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16.5 Newsletter South Bay Apple MUG Macintosh May 2016 A Monthly CUPFUL for South Bay Apple Mac User Group Members Credit for Damaged iPhones, by Paresh Dave April 27 Meeting Apple Inc. has begun offering trade-in credit for iPhone Out of the Box damaged iPhones, a strategy that could encourage people to buy a newer model rather than try to fix or George Wilde will be discussing iPhone and iPad Basics - just bear with their current device. Apple is under what comes with your iPhone or iPad out of the box. There pressure from investors to show that slowing sales will be no discussion of any third party Apps, or even Apple of iPhones isn’t a long-term trend. Fostering more Apps that do not come preinstalled on a new iPhone or upgrades should help, as will selling more iPad. refurbished iPhones in countries where original devices remain too expensive for most people. The presentation addresses how you can use your iPhone or Previously, Apple required iPhone displays, buttons iPad to maximum advantage with iOS 9. including iPhone and cameras to be intact for consumers to get up to and iPad controls, buttons, and switches, use of finger $350 toward the purchase of a new iPhone. The gestures, arranging apps and organizing them into folders, maximum credit cuts the price of the latest iPhone, using Spotlight search, Siri and “Hey Siri”, multitasking and the 6S, by more than half. Cracked screens and navigating between apps, use of copy & paste, discussion other issues will cut into the trade-in value, limiting of what all of those numerous little status bar icons mean, it to between $50 for the iPhone 5S and $200 for finding somewhat hidden critical settings that can improve the iPhone 6 Plus, an Apple spokesman said Friday. performance and avoid excessive charges - including Wi-Fi Calling, Wi-Fi Assist, Personal Hotspots, and Data Roaming, But the new policy still makes upgrades more setting a secure passcode as well as passcode and attractive than before. Apple is directing people to fingerprint implications, privacy considerations, using Apple its stores to get the most accurate appraisal, though Pay, use of iCloud and iCloud security, as well as music and trade-ins also may be processed online. Other vendors including Gazelle and Usell provide credit photos in iCloud and cost tradeoffs among the several for turning in iPhones, and major wireless carriers music and photo options available from Apple, using your also accept old iPhones in exchange for credit. iPhone in an emergency, using the Control Center and Notification Center, adding email accounts, generating http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi- secure notes, setting up reminders, using handoff between tn-apple-iphone-trade-in-20160205-story.html devices, Slide Over, Split View, and Picture in Picture on newer iPads, and many other topics. IN THIS ISSUE The presentation uses a number of photos, screen captures, Page 2 - Meetings/Location/General and very short screen videos to clearly illustrate the topics Page 3 - PD CD, Chat Room being discussed. A PDF of the presentation slides will be Page 4 - Smartbean, Screencasts posted on the SBAMUG website so that you can go back Page 5 - Andy Grove, El Cap Mail and refer to the presentation materials at a later time. Bring Page 6 - Photo Filters, Vi Hart your iPhone or iPad to the meeting so that you can follow Page 7 - Pronto, El Cap Upgrade along. Don’t miss the meeting! See page 2 for details. Welcome to the SBAMUG South Bay Apple Mac User Group Members,friends and colleagues are invited to attend our monthly meetings (usually the last Wed of the month). The $35 annual membership dues entitle you to receive this Meetings: Lomita Veteran’s Hall, monthly newsletter by 1865 Lomita Blvd, Lomita mail or online, plus many Mail: PO Box 432, Redondo Beach, more benefits (page 8). Lomita Veteran’s Hall, CA To become a member or 1865 Lomita Blvd, Lomita 90277-0432 get more info please Phone: (310) 644-3315 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.sbamug.com/wp SBAMUG Monthly Calendar April 27: iOS 9 Basics SBAMUG Meeting Format: May 25: Office Software for Mac 6:30—7:30 p.m. Questions & Answers and Sharing: Everyone is welcome, beginners Other Meetings: st encouraged •1 Wed each month – SBAMUG Core Group, 7:30 pm. 7:30—7:50 p.m. ‘iSocial’ – shoot the Mac Join Google+ SBAMUG community, or email: breeze with others over a cookie* [email protected]. 