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AUSOM Website enjoyment – until 20th November. Everyone has a chance Are you having trouble with the new website? If you are, to see the work our photographers have produced in the you are not alone. A number of members report having past year. The photos were entered into the 2015 ASCCA had difficulty connecting and logging on. So far most competition and the quality and colour is better than ever. problems seem to be about downloading a copy of the pdf All the photographers have already chosen their own Magazine. photos (of course :-) but only a few other members have Yes, the new website IS different – unfortunately all recorded their choices so far. Please take a moment to changes are different. When Steve Cooper, our previous support your fellow members; to view their contributions webmaster, stepped down he was using technology that and choose your favourite photo. The winning photo was out of date. He didn’t want to work with new software will be announced at the December Main meeting along and Committee didn’t want AUSOM members learning with the ASCCA Competition winners. To view the to use the old software. So CoM had to move ahead contributions AND CHOOSE go to
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9:00am Saturday 7th November Productivity Training Rm. In November we will get to grips Robert Holmes: [email protected] with the paid password manager Movie Makers Events Rm. Productivity is like beauty — it is in app 1Password so that we can Leaders: Chris McQuillen and Roger Threlfall: the eye of the beholder. subsequently compare it with Apple’s free iCloud Keychain. The [email protected] Examples of that were evident latter has been available since OS X throughout the October meeting. November Session 1 Mavericks and iOS 7.0.3. It should We started with an update by Ivan Chris will continue demonstrating be an interesting shoot-out. There Radywonik on the problem he the features of iMovie. is a useful introduction to Keychain presented to us in September. He and iCloud Keychain in Wikipedia November Session 2 wanted to save the titles of individual at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Roger will continue demonstrating videos in one file rather than Keychain_(software). The official the value-added features of Final Cut individually after altering time codes website for 1Password is https:// Pro X. that were in the wrong format. He agilebits.com/onepassword. was delighted to report that Alan October Session 1 Brown and Pam Doughty had helped In December we will look at making Chris went back over part of the him to an acceptable solution. Alan better use of resources that come September session because of the had created a programme in Excel with OS and iOS. One such example failure of his iPad mini to connect to that needed a Macro in Word that is that highly productive app called the projector. converted the time codes and then Spotlight. Next year we have Carbon Chris demonstrated the Apps that created individual files. What could Copy Cloner on our wish list. Like he did not show and then showed a be more beautiful than a delighted beauty, productivity comes in many tutorial of the advanced features of Ivan? forms. iOS iMovie and how to share projects After that positive start to the created in iOS iMovie. 10:00am Saturday meeting, those attending decided October Session 2 democratically that they would rather Roger showed a preview of the DFF discuss matters Productivity than Beginners Training Rm. main feature film and a film of its spend more time exploring Evernote. Philip Richardson: [email protected] making Things might have been different if In September, our 'stand-in' those requesting it at the previous coordinator, Pam Doughty was Coming sessions meeting had been present. presented with quite a challenge, with November: Chris will show a attendees wanting assistance with screencast of iMovie. Roger will And so it was that we had a free- the iPad (they don't have a Mac); one demonstrate the greater ability of flowing discussion about backup wanting information about FirstClass special effects in FCP X systems, clones, passwords, the and others struggling with some benefit of staying in one environment features of Excel on the Mac. iPod & iTunes Seminar 1 (e.g. Apple), the desirability of A big thank you to Ron Webster who Peter Emery: ipod–[email protected] learning programming, and Evernote kindly conducted a one-on-one about compared to Apple’s Notes. Although FirstClass. This SIG aims to demonstrate how it was more about principles and to use iTunes to get the most out of A few ideas were shared about philosophies, it unearthed a wide iPods, as well as keeping up with the backing-up an iPad to either a Mac or a range of opinions that were expressed PC, or making sure you have sufficient various technological improvements forcefully but respectfully. It was iCloud space for a full back-up. that are progressively made to iPods certainly a provocative experience. and iTunes. The Excel user was familiar with the As a result of that discussion we have version for Windows and needed rescheduled topics for the rest of the assistance with some of the differences. year. His experience is that when a group of cells is selected, pressing the delete key (in Windows) removes information To book One on One personalised training send an email to [email protected]
6 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet from all selected cells. We tried it on At the October meeting we had a Genealogy Seminar 1 the Mac and only the first cell had brief look at the FirstClass settings content removed. [email protected] file before taking various side-tracks Notes by Eric Ford Then we had minor success: with the exploring a multitude of useful tips Ngaire Denne, Vice-president of same selection pressing control-B did like using the right click to achieve AUSOM, facilitated the session. the trick. (NOTE: I do mean control-B ordinary tasks very quickly and Although a little disappointed that a within the Mac version of Excel, at efficiently and making good use of least for Office 2011). new leader failed to emerge, Ngaire finder windows. Are these pet topics told us about some of her research AGAIN these are the type of topics for our presenter? You bet! discussed. Maybe Philip will provide and we all learned something about similar information in November. Do There is no itinerary for this SIG - it both Scandinavian and New Zealand remember to come to the SIG ready to is entirely open to the issues raised by records. ask YOUR questions. participants - so send your questions Then she told us about her problem: or topic requests to firstclass@ausom. she’s written a short book but the net.au or come along and take a FileMaker West Hall photos have vanished (there’s a FirstClass seat to learn all about this Bradley Bush: [email protected] backup). Several people in the unique AUSOM resource. Notes by Bill Ellemor group offered suggestions and Alan Contrary to recent SIG notes in Remember to email your FC Brown opened his computer and AUSOM News, we have not revisited questions beforehand or come along demonstrated a number of ways the the new library database since July. and surprise us at the November problem could be addressed. Recent months have been spent meeting. looking at some new features in Everybody learned something in this FM14 (August); some aspects of interactive and useful session about different field entry techniques, and iWork West Hall how the various standard programs a simple metric conversion calculator Pam Doughty: [email protected] can assist us with genealogical (September); and a technique for In this SIG we mainly use iWork research. creating a quick searchable list (Pages, Keynote and Numbers) on a (October). All of these presentations Mac. Many techniques apply to other were by way of a small DEMO file iPhone Events Rm. which readers can obtain contacting apps. Hints and tips for basic use of Geoff WALLACE: iphone@ausom.net.au Bill Ellemor (an email to the SIG leader Mac OS X are also included. Find out what an iPhone can do. will get there). In October we started with a request If you have a suggestion for a Topic, In November Philip Bock will from the floor for some information send an email to Geoff Wallace. demonstrate an issue he is working on about Dropbox. We then moved to build a hierarchical list. to various ways you can alter the look of Folders to assist in visually GarageBand Seminar 1 Internet Plus Seminar 1 identifying the contents. We gave Judy Young: [email protected] Peter Emery: [email protected] some folders different colours and In October we will continue our added icons to others. I ran out exciting project-based journey This SIG aims to utilise the Internet of time to look at issues involved through GarageBand on both the for the user needs, e.g., accessing with opening documents created Mac and the iPad RSS feeds; ordering photos online by earlier/later versions of Pages. I via Apple's iPhoto application or In September we listened to Franco notice that the latest update to Pages anything else related to the Internet. Cianchi's rumba project. We also had now allows opening of documents an interesting discussion regarding created with Pages 08 and Pages 06. 11:00am Saturday the different editing possibilities of NOW is not too soon to open these midi loops and sound-wave loops. older documents and save them in a FirstClass Lower Hall format. Thank you everyone for your input, Ivan Radywonik: [email protected] questions and helpful advice. In November we will look at Learn how to make the most of the using Keynote starting at the very Come to the GarageBand SIG. FirstClass Bulletin Board Service: beginning. There will be one or two how to get started, how and where Learn how easy it is to make a film quick-tips demonstrated to assist to post your questions & comments, score, a podcast, write a song, and those wanting just a little bit more. where to find relevant downloads, MORE. and tips to ensure your posts elicit Email specific questions before the the help you need or contribute meeting to assist me to prepare 12noon Saturday usefully to discussion threads. answers for presentation at the session. News @ Noon Events Rm. Club News and a chance to ask questions of AUSOM. Many SIGs provide notes in the SIG Notes folder within FirstClass. Access FirstClass from the AUSOM website logging in with User ID "guest" and password "guest". www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 7 1pm Saturday In general, the SIG tries to cover 3. CROP the working copy to both Photoshop Elements (PE) and reduce unwanted pixels from its Main Presentation Events Rm. Photoshop (PS) users. However, there perimeter and straighten the image [email protected] may be times when a Photoshop if appropriate. (Covered in August, feature is not part of Photoshop 2015) See Display Advertisement p. 11. Elements. 4. Improve image tone and color as 2pm Saturday October needed. (Covered in August, 2015) One of the requests for a topic during 5. Fix localized problems. (Covered the last few weeks has been for the iPad out of the Box Events Rm. in September with Bill Ellemor) steps to follow to restore an old photo A session for those new to iPad. that may have cracks in it and be 6. Make 'artistic' changes as desired. faded. (Covered in July with filters) Mac OSX Intermediate In order to meet this request, Bill 7. Sharpen the image if needed. West Hall Ellemor returned in October as a 8. Save and print. Stephen Withers: guest presenter to discuss the topic of [email protected] restoring old photos. 9. Make a Web version if desired. Last month we looked at wired verses His last talk was so good that all Photoshop one-on-one wireless. The quick summary is that the SIG members look forward to If anyone wants to sit down with wired will always be faster and more hearing him again. me for a one-on-one Photoshop secure but at a real cost. Installing session, please let me know. I would a wired network is not really a Members were encouraged to bring be happy to sit down with anyone in handyman job as it does require along their old photos, follow Bill's the morning. It's BYOC. Please email a few tools and some knowledge talk and take a few notes about what me at [email protected] to and professional installation will be they could do to restore their own arrange a time, if you interested. several hundred dollars. So if you older photos using PS/PE. find your wireless network is not Hope to see you there. November doing what you want then maybe you Bill We have been using a series of steps need to save up and invest in a wired to enhance an image. Steps 1 and 2 network. 3pm Saturday are the important work on copies and For our November Mac OS X decide what you need to do. Steps 3 Intermediate SIG David Turk will and 4 have been covered in the last Newcomers & Greenhorns revisit the sharing options of Mac OS two months and in the SIG notes. Training Room X. Whether it's Files, Web, printers, The next topic for the November Stephen Withers: [email protected] music, screens, etc we will show how SIG will be how to sharpen your Members are encouraged to discuss/ 'Sharing is Caring'. Bring your Mac if image and the things that you need to ask questions about any computer- you can. consider before trying it. related subject at a beginners level. And there's a door prize most months While our aim is to clarify and — sometimes two. expand on themes, we also keep the Seniors Card now accepted discussion as uncomplicated and Photoshop Training Room 10% discount non-technical as possible. Bill Oldham: [email protected] Many issues raised within this group Photoshop SIG website: http://2014photoshopsig. are resolved immediately, either wordpress.com/ by other members, by searching Introduction MacHelp on our computers or by The Photoshop SIG aims to present using the Internet. Many solutions a new topic each month to meet are quickly and easily found via the requests from its members. This is Internet and we spend some time followed up with a monthly challenge each session exploring how to best to encourage members to try out take advantage of this resource. what they were shown at the SIG Sandwiches at a Special Price More difficult or technical issues are or that they read about on the SIG at all AUSOM Meetings usually directed to advanced SIGs or website. 'gurus' in the club. Coffee & Meals also available 8:30am to 2:30pm Mon-Fri Do you need help with your iPad Do you have an idea for a topic you or iPhone? Have you recently would like to see in AUSOM News? changed to using a Mac?
