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Ok. My feelings are restored. Thanks!

Jonathan

On Jan 20, 2023, at 10:40 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <hejb44@...> wrote:

Jonathan,
$199.99 but I can’t go higher.

On Jan 20, 2023, at 10:16 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <lists@...> wrote:

?I’m disappointed, Harry, that you don’t think MY birthday is worth $200!

::-)

Jonathan

On Jan 20, 2023, at 3:40 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <hejb44@...> wrote:

I want to say out the outset I AM AN IDIOT!!!!

No two ways about it. I know better and I should have known better.
I received the following emails purportedly from a good friend:
The subject of the email was “a Favor”. (a red flag but alas I ignored it.)

"I need to get an Amazon Gift Card for my Friend. It’s her birthday today. I tried purchasing them myself, but my card declined. Could you get them on Amazon and have them sent to her email address? Let me know so I can provide you with her email address.
Thank you” (also a red flag I ignored - My friend has impeccable credit - Shame on me)

I responded with: “How can I help?"
My friend purportedly responded:
"Thank you, the total amount needed is $200 here is her email address { ashleeweisal@... } Lastly make sure the delivery date is Now and I want you to write ‘Happy Birthday With Love' in the message space. Let me know once you have made the order.”
(Another red flag - the amount of $200 - for a friend’s birthday - I don’t have friends like that that I would give $200 for a birthday gift!)

I was preparing for an online meeting and replied I would do so after the meeting.
It goes on like that.

AND unfortunately, after my meeting, I did as requested.

Then I began to have doubts. I texted my friend that I purchased the card and they replied “I have been hacked, don’t do it!”

Too late.
I called my credit card company and they could do nothing but the representative gave me a secure number for Amazon.
I reached out to Amazon and they cancelled the order and credited my card.

Now there were several times I could have checked the validity of the request:

1. I should have checked my friends email as listed in my contacts against the address on the email - they were different but I failed to check until after I purchased the card.
2. The amount requested ($200.00) was a lot for “a birthday present for a friend” and I should have checked with her via text (I knew my friend was working and wouldn’t be able to answer her phone)
3. There were red flags all around and I just ignored them. Shame on me!

Now Kudos to Amazon - they cancelled the order. Here is the phone # for Amazon given to me by AMEX -?(888) 280-4331?

I was lucky.

I know better but I am an idiot!

Please, Please learn from my cautionary tale.

Red flags abounded and I am red with embarrassment.

Harry

—
Jonathan Fletcher
Workplace Innovation Facilitator

Fletcher Data Consulting, LLC
A Claris Business Partner
jonathan@...
www.fletcherdata.com
502-509-7137

Kentuckiana’s FileMaker Developers Group
Next meeting: Tuesday, January 24th, 12:30 to 3:00-ish
We’re now online! ? Register at kyfmp.com/reg/ for a link

—
Jonathan Fletcher
Workplace Innovation Facilitator

Fletcher Data Consulting, LLC
A Claris Business Partner
jonathan@...
www.fletcherdata.com
502-509-7137

Kentuckiana’s FileMaker Developers Group
Next meeting: Tuesday, January 24th, 12:30 to 3:00-ish
We’re now online! ? Register at kyfmp.com/reg/ for a link

Jonathan,
$199.99 but I can’t go higher.

I’m disappointed, Harry, that you don’t think MY birthday is worth $200!

::-)

Jonathan

On Jan 20, 2023, at 3:40 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <hejb44@...> wrote:

I want to say out the outset I AM AN IDIOT!!!!

No two ways about it. I know better and I should have known better.
I received the following emails purportedly from a good friend:
The subject of the email was “a Favor”. (a red flag but alas I ignored it.)

"I need to get an Amazon Gift Card for my Friend. It’s her birthday today. I tried purchasing them myself, but my card declined. Could you get them on Amazon and have them sent to her email address? Let me know so I can provide you with her email address.
Thank you” (also a red flag I ignored - My friend has impeccable credit - Shame on me)

I responded with: “How can I help?"
My friend purportedly responded:
"Thank you, the total amount needed is $200 here is her email address { ashleeweisal@... } Lastly make sure the delivery date is Now and I want you to write ‘Happy Birthday With Love' in the message space. Let me know once you have made the order.”
(Another red flag - the amount of $200 - for a friend’s birthday - I don’t have friends like that that I would give $200 for a birthday gift!)

