All I can say is: Pray for a brokered convention (or a mega-scandal big enough to knock someone out of contention).
Regarding your trading jornal, I haven't checked, but Open Office may work on some or all of your iThings.
Tonight-I'm ANGRY & I RARELY get so ticked off I rant in texts to my poor kids. They were SO worried about me, all 3 called & I just got off a 3hr call with my Son who wants to fly me & my kitten to Denver: TOMORROW!!
No, it has NOTHING to do with politics, but EVERYTHING to do with MicroCRAP...(oh how I wanted to use another 4-letter word.....).
About 5 months ago, my dear Uncle visited me from Boston and came bearing gifts: namely a new TV and a new, souped-up, HP-All-In-One Desktop. I lost my 4 good computers a little over a year ago in a fire, and it hasn't been easy trying to replace everything I lost on a minimal fixed-income. God Bless Uncle Bob, being the good Catholic Priest he is, wanted to help out and was slated to give a speech in DC; so, despite the fact that he's in his mid-late 80's, he drove down so he could stop & help out his poor lost-soul, Hindu niece.
Before he even brought the computer, I'd been researching the make, model & Windows 8 OS. I also read-up on Windows 10 in case that's what it came with. (He wasn't sure). I learned about how MS was sneakily installing Windows 10, back ending people who were trying to avoid upgrading AND found out that some of the software I need and use, is still incompatible with Windows 10. I'd already decided I wanted to stay with Windows 7 or 8-until MS worked out their never-ending BUGS I'm all too familiar with.
Although I'd started with an Apple in 1992, my ex was a software engineer and we had 6 PC's, 1 Linux box and 2 UNIX servers in the house, (he hid my MAC downstairs, afraid his co-workers might see it...UNTIL he sold it one day when I was out of town). He basically forced me to learn DOS, Windows 3.1, and a bit of Linux & UNIX-mainly because we ran a BBS back then and he needed help when he started traveling, working contracts. (He's also legally blind-we were quite the pair). But I'd already learned basics of Windows in PreMed-much to the dismay of my AppleAddict Advisor and mentor-we had no choice with some hospital/lab software back then. So, I knew the VERY basics, enough for my ex to build on until he could leave for a week and have me handle several VERY large mailing lists, the BBS, and enough UNIX to help him debug & compile remotely. (On TOP of Med School, work & our 6 kids! What I'd do for some of that energy about now!!
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Anyways, I've followed every piece of advice the past 5 months, disabling Windows updates, uninstalling the hidden Windows 10 software that had already been placed deep in my Windows directory. I went so far as calling MS to make ABSOLUTELY SURE I'd done EVERYTHING POSSIBLE to prevent my computer-which shipped with Windows 8 (and I was perfectly happy with)-from updating. I installed my software I needed, personalized the system, synced it to my iCloud stuff, and was actually ENJOYING this new version of Windows, (yea, I know it had bugs, supposedly, I had no problems...)...EXCEPT that despite all of my precautions, I still occasionally, mistakenly let an update through that would throw that damned Windows 10 "Are you ready to UPGRADE?" box in my face. I was vigilant about tracking down any new traces of this upgrade-which I would get daily email updates of other's horror stories of their unwanted updates & attempts to reinstall Windows 7 or 8.
Tonight, I went in & turned on the desktop, then went to take care of my hungry kitty and get some tea, while it loaded. I walked back into the room and saw an unfamiliar blank light-blue screen. As I sat down at my desk, my nightmare BEGAN: "THANK YOU FOR UPGRADING TO WINDOWS 10; PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL OR TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER WHILE THE COMPUTER INSTALLS WINDOWS 10, it could result in loss of data or a corrupted installation." (Something like that)
I won't repeat what came out of my mouth at that point.
After almost an hour of these screens occasionally blaring out in large text what a GREAT operating system this was, it was FINALLY DONE!!
It only took about 2 minutes, the realization that my keyboard no longer works, and maybe 3 clicks of the mouse.
All of a sudden, while I was reading the information on the screen-my computer BECAME POSSESSED!! In less than 2 minutes, with me ONLY touching the screen to SHUT DOWN the rapidly opening windows and software applications; I counted over 62 windows open (everything from Media Center to Skype, "Windows Journal", "Sticky Notes", "Edge", Chrome browser, One Note, etc...), I just gave-up & sat there staring at all these Windows STILL opening, not touching A THING!! When I thought it had stopped, I went to click with the mouse to shut the computer down-and realized I had NO CONTROL over the mouse!! It began, jerking around the screen, ON ITS OWN!! I TRIED tapping things closed-NOTHING!! I tried the keyboard again, NOTHING!! NOT EVEN the 3-finger SALUTE!! THEN, the damned thing started TALKING TO ME-but I couldn't understand what "she" was saying!! WTF??!! Russian maybe?? DETERMINED to KILL whatever DEMON had INVADED my precious computer-I held down the power button-NOPE!! NOTHING HAPPENED!! THAT WAS *IT*!! I PULLED THE DAMNED PLUG!!!
I grabbed my TRUSTY iPad and texted my kids, "...nevermind, I won't repeat that either....
While my daughter was calming me down on the phone, and my Son texted me was sending me some pictures of his puppy, (to calm me down?), I opened my browser to start searching for SOME kind of answer-luckily, I'd bookmarked those websites I'd seen other's horror stories, (although, I don't remember any about demon possession...)
WTF??!! ALL MY BOOKMARKS WERE GONE!! Again, I won't repeat the language...by that time, my Son was on the phone, "Mom, had you synced your Apple stuff to the PC?" "OF COURSE I DID!! I NEEDED ACCESS TO ALL MY STUFF....like bookmarks." "Uh oh...there's been some compatibility problems between Windows 10 and iCloud..."
I'm not going any further. I HAVE to get some sleep tonight. I have 2 appointments tomorrow and my Docs will NOT be happy campers if I walk in like a zombie with insomnia. Although, considering I converted BOTH of these wise physicians to APPLE ONLY products over the past 6 years, I'm sure they'd understand. BUT, I AM a bit sleepy. Anger is a VERY tiring emotion...but I DO feel a bit better; especially since I closed the doors to the "other room". Poor kitty, I'm afraid I'll probably freak her out again, (as I did last week when I woke-up to her kissing, "holding" and kneading me-staring at me with her lil head tilted), when I awake screaming from my inevitable nightmare of being attacked by a possessed computer....or, possibly severely torturing Mr Bill Gates, although.......
PS: Uncle Bob doesn't do exorcisms-I already checked.... If ANYONE has ANY suggestion, I'll start searching for solutions tomorrow.