The offcial journal of the Wellington Society Inc Volume 36.01 – January 2019

Come to one of Scams and how to spot them our meetings

Wellington Tuesday, 29 January 7.15pm - 9.30pm Subject: Scams and how to spot them Kapiti Monday, 4 February 7.10pm - 9.30pm Subject: Scams and how to spot them iPad Group* TBA There are a lot of email, web site and telephone Help Desk* scams out there. This month’s meetings will be TBA discussing many of them and ofering advice on how See page 2 for more details of meetings to identify them before you get sucked in, and where *Please register by emailing [email protected] to go to find more information.

Where to find us Unless otherwise indicated, main meetings are normally as follows. Wellington: last Monday of the month (except December) at Brian Davis Room, Cathedral of St Paul, corner Hill St and Molesworth St, Wellington. Kapiti: first Monday of the month (except January) at Kapiti Uniting Parish, Weka Road, Raumati. Help desks and other special interest meetings vary.

The President Writes p2 Apple Opens iTunes up to TV Rivals p5 INSIDE Neat apps for the new year p4 Mac keyboard shortcutsCommittee p7 A Great Tip p4 Contact Details p8

CAPITAL APPLE – JANUARY 2019 PAGE 1 The president writes ...

The main part of the meeting will be the same topic as Wellington: “Scams”. David Empson will lead the discussion. If you would like to receive e-mail announcements about upcoming Kapiti meetings, please contact Don Niccol [email protected].

David Empson Kapiti iPad/iPhone Group [email protected] An iPad/iPhone group meeting is being planned for a Saturday in February at a member’s Happy New Year to all. house in Kapiti. If you would like to attend the meeting, please contact Shane Gordine Please note that we were unable to hire the [email protected]. Wellington meeting venue on our regular last Monday for the first two months, so have shifted Help Desk the January and February meetings one day later to We’re aiming to hold the first help desk of the the last Tuesday (which also affects the AGM). The year in March in Johnsonville or Lower Hutt. March and later Wellington meetings are scheduled Details to follow in the issue of Capital Apple. for the last Monday as normal. Kapiti Meeting Review Wellington Meeting The WelMac committee and those who attend Our main meeting in Wellington will be held on our regular Kapiti meetings are aware of a notable Tuesday 29 January, in the Brian Davis Room at reduction in meeting attendance. This has Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, corner Hill St and prompted a review of several aspects of our Kapiti Molesworth St, Wellington, from 7.15pm. meetings. As part of this, one of our members, The meeting will start with a Q&A session for Humphrey Babbage, has offered to take on the task those who have any technical issues. It would be of contacting individual members n the Kapiti area appreciated if questions could be emailed in to discuss their expectations for meetings and advance to [email protected] so we can whether other arrangements might suit them plan ahead. Following Q&A we will have a light better. supper then the main topic. During the review, we will continue to hold Tonight’s topic is “Scams”. David Empson will Kapiti meetings on the first Monday evening each lead a discussion on scams of various types (e.g. month. We hope to have gathered enough email and telephone) that seem to be increasing in information to be able to have a detailed discussion frequency, and related issues around computer as part of the meeting on 4 March, with the aim of security. Questions and experiences from those implementing any changes starting with the April attending the meeting are welcome. meeting.

Kapiti Meeting Changing Internet Connections The Kapiti meeting will be held on Monday 4 Members who are planning to change or February, at the Kapiti Uniting Parish, 27 Raumati upgrade their Internet connection (e.g. due to the Rd, from 7:10 pm. availability of fibre) should keep in mind a small We will start the meeting with a short discussion tale of caution reported by one of our members. on the review of Kapiti meeting structure and The technician got the new connection up and survey of Kapiti members which is currently under running, and got their Mac working with it. way (see below). continued over page

