Fareham — Apr 12th 2025

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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!).… Read more…

Dorchester — Apr 8th 2025

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Mick and David alternated with brief reminders of useful Apple features.
• Airdrop
• Reminders locations rather than date/time)
• Mail filter by unread
• Mail remove old addresses
• Focus Do Not Disturb until the end of this (Calendar) event and letting important people bypass it.
• Safari address/search bar
• Apple Pay & Wallet
• Photo syncing, Photos app
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Salisbury — Mar 25th 2025

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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… Read more…

Beaminster — Mar 18th 2025

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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… Read more…

Fareham — Mar 15th 2025

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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… Read more…

Dorchester — Mar 11th 2025

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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… Read more…

Salisbury — Feb 25th 2025

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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.… Read more…

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…