Meeting (Via Zoom)

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

7:00PM On Wednesday, April 30th 2025, there will be a meeting with three videos on the Mac and iPhone

Beginners Q&A will be after the main meeting,

Note this is a new earlier start for the main meeting.

The core group decided to try this earlier time since we don’t seem to get enough questions as of late, to fill the 45 minute beginners time slot. We will try this new time slot for the main meeting.

The three videos are:  1) Image Playground, new Apple AI feature,  2) Using your iPhone on travel tips, and 3) 10 strange things your Mac may do.  These are things like you Mac running slow, weird page rendering on internet page, no sound, etc.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting codeis 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 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Meeting (Via Zoom)

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

:  7:00 PM Beginners Q&A

7:45PM On Wednesday, March 26th 2025, there will be a meeting with Jim Pernal  on the new Apple hardware introduced in February and March 2025.

We will discuss the new iPhone 16E, new base model iPad with A16, new M3 iPad air, new M4 MacBook air, and the New Mac studio. The mac studio is available with either the M4 chip or the even more powerful and new M3 Ultra chip.

The iPhone 16E is a departure from the previous iPhone SE line.  The base new iPad is lacking a key apple selling point,  The new mac studio has a surprising top the the line processor that is not the M4.

Note the core group has decided to move the start time to 7:00 PM for the Beginners group and 7:45 for the main meeting to see if this will help attendance, and folks showing up late.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting codeis 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 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Meeting (Via Zoom)

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

:  7:00 PM Beginners Q&A

7:45PM On Wednesday, January 31st, 2024, there will be a meeting with Jim Pernal  on Mac OS Sequoia

We will discuss the latest Mac Operating System Sequoia (15.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 AI (Apple Intelligence) , Safari 18 changes, Password and iPhone mirroring apps.  Other items like the new Window tiling feartures, improved Calculator, notes will be covered.

Note the core group has decided to move the start time to 7:00 PM for the Beginners group and 7:45 for the main meeting to see if this will help attendance, and folks showing up late.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting codeis 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 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Meeting (Via Zoom)

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

7:00 PM Beginners Q&A

7:45PM On Wednesday, September 25th 2024, there will be a meeting with Jim Pernal of the SBAMUG  with a presentation on the product announcements from the October Apple press releases and/or October event.

Apple did announce a new iPad Mini via  an October 15th press release.  This will be covered along with any new devices announced by Apple up to the day of the meeting.  This will likely be new Mac computers. As a fallback we will show videos following the presentation.

Note the core group has decided to move the start time to 7:00 PM for the Beginners group and the main presentation at 7:45PM.

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 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Meeting (Via Zoom)

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

7:00 PM Beginners Q&A

7:30PM On Wednesday, September 25th 2024, there will be a meeting with Phil Goodman of the LAPUG  with a presentation on the product announcements from the 9/9/2024 Apple presentation.

Apple did introduce new Watches, AirPods, and iPhones.  They also discussed the release of IOS 18, and Mac OS 15 Sequoia. There was discussion of Apple Intelligence also

Note the core group has decided to move the start time to 7:00 PM for the Beginners group and the main presentation at 7:45PM HOWEVER THIS MEETING WILL START EARLY at 7:30PM

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 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Meeting (Via Zoom)

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

7:00 PM Beginners Q&A

7:45PM On Wednesday, June 26th, 2024, there will be a meeting with George Wilde of the SBAMUG  with a presentation on the Apple World Wide Developers Conference.

Here is George’s description:

Last week Apple announced the details of many new and exciting OS features coming to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. These features will be included in the updated iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating systems which will be released this fall,  The updated operating systems will be called iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and MacOS 15 Sequoia. But with the plethora on new features it may difficult to sort out which features might be most useful to SBAMUG members. The press around Apple/s updates has centered mostly around AI – but that is only a part of the story. In this presentation I will give an overview of these new features and capabilities, and which Apple devices are compatible with the new releases. I will then drill down to those features which I feel would be most useful to you, which features are only available on selected devices, which features will be available at launch, and which features will come in later releases.

Note the core group has decided to move the start time to 7:00 PM for the Beginners group and the main presentation at 7:45PM. This returns the  regular starting time to 7:45 unlike last month’s earlier start time.

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 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

On March 10th Margaret Wehbi sent out a short five question questionnaire to update the membership and email lists.   While we have received  responses, we are still missing about half of the members we thought we had in late 2022.  There are a lot of email failures on many of the no response folks.

With the passing of our former Membership chairman CW Mitchell (RIP) it did take time to work out the logistics of the membership database, and to get a new volunteer for the Membership Chairman.  (Thanks Margaret)

Why do we need to update the lists? One reason is outside speakers.  They will ask what is your current membership and how many attend the Zoom meeting.  We can’t answer the first question and have to give the low number that show for our Zoom meeting.   The second reason is to determine what we can afford for if we go back to some limited amount of in person meetings.

So for those who did receive the questionnaire  and the several followups Margaret sent and you did not respond; PLEASE DO.

The folks that have their emails bounce, please contact Margaret with your new email address.  membership@sbamug.com is the email address. Did you change your email provider?  Did you sign up to our email group with a email that you never use or check?

If you are not on the everybody at SBAMUG mail list please 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.

Jim Pernal, President

Meeting (Via Zoom)

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

7:00 PM Beginners Q&A

7:45PM On Wednesday, April 24th, 2024, there will be a meeting by Arnold Silver  with a presentation on GraphicConverter.

Arnold said: “I will present an overview of GraphicConverter, starting with my early experience, and including functions and cost. It will be based on the manual and not include demonstrations. ”

Note the core group has decided to move the start time to 7:00 PM for the Beginners group and 7:45 for the main meeting to see if this will help attendance, and folks showing up late.

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 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Meeting (Via Zoom)

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

NEW TIME:  7:00 PM Beginners Q&A

NEW TIME: 7:45PM On Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, there will be a meeting with Kent McDonald  presenting two Screencast Online Tip videos

First is about an Application called Callsheet a movie and TV show database.  Similar to IMDB, show details and also scheduled future showings.

The second tip video is about a program called Arc Search for IOS devices. Has a new way of searching the internet from mobile devices.

Note the core group has decided to move the start time to 7:00 PM for the Beginners group and 7:45 for the main meeting to see if this will help attendance, and folks showing up late.

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 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Meeting (Via Zoom)

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

NEW TIME:  7:00 PM Beginners Q&A

NEW TIME: 7:45PM On Wednesday, January 31st, 2024, there will be a meeting with Jim Pernal  on Mac OS Sonoma

We will discuss the latest Mac Operating System Sonoma (14.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 widgets, Safari 17 changes, Lockscreen/Dynamic screen savers, among others.

Note the core group has decided to move the start time to 7:00 PM for the Beginners group and 7:45 for the main meeting to see if this will help attendance, and folks showing up late.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting codeis 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 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .