I am an overly privileged person - tech vent!!! You too?

There are days when I feel like technology is ruining us.  I finally upgraded my Ipad to the latest OS and I want to throw it through as far as I can.  It's slower and it's locking up, it is making me crazy.  

DH is a wiz with fixing just about anything but the computer.  Glad your DH was able to help you save your sanity (along with help from the wine ).

Computers and the like are the most wonderful inventions in the world... until they don't work.

My Wi-Fi sucks in our house and I have no clue what to do about it. Can I get a 'stronger' wi-fi box from Best Buy than the one AT&T provided? It feels like such a first-world whine that I can't sit in bed and watch netflix because I get no service. It takes FOREVER to load this stie, forget about Facebook or CNN. I have to be on the other side of the house where the router is connected to the desktop computer. So frustrating.

Technology escapes DH. Totally and completely. He has an iPhone but knows nothing about it except how to make a call or send a text. However, there is nothing else the man can't fix and he deserves much praise for that. I have never seen a project he was daunted by from home or car repairs, building me an elaborate chicken coop or fixing the AC. So I give him props for that. But I so wish I could add techno geek to his list of attributes!

I'm having trouble with my laptop right now and streaming including Netflix It keeps telling me there's an error with the sound. But when I try to do the update they say will fix it, it fails. If I reboot, it's magically fixed. You know its Microsoft when rebooting fixes the issue. Anyway, I haven't had the time or patience to fix it for good. But its so darn frustrating in the meantime.

You need a wifi range extender. They're not too expensive and can make a heap of difference. Since I'm from Australia, I don't know all the electronics stores you have in the US, but I remember this store being mentioned before. HTH


Range extender

I just had a flash (slight hijack) - what a great way to torture our teens!  I can think of lots of mortifying music to download - Barry Manilow, Donny Osmond, there must be a soundtrack from the Barney show . . .

I hate iTunes and I don't use that word often.  Seems like every time I hook it to my phone I lose something.  The last thing lost was all of my patterns in my Sewing Kit app.  100+ sewing patterns that I have to re-enter.  I backed up to iTunes before I started, but they were still lost

I won't buy music from them as it's just too difficult to add music without losing something.  So, all of my music dollars to to Amazon.  So much easier!

I have never been able to make iTunes work on my Window 7 computer. So for the last four years I have not used it. I finally bought a new laptop with Windows 8 and it installed easily. I was so excited. However my Windows 8 laptop is currently in a FedEx box on the way in for service. I've only had it 6 weeks and the lid refuses to shut correctly, and there's a bunch of problems with the case. I'm really hoping the repair facility doesn't turn it on to mess with it. Only external work people, external.

Genny, there was a thread about this recently.  Many types of solutions were discussed.  It all depends on your particulars.

Backing up to the cloud seems to be a better way to go than backing up to iTunes.  Recovery is quick and easy. I do use iTunes to rearrange my iPhone and iPad desktops because I can't seem to do it easily on the device (I can do it, it's just easier on iTunes.)  I've never had trouble with iTunes and Windows 7, but then I wait a couple of months before upgrading to the latest version, just to make sure they've worked out the kinks.  (I confess, that's just another way of saying let other people tear their hair out, I'd rather not!)

Some years ago, my daughter just hated it when I would play Josh Groban in the car or around the house.  She thought his music was stupid.  One day she left her MP3 player on the computer desk, hooked up to the computer.  So I loaded all my Josh Groban music onto it as a joke.  Then waited.  LOL!  It back fired!  She fell in love with his music instead.  

Which means I now have a partner for when he comes around in concert

I only use itunes to back up my iPhone.  I use Rhapsody Unlimited for music.  Rarely have an issue

My DSIL is a software engineer and he just shakes his head at some of the messes he has had to fix on my laptop. . The last one was a virus that wiped out tons of stuff, it took him a couple of days to solve that one.

I'm married to a computer genius and we have have a computer consulting company. Part of my job for the company, in addition to handling the finances, is to test the new toys. I usually have one of all the new Apple related toys to hit the market. I play with them until I find a bug, then DH finds a way to fix it. This works great until I find a bug on a toy that I am really enjoying using, like my Apple TV, and DH says he doesn't have time to fix it right then, he'll research it later.

Seriously?! I NEED to go on YOuTube right NOW and I want to do it on my big tv. How can this wait?!

LOL. Yeah, I whine. But then he gets up and fixes my problem. LOL

Marcy

I'm the geek gal in our house and my husband runs the IT department at work. Go figure. I guess he just doesn't have the patience for it at home anymore so I've learned how to do it all.