I was preparing for an online meeting and replied I would do so after the meeting.
It goes on like that.

AND unfortunately, after my meeting, I did as requested.

Then I began to have doubts. I texted my friend that I purchased the card and they replied “I have been hacked, don’t do it!”

Too late.
I called my credit card company and they could do nothing but the representative gave me a secure number for Amazon.
I reached out to Amazon and they cancelled the order and credited my card.

Now there were several times I could have checked the validity of the request:

1. I should have checked my friends email as listed in my contacts against the address on the email - they were different but I failed to check until after I purchased the card.
2. The amount requested ($200.00) was a lot for “a birthday present for a friend” and I should have checked with her via text (I knew my friend was working and wouldn’t be able to answer her phone)
3. There were red flags all around and I just ignored them. Shame on me!

Now Kudos to Amazon - they cancelled the order. Here is the phone # for Amazon given to me by AMEX -?(888) 280-4331?

I was lucky.

I know better but I am an idiot!

Please, Please learn from my cautionary tale.

Red flags abounded and I am red with embarrassment.

Harry

—
Jonathan Fletcher
Workplace Innovation Facilitator

Fletcher Data Consulting, LLC
A Claris Business Partner
jonathan@...
www.fletcherdata.com
502-509-7137

Kentuckiana’s FileMaker Developers Group
Next meeting: Tuesday, January 24th, 12:30 to 3:00-ish
We’re now online! ? Register at kyfmp.com/reg/ for a link

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Harry, we all stand in line behind you, so many times we get tripped up. ?I’m SO happy to have an Amazon phone number, what a help. ?Many thanks.

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I want to say out the outset I AM AN IDIOT!!!!

Don’t know how many of you use ApplePay, don’t know how many use Zelle, this certainly isn’t the first hack it won’t be the last that Zelle has had a problem in the banking industry. ?I personally refuse to use anything but Apple, thought I would send your way.

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We may be old but it is an awful design. I think they changed just to say it changed!

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Yep. Upgraded on iMac and MacBook Pro. No issues.

Tom

Has anybody upgraded OS 13 on a Mac? If so, were there any issues?

Thanks.

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I’ll do this. Many thanks!

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On Jan 7, 2023, at 12:10 PM, Milton Tyree <2tyreem@...> wrote:

I gave my 21.5 inch, late 2012 iMac (OS 10.13.6, High Sierra) to a friend. He needs a word processing application and I was thinking Pages would be installed with the OS. I was wrong, and it seems there’s not a way to download a version of Pages that’s compatible with this OS.

Ideas for free alternatives appreciated. (Should I suggest Google docs or is there something better?)

Much appreciated,
Milt

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Have a healthy & happy 2023!

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Yay, Bill! Thanks for sharing your experience with us all!

Jonathan

On Dec 23, 2022, at 6:54 PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:

Just to close things out, I did fix my mom's laptop keyboard. There are some notes for anyone wanting to do this in the future:

Following the video [1], I did manage to take all the keycaps off and clean things up. Cleaning the keycaps was simple: as the video said, just dump them in warm water, swirl them around for a little while, then put them on a towel and dry them off. Cleaning the butterfly switches took more effort. (They were gunky, too.) The video shows a quick brush with a toothbrush wetted with isopropyl alcohol. It took me more than a quick brush on multiple keys. I did figure out that you can test each butterfly switch to see if it is clean by pulling up (gently) on the butterfly switch with the toothpick, and seeing if it falls back down. If it eases itself down like it has a shock absorber, it needs more cleaning. You should also test the butterfly switches again after the isopropyl alcohol has dried, as the alcohol can act as a lubricant and give a false sense of success. You can also clean the joints in the butterfly switches by pulling them up (open) with the toothpick and then brushing the joints gently.

Also: putting the space bar and shift keys back was tricky and slow. All the rest were quick.

