Shortly after posting this, I got another email stuffed with great advice from Dallas in Austin. He’s an AT specialist who suggested oversized keyboards, such as Big Keys. He also said the brother could check out key guides or keyguards, which are clear plastic sheets you put over keyboards. They come with holes you can access the… Read more

Hi there,

I am in constant communication with Mike’s mother who has been so kind to keep me updated about Mike.

Mike is still in the hospital ICU with long haul Covid symptoms. He is getting physical therapy and learning to communicate by writing on a pad.

We appreciate you keeping Mike, his Mom and entire family in your thoughts… Read more

Hi there,

Thanks for asking about Mike. Mike has been very ill since August and hopefully, will be on the road to recovery soon. He is going to move in with his parents who live in another part of the state.

We all miss Mike, terribly. We appreciate you keeping him and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Kim

Hi Victor,

Thanks for your note.

The email provider I use is StartMail.

Go here to sign up and you can the lowest price they offer anywhere at 50% off.

http://www.startmail.com/kim

🙂

Yes, plug it in and it works!

Hi Charles,

That’s so great to hear. I will ask Mare to reach out to you and we can talk more about your project!

Glad you liked it!

Three wealthy men were sitting at a bar the day after Valentine’s Day. The first man said: “I love my wife so much I got her something that goes from 0 to 100 in 4 seconds!” The other men were confused until he said: “I got her a white sports car!”

Then one of them says: “That’s funny I love my wife so much that I got her… Read more

Found it!!!

Karey, Let me know if this is something your family pursues.

Prayers for all!
Kim 🙂

Hi Karey,

Let me look through our archives for you!

Hi there,

I use Print Friendly. https://www.printfriendly.com

You can paste a URL on this site or install a browser extension. You can click on the pictures and other things you wish to remove before you print.

Kim 🙂

That’s great to hear Gary! 🙂

Hi Walter,

Welcome! We cover a lot of Mac/Apple stuff no worries.

I assume that you have tried the Mac’s built-in voice dictation? If not here are the steps.

Turn on keyboard dictation

On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Dictation.

Click On. If a prompt appears, click Enable Dictation.

In an… Read more

Hi William,

I hear you on this. For my home in Maui, Spectrum offers “vacation mode.” Instead of paying the monthly access fee, I pay $15 connection fee for the time that I am not there.

Comcast calls it their Seasonal Convenience Plan. It costs between $8 and $30/mo.

– Keep your Xfinity equipment in your home
– Keep your home phone number
-… Read more

You might find this article helpful on our site.

Want to get away from Big Tech? Here’s how

Hi there Sherry,

Wow, your relationship with your Creative Zen lasted longer than most marriages! 🙂

Here’s a SanDisk that looks like it is one for you: https://amzn.to/3rQsCxG

🙂

I love it when this happens!

Lorin just sent me this note:

Thank you again for letting me know about the replacement light switch that I was able to program. I don’t usually go to Best Buy because they are pretty expensive. However I did go there the first of this week, bought 2 Kasa switches & some friends of mine (a longer story) installed… Read more

Hi Karey,

I am so very happy to hear that Medical Guardian was there for your mother and hopefully, she is healing as quickly as possible. And thank you for asking, you’re always such a sweet person, about my mom. She is doing very well. 🙂

Does your mother use an iPhone too by chance?

I have asked John, our Wizard IT Guy, to come up with… Read more

Hi Karey,

Oh dear. :/

Can you tell us more about your phone, OS, etc.?

Hi Erin,

What a bummer!

First copy or forward the original text to 7726(SPAM), free of charge.

Then you will want to make sure you have spam text blocking turned on. We have a tip about how to do this on Komando.com.

6 ways to block robotexts and spam messages on your phone

🙂

Hi Bruce,

You can check the recall list here:

https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050949611

🙂

Hi Don,

We reached out to Max and he declined our invitation for a follow-up.

Thank you so much for asking and for being here in our Community!

🙂

Hi there,

I have been sampling Parler and it’s def a political social network.

https://parler.com/profile/KimKomando/posts

It’s legit and appears to be safe.

You should try it. Let me know what you think about Parler. I’d like to hear your opinion.

Kim 🙂

Hi Brennan,

Don is spot on with his advice including the Linksys router and storms. I thought that only happened to me!

You can learn more and get free overnight shipping at:

http://www.eero.com/kim (Use promo code Kim to get the free shipping!)

Let us know if you need any more help!
Kim 🙂

Hi there Codder,

I recommended two phones.

1.) The Blackview
https://amzn.to/30oh4FQ

2.) The Cat S61
https://amzn.to/34gPP16

You might also want to check out this great post too. It’s all about making your phone last!
https://www.komando.com/smartphones-gadgets/ways-to-make-your-phone-last-longer/746805/

Thanks for listening,
Kim 🙂

Hi Kirk,

We’ll definitely look into it. Last time I checked it was cost-prohibitive but maybe not it is more affordable.

Thank you!

Hey Kirsten,

Glad that John helped you out! We call him Saint John in the studios! 🙂

Hi Gene,

Well, I can tell you that you are far from senile! 🙂

I would recommend that you get a nice iPad. It is super easy to use and will let you do your email, watch movies, listen to audio books, or whatever and wherever you happen to be.

My Mother is a little younger than you and she loves her iPad.

Check out this one:

https://amzn.to/2GsW61s

Hello Tim,

Funny thing is, sometimes people still have to send faxes from time to time. And that’s because the legal, finance and medical industries still rely on fax machines for essential documents, but who even has one?

Forget the last minute trip to Kinko’s, because there’s a fax web service for any time that situation comes up –… Read more

Hi Brenda,

It’s not good. :/

Let’s run first an Apple Hardware Test.

Follow these steps and let us know what it says.

Shut down your Mac. Turn on your Mac, then immediately press and hold the D key on your keyboard. Keep holding until you see a screen asking you to choose your language.

When Apple Diagnostics knows your language, it… Read more

Hi Ralph,

Nice to see your smiling face!

What a hassle. This is likely an encoding issue but Chrome is supposed to fix these automatically.

Rather than hunt around, dump the cache, wonder if it’s an extension issue and which one is acting up, etc. I would first try to update everything.

If that doesn’t work, remove Chrome and reinstall it. :/

Bummer.

The flashing is likely caused by a driver, app, or device not being compatible with the Windows update.

Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to open Task Manager. If you don’t see Task Manager after pressing Ctrl + Alt + Delete, press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.

If Task Manager flickers along with everything else on the screen, a… Read more

Hi,

You could set up separate rooms for each of the clubs and special interests. People can come and go as they please so long as the Zoom call is live for each room.

Just publish the schedule and times available and then that way, you don’t have to do a thing. People can collaborate and have fun!

🙂

Hi Karey,

I got my mother Medical Guardian. Their response time is terrific.

https://www.medicalguardian.com

🙂

Hi Karey,

The article John pointed you to is a great overview of the options.

Since you mentioned business coaching, I wanted to let you know that Square now offers free appointment scheduling and booking. Clients can book their own appointments, get charged for cancellations, etc.

Details are here: https://squareup.com/us/en/appointments

🙂

Hi Gene,

Zoom is free and if you follow the security settings, it’s safe. Here’s more about those settings.

https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/change-these-video-conference-security-settings/734383/