by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Jan 20, 2018 | News & Events
Looking for a short presentation on HomePod for your group’s meeting? Apple Support’s YouTube channel and ASW have all the information you need to make a great group presentation.
Apple Support’s YouTube channel offers a series of three videos on HomePod, including how to adjust HomePod settings, how to use Siri to play music on HomePod and How to use touch controls on HomePod.Each video is under 2 minutes, easy to follow and interesting.
ASW offers HomePod – Product Presentation (L574599A-en_US ), HomePod – First Look (L574596A-en_US), HomePod Top Features Demo Guide (L574990A-en_US) and more.
Ambassadors: February is a great month to use Apple resources for your meetings.
Apple YouTube Support Channel’s HomePod Collection
https://asw.apple.com
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Jan 15, 2018 | News & Events
Apple Pay and Apple Pay Cash can provide a quick and interesting topic for your next meeting. Apple Pay is easy to use since you can pay for store purchases with the iPhone or Apple Watch you always have with you without needing to open an app, pay within apps or on the web in Safari with iPhone and iPad with no need to enter billing, shipping, or contact information and pay on the web using Safari with Mac. And, you can send and receive money with friends and family right in Messages. Apple Pay is simpler and safer than using your physical card. Instead of using your actual card number, Apple Pay assigns a unique number for each purchase, so your card information is never shared by Apple with merchants.
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by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Jan 15, 2018 | News & Events
Please be respectful of the vendors who offer user group discounts by password protecting any user group offers that come from the Apple User Group Bulletin or the Apple User Group Resources blog. When a offer becomes public, we often hear from the vendor, either to discontinue the offer or to change their discount code and information. In January we heard from a vendor who forwarded screen shots of their discount on a specific group’s website. The discount code has been changed and the offers page has a new password as well. See the bottom of each month’s Apple User Group Bulletin or check with your group’s ambassador for password information.
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Dec 9, 2017 | News & Events
Looking for a full meeting presentation? ASW just released a fact-filled Keynote demo for the iMac Pro, an iMac packed with the most powerful graphics and processors ever in a Mac, along with the most advanced storage, memory, and I/O — all behind a breathtaking Retina 5K display in a sleek, all-in-one design to meet the needs of everyone from photographers to video editors to 3D animators to musicians to software developers to scientists. (L574107A-en_US)
Ambassadors: December is a great month to use Apple resources for your
meetings.
https://asw.apple.com/
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Nov 18, 2017 | News & Events
In 1986 members of Call-A.P.P.L.E from the Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange attended the 1986 Apple World convention. They enjoyed, and member Jack Connick transcribed, Steve Wozniak’s user group presentation. Woz talked about his early interest in electronics and microprocessors, his first user group meeting and more. The transcripts are a fun look.
Check out these great transcripts from Call-A.P.P.L.E: (more…)
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Nov 17, 2017 | News & Events
Three of the best things about Apple User Groups are the community we create, the people we are glad to call friends, and the commitment that members share. Pam Doughty is a wonderful example of all three: she has been the faithful editor of AUSOM News for 25 years. In December 1992 she assisted with publishing the newsletter and in the months that followed became editor. (more…)
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Oct 15, 2017 | Monthly Featured Vendors, News & Events
In early 1990, Adam and Tonya Engst founded TidBITS. A little over 27 years later, they are still providing the insights, news, tips and guidance that their wide-spread readership enjoys. Better yet, they have a new service, the TidBITS Content Network (TCN) content syndication service, that provides content that consultants, resellers, and other businesses can use to stay in touch with their clients. The service also helps home and office users how to make better use of their Macs, iPhones, and iPads. (more…)
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Sep 12, 2017 | News & Events
Macstock 2017: Super User Group Meeting by Tom Piper
Macstock III was an independent 2-day conference for Apple enthusiasts of all experience levels held July 15-16, 2017, at the Luecht Conference Center in Building B of the main McHenry County College campus in Crystal Lake, IL. Its name originally came from nearby Woodstock, all of which is about an hour’s drive northwest of Chicago.
The conference design was to help us hear techniques from community-leading experts for getting the most from our Apple devices and apps, plus provide us a unique opportunity to engage other members of the Apple community from around the globe who also be visited Macstock. My son, Jason, and I met people from Washington, Cupertino, New York, Chicago, Florida, Tucson, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa and many other places. As Jason observed: “Literally everyone is wearing an Apple watch, and we are all comparing the variety of bands being worn.” (more…)
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Aug 13, 2017 | Monthly Featured Vendors, News & Events
This month’s featured vendor is Joe Kissell of alt concepts, co-publisher (with his wife Morgen Jahnke) of Joe on Tech and Take Control Books, a senior contributor to Macworld, prolific author and long time user group supporter. Joe On Tech guides provide friendly, comprehensive and up-to-date advice on important tech topics. Take Control ebooks cover much more detail than a magazine article but are shorter, more focused, and more timely than a typical printed book. Joe is Take Control’s most prolific author and you probably have at least a few of his works already. (more…)
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Aug 12, 2017 | Resources, User Group Meeting Materials
Part of having a successful user group is having great content to present at meetings. Some groups are able to get guest speakers, products demonstrations, and even remote presentations. But for some groups that is not always logistically possible. Over the last few months we have featured Apple podcasts, Today at Apple, Apple Teacher, Keynotes, and Apple Sales Web, five incredible resources to help groups create enjoyable meetings and educate members. This month we will look at a sixth great resource, Swift Playgrounds.
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