It took me roughly 3.5 hours to get the keyboard working well, but I was slow working on each first-time task, because breaking the keyboard would have been a disaster. Now I think I could do the job in 1.5 hours.

Cheers,

Bill
[1]

On Dec 21, 2022, at 22:21, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:

Here's something that didn't come up on the video.... It's impossible to shut of an M1 laptop. Apple has made it so that even shutting down the computer doesn't really shut it down. It fakes being shut off, and starts when the lid is opened and a key is touched. Really annoying and useless when trying to fix a keyboard.

All I can do, I guess, is try to drain the battery of the computer first. Of course, I cannot login to the computer to get onto some energy-wasting site (ahem, CBSSports), because the keys stick so badly, and I have to use a shift key in my password.

I'm really starting to think of Apple as an Italian Design company, where everything is so over-engineered and where form is far more important than function. Status is worth more than ability. Arrrgh.

Bill
not at all happy

On Dec 21, 2022, at 20:04, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:

On Dec 21, 2022, at 18:38, Jonathan Fletcher <lists@...> wrote:

You hope the liquid didn’t make it to the motherboard. If so, it’s time to buy a new computer.

The computer works fine. The keys just crunch, are hard to press down, and stick. So... not sure that there are problems inside. Of course, maybe some could come up later.

If it is ONLY the keyboard affected, then the machine can be disassembled and the keyboard washed thoroughly with warm clean water. I have saved several corded keyboards by running them through a soapless, heatless dishwasher cycle. It is possible that something similar can be done with a laptop keyboard that is separated from its enclosure.

Eek. I looked at some teardown videos, and they look really difficult. BUT, I did find a better video about getting the keycaps (and only the keycaps) off. I'll put it here, in case anyone else ever wants to look at it, and (possibly) comment back after buying some playing cards and toothpicks.



Bill

Jonathan

On Dec 21, 2022, at 6:31 PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:

Hi all,

My mom has a MBP 13" 2020 M1 laptop, on which she must've spilled something with sugar in it.

The keyboard is now a crunchy sticky mess, and nearly impossible to type on. (Typing makes loud crunching sounds, and both shift keys get stuck down and have to be pried back up much of the time.) [1]

When I searched around for how to clean up such a mess, all I could find was Apple's advice to blow air along the edges of the keys while holding the keyboard at a 70? angle. I did this once, and it seemed to have helped a little. Now things are awful, again, so I tried blasting air, again, to no avail.

I could take the computer to an Apple store/Apple authorized dealer, but my mom lives in East Nowhere, New Hampshire, and the nearest authorized Apple repair place is 1 1/2 hours away (seriously, I just looked it up ... the second-closest is 2 hours away).

Does anyone have experience removing the keys on a 'Magic Keyboard' [2]? Videos linked from iFixit make the keys look like rather delicate things to work on. If they are delicate, I'll puzzle out how to get the computer fixed without a zillion hours driving and waiting. Otherwise I feel like I should start popping the keycaps off and cleaning them.

Thanks for any advice,

Bill



[1] Worst of all is typing passwords, because the Gods of the Computer World usually won't let you see what is being typed. My mom obviously gets frustrated, and sometimes gets locked out of accounts.
[2] Magic as in 'possessed'

—
Jonathan Fletcher
Workplace Innovation Facilitator

Fletcher Data Consulting, LLC
A Claris Business Partner
jonathan@...
www.fletcherdata.com
502-509-7137

Kentuckiana’s FileMaker Developers Group
Next meeting: Tuesday, January 24th, 12:30 to 3:00-ish
We’re now online! ? Register at kyfmp.com/reg/ for a link

—
Jonathan Fletcher
Workplace Innovation Facilitator

Fletcher Data Consulting, LLC
A Claris Business Partner
jonathan@...
www.fletcherdata.com
502-509-7137

Kentuckiana’s FileMaker Developers Group
Next meeting: Tuesday, January 24th, 12:30 to 3:00-ish
We’re now online! ? Register at kyfmp.com/reg/ for a link

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Harry, it’s just because you have such a following! ?Merry Christmas all!

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Well it’s happened,