00:01:43 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Stephen, if I can interrupt with your problem accessing folders on Bell mail? 00:02:30 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Stephen, I muted you as it did not seem like a conversation for here. 00:11:49 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 00:12:27 Dave Smolinski Tampa: are these session being recorded and if sho, why are they stored 00:13:23 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "are these session being recorded and if sho, why are they stored" Files will be posted later tonight to OPCUG.ca/qa 00:14:27 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "are these session being recorded and if sho, why are they stored" Slides as PDF, audio recording (mp3), plus the chat contents (txt) 00:14:56 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "are these session being recorded and if sho, why are they stored" We record the audio but not the video. Audio, PDF of the deck and the contents of the Chat are posted. 00:16:28 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: AI Caution https://physicsworld.com/a/in-the-age-of-ai-we-must-double-down-on-the-skills-that-make-us-experts/ 00:20:55 Steve Parker: isn't it last in, first out? 00:28:43 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Customizing the Desktop Multiple displays https://www.thurrott.com/books/windows-11-field-guide/hardware-windows-11-field-guide/337974/multiple-displays 00:33:07 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: The limit of scaling depends on your monitor. On my 34" monitor, I can go up to 350% 00:34:48 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: I suspect it also depends on resolution. I am running at 4K (3840x2160) 00:36:51 Steve Parker: You can have 2 separate desktop backgrounds for 2 monitors by right clicking and selecting them in display settings 00:37:44 Tom Trottier: You can also have a slide show of a folder of JPGs. With several monitors, different images will play successively on each 00:37:52 Tom Trottier: as a background 00:38:53 Jeff Dubois: If scaling creates an icon size or icon spacing issue on your desktop, you can always tinker with Icon Spacing (verical and horizontal) and size using regedit. 00:40:22 Tom Trottier: Some sites only show partial stories. 00:41:27 Tom Trottier: Umatrix extension in firefox lets you turn off scripts/images/text.... by domain name 00:42:05 Tom Trottier: uBlock Origin allows you to hide different page parts, including overlays 00:42:14 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Behind the overlay Chromium browsers (Google Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, etc.) https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/behind-the-overlay/ljipkdpcjbmhkdjjmbbaggebcednbbme Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/behind_the_overlay/ 00:42:55 E O'Driscoll: Some websites limit the amount of text one can read (e.g. LeMonde online mag). 00:43:41 E O'Driscoll: Great hints re Behind the Overlay. I see these popups frequently.. 00:44:52 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: How Raspberry Pi Changed Computing Forever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hzxn5gXdlE 00:46:05 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Computer won't boot https://www.perplexity.ai/search/ae60a0ed-98ea-49ca-94bd-43bdcb635fcd 00:48:46 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: •https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AwzaZmRNsI 00:49:12 Natalie: Expiry dates for the 3 Secure Boot Certificates: June 24, June 26, and one in Oct. 00:53:30 Tom Trottier: Does W11 require secure boot? 00:54:16 Natalie: I wonder if there is more risk now, with it being a known issue affecting many computers that aren't supported by the manufacturer, now that some of the certificates are expired. 00:57:45 Stew Bruce: I’m just guessing bu the secure boot requirement may vary by manufacturer. 01:03:01 Alice Nakanishi: People at an Apple store can't suggest a tech support service? 01:03:07 Ma Vo: @Stephen Pollock what is the model of the old iMac? 01:04:19 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Royalty-free photos. (Some!) https://pixabay.com 01:04:26 Tom Trottier: Also can use an AI like Perplexity or Gemini 01:04:38 E O'Driscoll: About tech support: you could call the Trailing Edge. Not sure if they still have good service there but give it a try. 01:04:49 Jeff Dubois: Why not just use chatgpt to create images based on your decription? 01:05:22 Tom Trottier: Wikipedia has reusable images 01:06:12 Tom Trottier: ALso, old photos go into the public domain 01:06:21 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Canadian PM simulator https://fantasycanadianpm.com/ 01:06:59 Jeff Dubois: There's this one for images too: https://www.pexels.com/ 01:07:36 Tom Trottier: Public domain by age: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/when-do-photos-pass-into-the-p-hKGFHnz5RjixAdUDmrGH2w 01:08:40 Tom Trottier: TL;DR: photos enter public domain seventy years after photographer died 01:10:39 E O'Driscoll: I have a media player "MyGica ATV495" (a few years old). I'm not using it anymore. Can it be used for anything else? Does anyone use these things nowadays? 01:10:41 Tom Trottier: PM simulator assumes minority govt 01:12:27 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "PM simulator assumes minority govt" Actually, that was a stated assumption based on the time of the simulation. 01:12:58 KABAHENDA KIGGUNDU: Replying to "PM simulator assumes..." Thank you very much for your helpful suggestions on Royalty-Free photos. 01:14:03 Tom Trottier: "MyGica ATV495" is an android TV box. You can load other apps for streaming on it, Google it for ideas. 01:15:11 Carol: I found an old iPhone SE of mine for which I'm unable to remember the passcode to access pics on it. Any sug'ns, please? Wondering if an Apple store rep will be able to help(?) 01:17:58 Gail Eagen: I am not sure but I think you cannot recover the PIN on an iPhone. 01:18:40 Gail Eagen: Yes.ALan 01:18:50 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Reacted to "Yes.ALam" with 😄 01:19:27 Tom Trottier: Check whether the photos already exist in iCloud Photos at iCloud.com or on another Apple device signed into the same Apple Account.discussions.apple If you have a Mac or Windows PC that was previously trusted by that iPhone, try the official recovery/restore route on that computer; Apple says a forgotten passcode requires erasing the device first.support.apple+1 If the phone shows “Device Unavailable” or “Security Lockout,” Apple’s current guidance is to tap the reset option and erase the device, then restore from backup if you have one. 01:19:52 Carol Pearson: a friend sent me this article in 2019 https://www.cnet.com/how-to/locked-out-of-your-mac-how-to-bypass-and-reset-your-password-to-get-back-in/?ftag=CAD3c77551&bhid=24864835421477829154139344865229 01:19:54 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Q&A-Index https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/Q&A-Index.pdf 01:20:30 Gail Eagen: Thank you! 01:20:38 Natalie: Thanks! 01:20:47 Tom Trottier: Replying to "a friend sent me this article in 2019 https://www.cnet.com/how-to/locked-out-of-your-mac-how-to-bypass-and-reset-your-password-to-get-back-in/?ftag=CAD3c77551&bhid=24864835421477829154139344865229" gone now 01:21:07 Bill: Thanksceveryone 01:21:08 Tom Trottier: Replying to "a friend sent me this article in 2019 https://www.cnet.com/how-to/locked-out-of-your-mac-how-to-bypass-and-reset-your-password-to-get-back-in/?ftag=CAD3c77551&bhid=24864835421477829154139344865229" Took the 404 higheay........... 01:21:11 E O'Driscoll: OK I think about questions/shares for the coming week. Thanks