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I’m sure it does get worse as you age and, somehow, memories become sharper too. ?I am wondering if writing a blog, just for myself to see, might help. I haven’t yet decided how to shape this, to fictionalise it or what. Self-therapy! :D Best, Susan
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On 16 Jun 2023, at 02:09, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:
Sometimes I think it gets worse as you get older. Something triggers an I find myself tearful. ?Nothing wrong with my memory either thank goodness otherwise how would my husband find anything or get me to fix his Mac :-)Recently did review with my neurologist - I think it was the first time my husband has seen the scans of my brain and he immediately remarked how beautiful it was and utterly symmetrical and not a spare inch - must admit it looks pretty busy. Lord knows how it all works.?
:-) Jude
My goodness, Jude, you had some pain there. These things all leave their mark, don’t they? Then, you are just left to live with them as best you can. I sometimes wish I were not so good at remembering stuff. Should be glad, though, that I do still have a good memory! Best, Susan I was dragged to Australia on forged papers. My own father refused to sign documents for me to leave the country. My late stepfather who had been POW of Germans 4 years in Thorn Poland Stalag XXA - knew a bit about forgery and spent some hours forging my Dad’s signature. I did get the chance in a few moments to warn my Dad of the dastardly plot to take me to Australia but in that instant he didn’t believe me and said it was impossible because he hadn’t signed.? Headmistress and my teacher at Earlsfield school had my mother and stepfather in to try the dissuade them from moving me - I was top of the school and they had a fast track edu planned for me, but the no avail.? Life was very difficult for me in Australia in the early days. My mother had a cruel streak. When I was early 30’s I made a search with Red Cross and found my father again and my husband and I got on a plane together to go see him in Ramsgate. I hoped it was closure of a kind for him. You come to realise though you can’t put that great gap of time back.? I guess at no time the British gov or Aust government actually check with my father that he actually signed and it was authentic, and as the man had had a breakdown over losing his marriage he was in no condition to action.
Life has some twists for some of us.?
??Jude?
On 14 Jun 2023, at 1:25 am, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
?No, I got a chap in Bournemouth to swap it for me – a very good job. ?I have swapped a HD, but it was on an iMac with magnetic closures, not glue.
That picture business is a bit annoying. ?Have you run Onyx to clean the computer up?
Chris
Wow, Chris - you swapped your iMac’s HD? Did you do that yourself? ?We’ve heard that my 27in iMac is repairable after all, so we’re getting it done; you can’t have too many Macs, I feel! :D?
I am relieved to hear that you’re enjoying Ventura; I’m still unsure. ?One trick I haven’t mastered is getting it to accept and keep one of my photos as its wallpaper; it keeps having to be reinstated each time I log on. I have created a new file under the Wallpaper heading, as they tell you, but it doesn’t believe me! Best, Susan
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I agree with your feelings about getting a reliable techie to do the work; luckily we can afford to do that. ?When we arrived at Titan Computers, there was a row of maybe 8 or 10 27in iMacs on the counter - a beautiful sight! ?Harvey took in a fairly old MacBook Pro, over which he had spilled a glass of squash (!), to see what they can do with it. He was thinking of having an SSD put in it but Titan were not enthusiastic because of the Mac’s age; there had also been an article in my Computeractive magazine making out that such an operation is not necessarily good value in an older laptop. Best, Susan
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On 16 Jun 2023, at 00:15, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:
I wouldn’t dare. Rather leave to my fav tech who has excellent dust proof area etc. He’s not in Apple shops - independent business but fully qualified Apple Tech so machines under warranty are protected ?- only tech loose and out there during Covid. They worked out a scheme where he came into work 5pm when they’d all gone no customers and he worked at night that way protecting him and his family of young kids and he worked right through covid restrictions.?
Jude? On 16 Jun 2023, at 12:25 am, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? You do need a sucker, Susan, but it’s all explained on this site, together with tools for sale.?
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This is just an example, of course; you’d have to find your model.?
Chris
On 14 Jun 2023, at 13:42, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
I suppose, if I’d thought of it, I could have asked Titan Computers to put in an SSD while they had it in their workshop but that iMac is a ten-year-old model so perhaps it’s best just to keep it going as it is. It has Winclone installed, plus my EverQuest game on the Boot Camp partition but, now I have the BeeLink and a monitor shared between it and the Mac Mini.
Did you need any special tools to swap that HD, to get the screen off? When the screen went down a second time, we looked into doing that and thought some kind of sucker tool was needed but we didn’t want to risk doing damage inside which apparently is quite easy.
Best,
Susan
Thank you, Chris, that looks both fascinating and terrifying! ?I gather that iFixit also has a demonstration page for the operation. ?We picked up my iMac from Titan Computers this morning and, sadly, the handle of its original packaging box ?will no longer stay in place reliably but then it has been moved around several times. I’m hoping to get it hitched up to my “ion” record deck and get some LPs transferred. I think the software is still installed. Have you ever done that? Best, Susan
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On 15 Jun 2023, at 15:25, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
You do need a sucker, Susan, but it’s all explained on this site, together with tools for sale.?
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This is just an example, of course; you’d have to find your model.?
Chris
On 14 Jun 2023, at 13:42, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
I suppose, if I’d thought of it, I could have asked Titan Computers to put in an SSD while they had it in their workshop but that iMac is a ten-year-old model so perhaps it’s best just to keep it going as it is. It has Winclone installed, plus my EverQuest game on the Boot Camp partition but, now I have the BeeLink and a monitor shared between it and the Mac Mini.
Did you need any special tools to swap that HD, to get the screen off? When the screen went down a second time, we looked into doing that and thought some kind of sucker tool was needed but we didn’t want to risk doing damage inside which apparently is quite easy.
Best,
Susan
Sometimes I think it gets worse as you get older. Something triggers an I find myself tearful. ?Nothing wrong with my memory either thank goodness otherwise how would my husband find anything or get me to fix his Mac :-) Recently did review with my neurologist - I think it was the first time my husband has seen the scans of my brain and he immediately remarked how beautiful it was and utterly symmetrical and not a spare inch - must admit it looks pretty busy. Lord knows how it all works.?
:-) Jude
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My goodness, Jude, you had some pain there. These things all leave their mark, don’t they? Then, you are just left to live with them as best you can. I sometimes wish I were not so good at remembering stuff. Should be glad, though, that I do still have a good memory! Best, Susan I was dragged to Australia on forged papers. My own father refused to sign documents for me to leave the country. My late stepfather who had been POW of Germans 4 years in Thorn Poland Stalag XXA - knew a bit about forgery and spent some hours forging my Dad’s signature. I did get the chance in a few moments to warn my Dad of the dastardly plot to take me to Australia but in that instant he didn’t believe me and said it was impossible because he hadn’t signed.? Headmistress and my teacher at Earlsfield school had my mother and stepfather in to try the dissuade them from moving me - I was top of the school and they had a fast track edu planned for me, but the no avail.? Life was very difficult for me in Australia in the early days. My mother had a cruel streak. When I was early 30’s I made a search with Red Cross and found my father again and my husband and I got on a plane together to go see him in Ramsgate. I hoped it was closure of a kind for him. You come to realise though you can’t put that great gap of time back.? I guess at no time the British gov or Aust government actually check with my father that he actually signed and it was authentic, and as the man had had a breakdown over losing his marriage he was in no condition to action.
