Apple has released iOS 11 for its new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, and it can run on iPhones going all the way back to the iPhone 5s. You'll certainly notice the difference in the revamped Control Center and a new Files app, but the biggest changes are reserved for the iPads. It brings multitasking to a new … [Read more...]
July 2017 Review: Using an iPad to Reach a Person Living with Dementia
By Mike McGrath At the July General Meeting, Ed Fitzgerald, digital marketing and technology consultant to small businesses, provided an extremely interesting and thought provoking presentation on “Using an iPad to Reach a Person Living with Dementia”. Ed’s wife, Diane, was diagnosed with … [Read more...]
July 2017 – Using the iPad with a person living with Dementia
With Ed Fitzgerald Date: Tuesday, July 11th, 7:30 p.m. Location: Danbury Hospital Creasy Auditorium At the DACS July General Meeting, Ed Fitzgerald, digital marketing and technology consultant to small businesses, and a former DACS member, will speak on the subject of using the iPad with a … [Read more...]
June 13th: Apple Workshop – WWDC 2017 Announcements
At the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this month Apple made announcements about their next versions of iOS (11), macOS (High Sierra), and watchOS (4). They also announced updates to the iPad Pro, iMac, MacBook, and MacBook Pro. The iOS 11 enhancements looks especially interesting on the … [Read more...]
December 2016: Apple Workshop – Hour of Code
As a follow-on to the December general meeting on cord cutting, we talked about the tvOS 10.1 update for the 4th generation Apple TV that introduces the new “TV” app. This app allows you to search for movies and TV shows across all supporting apps such as Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, and many … [Read more...]
December 13th: Apple Workshop – Hour of Code
In honor of Apple's Hour of Code week we will do our own session with an introduction to Swift Playgrounds, an iPad app for learning how to write Swift code. So if you have an iPad, come bring it and join in on the fun. Or just come and watch. If Apple's timing is right, we may … [Read more...]
October 11th: Apple Workshop – iOS 10
Apple has released iOS 10 not just for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but also for their iPhone models going back to the iPhone 5 and iPads back to the iPad 4, plus all iPad mini models except the original iPad mini. We'll learn what's new. For example, what happened to slide to unlock that we had gotten … [Read more...]
April 2016, Apple Workshop Notes
Adobe Flash Plug-in In April we answered user questions. The main question was about Adobe Flash on the Mac. New vulnerabilities are constantly discovered so that’s why it’s important to keep it up to date. There is a Flash plug-in used by Safari and Mozilla Firefox (if installed). You can … [Read more...]
April 12th: Apple Workshop – iOS 9.3 and Apple CarPlay
This month we'll go over the recent Apple announcements of the compact-size iPhone SE and the new iPad Pro 9.7-inch (same size as the iPad Air 2, so a smaller version of the recent 12.9-inch iPad Pro). Then we'll share what's new with the iOS 9.3 update for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. I've … [Read more...]
February 2016: Apple Workshop Notes
For the February meeting I brought in my iPad Pro. Its first obvious advantage over other iPad models is its screen size, 12.9 inches with 2732 by 2048 pixels, compared with 9.7 or 8.0 inches and 2048 by 1536 pixels on the iPad Air and iPad mini models. One application I looked forward to when I … [Read more...]