00:04:27 Martha Farkas: Hi - during the "google docs" question, could someone please also explain "google forms"? 00:06:10 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Hi - during the "google docs" question, could someone please also explain "google forms"?" Martha - we will see if anyone can speak to that. 00:07:49 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Welcome to all members and guests! Guests, if you want to join, see 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 00:07:54 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "Hi - during the "goo..." We have a whole presentation on Forms promised but that will be for a future Q&A. In essence Forms lets you develop a survey with questions and various types of answers (e.g. multiple choice) then send it to a group of E-mail addresses and receive the responses. 00:16:27 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Virtual machines VirtualBox https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20210120_PowerPoint.pdf 00:17:53 Tom Trottier: So what is Bluetooth used for? Headphones/speakers, then.... 00:18:56 Steve Parker: Replying to "So what is Bluetooth used for? Headphones/speakers, then...." Medical devices 00:19:59 Ma Vo: Replying to "So what is Bluetooth..." mouse, track balls, digital pens, cell phones, tablets, etc... 00:20:24 E O'Driscoll: Replying to "So what is Bluetooth..." Exercise class: instructor sends music to the broadcast equipment. 00:20:30 Steve Parker: Replying to "So what is Bluetooth used for? Headphones/speakers, then...." airtags 00:20:57 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Networking to protect children https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20210106_PowerPoint.pdf Canadian Shield https://www.cira.ca/en/Canadian-shield/configure/ OpenDNS Family Shield https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/ 00:22:40 Tom Trottier: Store etc. tracking: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/b4268537-7a70-4b88-bdce-4d62362dedba 00:23:33 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Safety first Chris's presentation "Protecting your computer" at Metcalfe Village branch of the OPL May 7 at 2pm https://booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/program?text=ottawa+pc 00:24:46 bob g: Wow !!! 00:24:56 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Virtual private networks What is a VPN and why should you care? https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20250924_PowerPoint.pdf Tailscale VPN (Windows) https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20250702_PowerPoint.pdf VPN & network speed https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20230426_PowerPoint.pdf TunnelBear VPN https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20230419_PowerPoint.pdf Do I need a VPN? https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20230201_PowerPoint.pdf More on VPN’s https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20211222_PowerPoint.pdf Which VPN? https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20211215_PowerPoint.pdf Mozilla VPN https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20200729_PowerPoint.pdf VPN’s and privacy https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20200722_PowerPoint.pdf VPN’s – SANS Institute https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20200805_PowerPoint.pdf Bitdefender Premium VPN https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20200902_PowerPoint.pdf 00:26:12 Tom Trottier: Also, some brpwsers offer a free VPN, eg Opera, Firefox 00:27:03 Natalie: My paid version of Bitdefender also includes a VPN. 00:27:45 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Looking to see if we covered a topic at Q&A previously (afterall, we have had 260 Q&A sessions covering 1,937 topics since COVID 19 hit) Search the Q&A archives index, labouriously maintained by Alan https://opcug.ca/qa-archives/ 00:31:12 Natalie: I used the archive for specifics about a process that was shown in detail at a Q&A. The slides & audio were so helpful - great to be able to revisit what was presented! 00:33:12 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "I used the archive for specifics about a process that was shown in detail at a Q&A. The slides & audio were so helpful - great to be able to revisit what was presented!" Really glad to know people are taking advantage of the index! Thanks Natalie! 