Life has some twists for some of us.?
??Jude?
On 14 Jun 2023, at 1:25 am, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? No, I got a chap in Bournemouth to swap it for me – a very good job. ?I have swapped a HD, but it was on an iMac with magnetic closures, not glue.
That picture business is a bit annoying. ?Have you run Onyx to clean the computer up?
Chris
Wow, Chris - you swapped your iMac’s HD? Did you do that yourself? ?We’ve heard that my 27in iMac is repairable after all, so we’re getting it done; you can’t have too many Macs, I feel! :D?
I am relieved to hear that you’re enjoying Ventura; I’m still unsure. ?One trick I haven’t mastered is getting it to accept and keep one of my photos as its wallpaper; it keeps having to be reinstated each time I log on. I have created a new file under the Wallpaper heading, as they tell you, but it doesn’t believe me! Best, Susan
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I wouldn’t dare. Rather leave to my fav tech who has excellent dust proof area etc. He’s not in Apple shops - independent business but fully qualified Apple Tech so machines under warranty are protected ?- only tech loose and out there during Covid. They worked out a scheme where he came into work 5pm when they’d all gone no customers and he worked at night that way protecting him and his family of young kids and he worked right through covid restrictions.?
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On 16 Jun 2023, at 12:25 am, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? You do need a sucker, Susan, but it’s all explained on this site, together with tools for sale.?
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This is just an example, of course; you’d have to find your model.?
Chris
On 14 Jun 2023, at 13:42, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
I suppose, if I’d thought of it, I could have asked Titan Computers to put in an SSD while they had it in their workshop but that iMac is a ten-year-old model so perhaps it’s best just to keep it going as it is. It has Winclone installed, plus my EverQuest game on the Boot Camp partition but, now I have the BeeLink and a monitor shared between it and the Mac Mini.
Did you need any special tools to swap that HD, to get the screen off? When the screen went down a second time, we looked into doing that and thought some kind of sucker tool was needed but we didn’t want to risk doing damage inside which apparently is quite easy.
Best,
Susan
You do need a sucker, Susan, but it’s all explained on this site, together with tools for sale.?
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This is just an example, of course; you’d have to find your model.?
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On 14 Jun 2023, at 13:42, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
I suppose, if I’d thought of it, I could have asked Titan Computers to put in an SSD while they had it in their workshop but that iMac is a ten-year-old model so perhaps it’s best just to keep it going as it is. It has Winclone installed, plus my EverQuest game on the Boot Camp partition but, now I have the BeeLink and a monitor shared between it and the Mac Mini.
Did you need any special tools to swap that HD, to get the screen off? When the screen went down a second time, we looked into doing that and thought some kind of sucker tool was needed but we didn’t want to risk doing damage inside which apparently is quite easy.
Best,
Susan
My goodness, Jude, you had some pain there. These things all leave their mark, don’t they? Then, you are just left to live with them as best you can. I sometimes wish I were not so good at remembering stuff. Should be glad, though, that I do still have a good memory! Best, Susan
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I was dragged to Australia on forged papers. My own father refused to sign documents for me to leave the country. My late stepfather who had been POW of Germans 4 years in Thorn Poland Stalag XXA - knew a bit about forgery and spent some hours forging my Dad’s signature. I did get the chance in a few moments to warn my Dad of the dastardly plot to take me to Australia but in that instant he didn’t believe me and said it was impossible because he hadn’t signed.? Headmistress and my teacher at Earlsfield school had my mother and stepfather in to try the dissuade them from moving me - I was top of the school and they had a fast track edu planned for me, but the no avail.? Life was very difficult for me in Australia in the early days. My mother had a cruel streak. When I was early 30’s I made a search with Red Cross and found my father again and my husband and I got on a plane together to go see him in Ramsgate. I hoped it was closure of a kind for him. You come to realise though you can’t put that great gap of time back.? I guess at no time the British gov or Aust government actually check with my father that he actually signed and it was authentic, and as the man had had a breakdown over losing his marriage he was in no condition to action.
Life has some twists for some of us.?
??Jude?
On 14 Jun 2023, at 1:25 am, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? No, I got a chap in Bournemouth to swap it for me – a very good job. ?I have swapped a HD, but it was on an iMac with magnetic closures, not glue.
That picture business is a bit annoying. ?Have you run Onyx to clean the computer up?
Chris
Wow, Chris - you swapped your iMac’s HD? Did you do that yourself? ?We’ve heard that my 27in iMac is repairable after all, so we’re getting it done; you can’t have too many Macs, I feel! :D?
I am relieved to hear that you’re enjoying Ventura; I’m still unsure. ?One trick I haven’t mastered is getting it to accept and keep one of my photos as its wallpaper; it keeps having to be reinstated each time I log on. I have created a new file under the Wallpaper heading, as they tell you, but it doesn’t believe me! Best, Susan
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I suppose, if I’d thought of it, I could have asked Titan Computers to put in an SSD while they had it in their workshop but that iMac is a ten-year-old model so perhaps it’s best just to keep it going as it is. It has Winclone installed, plus my EverQuest game on the Boot Camp partition but, now I have the BeeLink and a monitor shared between it and the Mac Mini.
Did you need any special tools to swap that HD, to get the screen off? When the screen went down a second time, we looked into doing that and thought some kind of sucker tool was needed but we didn’t want to risk doing damage inside which apparently is quite easy. Best, Susan
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On 13 Jun 2023, at 16:25, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: No, I got a chap in Bournemouth to swap it for me – a very good job. ?I have swapped a HD, but it was on an iMac with magnetic closures, not glue.
That picture business is a bit annoying. ?Have you run Onyx to clean the computer up?
Chris
Wow, Chris - you swapped your iMac’s HD? Did you do that yourself? ?We’ve heard that my 27in iMac is repairable after all, so we’re getting it done; you can’t have too many Macs, I feel! :D?
