Mick showed us backup options for both Mac and iOS/iPadOS. Staaring with Time Machine (which is Mac only) which allows you to 'go back in time' to previous versions of a file then moving on to clones - making an exact copy of your internal drive and finally to iCloud Drive (or other cloud services) to backup from any device. Finally we looked at using the iCloud.com website to restore older versions of Contact…
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Mick explained how our home networks operate. At the centre is the hub/router which communicates with every device connected by WiFi or Ethernet identified by a 4 x 3 digit number. The router often uses IP addresses from the 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x ranges, with the router itself typically having an IP address of 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. The 4th number is issued out…
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Ten members, including, in a very pleasant surprise, Chris & Terry (back after a long absence), were at Warsash this month. Mick's presentation was on wi-fi problems and how to resolve them- with software tweaks or hardware like mesh systems or wi-fi extenders. Stuart's attempt to resolve the wi-fi issues we have in the Newbury Room (at the far end of the building, so it's a bit tin can & string...) using…
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Mick talked us through the various ways of backing up on both Macs and iOS. He started with Time Machine , a Mac-only system, showing us how to set it up, selecting an external drive and an option about the timing between backups running from every hour to every week. The great feature of Time Machine is to be able to go back in time and retrieve documents, etc., from a previous time, which could…
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Mick talked us through how our home networks work to allow our devices to communicate with each other and the internet and followed that with methods of getting a better wi-fi signal all round the house.…
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The meeting discussed at length the structure of our sessions. There were only a few members present, so it was suggested that the other members be invited to comment. Notwithstanding the numbers present, the 1:1 session solved several of our members' issues.…
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The topic was all the day-to-day transactions we carry out using our Apple devices. David M opened by showing the advantages of holding bank and credit card details in Wallet and also setting up and using Apple Pay. He also repeated his recommendation to rely on the Apple Passwords app or similar and avoid any little password book, the key passwords and codes being those to open each Apple device and Apple ID…
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Ten members were at Warsash this month on a grey dank day, but the meeting was thankfully warm and enlightening. The topic was NAS- Network Attached Storage. Prompted by discussions on this very web site, Stuart prepared an introduction to the subject. Happily, Rick (who initiated that discussion) was able to attend and brought his QNAP NAS. After Stuart handed over, Rick couldn't do a live demo of the QNAP due to various technical issues…
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Apple has started to roll out Apple Intelligence, so at this meeting we took a look at what is currently available. To benefit from this, you require Macs and iPads with M chips, or the latest iPad mini with A17 chip, iPhone 15 Pro, and all iPhone 16 models.
We looked at summaries in emails and messages and how to get Siri to read out summaries. Writing Tools, Image Playground, Siri requests either…
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Ranging over Macs, iPads, and iPhones, we looked at new features such as writing tools made possible by AI and identified several tips to do things easier. For example, how to put a screen grab directly onto the Clipboard and how to access special characters. For those who don't like the Categories form of presenting their emails on their iPhones, we showed how it can be changed back to List View. A busy series of…
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