Fareham — Sep 14th 2024

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Nine members plus a guest (a visiting family member) were at Wallington this month. David's presentation, inspired by an FT article by Claer Barrett, was on what to do if your phone is stolen, and how to reduce the risks of someone getting into your personal data and bank accounts. A good primer from Apple here https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph6e7d349d1/ios (for Android users, much of this still applies, there… Read more…

Dorchester — Sep 10th 2024

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There must’ve been something terrifically exciting happening in Dorchester this evening, or perhaps a really good programme on the TV as we only had half our usual number attending. However, that didn’t change the quality of the program.

At last month’s meeting John had asked a question about music streaming and from the replies and the discussion that followed, it was suggested that we have a presentation… Read more…

Salisbury — Aug 27th 2024

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David took us through the settings changes needed to make our data as secure as possible in the event our phone gets stolen. The presentation was done at a pace so everyone could follow and make the necessary changes although we did have the odd "stop" to allow someone to catch up or start again!… Read more…

Dorchester — Aug 13th 2024

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Prompted by an interesting article in the Financial Times by Clear Barrett titled “What I wish I’d known before my smartphone was snatched”. David ran through many of the points raised by Claer and some of the suggestions made by readers in the Comments Section. We found that Apple’s recent system addition Stolen Device Protection is not turned on by default so most immediately turned it on. We had… Read more…

Salisbury — Jul 30th 2024

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A good attendance this month including a guest who had seen the information Brian has been tirelessly putting in the Salisbury area "Next Door" online forum.

Mick took us through some of the settings we may have missed, aiming to make our phones etc. more useful. Settings is a huge are and well worth exploring. Some of what Mick covered was Do Not Disturb, how to set it up for overnight peace… Read more…

Beaminster — Jul 16th 2024

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A well attended and lively meeting. David M took us through Settings in relation to: Wifi Calling, Data Roaming, e-SIM, Personal Hot Spot, Notifications, Sound & Haptics and finally for this session Focus. David P showed how using features built in to Safari can help you to remove clutter, find sites more easily and set up scenarios which fit different aspects of your life when searching the Web. We covered using: Bookmarks, Reading lists, History… Read more…

Fareham — Jul 13th 2024

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Nine members were at an old, and new, venue, Wallington Village Hall, for a Q&A session. One Q we wanted A to: do we want to move here on a more permanent basis? The final, narrow verdict, was to continue a trial period until the end of the year. For one thing the childrens' dance class were a little noisy, but in many respects the venue is excellent. More Apple-related questions involved… Read more…

Dorchester — Jul 9th 2024

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Mick took us through the various steps in trouble shooting a Mac. First don’t panic. As a first step shut down and reboot. If no change try disconnecting all accessories. Failing that Safe Boot/Safe Mode. This procedure is different on Apple Silicon and Intel chips but fully described on Apple help pages on the internet. The final step is try Recovery Mode, again all instructions are on the Internet. In Recovery mode… Read more…

Salisbury — Jun 25th 2024

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Brian gave us an interesting talk on a subject I don't remember ever being covered at a meeting - 3D Photography. He explained how you take two almost identical photos - almost identical as one is from the position of your right eye, the other from the position of the left - and then merge them using appropriate software. You can also 'fake' the effect using just one photo but using two is better than one! Brian had… Read more…

Beaminster — Jun 18th 2024

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Questions had been asked about managing Albums within Folders in Photos so we looked at how this can be done. It is even possible to have Albums within sub folders within Folders! Before embarking on a 1:1 problem solving session there was time to only 'trail' a topic for the July meeting - how to manage Safari and organise your searching using Bookmarks, History, Reading Lists, Tabs, Tab Groups and Profiles.… Read more…