Tuesday, December 5, 2023

In the middle of the night I had an OMG moment when I realized I didn’t have any packages wrapped for the mail. Not really a problem as I could wrap them in the morning and drop them off when I stopped in at the Guild.

I came upstairs to my computer and I had a warning about a malware program on my machine – it’s the first time I’ve seen that. I ran the CleanMyMac program but it didn’t detect anything. I did a bit of research and tried a couple of different solutions but nothing worked.

In the meantime Telus came to change our modem. While he did his thing I got ready to wrap some parcels but my colour printer wasn’t working. Pat tried to fix it but time ran out and he had to give a guitar lesson. By lunch he had it working and I was able to do my printing.

When I couldn’t clean my computer I decided I’d look to see if I was behind on any updates, although I always keep an eye on them. I found an update to my browser so I installed it but the malware message came up again. So I updated my operating system which I really didn’t want to do but it was done as a last resort.

After the upgrade finished and I restarted the computer the message reappeared but I was able to send the report to Apple and the message disappeared – hopefully for good.

I didn’t waste all my morning as I got a good start on the last of my Christmas projects. I didn’t make it to the Guild but I’m okay with that. The packages are now wrapped and ready for when I go out tomorrow so I guess I really haven’t wasted the entire day, even though it feels like it.

If I hurry I may be able to get some hand stitching ready for tonight while we watch the hockey game.