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8 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet Photography West Hall 10am Wed. 11th November This was followed by our popular John Hart: [email protected] small group, hands-on iPad/Apple In October Mac problem-solving sessions. We Notes by Chris McQuillen Retirees & Others Balwyn Judy Young: [email protected] also formed a small group for those This session focused on Photos and wanting to hear more about favourite November: iDevices. Firstly Chris demonstrated Apps. Session 1 Geoff Wallace El Capitan the versatility of a digital camera and an iPad or iPhone as a holiday travel Session 2 TBA 2 pm Sunday 22th November combination. He showed how to October: Seniors Festival Event. transfer images from a digital camera It was an exciting and informative Everything Apple MelbPC to the iPad/iphone using Wi-Fi and event. Thank you to our four expert Julie Ackland & Peter‑ Emery: ‑everything-apple@ lightning adaptors. speakers, and to all those who helped ausom.net.au Using an iPhone Chris demonstrated, make it such a successful day. Notes by Marion Egerton zooming, focus and exposure In September The first session Julie Ackland - Basic iPad controls as well as HDR and flash focused on iOS9, the latest operating options. Geoff Wallace - iPhone Basics system for Apple’s mobile devices and the improvements it contains. Two Chris then demonstrated how Chris McQuillen - iPhone photo examples of web support which are to search in Photos and how to capture and editing capability in available are the website macmost. rearrange photos in albums. He also iOS8, and Photos - how it stores and com for video tutorials or doing a demonstrated PhotoBlender and manages photos. search ‘25 iOS 9 tips and tricks’. Aviary apps as ways of creatively Kevin Blazé - Mac Basics enhancing photos The second session was ‘Media on your iPad’ and various apps for November 6:30 pm Thurs 19th November viewing eBooks, audio and video Notes by John Hart were discussed. For the November Photography SIG, AUSOM Mornington Apps mainly used by Public Libraries The PhotobookShop company will Ron Kempster: [email protected] for lending eBooks or audio books present a session on how they can Next Meeting – display ad. page 11. are OverDrive, axisReader and help you make beautiful photo books, October Meeting BorrowBox. Zinio is an app that calendars, and other print products. This meeting was associated with some libraries use for loan of They are the company that I have the Seniors Festival initiative and we magazines. almost exclusively used over the were joined by 6 new visitors. We past year or two as I find them to be Having the Kindle app and the were pleased to be able to sign up one excellent value for money. iBooks app will enable you to view visitor as a member. almost any book you purchase. Our main presentation, ‘My Dragon Dictate Seminar 1 Project Gutenberg, Open Library, Favourite Apps’, involved our Geoff WALLACE: [email protected] Netflix, STAN, Presto, iLoveTV, members presenting 7 of their Apps This SIG uses Dragon Dictate, the ABC iview, SBS on Demand, PLUS7, and responding to questions from the Voice-to-Text application that runs 9jumpin, TENplay, Freeview, audience. A wide range of types of on Intel Macs plus, and MacSpeech PressReader and News360 were some Apps was covered. Scribe. Come and see how Dragon of the many apps mentioned. Dictate may be able to help you make better use of your Mac. ⌘
Thanks to Jan Weiner for thinking of us while on holiday and sending a photo "Apple in Santiago, Chile". An impressive store which is possibly a reseller rather than an Apple Store. — Editor
www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 9 isabel Collins: º Steve Stretton, volunteer co-ordinator Holiday Raffle Thank you This year's annual AUSOM Raffle consists of five prizes. First prize (worth $250) is an Apple TV 4 (available This year’s celebration of Seniors Week included the December), a $50 iTunes card, a Laser 3-in-1 charger provision of ‘Welcome Bags’ for all new arrivals. cable for Devices, an AVG virus protection card for Devices, two AUSOM 2015 DVDs: the September These bags, and the items to fill them, were provided by GarageBand Extravaganza and the December Movie Marion Egerton, while the actual 'filling' was carried out Festival. Also Christmas fare is added to keep you going by John Sullivan, Jan Dodds and Ken Rogers. while you play with your new toys. John was the overall supervisor for this little project, The $2 tickets represent excellent value as all the prizes carried out in the foyer of the New Hope venue during have good contents. Each prize is worth between $250 Saturday’s meeting. and $160. Your luck starts with buying a ticket today The effort was much appreciated and AUSOM wishes to and we wish you well. The other prize values (rounded thank our volunteers for their help. down) are: 2nd $195, 3rd $180, 4th$165 and 5th $160. If I missed anybody I’m sorry; let me know who you were and I’ll recognise you next month. ⌘
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Although it appeared a quiet meeting overall, there was Lorraine Fransdonk another batch of ‘pre-loved’ useful items and magazines donated by various members - thank you all for the contributions. Library Report The Library team continue to move unread/unused books from the Library. In November there will be another batch of books with It was a very quiet day for the Library judging by the titles such as … ‘ Mac Kung Fu (newer edition available) number of members through the door. Camera Raw, OS X Mountain Lion, Mac OS X Tiger Thank you to those members who returned the books edition, How to Wow; Photoshop CS2’ on display. they had borrowed, but there are a great many still When possible, if one of the Volunteer team is planning to outstanding. We hope to receive these books back next attend the Mornington meeting, we take some Exchange month upon your return from the long weekend &/or Items and display them there. your attendance at the Grand Final. I hope your team won, commiserations if they didn't. On other occasions, when none of us can attend the meeting, we accept donations on condition that when We look forward to a bumper crowd next month. you are leaving the Saturday meeting, you must take them Lorraine & Colette back if they have not been 'claimed' by another member.
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iTunes Gift Cards to the value of $100 iTunes Gift Cards are a universal prize for any Mac owner. Winners can redeem it for whatever the want to buy:- songs, movies, TV 1:00 to 1:55 pm shows, apps, games, books and more. The Events Room Only $2 a ticket at the raffle desk on Saturday. NewHope Baptist Centre -7 Nov 2015
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The emphasis will be on Apple Devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV – and maybe even the Apple Watch) and helping PC users 6.15: Sign in for a 6.30 pm start understand the Mac environment.
6.30 to 7.20 Next Meeting: Sunday 22nd Nov. 2pm Peter Emery Photos
o The differences between Photos and iPhoto o Viewing in years, collections and moments o The finer points of editing o Creating albums & folders o Other helpful tips
7.20 – 7.40 Refreshments & informal networking
7.40 – 8.30 Hands-on for iPads & Apple Macs. There will be a 10 minute tea break half way through and Small group work for different levels of expertise time for questions at the end. Your chance to ask the questions Fourth Sunday of the Month (except Dec & Jan) Visitor Fee of $10.00 applies, members free. 2:00pm-4:00pm @ Melbourne PC Headquarters, VENUE: Level 1, 479 Warrigal Road, Moorabbin Mornington Community Information Centre http://www.melbpc.org.au/contact-us/ 320 Main Street, (cnr Elizabeth St) Mornington. (Melways Map 104 E12/F12) Convenor: Julie Ackland Assistant Convenor: Peter Emery Enter via car park at rear of building. Email to: [email protected] or [email protected]
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www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 11 Julie Ackland App Tap
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12 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet Frametastic - free, in app purchases
Create a unique and beautiful framed composition by selecting a layout, or let Frametastic generate a layout using AUTO-FRAME. Pinch to zoom, and swipe to get the perfect composition, then apply beautiful effects to each individual photo, and change the size of the frame for the perfect look.
