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VOLUME 31, NUMBER 1 MAIN LINE MACINTOSH USERS GROUP JANUARY 2020 SOME WEBSITES FOUNDED MAY 1989 10 Ways to Boost Your Wi-Fi MEETINGS - SECOND Signal. A bit technical, but SATURDAY OF THE MONTH could be very useful if you have a weak Wi-Fi signal. bit.ly/ 2ta15xE. How to Clear Internet Cache NO FOCUS - 2020 IS STILL YOUNG in Every Major Browser. A good idea to do periodically. Clearing your browser's cache 3D PRINTING is easy to do in all the popular browsers.bit.ly/2ZB9Tsq. Our main speaker will be our own Bob Barton whose topic will be 3D printing. Did you know that a house can be built using a giant 3D concrete printer? We The Best Search Engines of will look at large and small 3D printers and some of their uses. 2019. A good guide to 9 search e n g i n e s , b u t I p r e f e r Many consumer printers are available with a build volume of about 10 inches DuckDuckGo. bit.ly/2QI6hRx. cubed. Build it yourself kits are available for less than $200 but expect to spend a few hours putting them together and correcting your mistakes. These 11 Best Free Email Accounts. printers use plastic "thread" as "ink" and push it through a hot extruder to Looking for a new email build up layers of material. 3D shape generation software can be used to account? These are the best generate shape files or you can get sterolithography (stl) files online. Slicer email providers. bit.ly/2ZZHzP2. software is then used to define instructions to the 3D printer. How to block unwanted emails and messages on your Bob is a long-time member of MLMUG. He was Treasurer for several years and is currently iPhone or iPad. It’s work but Webmaster and Newer Users Special Interest Group leader. He retired from Lockheed-Martin in it's worth it in the long run. 2009 from a career in power systems (at GE) and aerospace engineering. Macs have been in the bit.ly/2ZeBej2. Barton household since Bob's wife, Karen, obtained a Mac Plus for desktop publishing in the 1980's. Thunderbolt 3 adapter guide: How to connect your devices. T h e d i f f e r e n t t y p e s o f connections, as well as the terminology, is starting to get JANUARY LOCATION confusing. You need a guide. WE WILL MEET AT THE EAST WHITELAND FIRE COMPANY, 205 CONESTOGA ROAD IN bit.ly/2QI7msz. MALVERN. IT’S ON ROUTE 401. GO TO MLMUG.ORG FOR MAPS. 1 VOLUME 31, NUMBER 1 MAIN LINE MACINTOSH USERS GROUP JANUARY 2020 CONTENTS Some Websites and Program Info 1 MLMUG and Newsletter Info 2-4 Contributors and Authors Bookmarks: F Function Keys 5-6 Mark Bazrod Newsletter Editor December 2019 Meeting Minutes 7-8 J. D. Biersdorfer Mark Bazrod Speaker Roster 2020 8 Josh Centers Graphics Editor What You Should Know Before You Buy an iMac 9-11 How To Move Your Data to Your New Mac 12 Brian X. Chen Sally Bazrod How to Show iCloud Status Indicator in Mac Finder 13 Sam Costello Copy Editor Hey Siri, Google & Alexa - Enough With Snooping 14-16 Jason Cross Deane Lappin Be Paranoid About Privacy 17-18 Glenn Fleishman MLMUG Journal Why You Need a Disposable Email Account 19-20 Kathy Garges Masthead Some Speaker Roster Details 20 Stanley Goodner Designed by Dale Fletcher The Simplest Way to Free Up Data Storage 21 Jefferson Graham Based on prior designs by Get Those Records, Tapes & CDs Onto Your Phone 22-24 Oliver Haslam Marc Robinson, Steve The Safari Settings You Should Tweak Right Now 24-27 Charlotte Henry Evans & Bobby Foster Apple Doesn’t Truly Let You Change Search Engines 27 Daniel Nations M L M U G J o u r n a l i s iOS 13 Bugs Cause Apple to Overhaul Software Testing 28 published monthly by the Turns Out 64Gb In An iPhone Probably Is Enough 28-29 Tom Nelson Main Line Macintosh Users Scroll More Quickly in iOS 13 30 David Nield Group and is available Transfer Data From An Old iPhone To A New iPhone 30-34 Andy O’Donnell online. It is produced using A p p l e P a g e s w i t h a What To Do When Your iPhone Is Stolen 34-36 Andrew Orr Helvetica Neue font (Same What Is AirDrop? How Does It Work? 36-38 OSX Daily as Yosemite). Walk Away Pounds With Step Counters 38-41 Kara Swisher Best Antivirus For Mac 41-44 AI and Humans: Servants Entrance 44-46 2 VOLUME 31, NUMBER 1 MAIN LINE MACINTOSH USERS GROUP JANUARY 2020 President, Program Director & Multimedia SIG Co-Chair Membership Information Vendor Liaison Nicholas Iacona Membership dues are $30 for individuals and $40 for Maria O. Arguello [email protected] [email protected] families. Memberships are based on your anniversary