a black cat is laying on the floor next to headphones and the words tech support ALT: a black cat is laying on the floor next to headphones and the words tech support

My sister sister has lived in this house for 22 years.

I have installed every single router she has ever had.

Anybody else handle extended family IT duties?

#familytechsupport

Original post on mindly.social

What it's like being the technical one in your extended family, part no. 348...

Actual conversation tonight:

Me: Do you have anything in the dryer right now?

Partner: No, why?

Me: Because there's a bag leaning up against the dryer door that contains a partially-disassembled laptop that would […]

"Why won't file explorer show the files in the same order as my iTunes playlist?"
Because it doesn't work that way? I don't know why you'd even want that...

#familytechsupport

Original post on mathstodon.xyz

Dear Mastodon, I'm looking for an easy to use (preferably open source) mail app on android phone, and I'm sure you're the best set of people to ask for this kind of advice.

It should be usable for IMAP account, the configuration can be technical, but the daily use should be user friendly, and […]

When your remote hands to connect up the car battery charger are your 78 year old mother's...

#familytechsupport

Original post on mastodon.social

My parents have an AirTag-equipped Apple TV remote. They called me tonight, saying they moved the remote but don’t remember to which room. I had them launch Find My, on their old (pre-U1 chip) iPhone XR. They made the AirTag beep. I could hear the beep over FaceTime. Eventually they heard it […]

BREAKING: Millennials & Gen X have discovered the ultimate parental control... on their parents!
One confused boomer at a time... we’re saving America. You’re welcome!!

#FoxBlocked #ParentalControlsReversed #SaveAmerica #BoomerHack #MillennialRevenge #GenXPower #FamilyTechSupport #CableSabotage

Classic Millenial Christmas trip to parents/granparents - Nexflix has now been installed on 3 different TV. #FamilyTechSupport

"how do you know all this??"
www.youtube.com/shorts/oLgZV...
#techwizard #momhype #familytechsupport #momsbelike #fixingphones #itgenius #basictech #kidstotherescue #momsthinkweregenius #relatablecomedy

Every 6 months like clockwork, one of my parents or sisters calls about something broken with their Apple account. And guess who has to spend 2 hours on the phone painstaking walking them through how to fix it...

#FamilyTechSupport #CursedAppleAccount

Of course GearHead Caramel has a random plot where people are constantly asking you to solve their tech problems. "Write what you know". #SoloDev #FamilyTechSupport #IndieGames store.steampowered.com/app/1565090/...

Few phone calls fill me with existential dread like my mom saying "The internet isn't working."

#FamilyTechSupport

"Oh, hi Mum, how are you?"

"Fine. Listen, I have a Xero question, I need to allocate a historical bank transaction..."

#familytechsupport

Technology smurf: Using 1 tech word to describe almost every action you are doing. Ex: "Download/ing/ed" or any varation. #FamilyTechSupport