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Re: Screenshot 2024-07-29 at 9.35.39 AM

 

I¡¯ve seen that a few times, but what I¡¯m experiencing is I¡¯m asking a site to send me a ¡®forgot your password¡¯ email, or some kind of confirmation about their site. I¡¯ll go to mail and I see the email pop up and then disappear. Ok it must be in junk- nope not there or anywhere else. I can¡¯t figure where it goes.
Bill

On Jul 29, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

?Thanks Harry!

John

On Jul 29, 2024, at 9:36 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

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Apple Mail Junk folder

 

Hi all,

Has anyone else had Apple's junk filter start behaving strangely? For some reason (for me) confirmation emails from airlines, bank statements, and other places I routinely get and read email have started to be filtered into Junk.

If this does happen, are there tips for how to train the filter better? I do take things from Junk that are not junk and move them into my inbox. Is there something better?

Bill
Re: Screenshot 2024-07-29 at 9.35.39 AM

 

Thanks Harry!

John

On Jul 29, 2024, at 9:36 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

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Screenshot 2024-07-29 at 9.35.39 AM

 

Harry

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Re: AppleCare

 

On Jul 27, 2024, at 7:52?PM, Jonathan Fletcher via groups.io <lists@...> wrote:

Tough question. Just some brainstorming here...

Everyone has a different risk aversion level. I never buy the AppleCare. If a machine dies it just gives me the excuse to buy the latest and greatest. YMMV.
Jonathan,

My last iMac lasted about 8 years. I never had an issue or needed a repair. I have always bought AppleCare whenever I purchase a new device. This is the first time Apple has offered to extend the policy.

If you are attached to that device and want to be sure you won¡¯t prematurely be without it, $60 isn¡¯t that much either.
I probably will not purchase the extended care - it would be $60 a year.

Another thing is that you don¡¯t use yours for work much, so even if the machine is getting a little long-in-the-tooth, it should still meet your needs for years to come. In that case the $60 might be worth it.
When the computer gets ¡°long in the tooth¡± I know I will get a new one - even though my wife will groan. ?

The only repair I remember having to do on an iMac is replace a hard drive. That was two computers ago.

Thanks for your input.

Harry


Good luck with your decision, Harry.

Jonathan



On Jul 27, 2024, at 3:35 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <hejb44@...> wrote:

Three years ago I purchased an iMac with AppleCare. AppleCare has expired and Apple is now offering to continue AppleCare for $60.00 for one year.

Is this something I should or want to do?

Harry



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From today¡¯s newspaper

 

Harry

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Re: AppleCare

 

Tough question. Just some brainstorming here...

Everyone has a different risk aversion level. I never buy the AppleCare. If a machine dies it just gives me the excuse to buy the latest and greatest. YMMV.

If you are attached to that device and want to be sure you won¡¯t prematurely be without it, $60 isn¡¯t that much either.

Another thing is that you don¡¯t use yours for work much, so even if the machine is getting a little long-in-the-tooth, it should still meet your needs for years to come. In that case the $60 might be worth it.


Good luck with your decision, Harry.

Jonathan



On Jul 27, 2024, at 3:35 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <hejb44@...> wrote:

Three years ago I purchased an iMac with AppleCare. AppleCare has expired and Apple is now offering to continue AppleCare for $60.00 for one year.

Is this something I should or want to do?

Harry



--
Jonathan Fletcher
Workplace Innovation Facilitator
jonathan@...

Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group ? Next Meeting: 7/23/24
Register at kyfmp.com/reg/ for a link
AppleCare

 

Three years ago I purchased an iMac with AppleCare. AppleCare has expired and Apple is now offering to continue AppleCare for $60.00 for one year.

Is this something I should or want to do?

Harry
Re: The Courier-Journal E-Edition Article

 

Jonathan, who knew.

On Jul 16, 2024, at 9:10?AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

I was looking at that yesterday, Harry, and was thinking that they were the first company to $2T valuation, the first company to $3T valuation and I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if they are also the first to hit $4T.

Wish I hadn¡¯t sold mine. It¡¯d be worth almost $9.5 million today. All I would have had to do was just leave it and do nothing to it¡ªnot even add to it--for 25 years.

Too soon old and too late smart.

