Casey Liss

But then they want you to type in your telephone number. Oh, we can look it up by your phone number.

So my parents, um, One of the things that's saving me from having to deal with a lot of this is the fact that neither one of them really maintains any sort of digital collection of stuff. They have their own photo libraries and their sync to iCloud photos, but they're just sparse, disorganized, and just not important to them, really.

So my parents, um, One of the things that's saving me from having to deal with a lot of this is the fact that neither one of them really maintains any sort of digital collection of stuff. They have their own photo libraries and their sync to iCloud photos, but they're just sparse, disorganized, and just not important to them, really.

For example, when my parents make their calendar for the year, we all make calendars on Shutterfly or whatever. We put it on our fridges and have pictures of family photos or whatever. Most of the photos in that calendar are photos that I take that I send them to put in the calendar or they get sent from my other siblings to them. Like they're not taking pictures. They're not collecting pictures.

For example, when my parents make their calendar for the year, we all make calendars on Shutterfly or whatever. We put it on our fridges and have pictures of family photos or whatever. Most of the photos in that calendar are photos that I take that I send them to put in the calendar or they get sent from my other siblings to them. Like they're not taking pictures. They're not collecting pictures.

They have pictures of they go on vacations and they take pictures, but very few. And who knows if they ever look at them? And so the real question is for like legacy contacts and dealing with their digital stuff or whatever, what happens if they die and no one has access to their stuff? The answer is they have no stuff. What do they have? They have accounts on systems that I don't care about.

They have pictures of they go on vacations and they take pictures, but very few. And who knows if they ever look at them? And so the real question is for like legacy contacts and dealing with their digital stuff or whatever, what happens if they die and no one has access to their stuff? The answer is they have no stuff. What do they have? They have accounts on systems that I don't care about.

No one's going to care about after they die what their login was to their local newspaper website because who cares, right? So they've got all their usernames and passwords. And by the way, on that front, I try to herd my parents towards the sort of happy path, Apple default things or whatever. But in practice, my dad is somewhat willing to do them.

No one's going to care about after they die what their login was to their local newspaper website because who cares, right? So they've got all their usernames and passwords. And by the way, on that front, I try to herd my parents towards the sort of happy path, Apple default things or whatever. But in practice, my dad is somewhat willing to do them.

My mother insists on having a document with all her passwords in it. And there's nothing you can do about that. And fine, if that system works for her, then that's what works for her. But honestly, I was like, well, what if you lose access to that document? If she's dead, I don't need those passwords. Nobody needs those passwords. I'm not worried about losing those.

My mother insists on having a document with all her passwords in it. And there's nothing you can do about that. And fine, if that system works for her, then that's what works for her. But honestly, I was like, well, what if you lose access to that document? If she's dead, I don't need those passwords. Nobody needs those passwords. I'm not worried about losing those.

So it's really just more of like... I feel like my job is more or less just facilitating their ability to do what they want to do with their computers. And what they want to do with their computers is...

So it's really just more of like... I feel like my job is more or less just facilitating their ability to do what they want to do with their computers. And what they want to do with their computers is...

not the same as what i want to do and in my particular case also does not leave any sort of digital assets that i have to worry about now that said i did make them all set up legacy contacts and set me like i did all the apple things like because why not why not do that like they don't even like because when they when we visit with each other inevitably i well it used to be they would be better about doing them now they're like i don't want to bring my laptop on the plane it's so heavy they just want to bring their ipad and their phone right and their laptops are not heavy

not the same as what i want to do and in my particular case also does not leave any sort of digital assets that i have to worry about now that said i did make them all set up legacy contacts and set me like i did all the apple things like because why not why not do that like they don't even like because when they when we visit with each other inevitably i well it used to be they would be better about doing them now they're like i don't want to bring my laptop on the plane it's so heavy they just want to bring their ipad and their phone right and their laptops are not heavy

But anyway, like they used to bring all their tech products. And part of us meeting was like, here, John, here's all the tech products. And they would, my mom would make a list and notes and say, here's all the problems I'm having with my computers. And we just go through them one at a time. I can't get this to work. Why does this thing do this? I want to do this. I want to do that or whatever.

But anyway, like they used to bring all their tech products. And part of us meeting was like, here, John, here's all the tech products. And they would, my mom would make a list and notes and say, here's all the problems I'm having with my computers. And we just go through them one at a time. I can't get this to work. Why does this thing do this? I want to do this. I want to do that or whatever.

And we always just go through all those and I fix all their computer problems and I let them go back and do what they want to do. But trying to sort of impose like, oh, everyone needs to use one password or we all need to be in the same Apple family or like,

And we always just go through all those and I fix all their computer problems and I let them go back and do what they want to do. But trying to sort of impose like, oh, everyone needs to use one password or we all need to be in the same Apple family or like,

If they're up for that, if your relatives are up for that, fine, but mine aren't, and honestly, I wouldn't want them included in my Apple family because that's just a complication that I don't need to deal with personally. We should really just keep those things separate.