I am relieved to hear that you’re enjoying Ventura; I’m still unsure. ?One trick I haven’t mastered is getting it to accept and keep one of my photos as its wallpaper; it keeps having to be reinstated each time I log on. I have created a new file under the Wallpaper heading, as they tell you, but it doesn’t believe me! Best, Susan
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I was dragged to Australia on forged papers. My own father refused to sign documents for me to leave the country. My late stepfather who had been POW of Germans 4 years in Thorn Poland Stalag XXA - knew a bit about forgery and spent some hours forging my Dad’s signature. I did get the chance in a few moments to warn my Dad of the dastardly plot to take me to Australia but in that instant he didn’t believe me and said it was impossible because he hadn’t signed.? Headmistress and my teacher at Earlsfield school had my mother and stepfather in to try the dissuade them from moving me - I was top of the school and they had a fast track edu planned for me, but the no avail.? Life was very difficult for me in Australia in the early days. My mother had a cruel streak. When I was early 30’s I made a search with Red Cross and found my father again and my husband and I got on a plane together to go see him in Ramsgate. I hoped it was closure of a kind for him. You come to realise though you can’t put that great gap of time back.? I guess at no time the British gov or Aust government actually check with my father that he actually signed and it was authentic, and as the man had had a breakdown over losing his marriage he was in no condition to action.
Life has some twists for some of us.?
??Jude?
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On 14 Jun 2023, at 1:25 am, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? No, I got a chap in Bournemouth to swap it for me – a very good job. ?I have swapped a HD, but it was on an iMac with magnetic closures, not glue.
That picture business is a bit annoying. ?Have you run Onyx to clean the computer up?
Chris On 13 Jun 2023, at 15:20, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Wow, Chris - you swapped your iMac’s HD? Did you do that yourself? ?We’ve heard that my 27in iMac is repairable after all, so we’re getting it done; you can’t have too many Macs, I feel! :D?
I am relieved to hear that you’re enjoying Ventura; I’m still unsure. ?One trick I haven’t mastered is getting it to accept and keep one of my photos as its wallpaper; it keeps having to be reinstated each time I log on. I have created a new file under the Wallpaper heading, as they tell you, but it doesn’t believe me! Best, Susan
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No, I got a chap in Bournemouth to swap it for me – a very good job. ?I have swapped a HD, but it was on an iMac with magnetic closures, not glue.
That picture business is a bit annoying. ?Have you run Onyx to clean the computer up?
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On 13 Jun 2023, at 15:20, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Wow, Chris - you swapped your iMac’s HD? Did you do that yourself? ?We’ve heard that my 27in iMac is repairable after all, so we’re getting it done; you can’t have too many Macs, I feel! :D?
I am relieved to hear that you’re enjoying Ventura; I’m still unsure. ?One trick I haven’t mastered is getting it to accept and keep one of my photos as its wallpaper; it keeps having to be reinstated each time I log on. I have created a new file under the Wallpaper heading, as they tell you, but it doesn’t believe me! Best, Susan
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Wow, Chris - you swapped your iMac’s HD? Did you do that yourself? ?We’ve heard that my 27in iMac is repairable after all, so we’re getting it done; you can’t have too many Macs, I feel! :D?
I am relieved to hear that you’re enjoying Ventura; I’m still unsure. ?One trick I haven’t mastered is getting it to accept and keep one of my photos as its wallpaper; it keeps having to be reinstated each time I log on. I have created a new file under the Wallpaper heading, as they tell you, but it doesn’t believe me! Best, Susan
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On 13 Jun 2023, at 11:32, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Sorry I’m late to this thread, Susan and Jude
It was the Governments who took the forced emigration measures and adoptions, but there must have been an element of the culture then for it to happen – although I suppose the information might have been difficult to come by. ?Nonetheless it was a shameful period in our histories.
I’ve been using Ventura for months now and I find it great. ?I don’t really see commonality between MacOS and iPadOS, except perhaps the Settings panel (was System Preferences). ?Everything works fine, including on my 2017 MacBook 12” Retina.
My 2019 iMac works smoothly and swiftly, but then I did change the hard drive for a 4Tb SSD, and it does have 40Gb RAM. ?I can’t imagine using any of my photo applications with 8Gb or 16Gb which is available on new iMacs.
Chris
There is a similar movie about children sent to Australia who were told their parents were dead etc - think its on you tube - disgrace to both British and Australian govts. DNA is making things very interesting - genie out of the bottle as they say.
Jude
I was lucky to get adopted quite quickly, by a middle class couple in their early 40s. I never did any research until my adoptive mother had died, in 1988, ?too late to meet my birth mother who, apparently, had always wanted to have news of me but that was not allowed. ?The very helpful social worker (you had to do it that way) let me take away and copy my adoption file, amazing! ?Sad fact from that file: wartime paper shortage meant re-use of carbon copies (remember those?!) and my file revealed that a baby offered for adoption had been returned (Ye gods, like an unwanted parcel!) because she had eczema and the would-be parents wanted a baby who was “perfect”. This was on the back of a letter about me. Makes you think. I did eventually find some relatives on both sides of the “pond” and even met some cousins in real life, rather than just online.
What brought all this on? Well, on the radio is a programme about small children from the poorest families sent to Canada for “indentured servitude”; this was still going on in the sixties! Now, the Tories want to do away with Inheritance Tax, which will benefit the richest in the land. Sorry, this all makes me very angry! ?Calm down, woman! ?:D Best, Susan
If you read about Steve ?he didn’t have it jammy in life - his real rather refused to acknowledge paternity. From what I read about he headset it ill be around the $5000 Aus when it gets here and it’s not like it can be handed around in a family - has to be calibrated to the wearer.?
But who knows….I might get rash. ?:-) We’re only here once as they say.
Jude
I know very little about Tim Cook but I do get the impression that he is a money man, not inspirational. Of course, Steve Jobs was not Mister Empathy, from all reports and from the biography by Walter Jacobson (?), but he did at least make sure that most Apple products were fit for release. ?This new 3D gadget looks dubious but could be magic, who knows? ? Harvey always mentions the Newton, when it comes to checking new products are good to go! Best, Susan
I have avoided Ventura up to now — quit a few of local club members feel the same as me - don’t really want to go to something that behaves more like the iPad. But I may have to contemplate sooner or later I guess.Us iMac lovers let down again at WWDC — the ay its looking you feel sooner or later they will just let the computer end go entirely. ?Until we get someone other than Tim Cook beancounter in charge we’re not likely to see our wishes taken into account. I detest the man — he’s strictly a bottom line figures man. Doesn’t have Steve’s vision.?
Jude
Hello Jude!
I note your technique of going to your webmail; I only tried that once and the font was so tiny I never did it again. I may have another look, though. ?The junk that I got was not just the ordinary sort, but plainly malicious and, I would guess, designed to spread malware through something weird that I could see it was carrying, hence my inability to send it myself, so that just begs the question!
