Fareham — Jul 8th 2017

Ten members attended this month's meeting.

Mick gave us a talk about three features relating to photos, first he compared iCloud Photo Library and My Photo Stream.
iCloud Photo Library uploads all photos on all devices, however My Photo Stream will only upload recent photos taken within the last 30 days or up to 1000 photos. When using iCloud Photo Library in iOS, the 'Camera Roll' folder is replaced with 'All Photos', and then 'My Photo Stream' moves into the 'All Photos' folder.
Mick pointed out that if you edit a photo in iCloud Photo Library, the edited version will also appear on the other devices.
He then covered iCloud Photo Sharing.

After the break, John talked about EXIF metadata and the vast range of information that can be stored in it.
One of its features is Geo-Tagging, which automatically gives the exact location when taking a photo, however this could be a security risk, especially if viewed on the internet.
EXIF data can be viewed in 'Preview' and 'Photos' apps on the Mac, but on iOS it requires an extra app, such as 'ViewExif'.

Next, he talked about Airdrop and demonstrated how quick and easy it was to transfer photos as well as most other file types.
This app is built into Macs and iOS devices, and is now fully compatible with both of them.
Both Wifi and Bluetooth must be turned on but Airdrop doesn't need to be connected to the internet, instead it creates a peer-to-peer secure local network between the required devices.
There were various questions throughout the meeting including; backing up photos, also loosing photos, and using Airdrop on older Macs.

The next meeting will be on Saturday 12th August at 10.30am.

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