CAPITAL APPLE – JANUARY 2019 PAGE 2 Soon afterwards they noticed that many aspects I’ve seen recurring warnings about some of my of their were no longer working. This turned old applications which I know are 32-bit and will out to be because the router had been replaced and need to be replaced or retired before I can run the Wi-Fi network along with it. The iPads were macOS 10.15 late this year. The warning says the still trying to connect to the old Wi-Fi network. application in question “is not optimised” for Their ISP was able to help with a second visit Mojave. It appears the warning is limited to once a from the technician to update their iPads to use the month for each affected application, and it only new Wi-Fi network. recurs after a restart of the computer. Moral of the story: if your Internet connection is The only new compatibility problem I ran into going to be upgraded or your router is being was with 4.x (from iWork ’09) which is no replaced, be sure to identify all of your devices that longer able to open any files. I had already stopped access your wireless network before the change using the corresponding versions of 2.x occurs (e.g. computers, , tablets, and Keynote 5.x because they had started printers, smart TVs, Apple TV, etc.) and make sure misbehaving in macOS 10.13 High Sierra. I’ve dealt either you know how to reconfigure them for the with this by moving to the latest versions, but I’m new network, or ask for help from the technician. retaining the iWork ’09 versions on a spare Mac running an older macOS version for rare occasions where I still need them (e.g. for converting even older AppleWorks documents). The only new Apple products since our last issue in November are smart battery cases for the State of Play for iOS 12 iPhone XS, XS Max and XR. iOS 12.1.3 was released in late January, and iOS The biggest news over the break was Apple 12.2 will be due in about March. I’ve been running revising their market guidance downward for the iOS 12 since September and it has been fine apart quarter ending December 2018, mostly due to a from the aforementioned stalling problem with recession in China have a greater effect on product Safari (getting around it on iOS requires a force sales than expected. There was much wailing and quit: double-click the home button or swipe up to gnashing of teeth amongst market analysts who get the app switcher, then swipe up on the Safari seem to think that it is really bad that Apple is now app to force quit, then you can launch Safari again only expecting their second best quarter ever, from the home screen or dock). rather than their best quarter. This has no immediate impact on us as users of What to expect in 2019 Apple products: it is mostly of concern to investors Many Apple products are rumoured to be in Apple stock. The downturn may lead to strategic getting regular or long awaited updates at some changes by Apple, which could affect future point this year, including new models of iPad, iPad products or related issues like the timing of mini and iPod Touch. The redesigned high-end products being launched or discontinued. desktop has been promised for 2019, and we will probably get an iMac update at some point. State of Play for macOS 10.14 Mojave Apple’s pre-announced AirPower wireless macOS 10.14.3 was released in late January, and charging mat is still missing in action but there 10.14.4 is due in about March. I’ve been running have been rumours about it. Mojave since November and in my experience it About the only reasonably certain timing details has been stable apart from an annoying recurring are the likely developer conference in June and problem with Safari (which is also affecting iOS likely release of new , iOS and macOS in 12): for some web sites, Safari gets into a state September. where it stalls while loading any page from the site. If this happens, the easiest way to get it working That’s all, folks! David Empson again is to quit and relaunch Safari. I’ve seen this To contact me, email [email protected], or you on several web sites, most frequently stuff.co.nz. can ring me at home (976 9755)

CAPITAL APPLE – JANUARY 2019 PAGE 3 Neat apps for the new year

By Andrew McPherson

Gif Brewery 3 Battery Health 3 Gif Brewery 3 on the Mac , free. Battery Health 3 also from Fiplab on the Mac (Previous versions were paid) app store is an essential utility for Mac . It This lets you create Gif memes from video gives you full details about your battery, such as including highlights clips. date of manufacture, charge cycles, current This is handy for sharing on social media, blogs, maximum, original maximum, health % and or websites. statistical details. It does let you import video from youtube and local files. DaisyDisk DaisyDisk as promoted on the . A Civilisation 6 quick & easy way to visualise your disks usage. Civilisation 6 the latest in the long running This will show you where you have large files history strategic game series. clogging up your drives, and allow you to delete. It The second expansion, Gathering Storm, due resembles a pie chart that you can navigate to find late February, brings the Maori as a playable what takes up room on your drives. civilisation, along with storms, earthquakes, volcanoes, and climate change. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Currently on sale at a discount for the main Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on the Mac game, DLC and the first expansion also. app store. ⅓ coverage of the full 20 volume OED. Available on the Mac app store and on steam. Perfect for quick reference, and very affordable. Works perfectly with MacOS services, so you can Memory Clean 3 set a hotkey on your system to launch the OED Memory Clean 3 from Fiplab Ltd. Latest version when you select a word and use the shortcut. of Memory Clean (1 & 2 on Mac app store) that has greater efficiencies and faster memory VLC (Video Lan Client) optimisation. Definitely useful on all Macs up to VLC (Video Lan Client) from videolan.org Free 16gb, or for google chrome users. Available as a open source media player, handles every media file discounted upgrade from the older version online. format. Supports every platform. Capable of This is particularly handy for any Mac laptops casting to chromecast/android TV, with Apple that need help running applications faster. Airplay for Apple TV coming soon. VLC has achieved 3 Billion downloads as of Friday the 11th Jan 2019.

