The offcial journal of the Wellington Macintosh Society Inc Volume 37.07 – July 2020
Come to one of Establishing a New Normal for Meetings our meetings
Online and Lower Hutt Monday 27 July 7:00 pm for 7:30 until 9:30 pm Subject: Meeting formats utilising Zoom
Kapiti Group Monday 3 August 7:00 pm for 7:15 until 9.00 pm Subject: What did you do? What did you learn? iPad Group TBA Help Desk TBA WelMac has been using Zoom for remote meetings during the lockdown and subsequent alert levels, but it is time to work out where we go next for our physical and online meetings.
Where to find us For July’s Wellington meeting we are trying a small scale physical meeting at our VP’s house (by invitation and registration only) which will be live streamed via Zoom, so those unable to attend in person can participate online. If non-members or former members would like to attend a meeting on a trial basis, please email [email protected]. Our Kapiti physical meetings are resuming from early August, at our previous venue: Kapit Uniting Parish, 10 Weka Rd, Raumati.
Wellington Macintosh Society p9 INSIDE The President Writes p2 David’s Tech Guide p3 WelMac Publicity for Kapiti Meeting on Macintosh Word Processing S/Ware p6 August 3 p11 Committee Contact Details p11
CAPITAL APPLE – JULY 2020 PAGE 1 The president writes ...
the meeting at his residence as an experiment to see how holding meetings in less expensive environment will work. There will be room for a limited number of members at his place where we will be discussing via Zoom how we can alter our meeting format to have more meetings such as this one plus larger meetings combined with our help desks on a Graeme Moffatt Saturday afternoon. [email protected] Nothing has yet been decided on this proposal as we will be seeking to have members provide Hi folks their thoughts as to how this may work Following on fro my comment in last month’s successfully in the future so please register for this Capital Apple regarding the future direction of our meeting when you receive the email promoting it. society, given the changes we have been required As for the Kapiti members, they have indicated to implement, there have been some suggestions that they would like to resume their normal made. physical meetings and there is a note on page At our last committee meeting a couple of weeks twelve by Humphrey Babbage on what is intended ago, we discussed our future meeting format now for the August meeting. that we have had a major disruption to how we I would also like to remind members that we have done things prior to the Covid situation. have set up a Facebook page that you can post Now that we are able to resume our physical notes that may interest others or questions that you meetings, we also have the opportunity to may have. investigate whether there may be other solutions This is another method that we can extend the that may provide a better experience for our scope of our activities for our group and will be diverse membership. controlled so that only current members will be We have a number of members who live on the entitled to access it. outskirts of our region plus a number of former I recognise that not all members utilise Facebook members who have shifted to other parts of the however it has now become a bit ubiquitous and country and have maintained their membership. easy to set up an account and does give us a facility These members are only able to participate in that was not available at the time the group was our activities through receiving our monthly first founded. magazine and the use of the Zoom application has The original reasons for setting up the group in given us the opportunity to allow them and other 1984 were to provide a forum that new computer outlying members a greater level of participation. users could assist one another and physical Now that we are one of two Macintosh User meetings were the only game in town at that time. Groups left existing in New Zealand, we have the This has obviously now improved through the opportunity to extend our membership to a much use of new and better technology and is just larger geographical area with a greater emphasis to another area that we must investigate if we are to online meetings. remain viable in the foreseeable future. We have a great level of expertise within our The link to our Facebook group is https:// membership and as we are now have an increasing www.facebook.com/WelMacNZ and it would be reliance on the more senior Mac users, there must good to see more of you there on a regular basis. be others who do not have the opportunity to That’s all, folks! Graeme Moffatt access this expertise easily. In this respect, for our meeting at the end of this To contact me, email [email protected], or you can ring me at home (027 660-3094) month, our vice-president Shane will be hosting
CAPITAL APPLE – JULY 2020 PAGE 2 The presidentDavid’s Tech Guide writes ... by David Empson
