00:11:26 E O'Driscoll: From The Guardian today:"One of the “godfathers of AI”, Geoffrey Hinton, has said it could turn out that humans would have been better off never developing the technology as he warned it could trigger a large-scale incident this year or next, such as a temporary blackout of financial or power systems." 00:11:36 E O'Driscoll: This year or next??? Yikes! 00:11:52 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 00:15:49 Tom Trottier: I autoupdate too 00:16:27 Stew Bruce: https://www.sammobile.com/ 00:18:01 Natalie: Replying to "https://www.sammobile.com/" Tjanks! 00:18:50 Stew Bruce: Replying to "https://www.sammobil..." 👍 00:21:15 Tom Trottier: with win+tab, the windows appear on the monitor they are on. 00:22:52 Tom Trottier: alt tab goes to the window you had open most recently if you press enter. 00:23:57 Carol: Alt + H to toggle the Chat window on/off (opened/closed) 00:25:18 Jocelyn Doire: what is a backtick key??? 00:26:18 Tom Trottier: Replying to "what is a backtick key???" Accent grave 00:26:54 Jocelyn Doire: ah, je comprends... :) 00:27:43 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: PowerToys - Window Hopper Installing PowerToys search Microsoft PowerToys in Microsoft Store always installs for Current user only or install from GitHub choose installation file for Per user or Machine wide https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases or install from PowerShell to install for current user winget install --id Microsoft.PowerToys --source winget --scope user to install for the all users winget install --id Microsoft.PowerToys --source winget --scope machine 00:33:11 Tom Trottier: Phone / family OS Security Approx. support end Fairphone (Gen. 6 / 6+) 6 more upgrades from Android 16 Through 2033 About 2033 Google Pixel 8, 9, 10, and later 7 years 7 years Pixel 10 family: 2032; Pixel 11 family: 2033 Samsung Galaxy S24, S25, S26; Galaxy Z Fold/Flip from 2024 onward 7 years 7 years S26 family: about 2033 Honor Magic flagship models 7 years 7 years Varies by launch year Motorola Signature 7 years 7 years About 2032–2033 Apple iPhone 17 series Not fixed by Apple Not fixed by Apple Typically 2031–2032 Samsung Galaxy A57 6 years 6 years About 2032 OnePlus 15 4 years 6 years About 2031 00:34:36 Lynda Buske: For phone models, sometimes the price differences relate to the camera features. 00:43:30 Carol: As rec'd to me last week, I checked Apple's Refurbished iPhone site daily, with Price filter set at Low to High. I never saw ANY listed below $819 for the 15, 128 GB models; with tax, total cost would be $925! . . . waaaay out of my price range. 00:44:14 Tom Trottier: Pixel 8 pro takes 50mp photos 00:44:57 Stew Bruce: Did you try getorchard.com. ? 00:45:39 Carol Pearson: Replying to "As rec'd to me last week, I checked Apple's Refurbished iPhone site daily, with Price filter set at Low to High. I never saw ANY listed below $819 for the 15, 128 GB models; with tax, total cost would be $925! . . . waaaay out of my price range." https://www.getorchard.com/ is where I got my phone 00:47:38 Tom Trottier: Shish Kabob menu 00:49:59 Tom Trottier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIgg1T2KXbk 00:50:07 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: What is JPEG-XL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIgg1T2KXbk 00:50:56 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Fraud watch reminder https://opcug.ca/fraud-watch/ 00:52:47 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Scam link check https://www.malwarebytes.com/scam-check/link 00:53:16 Tom Trottier: Often people store crypto money in specialized wallets. But some were "adjusted" before sale to steal all the crypto. https://crypto.news/singapore-police-report-3-5m-losses-from-tampered-ledger-wallets/ 00:54:34 David Odynski: I had 3 calls in one day from visa security but no bank no name of visa just a charge than has been put through so press 1 if you did not make this purchase 00:55:02 Natalie: Replying to "Scam link check https://www.malwarebytes.com/scam-check/link" This site also has a phone number check 00:55:30 Dianne Laporte: Don’t know if it’s a good idea but so far working…..I start to forward email just to see the originators. Which is usually a nonsense address so I know it’s a scam& block address. Fast way to do. 00:56:31 David Odynski: on the home phone forgot to mention that 00:58:19 Timothy: some calls say "this is your bank/ credit card" ...scam 00:58:42 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Tweakers https://tweakers.net/ 00:59:57 E O'Driscoll: I've noticed that after I order something to be delivered, that's whe I get scam "track your package" messages. It reminds me of the Amazon Prime debacle where Amazon customers were tricked into signing up for Prime. 01:00:17 Natalie: Replying to "Tweakers https://tweakers.net/" Mozilla offers translation for most sites with a different language detected. It worked for Tweakers. 01:00:22 Tom Trottier: Stew, if you got Russian news, you would have eight hours of new news 01:01:21 Tom Trottier: You could access the Calendar on a PC. 01:01:34 Stew Bruce: Reacted to "Stew, if you got Russian news, you would have eight hours of new news" with 👍 01:06:14 Tom Trottier: In the official Google Calendar app on Android or iPhone, there is no setting that lets you choose how many past months or years are shown. The app automatically limits how far back it syncs and displays older events—commonly about 12 to 24 months, depending on device, account, and app version. 01:07:16 Natalie: Replying to "In the official Google Calendar app on Android or iPhone, there is no setting that lets you choose how many past months or years are shown. The app automatically limits how far back it syncs and displays older events—commonly about 12 to 24 months, depending on device, account, and app version." This must be a new change. They were all available before the Android update. Thanks for the info. 01:07:23 Harvey Hope: I Googled: 01:07:29 Harvey Hope: Enable Continuous Cloud Backup (Automatic Sync) Google Calendar automatically backs up and syncs your events to your Google Account in the cloud. [1] Open Android Settings: Tap Settings on your phone. Navigate to Accounts: Select Accounts and backup (on Samsung), Passwords and accounts (on Pixel), or Accounts. Select your Google Account: Tap your Google account name. Check Calendar Sync: Tap Account sync or Sync account and make sure the switch next to Calendar is turned On. Manual Sync: Tap the menu icon (three dots) or Sync now to force an immediate backup of your latest events to Google's servers. 01:09:08 Tom Trottier: a]Google Calendar export ZIP with .ics files for calendars you own 01:09:24 Tom Trottier: b]Google Takeout Calendar data, usually as .ics, optionally with other Google services 01:09:46 Tom Trottier: to backup your google clendars 01:10:53 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): 58 01:11:33 Tom Trottier: You can Takeout all your google data 01:11:56 Tom Trottier: ICS files are easy to add to many calendar programs 01:12:21 Natalie: If using a PC that has no more Security Boot Certificate updates, how does that affect recovery beckups? 01:12:37 Tom Trottier: For direct on-phone imports, ICSdroid and Calendar Import-Export are the clearest options; CalenGoo can import ICS files only into its own local calendars. 01:13:27 Tom Trottier: ICSdroid Calendar Import- Export CalenGoo CalendarSync Samsung Calendar 01:20:21 Carol Pearson: Thanks all 01:22:32 Natalie: Thanks!