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See page 5 555 OMUG ONext Meeting, July 14th, 2015: 6:45 PM
Using the Photos App— Phil Davis
Key articles.....
Lightning Is A Real
Threat! Protect Your
Computer— page 2
WHAT IN THE WORLD... ?
—see page 5
Coming To A Desktop
Or Your Favorite iOS
Device This Fall— pg. 3
Apple Watch Selected To
Drive Cancer Study—
page 4
Photographer– NC Sizemore
A message from the prez—
Well, what were your impressions of Apple’s
2015 World Wide Developers Conference
(WWDC15)? I don’t want to influence anyone, but I admit I was underwhelmed. That is
probably because I’m not an Apple Developer. There were announcements of upgrades
to OS X (El Capitan, version 10.11) and a new
iOS 9, but we have grown accustomed to
new software releases. No new hardware
was announced. No new iPad or iPhone to
look forward to getting for Christmas.
We know the guys running Apple are
smart, so was there more to it and was I just
missing it? I decided to look at some of the
industry reviews of WWDC15. First, trying
to find Information Technology (IT) reviews
of WWDC15 from Google wasn’t easy; not
because there wasn’t a lot of information, in
fact there was too much. Second, wading
through the “bloggers,” the newspaper
reprints, and other obscure sources without
finding crisp answers to my questions.
Finally, I somewhat gave up and settled on
the Mac community sources, such as
MacWorld, AppleInsider, and MacRumors,
etc. But, many of these sources were, for
me, too focused on single topics like, a new
iOS font, a new Apple Music service, or a
new News app, etc. I still wanted to know if
WWDC15 was signaling Apple’s future plans
and if so what are they?
It seems, the WWDC’s purpose is to help
developers prepare for, or to start using,
new software tools and services such as
Swift 2.0, WatchKits, WatchOS version 2,
Apple Music, or the latest HealthKit update, etc. As such, it is supposed to indicate
Apple’s roadmap for the next 10 years.
I admit, the roadmap didn’t seem clear to
me, or for that matter to a lot of the IT
industry. For example, one blogger stated
WWDC15 signaled the end of Google Android! I have no idea how anyone could
draw that conclusion from what I saw.
Guess we’ll all just have to wait and see.
What we can see over the next six
months is the release of OS X El Capitan and
iOS9. As information becomes available,
OMUG will help prepare you for updating,
if that is your interest.
At our June meeting, representatives of
the local Best Buy Geek Squad presented
information on how they can help us as Mac
and iOS device users. I want to thank them
for their time and efforts. I also, would like to
get feedback from our members on your
personal experiences with the local Geek
Squad, good and bad, so we can share it
with the rest of the membership.
The summer is here and our workshops
are suspended until September, but our
regular meetings will continue. Burt has
arranged for some great topics and presenters. Starting in July with Phil’s presentation
on the new Photos app, followed in August
by iCloud and Dropbox with David A. Cox.
In September, we’ll have Marty Hoffert
presenting RC Drones: Mac-Friendly Flying
on Simulators and in the Real World. All in
all, a great summer lineup I believe. Hope to
see all of you at these upcoming meetings.
—Bobby Adams
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Protect Your Computer— by Phil Davis
I
f you have lived in Marion County for a
while, you know that we live in one of the
worst areas of the country for lightning
strikes. Ocala is said to have more cloud-toground lightning per square mile than any
other city in the world. The electrical activity
surrounding us during the summer months
not only carries a risk of direct strikes, but
more often a risk of power surges and outages.
Lightning can send a spectacular power
surge along any conductive line destroying
everything in its path. The most likely scenario is not a direct lightning strike but rather
a nearby strike on a transformer or piece of
electrical equipment. If the surge is powerful enough, it travels instaneously through
wiring and telephone lines with the electrical
force almost like a tidal wave. The surge enters your home via electrical, telephone, or
cable lines, putting all connected equipment
at risk. Even a slight surge can damage your
delicate computers, stereo systems, scanners,
and printers.