⌘ Holiday Raffle Ian Mc Kean Raffle Report
The prize of a Lightscribe pen was drawn by Brian Moore and won by John Bruce who will receive it at the November meeting Do you know of anyone able to provide prizes for our Win one of 5 hampers monthly raffle? Please contact [email protected] with ideas/suggestions. These lovely gifts were displayed at the meeting last Saturday. Contact [email protected] to purchase of NOTE: This report is for the Monthly Raffle for tickets if you are unable to attend a meeting. which the next prize (in November) is iTunes cards to the value of $100. Our Holiday Raffle Only $2 a ticket at Saturday meetings, Retirees will be drawn in December. and Others and Mornington SIGs.
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www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 13 Marion Egerton: [email protected] Notes from Main Presentation in October
CSIRAC to iPad – an observer and user Long-term AUSOM member, Ken Rogers, provided an He was delighted to win a Macintosh Performa in a interesting overview of his life as a computer user and as competition run by Campbell’s Soup Company and he an Anglican Minister, frequently working in rural and joined the Geraldton Macintosh Users Group during the remote places. late 1990’s. A 100-metre cable was required to run from the telephone in order for Ken to do a presentation using After completing his secondary schooling at Hamilton the computer. Later an iMac was purchased during his High School, Ken then moved on to the School of Physics time in Western Australia. When Ken relocated to a parish laboratory at Melbourne University where he had his in Gippsland he bought an iMac and then a MacBook. first encounter with computers. One of Ken’s jobs as a technician was to change the mercury in CSIRAC (short In the past Ken mainly used his computers for word for Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research processing (writing and saving copies of his sermons), Automatic Computer). This computer began its life in creating databases and some presentations. However, 1949 at the CSIR (later CSIRO) Radiophysics Laboratory the journey of a computer user can be bumpy. There in Sydney and was relocated to Melbourne University in was a period of crisis some years back as technological 1955. This machine is now on display in the Melbourne upgrading occurred and many of his saved sermons and Museum. lectures, created using Appleworks, could no longer be revised since they had disappeared! Although not as Subsequently the path of Ken’s working life altered and disastrous a loss, Ken does miss the loss of ‘save as’ in he became a curate. His working life took him to Ceduna Pages. in South Australia and his journey with computers recommenced whilst living there when he purchased Ken is now retired from full-time work, but has certainly an Apple IIe. Then he progressed to buying an Apple remained actively involved with the Anglican Church Classic. Relocating to a suburban Melbourne parish in the undertaking locums in various parishes and other roles, 1980’s, Ken joined AUSOM when meetings were being including being a current Board member of the Mission conducted at Deakin in Burwood. for Seamen. And his life with computers also continues. Later Ken moved to Geraldton in Western Australia. Using Keynote he revels in the ability to create more (Editor's Note: Observe Ken's T-shirt as 'proof'º :-)) sophisticated presentations using photographs and multimedia. He has developed a presentation related to the Tutankhamen Exhibition, and has done various adaptations of it for different presentations. With his wife, Ken visited Israel as members of a peace mission in the Occupied Territory of Palestine. Their tasks involved monitoring checkpoints, being present at schools where Israeli soldiers were on guard and witnessing the demolition of Palestinian homes. Ken showed some photographs of the devastation wrought while he was there which he and his wife use in their presentations to community groups as they tell their story in the hope of encouraging peace and an end to conflict. His wife has an iPod, an iPad and an iPhone so he has a fundamental understanding of those devices. Ken maintains an involvement with AUSOM - he attends some SIGs and uses First Class.
See page 41 where Marion has provided further notes/observations about CSIRAC and page 15 for Julie's somewhat more recent article about 'AUSOM — a little bit of History'.
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14 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet Julie Ackland AUSOM — a little bit of History
At the October meeting at NewHope the CoM had a bit of a surprise - an ex SIG leader delivered a bit of AUSOM and Apple history to us. Returning a PowerBook Duo 280C - one of 8 machines given to the club back in 1994, its long been depreciated from the inventory. The machine is in working order and comes complete with power leads, battery, docking block, floppy drive and its docking station. Just add monitor. I The machine is up for grabs to the best or only did try to hook it up to a monitor, but that's the one cable offer from a member missing. However, I cranked up the 'laptop' and apart email [email protected] from a keyboard issue or two (dirt under the keys mostly) that need addressing it's working and running Mac OS 8.
⌘ Mal Park Another Warning — 'Fake' email messages
Fake emails or phone calls might be made to trillions of Mal warns readers not to 'click' email links if you are people. It's the one or two who might click the link and worried that an email might be from someone pretending give away account information that the scammers are to work with Apple. after.
The first image is an email Mal saw recently and the second is a example from the Apple support page explaining how to avoid being 'caught'. https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204759
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www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 15 Bill Oldham: [email protected] The Rabbit Burrow
Restoring old photos Using your scanner Introduction These days, a lot of printers are multi-function and have The topic for October was how to use PS/PE to restore an a scanner built in. Or you can use a stand-alone scanner. old photo. Whichever you decide to use, now is the time for RTM (Read the manual!). Failing that, pay your grandchild to We were in luck in that Bill Ellemor from PenFolk do it for you. Publishing was able to come along and share his expertise on how he restores old photographs. This article will begin And do an archival backup as well (http://www. with my limited understanding of old photo restoration cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/archival-photo-backup. and then finish with Bill Ellemor’s expert comments and htm). summary. The image that I am using is a photo from the editor’s By the end of the article you may realise, as I do now, that collection of family photos. This one was taken in 1934 in restoring old photos may be best left to the experts. It is a Sydney and was meant to be used as a postcard. steep learning curve to use the healing and the clone tools effectively. Sources of information/disinformation As usual, if you put the phrase ‘Photoshop photo restoration’ into Google, you will get a variety of workflows to follow. Some of them that I found helpful are listed in the Resources section shown below. Resources Here are a few web sites that I found that range from quick-and-easy to fairly detailed. (1) http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to- restore-old-damaged-photos/ — Quick-and-easy (our old friends from the world class Digital Photography School based here in Melbourne). (2) http://s3.amazonaws.com/adobe-hed-inspiration/ pdfs/533/50_Restore_an_old_photograph. pdf?1375733223 — different kind of quick-and-easy. (3) http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/digital- photo-restoration.htm — detailed and a lot to learn for just the one task. But worth it. What you learn here can be applied to so many other PS/PE projects. Let’s get started. Outline of steps to follow to restore an old photo. The following is from the Cambridge in Colour website with a few added bits from me: (http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/digital- photo-restoration.htm) (1) Scan the image with your scanner.
(2) Correct any fading: levels, curves, contrast and Family photo (from 1934) faded a bit and with a blotch exposure level tools, and duplicate layers and blending on it. modes. These are the settings that I used on my scanner: (3) Correct any colour casts: white balance, colour balance and other colour tools. (1) resolution set to 600 dpi, (2) bit depth set to 16 bits/channel, (4) Use spot healing tools to repair localized damage: clone stamp, healing brush and other selective editing.
16 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet (3) saved as a TIFF file (if possible), When I look at the image, I see some fading and a blotch (4) scan in full colour. from a coffee/tea spill (on the right side at shoulder level). The main aim is to get as big a file as possible. So the global adjustment can be improved using an adjustment layer. I made a copy of the image (Command I saved the image to my originals folder and then copied it + J) and then set the blend mode to multiply. And that to use as a working file in PS/PE. seemed to be all that I needed to do. Now it looks like this What do I want to do with it? in Photoshop. Now is the best time to decide on the final format (digital/ print) and size and resolution. (1) Do I want to use it on the web? If so, then I only need to set the image resolution to 72 dpi. (2) Do I want to print it — newspaper (150 dpi), paper (300 dpi) or glossy magazine (600 dpi)? What size do I want the image to be? I am starting with a 4" x 6" photo. Using increments of 110% to increase the size, I found I could do this three times and not lose any quality. The fourth time was a bit iffy. The screen shot below shows the settings that I used to increase the image size from a 4" x 6" photo up to about 6" x 9" by using the 110% method four times. The down-side is that the file size increased from 4 MB to 36 MB.
The coffee/tea splotch is circled in red. And the blend
mode is shown with the green rectangle. Now let’s go to work on that splotch. First I’ll try the Spot Healing Brush Tool. Here is my first attempt. Very discouraging. Where did that extra face come from? Circled with red oval.
