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September 2016 Volume 37 Number 10 Public Edition Main Presentation: macOS High Sierra - the new bits Free Public Edition of the Apple-Bug Magazine ! Free Apple-Q FOSS Birthday Disk macOS High Sierra for all new members- with up to 30 GB of Freeware & Open Source Software and over 180 Apple-Q HowTo Tutorials! (see details inside) QuickBytes: Travelling with your iPad - QuickBits: iOS 11 - the new bits Apple-Bug September 2016 1 What’s On: Presentations - Sunday 15th October 2017 Main Presentation: QuickBytes: QuickBits: macOS High Sierra Travelling with iOS 11 - the new - the new bits your iPad bits 11:45am -> 12.30pm 2.00 -> 2:30 2:30 -> 2.45 Having recently returned from an overseas holiday, the only electronic items Ken took with him were an iPhone, iPad and camera. He found the iPad invaluable for travelling with, particularly Leigh has been spending his time in light of the vast number of apps updating his system to the newly available. How did he ever survive released macOS High Sierra. previously without one? This has not been without its share of This new version brings some welcome drama as the Cloud server then Come along and listen to all the pros and and useful features. dropped all his settings and returned cons of travelling with the iPad. A complete overhaul of the iPad to its default settings. interface has occurred - e.g., it now has Although he was able to save his new a dock. files to the Cloud others had trouble The swipe up menu is a little easier to accessing these files. But knowing use and includes a calculator! Leigh, he was able to change the settings so that it was once again Join me as we look at some of the new accessible to others with their login. iOS features. The word about is that it might be For some idea of the scope. safer to wait for further upgrades before installation. Apple-Bug September 2016 2 Calendar 2017 Help Line Contents October 2017 Apple-Q has a Help Line for members to call What’s On 2 2nd Apple-Bug Deadline for October for support with their Apple products. This Calendar 2017. Contents, Help Line 3 service also includes a dedicated email 15th Monthly Meeting About Us, Membership Benefits 4 account for members to send their questions. 22nd Training Seminars Answers are usually send back within a day; Why Join, Membership Fees 5 Apple-Q Profile, Contact Details 6 November 2017 often a lot sooner. Main Presentation: macOS High 7-10 6th Apple-Bug Deadline for November Furthermore if the question is deemed to be one of interest to other members and can be Sierra 19th Monthly Meeting answered in the form of a tutorial then an QuickBytes: Travelling with your 11 26th Training Seminars Apple-Q HowTo Tutorial is created and is not iPad only sent to the member who posed the January 2018 Apple-Q Birthday Disk 12-13 question but also added to the growing FOSS: LibreOffice - MS Office 14-15 8th Apple-Bug Deadline for January number of on-line tutorials placed in our Replacement 21st Monthly Meeting Apple-Q-Core, File Server, and Apple-Q- FOSS: GIMP - Photoshop 16-18 28th Training Seminars Cloud. There are currently well over one hundred B Replacement February 2018 such tutorials in the collection which range Q&A-Tips: Adobe Flash Uninstall 19-20 5th Apple-Bug Deadline for February for only a few up to over three hundred pages Apple-Q HowTo Tutorials 21-26 18th Monthly Meeting in length covering a broad range of topics that Apple-Q-Core Update: Selected 27 25th Training Seminars other members have asked. Topics that Apple-Bug Articles generate a lot of interest are often covered in Apple-Q Disk of the Month: get 28 March 2018 our presentations as well as our training days. your fix of all things Apple! 5th Apple-Bug Deadline for March Apple-Q Services: Meetings & 29 18th Monthly Meeting Internet (iOS, Mac) 25th Training Seminars Membership Application Form 30 April 2018 This Month’s Meeting Timetable 31 2nd Apple-Bug Deadline for April 15th Monthly Meeting 22nd Training Seminars Apple-Bug September 2016 3 About Us!Membership Benefits Welcome to Apple-Q! Since 1979 Apple-Q has been helping people to learn about their computers, originally with the Apple ][ series and now with the Mac and iOS range of devices. We offer a range of services to club members to help you to get the most from your Macintosh computer, iPhone and iPad including demonstrations on a range of topics plus one-on-one assistance, training on apps as chosen by members, a monthly magazine, book/magazine lending library, software library and online forums. Monthly meetings are held in the Art/Music Building, MacGregor State High School on the third Sunday of each month except December. Monthly Magazine The Apple-Bug Magazine contains the