If you are using Ventura, I’d be interested to hear your reactions. I think I read that Apple want to make their OS and iOS more alike. I must admit to being taken by surprise by Ventura, as it looked so different. This MBPro, for example, is still on Catalina and my iMac (still waiting to hear if it can be saved) was in High Sierra. ?I suppose, really, there is not much point in a new OS if it doesn’t differ much from the old one, something like the forthcoming Windows 12. Best, Susan
Hello stranger! :)I’m sure you’re right about Action Fraud being underfunded but my worry was that these obviously potentially harmful emails got into my Inbox yet could not be sent on out again. If I get any more like that, I may ring Zen directly to find out why this happens. Their customer support is prompt and knowledgeable but I’m not always good at explaining my problems. ?While setting up my new Mini, I noticed that the setup instructions when we were transferring from BTInternet were dated 1993! ?I kept it because it had our username and other details - on paper, remember that old material? :D?Best,SusanOn 7 Jun 2023, at 18:33, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:Hi Susan!I hear you :-) ?I’m getting spam/phishing emails, e.g. TV License (sic) expired, ?but they’re going to my Junk folder automatically. ?I’m not trying to forward them to anyone.Given that the Government’s commitment to online security is sketchy at best (Action Fraud weekdays business hours only, for instance), I’d be willing to bet that the phishing department is understaffed and underfunded.CheersChrisOn 7 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Hello (Is there anybody there…?)
A larger than usual number of suspicious emails has been coming my way recently. ?Usually, I can forward them to?report@...?but a number of them have refused to be forwarded; these look as if they are loaded with something potentially harmful. I am in contact with Zen Internet about these but had deleted them already because they ensconced themselves in an Outbox and kept popping up when I was sending email, so could not be ignored. ?Anything like this happening at your end of the table? ?What I am wondering is: how did they get through to me if I cannot forward them onwards?!
Best,
Susan
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Yes, I’ve heard about the children sent to Australia and told their parents were dead when they weren’t. ?We are all just little people to those in power; it makes me sick. ?Lovely when they get found out but too late for their victims. Best, Susan
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There is a similar movie about children sent to Australia who were told their parents were dead etc - think its on you tube - disgrace to both British and Australian govts.DNA is making things very interesting - genie out of the bottle as they say.
Jude
I was lucky to get adopted quite quickly, by a middle class couple in their early 40s. I never did any research until my adoptive mother had died, in 1988, ?too late to meet my birth mother who, apparently, had always wanted to have news of me but that was not allowed. ?The very helpful social worker (you had to do it that way) let me take away and copy my adoption file, amazing! ?Sad fact from that file: wartime paper shortage meant re-use of carbon copies (remember those?!) and my file revealed that a baby offered for adoption had been returned (Ye gods, like an unwanted parcel!) because she had eczema and the would-be parents wanted a baby who was “perfect”. This was on the back of a letter about me. Makes you think. I did eventually find some relatives on both sides of the “pond” and even met some cousins in real life, rather than just online.
What brought all this on? Well, on the radio is a programme about small children from the poorest families sent to Canada for “indentured servitude”; this was still going on in the sixties! Now, the Tories want to do away with Inheritance Tax, which will benefit the richest in the land. Sorry, this all makes me very angry! ?Calm down, woman! ?:D Best, Susan
If you read about Steve ?he didn’t have it jammy in life - his real rather refused to acknowledge paternity. From what I read about he headset it ill be around the $5000 Aus when it gets here and it’s not like it can be handed around in a family - has to be calibrated to the wearer.?
But who knows….I might get rash. ?:-) We’re only here once as they say.
Jude
I know very little about Tim Cook but I do get the impression that he is a money man, not inspirational. Of course, Steve Jobs was not Mister Empathy, from all reports and from the biography by Walter Jacobson (?), but he did at least make sure that most Apple products were fit for release. ?This new 3D gadget looks dubious but could be magic, who knows? ? Harvey always mentions the Newton, when it comes to checking new products are good to go! Best, Susan
I have avoided Ventura up to now — quit a few of local club members feel the same as me - don’t really want to go to something that behaves more like the iPad. But I may have to contemplate sooner or later I guess.Us iMac lovers let down again at WWDC — the ay its looking you feel sooner or later they will just let the computer end go entirely. ?Until we get someone other than Tim Cook beancounter in charge we’re not likely to see our wishes taken into account. I detest the man — he’s strictly a bottom line figures man. Doesn’t have Steve’s vision.?
Jude
Hello Jude!
I note your technique of going to your webmail; I only tried that once and the font was so tiny I never did it again. I may have another look, though. ?The junk that I got was not just the ordinary sort, but plainly malicious and, I would guess, designed to spread malware through something weird that I could see it was carrying, hence my inability to send it myself, so that just begs the question!
If you are using Ventura, I’d be interested to hear your reactions. I think I read that Apple want to make their OS and iOS more alike. I must admit to being taken by surprise by Ventura, as it looked so different. This MBPro, for example, is still on Catalina and my iMac (still waiting to hear if it can be saved) was in High Sierra. ?I suppose, really, there is not much point in a new OS if it doesn’t differ much from the old one, something like the forthcoming Windows 12. Best, Susan
Hello stranger! :)I’m sure you’re right about Action Fraud being underfunded but my worry was that these obviously potentially harmful emails got into my Inbox yet could not be sent on out again. If I get any more like that, I may ring Zen directly to find out why this happens. Their customer support is prompt and knowledgeable but I’m not always good at explaining my problems. ?While setting up my new Mini, I noticed that the setup instructions when we were transferring from BTInternet were dated 1993! ?I kept it because it had our username and other details - on paper, remember that old material? :D?Best,SusanOn 7 Jun 2023, at 18:33, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:Hi Susan!I hear you :-) ?I’m getting spam/phishing emails, e.g. TV License (sic) expired, ?but they’re going to my Junk folder automatically. ?I’m not trying to forward them to anyone.Given that the Government’s commitment to online security is sketchy at best (Action Fraud weekdays business hours only, for instance), I’d be willing to bet that the phishing department is understaffed and underfunded.CheersChrisOn 7 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Hello (Is there anybody there…?)
A larger than usual number of suspicious emails has been coming my way recently. ?Usually, I can forward them to?report@...?but a number of them have refused to be forwarded; these look as if they are loaded with something potentially harmful. I am in contact with Zen Internet about these but had deleted them already because they ensconced themselves in an Outbox and kept popping up when I was sending email, so could not be ignored. ?Anything like this happening at your end of the table? ?What I am wondering is: how did they get through to me if I cannot forward them onwards?!
Best,
Susan
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Sorry I’m late to this thread, Susan and Jude
It was the Governments who took the forced emigration measures and adoptions, but there must have been an element of the culture then for it to happen – although I suppose the information might have been difficult to come by. ?Nonetheless it was a shameful period in our histories.
I’ve been using Ventura for months now and I find it great. ?I don’t really see commonality between MacOS and iPadOS, except perhaps the Settings panel (was System Preferences). ?Everything works fine, including on my 2017 MacBook 12” Retina.
