John opened the meeting, with 20 members present.
In anticipation of our numbers swelling still further, and of its becoming more difficult to see the screen properly, Martin gave a practical demonstration and talk on how the situation could be ameliorated by either sharing a Keynote or a .pdf file containing the slides to be presented, or alternatively, how to implement screen sharing between computers. There are multiple ways of achieving the aim…
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We're now settling in at our new venue and with the wi-fi working perfectly, everyone was happy. We started with a few questions but not many of us are experiencing problems that need sorting at present so of necessity, it was quite short.
John then took us through the workings of Time Machine and a general discussion followed on different ways of using it and what it would and would not do…
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This meeting was a triple header - first of all Mick Burrell introduced us to the differences
between POP and IMAP email accounts which seemed to clear up some mysteries for quite a few of those in attendance.
Next up was Derek with a review and demo of the Preview application, an often overlooked program with many features and capabilities. During the demo members identified that Apple had updated Preview in the latest…
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The meeting opened with a presentation by Peter Shepheard on "Websites - The Weebly Way". The 15 attendees watched Peter prepare a new website live online using Weebly software Weebly website. He showed how easy it is to create an interesting and effective site using templates and drag and drop methods. Everything went smoothly right through to publishing the new site which was immediately seen on iPads in the audience. Peter edited various elements and…
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28 members and guests turned up for the February meeting, which was introduced by John, and had more time than usual devoted to the Q&A aspect.
First, David gave a presentation on 'iPad for paperless meetings' which can be found in the Discussions section of the website at http://www.wamug.org.uk/discussions/view/867
A few points were: Mac and iPad complement each other; Dropbox is key to…
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Our first meeting at the new venue. Everyone seemed to think it's a good venue but there was a problem with the wi-fi which we hope to sort out before the next meeting.
We ran through the differences between POP and IMAP email accounts which seemed to clear up some mysteries for quite a few of those in attendance. The Q&A session was also quite lively but that could have…
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We had twelve people in total at the first meeting of the year. After introductions and issues arising Derek ran through a few features in Photoshop to reuse or use photos that initially did not work.
The first picture was of a tourist sign board that was photographed at about 60 degrees from the perpendicular, this image was converted into a square image and then the image enhanced with a bit of "…
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A good turnout (15) to start the year with a meeting devoted entirely to discussions of members' queries – it turned out to be a lively evening. Members were ready with a wide range of questions which were analysed, probed and responded to by others. Topics ranged from printer-router connections via Wi-Fi settings, Networks, desktop icons failing to show, Time Machine failures, external drives back-up including Drobo (a powerful storage system), slide shows in sequence from iPhoto…
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The January meeting was attended by 23 members and guests. John introduced the meeting, and distributed forms on which we were invited to record what would like, and what we could offer to future meetings. This month, we heard about the mysteries of POP and IMAP email from Mick, and also about some useful apps from Michael, and John.
First, Mick on email: (A brief paraphrase, notes are available from him.)
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John introduced the meeting with 25 members present, all tempted by the presentations on offer (plus, no doubt, by the Christmas coffee and mince pies).
Euan commenced by telling us of his positive experience with his Mac Goody "Shop"
CK IT Computers Poole - Mac repairs and sales [undisclosed telephone].
It's not really a shop, so you have to contact them before making a visit.
Tom demonstrated the…
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