Grand Apple SIG December 18 Meeting 4:30 PM, Apache Room, Chaparral Center Topic: icloud: History & Services Grand Apple SIG December, 2017 Volume XII, No. 8 Join us as we present information on Apple s icloud, which keeps all of your photos, videos, documents, apps, notes, contacts, and more, safe, secure, accessible, automatically. by Dr. Leon Chapman We hope you can join us and bring your friends. We always have some treats and always have door prizes! Please RSVP for the Apple SIG Holiday Party on Saturday, December 9-2:00-5:00 PM! See information on page 3. We d love to see you and your spouse/significant other/friend. Tech Help Meets Weekly Here s a way to have your Apple or Mac questions answered one-on-one by Apple SIG volunteers. Laptops are welcome as well. If we can t answer your questions, we will find someone who can! Tech Help meets the every Tuesday from 12:30-3:00 PM in the Open Use Room at the Computer Club at the Chaparral Center. December 2017 www.grandmacs.org 1
November 13 Apple SIG Meeting iphone Camera Tips to Take Even Better Photos Pictured are some of the 64 attendees at our November Apple SIG. Geoff Buxton is shown helping us set up our camera preferences. We learned how to take panorama photos, as the one shown above taken by Gretel Coursol. Notice our guests diligently following Geoff s suggestions! Geoff gave us many tips on how to effectively take better photos on our iphones. Thanks, Geoff, for your helpful presentation! December 2017 www.grandmacs.org 2
Grand Apple SIG Twelfth Annual Holiday Party Let s celebrate our Apple SIG successes at a Holiday Party When: Saturday, December 9: 2:00-5:00 PM Where: Joyce & Len Kloncz s home: 20140 N. Portico Way Directions: Take Clearview over #303. Take the second right (Desert Blossom) past the Cimarron Center. Take the first right (Portico Way) off Desert Blossom, the second house on the right. What to bring: Please bring a hearty hors d oeuvre or plate of holiday goodies to share. Wine, beer, pop, coffee provided. Door Prizes! R.S.V.P. please to Joyce at 623-215-2397 or apple@grandcomputers.org December 2017 www.grandmacs.org 3
Tentative Yearly Schedule Grand Apple SIG Monthly Meetings Usually 3 rd Mondays - 4:30 PM Hopi Room Chaparral Center December 9-12 th Annual Apple SIG Holiday Open House 2:00-5:00 December 18 - icloud: History & Services January 22 - note date change: macos Features February 19 - Evernote March 19 - Apple Watch 3 April 16 - What s New in Review with Apple Mac Tip: Instantly Look Up a Word in the Dictionary or Thesaurus OS X s reference tool is wonderful. You can access it from just about anywhere to look up whatever word may be causing you trouble. Select the word you wish to learn more about and press the Cmd + Ctrl + D keys. Alternatively, if you re on a MacBook, just click it with three fingers on your trackpad. December 2017 www.grandmacs.org 4
Here s a holiday gift from Art McCall! This Cheat Sheet allows you to write down important information about your Mac, so if something happens, you will be able to access it immediately. It is very important to the well-being of you and your Mac to have vital information for when things go wrong, or you change location, or you need to visit the Apple Store or Tech Help or Print out this page and store it with your important documents. About This Mac All of these are found under the Apple Symbol in the Menu Bar. I have a computer I am running Mac Version It has a Processor It has GB (or TB) of Memory The serial number is My Apple User Account My Account Name is My Account Password is My Keychain Password is My Internet My ISP* is (That is, to whom you write a check; examples can be Cox, Century Link, AOL) Their support phone is Their website URL is My account name is My password is If I connect wirelessly, my modem is made by and the Wi-Fi password is * ISP - Internet Service Provider If you need help filling this out, bring it to Tuesday Tech Help and have someone help you fill it out. My Email My email provider is Their phone number is My email address is My email password is This is a (POP / IMAP) account My incoming server is Port My outgoing SMTP is Port My Other Email Accounts My email provider is Their phone number is My email address is My email password is This is a (POP / IMAP) account My incoming server is Port My outgoing SMTP is Port My Other Email Accounts My email provider is Their phone number is My email address is My email password is This is a (POP / IMAP) account My incoming server is Port My outgoing SMTP is Port My Emergency Contacts AppleCare Apple Tech Support Apple Arrowhead MACMEDIA Mac Savvy Friend December 2017 www.grandmacs.org 5
Welcome New Apple Users Our Grand Apple user group totaled 193 members on November 30, 34% of the club members, out of 564 Grand Computers Club members. Last month we had 127 Apple users and 303 Grand Computers Club members. New Apple users since the November newsletter include: Delores Benbon, Sharon DiPasquale, Bob Dooling, Ron & Caryn Martin, Linda Selegue, William Stone We welcome you and encourage you to join us at our Apple SIG events and classes. Photos on pages 4 and 6 are from our From Apple SIG Facilitator Joyce Kloncz We are in the middle of planning for winter Apple/Mac classes. Winter classes begin on Monday, January 15 and run through Friday, April 27. Registration online will be Monday, January 8, beginning at 8:00 AM. We plan to offer 19 Mac classes, 21 PC clsses, and 35 Other classes, totaling 75 classes. We hope you will encourage your friends and neighbors to be a part of our Grand Computers Club. With all of our classes, Coffee Chats, general meetings, SIGs, we offer something for everyone. We hope to see you for our Twelfth Annual Apple SIG Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 9, from 2-5 PM. We always have a fun time getting together with our Apple users. Door prizes! Please join us!! Our email address is apple@grandcomputers.org. Our website is www.grandmacs.org previous Apple SIG Holiday Parties. Join us for the fun! December 2017 www.grandmacs.org 6