DACS guru Bruce Preston was our presenter at the November 2014 general meeting on the topic of secure digital communications. He covered a lot of technical content but made it accessible by relating it to historical and current use of the technology for encrypting data. First he got some … [Read more...]
Apple SIG Notes, October 2014
iOS 8 has been released so we explored it on my iPhone and iPad. We took a look at the new iPhone Health app which is designed to centralize health data from other apps you have installed. My iPhone 5s has an M7 coprocessor that monitors my steps during the day without having an app open, so that … [Read more...]
iPhone 6 – Apple SIG, September 2014
Turnout for the September 9th meeting was high, with keen interest in discussing Apple’s announcements. As predicted, two iPhones were announced, an iPhone 6 with a 4.7” screen and an iPhone 6 Plus with a 5.5” screen. The starting configuration for either one is the usual 16GB of storage, but then … [Read more...]
The Internet of Things
Presenter: Steven Posick, Associate Director, Production Workflow Application Development at ESPN Date: Tuesday, October 7th, 7 p.m. Location: Danbury Hospital Auditorium If you haven’t heard the term “Internet of Things (IoT)” before, you probably will soon. We’re all used to accessing the … [Read more...]
Recovery Partition, iOS Notifications – Apple SIG July 2014
In order to do maintenance on your main Mac hard drive, you may need to boot into the Recovery partition. This partition is hidden from view in Disk Utility, but you can boot into it by restarting your Mac and holding down the Option key. This will show you a list of bootable disks on your machine. … [Read more...]
Mobile Devices/Windows 8 SIG – June 2014
In June we answered a question on Microsoft accounts in Windows 8. In Windows 8, accounts are based on an e-mail address so that it is possible to sync information using the same account on different machines. This is done using the OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) cloud storage associated with the … [Read more...]
President’s File – August 2014
I am writing this column while enjoying the beautiful summer weather outside on my deck and looking forward to my upcoming vacation. I am reminded of how tethered we are to our computers and the internet, even on vacations. Smartphones are ubiquitous and tablets are catching up. They are powerful … [Read more...]
iOS 8 / OS X Yosemite Preview – Apple SIG June ’14
In early June Apple holds its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. This year they announced the new features of iOS 8, which will run on the iPhone and iPad, and OS X Yosemite, which succeeds OS X Mavericks as the next operating system to run on Macs. Both will arrive in the fall. The common … [Read more...]
iTunes Backup of iPhone or iPad – Apple SIG May ’14
By Richard Corzo In May I explained how a local iTunes backup of your iPhone or iPad can be used to restore your apps and data to a new iOS device. When you sync your iOS device with iTunes you have the option of setting it up to do a backup to iTunes every time you sync. If you elect to do just … [Read more...]
June 2014 Newsletter
Board of Directors Minutes Meeting Preview Meeting Review Ask DACS President's File … [Read more...]
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