Settings to be used for the 110% method of going from small to a larger size of photo. Remember that you can always easily come down from a large size to a smaller size without loss of detail. That’s why we have cameras on phones that go up to 42 megapixels. When you want to go from a small photo to make it bigger, you are limited to the idea of 110% increments used only three or four times to increase the size of an image. Time to go back and read the instructions. I missed the So the main things to remember are to (1) scan at the step where you add a new blank layer. highest resolution, and (2) to save it as a tiff file format if your scanner allows that. Otherwise, settle for jpg format. These are the steps to follow to get rid of the splotch: Once the file is open in PS/PE, you will be able to save it (1) Click on Layer/New/Layer to create a new blank layer as a tiff file. at the top of your layers. What do I do next? Figure out what needs to be done. (2) Make sure that it is the active layer. If it is not selected, Well, we have scanned the image, made a copy of it to then just click on it to make it active. work with, and saved the original and decided on the final output. Which will be to print a larger image in this case.
www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 17 (3) Click on the Spot Healing Brush Tool to make it Summary from a beginner’s view. active. Set your brush size to about 80 pixels. This part is a I had no idea of the time and painstaking work involved bit of trial and error. in photo restoration. I take my hat off to those who have (4) Click and drag with the mouse to use several strokes the patience to do it. I am not one of them as I have found to cover over the splotch. Now it looks like this. out with this month’s topic.
Summary from expert Bill Ellemor of Penfolk Publishing Bill Ellemor made the following points during his presentation. (1) Remember GIGO. •• Garbage In gives you Garbage Out. •• You must use a high quality photo as your starting point. •• You can’t make a silk purse out of a Sow’s ear. (2) STUDY the image. •• What issues do you have to deal with? •• Decide how to proceed based on this. The red rectangle shows the new blank layer has been (3) TOOLS for the job. added while the red circle shows the darkened area of the painted over splotch. •• Main tools: spot healing brush, healing brush, clone. (5) Let go of your mouse button. (4) TOUCH UP easy areas first. (6) Prepare to be amazed! Your computer goes to work •• Background spaces. and after a short time shows you the cleaned up photo. •• Minor blemishes. Here is the final result. •• Small areas of damage. Da da! (5) REPAIR smaller, less damaged areas. (6) REPAIR major, more intricate damaged areas. ALWAYS keep in mind that you must avoid compromising the integrity of the image itself, especially where detail has to be repaired or replaced. It is better to leave damage in place if you cannot reinstate it satisfactorily. Conclusion Unfortunately, you needed to be there for Bill’s presentation to see his amazing skill as he showed us how two photos were restored. A big thank you to Bill Ellemor from Penfolk Publishing for his presentation on how to restore old photographs with PS/PE. And remember that if you are thinking about doing your family history, keep Bill Ellemor in mind to publish it for you. That’s all folks!
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⌘ Julie Ackland Cozzak's Tip #98 If you are running iOS 9 on a device that also uses cellular AUSOM Choice data and your mobile allowance is tight, you might want to turn off Wi-Fi Assist. This is a setting that allows your device to automatically switch to cellular when the Wi-Fi photo competition signal is poor, and it is turned on by default. You'll know when it's active because the Wi-Fi indicator at the top of Make your vote count on the AUSOM web the screen will turn grey. site by 20th November 2014. To turn Wi-Fi Assist off go to Settings > Cellular > Wi-Fi Assist. Go to www.ausom.net.au and follow the link to AUSOM Choice Photo Competition. The Tip of the Month originated with the AUSOM Podcast and although it is no longer produced, you can Following on from the ASCCA Digital Photo competition still subscribe to the podcast to download and listen (which is being judged as you read) our photographers to past episodes (68, in all). It’s free, and a convenient have put forward their favourite photo for you to select as way to explore the rich and diverse constitution of our the AUSOM choice. membership; just go to Voting takes place on the AUSOM website, where you can www.ausom.net.au/podcasts or subscribe via iTunes. view the photos and vote for your favourite.
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www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 19 Keith Bishop Photo Ops for November Available over the next month
Bromeliad Society of Victoria Spring Show Leongatha Rose Spectactular Phoenix Park Community Park, Rob Roy Road Memorial Hall November 13, 14 plus 2 open gardens. Chadstone, Mel 69D2 November 14, 15 www.bromeliad.org.au
State Rose and Garden Show State Rose Garden, K Road, Werribee South, November 14, 15
20 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet Ballarat Cactus and Succulent Socety Show and Sale Ballarat Botanic Gardens, November 22, 23.
Triumph Club Display Static display of classic triumphs and similar British cars, New Quay, Docklands, November,23
Draught Horse & Heritage Festival Mont De Lancey, 71 Wellington Road, Wandin North, November 22, 23. Please! Advise Photo Ops to [email protected]
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www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 21 Pam Doughty Downloading AUSOM News as a PDF
As a member of AUSOM you may, if you wish, download AUSOM News as a PDF. If you have provided an email address you will be sent an email similar to the one shown in the first image each month when the latest edition is available.
22 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 23 Kevin Poulter ⌘ Quick Tip - Photoshop Elements
A review of the latest Photoshop Elements in techradar. Shadows/highlights is close to curves, accessed via com said there were still no curves in Elements. Enhance > Adjust lighting > Shadows/Highlights. I use it on nearly every photograph. In fact there are curves in Elements, going back to earlier versions including V8, though like many Elements Colour curves does everything most people expect of functions, this feature can be hard to find. curves. Accessed via Enhance > Adjust color > Adjust color curves.
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Dick Johnson iPad Magic – 65
Apple Music Some months ago Apple began to advertise its new software offering, Apple Music. This struck a chord with me. I play a lot of music while I work and it adds considerably to my enjoyment of the day. Most people are the same. Drive past any house under construction and receive a blast of music coming from a boom-box teetering on a bearer deep within the growing structure. By contrast I prefer classical music or the old favourites from yesteryear – Peggy Lee, Billy Holiday, Mel Torme, Hoagy Carmichael, but equally The Beatles and ABBA. I never got into Bob Dylan but I accept this to be a fault of my misguided youth and learning of Steve Jobs’ passion for Dylan’s music – he idolized the man and his work – I should sit down and try it out some time, and why not now with Apple Music.
Fig.2 - The proposal. Tap Start 3 Months Free Trial So what’s Apple Music all about? Having set the iTunes Music Store up to sell music tracks and albums for a fee, and then having set up a further system to store all your music, just noting the names and details of those tracks already in the Apple music library, someone within the corporation had the bright idea of simply opening this vast music library to the world. For a price of course. Apple never got to be the largest company in the world by being slack about charging its customers. You can now play any of the tracks in the library you choose via Apple’s streaming service, all day, every day, for a fee. It’s not all that different from iTunes Radio (iPad 52) but its focus is different and whereas iTunes Radio is free, Apple Music is not, though you do get a 3-month free trial. You have to sign in to your Apple iTunes account to begin Fig.1 - The enticement. Tap Try Now your free trial at the end of which, if you haven’t given a specific instruction to exit the service, you are charged $12 per month when the 3 months ends and every month thereafter. If you’re signing up a family with 6 members (6 outlets) then this rises to $18 per month. A simple
26 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet inquiry in the browser search field for Apple Music brings up the screen of figure 1. Tap the blue Try Now button to advance to the next screen, which contains the proposal (Fig.2). Tap the Start 3 Month Free Trial button to advance to the next screen (Fig.3) where you choose whether the streaming service will be for an individual or a family of as many as six members (six devices). Make your selection and the next step is to confirm your choice through the iTunes Store, by entering your password (Fig.4). All of a sudden you’re through the door and a whole page of music appears in front of you (Fig.5) organised into two panes. In the RH pane is your own music in your own library and in the LH pane is a long list of tracks to tap and choose, organised towards your previously expressed preferences but with other tracks from the library you hadn't previously played.
Fig.4 - Signing in to the iTunes Store
Fig.3 - The offer. Choose individual or family
Fig.5 - LHS music recently added, RHS music I already have
www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 27 Well, I like to show my independence and I was having none of being pushed around by Apple. I tapped the search tool (magnifying glass top right Fig.5) and entered my choice – Arthur Honegger, a Swiss classical composer from the early part of the 20th Century (Fig.6). Immediately a list of the many tracks and albums of Honegger’s works in the Apple library appeared (Fig.7). Tap on any one for a range of options (Fig.8) from which you can select. I chose to add it to My Music. But at the bottom of the screen is a radio station devoted to the works of Arthur Honegger. Tap that and the music begins to play. While it remains a free service it’s a handy way to try out tracks and see if you want to own them in your personal library. Figure 9 shows the track progress through the thin red line advancing toward the right. If you don’t like the track, tap >> to advance to the next one. By tapping the bars at the top you can move freely from Apple Music to My Music. If you tap on the heart symbol, “For You”, a cluster of red balloons appears, which move around the screen to form an ordered array (fig.10). Tap one of these genres again and it will become larger and fill with a picture. Tap it again and you get a range of artists. You can choose these in a similar manner and call for other suggestions. This process of indicating preferred genres and preferred artists is part of Apple Music’s way of working out what sort of music to suggest you play in the For You option.
Fig.7 - Tracks and albums of the music of Arthur Honegger in the Apple Library
Fig.6 - Searching for the music of Arthur Honegger, 20th Century Swiss Classical Fig.8 - Tap on a track for a wide range of options
28 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet Having sampled Apple Music, how do you escape without being charged? Once you’ve given up your details the iTunes Store will send you an email advising the rates you’re being charged and there is also a hot button Manage Subscriptions (Fig.11), which is your ticket out Fig.9 - Arthur Honegger radio with ‘Homage to Ravel’ if you don’t want to continue with the service at $12 per playing month ($144 per year).