[email protected] bugs, and many applications needing time to catch 04 976 9755 up with compatibility fixes for the new OS. If you only use Apple standard software which comes with the Mac, the compatibility problem goes away but there could still be early bugs. At a minimum, wait a few days to give early adopters time to try the new OS and report any New Apple releases coming soon issues they have found. Waiting about a month for The COVID-19 pandemic may affect timing of the “.1” release is a reasonable option. some product launches this year, but we can be Last year’s new OS releases were a mess, with reasonably confident of the starting point. several quick updates and many early bugs. Signs As usual this has implications for those planning are good that this year’s releases will be better. to buy new Apple products in the near future. The usual pattern is that it is OK to upgrade Some “minor” product updates could be quickly to major new iOS or iPadOS versions, but it released any time from now up to the first week of is better to wait a bit longer for macOS upgrades. September. A possibility in this timeframe is a Upgrading iOS reasonably quickly is also minor revision of the iMac, with newer Intel important because it is the only way to get the latest processors and graphics hardware. security updates for devices which are able to run Apple is most likely to hold a media event in the the new OS. Mac users can afford to wait longer second week of September, probably Wednesday because Apple keeps supplying security updates 9th or Thursday 10th (NZ time). This event will for the previous two macOS versions. include announcements of new iPhone and Apple Watch models, possibly new iPads, and other new Buying an Apple product soon? or updated products deemed worthy of stage time. In most years we see a similar pattern so it pays New Macs are unlikely. to plan ahead if you want to buy a new Apple The media event will also announce release device around the August to October timeframe. timing for the upcoming new operating systems. If 1. Apple products purchased in August the usual pattern holds, we should expect iOS 14 (including any new releases) will come with the and iPadOS 14 to become available for existing existing OS, e.g. iOS 13 or macOS 10.15 Catalina. devices from about a week after the September You can keep using that OS until ready to media event, probably by Friday 18th September. upgrade to a later major version. macOS is typically delayed a bit longer, but 2. From the September media event, newly macOS 11.0 Big Sur could be released before the introduced products come with and require the end of September. major new OS version. To reduce the risk of There are likely to be multiple new iPhone early bugs or application compatibility issues, models, and some may be available later than you might want to delay buying newly others. The first new models could be available as introduced products for a few weeks. soon as Saturday 19th September. 3. In the September timeframe, older models Apple will start releasing new Mac models with might be supplied with the new OS but are Apple Silicon instead of Intel processors “before likely to still have the old OS. the end of 2020”. The most likely timing would be 4. By about mid to late October, the worst bugs to start with another media event in late October should have been fixed, and more applications for the initial round of Apple Silicon Macs. will have had time to catch up with supporting the OS. From this point it gets easier to run the When to upgrade to the latest OS? new OS. Around this time, it becomes more I recommend avoiding early releases of major likely that Apple will supply older products new OS versions, due to the higher risk of serious with the new OS already installed. continued over page
CAPITAL APPLE – JULY 2020 PAGE 3 Updates for existing OS versions for these devices. As this was new for iOS 12, we Apple has released macOS Catalina 10.15.6, don’t yet know yet whether security updates will iOS/iPadOS 13.6, plus corresponding minor continue for a second year. If they don’t, then after updates for tvOS and watchOS, and security and iOS 14 is released (September), these models will Safari updates for macOS Mojave 10.14.6 and have known security issues that will never be fixed, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6. There is also an iOS joining the ranks of all the older models. They will 12.4.8 security update for iPhone and iPad models still be useful for a while, but as time passes an which are limited to iOS 12. increasing number of apps, services and web sites For macOS Catalina, iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, will stop working or become unavailable, and you these are expected to be the final bug fix and minor should be considering getting a newer model. feature updates before the next major versions are released, but there may yet be some late fixes. More recent iPhone/iPad models All models newer than those in the previous iPhone/iPad can disable automatic updates section are able to run iOS 13 now, and will be able For those with an iPhone or iPad, after you to upgrade to iOS 14. You should be running iOS 14 install iOS/iPadOS 13.6 there is a new “Customise reasonably soon after it is released, so you continue Automatic Updates” setting in Settings > General > getting security updates. Software Update which lets you control how subsequent updates are handled. Macs already Macs: Late 2009 to 2011 models have similar options. Mac modes in this range are able to run up to By default, any subsequent new versions macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra. If you are still running (including possible iOS 13.6.x bug fixes or major an older version, upgrading to High Sierra might versions like iOS 14) will be downloaded and eke a little more life out of the computer, but there installed automatically. You still get notified about were a few software compatibility issues (e..g with the available update and have a chance to delay or iWork ’09) so I suggest checking first. prevent its installation. If you need to run a later OS, your best option is If you turn off the “Install iOS Updates” option to buy a newer Mac. then the updates will still be downloaded in the There is a third party hack which allows some background (to save you time later). You will be models in this range to run later macOS versions, notified about the new update. To install it (when but it is definitely not something I’d recommend for ready) go into Settings > General > Software typical Mac users - it can cause stability problems, Update and follow the instructions. some features don’t work, and you need to wait If you turn off the “Download iOS Updates” before installing software updates to ensure the option then the update won’t even be downloaded hack has been updated for the new version. automatically, which might help those who have If you have a 2010 or 2012 Mac Pro (tower), they smaller capacity devices (it also won’t install are officially able to run macOS Mojave as long as automatically). The notification and manual install you have a good enough video card which are still available (the install will take a bit longer supports Metal graphics. because the new OS has to be downloaded first). Macs: 2012 and some 2013 models Turning off the “Install” option is a good way to Macs introduced in 2012 and some 2013 models prevent accidentally upgrading to a major new (Early 2013 MacBook Pro, all 2013 iMacs) are able to version. You may like to turn this off for a few run up to macOS 10.15.6 Catalina (the 2012 Mac Pro weeks, until iOS 14 has settled down. Once you is limited to Mojave). have installed iOS 14 you should turn this option If you have a model in this range which is still on again so you don’t delay important bug fixes. running High Sierra (10.13.6) or earlier, you should Older iPhones and iPads limited to iOS 12 consider upgrading it to Mojave or Catalina to keep If you have an iPhone 5S, 6, 6 Plus; iPad Air, getting security updates. There are a few more mini 2 or mini 3; or 6th gen iPod Touch, your compatibility issues with Mojave, but Catalina has device is not supported by iOS 13. For the last year, more issues (see below). Apple has been supplying iOS 12 security updates continued over page
CAPITAL APPLE – JULY 2020 PAGE 4 Macs: remaining 2013 and newer models compatibility issues if you collaborate with other The Mid 2013 MacBook Air, Late 2013 MacBook people using these applications. Pro and Mac Pro are officially supported by macOS Big Sur, as are all 2014 and newer models. macOS 10.15.6 Catalina If you have a model in this range which is still macOS Catalina is expected to get security and running High Sierra (10.13.6) or earlier, you should Safari updates for another two years. consider upgrading it to Mojave or Catalina to If considering an upgrade to Catalina, the main keep getting security updates, but watch out for thing to watch out for is older 32-bit software which compatibility issues. You may like to upgrade to will not work on Catalina or later. This includes Big Sur when you feel ready to do so. popular applications like iPhoto, iWork ’09 or older versions of Pages/Numbers/Keynote, and macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra Microsoft Office 2011 or 2008. The latest security and Safari updates are My main concern with Catalina was ongoing probably the final ones for High Sierra. reports from some people who were finding that From September, Internet access on High Sierra the standard Mail application was sometimes will be increasingly risky due to known security permanently losing messages when they were issues, and some web sites and services will moved between mailboxes (even just moving eventually stop working because they require something out of junk). It appears that this problem newer software. still exists in 10.15.6, therefore it will probably never You can usually improve web site compatibility be fixed in Catalina. No reports for Big Sur yet. and get somewhat better security by running I have avoided upgrading my main Mac to Firefox, Chrome or a Chrome variant (e.g. Brave) Catalina mainly because of Mail bugs, but have rather than Safari. This potentially extends web been using Catalina for other tasks on a newer Mac. access for a few years on older Macs or OS versions Given the looming release of Big Sur, my plan is to (back as far as macOS 10.11 El Capitan for Chrome, upgrade my