Newer Users SIG Co-Chair & date, which is the month you joined. You will be e- Vice President & Multimedia SIG Webmaster mailed reminders when membership fee is due. Co-Chair Bob Barton Larry Campbell [email protected] If you’re just visiting to check us out, or if you’ve [email protected] Newsletter Graphics Editor been visiting for some time, but haven’t joined, Treasurer, Membership & Sally Bazrod consider these BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP: Facilities Coordinator Elliott Cobin [email protected] • Monthly meetings, where you can learn, share, [email protected] OS/iOS SIG Chair and meet everyone from working Mac professionals to new Mac users from all Secretary & Newsletter Editor Adam Rice Mark Bazrod [email protected] backgrounds. [email protected] Picnic Coordinator • Monthly newsletter, which is full of interesting Educational Liaison Tony DiPiano Mac news, tips, and information. Linda McNeil [email protected] • Useful free items at the monthly Raffles. [email protected] Raffle Chair • Discounts. Vendors offer special prices to User Member-at-Large, Newsletter Susan Czarnecki Group members. Copy Editor & Apple User Group [email protected] Ambassador • Web Site with 2-3 years of MLMUG Deane Lappin Social Secretary newsletters, meeting information, a member [email protected] Gail Montgomery directory, directions to our meetings, and much [email protected] more! Our web site is www.mlmug.org. • MLMUG Mailing List, to post technical questions or comments to each other and the experts within the group. • Reviewers keep items reviewed. Are you ready to join? Please make a check payable to MLMUG and bring it to a monthly meeting or mail it to: Treasurer, MLMUG P.O. Box 1374 Southeastern, PA 19399 3 VOLUME 31, NUMBER 1 MAIN LINE MACINTOSH USERS GROUP JANUARY 2020 Typical Meeting Agenda 9:00 - 9:05: Call to order in main meeting MLMUG Email list room. The Main Line Macintosh Users Group has its own email list, hosted at Groups.io. Compose 9:05 - 10:05: Two Concurrent Special your letter and email it to Interest Groups (SIGs) convene in [email protected] and your separate rooms. The two current SIGs message will be sent to everyone are: New Users SIG on the mailing list. Contact Bob Barton ([email protected]) if you You don’t have to wait a whole are a member and you are not on month to get answers to your basic Multimedia - We discuss using your the list. Mac questions! Get together with Mac/iDevices and applications for other members on the fourth photo, video, audio, and print media. Please observe good email Saturday (i.e., two weeks after each etiquette. If your message is regular meeting) for the Startup humor or not Apple-related (off- Folder Lite. topic), please include "Humor" or OS - We go beyond basics to discuss "OT" in the subject line. The Many new users have said that they Apple’s current operating systems, Groups.io Terms of Service are at can learn much more from face-to- using your Macs & iDevices, & various groups.io/static/tos. Look for the face meetings than they do from applications, & have Q&A. section on "Conditions of Use" manuals or other sources. That’s what this meeting is all about. Go The MLMUG list may be used to to www.mlmug.org/nusfl.html for 10:05 - 10:15: Continuation of Q&A for all post Apple-related items for sale, details. attendees. but any solicitation of members through the list is forbidden without the written consent of a MLMUG officer. Violation of the 10:15 - 10:30: Welcome and other business. Groups.io terms of service or good email etiquette may result in removal from the list. 10:30 - 11:50: Main Presentation (by a member or guest) 4 VOLUME 31, NUMBER 1 MAIN LINE MACINTOSH USERS GROUP JANUARY 2020 Bookmarks F9 fast forwards F10 mutes the sound By Mark Bazrod F11 lowers the sound F12 increases the sound F Function Keys To use the Mac built-in function keys, just tap them. STANDARD FUNCTION KEYS Standard function keys work differently depending on the app Have you ever wondered what those mysterious F keys at the and the keyboard shortcuts that you've set up. top of your computer keyboard do? If you want to change the top row of keys to work as standard F keys are similar to keyboard shortcuts. F keys keep your function keys, tap Apple menu > System Preferences > fingers on the keyboard rather than having to move them to a Keyboard > and select Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function mouse or trackpad and then move a cursor! keys.