All posts by Jim Pernal

June 28th 2023 Meeting

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Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, June 28th, there will be a meeting with George Wilde  what’s new at the Apple WWDC conference. George said:

“During the recent keynote address on the first day of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced several new Macs, an impressive Vision Pro mixed reality Headset, and upcoming revisions to all Apple system software – iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma. At our June SBAMUG General Meeting on June 28th I will be giving an overview of each of these new products, discuss their major new features and capabilities, and describe their compatibility with existing devices.”

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note phone contact for help with Passwords to the meeting or General Zoom help is TBD at the moment.

May 31st 2023 Meeting

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Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, May 31st, there will be a meeting with George Wilde  on “Let’s Have Some Fun Using ChatGPT”

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has been used by computers for years, but the recent release of ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI, has elevated the use of AI to all new levels leading many to claim that the year 2023 will be the year of AI.

There is no better way to understand what all the excitement over ChatGPT is about than to actually use it, and that is exactly what we will be doing in our upcoming SBAMUG general meeting. So think about what you would like to ask ChatGPT, and we will use your questions to input into ChatGPT so that we can evaluate the responses it gives.

This should be a fun and not very technical session.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note phone contact for help with Passwords to the meeting or General Zoom help is TBD at the moment.

April 26th 2023 Meeting

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Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, April 26th, there will be a meeting with Jim Pernal  on the Eazydraw program

Jim Pernal will give a brief presentation on the vector drawing/illustration application Eazydraw.  EazyDraw gives non-professionals a painless way to create illustrations, logos, floor plans, technical diagrams, flowcharts, maps, and Web graphics that can be copied and pasted into other applications.
Will talk first about what is a vector drawing, and some others on the market.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note phone contact for help with Passwords to the meeting or General Zoom help is TBD at the moment.

March 29th Meeting

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Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, March 29th, there will be a meeting with Podcaster Allison Sheridan on “Tech In Travel”

Allison Sheridan of the Podfeet Podcasts joins us again to talk about Tech on Travel. She recently traveled to Antarctica (she’ll show you penguin photos if you ask) and learned a lot about the current state of tech when traveling. She’ll explain how the new eSIM technology built into modern phones make getting data plans much easier when on foreign travel, and she’ll show you a website to find the right plan for your trip. She’ll talk about how cool the new Shared Library is in Apple Photos, as long as you have devices that support it. She’ll share her backup strategy that saved her husband from catastrophe when on an international trip. AirDrop is your friend on travel in groups for sharing photos – and she learned a new trick to making sure you can receive AirDrop requests. Finally, she’ll talk about two super useful gadgets that help on any kind of travel away from home.

If you haven’t seen Allison present before, you’ll find that even if every tip she supplies doesn’t blow your dress up, she’s always entertaining!

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note phone contact for help with Passwords to the meeting or General Zoom help is TBD at the moment.

February 22nd 2023 meeting

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Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, February  22nd, there will be a meeting with presenter and President Kent Mcdonald.

Three Screencast OnlineTip videos will be shown as the 42 minute Presentation for the SBAMUG General Meeting on February 22. The first Tip “Quick Look on macOS” explains how you can view the contents of files without opening them, by just pressing the spacebar. Fies may contain text, video, audio or images. Also you may share files with others, and also learn the size, etc.

The second Tip, Siri Tricks,digs into the lesser-known commands you can use with the automated assistant, and hopefully pick up a new trick or two.
The third Tip, Apple and Security,explains the background and evolution of Apple’s custom security processors, biometrics and encryption.

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Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note phone contact for help with Passwords to the meeting or General Zoom help is TBD at the moment.

January 25th, 2023 Meeting

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Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, January  25th, there will be a meeting with presenter Jim Pernal.

We will discuss the latest Mac Operating System Ventura (13.x)  Presentation will include the requirements for using this system, how to upgrade, why you should upgrade, and finally a few of the new features in the system with some demos. Will discuss the new stage manager, passkeys, system settings, new supplied apps, among others. 

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

If you have questions about Zoom, or need the Zoom meeting code contact cwmitchell@sbamug.com 310-644-3315

December 14th 2022 Meeting

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Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

We bring back our Pizza in person meeting this month.   It will be at a local restaurant from 5:00PM to 7:00 PM.

This will be our December meeting and we will have a general Q & A session for anyone who wants to ask a question about Apple or Mac stuff.
The club will provide pizza, water and soft drinks, and dessert. Beer is also available if you want to purchase it yourself. There is plenty of parking.
Please feel free to bring a guest. The more, the merrier! 
– If you have an ugly Christmas sweater to wear, that’s good, too.
– If you want to bring a wrapped white elephant gift, we could have a little gift exchange.
Let’s eat some pizza and have some fun!
You will need to RSVP. Details about this and the location will be in the email group and also in the main communication medium for the club.  With the free food, you understand we won’t be specific here in the details on a public internet site.  Also CW Mitchell says he will bring his laptop and connect to Zoom during the party, so if  can’t make it, check in with zoom.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

If you have questions about Zoom, or need the Zoom meeting code contact cwmitchell@sbamug.com 310-644-3315

October 26th Meeting

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Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, October 26th, there will be a meeting with presenter Allison Sheridan   who will  present TINY MAC TIPS.

Allison Sheridan has been podcasting and blogging about Apple and other tech for over 17 years, and really enjoys knowing little tips and tricks to make the Mac sing for her.  A friend of hers just switched from Windows to Mac and asked for some ideas to become more proficient. This spawned a series of articles that Allison calls Tiny Mac Tips.  Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or a more recent Mac user, you’re bound to learn some tiny tips to make you more productive on your Mac. Allison is an engaging and entertaining speaker who enjoys audience participation, and when you’re done watching, you’ll have her blog posts on these Tiny Mac Tips as a handy reference guide.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

If you have questions about Zoom, or need the Zoom meeting code contact cwmitchell@sbamug.com 310-644-3315

September 28th Meeting

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Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, September 28th, there will be a meeting with presenter George Wilde   who will  present highlights from the Apple “Far Out” event held on September 7th.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

If you have questions about Zoom, or need the Zoom meeting code contact cwmitchell@sbamug.com 310-644-3315

August 31st 2022 Meeting

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Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, August 31st, there will be a meeting with presenter and President Kent McDonald   who will  present four videos on Tips.

The videos are 1) Tipsy: Travel Planning Tool  2) Picture This: Plant Identification Tool for iPhone  3) Hidden Extras in Finder and 4) Useful Safari Extensions

All but 2) are for the Macintosh.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

If you have questions about Zoom, or need the Zoom meeting code contact cwmitchell@sbamug.com 310-644-3315