newer Mac to Big Sur once the macOS 10.10 Yosemite for Firefox), but there is still applications I need are ready, migrate my data from a risk of security problems in the rest of the OS. my main Mac (running Mojave) then have a close One service that may bite some people: look at Mail’s behaviour to see if I can identify Microsoft Office 365 has a policy of only whether the problem is still there, aided by a third supporting the latest and two preceding macOS party archive utility which can keep copies of versions (same as Apple). If you are running High messages before I move anything inside Mail. Sierra, you will soon stop getting updates for Office The other issue I had with Catalina was loss of applications, which means they will also be iTunes functionality in the new Music application. vulnerable to known security issues, and could This has not got any better in late updates of have compatibility issues or bugs which never get Catalina, but Big Sur has some improvements. It fixed on High Sierra. may still be possible to avoid this issue by doing an If your Mac is able to upgrade, I recommend unsupported installation of iTunes in Big Sur. those still running High Sierra upgrade to Mojave or Catalina, but watch out for compatibility issues. macOS 11.0 Big Sur I’ve been running a pre-release version to get a macOS 10.14.6 Mojave feel for the new OS. It will take some time to get Mojave is expected to get another year of comfortable with the user interface changes, but for security and Safari updates. If running this version, the most part I like what I’m seeing. you should be using that year to plan how to move Over the next month I’ll start gathering details forward to a later macOS version. about application compatibility. I expect some If you use the current versions of Pages, applications will have user interface glitches which Numbers and Keynote (all up to 10.1), note that need to be fixed, and utilities almost always need Apple only supports the latest two macOS versions OS-specific updates, but I hope that most popular for updates to these applications, so if you remain applications will be ready in time. As usual some on Mojave after September you may start to get applications will require paid upgrades for new versions which officially support Big Sur.
CAPITAL APPLE – JULY 2020 PAGE 5 Macintosh Word Processing Software By Randy B. Singer
For some reason there is a prevalent belief Office 2016 stand-alone for home (US$150) among Macintosh users that their only choices for Office 2016 stand-alone for business (US$230) a word processing program are Microsoft Word https://products.office.com/en-us/buy/ and Apple’s own Pages. Many bemoan the fact compare-microsoft-office-products?tab=2 that Word is too complex a program for them, and Home edition from Amazon (US$129.50) that Apple’s Pages, once a powerhouse, has been https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Office- regressed to a simpler state in recent years. These Home-Student-2016/dp/B0148BYIPY/ users would like an alternative to the two obvious Pages (Free) choices. Maybe something easy (or just easier than (Pages was previously a commercial product Word) to use, yet fairly full featured. Or maybe that came free with new Macs. just a decently competent program that they don’t Now it is completely free and anyone can have to pay for. download the latest version.) Well, good news! There are lots of word https://www.apple.com/mac/pages/ processors for the Macintosh. They range from https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pages/ very powerful to very easy. There are completely id409201541 free options. There are even options that vie with Other choices (listed more or less in order from Microsoft Word for features. This site endeavors to most powerful to least powerful): point you to all of the current options. RagTime (729 euro) Note: This site does not list text editors (which An integrated multi-function program for are not word processors), specialized programs professionals. Sort of like the gone and much such as script-writing software, writing aids, etc. lamented AppleWorks, only on steroids. It Just general word processors are listed here. Please includes the integrated capabilities of: a word don't e-mail me and tell me that I've left out your processor, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, favorite text editor. page layout, PDF, HTML (web), database, Just about all Macintosh word processing address-book, etc. programs offer at least nominal compatibility with http://www.ragtime.de/start.html?lang_id=en files in the Microsoft Word format. (Word format Papyrus Author (free and Pro versions available) being the de facto standard among business (free/US$15/month) people. Many users have to be able to exchange Easy to use (even fun), yet supremely powerful. files in Word format with Word users.) While Includes many unique features to make writing Microsoft Word itself is the only program that can easier for professional writers. guaranty one hundred percent compatibility while https://www.papyrusauthor.com/ (English reading or exchanging files with other Word users, version) in most cases, if you stick to fairly simple https://www.papyrus.de/ (German version) documents, most of the below programs can be FreeOffice/Softmaker Office (free/US$70/ used to read and create compatible Word format US$100/optional subscription) files. similar to Microsoft Office Here is where to get Word and Pages: https://www.freeoffice.com/en/ Microsoft Office (includes Word, Excel, and https://www.softmaker.com/en/softmaker- Powerpoint) office http://www.mactopia.com Comparison chart of the features and costs of There is the mistaken impression among many each version: users that the latest version of Office is only https://www.softmaker.com/en/comparison- available via a subscription. This is not the case. freeoffice-softmaker-office