Fig.11 - How to escape Apple Music with Manage Subscriptions Oh. And when you want to use Apple Music, there is no specific app as such. The old Music app has been subsumed by this new approach from Apple incorporating the music subscription service. Many hold it not to be as intuitive as the old app. There has been a sequence of unfavourable reports about its performance. At $12 per month, it’s quite an expensive service. Lastly, if you decide to opt out of Apple Music, after playing a number of items from the Apple music library for which you haven’t paid, then once you tell Apple Music, "no more", all the music you haven’t bought will Fig.10 - Tap ‘For You’ heart and choose genres you prefer vanish! There are some tricks associated with Apple Music. You ⌘ probably have a library of music of your own. Much of Pam Doughty it will be ripped tracks from CDs you’ve bought in the past. A lot of this will have been recorded at 128kbps, the old MP3 standard Now all Apple’s music is recorded at 256kbps. If you had taken up Apple’s iTunes Match Quick Tip offer in the past then you would not only have secured the storage of your music, but if Apple held that music in its library already, it would enable you to download If you are sent an address that looks like this: the better quality 256kbps version as part of the iTunes 5 Raynes Street Match service. For this, of course, you had to pay a regular Balwyn Vic 3103 monthly fee. But the improved copy came down to you free of DRM (Digital Rights Management) restrictions Add ALL the details to 'Contacts' by selecting the entire and so you could copy these tracks, now at 256kbps, to address Edit > Copy, click into the Street field in Contacts any device without problems. With Apple Music, this is no and select Edit > Paste. longer the case. If you download music to your machine, then it comes with a DRM restriction, which means you can’t copy it to other computers or devices. It’s only when you actually buy the music from the iTunes store that you escape this restriction.
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Moves Now for a truly creepy app. And I’m not talking about Ashley Madison. No, I’m not into those sort of moves. Instead this app is about tracking your own movements, moment by moment, day in and day out. Here is an app that is watching, noting, memorising your pauses, tracking your movements, and even measuring your steps. And it’s called Moves. I mean, if you were a truly despicable type of person you could mount Moves on your partner’s phone and then see where your opposite went, for how long and when, every day of the year. Gosh! Did I just write that? Heaven forbid! Strike out that abominable thought. But you might like to play with it for a day or two, and for that it’s quite enlightening.
Fig.2 - First day of recording for Moves
Fig.1 - Request for Move from App Store Using your iPhone, the app can be found quite readily in the app store. It is free and downloads swiftly. However you cannot download it on the iPad. It just won’t show up in the list of apps available. It’s designed for a moving phone that you keep in your pocket. I tapped the OPEN button (Fig.1) and after I checked an obligatory permission box it just went into action. It will Fig.3 - Second day of recording for Moves (Yesterday) record over several days (I only tried it out over four days) and retains a memory of movements in that time. As an example of its record keeping ability I reveal its records for Saturday 1st August, Sunday 2nd August (yesterday) and Monday 3rd August (today) as revealed in Figures 2,3 and 4.
30 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet Fig.4 - Third day of recording for Moves (Today)
I’ll choose Monday’s results for 3rd August. Yes, by the Fig.6 - Monday’s trail of activity - part 1 time I came to write this epistle, “Today” had become “Yesterday” and my screenshots from Moves display this reporting time shift (Fig.5). Nevertheless Moves thought I was more mobile than earlier and praised me for achieving an all time record in my walking with 8831 steps recorded (Fig.5). That’s not unreasonable. I walk 5km around the block most weekdays and Monday was the first day of my walking week. You can see this in Figure 6 when I walked from Home (7.52am) to Home (8.47am) in 55 minutes. Then my wife and I travelled by transport for 3 minutes (car to the tram stop at 10.02am), walked a further 3 minutes (from car to the tram stop at 10.06am), used transport (35 minutes in the tram) to the city arriving at a place in Melbourne CBD at 10.50am. Here we spent a couple of hours, emerging at 1.20pm (Fig.7), walking 6 minutes down to Collins St (1.34pm) where we caught the tram home at 1.42pm. Moves records that it took the tram 44 minutes to get to the North Balwyn terminus, where we arrived at 2.27pm. We walked two minutes to our car at 2.29pm and then drove home for a whole 3 minutes, arriving at 2.32pm where we went inside and remained for the rest of the afternoon and night. Now that’s a very accurate record of our movements Fig.7 - Monday’s trail of activity - part 2 on 3rd August. You may be getting a bit of a spooky feeling about this, but there’s more. If you tap on the legs of movement between the stops, you get a map showing you the route that was taken. So in Figure 8 you can see the route I took for my morning walk, through the Koonung Creek Reserve. Figure 9 shows the tram route from the North Balwyn Terminus to the place in the city where we stopped for a couple of hours. Then in Figure 10 you can see where we walked from this place to a point where we caught the tram home. Figure 11 shows our drive home from the tram stop to our home. And yes, it points out clearly that if we were a little less lazy we could have easily walked home instead of using the car.
Fig.5 - Praise from Moves for my walking 8831 steps www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 31 Fig.8 - Route of morning walk Fig.10 - Walk from Bourke to Collins Fig.12 - Renaming places where St from RACV there were lengthy stops
Fig.9 - Tram route to city Fig.11 - Drive home from tram stop Fig.13 - Location given its name, But you can also tap the “places” RACV (Fig.7 - “Place in Melbourne CBD”), This is the stuff of proof, the evidence which provides the opportunity to that court cases are made of. Who Moves provides a range of options. give that place a name (Fig.12). We needs a Wikileaks job on Ashley If you tap the circled M displayed in had stopped at the RACV, so that’s Madison now! Someone’s whole Figures 6 & 7, you get the options the name I tapped into the text life, their every movement, is laid screen of Figure 14. Choose Share box when the virtual keyboard was out before you graphically, in detail, and you get the screen of Figure 15. presented. Figure 13 displays the on maps, with times. There’s no Yes, that’s right. Tell all your silly result in cold hard text – we stopped time to be frightened. The new age little girlfriends where you’ve been, at the RACV from 10.50am to of exposure is already here. Like when and how long you’ve been 1.29pm. privacy. It’s gone. Get used to it. there. What a toy for children to
32 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet make a wonderful mess of their lives So, Moves in hand, go forward temporarily! Tap Stop Tracking and Fig.15 - Share options courageously into this Brave New you get the screen of Figure 16. Here World. Never send to know for you can switch Moves off or pause it whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. under different conditions.
Fig.16 - Stop Tracking options If you tap Settings (Fig.14) you Fig.17 - Tap Tracking Priority for Fig.14 - Tap circled M of Figure 7 for get the screen of Figure 17. The accuracy options options interesting variation comes by tapping Tracking Priority when you have a choice between accuracy and battery saving. Now my own experience is that when set to accuracy the iPhone is pretty heavy on juice. It makes sense. It has to remember when you walk, when you’re moving more rapidly and where, recording GPS co-ordinates regularly and even the counting of steps that you walk. So if you really want to use Moves and not have it run out of battery power half way through an intriguing path, then battery saving may be the thing for you (Fig.18). The effect of Tracking Priority with battery saving is: •• minimise battery use when inside places, •• track indoor steps and activities only on iPhone 5s, •• nearby places recognition may deteriorate.
Fig.18 - Battery saving vs Accuracy
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34 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet Pam Doughty Search your Contacts Quickly
When looking for someone you have in your Contacts, Special Case Family members who share your own last name sometimes don't 'appear' quite so easily. Try things like entering the first two letters of their first name — ‘cr dou’ located my son Craig — or in the case of my son Scott I found I needed to type his entire first name. it is much faster to use Spotlight I generally find it easiest to just start typing the whole name for these family members.
Further Note: This 'quick-tip' has displayed the Contacts card details. You can highlight and copy information like their email address or hover your to find a specific contact than it is to open your Contacts cursor over the email address and click the icon app and enter the name in the search field or scroll to find circles below to open a new Mail message. them. Click the ‘Spotlight’ icon at the top-right of your screen.
Type the first initial, then a space, then part of the last name. If I am searching for Julie Ackland I can enter j ack
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www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 35 Julie Ackland iOS 9 Notes, feature-packed Evernote rival
The Notes app for iOS has always existed as a way to jot down whatever comes to mind. It’s completely devoid of fuss, which is perfect for times when you just need to make a quick list, or jot an article or email outline, but the lack of features opened the door to other, better note- taking apps like Evernote and OneNote. But in iOS 9, Apple’s native note-taking app catches up to those feature-filled rivals from third parties—and if you don’t need a cross-platform solution, Notes might just become your go-to organizer. Here are some of the biggest changes:
Formatting The most obvious change when you start to add text is formatting. You can finally adjust font size by selecting title, heading, or body—you don’t have a range of font point sizes to choose from, but those three sizes are enough to get started. Bold, italicize, and underline: all new options. You can make lists useful with bullet points, dashes, and number formatting, plus you can turn a task into an item to be checked off with just a tap. Entire notes can be turned into checklists, or you can make specific sections of your text into to-dos to be checked off. Sketches and photos Notes supported photos before, but not like this. iOS 9 lets you shoot images and videos from within the Notes app in addition to choosing an image from your Camera Roll. You can also add sketches to notes, which is perfect for artists or people who use a stylus with their iPads. Just tap the squiggle that marks the sketch function on the bottom right side of a note, then pick between the pen, marker, or pencil and choose which of the eight colours you want to use. There’s even a ruler you can tap to lay on the blank sketch pad for more precise drawing (precise down to the degree of its angle).
