Dorchester — Feb 13th 2024

David M talked about the Photos App on iPad OS and Mac OS, on assumption that IOS would be very similar to iPad OS. He started by reminding us that there is a single library and any Album does not contain an image merely a pointer (an alias) to the image in the library. He showed when viewing photos, how sliding a photo upwards of clicking on the i for information button reveals the photo details (metadata) including not only plant recognition but various other images, e.g. it will identify a dog and suggest breed or give option to search. A very useful feature is being able to change the date on a photo without losing the ability to revert to the original. You can also add a searchable comment and on Mac OS only a keyword, still searchable across devices.

David uses Apple’s Photos library but showed that you can have separate libraries, but these cannot be accessed directly from the cloud but must be on the Mac hard drive or an external hard drive. Hold down the option key when clicking the Photos Dock icon to see available libraries. That library will remain default until changed.

Moving on to editing photos, David showed the they main heading are Adjust, Filters and Crop, common to IOS, iPadOS and Mac OS. Whilst David ran through the various features of Adjust and Filters, David P drew our attention to the much more comprehensive features in crop that the basic crop, including a wide range of standard size formats and the ability to level e.g the horizon, a photo.

Having run through the features on iPad OS including the Markup features, David M showed how most of the same features appear in MacOS, but drew attention to the effectiveness of the auto option. He also demonstrated the Retouch and Red Eye features on the Mac OS.

David P then ran through all of the settings for the cameras in iPhone, some specific to the Pro models. One option is between Apple’s High Efficiency, HEIC and Most Compatible JPEG. HEIC is better, more compact and David has found not downside as Apple software seems to know when to convert to JPEG on the fly when emailing etc. Under the heading Preserve Settings, David has and recommended having Live Photo (Preserve Setting) turned on. This means the Live Photo is not automatically turned on every time the camera is opened but remains as previously set by user.

After the break Gill asked if it is possible to copy music from an old iPod back to a computer, a task she has been asked to do for a friend. The original source of the music no longer exists. The consensus was that it is not possible but the challenge is there!

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