So, what can we do to protect our sensitive (and expensive) computer equipment
from damage during electrical storms? Like
most things in life no system will be perfect,
but you can improve your chances of surviving electrical damage by considering one of
the following solutions.
Unplug your Computer
So you don’t want to spend any money? You
can always do what many people do during
electrical storms and simply unplug every-
thing from the wall when a storm is imminent.
But what if you are not at home…
Use a Surge Protector
Unfortunately, many products that pretend
to offer surge protection do little to protect
you against lightning damage. A power strip,
which is a simple strip of outlets, is not necessarily a surge protector. A surge protector
may look like a simple strip of outlets, but it
has built-in protection against power surges.
A good surge protector should offer four
features:
1. The surge protector should cover
lightning strikes. Some do not.
2. The surge protector should offer insurance to cover the loss of properly attached
equipment.
3. If you have a regular modem, your
surge protector should have an R–11 telephone jack where you can hook up your telephone line.
4. If you are using a cable modem,
your surge protector should also accommodate your television/Internet cable.
Realistically, if you spent less than twenty
dollars on a surge protector, it is probably inadequate. True electrical ‘surges’ where the
voltage rarely exceeds 25,000 volts, are much
simpler to protect against than lightning,
where the voltage can reach 50,000,000 volts.
Companies who specialize in this technology,
such as Panamax, APC and Tripp Lite, make
the best surge protectors. They are typically
a bit more expensive than other brands, but
isn’t your computer worth it?
Use a Battery Backup (Uninterruptible
Power Supply – UPS)
A UPS can protect your system from damaging power surges and allow your system to
keep running temporarily after a power outage occurs A built-in battery inside the UPS
unit allows it to do this. This permits users to
safely save their files and shutdown the system properly. Many high quality UPS units
have the capacity to automatically power
down the computer system and save any
data that was work in progress. Most UPS
systems include a surge protector.
There are three main things to look for in
quality power protection.
1. Response time. This is the amount
of time it takes this device to react to a power
surge. This should be 10 nanoseconds or less;
any longer and you run the risk of damaging
your computer.
2. Amount of energy it can absorb
and dissipate, measured in joules. This should
be 800 joules or more.
3. Capacity of UPS is measured in VA.
Home units are typically in the 350VA – 750VA
range.
If you are using a UPS, a big consideration
is the amount of time the battery will power
your computer until it shuts off. Most UPS’s
include software that will properly shut your
computer down before the battery runs out.
Another feature to look for is a failure indicator light. This will come on when the suppressor or UPS is fried and no longer protecting your computer.
Warranty is another consideration, Many
UPS, like those from American Power Conversion, include a warranty that provides cash
protection for any device(s) connected to their
equipment that is damaged by power. That’s a
powerful guarantee — no pun intended.
If you are using a dialup modem, cable or
DSL, be sure the suppressor blocks electricity
that can come in from those sources as well.
You also want to make sure the suppressor
you choose meets the UL 1449 specifications
(this will be on the box).
Links—
• APC UPS:
http://www.apc.com/products/family/
index.cfm?id=21
• Tripp-Lite UPS:
http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/
product-series.cfm?txtSeriesID=743
• A Lightning Primer:
http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/primer/
index.html
• Lightning Facts: http://environment.
nationalgeographic.com/environment/
natural-disasters/lightning-profile/
a
Access the Scientific
Calculator & Programmer
Calculator in Mac OS X
from OSXDaily.com
The Mac Calculator app may appear
somewhat limited at first glance, but
there are actually two other
calculator modes contained within
the app; a full featured scientific
calculator, and a programmer
calculator too. Accessing the alternate calculators in OS X is really easy,
but like many of the other interesting
Calculator app features, it’s pretty
easy to overlook... Read More
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Coming to a desktop in front of you this fall— OS X El Capitan
OS X El Capitan is the official name of the
next version of Mac OS system software.
