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Dorchester — Sep 9th 2025

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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… Read more…

Salisbury — Aug 26th 2025

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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. … Read more…

Dorchester — Aug 12th 2025

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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… Read more…

Fareham — Aug 9th 2025

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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… Read more…

Salisbury — Jul 29th 2025

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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… Read more…

Fareham — Jul 19th 2025

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Seven members were at Warsash this month. Stuart demonstrated HandBrake, the open-source video transcoding application, which can convert pretty much any video into a size and format of your choice. It's one of those apps that's both simple and straightforward yet potentially befuddling (trial and error is most definitely a good thing in this case) but those who hadn't used it before came away better informed. The usual breakout discussions followed, including on AI… Read more…

Beaminster — Jul 15th 2025

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David P showed how, in Safari, Reading Lists can be used to facilitate access to web sites both on-line and off-line. We also looked at how to copy a link to a section of a web page which you have highlighted (as opposed to simply sending the link to the whole web page).

The bulk of the meeting was taken up discussing possible alternative venues and in particular where and when… Read more…

Dorchester — Jul 8th 2025

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David showed Apple’s movie promoting all the current AI features, for the latest Apple devices, including all Macs using Apple Silicon. But you don’t have to have the latest devices to use AI, and David showed some of the apps which can be downloaded from the App Store, including ChatGPT, which is the system incorporated into Apple Intelligence. David’s favourite is the Chinese app DeepSeek, but don’t… Read more…

Salisbury — Jun 24th 2025

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The term AI is much talked about at present - all sorts of companies are boasting that they are using it, but what exactly can it do for us with our Apple devices? David gave us some very useful examples of what Apple offer from manipulating photos to improving the performance of the Mail app by changing the writing style of an email or proofreading it and then a quick look at using the popular AI… Read more…

Beaminster — Jun 17th 2025

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Mick gave us an in-depth look at Apple’s Mail app, which most of us use but are unaware of many features. Having explained the differences between POP and IMAP accounts, the latter being the default for most new users, he showed the relatively recent added Privacy setting. On the Mac, you can change the way the emails browser window looks by selecting Column Layout. By double-clicking on an email in the… Read more…