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Phil’s Ramblings
books and even view movies – on your
smartphone, tablet or computer - all at no
charge. If you find that such services are of-
fered by your library but are not sure how to ac-
cess / use them, you can stop by and ask a ref-
erence librarian for assistance.
Our annual Holiday party is coming up before
th
long – on Saturday, December 8 , to be exact.
Please put this on your calendar, and plan to
join us for a relaxing and fun time. As a remind-
Hello, everyone! Not lots of tech news this er, one of the highlights of the event is the draw-
month….
ing for our big raffle prizes. This raffle can be a
Microsoft is still investigating the various money-maker for our club – but only if we sell
problems with their October 2018 Windows enough raffle tickets to more than cover the cost
Update, and as of this writing has not yet of the prizes. This where you come in – please
started sending it to user’s computers. get in touch with J.J. or Judy, either in person or
Meanwhile, it is working fine on my desktop otherwise, to pick up raffle tickets to sell to
and laptop – but then I have not investigated friends, family or yourself!
and tried the new features introduced by this And don’t forget the Ugly Sweater Contest!
update. Continuing to use my computers in Time to dig through those old clothes you have
the same fashion as in the past, I’ve not ex- always meant to get rid of, in search of the per-
perienced any problems.
fect sweater.
For those with Apple desktop or laptop com- As always, our party will be in the downstairs
puters, Mojave is now showing up on your meeting room at the Grayslake State Bank of
screens as a recommended operating sys- the Lakes. And, as always, please remember to
tem upgrade. I’m not an Apple expert, but park on the side of the bank, leaving room in
most commentary I’ve seen on the Web front for bank customers! Thank you!
about Mojave is favorable and installation is
recommended. The November 2018 issue Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
of Macworld contains a related article, “5
Reasons Why You Should Upgrade to MA-
COS MOJAVE””. (If you are not a subscrib-
er, you can read this magazine for free if
your library offers access to “rb digital” as
part of their e-Library services.)
Speaking of which, I encourage you to check
out the e-Library offerings at your library.
You may find that you can view magazines
and books, listen to music and/or audio-
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