00:33:51 Natalie: Replying to "I used the archive f..." Thank you/OPCUG for all of the incredibly useful info! 00:34:23 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Two-by-two: audio players Winamp https://winamp.com/ Musicbee https://getmusicbee.com/ 00:36:22 Natalie: There are great sites with misheard lyrics 😀 00:37:12 Carol: Did song play when a (bowling) pin was knocked down? . . . musta been playing over'n'over, then. 00:37:43 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "There are great sites with misheard lyrics 😀" https://www.kissthisguy.com/ "Kiss this guy" is one of the oldest of these types of sites. Name comes from a Jimi Hendrix song - Kiss the sky. 00:38:20 Natalie: Replying to "There are great site..." Yes! Some are really funny. 00:38:53 Bea: do my airpods only connect through Bluetooth? 00:39:00 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: PAPERBACK WRITER 24BIT 5.1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QG78eTnHz2m8JeELKLS1spBk89c-m--g/view?usp=sharing MUSICBEE DOWNLOAD https://getmusicbee.com/downloads/ MUSICBEE MUSIC MANAGER GUIDE - YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFxkuUNT-SE0JwmXv73isGkkQ_jK5jq5b 00:41:09 Tom Trottier: Replying to "do my airpods only connect through Bluetooth?" Yes 00:42:10 Tom Trottier: How do you connect your computer to 5.1 speakers? 00:44:32 Timothy: I remember skin type 2. Didn't like it. 00:54:22 Tristan: foobar2000 can also be used to convert your physical CDs to mp3 or flac. 00:56:08 Tom Trottier: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-two-factor-authentication-app/ 00:57:53 Steve Parker: Replying to "foobar2000 can also be used to convert your physical CDs to mp3 or flac." EAC Exact Audio Copy is the standard for CD audio ripping 00:58:17 Tom Trottier: I use google authenticator, but ended up with duplicates I cannot delete... 00:59:44 Harvey Hope: I use Microsoft Authenticator 01:01:21 Allison: I use Microsoft Authenticator, too, just because that is what they make us use at work. 01:03:22 Richard Bradford: https://atlasos.net/ Win11 stripped down 01:03:27 Richard Bradford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMCEQFTxFZA 01:03:29 Gail Eagen OPCUG Secretray: I tried an authenticator app but it had a 14 second windows before it changed the code. I could not react that fast! I gave up. A minute sounds great. 01:04:14 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "I tried an authenticator app but it had a 14 second windows before it changed the code. I could not react that fast! I gave up. A minute sounds great." Gail: do you recall the name of the authenticator? It soulds like a good one to warn everyone not to choose! 01:05:15 Gail Eagen OPCUG Secretray: Replying to "I tried an authentic…" No but I will try to find it. 01:06:41 Tom Trottier: BIG Fat32 drives: https://www.minitool.com/partition-disk/how-to-format-64gb-sd-card-to-fat32.html 01:08:14 Gail Eagen OPCUG Secretray: I tried Authy. It has a 30 second window before code expires. 01:10:39 Tom Trottier: Replying to "BIG Fat32 drives: https://www.minitool.com/partition-disk/how-to-format-64gb-sd-card-to-fat32.html" Also useful for formatting big SD cards for older cameras 01:11:49 Steve Parker: Sounds like Treesize 01:12:13 Tom Trottier: Replying to "I tried Authy. It has a 30 second window before code expires." They all do. The websites usually allow the current and the previous number 01:12:34 Ma Vo: I was using savefrom.net to download videos, but they recently made it unusable for Canadians (and no, I don't have a VPN, don't know how to use them); what other sites do people recommend? 01:13:09 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: OPCUG presentations at the OPL https://booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/program?text=ottawa+pc 01:13:47 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Don't forget to register for the Pizza-Q Details: https://opcug.ca/events/annual-pizza-night/ Send an email to pizzaparty2026@opcug.ca Be sure to include: how many guests you are bringing and your pizza preference (e.g. combo, meat lover, vegetarian, gluten free, etc.). If you have trouble climbing into a picnic table, please let us know in the email and we will try to make accommodations (we can provide card tables & chairs 01:16:37 E O'Driscoll: Thank you! 01:16:38 Natalie: Thanks! 01:16:48 Serge-Érik: Thanks! 01:16:51 Carol Pearson: Thank you 01:16:56 Deborah: Thank you! 01:16:57 Gail Eagen OPCUG Secretray: Thank you! 01:16:59 Timothy: Thank you for tonight's presentations. 01:17:15 Bill: Thanks everyone. Good night.