Meeting Ideas: Shot on iPhone
If you are looking for a great series of videos for a photography SIG or general meeting, you may want to consider the technique filled tutorials Apple’s YouTube channel. In the last month there have been a series of videos with ideas for iPhone photography, including neat effects with slow motion and water balloons, abstract images you can create from baby oil and water, and night mode photography with glow sticks. Looking for concepts as well as techniques? There are videos for concepts too.
December is a great month to check out Apple’s YouTube channel.
Are your group’s Apple User Group Locator records up to date? This winter the Locator team will be updating the database. Groups who have not updated their records in a while, and groups with dead web links or non-functioning email addresses will be put on pending. Make sure your group stays on active status. Update your group’s records today.
User group members are known for their varied interests and a new collaboration between Deadline, FYC (For your Consideration), and AppleTV+ might make for a great meeting topic. FYC is known for providing Non-Academy events presented on behalf of a television show that may be considered for an Emmy or other award, and, as you might expect, they have not been able to do live events. The good news is that Deadline’s For the Love of DOCS documentary series is being offered online and free of charge. From this week through mid-December documentaries ranging from a look at how shooting stars, meteorites and deep impacts have focused the human imagination on other realms and worlds, and on our past and our future, to a cinematic exploration of punk poet Shane MacGowan, to human stories from the center of the pandemic, a look at the House of Gucci, a social justice scout troop, a high school senior who cares for her two mentally disabled parents, and more.
Does your group have an Apple User Group Ambassador? Not sure or maybe your group needs to update its information or assign a new ambassador. If any of this applies to your group, or you are a current ambassador and want to refresh on what resources are available, then read on.
Randy Singer, leader of the 9.000+ member strong MacAttorney User Group, co-author of multiple editions of the award-winning and well-loved Macintosh Bible, author of the ABA’s The Macintosh Software Guide for the Law Office, writer of the MacAttorney Newsletter, and popular presenter, has a great article looking at Email software. From Email clients, to Email utilities, to archiving your mail, Randy offers great guidance.
Members have been asking about the new iPhones and are excited about 5G. From the clever new MagSafe for iPhone, to edge-to-edge Super Retina XDR displays with a new Ceramic Shield front cover, the fastest chip in a smartphone, advanced dual-camera system and more, there is a lot to be excited about.
by Tom Piper, Coordinator
It can be hard to find reliable and trustworthy news in this election cycle. The good news is that Apple News provides a great resource to help finding the best information from a wide range of sources. Curated by Apple News, with reporting and analysis from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, FiveThirtyEight, Fox News, NBC News, ProPublica, Reuters, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, TIME, USA Today and others. The resource covers curated news and guides related to all political viewpoints, often in real time, from the primaries, to conventions, November election, and everything in between. 