The offcial journal of the Wellington Macintosh Society Inc Volume 35.05 – May 2018 Come to one of Apple Developer Conference our meetings Wellington Monday, 28 May 7.15pm - 9.30pm Subject: Accessing Digital Media Kapiti Monday, 4 June 7.10pm - 9.30pm Subject: Backups iPad Group* Saturday, 16 June 1 pm - 3 pm Kapiti Help Desk* TBA (July) Apple’s annual developer conference is coming soon: expect Kapiti news about the next versions of iOS and macOS on Tuesday 5 See page 2 for more June (NZ time). There is a strong possibility of new Macs and details of meetings iPad Pros being released soon. *Please register by emailing [email protected] 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 RIP: Apple Airport, 1999-2018 p6 INSIDE macOS High Sierra report p4 Reveal Invisible Files p7 Committee Contact Details p8 CAPITAL APPLE – MAY 2018!PAGE 1 The president writes ... Kapiti iPad/iPhone Group An iPad/iPhone group meeting will be held from 1 pm to 3 pm on Saturday 16 June at a member’s house in Kapiti. If you would like to attend the meeting, please contact Shane Gordine [email protected]. Help Desk David Empson We had a successful Lower Hutt help desk last [email protected] month. The next help desk is being planned for Hi folks. Kapiti in July. Details will be in next month’s issue of Capital Apple. Wellington Meeting Our main meeting in Wellington will be held on Change of Postal Address Monday 28 May in the Brian Davis Room at After decades of having P O Box 6642, initially at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, corner Hill St and the Te Aro branch then Marion Square, WAUG/ Molesworth St, Wellington, from 7.15pm. WelMac has started the process of moving to a new This month we have a guest presenter: Jess Payne, box number. We have rented the old box for another who is Customer Education Specialist at Wellington year to ease the transition but will be publishing the City Library. Jess will be telling us about applications new address, starting with this month’s issue of used to access digital media available at the library Capital Apple. We hope to have the web site, and elsewhere, including newspapers, magazines membership letters and other official records and books, most of which is available free of charge. updated in the next month. We will be running the main presentation first, starting shortly after 7:15 pm. The presentation is Our new postal address is: expected to take about an hour. This will be followed by supper, then general technical Q&A at the end. Wellington Macintosh Society Inc. P O Box 1100 Kapiti Meeting Wellington 6140 The Kapiti meeting will be held on Monday 4 June (Queen’s Birthday) at the Kapiti Uniting This is actually my own P O Box, which I’m Parish, 27 Raumati Rd, from 7:10 pm. paying for as part of my self-employed business, but We won’t be able to run the same meeting topic allowing WelMac to use free of charge. (Shane as at Wellington, but we are aiming to run a similar normally collects the mail so will also have a key.) meeting at Kapiti later in the year. WelMac doesn’t get enough mail to justify This month’s Kapiti meeting will be covering continuing to pay for its own box, especially a backups: backing up your Mac with Time Machine, double-size one, but we need some form of mailing cloning software and possible options for cloud address and don’t have a permanent physical backups, plus backing up iPhones and iPads. address. NZ Post charges a ridiculous amount to David won’t be able to attend the Kapiti meeting redirect mail from one business/non-profit box to in person this month but will be available via video another, so it is cheaper to hire the existing box for link to answer any general questions and to cover another year while we get rid of all references to the the main topic. old address. They also don’t offer any way to If you would like to receive e-mail downsize the box (which would be cheaper to hire) announcements about upcoming Kapiti meetings, without changing the box number. please contact Don Niccol [email protected]. continued over page CAPITAL APPLE – MAY 2018!PAGE 2 Apple News Minor updates might not get mentioned at WWDC but could be released at the same time with a press release to cover the details. Developer Conference There have been rumours of a redesign of the Apple’s annual World-Wide Developer MacBook Air but timing is uncertain. Conference (WWDC) starts on Tuesday 5 June (NZ A refresh or replacement of the iPhone SE is due. time). We can expect a keynote event (5 AM to about There are rumours it might be coming in September 7 AM NZ time) during which Apple unveils the next with the rest of the iPhone models. major versions of iOS (12) and macOS (10.14) plus A product that might be released is Apple’s corresponding tvOS and watchOS updates, which “AirPower” wireless charging pad (for iPhone 8 and are probably due for release in September. The X, Apple Watch series 3 and AirPods with a new keynote can usually be watched live from Apple’s case). It was announced last year and promised for web site or using the Apple Events or WWDC app some point in 2018. on Apple TV and iOS devices. The video of the Don’t expect any major new models of iPhone, keynote is typically available for delayed viewing Apple TV or Apple Watch in June. They are likely to from Apple’s web site shortly after the event, and be announced in September. via the Apple Keynotes podcast (e.g. through We’re long overdue for an updated Mac Mini (the iTunes) by the following day. current model was introduced in October 2014). I One important piece of information expected is won’t be holding my breath for that one, but if it what exactly Apple meant last year when they said does get updated again it usually happens around macOS 10.13 High Sierra would be the last version the same time as an iMac update. that can run 32-bit applications “without The iMac Pro was previewed at WWDC last year compromise”. We should find out what that means and released in December, so a new model is for running 32-bit applications on macOS 10.14. unlikely soon. The redesign of the modular Mac Pro Other sessions throughout the week reveal more is known to be coming in 2019, but we might see technical information mostly aimed at software something about it at WWDC. developers, but technically inclined users may find some topics interesting. Session videos are live Latest macOS and iOS updates coming soon streamed and available for delayed watching via Signs are pointing to the imminent release of Apple’s developer web site and in the WWDC app. macOS 10.13.5 (the next High Sierra update) and iOS As usual I will summarise and report the major 11.4, probably during WWDC if not sooner. announcements to WelMac members via email as Apart from the usual bug fixes and security soon as possible after the event. We will have updates, these versions may finally see the followup reports in the next issue of Capital Apple, availability of Messages in iCloud, which was a and will be dedicating the next meetings in late June promised new feature for macOS 10.13 and iOS 11. If (Wellington) and early July (Kapiti) to analysis and enabled, this will sync your message storage discussion about the announcements. between devices via iCloud, e.g. if you delete a message or conversation on one device it will be Possible new Apple products soon deleted everywhere, and if you set up a new device Apple likes annual release cycles and there is a big it will immediately have access to your message list of products about to hit that mark. If you are history. It also reduces storage requirements on planning to buy a new Mac or iPad Pro in the near devices, though you might need more iCloud space future it would be wise to wait until June 5 to see if you want to keep a lot of message history or large what gets announced. attachments. Apple used the WWDC keynote last year to introduce new models of the iMac, MacBook Pro and That’s all, folks!! David Empson iPad Pro, and there were also refreshed MacBook and MacBook Air models. To contact me, email [email protected], or you can New Mac and iPad Pro models being available ring me at home (976 9755) soon would fit well with the northern hemisphere school and academic year which starts in September. CAPITAL APPLE – MAY 2018!PAGE 3 macOS 10.13.4 High Sierra: How is it looking now? by David Empson Soon after the previous issue of Capital Apple was published, I bit the bullet and upgraded my main MacBook Pro to High Sierra (macOS 10.13.4). I had been putting it off due to lack of time to deal with known software compatibility issues, but I’ve pushed that aside for now by using a virtual machine to run some old software I still need.