Versioned as OS X 10.11, El Capitan has
two primary focus areas; experience and
performance.—extracted from OSXDaily.com
With many improvements to Spotlight
search performance, natural language detection for all searches, enhancements to
Mission Control and window management,
a new split-screen view and workflow, and
many smaller changes to built-in apps and
system functionality, OS X El Capitan should
be a welcome update to Mac users running
OS X Yosemite. There’s even a new system
font in OS X, which is a subtle change, though
it could remedy some of the complaints
about readability that came with Helvetica
Neue. The new font is rumored to be a variation of the San Francisco typeface
Apple is also heavily emphasizing a variety
of performance improvements derived from
architectural refinements within OS X El Capitan, aiming to speed up a variety of actions
and activities in OS X 10.11 when compared
with OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
ments and reiterations of OS X Yosemite, the
OS X El Capitan name is topical, much like how
Snow Leopard was a refinement of Leopard,
and Mountain Lion a refinement of Lion.
El Capitan Split-screen view a
For those wondering what “El Capitan” is
or means, it’s the name of a prominent mountain in Yosemite National Park. Given that OS
X El Capitan is heavily emphasizing improve-
iOS 9 Release Set for
Fall with Many
New Features
and Improvements ▶︎
extracted from OSXDaily.com
A
pple has announced iOS 9 for iPhone,
iPad, and iPod touch. The update aims
to refine the iOS experience from the
ground up, and is said to make the entire
operating system smarter, and faster.
With significant improvements to Siri,
Spotlight, Smart Reminders, Apple Pay, Mail,
Notes, Maps, the keyboard, and all new
multitasking capabilities, iOS 9 should be a
great update for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
users.
iOS 9 also includes a variety of features
aimed at anticipating what you do or want to
do with your device, based upon your location, the time of day, what app is currently
open, or what network you’re connected to.
You’ll find some minor user interface
changes and enhancements as well. iPhone
and iPad users will also find a redesigned
keyboard in iOS 9, complete with a variety of
shortcuts for actions like copy and pasting,
bold and italicize text, and there’s even a
new feature that turns the virtual keyboard
into a trackpad to help highlight things on
screen.
The iPad gains some major features to
enhance multitasking, including split-screen
views, an all new application switcher, and
an interesting picture-in-picture video player
that allows a movie or video stream to hover
over anything on screen.
Supported devices for iOS 9 include all
hardware which is capable of running iOS 8,
though some features require the more current devices. a
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Apple Watch Drives
MD Anderson Cancer Study
By Jof Enriquez, meddeviceonline.com
MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper (New
Jersey) reportedly is planning a behavioral
health study that will require cancer patients
to use Apple Watches to track their health
data. The pilot project will use an analytics
platform developed by behavioral health
company Polaris Health Directions.
MobiHealthNews reports that 30 breast
cancer patients being treated at MD Anderson
will use Apple Watches, and matching iPhones,
to monitor their own health and keep contact
with their care team. The initial phase will span
a nine-month period, after which the study
could proceed to a Phase 2 control trial.
Using their Apple Watches, patients will
be able to answer multiple-choice questions about topics including their symptoms
and treatment side effects. The Apple Watch
also will collect data about a patient’s heart
rate and activity. The iPhones will provide
sleep tracking. The study’s goal is to collect
real-time health data and communicate the
information to care providers so that they
Audio & Sound Not Working in
OS X Yosemite? It’s an Easy Fix
from OSXDaily.com
A few Mac users that update to OS X
Yosemite discover their sound and audio
output has ceased to work, leading to a completely mute Mac that does not respond to
the volume keys. Fortunately, the mysterious
missing sound output issue is incredibly sim-
can quickly help patients, before symptoms
worsen. The timeliness of interventions is expected to improve health outcomes.
The pilot cancer study will use Polaris’s
Polestar behavioral health outcomes management (BHOM) data-collection-and-analytics platform, which provides actionable
results for reporting on and monitoring a patient’s expected treatment response, according to a HIT Consultant article. The project will
be reviewed by the Cooper Institutional Review Board, while MD Anderson Cooper and
Polaris will jointly publish their study findings.
