Newsletter August 2018

PHOTOS FROM OUR MONTHLY MEETING & 20TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Grant Sidaway, National SeniorNet CEO, was the speaker at our monthly meeting. He regaled us with an entertaining talk as always. He mentioned generational differences in use of technology, the speed of change, & upcoming IT trends which we could leverage for attractive course delivery e.g. virtual reality devices. The meeting was very well attended, & included visitors from Marlborough Sounds SeniorNet, Golden Bay & Nelson who came along for the Top of the South meeting which took place after lunch. Here there was a good exchange of ideas, updates from Grant on matters of funding & new initiatives such as the use of web based teaching (webinars) to enable a wider range of topics to be offered to our members. Also discussed - fresh thoughts for marketing our services.

No birthday would be complete without a cake! Thank you to Mary for organising this beautiful one for us all. Pictured on the left, Lawrine Hansen, an early member, cutting the cake under Mary’s watchful eye. Lawrine remembered the beginnings of Motueka SeniorNet all those 20 years ago.

“SeniorNet is a community training network that supports & motivates people aged 50+ to enjoy & use technology in their everyday lives.” Page 2

A Word from your President, Mary Dowell

Hi all, just as I thought the weather was staring to settle it decides to become rather cold again. Hope this blast passes through quickly, and you are all keeping warm. The Top of The South (TOTS) meeting went off very well, combining it with our birthday/ members' meeting. Those of you who were not there missed out on a very interesting talk from our guest speaker, Grant Sidaway; also you missed our 19th birthday cake! Our web master, Bernhard, had a nasty fall while in Wellington and is finding it a hard typing. We hope he has not done too much damage. Walter will be back home again soon after all his treatments in Christchurch, he has been missed at our meetings. We welcome Malcolm back after his illness, not a 100 percent but great to see him at the committee table again. Just a reminder that there are vacancies coming up for the 2018/2019 committee : Secretary, President and Vice President. So please put your thinking caps on and let me know if you would like some info on these vacancies. I am prepared to carry on as a committee member only, as this was my 3 rd year as it was for Annie our secretary. It has been a great journey, I have en- joyed it, but it is time for someone else to take over the reins. The AGM is in November so we do not have long to get things sorted. Our Education co-coordinator Clive Dyson is also stepping down, Clive has done a fabulous job during his first year with us here at Motueka SeniorNet. 185 High St, Motueka We have a prospective member who is very much interested in tutoring for Mac and other interests. She was brought along to meet the committee at our meeting, we are going to be Telephone very privileged to have her - great news. 03 528 1111 It appears some people are having trouble accessing our web page . Just type in to your browser Email www.seniornetmotueka.org.nz and it takes you right there. Then click on the menu to navigate where you want to get to on the site. If you phone the rooms please remember that the [email protected] phones are not manned - there are members at the rooms only when we are running classes or have a meeting. Please leave a clear message and someone will get in touch to return your call. A better idea would be to email us on [email protected]. I hope this is clear and precise. Hoping to see a great gathering of you at the September members’ meeting.

Samsung Smartphone Tips 1.Two Finger Swipe to Reveal All Quick Setting Buttons in Notification Panel We know about the Notification Panel which is displayed at the top of our mobile phone screen. It shows various useful stuff such as current time, battery level, network status, etc. When we swipe the notification bar down (using a quick flicking movement starting with our finger on the plastic above the screen), it shows some quick setting buttons (also known as toggle “on/off” buttons) such as WiFi, Bluetooth, Sound, Mobile Data, Sync, GPS (or location) etc. But if you swipe the notification bar down using two fingers at once, it shows all the quick setting buttons. 2.Direct Access to Common Settings Using Quick Setting Buttons The previous tip showed how to access all quick setting buttons in one step. This tip shows how to use these quick set- ting buttons to launch their respective settings page. Open the notification panel (as above), then long touch on any quick setting toggle button and it'll immediately launch its own settings page. For example, long touch on the WiFi but- ton and it'll launch the WiFi settings page.So,you can use the quick setting buttons as a direct shortcut to launch any “settings” page as well as using them as a simple toggle (on/off) button depending on how long they are touched. [source = Eden Roskill SeniorNet newsletter] Dates for your Diary MEMBERS’ MEETING Mon 3rd Sept 10am: Guest Speaker, Kevin York: “The early days of flying at the Motueka Aerodrome” HELP & SUPPORT SESSIONS Mon 10th Sept 10-11.30am: General Topics Sat 22nd Sept 2-3.30pm: General Topics INTEREST GROUPS Fri 7th Sept 2.30pm: Digital Photography Fri 14th Sept 2.30pm: Genealogy Fri 21st Sept 2.30pm: iPad & iPhone Fri 27th Sept 2.30pm: Mac Mon 24th Sept 9.30am: Android Tablet Tues 25th Sept 7.30pm: Genealogy Page 3