My 2019 iMac works smoothly and swiftly, but then I did change the hard drive for a 4Tb SSD, and it does have 40Gb RAM. ?I can’t imagine using any of my photo applications with 8Gb or 16Gb which is available on new iMacs.
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On 13 Jun 2023, at 06:23, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:
There is a similar movie about children sent to Australia who were told their parents were dead etc - think its on you tube - disgrace to both British and Australian govts. DNA is making things very interesting - genie out of the bottle as they say.
Jude
I was lucky to get adopted quite quickly, by a middle class couple in their early 40s. I never did any research until my adoptive mother had died, in 1988, ?too late to meet my birth mother who, apparently, had always wanted to have news of me but that was not allowed. ?The very helpful social worker (you had to do it that way) let me take away and copy my adoption file, amazing! ?Sad fact from that file: wartime paper shortage meant re-use of carbon copies (remember those?!) and my file revealed that a baby offered for adoption had been returned (Ye gods, like an unwanted parcel!) because she had eczema and the would-be parents wanted a baby who was “perfect”. This was on the back of a letter about me. Makes you think. I did eventually find some relatives on both sides of the “pond” and even met some cousins in real life, rather than just online.
What brought all this on? Well, on the radio is a programme about small children from the poorest families sent to Canada for “indentured servitude”; this was still going on in the sixties! Now, the Tories want to do away with Inheritance Tax, which will benefit the richest in the land. Sorry, this all makes me very angry! ?Calm down, woman! ?:D Best, Susan
If you read about Steve ?he didn’t have it jammy in life - his real rather refused to acknowledge paternity. From what I read about he headset it ill be around the $5000 Aus when it gets here and it’s not like it can be handed around in a family - has to be calibrated to the wearer.?
But who knows….I might get rash. ?:-) We’re only here once as they say.
Jude
I know very little about Tim Cook but I do get the impression that he is a money man, not inspirational. Of course, Steve Jobs was not Mister Empathy, from all reports and from the biography by Walter Jacobson (?), but he did at least make sure that most Apple products were fit for release. ?This new 3D gadget looks dubious but could be magic, who knows? ? Harvey always mentions the Newton, when it comes to checking new products are good to go! Best, Susan
I have avoided Ventura up to now — quit a few of local club members feel the same as me - don’t really want to go to something that behaves more like the iPad. But I may have to contemplate sooner or later I guess.Us iMac lovers let down again at WWDC — the ay its looking you feel sooner or later they will just let the computer end go entirely. ?Until we get someone other than Tim Cook beancounter in charge we’re not likely to see our wishes taken into account. I detest the man — he’s strictly a bottom line figures man. Doesn’t have Steve’s vision.?
Jude
Hello Jude!
I note your technique of going to your webmail; I only tried that once and the font was so tiny I never did it again. I may have another look, though. ?The junk that I got was not just the ordinary sort, but plainly malicious and, I would guess, designed to spread malware through something weird that I could see it was carrying, hence my inability to send it myself, so that just begs the question!
If you are using Ventura, I’d be interested to hear your reactions. I think I read that Apple want to make their OS and iOS more alike. I must admit to being taken by surprise by Ventura, as it looked so different. This MBPro, for example, is still on Catalina and my iMac (still waiting to hear if it can be saved) was in High Sierra. ?I suppose, really, there is not much point in a new OS if it doesn’t differ much from the old one, something like the forthcoming Windows 12. Best, Susan
Hello stranger! :)I’m sure you’re right about Action Fraud being underfunded but my worry was that these obviously potentially harmful emails got into my Inbox yet could not be sent on out again. If I get any more like that, I may ring Zen directly to find out why this happens. Their customer support is prompt and knowledgeable but I’m not always good at explaining my problems. ?While setting up my new Mini, I noticed that the setup instructions when we were transferring from BTInternet were dated 1993! ?I kept it because it had our username and other details - on paper, remember that old material? :D?Best,SusanOn 7 Jun 2023, at 18:33, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:Hi Susan!I hear you :-) ?I’m getting spam/phishing emails, e.g. TV License (sic) expired, ?but they’re going to my Junk folder automatically. ?I’m not trying to forward them to anyone.Given that the Government’s commitment to online security is sketchy at best (Action Fraud weekdays business hours only, for instance), I’d be willing to bet that the phishing department is understaffed and underfunded.CheersChrisOn 7 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Hello (Is there anybody there…?)
A larger than usual number of suspicious emails has been coming my way recently. ?Usually, I can forward them to?report@...?but a number of them have refused to be forwarded; these look as if they are loaded with something potentially harmful. I am in contact with Zen Internet about these but had deleted them already because they ensconced themselves in an Outbox and kept popping up when I was sending email, so could not be ignored. ?Anything like this happening at your end of the table? ?What I am wondering is: how did they get through to me if I cannot forward them onwards?!
Best,
Susan
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There is a similar movie about children sent to Australia who were told their parents were dead etc - think its on you tube - disgrace to both British and Australian govts. DNA is making things very interesting - genie out of the bottle as they say.
Jude
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I was lucky to get adopted quite quickly, by a middle class couple in their early 40s. I never did any research until my adoptive mother had died, in 1988, ?too late to meet my birth mother who, apparently, had always wanted to have news of me but that was not allowed. ?The very helpful social worker (you had to do it that way) let me take away and copy my adoption file, amazing! ?Sad fact from that file: wartime paper shortage meant re-use of carbon copies (remember those?!) and my file revealed that a baby offered for adoption had been returned (Ye gods, like an unwanted parcel!) because she had eczema and the would-be parents wanted a baby who was “perfect”. This was on the back of a letter about me. Makes you think. I did eventually find some relatives on both sides of the “pond” and even met some cousins in real life, rather than just online.
What brought all this on? Well, on the radio is a programme about small children from the poorest families sent to Canada for “indentured servitude”; this was still going on in the sixties! Now, the Tories want to do away with Inheritance Tax, which will benefit the richest in the land. Sorry, this all makes me very angry! ?Calm down, woman! ?:D Best, Susan
If you read about Steve ?he didn’t have it jammy in life - his real rather refused to acknowledge paternity. From what I read about he headset it ill be around the $5000 Aus when it gets here and it’s not like it can be handed around in a family - has to be calibrated to the wearer.?
But who knows….I might get rash. ?:-) We’re only here once as they say.
Jude
I know very little about Tim Cook but I do get the impression that he is a money man, not inspirational. Of course, Steve Jobs was not Mister Empathy, from all reports and from the biography by Walter Jacobson (?), but he did at least make sure that most Apple products were fit for release. ?This new 3D gadget looks dubious but could be magic, who knows? ? Harvey always mentions the Newton, when it comes to checking new products are good to go! Best, Susan
I have avoided Ventura up to now — quit a few of local club members feel the same as me - don’t really want to go to something that behaves more like the iPad. But I may have to contemplate sooner or later I guess.Us iMac lovers let down again at WWDC — the ay its looking you feel sooner or later they will just let the computer end go entirely. ?Until we get someone other than Tim Cook beancounter in charge we’re not likely to see our wishes taken into account. I detest the man — he’s strictly a bottom line figures man. Doesn’t have Steve’s vision.?