MD Anderson Cooper’s director of behavioral medicine, Cori McMahon, Psy.D., is the
medical project lead for the study. She told
MobiHealthNews that the program will help
patients when they are first diagnosed and
when they are undergoing active treatment.
McMahon and her team believe the Apple
Watch can keep patients engaged throughout the continuum of care, akin to how people who start using a pedometer tend to increase their walking activity.
ple to fix, and there is nothing actually wrong
with the Mac.
Here’s how to quickly fix the missing audio
output on a Mac. And yes, this applies to all
Macs with all forms of speakers; internal, external, headphones, earbuds, etc:
1 Head to the  Apple menu and choose “System Preferences,” then select the “Sound” panel
“For the Apple Watch, it’s that opportunity
magnified by a million,” McMahon said in an
interview with MobiHealthNews. “If we can
gain insights into health behaviors, health
problems, treatment side effects… a lot of our
patients get three to four months into chemo
before they figure out how their body is reacting. It’s not until then that they figure out
what to tell their physician. ‘Oh, I see that for a
couple days after [chemo] I’m incredibly nauseated or fatigued.’ It takes patients months to
figure this out. If we can help patients figure
this out earlier, we are going to improve quality of life and quality of adherence.”
The cancer pilot study with MD Anderson is
the latest partnership Apple has forged with
healthcare industry players. The company
already has agreements in place with EMR
giant Epic Systems, the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Mount Sinai,
each of whom has pledged to apply Apple’s
HealthKit platform in clinical settings.
Related, diabetes device maker Dexcom
has developed a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) app for the Apple Watch. Apple
has given guidelines and code to developers
to encourage creation of health apps that extend the Apple Watch’s health-tracking capabilities. a
2 Choose the “Output” tab
3 Select “Internal Speakers” as the output device*
4 Adjust the sound as usual, it will now work as intended.
* If you have external speakers or headphones
hooked up, you’d want to select those instead. Do note that you may need to first
choose “Internal Speakers” and then select
“The Constitution only gives people the right
to pursue happiness.
You have to catch it yourself...”
— Benjamin Franklin
the external speaker or headphones to get
the audio output to work again as intended.
Why does this happen? It’s probably a simple bug where a different audio output channel gets selected or chosen during the installation or update process. This seems to happen
most often with Macs that have used HDMI
output to a display or TV which has speakers.
Interestingly enough, the reverse situation
also can occur, where a Mac is connected to
a TV and there is seemingly no audio output,
at least until HDMI has been selected as the
proper sound output channel.
This was first reported a while back by
early adopters using beta releases, but it still
seems to randomly happen even with installing the latest releases of OS X Yosemite on a
wide variety of Macs. Occasionally, the same
situation occurs randomly after installing an
update to OS X 10.10.x as well. Just remember
if you experience this, it’s no cause for panic,
it’s a simple fix. a
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MEMBER’S
SHOWCA SE
Marilyn Kennedy
I
t’s eclectic to say the least! You are
looking at a section of Lightnin’ Salvage
of Gainesville, FL, an establishment that
proudly calls itself a “Junk Museum.” Marilyn wanted to meet up with friends at
a halfway point between Ocala and Middleburg, FL. They decided on Gainesville, Googled
Gainesville restaurants and Satchel’s Pizza
came up as #3 according to Trip Advisor. The
reviews called it a great little eclectic restaurant
within a whimsical and quirky setting.
That it is!!! Lunch turned into a “daycation.”
Satchel’s is located at 1800 NE 23rd Ave.,
Gainesville, FL 32609. In addition to the
restaurant, Lightnin’ Salvage Enterprises is also
located here. The owner collects all manner of
stuff and uses it in unique ways to say the least.
“I didn’t have my Canon camera with me, so
I took lots of pictures with my iPhone 5s and
edited them on Photos. Everywhere I turned,
I wanted to take a picture.”
