February 9th General Meeting

Posted on February 6, 2015 by adminlesser

The Ten Commandments

The 10 Commandments of Apple Troubleshooting

For everyone, beginner to expert

Chaired by Bob Langdon, our panel of experts will present a practical, interactive discussion and demonstration of the most common and important ways to maintain & troubleshoot your Apple devices (iOS & Mac OS), and, most importantly, keep your data safe and secure.

Regular Features

Apps & Traps – Our essential monthly feature on interesting new products and services for iOS and OS X, brought to you by Dave Whitby.

appleSTEMs – Warren James presents interesting Apple science, technology, engineering, and math software. This month’s featured apps are for stargazing.

Apple News & Updates

Q&A

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing. Don’t forget: members receive one free ticket for our drawing. Bring a guest and get another free ticket! Support our group and increase your chances of winning some goodies – drawing tickets are $1.00 each or six for $5.00. The odds are great that you can be a winner!

The meeting will be held at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Coco’s Restaurant, 77 N. Lake Ave. (between Union St. and Colorado Blvd., at the southwest corner of Union and Lake).

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Who are you and what do you do?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

At The Sweet Setup:

Every week we try to post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or insight into how we can do things better.

Today’s victim, er, interviewee:

My name is Daniel Würthele and I currently attend school. Technology has always fascinated me and occupies an important place in my life. I’m espacially interested in all things that have to do with smartphones, apps, and their use cases in my daily life.

You can catch Daniel’s complete story here: Daniel Würthele’s iPhone setup.

“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.

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Yosemite and iOS 8 Workshops Rescheduled

Posted on January 27, 2015 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

The Yosemite and iOS 8 workshops at Di-No Computers are back on the calendar:

21 March 2015 11:00 am to 1:30 pm iOS 8
21 March 2015 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm Yosemite
28 March 2015 11:00 am to 1:30 pm Yosemite
28 March 2015 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm iOS 8

Stay tuned for further details!

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Did You Know?

Posted on January 27, 2015 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

iOS 8.1.3 is out.

From Andrew Cunningham’s post on Ars Technica this morning:

Apple has just released iOS 8.1.3, the third patch for iOS 8.1 and the sixth update to iOS 8 since its release.

The most significant problem addressed by the new update is that it reduces the amount of free space that you need to install software updates, a problem which has proven especially irritating for owners of 8GB and 16GB iDevices.…

iOS 8.1.3 released, reduces the space you need to install updates has the gory details.

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InfoManager for Monday, January 26th, 2015

Posted on January 26, 2015 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker

What’s Here:
01 InfoManager: 2015 Wearable Technology news, views and reviews kick-off
02 UGNN Facebook Update: New Year Rumors, news and views – again
03 User Groups on Facebook 1-24-2015
04 Cocktail 8.0 (Yosemite Edition)
05 Neoappz Releases Places Around 5.0 with Voice Search
06 3D Printing
07 Latest Videos we’ve seen on CES…
08 Quotes: Abe Lincoln & John Kennedy Continue reading →

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Who are you and what do you do?

Posted on January 26, 2015 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

At The Sweet Setup:

Every week we try to post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or insight into how we can do things better.

Today’s victim, er, interviewee:

My name is Andy Croll, and I’m a designer and Ruby developer based in Brighton, UK.

I’m currently working remotely as a Senior Engineer at a travel company called HouseTrip. I have a background in design and worked my way to the “back-end”, but these days I focus more on Ruby/Rails work. I’m the sort of person who has a lot of side projects — more ideas than time.

I run the Brighton Ruby Conference as well as a weekly bootstrapping newsletter (bootstrapping.io) and directory (buybootstrapped.org) as that’s where my eventual passions lie: small companies making cool things. I’ve done the VC startup thing as a founder, but it didn’t really agree with me. I occasionally blog at andycroll.com — a lot less than I should.

You can catch Andy’s complete story here: Andy Croll’s Mac and iOS setup.

“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.

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iTunes Freebies Are Back!

Posted on January 26, 2015 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Caitlin McGarry posted on Macworld this morning:

Apple killed its long-running “Single of the Week” promotion earlier this month, disappointing iTunes customers and musicians alike. After 11 years of complimentary songs, which offered exposure to countless new artists, the free ride was over — or so it seemed.

But Apple on Monday launched a new “Free on iTunes” section chock full of songs and full-length TV episodes.…

Yay!! Let’s hope they keep this up! PYBT: Apple brings back free music with new iTunes promotion for the whole story.

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Yosemite and iOS 8 Workshops Postponed

Posted on January 21, 2015 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Due to a convoluted set of circumstances, the Yosemite and iOS 8 workshops scheduled for this coming Saturday and next Saturday (24 and 31 January) at Di-No have been postponed.

We are working on finalizing dates and personnel even as we speak; stay tuned to your e-mail in boxes and the Web site, and at the February meeting, for all the details.

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Who are you and what do you do?

Posted on January 19, 2015 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

At The Sweet Setup:

Every week we try to post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or insight into how we can do things better.

Today’s victim, er, interviewee:

My name is Jennifer Rowsell and I work as the Next Generations Pastor at The Journey Church. I blog very infrequently and some of my interests include music, travel, and cats.

You can catch Jennifer’s complete story here: Jennifer Rowsell’s Mac and iOS setup.

“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.

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Were You at the Meeting Last Night?

Posted on January 13, 2015 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Let me know what I missed!

That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!

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