Jude
Hello Jude!
I note your technique of going to your webmail; I only tried that once and the font was so tiny I never did it again. I may have another look, though. ?The junk that I got was not just the ordinary sort, but plainly malicious and, I would guess, designed to spread malware through something weird that I could see it was carrying, hence my inability to send it myself, so that just begs the question!
If you are using Ventura, I’d be interested to hear your reactions. I think I read that Apple want to make their OS and iOS more alike. I must admit to being taken by surprise by Ventura, as it looked so different. This MBPro, for example, is still on Catalina and my iMac (still waiting to hear if it can be saved) was in High Sierra. ?I suppose, really, there is not much point in a new OS if it doesn’t differ much from the old one, something like the forthcoming Windows 12. Best, Susan
Hello stranger! :)I’m sure you’re right about Action Fraud being underfunded but my worry was that these obviously potentially harmful emails got into my Inbox yet could not be sent on out again. If I get any more like that, I may ring Zen directly to find out why this happens. Their customer support is prompt and knowledgeable but I’m not always good at explaining my problems. ?While setting up my new Mini, I noticed that the setup instructions when we were transferring from BTInternet were dated 1993! ?I kept it because it had our username and other details - on paper, remember that old material? :D?Best,SusanOn 7 Jun 2023, at 18:33, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:Hi Susan!I hear you :-) ?I’m getting spam/phishing emails, e.g. TV License (sic) expired, ?but they’re going to my Junk folder automatically. ?I’m not trying to forward them to anyone.Given that the Government’s commitment to online security is sketchy at best (Action Fraud weekdays business hours only, for instance), I’d be willing to bet that the phishing department is understaffed and underfunded.CheersChrisOn 7 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Hello (Is there anybody there…?)
A larger than usual number of suspicious emails has been coming my way recently. ?Usually, I can forward them to?report@...?but a number of them have refused to be forwarded; these look as if they are loaded with something potentially harmful. I am in contact with Zen Internet about these but had deleted them already because they ensconced themselves in an Outbox and kept popping up when I was sending email, so could not be ignored. ?Anything like this happening at your end of the table? ?What I am wondering is: how did they get through to me if I cannot forward them onwards?!
Best,
Susan
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I was lucky to get adopted quite quickly, by a middle class couple in their early 40s. I never did any research until my adoptive mother had died, in 1988, ?too late to meet my birth mother who, apparently, had always wanted to have news of me but that was not allowed. ?The very helpful social worker (you had to do it that way) let me take away and copy my adoption file, amazing! ?Sad fact from that file: wartime paper shortage meant re-use of carbon copies (remember those?!) and my file revealed that a baby offered for adoption had been returned (Ye gods, like an unwanted parcel!) because she had eczema and the would-be parents wanted a baby who was “perfect”. This was on the back of a letter about me. Makes you think. I did eventually find some relatives on both sides of the “pond” and even met some cousins in real life, rather than just online.
What brought all this on? Well, on the radio is a programme about small children from the poorest families sent to Canada for “indentured servitude”; this was still going on in the sixties! Now, the Tories want to do away with Inheritance Tax, which will benefit the richest in the land. Sorry, this all makes me very angry! ?Calm down, woman! ?:D Best,
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On 11 Jun 2023, at 09:50, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:
If you read about Steve ?he didn’t have it jammy in life - his real rather refused to acknowledge paternity. From what I read about he headset it ill be around the $5000 Aus when it gets here and it’s not like it can be handed around in a family - has to be calibrated to the wearer.?
But who knows….I might get rash. ?:-) We’re only here once as they say.
Jude
I know very little about Tim Cook but I do get the impression that he is a money man, not inspirational. Of course, Steve Jobs was not Mister Empathy, from all reports and from the biography by Walter Jacobson (?), but he did at least make sure that most Apple products were fit for release. ?This new 3D gadget looks dubious but could be magic, who knows? ? Harvey always mentions the Newton, when it comes to checking new products are good to go! Best, Susan
I have avoided Ventura up to now — quit a few of local club members feel the same as me - don’t really want to go to something that behaves more like the iPad. But I may have to contemplate sooner or later I guess.Us iMac lovers let down again at WWDC — the ay its looking you feel sooner or later they will just let the computer end go entirely. ?Until we get someone other than Tim Cook beancounter in charge we’re not likely to see our wishes taken into account. I detest the man — he’s strictly a bottom line figures man. Doesn’t have Steve’s vision.?
Jude
Hello Jude!
I note your technique of going to your webmail; I only tried that once and the font was so tiny I never did it again. I may have another look, though. ?The junk that I got was not just the ordinary sort, but plainly malicious and, I would guess, designed to spread malware through something weird that I could see it was carrying, hence my inability to send it myself, so that just begs the question!
If you are using Ventura, I’d be interested to hear your reactions. I think I read that Apple want to make their OS and iOS more alike. I must admit to being taken by surprise by Ventura, as it looked so different. This MBPro, for example, is still on Catalina and my iMac (still waiting to hear if it can be saved) was in High Sierra. ?I suppose, really, there is not much point in a new OS if it doesn’t differ much from the old one, something like the forthcoming Windows 12. Best, Susan
Hello stranger! :)I’m sure you’re right about Action Fraud being underfunded but my worry was that these obviously potentially harmful emails got into my Inbox yet could not be sent on out again. If I get any more like that, I may ring Zen directly to find out why this happens. Their customer support is prompt and knowledgeable but I’m not always good at explaining my problems. ?While setting up my new Mini, I noticed that the setup instructions when we were transferring from BTInternet were dated 1993! ?I kept it because it had our username and other details - on paper, remember that old material? :D?Best,SusanOn 7 Jun 2023, at 18:33, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:Hi Susan!I hear you :-) ?I’m getting spam/phishing emails, e.g. TV License (sic) expired, ?but they’re going to my Junk folder automatically. ?I’m not trying to forward them to anyone.Given that the Government’s commitment to online security is sketchy at best (Action Fraud weekdays business hours only, for instance), I’d be willing to bet that the phishing department is understaffed and underfunded.CheersChrisOn 7 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Hello (Is there anybody there…?)
A larger than usual number of suspicious emails has been coming my way recently. ?Usually, I can forward them to?report@...?but a number of them have refused to be forwarded; these look as if they are loaded with something potentially harmful. I am in contact with Zen Internet about these but had deleted them already because they ensconced themselves in an Outbox and kept popping up when I was sending email, so could not be ignored. ?Anything like this happening at your end of the table? ?What I am wondering is: how did they get through to me if I cannot forward them onwards?!
