Salisbury — Apr 25th 2023
Mick explained that though Airdrop required wifi and bluetooth to be active on all participating devices, a functioning internet connection was not needed. Transfer between devices could therefore take place in any location where the distance between them was within an acceptable range, in the order of 30 ft.
Normally, Reminders were configured to draw attention on a specific date and time - but could be configured to activate by location. An example would be to create a Reminder when ‘on the road’ but to arrange for it to Pop Up when one reached home.
There was a toggle available in Mail that filtered out unread emails, making it easier to see which ones needed a response. Also, when deleting old email addresses no longer required, these should also be deleted from Recents; deletion was probably required to be done separately on all email devices.
There was no need to specifically open a search application such as Google; typing the search direct into Safari would automatically select the search engine configured in the system.
Mick also explained what to do to erase one’s device prior to disposing of it by passing on or destruction.
David showed visuals of how to use an iPhone to scan documents or other objects; no need to use a printer’s scanning capability or a stand-alone device. He also showed (as a follow-up from our last meeting) how to use Google Lens to identify an object from a captured image, using his screen in Split Mode.
By adding Show Path Bar from System Settings, the location of any file could be easily determined. It was also possible to go to any point on the file path by selecting the appropriate location.
Mick noted the security value of using Apple Pay with the addition of credit and debit cards to the Wallet. Some other items such as Theatre Tickets might be added to the Wallet for easy access. Participating merchants did not have access to the card details, making Apple Pay a most secure payment method. And when getting a paper receipt, the original card details are not shown.
In the discussions which followed these presentations, one member (who was not using Apple Pay) related how he had fallen for a very sophisticated scam which had started with a call to his mobile apparently coming from his credit card company. A number of purchases were made on his card at distant locations; fortunately he was reimbursed. His card details would not have been available to the scammers if Apple Pay had been in operation.
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