iPad Pro, QuickTime At the February meeting we'll cover the iPad Pro which I have been using since early January. I'll be able to give my firsthand impressions of this iPad on steroids. Its huge screen allows for Split View that in landscape orientation is almost like having two iPad Airs side by … [Read more...]
APCUG Advisor Report to Region 1 User Groups
This edition of NOOZ is being sent to your group’s officers that are listed in the UGLS (APCUG’s membership database). We urge you to share the information by including it in your newsletter, posting it on your website, or e-mailing it to members of your group. In this edition of NOOZ: Don … [Read more...]
October 13th: Apple Workshop
Apple has released iOS 9 for iPhones and iPads, so we'll go over the new features. There are new and updated built-in apps such as the new News app. Notes has gotten a major upgrade and Maps now has transit directions. Passbook has now become Apple Wallet. There are also new multitasking options on … [Read more...]
APCUG 2015 Summer Virtual Technology Conference (VTC)
APCUG’s FREE 2015 Summer Virtual Technology Conference (VTC) will be held on Saturday, August 15, from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern Time. The sessions are 50 minutes in length and offer attendees the opportunity to ask questions via a chat window. Videos from earlier conferences can be found on APCUG’s … [Read more...]
Apple Monthly Workshop Notes – June 2015
Mac OS X El Capitan, iOS 9 In June we discussed the announcements that Apple made the day before at their World Wide Developers Conference. They announced the new features of the next version of iOS (iOS 9) and OS X (10.11), and their newest operating system watchOS 2, which will be an update for … [Read more...]
February 2015 Apple Workshop
Microsoft Office / Outlook We reviewed Microsoft’s current offering of Office apps on iOS (iPads and iPhones). Microsoft first dipped its toe into iOS when it offered the free OneNote app, a rich text, drawing, and rich media note taking app, back in 2011. Then about a year ago, in spring 2014, … [Read more...]
Apple SIG Notes January 2015 – Back up your iOS device
We reviewed the ways to sync and back up an iPhone or iPad to be prepared in case you should ever lose your device. Before getting into that, we went into iCloud settings and enabled Find My iPhone. This enables your lost or misplaced device to be located from another iOS device using the Find My … [Read more...]
Apple SIG Notes – December 2014
One of our members was still planning his upgrade from OS X Snow Leopard to OS X Yosemite. Since he was skipping a few releases (Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks) I suggested it would be a good idea to do a clean install rather than upgrade his existing Snow Leopard installation. A search on “OS X … [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...]
APCUG 2014 Summer Virtual Technology Conference (VTC)
APCUG’s FREE 2014 Summer Virtual Technology Conference (VTC) will be held on Saturday, August 16, from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight time. The sessions are 50 minutes in length and offer attendees the opportunity to ask questions via a chat window. Videos from earlier conferences can be found … [Read more...]