Best,
Susan
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If you read about Steve ?he didn’t have it jammy in life - his real rather refused to acknowledge paternity. From what I read about he headset it ill be around the $5000 Aus when it gets here and it’s not like it can be handed around in a family - has to be calibrated to the wearer.?
But who knows….I might get rash. ?:-) We’re only here once as they say.
Jude
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I know very little about Tim Cook but I do get the impression that he is a money man, not inspirational. Of course, Steve Jobs was not Mister Empathy, from all reports and from the biography by Walter Jacobson (?), but he did at least make sure that most Apple products were fit for release. ?This new 3D gadget looks dubious but could be magic, who knows? ? Harvey always mentions the Newton, when it comes to checking new products are good to go! Best, Susan
I have avoided Ventura up to now — quit a few of local club members feel the same as me - don’t really want to go to something that behaves more like the iPad. But I may have to contemplate sooner or later I guess.Us iMac lovers let down again at WWDC — the ay its looking you feel sooner or later they will just let the computer end go entirely. ?Until we get someone other than Tim Cook beancounter in charge we’re not likely to see our wishes taken into account. I detest the man — he’s strictly a bottom line figures man. Doesn’t have Steve’s vision.?
Jude
Hello Jude!
I note your technique of going to your webmail; I only tried that once and the font was so tiny I never did it again. I may have another look, though. ?The junk that I got was not just the ordinary sort, but plainly malicious and, I would guess, designed to spread malware through something weird that I could see it was carrying, hence my inability to send it myself, so that just begs the question!
If you are using Ventura, I’d be interested to hear your reactions. I think I read that Apple want to make their OS and iOS more alike. I must admit to being taken by surprise by Ventura, as it looked so different. This MBPro, for example, is still on Catalina and my iMac (still waiting to hear if it can be saved) was in High Sierra. ?I suppose, really, there is not much point in a new OS if it doesn’t differ much from the old one, something like the forthcoming Windows 12. Best, Susan
Hello stranger! :)I’m sure you’re right about Action Fraud being underfunded but my worry was that these obviously potentially harmful emails got into my Inbox yet could not be sent on out again. If I get any more like that, I may ring Zen directly to find out why this happens. Their customer support is prompt and knowledgeable but I’m not always good at explaining my problems. ?While setting up my new Mini, I noticed that the setup instructions when we were transferring from BTInternet were dated 1993! ?I kept it because it had our username and other details - on paper, remember that old material? :D?Best,SusanOn 7 Jun 2023, at 18:33, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:Hi Susan!I hear you :-) ?I’m getting spam/phishing emails, e.g. TV License (sic) expired, ?but they’re going to my Junk folder automatically. ?I’m not trying to forward them to anyone.Given that the Government’s commitment to online security is sketchy at best (Action Fraud weekdays business hours only, for instance), I’d be willing to bet that the phishing department is understaffed and underfunded.CheersChrisOn 7 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Hello (Is there anybody there…?)
A larger than usual number of suspicious emails has been coming my way recently. ?Usually, I can forward them to?report@...?but a number of them have refused to be forwarded; these look as if they are loaded with something potentially harmful. I am in contact with Zen Internet about these but had deleted them already because they ensconced themselves in an Outbox and kept popping up when I was sending email, so could not be ignored. ?Anything like this happening at your end of the table? ?What I am wondering is: how did they get through to me if I cannot forward them onwards?!
Best,
Susan
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I know very little about Tim Cook but I do get the impression that he is a money man, not inspirational. Of course, Steve Jobs was not Mister Empathy, from all reports and from the biography by Walter Jacobson (?), but he did at least make sure that most Apple products were fit for release. ?This new 3D gadget looks dubious but could be magic, who knows? ? Harvey always mentions the Newton, when it comes to checking new products are good to go! Best, Susan
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On 10 Jun 2023, at 10:21, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:
I have avoided Ventura up to now — quit a few of local club members feel the same as me - don’t really want to go to something that behaves more like the iPad. But I may have to contemplate sooner or later I guess.Us iMac lovers let down again at WWDC — the ay its looking you feel sooner or later they will just let the computer end go entirely. ?Until we get someone other than Tim Cook beancounter in charge we’re not likely to see our wishes taken into account. I detest the man — he’s strictly a bottom line figures man. Doesn’t have Steve’s vision.?
Jude
Hello Jude!
I note your technique of going to your webmail; I only tried that once and the font was so tiny I never did it again. I may have another look, though. ?The junk that I got was not just the ordinary sort, but plainly malicious and, I would guess, designed to spread malware through something weird that I could see it was carrying, hence my inability to send it myself, so that just begs the question!
If you are using Ventura, I’d be interested to hear your reactions. I think I read that Apple want to make their OS and iOS more alike. I must admit to being taken by surprise by Ventura, as it looked so different. This MBPro, for example, is still on Catalina and my iMac (still waiting to hear if it can be saved) was in High Sierra. ?I suppose, really, there is not much point in a new OS if it doesn’t differ much from the old one, something like the forthcoming Windows 12. Best, Susan
Hello stranger! :)I’m sure you’re right about Action Fraud being underfunded but my worry was that these obviously potentially harmful emails got into my Inbox yet could not be sent on out again. If I get any more like that, I may ring Zen directly to find out why this happens. Their customer support is prompt and knowledgeable but I’m not always good at explaining my problems. ?While setting up my new Mini, I noticed that the setup instructions when we were transferring from BTInternet were dated 1993! ?I kept it because it had our username and other details - on paper, remember that old material? :D?Best,SusanOn 7 Jun 2023, at 18:33, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:Hi Susan!I hear you :-) ?I’m getting spam/phishing emails, e.g. TV License (sic) expired, ?but they’re going to my Junk folder automatically. ?I’m not trying to forward them to anyone.Given that the Government’s commitment to online security is sketchy at best (Action Fraud weekdays business hours only, for instance), I’d be willing to bet that the phishing department is understaffed and underfunded.CheersChrisOn 7 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Hello (Is there anybody there…?)
A larger than usual number of suspicious emails has been coming my way recently. ?Usually, I can forward them to?report@...?but a number of them have refused to be forwarded; these look as if they are loaded with something potentially harmful. I am in contact with Zen Internet about these but had deleted them already because they ensconced themselves in an Outbox and kept popping up when I was sending email, so could not be ignored. ?Anything like this happening at your end of the table? ?What I am wondering is: how did they get through to me if I cannot forward them onwards?!
Best,
Susan
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That phishing address is for any suspicious emails at all; they go to an organisation called Action Fraud. You quickly get an acknowledgement email which includes the number of such emails they have had recently and explains that they look at every email they receive but do not reply to them.
