Living with a Mac

[Dry Rot]

I wasn't going to have a rant, but what the......

I have been having a very mild argument with my local hospital. The doctors wants to do some tests which to my mind are nonsense. They've taken so many blood samples that I'm convinced they are either vampires or have a side line in flogging off my plasma to the USA as an antidote to C-19. Consequently, if I don't feel well, it's because they haven't left me enough blood to function with. But my older sister has the explataion, "They surely didn't expect you to be normal?". (I must see my solicitor about re-drafting my will).

Anyway, the first hurdle is that the NHS doesn't like emails. Something to do with privacy which is a load of nonsense unless either the dog or horse has leant to read as I'm the only one in the house. No use phoning as I can't hear the phone and if I do, I won't reach it on time after I've turned off the TV, found my deaf aids, and lifted the handset. (Audiology won't use email either which is a bit of a nonsense when it's mostly deaf people who want to contact them). But that's OK, I can use snail mail. Only a five mile round trip to the letter box.

So I retrieve the NHS's last letter from my file. Suddenly, the date of their letter which arrived in July changes to today's date... in August. Duh! So there's an auto undater that needs to be turned off. Easy! Now how do you do that? Get onto Google and do a search. No, dear, I don't want to update Word. Ah! I see how! Try "date and time". That's better. Simply click in 'insert', time and date, and untick a box, I think. Now where have those instructions on Google gune? Back to the browser. Now Word disappears. Nope, that won't work because time and date are greyed out....Maybe it's in Word preferences that need to be changes? No, that won't work either. So you get the idea. Continue to hunt and peck at various links. No good. Running out of swear words now. Bound to be some annoyance unique to Macs...That's it! Change time and date in main Mac Preferences! Yipee! Hold on a minute, that won't work because of that little padlock thingy. Now where did I put my Adminstrator password? Good thing I remembered to use the same one for everything (and so much for security).

Now what was it I was going to write about and to who? Oh, sod it. Can't remember. Time for lunch anyway. Who is the gy who owns Apple? Now I found out how to do it, maybe I'll send him a rude letter instead.

 

[Cowabunga]

Microsoft Word has nothing to do with Apple. Try writing to Microsoft instead.

Try writing your letter in something simpler, like Apple Notes, which you might find in your bar at the bottom of the screen, or otherwise in 'Launchpad'.

 

[Dry Rot]

Microsoft Word has nothing to do with Apple. Try writing to Microsoft instead.

Try writing your letter in something simpler, like Apple Notes, which you might find in your bar at the bottom of the screen, or otherwise in 'Launchpad'.

To reply to your earlier question, video editors were outraged when Adobe "improved" Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X. You can download trial copies of each. When you've done that, try using your video created with 7 to X. I have two computers on my desk, one riunning 7 and X and the other (newer) just running X.

Just had fun with Adobe photoshop which allowed me to download a photo from my camera to .psd, then refused to allow me to upload it to a message because Photoshop has decided .psd is an incompatible format to Photoshop. Work that one out!

Try some new software? After it's taken me years to understand what I'm using now? Those involved with the internet speak a different language to me. I communicate in standard English which these people clearly don't. As I'm usually paid to write, I assume it is acceptable to my readership. We just have to put up with the other sort.

 

[Cowabunga]

To reply to your earlier question, video editors were outraged when Adobe "improved" Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X. You can download trial copies of each. When you've done that, try using your video created with 7 to X. I have two computers on my desk, one riunning 7 and X and the other (newer) just running X.

Just had fun with Adobe photoshop which allowed me to download a photo from my camera to .psd, then refused to allow me to upload it to a message because Photoshop has decided .psd is an incompatible format to Photoshop. Work that one out!

Try some new software? After it's taken me years to understand what I'm using now? Those involved with the internet speak a different language to me. I communicate in standard English which these people clearly don't. As I'm usually paid to write, I assume it is acceptable to my readership. We just have to put up with the other sort.

I don't use Final Cut or Photoshop.
I'm afraid that if you are a slow learner when it comes to new software, you will just need to persevere or find something simpler. There's no way software engineers are going to cater specifically to your need or ability. Simply everything has a learning curve and learning and adapting becomes rather more of an issue as one ages, which is why I try and keep up as much as I can, sometimes failing, and continue to enjoy learning, because one day things will just get too much. Never do I blame my tools though, especially as I know others use the same tools successfully and efficiently, perhaps even easily.
I have seen the natural degradation of ability and competency with my mother, who used to be very interested in everything and did the crosswords in a couple of newspapers daily. She just can't do it any longer, neither having the patience nor indeed the ability, and that goes for many other things in her life too. She gets in a muddle and frustrated with things that she would formerly have sailed through and even enjoyed doing. Her problem solving resolve and ability have both greatly diminished. It's just natural and unavoidable I'm afraid.

 

[Exfarmer]

I don't use Final Cut or Photoshop.
I'm afraid that if you are a slow learner when it comes to new software, you will just need to persevere or find something simpler. There's no way software engineers are going to cater specifically to your need or ability. Simply everything has a learning curve and learning and adapting becomes rather more of an issue as one ages, which is why I try and keep up as much as I can, sometimes failing, and continue to enjoy learning, because one day things will just get too much. Never do I blame my tools though, especially as I know others use the same tools successfully and efficiently, perhaps even easily.
I have seen the natural degradation of ability and competency with my mother, who used to be very interested in everything and did the crosswords in a couple of newspapers daily. She just can't do it any longer, neither having the patience nor indeed the ability, and that goes for many other things in her life too. She gets in a muddle and frustrated with things that she would formerly have sailed through and even enjoyed doing. Her problem solving resolve and ability have both greatly diminished. It's just natural and unavoidable I'm afraid.

My MIL kept her faculties to the end. She loved her crosswords but she found nowadays the questions were frequently wrong, but the answers always fitted the grid