This month’s newsletter contains three unrelated, but informational and timely topics I hope you’ll find helpful. (Thanks to Karen Brown for these suggestions.)
Tellico Village Network Custom App
The Tellico Village Network (TVN) has a custom app that is available for download on Apple TV, Roku, and Fire TV, making it as easy to watch TVN as watching Netflix. With this app installed on any of these three media players, you can get all the programs that are recorded or created on TVN, including the great documentary on the history of Tellico Lake. If you don’t have one of these devices, or aren’t into streaming, TVN content is also available on the TVN YouTube channel (link below), which is the platform used for POA and other live-stream events. And if you still have Spectrum cable, channel 193 is TVN.
Click here to go to the TVN YouTube Channel
Switching from Windows to Mac
Worldwide, many individuals, businesses, and schools are switching from Windows to Mac – and for good reasons, as Microsoft seems to be forcing features like CoPilot down users’ throats and making changes to the Windows operating system that benefit no one…except Microsoft, not to mention all the ads they’ve recently added to the Windows user interface.
An interesting fact about the number of Mac users in the TVCUC – when our club first started over 20 years ago, very few members used Mac computers, and of course, Apple hadn’t even invented the iPhone yet. Fast forward to today, and a whopping 49% of TVCUC members use a Mac! This percentage is in line with the rest of the entire world, where over 35% use a Mac.
While switching from Windows to Mac is relatively easy, to save you some time in learning how use a Mac after making the switch, below is a link to a very informative and helpful video. When switching from Windows to Mac, one of the first things folks typically do is look for specific tips to use and alter your Mac to make it more like Windows, but that’s not the way to switch. If you really want to switch to a Mac, learn to do things the Mac way. This video helps you after you’ve made the switch, and even if you’re on the fence about switching, this is great information that can help you make your decision.
Click here to watch the “How to Switch” video
Digital Estate Planning Guide
While most of us have wills and powers of attorney to help guide our executors and estate planners in the event of our death, these documents often do not include the information and tools necessary to execute our digital accounts and assets. Without procedures in place to help an executor with our online accounts, passwords, etc., we’re complicating things for our family and loved ones.
The article I’ve referenced below is provided by one of the co-founders of 1Password, a popular Password Manager, but the guidance it provides is applicable to each of us and you can use a password manager of your choice. I found this document not only good guidance, but an essential tool for estate planning and executing a will.
Click here to watch, or download, the Digital Estate Planning Guide
If you have any topics you’d like to see in future newsletters, let us know by sending an email.
Larry McJunkin, President
Tellico Village Computer Users Club