Best,
Susan
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On 8 Jun 2023, at 00:04, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:
Are they purporting to be from gov.uk? or a variety of senders. Maybe you can only report to that particular phishing addy that pertains to gov.uk.
I have taken to going up to my ISP webmail on their server and sorting/eliminating any junk or mail I don’t want before it even gets to my Mac. In doing so I am teaching the mail server a bit extra apart from what it’s already programmed to recognise as junk.
I’ve not struck anything behaving as you describe as yet down here in Oz. Though certainly I have noticed there have been days junk arriving has raised my antennae.
Regards Jude
On 8 Jun 2023, at 8:05 am, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
?Hello stranger! :)
I’m sure you’re right about Action Fraud being underfunded but my worry was that these obviously potentially harmful emails got into my Inbox yet could not be sent on out again. If I get any more like that, I may ring Zen directly to find out why this happens. Their customer support is prompt and knowledgeable but I’m not always good at explaining my problems. While setting up my new Mini, I noticed that the setup instructions when we were transferring from BTInternet were dated 1993! I kept it because it had our username and other details - on paper, remember that old material? :D
Best,
Susan
On 7 Jun 2023, at 18:33, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
Hi Susan!
I hear you :-) I’m getting spam/phishing emails, e.g. TV License (sic) expired, but they’re going to my Junk folder automatically. I’m not trying to forward them to anyone.
Given that the Government’s commitment to online security is sketchy at best (Action Fraud weekdays business hours only, for instance), I’d be willing to bet that the phishing department is understaffed and underfunded.
Cheers
Chris
On 7 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Hello (Is there anybody there…?)
A larger than usual number of suspicious emails has been coming my way recently. Usually, I can forward them to report@... but a number of them have refused to be forwarded; these look as if they are loaded with something potentially harmful. I am in contact with Zen Internet about these but had deleted them already because they ensconced themselves in an Outbox and kept popping up when I was sending email, so could not be ignored. Anything like this happening at your end of the table? What I am wondering is: how did they get through to me if I cannot forward them onwards?!
Best,
Susan
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I have avoided Ventura up to now — quit a few of local club members feel the same as me - don’t really want to go to something that behaves more like the iPad. But I may have to contemplate sooner or later I guess. Us iMac lovers let down again at WWDC — the ay its looking you feel sooner or later they will just let the computer end go entirely. ?Until we get someone other than Tim Cook beancounter in charge we’re not likely to see our wishes taken into account. I detest the man — he’s strictly a bottom line figures man. Doesn’t have Steve’s vision.?
Jude
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Hello Jude!
I note your technique of going to your webmail; I only tried that once and the font was so tiny I never did it again. I may have another look, though. ?The junk that I got was not just the ordinary sort, but plainly malicious and, I would guess, designed to spread malware through something weird that I could see it was carrying, hence my inability to send it myself, so that just begs the question!
If you are using Ventura, I’d be interested to hear your reactions. I think I read that Apple want to make their OS and iOS more alike. I must admit to being taken by surprise by Ventura, as it looked so different. This MBPro, for example, is still on Catalina and my iMac (still waiting to hear if it can be saved) was in High Sierra. ?I suppose, really, there is not much point in a new OS if it doesn’t differ much from the old one, something like the forthcoming Windows 12. Best, Susan
Hello stranger! :)I’m sure you’re right about Action Fraud being underfunded but my worry was that these obviously potentially harmful emails got into my Inbox yet could not be sent on out again. If I get any more like that, I may ring Zen directly to find out why this happens. Their customer support is prompt and knowledgeable but I’m not always good at explaining my problems. ?While setting up my new Mini, I noticed that the setup instructions when we were transferring from BTInternet were dated 1993! ?I kept it because it had our username and other details - on paper, remember that old material? :D?Best,SusanOn 7 Jun 2023, at 18:33, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:Hi Susan!I hear you :-) ?I’m getting spam/phishing emails, e.g. TV License (sic) expired, ?but they’re going to my Junk folder automatically. ?I’m not trying to forward them to anyone.Given that the Government’s commitment to online security is sketchy at best (Action Fraud weekdays business hours only, for instance), I’d be willing to bet that the phishing department is understaffed and underfunded.CheersChrisOn 7 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Hello (Is there anybody there…?)
A larger than usual number of suspicious emails has been coming my way recently. ?Usually, I can forward them to report@... but a number of them have refused to be forwarded; these look as if they are loaded with something potentially harmful. I am in contact with Zen Internet about these but had deleted them already because they ensconced themselves in an Outbox and kept popping up when I was sending email, so could not be ignored. ?Anything like this happening at your end of the table? ?What I am wondering is: how did they get through to me if I cannot forward them onwards?!
Best,
Susan
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Hello Jude!
I note your technique of going to your webmail; I only tried that once and the font was so tiny I never did it again. I may have another look, though. ?The junk that I got was not just the ordinary sort, but plainly malicious and, I would guess, designed to spread malware through something weird that I could see it was carrying, hence my inability to send it myself, so that just begs the question!
If you are using Ventura, I’d be interested to hear your reactions. I think I read that Apple want to make their OS and iOS more alike. I must admit to being taken by surprise by Ventura, as it looked so different. This MBPro, for example, is still on Catalina and my iMac (still waiting to hear if it can be saved) was in High Sierra. ?I suppose, really, there is not much point in a new OS if it doesn’t differ much from the old one, something like the forthcoming Windows 12. Best, Susan
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Hello stranger! :)I’m sure you’re right about Action Fraud being underfunded but my worry was that these obviously potentially harmful emails got into my Inbox yet could not be sent on out again. If I get any more like that, I may ring Zen directly to find out why this happens. Their customer support is prompt and knowledgeable but I’m not always good at explaining my problems. ?While setting up my new Mini, I noticed that the setup instructions when we were transferring from BTInternet were dated 1993! ?I kept it because it had our username and other details - on paper, remember that old material? :D?Best,SusanOn 7 Jun 2023, at 18:33, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:Hi Susan!I hear you :-) ?I’m getting spam/phishing emails, e.g. TV License (sic) expired, ?but they’re going to my Junk folder automatically. ?I’m not trying to forward them to anyone.Given that the Government’s commitment to online security is sketchy at best (Action Fraud weekdays business hours only, for instance), I’d be willing to bet that the phishing department is understaffed and underfunded.CheersChrisOn 7 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
Hello (Is there anybody there…?)
A larger than usual number of suspicious emails has been coming my way recently. ?Usually, I can forward them to report@... but a number of them have refused to be forwarded; these look as if they are loaded with something potentially harmful. I am in contact with Zen Internet about these but had deleted them already because they ensconced themselves in an Outbox and kept popping up when I was sending email, so could not be ignored. ?Anything like this happening at your end of the table? ?What I am wondering is: how did they get through to me if I cannot forward them onwards?!
Best,
Susan
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