CAPITAL APPLE – JUNE 2020 PAGE 6 A really slick Office suite extremely similar to 3rd party workflow database (e.g. K4, Microsoft Office, for either free or a fraction of the WoodWings). price. Excellent file compatibility with Microsoft http://www.adobe.com/products/incopy.html format files! The free version is worth having. On a Mellel (US$59) par with LibreOffice; both have their own strengths A fairly powerful word processor. Best known for and weaknesses. its ability to superbly handle foreign languages Open Office siblings that are read from right to left. (Apache OpenOffice, NeoOffice, LibreOffice) http://www.mellel.com/ (See below.) Mariner Write ($30) WPDS Office (free/Premium/Business/ An every-man's word processor. Fast, easy to use, Professional versions available) (free/US$30/year/ reasonably powerful. It reminds some folks of the US$80/US$120) similar to Microsoft Office once wildly popular WriteNow. https://www.wps.com/mac/ http://www.marinersoftware.com/products/ https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/ marinerwrite/ id1468073139?mt=8 Growly Write (Free) (This product is advertised as “free”, but basically A surprisingly competent free word processor! the free version is just a demo of the premium Includes columns, stylesheets, advanced product for a limited time after which it is a placement of graphics in text, drop caps, tables, crippled product. Equivalent suite of products to hot links, borders, etc. Yet is still easy to use! Microsoft Office with equivalents of Microsoft Sadly, includes no footnote capability. This Word, Excel, and Powerpoint; also includes product is worth downloading just because it is lightweight PDF editor, but no equivalent to free. Outlook.) http://www.growlybird.com/write/index.html LyX (free) (some assembly required) Scrivener (US$45) https://www.lyx.org/ A lightweight word processor that specializes in download: https://www.lyx.org/ allowing you to most efficiently work with your Download#toc4 research/ideas and create complex works screenshot: https://www.lyx.org/images/about/ through composing and arranging ideas and aqua.png integrating them easily. Sophistocated word processor for creating http://www.literatureandlatte.com/ stylized works. http://www.literatureandlatte.com/latest/ Nisus Express/Pro (US$20/US$65) scrivener-3-released The professional version of Nisus has become a Write 2 (US$9) very powerful word processor. Some consider it a A lightweight word processor that includes worthy, and even a more desirable, competitor to stylesheets, headers and footers, tables, and Word. Users rave about it. columns. http://www.nisus.com/ http://write.myownapp.com/ Features in Pro version: Bean (Free) https://nisus.com/pro/ A very basic word processor. No stylesheets or Free video tutorials: footnotes. Not completely compatible with Word https://nisus.com/support/pro/videos.php format files. https://www.youtube.com/watch? http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html v=Kaz_3Bsdjbs&list=PLE69hDiWZ52qJhLSSluU- iText Express/Pro (free/US$12) P3pMPIIXou16 A fairly new product that this author has not Adobe InCopy (Subscription) looked at. A program whose main focus is to allow for close https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itext-express/ collaboration between writers, editors, copy id416550249?mt=12 editors and designers. InCopy is almost always http://www.jp-lightway.com/appstore/english/ used in conjunction with Adobe InDesign, either iTextExpress/ using its own built-in integration tools or using a http://www.jp-lightway.com/appstore/english/
CAPITAL APPLE – JUNE 2020 PAGE 7 http://www.jp-lightway.com/appstore/english/ http://openoffice.onfreedownload.com/mac/ iTextExpress/ free-download/ http://www.jp-lightway.com/appstore/english/ http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ iTextPro/ NeoOffice (US$15/US$30 Mac App Store version. Calligra Suite (Free) The latter is entitled to unlimited free upgrades) An open-source project based on KOffice. Can’t Based on the OpenOffice code also, but more be downloaded as a turn-key program. Requires advanced and, most importantly more stable. I some assembly. Can import but cannot export recently tested all of these, and NeoOffice was the Word format. most stable. https://calligra.org/ http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/ https://userbase.kde.org/Calligra/ index.php Download#Mac_OS_X https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/neooffice/ OPEN OFFICE SIBLINGS id639210716?mt=12 Apache OpenOffice, NeoOffice, and LibreOffice What makes NeoOffice worth $15 when the the are three different "office suite" products, like other two mentioned here are free? In Microsoft Office, but they are all based on the same comparison to the other OpenOffice siblings, open-source codebase that originated with the NeoOffice has implemented more features for the commercial product StarOffice, which was Macintosh: purchased and then put into the public domain by http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/ Sun (now owned by Oracle). These programs are NeoOffice_Feature_Comparison more or less clones of Microsoft Office (though they ...and in most instances is faster: are more like the Windows version than the http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/ Macintosh version). NeoOffice_Performance_Comparison These are competing "projects" even though they and it is more stable. are working with the same open-source OpenOffice LibreOffice (Free) code to create a Macintosh-native version. Not all of The newest fork in the Open Office development these products offer the same exact capabilities and/ field, which, unlike all the others, is being backed or performance. There are also some differences in by a consortiom of big company sponsors, such as how the graphic user interface looks in each BROffice, Google, Novell and Red Hat. This program. These products nevertheless are very project has just about eclipsed all of the other similar, and all are either free or very reasonably Open Office projects. It was quite unstable for a priced. while, but recently it has become a really good All three can open, modify, and save Office product. documents in their native formats. They will http://www.libreoffice.org/ usually, but not always, do so perfectly. (The native Which of the three above programs are best? format for Office documents is identical across I'd try LibreOffice first, because it is free. If it isn't platforms. That is, when you send an Office as stable on your model of Mac as you like, or if document created on a Macintosh to someone with a NeoOffice offers a feature that you would like that Windows PC, no translation of the document is LibreOffice does not, I'd then go with NeoOffice. necessary for them to open it, and vice versa.) If you like Microsoft Word, but don't like paying for it, any or all of these three programs are worth checking out. Apache OpenOffice (Free) The best known of the OpenOffice ports for the Mac, but ironically the least advanced. Until relatively recently, in fact, OpenOffice/Mac required X11 to run with a graphic user interface on the Macintosh. It is now fully native.
CAPITAL APPLE – JULY 2020 PAGE 8 Wellington Macintosh Society by Graeme Moffatt
This was a collaboration between the managers of Mac resellers MagnumMac and Econet and ourselves and in order to protect ourselves in the event of a financial disaster, we formed a company called Expo Solutions Ltd with each of us being equal shareholders with one director appointed by each Shareholder. The first event was held at the end of September 2003 in the 3rd Floor Concourse at Te Papa and we were able to get as good number of exhibitors to show up and pay for the costs of advertising and It was acknowledged that the Mac computer was rental for the event. Although we did not make a the only computer that members were using as the large profit, we did recover all of our costs and Apple II family of computers passed into decided to run another event the following year. irrelevance. On this basis it was decided to change the name to better reflect the nature of the group and so the Wellington Macintosh Society Incorporated was created. This was shortened to WelMac and a portion of the original logo was incorporated into the new logo to reflect our geographical location. I mentioned last month that we moved into the main hall of the Johnsonville Community Centre and as we were getting up to eighty members attending our regular meetings, this was a good idea. However as time went by the numbers began falling and it was around this time that we decided to make some changes. We moved out of the main hall and into a smaller meeting room and for a while tried running seperate meetings for beginners and one for more advanced users. This tended to become a bit unmanageable so we reverted back to just one room and had around thirty regular members attending each meeting. We felt that the distance members had to travel out to Johnsonville may be causing less members to attend meetings so we made the move to Turnbull House, which not only gave us a more central city location but was also very close to trains and bus terminals. Around this time we had changed our name and begun organising the Digital Solutions Expo, which grew out of our first effort one Monday meeting These were interesting times and at the end of our night at Johnsonville. second expo in 2004, we held a dinner to celebrate our first twenty years of existence.