If you’re looking for a quirky place to visit,
Satchel’s is it. Enjoy the great pizza, excellent
salad, and all the Lightnin’ junk.
Visit satchelspizza.com & lightninsalvage.com
for more information. They’re also found on
Facebook. a
Photos—
Cover– Whimsical Light Fixtures
1. Outdoor Wall
2. Outdoor Dining Under Airplane
3. A Sign Of The Times
4. Walk-O-Junk Collection
5. Cameras & Tires
5. Keys & More Keys
5. Playground Toys
Equipment & Software used:
iPhone 5s camera, iMac, Photos
software, Flickr— editor’s Mac mini &
Photoshop CC to adjust shadows
2
4
1
4
7
3
5
6
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How To Use iCloud Password to Login & Unlock Mac OS X from OSXDaily.com
Rather than remembering a separate
password and set of login information for
unlocking a Mac, OS X offers the option to
use an iCloud password to login to the computer at boot, reboot, authentication, locked
screens, and all login windows instead. This
is a helpful feature for users who like to keep
things simple and use a single login and
password for all Apple related tasks on their
Mac, since the Apple ID can access iCloud,
the App Store, iTunes Store, Mac App Store,
FileVault, and quite a bit more.
Allowing an Apple ID and iCloud password to
unlock a Mac and login to OS X is quite simple,
and when setting up a new Mac or a clean install with OS X Yosemite you may opt to do so
directly. Otherwise, it can be enabled at any
time by toggling the feature on. For the average Mac user, this can be an incredibly useful feature, but while this undoubtedly has
significant conveniences, using a single login
and password for multiple events is not necessarily recommended in all environments,
and many advanced users in high security
situations will find this feature inappropriate
for their usage.
Enable iCloud Password Login and
Unlock Mac with OS X—
Using an iCloud password for logging
into and unlocking a Mac requires
a modern version of OS X that has
iCloud configured, and the Mac must
have internet access to set this up:
1 Go to the  Apple menu and
choose “System Preferences” from
the dropdown menu
2 Choose the “Users & Groups” panel
and select the primary Mac login from the
left side, this is the account you will associate
the Apple ID / iCloud password for unlocking
and using
3 Click the “Change Password” button
next to the users name
4 At the prompt “Would you like to change
the password for “User Name”, or begin using
your iCloud password to log in and unlock
this Mac? You will only need to remember
one password if you use your iCloud pass-
word to login to this Mac.” – choose “Use
iCloud Password…”
5 Enter the old password, then login with
the iCloud account (your Apple ID) and the
associated password, choosing “Use iCloud
Password” to set this as the login for the Mac
6 Close out of System Preferences when
finished .
The next time you’re at a login screen, either after system reboot, on network logins,
at Fast User Switching login, a locked Mac
screen, authenticating the root user, authenticating for administrative purposes, or just
about any other imaginable situation where
you’d be unlocking a Mac with a login screen
in OS X, you’ll now use the Apple ID and
iCloud password to login to the Mac.
Effectively, your Apple ID becomes your
user name and the iCloud password becomes
your login password. Once this is configured,
you use that iCloud Password to login & unlock Mac OS X. (See graphic, next column.)
 While this does reduce the total number of
logins and passwords necessary to
remember, one potential issue with
using the iCloud password for unlocking the Mac is that if you happen
to have lost your Apple ID password
and login details, you’d need to recover it
before being able to login to the Mac, as the
Apple ID would no longer be able to function as a backup password in a forgotten
password situation, which is something you
can do when you have a separate password
configured for logging into OS
X and for the general Apple ID
and iCloud experience.
If you decide you don’t
want to use the iCloud password for your own unlocking
and logging in purposes, you
can still set it as a valid network login option for not only
your own user account, but for other iCloud
users with an Apple ID as well. a
TIP
How to
Straighten
Photos on
iPhone and iPad
It’s easy! Go here to find out how.
