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VOLUME 27, NUMBER 12 MAIN LINE MACINTOSH USERS GROUP DECEMBER 2016 EDITOR COMMENTS FOUNDED MAY 1989 MEETINGS - SECOND Try using tabs in Pages, etc. You’ll end up with one window SATURDAY OF THE MONTH rather than several and it's much faster to go back and forth b e t w e e n t a s k s t h a n w i t h iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, Troubleshooting, iOS 10, Issue windows. Pages 34-35. Jason Snell captured the unease EAT, SWAP, LEARN, & ELECT of many Mac users because of the lack of 2016 updates of all This Saturday MLMUG will hold its 13th Annual Holiday Brunch with many of us the Macs except for small bringing in all sorts of good food to share. M a c B o o k ( a n d n o w t h e MacBook Pro). Let's hope MLMUG will provide paper goods and hot beverages. matters improve in 2017. tinyurl.com/ja885ho. We’ll also have our Swap Meet and have tables set up for sellers. Bring your used but Daniel Nations gave the iPad Pro in good working condition hardware, software, books, or periodicals to sell or swap. 6 stars out of 5. It’s a very All items that don't find a new owner will need to go home with their original owner. tempting purchase. Pages 7-11. The MacBook Pro, although As usual, we did not schedule a guest speaker, but will have some of our members expensive, looks like a winner for share their favorite tips during the meeting. Look for presentations by Mark many of us. The new Touch Bar Wassmansdorf (Sticky Spaces), Bob Barton (Interesting iPad Apps), Sue Czarnecki is fascinating and I can’t wait to (Team Children and More), and Maria Arguello (Tips and Tricks That Save Time). see future developments. A great way to bring touch to a Mac. Half of Susie Ochs column is about In addition, we will hold elections for Board officers for 2017. the Touch Bar. Pages 12-17. Pages 47-48 are about routers and how to improve your security. Should be very helpful in getting the performance and security for a box that most of us DECEMBER LOCATION know little about. REMEMBER - We will meet at Hershey’s Mill in West Chester. Take Greenhill to Hershey’s Drive entry and go up hill to Community Center. Map is at tinyurl.com/hnkbg2z. !1 VOLUME 27, NUMBER 12 MAIN LINE MACINTOSH USERS GROUP DECEMBER 2016 CONTENTS Newsletter Editor Editor Comments And Program Info………………………1 Contributors & Authors Mark Bazrod MLMUG And Newsletter Info.…..……….………………2-4 Marco Arment Graphics Editor November Meeting Minutes (Levitus)……………..……5-6 Mark Bazrod The iPad Pro Review: A Bigger, More Powerful iPad . 7-9 Sally Bazrod Brian X. Chen 2017 Speaker Roster……………………………..…….…9 Copy Editor Jonny-Evans Will Next Year’s iPads Be Faster Than Macs?………10-11 Deane Lappin Kathy Garges Macbook Pro With Touch Bar Review…………….…12-17 Jeff Gamet MLMUG Journal Apple’s New MacBook Pro……………………….…..18-20 Masthead Dave Hamilton A World Without The Mac Pro…………………….….20-23 Designed by Dale Fletcher Melissa Holt When Your Mac Acts Up, Try This First….……….….23-24 Based on prior designs by Top 10 Troubleshooting Tips For……………………..25-26 Bob LeVitus Marc Robinson, Steve Mac Startup Problems John Martellaro Evans & Bobby Foster The Mac Observer’s iOS 10 Tip Roundup………..…27-28 Caitlin McGarry M L M U G J o u r n a l i s Tim Cook’s Emails Apple Employees……………………28 Daniel Nations published monthly by the Post-Election Main Line Macintosh Users Tom Nelson iOS 10 Maps: Adding Pit Stops Along Your Route…29-30 Group and is available Ios 10: Turning Off “Raise To Wake”….……………….…30 Susie Ochs online. It is produced using OSX Daily A p p l e P a g e s , w i t h a How To Fix Threaded Emails In Mail On IOS 10……31-32 Helvetica Neue font (Same Ios 10: Print To Pdf With And Without 3D Touch..…32-33 Unknown as Yosemite). macOS Sierra: How to Use Tabbed Windows…..34-35 Xmas Ladies……………………………………………..…35 How To Use Universal Clipboard On Mac,………….36-38 Permission is granted to nonprofit groups and other Macintosh iPhone, iPad User Groups to reproduce items in this newsletter. Please Macos Sierra: Rearrange Your Menu Bar…………….…38 include the author’s or artist’s name, the MLMUG Journal title, 7 Of The Best MacOS Sierra Features………..….…39-41 and our copyright notice. A copy should also be mailed to: Troubleshooting MacOS Sierra Problems……..……42-46 Editor, MLMUG Journal, P.O. Box 1374, Southeastern, PA 19399 or emailed to [email protected]. Joy Of Tech………………………………………..………..46 Router Configuration-Easy…………………………47-48 © 2016 Journal content not written by members is included Security And Improvements courtesy of the sources or the fair use doctrine. Product names & images are trademarks or copyrights of the respective Needed…………………………………………………..