What's New From Apple

By: Ken Spencer

September is often the month when Apple announces new products. Ken Spencer will take a closer look at these new items as many of us will be waiting to place an order!

SIRI - Dictation

By: Ken Spencer

Ken Spencer will take a closer look at Siri, a powerful intelligent assistant for Apple devices. Siri can do much more than we sometimes realize including simple dictation and shortcuts that can automate many mundane tasks.

Interesting and Exciting Tips for your iPhone using iOS 15

By: Andy Petro

There are many features imbedded in iOS 15 on your iPhone. Andy Petro will present interesting and exciting tips.

Texting - #1 Method of Communication

By: Bill Smith

Instant messaging is a central sign of the times. Bill Smith will explain and demonstrate the basics of texting, attaching photos and documents to texts, text message security, sharing texts across your Apple devices, group texting, creating messages with Siri, and texting with computers.

Non-Tech Talk

By: Nina Mazzo

Our speaker Nina Mazzo simply wants to know enough to make her iMac work smoothly! She will discuss and demonstrate some useful terms, definitions, tips and tricks for our iMac – all in not too technical terms.

Pages Part 3

By: Ken Silverman & Helen Rains

Expand your knowledge of Pages on both the Mac and the iPad. If you do any type of writing you will want to watch this seminar. 

Dive Deep into MaCOS 12 Monterey

By: Pete Lozzi

FaceTime, Messages and Safari get some major updates while MacOS 12 Monterey makes our Mac more productive, perform just a bit better, and is secure.

Apple Amplifies Accessibility

By: Ken Spencer

Apple includes assistive technology in its operating systems as standard features. Ken Spencer will show you some of the somewhat hidden features of Apple’s accessibility options. People with motion, sight and hearing impairments can greatly benefit and these features can make many daily tasks much easier.

Photos on the iPhone

By: Andy Petro

The Photos app on your iPhone is a powerful organizer for all your photos. Andy Petro will demonstrate how you can organize your photos directly on your iPhone. This includes photo editing, creating videos and slideshows on your iPhone.

Create a Slideshow on the Mac

By: Ken Silverman

Ken Silverman will demonstrate ways to produce a slideshow with your photos.
There are several options to help you make this interesting and enjoyable.

Photos on the Mac- Part 2

By: Ken Spencer

Last week Ken Spencer introduced many features in the Photos App (on the Mac) including built-in editing tools; ways to accentuate images as well as keeping your photos organized. This week is a continuation of that presentation with even more information, tips, and tricks introduced and explained.

Photos on the Mac-Part 1

By: Ken Spencer

There is so much you can accomplish with Photos on the Mac. Photos is a photo management and editing application. Ken Spencer will introduce many features including built in editing tools; ways to accentuate images as well as keeping your photos organized.

Travel and Tech in

Today's Environment

By: Ken Spencer

Travel is always rewarding but recently it has been a challenge. Travel requires good planning and while we might see reduced crowds for a bit as conditions begin to normalize, you will benefit from tech tools that allow you to navigate this planning more efficiently.

Travel and Tech in Today's Environment

By: Ken Spencer

Learn a lot about travel and the different technical devices which can assist you during your trip.

Take Control of You iOS, iPhone and iPad

By: Ken Spencer

Ken Spencer will discuss and explain some of the best settings to enable your devices to talk to each other. He will touch on having your files in iCloud, use the ever- expanding Notes app across devices and much more.

Apple Moves Further into Healthcare

By:Bill Smith

The evolution of Apple hardware, software, and services focused on healthcare continues with the Health App. Bill Smith will provide an overview of this app, which collects health data from devices and apps you already use. This data is private to you and maintained on your iPhone and iCloud.

Pages: Special Interest Group Pt. 2

By: Ken Silverman & Helen Rains

Join Ken Silverman and Helen Rains on Zoom for Pages Mini -lesson #2 where we look at the Format Inspector sidebar options to format and style text in a Pages document. Do you have more questions about how to work with Pages on the Mac and iPad? Ask at the next Special Interest Group meet up for Pages!

Quick Look at Apple's New Productions

And Universal Control

By: Ken Spencer

Ken Spencer will enlighten us to the recently released Apple products - the Mac Studio and Studio Display. He will also cover the new iPad Air and iPhone SE.

Another great new function that will be covered is Universal Control:

Intro to Pages Word Processing

By: Ken Silverman & Helen Rains

f you do any type of writing, you’ll want to get involved in the Pages Special Interest Group. This new type of seminar will consist of a series of lessons on Pages for the Mac and iPad. This first session will be an introduction to Pages word processing and will cover topics like choosing a template and customizing the tool bar.

Gmail

By: Ken Silverman

In this seminar, Ken Silverman will show you how to obtain a free Gmail address and use it on your Mac or iDevice. He’ll discuss some of the common problems with Gmail and how to solve them.