7:50—8:00 p.m. Announcements •Special interest groups (SIGs): Feb 16 on iPhone; 7:50—9:00 p.m Program contact Glen Terry: [email protected] *Refreshments provided; donations appreciated! •Last Sat. each month - Northrop Grumman-Ham Radio Submit suggestions for topics or speakers, or & Computer Swap Meet, 7--11:30 a.m. Meet at SE articles, ideas & original artwork for this corner of Marine/Aviation Blvd, Redondo Beach newsletter to [email protected] by the last •Los Angeles Portable Users Group: Mac OS X, iPhone, Wednesday of each month. Articles may be iPod, MacBook, etc., http://www.lapug.org/ •Find more: http://www.apple.com/usergroups/ Officers & Volunteers: President: Kent McDonald VP: open Membership Report – 102 members! Secretary: Wayne Inman Treasurer: CW Please wear membership card as your name tag Mitchell Welcome New Members: Mark Mitchell, Nicholas Raba, Directors at Large: Dave Nathanson, Margaret Merrill Huler, Doug McLellan. Wehbi, Arnold Silver, George Wilde, Joan King, Thank You Member Renewals: Harry Squires, Milan Clarence Baisdon, Pete Myers Korach, Peter Myers, Gundula Schneider, Carol Simoes, Paul PD Disk Editor: Jim Pernal Walesky, John Baskett, George Kiefer, Joe Locascio, Herbert Membership: CW Mitchell Epp, Julie Jensen. Member Development: Pete Myers If your name is not spelled right or your expiration date is wrong, contact [email protected] for correction. Or Programming: Kent McDonald contact CW for everything membership, dues and benefits. Greeter: open Please watch for your renewal letter, then sign and date it and Server Director: Dave Nathanson return it with $35 check (in enclosed self-addressed envelope) Newsletter: Pete Myers, Bill Berks or bring letter with payment to meeting. USPS Liaison: CW Mitchell HE SOUTH BAY MUG (ISSN 1058-7810) is published monthly for $35 per year by South Bay Apple Mac User Group, 2550 Via T Tejon, Suite 3J, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274. Periodicals postage paid at Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE SOUTH BAY MUG, P.O. Box 432, Redondo Beach, CA 90277-0432. The South Bay MUG is published by the non-profit South Bay Apple Mac User Group. Excerpts may be reprinted by user groups and other non-profit media. Credit must be given to SBAMUG and the author. In addition, a copy of all reprinted materials must be sent to us at the above address. The South Bay MUG is an independent publication not affiliated or otherwise associated with or sponsored or sanctioned by Apple® Computer, Inc. The opinions, statements, positions and views stated herein are those of the author(s) or publisher and are not intended to be the opinions, statements, positions or views of Apple® Computer, Inc. 2 SBAMUG April 2016 PD CD Chat Room Two recent articles in Scientific American dealt with This is the April CD article. Eight items this month. One item has cybersecurity: How Cybersecurity Became Your Problem, “tryout” in the title. Most all of the shareware in the past has in by Keren Elazari and How Should We Think About reality been a tryout, with either functional limitations, a trial Privacy? by Jason Lanier. The first one, from the April period, or sometimes just the honor system to get you to pay the 2015 issue, uses some scare tactics and undocumented shareware fee if you wish to continue to use it. I’ve been assertions but also raises some valid concerns with downloading directly from the author’s website, rather than take a security in the age of the Internet of Things. It ends with chance with Macupdate and similar websites. They have starting reminders to keep your software up to date, use secure adding in additional unwanted adware, or sponsored programs, web browsers and enable two-factor authentication in combined with the download, so I don’t risk downloading directly your email and social media accounts. The second one, from them. from the November 2013 issue, is a deep dive into Lanier’s philosophy and musings on the future. Neither article is available on the web to non-subscribers, but I Acorn-4.zip Bit mapped image editor program. Has layers and have copies for those who want them, or you can read gradients. Lots of bug fixes in this version. Shareware $29.99 them at your local library. OSX 10.10+ (Yosemite) Intel The IEEE Spectrum is also a great source of info on all Adium_1.5.10.2.dmg Instant messaging client. Will work with things related to computing. How to Build a Safer Internet AIM, Google talk, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and several others. OSX of Things, by Alan Grau (March 2015) discusses how 10.6.8 + Free products like internet-connected thermostats are lagging computers and smart phones in security features: AlienC.dmg A file format converter. Works with RTF, http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/how-to-build-a- Microsoft .doc, HTML XML and several other formats. Intel safer-internet-of-things 10.6+ Shareware $19.00 Eben Upton: The Raspberry Pi-oneer fills in some background on the inventor of the popular $35 computer: http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/eben-upton- delivery-status-6.2.2.zip Keeps track of package deliveries.
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