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Jonathan



On Jul 16, 2024, at 9:10 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <hejb44@...> wrote:

Follow the link below to view the article.

Apple shares at record high amid AI efforts



Harry




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Jonathan Fletcher
Workplace Innovation Facilitator
jonathan@...

Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group ? Next Meeting: 7/23/24
Register at kyfmp.com/reg/ for a link
Re: The Courier-Journal E-Edition Article

 

I was looking at that yesterday, Harry, and was thinking that they were the first company to $2T valuation, the first company to $3T valuation and I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if they are also the first to hit $4T.

Wish I hadn¡¯t sold mine. It¡¯d be worth almost $9.5 million today. All I would have had to do was just leave it and do nothing to it¡ªnot even add to it--for 25 years.

Too soon old and too late smart.

?°À³å(¥Ä)³å/?

Jonathan



On Jul 16, 2024, at 9:10 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <hejb44@...> wrote:

Follow the link below to view the article.

Apple shares at record high amid AI efforts



Harry




--
Jonathan Fletcher
Workplace Innovation Facilitator
jonathan@...

Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group ? Next Meeting: 7/23/24
Register at kyfmp.com/reg/ for a link
The Courier-Journal E-Edition Article

 

Follow the link below to view the article.

Apple shares at record high amid AI efforts



Harry
Re: to buy or not to buy a modem

 

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Thanks Lee, you help SO much. ?

John

On Jul 4, 2024, at 12:44?PM, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:

?On Jul 3, 2024, at 11:25?PM, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

Thanks, so the only control is to purchase your own modem?

It depends what kind of control you¡¯re looking for. If you use your own router, you might be able to keep miscreants out of your devices with a good firewall, but the ISP can always monitor all your traffic at their switch. Strong privacy apparently requires a VPN and maybe even Tor.

L^2
Re: to buy or not to buy a modem

 

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On Jul 3, 2024, at 11:25?PM, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

Thanks, so the only control is to purchase your own modem?

It depends what kind of control you¡¯re looking for. If you use your own router, you might be able to keep miscreants out of your devices with a good firewall, but the ISP can always monitor all your traffic at their switch. Strong privacy apparently requires a VPN and maybe even Tor.

L^2
Re: to buy or not to buy a modem

 

Thanks, so the only control is to purchase your own modem?

John

On Jul 3, 2024, at 11:20?PM, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:

?On Jul 3, 2024, at 8:47?PM, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

So Bill, are you thinking locked down is a good thing, they can¡¯t get to your devices via a back door?
Of course there¡¯s a back door known to the ISP. That¡¯s how they do remote upgrades and support. Who knows what else they can do through their back door?

L^2
Re: to buy or not to buy a modem

 

On Jul 3, 2024, at 8:47?PM, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

So Bill, are you thinking locked down is a good thing, they can¡¯t get to your devices via a back door?
Of course there¡¯s a back door known to the ISP. That¡¯s how they do remote upgrades and support. Who knows what else they can do through their back door?

L^2
Re: to buy or not to buy a modem

 

No, I'm thinking locked down means that they have locked me out of seeing things like activity over the modem etc. Out of ignorance, I wonder what could be built into the modem for snooping activity and selling to the highest bidder.

Bill

On Jul 3, 2024, at 20:46, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

So Bill, are you thinking locked down is a good thing, they can¡¯t get to your devices via a back door?

John
On Jul 3, 2024, at 8:20?PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:

?OK... Spectrum brought a modem (the next day at 8am promptly), so I didn't buy a modem. When I went to look online about how to get into the modem to change any settings, all I could find was that Spectrum has the modems locked down so no end user can get into them. Even looking up the modem make and model yields nothing but references to locked-down Spectrum modems. Yay.

Bill

On Jun 28, 2024, at 10:45, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:

On Jun 27, 2024, at 6:10?PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:

Spectrum (the internet provider where my mom lives) told me today that my modem was no longer supported [1]. It's an Arris SB6141, which is DOCSIS 3.0.

They say they will let me have a modem to use for free, but I'm a bit worried that it really a gateway, and I don't want them to have their backdoors in the router. So... I went to look at DOCSIS 3.1 modems, and they are pricier ($150 to $200!) than I expected ($60). Clearly I haven't bought a modem in many many years.

