iOS files are your iPhone. Looks like you're backing up your entire phone to your laptop (??).
Yes, Dropbox "syncs" files from your computer to their cloud storage, i.e. they keep a copy. You can turn on "online only" access on the computer and it will remove them from your computer but will keep links in Finder that will make it appear those files are still there.
But whenever I mention I'm using W7, people here rip into me as if I'm going to break the internet doing so.
Bit dramatic ? No one cares that you're running Windows 7, it's that you post about missing emojis or FB Messenger doesn't work right and so on that people point out why you're having those issues.
If you're tech-savvy enough, look into OpenCore Legacy Patcher. I updated my '13 Macbook Air to the latest Ventura and it works incredibly well, in fact, it feels better than Big Sur, which I was previously stuck on. You were stuck one version older than me but there are people running Ventura on much older hardware.
Exactly. I’ve posted in this thread about older computers I use running very obsolete OS versions for various reasons.
Except most of the issues turn out to be browser related or a page refresh thing. Little to do with the W7. And I don't see anyone tell the other people here using W7 to stop using it and upgrade.
Everybody, please stop using Windows 7 and upgrade. Think of breaking the internet! Think of the children! Think of atikovi!
Browser related because it isn't supported on Windows 7 anymore, therefore it's an outdated version of the browser. You can refuse to accept this reason all you want, but it's the reason why.
Honest question, is this a desktop or laptop that you do email on, typing documents or spreadsheets, etc or is it a dedicated machine that runs a piece of equipment or similar ?
It gets terribly frustrating trying to tell someone to stop using an unsupported OS when they cannot understand why. And the world keeps being fraught with DDOS attacks, phishing, etc. through these vulnerable systems. And the owners of these systems could not seem to care less. At some point one just has to make peace with the fact that a comparatively small number of people are going to be the cause of a lot of trouble for everyone else. This is not exclusive to computers.
Ok, so for the once or twice a month event when some minor annoyance pops up, I can ignore it or switch the page to another browser. Looks looks there are plenty that are fine with W7.
windowsreport.com
It's my own machinist business. I do drafting for designs though nothing ever 3d and I do all work related things like email, excel, scans, and word at times and web browse when looking for things to buy or numbers to call. I simply have everything exactly where I want it and I don't want to start a file transfer circus. Also have old licenses and old program versions of everything I use that I don't want to get rid of because trying to set up a new win 10 machine with everything I use was a pain because everything needed a new license and the new programs are too different but I have everything I need. Heck even the same old hp printer wanted me to install some new stupid program which I didn't need on 7 but somehow need to on 10 that also forced me to sign up for it so I can scan a silly document. But even then it didn't work wonderfully like on my old computer. I can't just press the button on the printer for it to scan i have to open the new HP program and do it there. In the end I returned the new tower and took it the old tower to a shop where they doubled the ram, changed the hard drive to an SSD, and put a better cooler on the core 2 quad so it doesn't get hot anymore. But I just really like windows 7 the most. Windows 10 is annoying on my new computer at home and when it auto updated to 11 i tried to use it but it just gave me a headache after 1 minute from being so horrendous and reverted back to 10. I miss windows XP the most but it's too unusable now. The best os I've ever used, everything was just great on XP.
No, at least not around here. If you can go half that fast during rush hour, 3-7pm anywhere around the Capital Beltway, you're lucky.
Horrible comparison. A car isn't constantly being patched against security vulnerabilities. Your car is more like the computer itself, the OS is something entirely different and cannot be compared to the hardware.
No, it's nothing like that. It's like a guy periodically bringing up the fact that he sometimes ends up in the ditch, particularly on wet roads, and somebody responds by pointing out his tires are at 1/32nd, 10 years old and have cords showing and he's like "pffff, I accept the risk, why can't you just accept that?"
Umm no, it's nothing like that either and a flawed analogy. 1/32nd, 10 years old and have cords showing is clearly unsafe by any standard.
What flippant non-response? I reply to most every topic I post a question in.
