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To: Aliska

I really hate the forced upgrades. Just when I figure out how to do something, they upgrade and I no longer can do anything fast. I have been putting off the upgrade to Windows, but am going to have to bite the bullet.

Time has run out for the free upgrade. I don’t know how to post pictures either. Last time, my daughter did it for me. Last year’s pictures didn’t turn out very well, so weren’t worth the effort. Haven’t taken any this year.


73 posted on 06/29/2016 7:53:59 AM PDT by greeneyes
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To: greeneyes
Let's just say I was very lucky when I ran into trouble several times. I googled and try to find a yt video. But I don't blindly do what they say, only if I understood it and only if I thought I could back out of it.

At first I missed Windows (had used that through XP). Seven might have been ok but no way do I want the mess that has happened later. Even though I understood a little better how most of it worked and could find my way around my system so well, I think macs are more stable but not perfect.

In any case, let me know when you get ready to post another photo. Or force yourself to do it and let your daughter tutor you.

I wrote out the steps but it makes it sound too hard which it isn't. If you have an overview of the whole process, it is a great help, then get to the finer points of actually getting it done.

In these days of iphones, maybe a lot has changed from loading a photo as I do from my pc to a photo hosting site, then get the code and code the html in my post here on FR. After my post "takes" it pulls in a COPY of my photo from where I put it on the web, in my case flickr.

Now people seem to shoot photos out to Facebook and Twitter, etc., so the process for that might be simpler.

Those chickens looked so good upthread!!! Those were nice photos, too.

BTW, flickr isn't a very intuitive site and I don't have patience to try to master everything I do on the web. I learned to do stuff on the fly because if you don't, you will never get anything done.

Yes, the forced upgrades are a scam. We're all hooked and if we want to enjoy the web, we can kick and fume only so long, then have to make a move or get left behind or eventually off the web.

Hope you have a nice summer of gardening. It's lovely here the last couple of days.

76 posted on 06/29/2016 2:12:50 PM PDT by Aliska
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