on a windows laptop 01:08:17 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: A tablet or Chromebook not necessarily the best device for work processing. 01:08:53 Timothy: Just be careful when using a tablet to read in bed, if you tend to fall asleep while reading. 01:08:56 Stew Bruce: A windows laptop in S mode would be an option 01:09:31 Micheline: This 89 year-old uses a Win 11 laptop purchased from The Trailing Edge with no problem 01:12:25 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: The OPL *used to* lend out Chromebooks. Perhaps she should check one out and test drive it to see if it meets her needs. 01:15:45 Jocelyn Doire: Why only phones can get those codes, and not computers? 01:16:26 Chris Taylor, President: the codes are sent via SMS text messages. 01:16:44 E O'Driscoll: Thanks a lot for all the hard drive help and everything else. 01:16:56 Timothy: sometimes you can get it via an email. 01:16:57 E O'Driscoll: Good night! 01:16:58 Carol Pearson: Thanks 01:16:59 Michelle Faber: Thank you. See you next week 01:17:03 Gail (OPCUG Secretary): Thank you 01:17:05 Allison: Thank you. Good night. 01:17:17 Glen: Thanks 01:17:34 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Night all. 01:18:57 Jocelyn Doire: why computer can't get sms? what's special on phone?