This was a special meeting in a new venue (Skyrm Room)and on a new date. It followed widespread publicity to attract new members. In the event four new prospective members attended. Hopefully our numbers will grow and justify the continuation of the group.
David P welcome all attendees, David M described the services we offer and Mick explained iCloud and iCloud Drive. The usual 1:1 help sessions followed so by the end…
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A very small turnout of members- four- at Warsash this month. Stuart, having used macOS 26 Tahoe for a couple of weeks, ran through some of the new features, likes and dislikes, possible issues, etc. For those sitting on the fence, though Sequoia and Ventura will still be getting security upgrades for a while, Tahoe, though clearly a work in progress (a few elements of inconsistency in the updated liquid glass interface look) is generally stable…
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We had a video which was a synopsis (30mins instead of 75mins) showing the key items that Apple announced at the beginning of the month - AirPods Pro 3, Watch 11 and finally the new iPhone 17 range.
The rest of the meeting covered questions on the mysterious halo on photos.…
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We looked at three topics: responding to forms received electronically using Apple’s devices, Stickes - Post-It notes for your screen, been around for ages but is now often overlooked and, in Pages, showing exactly how you can check whether you are in Word Processing or Layout mode since it is critical to get it right before you start to enter content. This being the final meeting ahead of the open-to-the-public…
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Seven members were at Warsash for Terry's presentation on collaborative working, showing how tools like Apple Notes and Google Sheets could be shared and worked on simultaneously by multiple users. Fittingly, there were a few technical issues, which required a collaboration to work through! Mick also showed an edited version of the Apple 'Awe Dropping' launch video for the new iPhones, Apple Watch & AirPods Pro. …
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Trevor Craven gave us a positive preview of what we could expect with the latest, shortly to be released, version 26 operating systems. Trevor pointed out that the Mac OS, iOS, and iPod OS systems get more and more similar, particularly the iPad getting more Mac-like. All systems, down to the watch, use the new “Liquid Glass” interface, with many new icons and greater use of transparency. The Preview app, with its…
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Mick showed a video of Numbers in action, demonstrating lots of its capabilities. This was shot on a Mac so was followed by a very short explanation of how some of the processes shown differ on an iPad.
Questions followed, starting with some arising from the video but then moving on to transferring from Mac to iPad using AirDrop or Messages. …
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David M showed a few simple uses of spreadsheets, starting by suggesting a list much more convenient than typically Word. With a bit of help from David P. and Mick, Dave even managed to get a 2D line graph showing changes in the fuel consumption of his car, rather than his earlier opt-out of using a 2D scatter chart. Whilst, for many, MS Excel is the default spreadsheet, the built-in Apple Numbers is…
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Five members were at Warsash this month, there were a few absences due to illness and other engagements, and as the only person who would have been interested in the presentation had already heard it, we didn't bother with that. Instead, we had a general chat, with a few Apple-related topics- inability to scan to Mac from an iPhone, the possibility- or not- to display an iPhone screen when the device's screen is cracked…
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We had a look at using some of the supplied apps on iOS & iPadOS, showing some of the less obvious features including Lists in the Contacts app and custom event repeats in Calendar. We also looked at the Health app (iPhone only) and how various medical details can be entered and showed how medical professionals can access them in an emergency.
The Q&A session was pretty busy and covered charts…
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