Dorchester — Dec 9th 2014
Martin introduced a useful tool for investigating local network problems – iNet for OSX. This scans your local wireless network and identifies devices linked to it. Wifi Explorer is an OS X app too, which identifies nearby WiFi networks, and is useful to identify channel conflicts.
Martin then showed us MacTracker which lists all Apple OSs and models since the Apple 1 that have been produced over the years, and is helpful for checking and recording the parameters of the different models. For our Christmas present wish list, he also showed his copy of Iconic:A Photographic Tribute to Apple, a true Apple devotee’s coffee table book.
John’s cousin has had a problem with iPhoto for Yosemite. He wants to email photos from the application, and iPhoto asks him to set up an email account, which he has already done in Mail, moreover he cannot access the attractive templates within which to display the photos for mailing.
Sheena has a problem fully deleting photos from her iPhone to create space. This may be due to “30-day delayed trash emptying” action. A number of potential solutions were discussed, usually involving backing up the iPhone with the Mac using iTunes, and then reinstalling iOS.
David tried to persuade us that the Apple Health app on iOS8 was worth investigating. Devices such as Jawbone, demonstrated by David, or Fitbit, demonstrated by Gill can be slipped on to the wrist. These record how much energy is being used (if the wearer is awake) or how deeply (s)he is sleeping (if not). Whilst this information appears to have some potential utility, it appears that the device needs to be informed when the wearer is transiting from one of these states to the other. It seems to the writer that summoning up the concentration to so inform the device is very likely to delay the onset of the transition. However David appears to find it useful, so such qualms are, no doubt, insignificant.
During the interval we enjoyed festive mince pies with coffee.
Trevor questioned how audio could be shared, or exchanged between different apps, e.g. Audacity. Soundflower was suggested as being a potential answer to this need, and Graham suggested linking audio in and audio out by cable, works for him.
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