A Great Tip

Use Shortcuts to download YouTube Videos on iPhone (or iPad). Details for creating and using this shortcut have been provided by Cult of Mac. Apple’s Shortcuts app (previously called Workflow) can download videos from YouTube and save them to your Camera Roll, your Dropbox, or any app you like. You can read the full story via the following link https://www.cultofmac.com/501134/how-to-download-youtube-videos-directly-to-

CAPITAL APPLE – JANUARY 2019 PAGE 4 Apple Opens iTunes Video and AirPlay

Up to TV Rivals by Josh Centers

Something curious is happening in TV land. Sony: The Sony announcement is more limited First, Apple announced a partnership with than Vizio’s. So far, the only Sony TV models frenemy Samsung to bring iTunes movies and TV gaining AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support are the shows, as well as AirPlay 2, to Samsung smart Sony Z9G Series, A9G Series, and X950G Series. TVs. Now Apple has inked deals with LG, Sony, LG: The LG announcement is the vaguest, and Vizio to bring AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support promising AirPlay 2 and HomeKit on the to their TV sets. company’s AI TV lineup in 2019. What does this mean, exactly? What’s curious is how only Samsung gets iTunes For TVs that support AirPlay 2, it means you’ll Movies and TV Shows, but Samsung is the only be able to share iOS device screens to them or vendor not providing HomeKit support. Despite “beam” content like movies and music directly to that confusion, these announcements may be great them from iOS or iTunes—just like you can now news for Apple users who own or plan to buy a with the Apple TV. supported TV set, but what do they mean for the The HomeKit story is a bit more interesting: rest of us, and for Apple’s TV plans going forward? supported TVs will become HomeKit devices, and Reading the Teavee Leaves as such, you’ll be able to turn them on and off and As someone who’s been watching the Apple TV change their inputs with or Apple’s Home space for years (I literally wrote the book on it— app. You’ll also be able to create HomeKit scenes Take Control of Apple TV), my gut reaction is that with actions to control these TVs. So you could these announcements may mark the end of the have a Movie Night scene that dims the lights and Apple TV as a standalone hardware product. Not turns on the TV with a single command. (For more now, probably not next year, but I believe that Apple on what you can do with scenes, see “A Prairie will eventually phase out the Apple TV. HomeKit Companion: Core Concepts,” 3 Why? Because the future isn’t a separate box, it’s November 2016 or my book, Take Control of having the smarts baked directly into your Apple Home Automation.) television. Back when I wrote the first edition of Here are the details of each TV vendor Take Control of Apple TV, I dismissed the smart TV arrangement, in the order they were announced: user experience as dramatically inferior to that of Samsung: Starting in a few months, 2019 the Apple TV—and that was true at the time. But Samsung Smart TV models will feature the new over the years, smart TV interfaces and performance iTunes Movies and TV Shows app and AirPlay 2 have improved significantly, and you can’t beat the support. Samsung TVs from 2018 will also receive convenience. Would you rather turn on your TV, these capabilities through a firmware update, but switch inputs, grab the , and open the the company said nothing about older models. Netflix app, or just press the Netflix button on your The iTunes Movies and TV Shows app will be TV remote? available in over 100 countries, while AirPlay 2 Television is an inherently lazy technology. It’s support will come to over 190 countries. The the screen you stare at when you want to turn your iTunes Movies and TV Shows app is currently a brain off. It’s the device where users tolerate friction Samsung exclusive, and it will integrate with the least. “I don’t care about HDMI-CEC or HDR. I Samsung’s other TV services, such as Universal just want to watch football, dammit!” Guide, the Bixby voice assistant, and Search. While Apple was betting on a box, it turns out Apple told The Verge that Samsung’s ad-tracking that the much-mocked analyst Gene Munster was capabilities would not work inside the iTunes app. right in claiming that the better bet was a smart set. Vizio: The company claims that millions of Apple could still ship its own TV set, and I think SmartCast TV owners will see support for AirPlay there’s a place in the market for it, but Apple 2 and HomeKit by the second quarter of 2019. remains reluctant, probably because TVs are a

