Dorchester — Feb 14th 2023

Mick introduced us to the Health App on the iPhone showing how as well as holding health data it can also track exercise, sleep etc. Most importantly the information under the heading Medical I.D. is accessible in an emergency even when the phone is locked. When the PIN number request is displayed on the locked screen, tapping on the word emergency bottom left opens the phone keypad with access to the emergency call number e.g. 999. But “Medical ID” is also available giving medical information and Emergency Contacts. This also means that in the case of a lost phone, contact can be made back to the owner via their Emergency Contacts.

David showed that much additional heath monitoring is available when the Health App is connected to an Apple Watch, heart beat, blood oxygen and a plethora of exercise information starting with the basics of daily activity, specific workouts, how many stands ups and will prompt the wearer to stand after an immobile period.

Euan gave us a very dramatic and visual demonstration of the shear scale of what Apple has achieved with its latest Apple Silicon, System on a Chip, now introducing the second iteration to M2 from M1. The M1 already achieves incredible performance but the M2 even more so. It was breathtaking to think that the highest performance M2 System on a Chip has the equivalent of 67 billion transistors. Euan emphasised, with graphs, the importance of the energy efficiency at every level of performance, particularly when compared to the competition.

David covered a few random tips including, reducing the scale when printing from IOS, listing unread emails, deleting selected messages, using IOS keyboard as a trackpad, and starting a new paragraph in Messages on the Mac.

Plenty of time was allowed for ono-to-one assistance.

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