…48 owners. AI: What’s Inside The Box?…………..………….…49-50 !2 VOLUME 27, NUMBER 12 MAIN LINE MACINTOSH USERS GROUP DECEMBER 2016 Typical Meeting Agenda New Users SIG You don’t have to wait a whole month to 9:00 - 9:05: Call to order in main meeting get answers to your basic Mac questions! room. Get together with other members on the fourth Saturday (i.e., two weeks after each 9:05 - 10:05: Three Concurrent Special regular meeting) for the Startup Folder Lite. Interest Groups (SIGs) convene in separate rooms. The three current Many new users have said that they can SIGs are: MLMUG Email list learn much more from face-to-face The Main Line Macintosh Users meetings than they do from manuals or Newer Users- We cover the most Group has its own email list. other sources. That’s what this meeting is basic questions you may have about Compose your letter and email it to all about. Go to www.mlmug.org/nusfl.html your Mac/iDevices and how to use [email protected] and for details. them. your message will be sent to everyone on the mailing list. Macintosh Programming SIG/ Multimedia - We discuss using your Posting to this list is restricted to Philly Mac Programming Group Mac/iDevices and applications for MLMUG members. Contact Bob The objective of this group is to help photo, video, audio, and print media. Barton if you are a member and members become more familiar with the you are not on the list. OS - We go beyond basics to discuss c o n c e p t s o f M a c i n t o s h a n d i O S Apple’s current operating systems, Please observe rules of etiquette. programming, i.e., the elements of the using your Macs & iDevices, & various See the Yahoo Groups Terms of Macintosh GUI, user interaction, file applications, & have Q&A. Service. The MLMUG list may be system, etc., and the main Mac used to post Apple/Macintosh- programming tools: AppleScript, Java, C, 10:05 - 10:15: Continuation of Q&A for all related items for sale, but any and Objective C. attendees. solicitation of members through the list is forbidden without the The Philly Mac Programming SIG meets at 10:15 - 10:30: Welcome and other business. written consent of a MLMUG 10:30 AM on the first Saturday of each officer. The list is hosted at Yahoo month, but usually skips January and July. 10:30 - 11:50: Main Presentation (by a Groups. Contact Deivy Petrescu, Chair, for venue member or guest) information. www.phillymacprog.org. The next meeting will probably be at Ludington 11:50 - Noon: Raffles and silent auctions. Library in Bryn Mawr. Come join some fellow MLMUG members for lunch after the meeting at a nearby restaurant. !3 VOLUME 27, NUMBER 12 MAIN LINE MACINTOSH USERS GROUP DECEMBER 2016 President, Program Director & Newsletter Copy Editor & Apple Vendor Liaison User Group Ambassador Membership Information Maria O. Arguello Deane Lappin Membership dues are $25 for individuals and $35 [email protected] [email protected] for families. Memberships are based on your Vice President & Promotion Multimedia SIG Co-Chair Director anniversary date, which is the month you joined. Dale Fletcher Susan Czarnecki You will be e-mailed reminders when membership [email protected] [email protected] fee is due. Treasurer, Membership & Newer Users SIG Co-Chair & If you’re just visiting to check us out, or if you’ve Facilities Coordinator Deputy Webmaster been visiting for some time, but haven’t joined, Elliott Cobin Bob Barton consider these BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP: [email protected] [email protected] , where you can learn, share, Newsletter Graphics Editor • Monthly meetings Secretary & Newsletter Editor and meet everyone from working Mac Mark Bazrod Sally Bazrod professionals to new Mac users from all [email protected] [email protected] backgrounds. Member-at-Large OS SIG Chair Larry Campbell • Monthly newsletter, which is full of interesting Adam Rice Mac news, tips, and information. [email protected] [email protected] Multimedia SIG Co-Chair & • Useful free items at the monthly Raffles. Educational Liaison Social Secretary Gail Montgomery • Discounts. Vendors offer special prices to User Linda McNeil Group members. [email protected] [email protected] with 12 months of MLMUG Webmaster • Web Site Deivy Petrescu newsletters, meeting information, a member directory, directions to our meetings, and much [email protected] more! Our web site is www.mlmug.org. • MLMUG Mailing List, to post technical questions or comments to each other and the experts within the group. • Reviewers keep items reviewed.