The Notes app’s sketching ruler makes drawings more precise.
Share sheet Now, when you use certain built-in apps, like Safari, Maps, and Pages, you can tap to embed a URL, map, or page in a specific note. You can even choose the note to append or create a new note. iOS 9’s attachment browser displays which items are attached to which notes, in case you forget. The ability to combine several different types of content and media in one note is a game-changer if you’ve been relying on Notes, and a no-brainer if you’ve been using third-party note-taking apps that already have this functionality. I confess to creating a to-do list with photos, website cards, and maps just because I could, but the capabilities really do come in handy for all types of serious planning.
iCloud sync Using iCloud to sync your notes across your devices isn’t new, but now that you can add rich media to notes, the ability to resume a note-on-the-go that you started on your Mac is even more convenient. You can shoot iPhone photos or videos and add them to notes you created on a desktop, and that information will be synced across all of your Apple gadgets. If you were comfortable with the bare-bones Notes of yesteryear, you’ll be delighted with these new tools. If you already found a feature-packed note-taking alternative, give Notes a second look in iOS 9— it might finally meet your expectations.
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www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 37 Bill Oldham iPhoneography - Part Three Note: These notes and the videos can be found at https://2014Photoshopsig.wordpress.com/
Introduction Part one — Using Camera + (7) — Selfies! Not my cup of tea. There are many apps that you can use (Completely different from Camera (8) — Three lines with bullet points with your iPhone camera to increase Plus) in lower right hand corner of screen its capabilities — such as Camera + When using the iPhone for photos, — settings for the more advanced that gives you up to 6 X zoom instead be aware of where the camera is users. of the usual 4 X zoom. There is also located so that you don’t cover it over an app called Snapseed, which will let The more familiar that you are with accidentally and then wonder what you build up layers of effects similar these settings, then the more that you has gone wrong. Same thing happens to what you can get with PS/PE on can get out of the app. if you have a folding cover like mine. your computer. There is no opening for the camera The Quick Settings box (#5 from the This article will look at the Camera to see through. above image) + app — it is free and a lot of fun to The advantage of using Camera + play with. This will be followed by over the apple camera app is that you another article in December about have manual control on your focus, Snapseed. shutter speed, white balance and ISO. Let’s start with a look at the basic controls for taking a photo with Camera +.
Basic Controls The basic controls for Camera + are Quick settings box. Stabilizer is shown below. useful for shaky hands! https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/ White Balance (#6 from the first camera+-free/id934516489?mt=8 image) The first part of this article is about If you click on the WB Auto symbol, the additional camera controls you get a lot more choices . provided by Camera+. These will be of more interest to a photographer wanting manual control of focus, shutter speed, WB and ISO. If this is of no interest to you, then wait until next month for the second part on using Camera + for post processing of your photos by adding a frame, a filter, cropping your photo, choosing a scene effect, adding text in a caption. Camera + Basic controls But I am saving the best for last. (1) — Shutter button There is a button called Clarity, (2) — level indicator which magically makes your pictures spring to life. (3) — Manual exposure control by sliding your finger across the screen. Please note that there are new White Balance choices Goes from -6 to 6 EV. apps appearing every day. One of Along the bottom you can select your the easier ways to find out about (4) — Zoom in up to 6x (compared light conditions — shady, cloudy, and them is to ask other members in to 4x on Apple camera app) so forth on through to candlelight. the Photography SIG what they (5) — Quick Settings for Macro, crop recommend. Otherwise, the iTunes To the left of the line on the bottom, style, timer, burst, stabilizer store has ratings and customer you can choose between Auto reviews (thousands of them!). (6) — White Balance (tap on this to and Exposure Lock (looks like a get more control of white balance) figure eight). I’ll leave the details of exposure lock to the photographers.
38 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet But it lets you focus on a dark section Manual controls — woo Using the Manual controls of your composition and then to lock hoo! Let’s go back to the first image that it in so that the white part does not we had and add a red rectangle to The use of manual controls is of more over expose the photo. Find out more show you where the Manual controls interest to a keen photographer than about this feature at this website: are. to an iPhone/iPad user only wanting https://www.youtube.com/ snapshots to post to their Facebook watch?v=_05ryiixg6g and Instagram accounts. If you really want to use exposure lock, my preference would be to take Setting Camera+ to manual out my camera to use instead of the Follow these steps to set your Camera iPhone. + to full Manual control: If you click on the + at the end of (1) Go back to the first image and the light conditions, you get a slider click on basic control #8 (three bullet to control the temperature from point lines). 1,000 K up to 8,000 K. Find out more (2) Scroll down through the Camera at: http://www.exposureguide.com/ Settings and click on Advanced white-balance.htm Controls.
Location of the Manual controls for focus (1), shutter speed and ISO (2) and WB (3).
Using Manual Focus Starting from the left with #1 — manual focus. Touch and drag your finger on the screen to adjust the focus manually. You can touch the screen first to get an initial focus, and then use your finger and eyeball to fine tune it. Good luck!
Click on the + to change to The red rectangle shows you where temperature scale to click for the Advanced controls in Camera +. (3) Tick the radio button for Full manual as shown below:
Click on image to see as full size.
A bit of theory – ISO and WB Slide your finger to the right on the slider to get a cooler blue look. And Before we go any further — ISO is slide your finger to the left to get a a measure of the sensitivity of the warmer look. film or digital camera sensor. A low The red rectangle shows you where number (100) is used for bright Note: So far the only way that I know to tick the radio button marked Full daylight while higher numbers are to get back to the starting point is to manual. used when there is less light (3200 or click on the Photos symbol, and then more). click on the camera symbol. If I find another way, I’ll pass it on to you.
www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 39 White Balance (WB) refers to the subject of the photo is moving. More different colour casts that your photo about this at the Photography SIG. might have. It may look completely The second slider for ISO goes from different in natural sunlight 64 to 800. I am a bit perplexed by this compared to fluorescent lighting as most cameras seem to have it go as indoors. high as 3,200. Go figure. You can find more detailed information at these websites: Using Manual for WB (1) http://www.cambridgeincolour. We already covered this without com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm realising it in Basic control #6 at the start. So go back and reread that part (2) http://www.cambridgeincolour. again. com/tutorials/white-balance.htm To Be continued with... Using Manual for shutter When you click on #2, you get two sliders. The first is for the shutter Part 2 — Editing your speed and ISO speed. The second on the right is for When you click on the #2 spot in the the ISO. photos with Camera + middle of the manual settings bar, The first is for shutter speed. It varies you get two adjustable sliders. from 1/4 of a second to 1/8000 of a ⌘ second. You can use this for when the
Pam Doughty Further to Managing Files on your Mac
Last month (AUSOM News Vol With Preview open select File > New Try other sliders and you can create 36, No, 9 Page 37) I wrote about from Clipboard. Purple, Red, Pink, Brown ... whatever managing your files by saving them you want/need. A large Folder image will appear. in appropriately named folders Now select Tools > Adjust Color. In I keep a Folder of 'Coloured Folders' within your Documents folder. the example below I moved the Tint so I use the Get Info trick to select When showing this at the iWork slider all the way to the left. Result: a a coloured folder and copy it to any Special Interest Group in October green folder. new folder I create. many people present felt it would be easier to identify their folders if they Change Back to Plain Folder had different colours or another way Use the Get Info window and select of visually identifying the folder. the icon as before. Once the icon is selected press the delete key on your Changing the Icon keyboard or choose Edit >Cut and associated with a Folder the folder will return to its default blue. To do this select your folder in Finder and choose File >Get Info. Adding an picture to a Folder This can be done with Preview by 'Pasting' another image onto the Close the Adjust Color window and folder but I find it easier to use an select Edit > Copy. Go back to Finder app like Pages. Just remember to and make sure the folder you want to 'turn off' and 'text wrap' options replace is selected within the Get Info so that you can easily place one Click the folder icon near the top-left Window. image over the other, resize, remove and it will be outlined once 'selected'. Edit > Paste. unwanted backgrounds and finally Select Edit > Copy and Open select your icon and copy and paste it Result: a Green Folder. Preview. onto the folder in Finder (Get Info).
