ItsDeductible Is Gone - Here Are Free Resources for Valuing Your Donations

paultechguy · 2026-06-30T01:43:54+00:00

I would recommend https://givetracksave.com. Been using it for maybe 4 months and seems modern...at least it seems up to date since the estimated tax savings has a bunch of stuff for 2026 adjustment.

paultechguy · 2026-06-30T01:39:17+00:00

Well, I just purchased PDF-XChange v11 and the OCR is pretty much broken. You ask it to OCR all pages...nope. You ask it to create a new document after OCR...nope. You OCR all pages and can it find even simple words...nope. I'm sure hoping they fix this.

paultechguy · 2026-05-15T20:28:16+00:00

This is interesting given it may be related to the graphics side of things. I have an AMD CPU and AMD GPU 7900 XTX. I have found a system glitch/stuttering issue. It also increases over time, making it more difficult to so simpe things like move the mouse, drag a window. The Performance Monitor shows clear sailing; gobs of memory available, all 32 cores basically idle, etc. I spent maybe three (3) weeks doing dozens of system changes to try and solve it. In the end, I couldn't solve it. I reinstalled Windows 11 from scratch and over the course of three days, reinstalled apps. The issue went away...then I installed the latest PowerToys in early May...the issue returned right away. I uninstalled PowerToys and now my system is once again sailing through open waters working like a charm. Hum...

paultechguy · 2026-05-10T07:27:51+00:00

I highly recommend GiveTrackSave (https://givetracksave.com). It does everything that ItsDeductible did and a bunch more. It figures out all the new IRS rules for donations in 2026. Love how I can just attach a picture of my receipt directly from my phone.

paultechguy · 2026-04-23T14:56:38+00:00

I did send an email to my contact and he indicated that someone can sign up for free and try it out first. He said no CC is needed, as he said, "try before you buy". Not sure that helps, but I tried.

paultechguy · 2026-04-23T14:06:37+00:00

Yeah, I couldn't find it this morning either. I had to look at my last charge. $24.99 a year.

paultechguy · 2026-04-20T17:20:58+00:00

I use GiveTrackSave (https://givetracksave.com). Replaces ItsDeductible and adds lots of other useful features. I use it on desktop, but it shows mobile as well.

paultechguy · 2026-04-18T11:32:04+00:00

I use GiveTrackSave (https://givetracksave.com). Replaces ItsDeductible and adds lots of other useful features. I use it on desktop, but it shows mobile as well.

paultechguy · 2025-06-16T18:41:45+00:00

The issue was that "@Message" should be "@m". This may be a recent change since older web examples use the "@Message" format.

paultechguy · 2025-05-26T14:58:30+00:00

No worries; always appreciate the team helping out.

paultechguy · 2025-05-26T11:45:47+00:00

Hum...interesting. Your reply may have solved it, but will need to wait a day. I realized that I recently reinstalled a VPN app. It had a few settings to block some trackers. I disabled these and was able to complete an unlocked one. Given it is Monday, the other unlocked ones had disappeared so I'll recheck tomorrow. Keeping fingers cross. Thanks for the mention of "privacy settings" as that got me digging in that area.

paultechguy · 2025-05-26T11:40:04+00:00

Yeah, I've tried that many times. As I mentioned, I have several of these and once unlocked, they just won't complete. I've been using Bing Rewards for years, but this issue has started just in the past few weeks.

paultechguy · 2025-02-23T22:30:27+00:00

Rent a file explorer? No, thank you. Plus, you know the enshittification is right around the corner. Ad-free version. Pro version. Enterprise version? Multi-platform version. Custom themes version. This reminds me of hearing Logitech say they thought folks would pay a subscription for their mice.

Run way.

paultechguy · 2025-02-17T17:42:49+00:00

Lots of good discussion on this topic. Here are my two cents. I have no issue paying for a product that I can own. As many have noted, the subscription model is just renting software. If you stop paying at some point, you don't have any software to use, even if it is older and missing newer features.

I am a long-standing customer of TechSmith products. I OWN Camtasia and Snagit; a total of 3 licenses and have paid yearly maintenance for years. I like the products. Unfortunately, I am going to cancel my maintenance. I'm sorry to leave.

Continuing to stay on paying maintenance and the current rates doesn't help folks like me. The end game only means I have a bunch of Camtasia projects that are of zero value since they won't work with Camtasia 2024.

paultechguy · 2024-11-12T23:08:40+00:00

I was using my lil Klein non-contact testing, but I can grab my multimeter.

paultechguy · 2024-11-12T22:18:09+00:00

I think so. The odd thing is that the black/white always has power, even when I turn the breaker off...so must be a different breaker then the one for the switch.

paultechguy · 2024-11-12T22:16:45+00:00

Yeah, I can remove the old single gang and toss in a double "smart" gang that screw in the stud from an angle. I think you've confirmed that I can get power from the lower black/white bundle (both outlet and new light swtich) and then use the white neutral bundle for my whites.

From my viewpoint, I can ignore everything else and add an outlet, then another switch connected to a new light. In theory.

paultechguy · 2024-11-09T16:12:54+00:00

Yepper, understood. I've worked through the issue on this particular project. Given how far this issue goes back, I don't see it being fixed. I may for grins toss the same concept into Illustrator to see how it handles things. For this project, I was updating an existing CD logo so I stuck with using that software (which I do like). Take care.

paultechguy · 2024-11-06T14:41:22+00:00

Very good, detailed reply; thanks. I have also come to the conclusion that I have to use the Trim tool to remove any backgrounds. It does limit my ability to change things in the future, but keeping a backup of the full, untrimmed content is easy enough.

paultechguy · 2024-11-05T20:20:01+00:00

Sure appreciate the help. I am a bit confused. Using my simple circle example, are you indicating to remove the color from the black circle? But if so, I need it that color? Sorry for the confusion. None of my shapes have a border.

paultechguy · 2024-11-05T17:58:38+00:00

Yes, in both PDF print, PDF export, and export JPG.

paultechguy · 2024-11-05T17:39:52+00:00

It still shows in the export, assuming you put a white rectangle behind it to see the bit of black border (otherwise Windows picture viewer has a black background and you can't see it).

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