latest Mac iOS & Apple news, reviews, tips and how-to articles. Published 11 times a year in PDF format. Free Training Our free training workshops are a great way to get intensive training on subjects that interest our members. Workshops are held of the 4th Sunday of each month (except December). Club membership is required. Phone and Email Support Telephone or email Between meetings, members can get assistance for their Apple problems by phoning our Help Line or emailing. Apple Bug - September 2016 4 Why Join Apple-Q? Membership Fees Get the most from your Mac, iPhone or iPad... Get help in so many ways... Using a Mac is GREAT... As a member of Apple-Q, you can access help and support in many different ways. You'll have access to: You chose a Macintosh because you enjoy getting more done, faster and with less fuss. Monthly meetings with: • Demonstrations Using iOS is NATURAL... • Question & Answer sessions. You use an iPhone, iPad or both because you they give you more... more • 'Hands on' assistance. information, more music, more enjoyment. Books, magazine and training CD library. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned user, you'll get the handy, • practical information you need at Apple-Q... the biggest Apple User • Free software collected and catalogued for members. Group in Queensland. • Monthly training workshops - two and three hour sessions by Our members are from all walks of life, and have faced and solved the computer professionals. problem that is puzzling you. From their experience, they'll quickly give • Phone help lines every day of the year. you the help you need so you: • Email any time. • Feel confident about what you are doing. • Monthly electronic magazine - 11 issues a year. • Know the tips and shortcuts that save you time. Our 'not for profit' philosophy gives you terrific • Understand what does what and why. value for money... Your low membership fee enables the club to cover costs, and ensure that we deliver a high standard of service. Read more about Apple-Q. To join go to: http://www.apple-q.org.au/join The application form is included in this AppleBug or you can download it from our website or, if you don't have a printer, you can request an application form to be mailed to you. Joining Fee: (First year only) .............$10.00 Adult/Family/Student per annum ....$40.00 Corporate per annum: ........................$60.00 Apple Bug - September 2016 5 Apple-Q Inc. Profile Contact Details Apple-Q since 1979 has been offering training in the use of Apple Meetings: Art/Music Building, MacGregor High School, Springfield computers to members from all walks of life. At 36 years, it is one of the Street, MacGregor Email: via Web Contact Form oldest Apple Computer Clubs in the world, and its training and Web: http://www.apple-q.org.au/ administration are provided by its members completely voluntarily. ABN: 68 589 514 199 Apple equipment is enjoying an increase in popularity, with the release of the iMac, MacBook, iPod, iPhone and iPad in great variety over recent years. Educationists and businesses of every sort show an increasing preference for Apple products. Details of the Club's programs are to be found at its website, http://www.apple-q.org.au/, informing readers that ... Disclaimer "We offer a range of services to club members to help them get the most from their Macintosh computer, iPhone and iPad including The views expressed in articles printed in this newsletter may not be the demonstrations on a range of topics plus one-on-one assistance, views of Apple-Q Inc. or its members. training on apps as chosen by members, a monthly magazine, book/ The editor reserves the right to reject or edit all articles submitted for publication, and these articles may be reproduced in print and/or magazine lending library, software library and online forums." electronic format as required for production of the Apple-Bug. Monthly meetings are held in the Art/Music Building, MacGregor State High School from 10:30am on the 3rd Sunday of the month with Training Days being held on the 4th Sunday; no meetings in December. Editor for the Month Bill Tinny (& Leigh Harvey PE) Thanks to the Bug’s regular contributors for their articles. Copyright Apple-Q Inc. 2017 Apple Bug - September 2016 6 Main Presentation: macOS High Sierra (Mac) by Leigh Harvey Late last month Apple released macOS High Sierra, the next generation For me it will mean a vast difference in the storage of files. For example, of the Mac operating system. At first look, it appears that nothing much I keep copies of my Apple-Q HowTo Tutorial files in several different is different, but in fact this update brings in a couple of big ‘under the locations: Apple-Q-Core, Apple-Q-cloud, Applications & Utility hood’ changes.