Reminder about some tips & tricks for Gmail [Thank you to Hutt City SeniorNet newsletter for this summary]

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MIG report, Anton Petre

Only five at the Mac Group meeting on July 27, but it was a good session with lots of questions and many useful hints and tips, and worthwhile discussions. However, we need better attendances if we are to keep these monthly meet- ings going. We have over 50 in the Mac Group generally, so…. Anyway, as always we had to go exploring a few things on Google, including extra information on iTunes, which has been through a fair few changes. We had a video on iTunes,but some of the things shown have since gone! An example is the excellent iTunes U, university courses, which now seems confined to the iPad, probably because of its wide use in education. We also talked about the decline in the use of CDs, and had a video on streaming music services. We talked of the use of the built-in program Migration Assistant to move everything from one computer to another — for instance when replacing an old machine with a newer one. We looked at drag and drop tricks, keyboard shortcuts, and at a (non MacMost Gary) video on 10 clever tricks that are not widely known…including renaming and number as series of photos, how to move a background window without it automatically moving to the front (hold down the Command key as you move the background window), use of the split screen, select a word and click Command D for dictionary and lots of other information, remote desktop sharing, quicker access to files and applications in the Finder, and lots more. If you weren’t there, you missed a lot…

August iPPIG meeting, Colin Hooker

We commenced the meeting with the usual video tutorials, the first on predictive text and the second on the iOS dictionary. Then Colin spoke about using the dictation function (the microphone on the keyboard) as an alternative to typing emails and other documents. He also demonstrated the use of Siri for sending an email. Jim from Nelson asked us what we used our iPads for - this was to assist him in preparing workshops and topics for the interest group meetings at Nelson SeniorNet. We produced a long list for him! The list will also help us in preparing for our own interest group meetings. Peter spoke on the difference between My Photo Stream and Camera Roll in the Photos app and then introduced us to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). A VPN enables one to appear to be in a different country, so as, for example, to be able to access apps that may only be available in that country. Jennie demonstrated an app, Polarsteps, that enables one to post a log of one's travels, including photos, to a select group of friends and relatives. This is different from apps such as Facebook and Twitter which can be seen by anyone. She showed a log produced by one of her granddaughters, who is touring the world at present. Colin spoke about an app, TVMucho, that allows for the viewing of both live television and recent broadcasts from Britain. It allows one hour per day free of charge and unlimited viewing for a small charge. Helen mentioned the usefulness of Files, an app that is provided with iOS11. She will speak about the app at our next meeting.

How to put a YouTube video on repeat AUGUST DIG REPORT Browse to the video you'd like to repeat. Then, you edit the URL in the address bar , as shown below. We had 12 members present with one apology. We Note: The video you choose doesn't matter, the URL below is one had a great show of letterbox pictures. Then we we've chosen as an example to illustrate the process. had a selection of photos from members to show Jan Baily who critiqued their work. She said we were really showing an improvement in our pho-

Follow these steps: tography which was a great inspiration for us. Jan Erase everything in front of youtube . In the example, "https://www" then showed us some of her photos, a really en- is the part that is deleted. joyable afternoon. Thank you so much, Jan. After youtube, type repeat to make the URL look like the one shown We had tea before below, and then press Enter . ending our meeting youtuberepeat.com/watch/?v=dD40VXFkusw at 4.30 pm. After pressing Enter, your browser will open a page with a URL similar Thanks for all who to the one shown here: attended. http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=dD40VXFkusw This page will repeat your video until it is closed!! Maureen Source: www.computerhope.com Hutton Page 5

Do YOU know the difference Between a Search Engine and a Browser?

Search Engine vs Browser, there is a lot of confusion around these two very frequently used computer terms. Recently, Google conducted an interview on the streets of New York asking people to define a browser. Out of a sample of over 50, only 8 per cent of the people answered with the cor- rect definition of a browser. (So you are not alone if you are confused!!!!!!!)

A browser is a software programme installed on your computer to enable you to display pages from the internet, to save favourites, and generally "browse" around :o) There are many browsers such as Edge, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera. A browser is used to access the websites and web pages you want to look at on your tablet, phone or computer. You can download and try as many as you wish, they all work in a similar way - see which one you like the look of.

