Fareham — Jun 7th 2025

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Nine members at Warsash this month, for Mick's talk on Apple Mail (on all Apple devices), highlighting some features many of us weren't familiar with or even aware of. The usual breakout discussions followed, with a particular focus on one member's recent spam problems.… Read more…

Salisbury — May 27th 2025

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The topic for this meeting was Apple Mail. As we all use email, it was quite a popular choice. Mick talked us through some of the features we may have missed or just have never used like signatures, rules etc, for most of them, showing how to use them on both macOS and iOS. Members were able to follow the presentation on their devices and when necessary ask questions as we went along.

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Beaminster — May 20th 2025

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Mick responded to a request for guidance on Privacy and Security settings and in particular which apps needed to have your permission to know your location. There was a broad discussion on the degree to which our data is exposed and what we can do about it. Using Apple Pay was generally regarded as a more secure way of paying for goods but Mick warned us that if we agree to a repeat buying schedule… Read more…

Fareham — May 17th 2025

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Ten members came to Warsash for a general Q&A. Much of the discussion was on iCloud (it went on a bit…), and a general question asked what everyone else did with their Macs.… Read more…

Dorchester — May 13th 2025

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David Parnell showed how you can have a number of websites open at the same time, able to switch between them by clicking on their tab, so you can group those tabs in a folder referred to as a tab group. You can have umpteen tab groups, and a website can be included in more than one group. As an example, David has local newspapers in a tab group and another for websites relating to… Read more…

Salisbury — Apr 29th 2025

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A select bunch of us gathered to hear Brian show us a neat way to show a photo or graphic as the icon for a Mac folder using just Preview (to select the part of the photo you want to use) and the Get Info window of the folder. This way you can have folders that have an icon to suggest or describe their contents as well as the usual name.

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Fareham — Apr 12th 2025

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Eleven members were at Warsash this month. Terry presented on why he uses cloud storage (in his case multiple accounts- iCloud, Google Drive, etc) in preference to local backups. The usual discussions followed, including on wi-fi security (please don't just use the default settings on your router, folks!).… Read more…

Dorchester — Apr 8th 2025

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Mick and David alternated with brief reminders of useful Apple features.
• Airdrop
• Reminders locations rather than date/time)
• Mail filter by unread
• Mail remove old addresses
• Focus Do Not Disturb until the end of this (Calendar) event and letting important people bypass it.
• Safari address/search bar
• Apple Pay & Wallet
• Photo syncing, Photos app
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Salisbury — Mar 25th 2025

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Mick showed us backup options for both Mac and iOS/iPadOS. Staaring with Time Machine (which is Mac only) which allows you to 'go back in time' to previous versions of a file then moving on to clones - making an exact copy of your internal drive and finally to iCloud Drive (or other cloud services) to backup from any device. Finally we looked at using the iCloud.com website to restore older versions of Contact… Read more…

Beaminster — Mar 18th 2025

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Mick explained how our home networks operate. At the centre is the hub/router which communicates with every device connected by WiFi or Ethernet identified by a 4 x 3 digit number. The router often uses IP addresses from the 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x ranges, with the router itself typically having an IP address of 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. The 4th number is issued out… Read more…