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If a member asked you, they are asking every trainer. Whatever came up this week, somebody else has met the same thing and said nothing — so putting it here is the fastest way to get the answer to all of us.
You are the only person who knows it came up. Put it here and one question becomes an hour for every trainer, and some of it goes out to our members too. That is not a gap in you — it is the job. Nobody is too senior to ask, and no question is too small.
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What is a NAS Brian · 2 September · for trainers waiting· 1 reply
What is a NAS
Brian 2 September
A NAS — Network Attached Storage — is a hard drive that plugs into your home Wi-Fi router instead of into one computer.
The plain version: it's a box of storage that lives on your home network, so every device in the house can see it — the laptop, the phone, the iPad, the TV. Instead of "the photos are on Dad's computer," the photos are on the box, and everyone can get to them.
Three things it does:
Shared storage. One place for the family photos, documents, music. Not tied to any one device.
Backup. Your computers and phones copy themselves to it automatically, so a lost phone or a dead laptop costs you nothing.
Your own cloud. You can reach it from outside the house too — like iCloud or Google Drive, but the box is in your cupboard and you own it. No monthly fee, no storage limit you didn't buy.
What it isn't: it's not a computer you sit at. It has no screen. You set it up once through a web page and then leave it running in a corner.
Example: a couple has 40,000 photos across two phones and an old laptop. A NAS in the study collects all of them overnight, keeps a copy of each phone, and lets either of them open any photo from the TV in the lounge.
The catch for a senior: it's one more box to set up and look after, and if it dies without its own backup, so does everything on it. For most members, the cloud they already have — iCloud or Google — is the simpler answer. A NAS suits someone who has a lot to store, doesn't want a subscription, and is comforta
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One of the first default settings I would suggest should be changed on smartphones is the sleep… Judy · 30 August · for trainers waiting
One of the first default settings I would suggest should be changed on smartphones is the sleep time mode. The default auto-lock setting on a new iPhone is typically 30 seconds or 1 minute of inactivity, depending on the iOS version and specific device model. Change to 2 to 5 minutes
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How do I thank you for your response to 'what stumped me'? Judy · 25 August · for trainers · 1 reply AnsweredJudy, you found the gap yourself, and it is now fixed. When you asked this, there genuinely was nowhere to reply. The only box on the page was for…Read the whole answer
How do I thank you for your response to 'what stumped me'?
Judy, you found the gap yourself, and it is now fixed.
When you asked this, there genuinely was nowhere to reply. The only box on the page was for starting a new request — so to say thank you, you had to file one. That was the fault, and it was ours, not yours.
Every post here now carries a thread. Underneath any question or answer there is a Reply line: press it, type, send. Anyone can join in, not only me.
So the answer is: right where you are standing. Open this post, press Reply, and say it there.
Thank you for asking it. It is the reason the reply box exists.
Brian · Computer Pals 25 August
in line like a conversation - of course
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A club of senior trainers offers the advantage of learning new topics and skills through human i… Judy · 24 August · for trainers AnsweredI agree with your premise and think the answer is both. Face to face in the club and online. The challenge with face to face is its once a month and…Read the whole answer
A club of senior trainers offers the advantage of learning new topics and skills through human interaction which opens up a world of ancillary experiences versus learning and interacting alone over a digital screen. Club membership offers this learning advantage through human interaction.
I agree with your premise and think the answer is both. Face to face in the club and online. The challenge with face to face is its once a month and not everyone can make it. The world is moving faster and I believe our training needs, something online, as well, delivered faster and inline with what the trainers need. This is that platform. I encourage every trainer to post the training they need, plus any tips from their sessions with their members. That way we all learn together, Remember training doesn't need to be 1hr, it can be 2 mins answering one question with rich content. I am happy to produce the content when trainers engage and put it up in a timely fashion. Test me!
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