A search engine is also a software programme. It searches for particular documents on the internet (or "hits") when specific keywords are entered. A search engine is a bit like a robot, it mechanically matches the key- words you type in against the items available on the Internet and returns a list of webpages in which the key- words are found. Google, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Bing, IxQuick, DotHop, Ask, Wow, WebCrawler, Info.com, are just 10 of the freely available search engines. You can download and try as many as you wish. Choose one that works best for you :o)

Another interesting thing to be noted is that you need to use a browser to get a search engine. For example, you open Edge, Chrome, or Firefox and then type the web address of a search engine such as Google.com, Yahoo.com. When you open a search engine and enter a few keywords, a programme called an indexer reads the pages on the web, creates an index based on the words contained in each and selects it if the words match the entered keywords. The search engine uses a proprietary algorithm to create its indices in order to return only meaningful results for each query entered by the user. (However, some work better than others - we've all experienced a set of search results that bear little or no relation to the query we typed in!!!!)

Summary: A browser is a programme you must have on your device to view websites and web pages. It is like a frame- work, and sits in the background. A search engine is a programme that works like a robot, that you interrogate it to find particular information you want. Without a search engine you wouldn't be able to find anything on the internet. Both are free tools, and you can experiment and try as many as you wish. Have fun!

[adapted from Eden Roskill SeniorNet newsletter]

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Who said Aussie Rules footballers aren't SMART!!

'I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.' (Shane Wakelin). 'Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein' ( - Collingwood). 'I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.' (Peter Bell - Fremantle - on his University Law studies). 'You guys line up alphabetically by height.' and 'You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.' (Barry Hall Sydney Captain at training).. Brock Maclean ( Melbourne ) on whether he had visited the Pyramids during his visit to Egypt : 'I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to' (Kevin Sheedy on James Hird ). He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.' Jonathan Brown , on night Grand Finals vs Day Games ‘It's basically the same, just darker.' Ron Barassi talking about Gary Cowton 'I told him, 'Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Barassi, I don't know and I don't care.' Barry Hall (Sydney) when asked about the upcoming season: ‘I want to kick 70 or 80 goals this season, whichever comes first.' ' - the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago' (Dermott Brereto n). 'Chad had done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator.' (Mark Williams). 'We actually got the winning goal three minutes from the end but then they scored.' (, West Coast Eagles ). 'If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.’ (Andrew Demetriou). 'I would not say he (Chris Judd) is the best centreman in the AFL but there are none better.' (Dermott Brereton). 'I never comment on umpires and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.' (). : 'Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?' David Swartz : 'On what?' 'Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.' (Dermott Brereton)

TIPS FROM THE WELLINGTON WIZARDS

Closing Windows with Programs Running: Sometimes when we go to close down our computers, or even when just rebooting, a message will come up on screen saying - “Closing x applications and restarting. To go back and save your work, click Cancel ”. There will also be two boxes/buttons saying Restart Anyway and Cancel, and a list of the applications or programs that are still running. Members have asked if clicking the Restart Anyway button will harm the machine. In essence, no, and this is because most programs will either have an automatic Save feature running (Excel, Word, for example), or will be programs that you simply forgot to close down anyway (Skype, web browser, etc). However, the on - screen message is a reminder that you may very well have important data that should be saved before the machine shuts down, so hitting the Cancel button will allow you to go back and do this. The message window will also contain a list of the names of the programs in question, alongside their usual display icon, so it is easy to identify them.

[from computer topics discussed at Wellington SeniorNet & generously shared on their website] www.seniornetmotueka.org.nz MacHint , by Anton Petre Motueka SeniorNet Committee 2017-2018 Apple’s Safari has lots of useful shortcuts that can speed up your web browsing. And some other tricks too. President: Mary Dowell Vice President/Membership: Marilyn Pegram Here are a few useful ones:— Treasurer: Allan Culling Secretary : Annie Coster Spacebar — scroll down a full screen Shift + spacebar — scroll up one full screen Web Master: Bernhard Nobis Command + L—- to to search or URL bar Education Officer: Clive Dyson Command + T — open a new tab Technical : Dave Samways Shift + click —- add item to reading list Members’ Meetings: Malcolm Garrett Command + Shift + R —- Open page in Reader view Health & Safety: Denise Barden Command + Plus —- increase text size Non Committee Roles 2017-2018 Command + minus —- reduce text size Technical Support: Colin Hope Command + Escape — Enter or Leave full screen Command + Shift + H —- go to Home screen Librarian: Ann Bassford

Newsletter: Sandra Price Grants: Allan Winslade Meantime, in Mac Sierra, there’s lots of cool little Noticeboards/Forms: Christa Friedauer goodies. One such feature is the ability to pop out You- Manual Printing: Doreen Inwood Tube videos and watch them in picture-in-picture in Almoner: Joan Damian Safari. This is one of those things that could have flown right under the radar. CONTACT EMAIL: [email protected] Here’s how to get picture-in-picture going: • Go to the YouTube video you want to watch in Safar i (thats vital, as this particular feature is part of Safari ). • Right-click the video. • Right-click again. • Click Enter Picture-in-Picture.

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