Beaminster — Feb 18th 2025

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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.… Read more…

Dorchester — Feb 11th 2025

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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… Read more…

Fareham — Feb 8th 2025

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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… Read more…

Salisbury — Jan 28th 2025

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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… Read more…

Beaminster — Jan 21st 2025

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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… Read more…

Dorchester — Jan 14th 2025

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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. Writing Tools, Image Playground, Siri requests either typed or spoken will now offer to answer more… Read more…

Fareham — Jan 11th 2025

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Nine members and a guest- who intends to become a member- attended our return to Warsash. I won't mention who missed the memo(s) about the meeting time going back to our usual 10.30 slot! This meeting was a general Q&A. Questions included on iOS 18 glitches and/or features (some of the features were unwanted...), email problems, and how best to type accent characters. The usual breakout discussions followed.… Read more…

Beaminster — Dec 17th 2024

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It was a small group who explored what can be done using AI to generate images by only giving a text description of what was required. We even generated an impressive picture of a bee on a trishaw in front of the Taj Mahal in the rain! No bees were harmed in the process.

We briefly covered the options facing those with the dilemma: should I instal Microsoft Office on a Mac/IPad… Read more…

Fareham — Dec 14th 2024

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Nine members were at Wallington this month. A few of us showed off favourite apps, including a YouTube downloader (this one I think https://www.macxdvd.com/free-youtube-video-downloader-mac/), Get iPlayer Automator, which you may guess enables downloads from BBC iPlayer, Pixelmator Pro, [link=http://www.pixelmator.com[/link], possibly the best image editor for Mac (Affinity Photo fans will probably disagree), and the Ordnance Survey app for iOS. A vote was taken and we will be returning to Warsash from January… Read more…

Dorchester — Dec 10th 2024

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We revisited iPhone Security, adding new suggestions listed by David Whitton.

Keep out-lock short, Settings Display, and Brightness.
Make sure Find My Phone is on in iCloud Settings.
With iOS 17.3 on, turn on Stolen Device Protection Settings, Face ID, & Passcode.
Create a Shortcut to require Finger or Face ID.
Create a long Alpha-numeric passcode.
You can also add a PIN to the SIM… Read more…