Were You at the Meeting Last Night?

If not, your Mac may get its revenge at some point in the not-too-distant future…

The Meeting after the Meeting involved SafeBoot; Apple TV; accessing the recovery partition; Apple monitor update(s); non-Apple monitors for Mac users; Microsoft VP appearance on 60 Minutes; chatbots; Verizon wants you to upgrade!; Saving Mary Poppins rescue; data backup issues; modern decompressor for old StuffIt files; “GUI” Windows, early on; lots of other ancient history; ApplePay launches in South Korea; and various battery technologies. Whew!

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March 20th General Meeting

Spring Cleaning:  Clean My Mac, etc.

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.

Apple News & Updates

Q&A

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing includes a $25.00 Apple Gift Card, a Mystery Apple Gift Card, a Westinghouse Rotating USB wall Charger, an atomi Power Station Pro, an Apple Water Bottle, and either a Watch Band or Bill Board Ear Buds.

Be on the lookout, on the Web site, for the Zooming, (Re)Joining, Drawing post, which will have the all gory details on how the drawing (among other things) should work.

The meeting will be conducted on Zoom. The gory details have arrived: Tech Check!

The Meeting after the Meeting is back with us. Hang on in Zoom, after the General meeting, and chat with everyone!

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Were You at the Meeting Last Night?

If not, you missed another interesting discussion!

The Meeting after the Meeting dealt with Mail app confusion between Mac and iDevices, AppleTV and sound and speakers, tiny homes, iPhone run over by a car, watch faces for watch bands in recent drawings, big monitor that aren’t wide screen, and multi-camera systems.

That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!

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February 20th General Meeting

New Product Releases, AI issues, Emergency Contact Feature of iPhone 14

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.

Apple News & Updates

Q&A

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing includes an Altec Lansing Baby Boom, a $25.00 Apple gift card, a Sonic IQ Tablet Sofa, an @Design 6 outlet 4 USB Wall Tap, GEN. TEK CAR & HOME Connectors, your choice of a Harry Potter – Hogwarts or a Scooby Doo – Velma Apple Watch band, and a mystery Apple gift card.

Be on the lookout, on the Web site, for the Zooming, (Re)Joining, Drawing post, which will have the all gory details on how the drawing (among other things) should work.

The meeting will be conducted on Zoom. The gory details have arrived: Tech Check!

The Meeting after the Meeting is back with us. Hang on in Zoom, after the General meeting, and chat with everyone!

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January 16th General Meeting

What to do with your new Apple devices & More information on MacOS Ventura and iOS 16

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.

Apple News & Updates

Q&A

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing includes an Apple $25.00 gift card, an Apple mystery gift card, an @Design foldable phone and tablet stand, a Wrap-It Storage BLK Tangle Free Cord Wrap, a MacBook Dock, and an Apple Watch Band.

Be on the lookout, on the Web site, for the Zooming, (Re)Joining, Drawing post, which will have the all gory details on how the drawing (among other things) should work.

The meeting will be conducted on Zoom. The gory details have arrived: Tech Check!

The Meeting after the Meeting is back with us. Hang on in Zoom, after the General meeting, and chat with everyone!

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December 19th General Meeting

We are NOT meeting this month

We were hoping, again, to have our holiday party this time around, but couldn’t quite figure out how to make the yummy treats and drinks available over Zoom…

We are, of course, hoping to see y’all at the January 2023 meeting, same Bat time, same Bat channel.

So have a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Joyous Kwanzaa, and a celebratory Solstice, and we’ll see you then!

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Were You at the Meeting Last Night?

If not, we know a LOT more about iOS 16.1 and Ventura than you do!!

That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!

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Earthquake Warning!

“If you use the right app or phone settings, ShakeAlert will give you a few crucial seconds to drop, cover and hold on before an earthquake reaches you”, reports Geoffrey A Fowler, on The Washington Post.

He further reports:

Your phone can now warn you before an earthquake arrives.

Yes, before.

“Be-be-boop! Be-be-boop! Earthquake,” rang an app on my iPhone at 11:42 a.m. on Oct. 25. “Drop, cover, hold on, shaking expected.”

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake had just struck about 50 miles away in California’s Silicon Valley. I leaped out of my chair and grabbed a wall. A few seconds later, the ground began to rumble.

Sounds like something we all need to know about, eh? PYBT: America has an earthquake early-warning system now — on your phone.

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November 21st General Meeting

Greatest Features of the new MacOS Ventura & iOS 16.1

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.

Apple News & Updates

Q&A

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing. Be on the lookout, on the Web site, for the Zooming, (Re)Joining, Drawing post, which will have the all gory details on how the drawing (among other things) should work.

. Be on the lookout, on the Web site, for the Zooming, (Re)Joining, Drawing post, which will have the all gory details on how the drawing (among other things) should work.

The meeting will be conducted on Zoom. The gory details have arrived: Tech Check!

The Meeting after the Meeting is back with us. Hang on in Zoom, after the General meeting, and chat with everyone!

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Apple Products Are Valuable, Oh My!

Macworld’s Michael Simon posted a gobsmacking article on (old) (ancient?) iPhone prices:

We’re used to Apple’s products holding their value for longer than other devices, but it’s not often that one appreciates in value by 5,000 percent. But that’s exactly what happened here:

For the price and other gory details, PYBT: This $599 iPhone just sold for nearly

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