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THIS AND THAT
2 Ways to Copy Files to iCloud
Drive from Mac OS X Finder—
from OSXDaily.com
iCloud Drive supports direct file transfers
from the Mac, meaning you can take just
about any file, folder, document, or item
stored in OS X, and copy it over to iCloud
Drive, where it will be stored and accessible
by your other Macs and iOS devices using the
same Apple ID. Using iCloud Drive this way is
kind of similar to how many users store files
on other services like DropBox, OneDrive,
and Google Drive, except it has the distinct
advantage of being built directly into modern versions of OS X and not requiring any
third party downloads or logins.— Link 1
Print Window 5.2 – Update to
Simple Yet Powerful Window
Printing Utility— from ugnn.com
A simple but powerful window printing utility that works seamlessly with the Mac OS X
Finder, allowing users to generate and print
a file listing of folders using several different
methods including a simple key command,
the Status menu, the Dock menu, or drag
and drop. —Link 2
SoundBunny: Independent
Volume Control for Each Mac
App— from Tom Nelson, About.com
Have you ever turned up
the sound on your Mac for
a video you were watching,
or cranked the volume past 10
to rock the house with your
favorite tunes? Did you
regret that decision when
HOT L I NKS
Mail’s message sound suddenly blared out
and scared the bejeebers out of you?
SoundBunny lets you control the Mac’s
volume on an app-by-app basis. Link 3—
Stellarium:
The Universe As
Seen From Your
Backyard—
from Tom Nelson, About.com
Stellarium is a free planetarium app for the
Mac that produces a realistic view of the
sky, just as if you were looking up from your
backyard, with the naked eye, binoculars,
or a telescope. And if you’ve ever wanted to
view the sky from somewhere else on earth,
say New Caledonia or Newfoundland,
Stellarium can set your location to anywhere
you like, and then display the sky with all of
its stars, constellations, planets, comets, and
satellites, just as if you were right there
looking up. Link 4—
How to Stop Photos Copying
Images & Creating Duplicate
Files in Mac OS X— from OSXDaily.com
Photos app is a great app to manage and
browse large collections of pictures on a
Mac, but some users prefer to manually sort
their pictures using the file system of OS X.
However, the Photos app defaults to creating duplicates of pictures that are manually
added through the Finder or Import function. here’s how to Stop Importing (copying)
Pictures to the Photos Library in OS X.
See— Link 5
How to Batch Rename Files on
Mac OS X Easily from Finder—
from OSXDaily.com
Modern versions of OS X include a built-in
batch file renaming tool that allows Mac
users to instantly rename large groups of
files, folders, photos, or anything else
residing on their file system in a single
action. This bulk rename item utility is part
of the Finder, meaning there are no add-ons,
downloads, or DIY— Link 6
How to Fix OS X Bluetooth
Wireless Problems—
Edited from Tom Nelson article on About.com
Bluetooth is just plain convenient, both for
devices that are always connected to your
Mac like a Magic Mouse and/or a Magic
Trackpad, and those devices you only use
occasionally. But sometimes Bluetooth
connectivity can cause a pull-your-hair-out
type of problem when things stop working
as expected. Read here about possible solutions to Bluetooth problems— Link 7
Go Back in Time— edited from a post by
Don Mayer on SmallDog.com
Apple makes backing up easy and automatic
with Time Machine. It keeps a copy of all
your files and remembers just what it looked
like on any given day so you can go back in
time and grab that picture you accidentally
deleted. Grabbing a single file or folder is one
use but Time Machine saved my bacon once
when my Mac was stolen out of my hotel
room while on vacation. I would have lost
all my precious data if I hadn’t had a Time
Machine backup. I got my replacement Mac,
connected it to my Time Machine backup
and I was back in business and only lost a
couple photos from that vacation.
You use Time Machine with an external
drive. Time Machine will keep hourly backups
for the past day, daily backups for the past
month and weekly backups. The oldest backups are deleted as your backup drive becomes
full. With the low price of terabyte drives, get a
big one! Setting up a fresh new hard drive for
use with Time Machine is really simple. Plug it
in. Really, that is pretty much all you have to do
as Mac OS X will ask you when it senses a new
drive whether you want to use that drive for
Time Machine backup.