CAPITAL APPLE – JANUARY 2019 PAGE 5 notoriously low-margin business—Vizio CTO These expansions into offering support for Bill Baxter said the industry gets 6% margins— competing TV platforms suggest that Apple is looking Apple’s overall gross margin is about 38%. at targeting its service to the broader market beyond With Apple trailing on the TV hardware front just Apple devices. That would mean Apple plans to go —the Apple TV commands only 15% of the head-to-head against Netflix and Hulu, along with market, behind Amazon and Roku—the Disney when the Mouse’s streaming service launches company’s best chances lie in the service end. later this year. But Apple is backed into a corner there too, On the more practical level, I expect this combination because Movies Anywhere reduced whatever of AirPlay and HomeKit integration with smart TVs to lock-in advantage Apple had by syncing iTunes look very similar to how Google Home and Chromecast purchases from major studios to your accounts interact. I can tell Google to shut off my TV or play a on Amazon, Google, and other platforms (see title from Netflix or Google Play, and it seems like “Movies Anywhere Frees Your Films From Apple’s new integrations will be able to do similar Platform Lock-In,” 14 October 2017). things. It’s one of Google’s more useful voice-driven Rumors are flying hot and heavy about some features, and I’m surprised Apple didn’t do something sort of TV service from Apple, but exactly what similar sooner. content would be on it, how much it would cost, Don’t fret about the future of your Apple TV just yet. or what platforms it would be available on are all For now, it’s still very much a necessary component of still mysteries. Jokes about Planet of the Apps the iTunes puzzle, and it will work just as well on a new aside, Apple has made some impressive, if smart TV as it does on any current model. And it won’t confusing, content deals. recently be gathering and sharing data about you—that’s promised more services in 2019, and while he why dumb TVs are more expensive than smart TVs. wasn’t specific, a TV service seems imminent.

CAPITAL APPLE – JANUARY 2019 PAGE 6 Mac keyboard shortcuts By Susan Jensen

Document shortcuts Command+Right Arrow: Move the insertion point The behaviour of these shortcuts may vary with to the end of the current line. the app you’re using. If you are new to this you Option+Left Arrow: Move the insertion point to could keep this list handy to refer to it and learn the the beginning of the previous word. shortcuts. Option+Right Arrow: Move the insertion point to Command+B: toggles Boldface of the selected the end of the next word. text, i.e. turn boldfacing on or off. Shift+Command+Up Arrow: Select the text Proof-reader's Note: In Sound Studio, that command between the insertion point and the beginning of the reduces the volume if a selected recorded passage to document. zero. Shift+Command+Down Arrow: Select the text Command+I: toggles Italicise the selected text, i.e. between the insertion point and the end of the turn italics on or off. document. Command+K: Add a web link. Shift+Command+Left Arrow: Select the text Command+U: toggles Underline the selected text, between the insertion point and the beginning of the or turn underlining on or off. current line. Command+T: Show or hide the Fonts window. Shift+Command+Right Arrow: Select the text Command+D: Select the Desktop folder from between the insertion point and the end of the current within an Open dialog or Save dialog. line. Control+Command+D: Show or hide the Shift+Up Arrow: Extend text selection to the definition of the selected word. nearest character at the same horizontal location on Shift+Command+Colon (:): Display the Spelling the line above. and Grammar window. Shift+Down Arrow: Extend text selection to the Command+Semicolon (;): Find misspelled words nearest character at the same horizontal location on in the document. the line below. Option+Delete: Delete the word to the left of the Shift+Left Arrow: Extend text selection one insertion point. character to the left. Control+H: Delete the character to the left of the Shift+Right Arrow: Extend text selection one insertion point. Or use the Delete key. character to the right. Control+D: Delete the character to the right of the Option+Shift+Up Arrow: Extend text selection to insertion point. Or use Fn+Delete. the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the Fn+Delete: Forward delete on keyboards that beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again. don’t have a Forward Delete key. Or use Control+D. Option+Shift+Down Arrow: Extend text selection Control+K: Delete the text between the insertion to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of point and the end of the line or paragraph. the following paragraph if pressed again. Fn+Up Arrow: Page Up: Scroll up one page. Option+Shift+Left Arrow: Extend text selection to Fn+Down Arrow: Page Down: Scroll down one the beginning of the current word, then to the page. beginning of the following word if pressed again. Fn+Left Arrow: Scroll to the beginning of a Option+Shift+Right Arrow: Extend text selection document. to the end of the current word, then to the end of the Fn+Right Arrow: Scroll to the end of a document. following word if pressed again. Command+Up Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document. Editors Note: This is only half of the number of Command+Down Arrow: Move the insertion shortcuts in this article and next month I will include the point to the end of the document. balance. Command+Left Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line.

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