So... should I take the free modem (which might be a gateway) or should I buy a modem? Any tips/arguments either way would be appreciated.

I have the Arris ONT (Optical Network Terminal) required by AT&T. It has a WiFi router built in. I put it in pass through mode and connected a Synology router downstream for WiFi and Ethernet. This should mitigate possible backdoors in the Arris box. The only problem I had doing this was AT&T gives almost no documentation about the device, so I had to find it on the Arris Website using the part number.

L^2
Passkey

 

I just ordered an item off the internet, on my wife¡¯s iPad. When I got to payment since there was no ApplePay I choose PayPal. Since I had never used her devise PayPal ask to use PassKey on another device, yes. I picked up the iPhone it did two face scans & PayPal opened on her iPad & completed the purchase. That was so cool!

John
Re: to buy or not to buy a modem

 

So Bill, are you thinking locked down is a good thing, they can¡¯t get to your devices via a back door?

John

On Jul 3, 2024, at 8:20?PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:

?OK... Spectrum brought a modem (the next day at 8am promptly), so I didn't buy a modem. When I went to look online about how to get into the modem to change any settings, all I could find was that Spectrum has the modems locked down so no end user can get into them. Even looking up the modem make and model yields nothing but references to locked-down Spectrum modems. Yay.

Bill

On Jun 28, 2024, at 10:45, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:

On Jun 27, 2024, at 6:10?PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:

Spectrum (the internet provider where my mom lives) told me today that my modem was no longer supported [1]. It's an Arris SB6141, which is DOCSIS 3.0.

They say they will let me have a modem to use for free, but I'm a bit worried that it really a gateway, and I don't want them to have their backdoors in the router. So... I went to look at DOCSIS 3.1 modems, and they are pricier ($150 to $200!) than I expected ($60). Clearly I haven't bought a modem in many many years.

So... should I take the free modem (which might be a gateway) or should I buy a modem? Any tips/arguments either way would be appreciated.

I have the Arris ONT (Optical Network Terminal) required by AT&T. It has a WiFi router built in. I put it in pass through mode and connected a Synology router downstream for WiFi and Ethernet. This should mitigate possible backdoors in the Arris box. The only problem I had doing this was AT&T gives almost no documentation about the device, so I had to find it on the Arris Website using the part number.

L^2
Re: to buy or not to buy a modem

 

OK... Spectrum brought a modem (the next day at 8am promptly), so I didn't buy a modem. When I went to look online about how to get into the modem to change any settings, all I could find was that Spectrum has the modems locked down so no end user can get into them. Even looking up the modem make and model yields nothing but references to locked-down Spectrum modems. Yay.

Bill

On Jun 28, 2024, at 10:45, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:

On Jun 27, 2024, at 6:10?PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:

Spectrum (the internet provider where my mom lives) told me today that my modem was no longer supported [1]. It's an Arris SB6141, which is DOCSIS 3.0.

They say they will let me have a modem to use for free, but I'm a bit worried that it really a gateway, and I don't want them to have their backdoors in the router. So... I went to look at DOCSIS 3.1 modems, and they are pricier ($150 to $200!) than I expected ($60). Clearly I haven't bought a modem in many many years.

So... should I take the free modem (which might be a gateway) or should I buy a modem? Any tips/arguments either way would be appreciated.

I have the Arris ONT (Optical Network Terminal) required by AT&T. It has a WiFi router built in. I put it in pass through mode and connected a Synology router downstream for WiFi and Ethernet. This should mitigate possible backdoors in the Arris box. The only problem I had doing this was AT&T gives almost no documentation about the device, so I had to find it on the Arris Website using the part number.

L^2
Re: Warning notice

 

Thanks Beth and thanks to all who have replied.

On Jul 3, 2024, at 8:38?AM, Beth Phillips via groups.io <beth.phillips@...> wrote:

Hi Harry,
We¡¯ve had T-Mobile since they merged with Sprint a few years back and service has been excellent for us so far. We traveled to the Caribbean a year or so ago and we called them ahead of time to confirm service was available. We were on a cruise ship, so only made calls when we were in port, but it wasn¡¯t much and was worth it to be able to check in on my Mom while we were gone. I think it may depend on where you are traveling as to what the fee is, or if there even is one. Here is a link to check on service availability.

Beth Phillips
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p: 502-222-8385

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