The term AI is much talked about at present - all sorts of companies are boasting that they are using it, but what exactly can it do for us with our Apple devices? David gave us some very useful examples of what Apple offer from manipulating photos to improving the performance of the Mail app by changing the writing style of an email or proofreading it and then a quick look at using the popular AI…
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Mick gave us an in-depth look at Apple’s Mail app, which most of us use but are unaware of many features. Having explained the differences between POP and IMAP accounts, the latter being the default for most new users, he showed the relatively recent added Privacy setting. On the Mac, you can change the way the emails browser window looks by selecting Column Layout. By double-clicking on an email in the…
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Mick gave us an in-depth look at Apple’s Mail app, which most of us use but are unaware of many features. Having explained the differences between POP and IMAP accounts, the latter being the default for most new users, he showed the relatively recent added Privacy setting. On the Mac, you can change the way the emails browser window looks by selecting Column Layout. By double-clicking on an email in the…
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Nine members at Warsash this month, for Mick's talk on Apple Mail (on all Apple devices), highlighting some features many of us weren't familiar with or even aware of. The usual breakout discussions followed, with a particular focus on one member's recent spam problems.…
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The topic for this meeting was Apple Mail. As we all use email, it was quite a popular choice. Mick talked us through some of the features we may have missed or just have never used like signatures, rules etc, for most of them, showing how to use them on both macOS and iOS. Members were able to follow the presentation on their devices and when necessary ask questions as we went along.
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Mick responded to a request for guidance on Privacy and Security settings and in particular which apps needed to have your permission to know your location. There was a broad discussion on the degree to which our data is exposed and what we can do about it. Using Apple Pay was generally regarded as a more secure way of paying for goods but Mick warned us that if we agree to a repeat buying schedule…
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Ten members came to Warsash for a general Q&A. Much of the discussion was on iCloud (it went on a bit…), and a general question asked what everyone else did with their Macs.…
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David Parnell showed how you can have a number of websites open at the same time, able to switch between them by clicking on their tab, so you can group those tabs in a folder referred to as a tab group. You can have umpteen tab groups, and a website can be included in more than one group. As an example, David has local newspapers in a tab group and another for websites relating to…
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A select bunch of us gathered to hear Brian show us a neat way to show a photo or graphic as the icon for a Mac folder using just Preview (to select the part of the photo you want to use) and the Get Info window of the folder. This way you can have folders that have an icon to suggest or describe their contents as well as the usual name.
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Eleven members were at Warsash this month. Terry presented on why he uses cloud storage (in his case multiple accounts- iCloud, Google Drive, etc) in preference to local backups. The usual discussions followed, including on wi-fi security (please don't just use the default settings on your router, folks!).…
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