⌘ 40 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet Marion Egerton: [email protected] CSIRAC: Australia's first digital computer
Australia's first computer, CSIR Mark I (later called CSIRAC is practically intact and is the only first-generation CSIRAC, the CSIR Automatic Computer), was Australia's computer still in existence. first programmable digital computer, and only the fourth Compared to CSIRAC, a modern desktop PC processes computer in the world. It was built in the late 1940s by about two million times faster and has a memory capacity scientists Dr Trevor Pearcey, Mr Maston Beard and Mr Geoff 300,000 times greater. CSIRAC was 1000 times the weight Hill and filled a room the size of a double garage. While it and consumed 3000 times as much electricity. That said, the required enough electricity to power a suburban street, it had system was very impressive for its time. only a fraction of the brainpower of the cheapest modern electronic organiser. But it was a technological marvel of its Prior to CSIRAC, complex computations were calculated time. by hand or with mechanical adding machines. By contrast, CSIRAC could perform calculations at 1000 operations per CSIRAC ran its first program in November 1949. It was used second. by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research at its Radiophysics Laboratory in Sydney from 1950 to 1955. It References: was dismantled and transferred to the Department of Physics www.csiropedia.csiro.au at the University of Melbourne in 1955 and it remained in http://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whatson/ service from 1956 until 1964. current-exhibitions/csirac/ After being decommissioned, CSIRAC was donated to Museum Victoria. The computer now forms part of the Editor's Note: Bruce Craven also wrote about using Museum’s Technology Collection and is on public display CSIRAC. Read about his experiences in AUSOM News on the Lower Ground Floor of the Melbourne Museum. September and October editions.
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Uninterruptible Power Supply - Time After a bit of Googling I stumbled across this: http:// Machine interaction problem. forums.macrumors.com/threads/time-machine-not- running-since-el-cap-install.1924825/page-3 Affects Macs powered via an UPS and with an USB connection between the UPS and the Mac to enable a shut down of the Mac when the UPS is running on battery The Fix before the battery discharges completely. (Set in System •• Disconnect the UPS USB connection. Preferences > Energy Saver > UPS) •• Restart the Mac. •• Reconnect the UPS USB connection. After the upgrade to El Capitan (OS X 10.11) the Time You could also disconnect the UPS USB before the Machine hourly backups no longer happen. upgrade, and reconnect after.
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OS X and iOS News information and/or instruction before taking the plunge, the following articles will very likely be helpful: El Capitan: new feature highlights
42 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet Video tutorials Here lies the only real surprise in the new Disk Utility , namely that there are no 'Verify' functions or 'Permissions' checks at all — you have only an invitation to check and repair the selected volume. Accept that and click the 'Show Details' switch, and you'll see a very familiar repair process in action. Apple says that the permissions checks are no longer Written instructions are all very well, but some topics cry required, as the OS now prevents modification of those out for video treatment, particularly if you're a beginner; files during normal operation. As for the 'Verify Disk' so, let's look at some sources for this kind of material. routine, most experienced users will concede that they usually skipped that step, going straight to the 'Repair Gary Rosenzweig's MacMost website
Disk Utility in El Capitan
From time to time, and particularly if your Mac's screen is a smaller one, you'll be working with more than one application and finding that the windows of those apps overlap, often to the extent that some of them can't be seen at all. The question then arises of how you can induce the one you want to 'come to the front'; that is, to Changes to Disk Utility are arguably the most significant appear 'on top of' the others. of any in El Capitan's utility set, not because of feature changes, of which there are actually few, but because of a A common method that can be used as long as you can major revision to layout and appearance that make Disk see even a tiny part of the window you want, is to click Utility easier to understand and use. To those conversant that window part. Whichever window you click will jump with the previous interface there will be no real surprises immediately to the front. Importantly, clicking any visible and orientation will be quick and painless. part of the Desktop will bring the Finder to the front. On opening Disk Utility you'll notice that the startup Probably the next most common method is the partition is selected but the verify/repair functions are Command-Tab one, which is particularly useful if you not shown, as they were in the prior version. In search of have numerous applications open. Press the Command them, you need to click the First Aid button in the toolbar. ( ) key and while holding it down, tap the Tab key (near top left of your keyboard). You'll see a row of icons ⌘ www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 43 representing your open applications, with one of them does not involve ejecting or disconnecting the external highlighted. Continuing to hold down the Command key, TM drive at all, and I had certainly not done so. tap the Tab key repeatedly until the application you want After a couple of days hoping the problem would right to switch to is highlighted, then release the Command itself, I gave up on that and instead set about thinking key. what might be causing it. Finally an idea surfaced. In the particular case of your wanting to switch back and Many times I had read about, and discussed with others, forth between two applications, Command-Tab to move the fact that problems may arise when an external USB from your current app to a second one. After working device is connected to the Mac via a USB hub rather than there for any time at all, Command-Tab again to switch directly to the Mac. Although my well-known-brand hub back to the first app. This is often a very handy technique. had never given trouble in the past, and I hadn't changed A different approach to application switching involves the the USB device configuration when upgrading to El use of Mission Control — a utility that most of us need Capitan, I took my own advice and unplugged the Time rarely, and that may have escaped your attention entirely. Machine drive from the hub, and instead plugged it into a In recent versions of OS X, Mission Control is found in USB port on the Mac itself. (I hasten to add that I dragged the Applications folder and may also be controlled by the the TM drive's icon to the Trash before doing this, thus 'F3' key that is marked with a rectangle enclosing three ensuring that the drive was not active at the time.) smaller rectangles (representing multiple windows). Sure enough, next time TM ran, it did so without the In earlier versions of OS X, similar functions were annoying alert message, and it has continued to run controlled by a System Preference named Exposé, or normally ever since. I have no idea why the problem Exposé & Spaces. appeared after the OS upgrade, but the solution is a good one to remember next time you encounter a USB-related As it relates to application switching, Mission Control problem. is very easy to use. Tap the F3 key and your display will change to show shrunken versions of all your open windows, arranged in such as way that they do not Split View in El Capitan overlap. Click any one to bring it to the front and return to a normal view. Alternatively, click any part of the desktop, or press F3 again, or press Escape, to revert to the original display. You may note that this method has an advantage over Command-Tab in that you can choose which particular window to bring to the front, rather than just which A new productivity feature of El Capitan is Split View, application. which helps you position two applications in such a way as to make switching to and fro between them simple, In fact, Mission Control has a number of useful functions while maximum use is made of the screen area. I was not touched on here. To explore it further, go to the surprised to find that this feature of El Capitan works Finder's Help menu and choose Mac Help. In the toolbar's perfectly on my 6-year-old 27-inch iMac — it may well Search field, enter 'Mission Control' and press Return. work on your Mac too. Here are the basics: Click the various headings for further information, and links to even more. Launch several applications (say, three or four), opening at least one window in each. Arrange all the windows on If you often work with numerous apps and windows your screen in any way you like. open, or with one or more apps in full-screen view, you'll probably find Mission Control's 'Spaces' particularly Click and hold down the green button at top left of one interesting. of the windows. You'll see half the screen overlaid with a translucent blue mask. Keep holding the mouse button USB problem? Try this… down and drag to and fro, left and right. When the blue area is on the side where you want that application to be positioned, release the mouse button. Now you'll see the rest of your open application windows arranged on the other side of the screen. Click anywhere on the one you want to occupy that side, and you'll see the basic Split View. After installing OS X 10.11 El Capitan, I experienced a You can at any time switch from either application to the problem not seen before. After each occasion on which other by clicking anywhere in the target application. The Time Machine ran (hourly) I'd be presented with an tool bar of the active app is a little darker than that of the alert claiming that I had created a potential problem by other one — that seems to be the only indicator of which disconnecting the USB drive without properly ejecting is which. it beforehand. This was certainly surprising because, of You'll find that you can scroll either application vertically. course, the normal automatic running of Time Machine While you can't scroll horizontally, you can move the screen-dividing bar left and right simply by dragging it.
44 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet To close Split View, first click the window that you want to with the bitmap objects in different resolutions. Not even be in front when you close, then push the arrow cursor up Adobe offered anything similar. to the top left of that window until its menu bar appears. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since then. Click the green button to exit Split View. Changes of ownership and neglect of the Mac version Those are the basics, but if you understand just a little resulted in its demise in the early 2000s, though the about Spaces, there is more interesting stuff to be found Windows version remained available. The application had by using Command-Tab and/or switching between acquired a multitude of features and its cost had risen to spaces (F3 key) while working in Split View, as I found hundreds of US dollars, which saw me and many other while writing this article. It turns out that the Split View former fans part company with the product towards the is constructed in a Space of its own, while the 'non- end of its life. participating' apps are in a separate Space. Extremely good news for those needing such an Go to Finder > Help > Mac Help > (search 'Split View') for application is that ACD Systems, the current owner, has further guidance. The list of items shown includes both released Canvas Draw for Mac, priced at a remarkable Split View and Spaces. US$85. Thinking that many features must have been stripped out on the way to such a price, I've read the No more 'Secure Empty' in El Capitan website description
In recent versions of OS X you could Control-click or Snapz Pro X right-click the Trash icon in the Doc, and choose the 'Secure Empty Trash' command. This would cause the items currently in the Trash to be overwritten multiple times, so as to be virtually impossible to read even using specialised file recovery utilities. In El Capitan this facility is no longer available and an There was a time when Snapz Pro X was the undisputed Apple security note explains why: king of screenshot and screen recorder utilities. Others caught up but Snapz Pro X had a loyal following. Well, "Impact: The 'Secure Empty Trash' feature may not it did until it suddenly stopped working at around Lion securely delete files placed in the Trash time. "Description: An issue existed in guaranteeing secure The user forum on the Ambrosia Software website deletion of Trash files on some systems, such as those with groaned under the weight of user complaints but there flash storage. This issue was addressed by removing the was literally not a word from the developers. 'Secure Empty Trash' option." Good news ! At last, Snapz Pro X has not only been If you desperately need the 'Secure Empty' function and revived but completely rewritten, and functions perfectly are prepared to dive into the command line to restore with Yosemite and El Capitan. It's highly recommended. it on a case-by-case' basis, instructions (and numerous warnings, as well as some possible alternatives) can be found at
Graphics application news If you've begun to store documents on your iCloud Drive, here's an easy way to provide quick access to them: On your iPhone or iPad running iOS 9, open the Settings app and scroll down to iCloud. Tap that item and in the next panel tap iCloud Drive. In the following panel switch on (to show green) iCloud Drive and Show on Home Screen. You can now gain access to iCloud Drive via the Canvas Draw for Mac new icon on your Home screen. In 1988 I bought Canvas as my first graphics application. My choice was based on the fact that Canvas was at the This may not work on some older hardware like my iPad2. time the only application that could handle vector, text, and bitmap objects on the same layer, in multiple layers, ⌘ www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 45 Compiled by Pam Doughty: [email protected] Help, Please
Question: Is there any way of removing the drop-down screen of Select any of your bookmark folders via the drop-down icons that appears when I try to type a new address into available. In fact if you have an empty folder selected the the URL area of Safari? entire top panel will no longer show. NOTE: Favorites will still be displayed via View > Show Favorites Bar. Answer: Confusing? Yes ... only the Apple Developers would know NOTE: The following was prepared using Safari 8.0.8 why there are 2 different uses for 'Favorites'. The iOS under Yosemite version of Safari has the same 'double-use'. There are two parts to the window. The lower part shows If you want to remove the pane entirely visit Safari > Frequently Visited sites. Preferences > Search.
