UNIQUE GIFTS FOR THE APPLE/MAC USER

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1 UNIQUE GIFTS FOR THE APPLE/MAC USER

2 THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING AND WHATEVER YOU CELEBRATE... THERE IS ALWAYS THE QUESTION OF WHAT TO GIVE OR GET FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS. HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE APPLE SIDE.

3 A new Mac! A nice new Mac would be a great idea. New Mac come with macos Sierra. As another consideration, since Macs can run Windows, you can buy a new Mac and your significant other can run Windows on it even faster than on a new Windows machine! If you need proof visit the computer club s imacs. imacs start at $1099. Go to apple.com

4 Or how about a laptop? Mac Book Air (starting at $999) or a MacBook Pro (starting at $1299) or a MacBook (starting at $1299) Look at the new colors!)

5 Get an ipad Prices range from $269 all the way up to $1129.

6 Get an iphone Go to apple.com to find out which iphone fits your life style. All have the ease of operation that an Apple product espouses.

7 Get an ipod from $49 (Shuffle) to $399 (ipod touch)

8 SOME MORE THOUGHTS Magic Mouse 2 - $79 Magic Trackpad 2- $129 - at the Apple Store

9 Watch TV on your Apple TV Rent from the largest selection of HD movies -- many available the same day they come out on DVD. Watch Netflix titles instantly. Rent TV shows, commercial-free in HD. Stream photos and music from your computer to your widescreen TV.

10 Memory crucial.com macmemory.com Okay. Your finances do not support a shiny new Mac. To increase the performance of your current Mac, just put more memory in. Short of buying a new machine this is the most important thing you can do to speed up your Mac. Memory has gotten very cheap. You can check crucial.com or macmemory.com to get pricing. Find out which Mac you have by going to About this Mac. Then fill in the info requested and they ll let you know what you need. The installation is very easy and many of the suppliers even have a video to watch regarding the installation.

11 Crucial Mac System Scanner tells you just what you can install on your Mac, plus prices.

12 Update to macos Sierra Free!

13 Go to the Apps Store You can upgrade from Lion Older than that, you ll need a new Mac!

14 Buy an external hard drive for use with Time Machine. Samples below at apple.com If you CAN run Time Machine and you are NOT, you are flirting with disaster. Time Machine is transparent to you, until you need it. Think how sad you will be when the irreplaceable photos you have are on a cooked hard drive.

15 Backup your most important data We know that Time Machine can back up your material, but again, if there is an incident with your data, you may be unhappy. Consider an additional external hard drive. Store it not next to your computer and not in your home. Safety deposit box? Children s homes?

16 Take a Grand Computers Club class You may be pretty confident with your Mac, but you can always learn something new and you cannot beat the price. $5 for a 2-hour class. Most classes run two sessions.

17 Get a book about Apple products Visit amazon.com and get some Mac Avoid the Dummies books cause you are not, and there is not enough meat and potatoes in those books.

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19 Subscribe to a Mac Magazine: MacLife

20 Learn new software There are so many good programs for the Mac: Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, Photoshop Elements, The Print Shop, Reunion, etc. And, of course, we offer courses in many of them. You might even learn a new program and decide to teach or assist in a class! Free with Sierra upgrade at Apps Store $39.99 at Amazon $79.25 at Amazon $29.99 w/ Sam s URL $99.99 at

21 Visit a Mac Store The Arrowhead Mac Store and MacMedia will have lots of stuff to buy. Skins for your ipad or iphone, Griffin products to let you play your itunes music through the car audio systems, and perhaps a game? MacMedia also has used computers for sale.

22 APPLE. COM SELLS LOTS OF GIFTS!

23 Headphones at apple.com

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25 Cases & Protections from apple.com

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27 Canary packs a complete home security system into one unit that you control from an app on your iphone or ipad. It incorporates a built-in 1080p HD camera, automatic motion detection, night vision, a 90+ db siren, temperature/humidity/air quality monitoring, and intelligent notifications sent straight to your ios device. Canary sets up in seconds to help you feel safe and secure. Stream real-time video of your home, and receive notifications whenever motion is detected, with Canary s 1080p HD camera, 147-degree wide-angle lens, automatic night vision, and high-quality audio.

28 There are many, many sources for add-on lenses. Just Google iphone addon lenses.

29 Personalized Shutterfly iphone Cases & Magnets & much more

30 SANDISK IXPAND FLASH DRIVE This plugs into the newer iphones & ipads and works like a second hard drive up to 64G through the Lightning Connector. Go to > products/sandiskixpand-flash-drive

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32 The speakers are water-resistant and feature a handy suction cup that allows you to secure it to the shower wall. Its user-friendly design lets you control it with ease with play/pause and forward and rewind buttons in back. The speaker comes with everything you need to enjoy it right away and it features a built-in rechargeable battery so you don t have to worry about running for new batteries.

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38 apple.com has plenty of ideas for you to purchase or put on your wish list, from gift cards, software, bags & notebook cases, games, music & audio, etc., etc., etc., etc.

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40 Have fun shopping for your Apple user friends and family and buy something for yourself too! This slide show will be placed on our website page at www. grandcomputers.org - SIGS > Apple