CAPITAL APPLE – JUNE 2020 PAGE 9 the demand for such physical competitions has changed significantly with the growth of online video platforms. Whilst our goal with these events was to increase, or at least maintain our level of membership, we did succeed in some respect but were unable to grow our membership base. As far as regular society meetings were concerned, we had to move out of Turnbull House as it was to be strengthened against earthquakes so we moved into a room at St Johns Church in Willis Street and remained there for a few years until the rent went up and we moved to the room in St Pauls Cathedral. This takes us up to virtually the present time and once again we find ourselves needing to make some fairly decisive decisions as to what to do to remain viable. With many similar groups around the world closing down, as has occurred within New Zealand, there is still sufficient enthusiasm and energy within the leadership of our group to soldier on. This can only be successfully achieved however with some meaningful changes and that is what we are now in the process of investigating. This is a society made up of individual members and it is you who have the ability and responsibility to make your thoughts known as to how we can continue. The next meeting at the end of the month is being set up as a means of hearing We also made the decision to hold a Nationwide from you so please make yourselves available and amateur movie competition in order to have your say. compliment the expo and managed to get some good prizes of an eMac computer and also prizes form Canon and other exhibitors.
It was decided to seperate the organisation of the movie competition away from WelMac as although it fitted within the scope of our constitution, it ran the risk of consuming too much of our resources so it was formed into a trust. This was in the days prior to YouTube having such a large online presence and this competition continued in much the same format for a further MovieFest 2004 Winners on Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre five years. This trust is still in existence although it stage has not held any movie competitions since 2009 as
CAPITAL APPLE – JUNE 2020 PAGE 10 WelMac Publicity for Kapiti Meeting on August 3 by Humphrey Babbage
Our recent enquiries indicated that many of the
The Wellington Macintosh Society Incorporated is a non-profit editor or the Wellington Macintosh Society Inc. Copyright of trade- organisation formed in April 1984 with the following objectives: marks and trade names used remains with the owners at all times. • To exchange and disseminate information among the members Advertising rates: $35 full page, $20 half-page (members); $50 full concerning the computer arts and sciences. page, $35 half-page (non-members). For details, contact the editor. • To publish books, newsletters, magazines and periodicals for the benefit and education of members and the public. Home phone • To conduct and sponsor seminars, lectures and courses relating Patron Steve Wozniak to the computer arts and sciences. President Graeme Moffatt 905 6321 • To provide technical assistance to members of the group. Vice President Shane Gordine N/A • To seek privileges and discounts for members. Secretary Andrew McPherson 971 1914 Subscriptions: $30 a year from date of joining. Treasurer Peter Kirby 478 5386 Website: http://www.welmac.org.nz Journal editor Graeme Moffatt 905 6321 Email: [email protected] (email addresses for committee Membership Secretary Shane Gordine N/A members are available on the website) Committee David Empson 976 9755 Joseph Booth 526 5141 Please contact the information officer for all enquiries regarding Martin McKendrick N/A meetings and other activities. Membership enquiries should be (Tony Phillips) N/A directed to the membership secretary. Information Officer Dennis Hamblin 478 9466 The views expressed in this journal are not necessarily those of the
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