This time 'un-tick' Show Favorites. Result: No drop-down pane when you click into the URL AND your Bookmarks called Favorites are still displayed within the Favorites Bar. Displaying (or not) Frequently Visited sites may have changed with El Capitan as there ARE differences in iOS8 If you want to keep the Frequently Visited sites we will and iOS 9 (see next section). deal with removing just the top part. The upper part are the items in the the bookmarks folder you have selected. Using iOS Safari > Preferences > General. In iOS 9 the ability to display (or not) Frequently Visited Sites has been added to Settings > Safari > General.
Most people have this (as I have in the image above) set to display Favorites. It does not HAVE to be that way. With Frequently Visited sites OFF you will see ONLY Bonus Tip: The icons in the frequently Visited the icons for the Bookmarks you have selected under drop-down pane can be moved around by Favourites. To see NO icons when I tap the URL field dragging (drag away from the pane to delete) and in Safari I use the 'trick' described above of selecting an in iOS moved or deleted using tap-and-hold. empty Bookmark folder (Christmas in my screenshot above). Perhaps someone can show me another way.
⌘ 46 v AUSOM News November 2015 AUSOM & AUSOM News on the Internet AUSOM Membership Application Becoming a FirstClass Subscriber Joining a user group, such as AUSOM, puts you in touch with FirstClass provides local online discussion forums for over 200 a network of Apple users and gives you access to important users who enjoy this great source of help, advice and Apple information and support resources. With about 600 members, freeware, shareware and software demos — all for just $50 pa. there is always somebody to help you with every aspect of computing and using your Apple products. To join FirstClass, these are the steps you should take. Joining AUSOM is as easy as filling out the application form •• First you must have an Internet Service Provider (or ISP), as available from our friendly and informative members who run you can only connect to FirstClass via the Intenet. the Service Desk at the monthly Saturday meetings, as well as •• Go to the AUSOM website at www.ausom.net.au and the Thursday meeting at the AUSOM Mornington Group. from the FirstClass drop-down menu click on 'Software Downloads'. For your convenience — particularly our country and interstate •• This will take you to another web page. members — you can go to www.ausom.net.au and use the •• Locate the file ‘FirstClass Client for Mac OS X — setup Membership link to join online. Type your details into the instructions’ and click on the Download button to the right form and click on the Submit button to access one of 2 secure to download the file. payment options: Paypal or Credit Card. •• (We recommend you print these instructions.) •• Select the FirstClass client and the processor type that is AUSOM Membership Renewal appropriate for your Mac (Intel for post 2006 models). You can renew your membership using one of 3 secure payment •• To download the FirstClass Installer click on the Download options: BPAY, Paypal or Credit Card. button to the right — the installer will arrive as a compressed To renew your membership using BPAY: (.zip) file in the Downloads folder which can be found inside your Home folder. AUSOM’s BPAY Biller Code number is 209627. •• Double-click on the .zip file to expand it and mount the Use the Customer Reference Number you see on your emailed image of the installer. renewal notice. Please note: BPAY is not available to new applicants — The Setup instructions explain point by point (with Customer Reference numbers are issued when membership is illustrations) what you need to do to configure the software accepted. and register your account on the AUSOM FirstClass server If you are registering for a "Trial Account" be sure to include If you are new to BPAY take a look at www.bpay.com.au for this as shown in the illustration of the more information. Auto Registration form. For Your Notes: To pay your subscription for FirstClass follow the online instructions above when completing the ...... AUSOM Application form. AUSOM members may register to use FirstClass as a free ...... subscription trial for one month. To do so follow the above instructions or write to ...... [email protected] or phone 0421 126 175 NOTE: Guest Access for SIG notes is ALWAYS available ...... Satellite Group Meetings ...... Retirees & Others Group – Wed. 11th Nov then Wed. 9th Dec ...... 10 am–12 noon at the Baptist Church Hall corner Whitehorse & Parring Roads, Balwyn. (Melway 46/F8)...... 109 Tram from Port Melbourne – Stop 50...... Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month except January. Mornington Group – Thurs. 19th Nov then Thurs. 17th Dec ...... 6:30 pm–8:30 pm at the Mornington Community Information and Support Centre, 320 Main Street, Mornington...... Meets the 3rd Thursday of each month except January...... Everything Apple – Sunday 22nd Nov then Sunday 28th Feb 2 pm–4 pm at the Melbourne PC Users’ Group, Level 1, ...... 479 Warrigal Rd, Moorabbin. Meets the 4th Sunday of each month except December & January ......
...... Saturday Meetings, next page ...... For Special Interest Group information see page 6.
www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News November 2015 v 47 Saturday Meeting Timetable Room/Time 9:00-9:50 10:00-10:50 11:00-11:50 12:00-12:30 1:00-1:50 2:00-2:50 3:00-4:00 AUSOM Events News@ iPad Out of Not Movie Makers iPhone Website Room Noon the Box available Doug Rutter OS X West Hall Filemaker iWork Contact the Photography Intermediate Secretary Training Newcomers & Productivity Beginners GarageBand to book Photoshop Room these time Greenhorns Internet slots for Dragon Seminar 1 iPod/iTunes Genealogy Plus special SIG Dictate or other Lower Hall FirstClass activities.
Various as One-on-one training is available throughout the day. arranged This must be booked by contacting [email protected] at least 48 hours in advance
Café & From 10am approx: • Member Services • Raffle ticket sales • FREE Library book loans Social Areas • CD and DVD Exchange • Social interaction • A variety of foods & drinks from the café closing at 3:00pm. Room/Time 9:00-9:50 10:00-10:50 11:00-11:50 12:00-12:30 1:00-1:50 2:00-2:50 3:00-4:00 Correct at time of publication. Late changes AUSOM’s web site or timetables at the meeting. Saturday Meeting Dates To Eastern Emergency Assembly Freeway (M3) Point Sat. 7th November then Lower Hall N CAR PARK STEPS Sat. 5th December
West Hall AUSOM meets monthly (except January) at NewHope Baptist Church, ENTRY CAR PARK 3-7 Springfield Rd, Blackburn North. Sales and (Melway 47/H7). ENTRY Social Area Seminar Rm 1 See www.ausom.net.au/events/
Events Room categories/main-meeting/ for location Training Social details. Room Area Café Most meetings are held on the First MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD ENTRY Saturday — if public holidays prevent
SPRINGFIELD ROAD this then members will be notified via To Whitehorse the website, iCal or in the magazine. Road Subscribe to AUSOM Calendar at http://ausom.net.au Contents 2 Contact AUSOM 16 The Rabbit Burrow 40 Further to Managing Files on your Mac 3 Welcome to AUSOM! 19 AUSOM News Covers 41 CSIRAC: Australia's first digital computer 4 From Your Committee 19 AUSOM Choice photo competition 41 El Capitan Upgrade 5 Editorial 19 Cozzak's Tip #98 42 Disconnected Jottings 6 Special Interest Groups 20 Photo Ops for November 46 Help, Please 10 Holiday Raffle 22 Downloading AUSOM News as a PDF 47 AUSOM Membership 10 Library Report 24 Quick Tip - Photoshop Elements 47 Mid-week SIGs 10 Thank you 26 iPad Magic – 65 10 Exchange Table 29 Quick Tip 11 AUSOM Monthly Raffle Ad. 12 App Tap 30 The iPhone Chronicles – 41 11 AUSOM Meeting Ads. 13 Raffle Report 34 AUSOM Crossword 19 Macfixer Ad. 14 Main Presentation in October 35 Search your Contacts Quickly 19 Business Card Ads. 15 AUSOM — a little bit of History 36 iOS 9 Notes, Evernote rival! 25 Pentagon Ad. 15 'Fake' email messages 38 iPhoneography - Part Three 41 Help@Home Ad.
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