Your first backup will take a while because
it is copying everything. If you are using a
Time Capsule, connect an ethernet cable
from the Time Capsule to your Mac to speed
up that first backup. Once your first backup is
complete, Time Machine automatically backs
up only files that have changed since the last
backup.
To find that report you deleted just enter
Time Machine from the Finder and go back
in time to find the file. You can use the timeline on the right side of the window to reach
a certain time. If you don’t know exactly
when you deleted it you can use the back
arrow to go back in time to show you when
that folder last changed. You can search for
a file using the Finder window in Time Machine, too. That is why it is always important
to enter Time Machine from the Finder, not
from an app or other location.
To restore, select the file from way back
when and simply hit the “restore” button. a
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OMUG Meeting Information—
The Ocala Mac User Group meets the
2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:45 PM:
Marion Senior Services—
Multi Purpose Center
1101 SW 20th Court, Ocala, FL 34471
A workshop session is also held on the
4th Tuesday of the month at 6:45 PM.
OMUG Board of Directors—
President– Bobby Adams
[email protected] • 274.0177
Vice President– Marilyn Kennedy
[email protected] • 854.1021
Secretary–Lorraine Wieskamp
[email protected] • 351-3533
Treasurer– Don Boyd
[email protected] • 203-4059
Director– Tom Lee
[email protected]
Director– Philip Davis
[email protected] • 369-8432
Director– Burt Stephens
[email protected] • 873-6177
Director– Al Sypher
[email protected] • 237-9501
Past President– N.C. Sizemore
[email protected] • 291-8778
Apple Users Helping Apple
Users—
OMUG’s Help Team will try to help you
with your computer, iPad, iPhone and
software problems. Please go to the
website’s help-team for a list of help topics
and phone/email contacts for the
following member volunteers:
Bob Adams
Richard Bambridge
Don Boyd
Philip Davis (email ONLY)
Marilyn Kennedy
Dr. Roberto Putzeys
Tim Rankin
Al Sypher
Brian Voge
Lorraine Wieskamp
OMUG Assignments—
Fifty-Fifty Raffle– Tom Lee
Membership– Don Boyd
MUGSHOT Newsletter– Al Sypher
Program Coordinator– Burt Stephens
Online Services Coordinator and Apple
Ambassador– Philip Davis
Sunshine Ambassador– Don Morrison
Next Workshop—
None scheduled for June, July or
August
Oh... and one last thing—
This is scary ... What will our children and grandchildren be expected to know
to survive this age of ever increasing technology?
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Apple User Group
OMUG MEETING MINUTES June 9th, 2015
Announcements: President Bobby Adams welcomed the 27 members present. There were no
guests or new members. Once again he reminded members who were not current on their dues that
they must be paid, otherwise they would be removed from the roster. He also mentioned that if
anyone wants to bring some refreshment to share during our break, it would be appreciated.
And anything left over – please take it with you!
Treasurer’s Report: Don Boyd reported a balance of $1,942.62 as of 6/9/15. Expenses for the month
were: $119.99 Electronics; $22.29 New Checks; $5.24 Snacks. Deposits: $330.00 new members and
Renewals; $35.00 Raffle Proceeds.
Secretary’s Report: Minutes of the May meeting were approved as published.
Program: Burt Stephens introduced Jose Sierra and several other representatives from our local Best
Buy Geek Squad to give us an in depth overview of their Mac services.
Editor’s Note: A reminder that “Information about products, services, and companies does not constitute an
endorsement by OMUG and shall not be used for commercial purposes. OMUG members are encouraged
to check out products, services and companies themselves before deciding if they meet their needs.”
Tech Tips: Phil’s Tech Tips included a mention of El Capitan, the next version of OS X planned for later
this year; useful text-editing shortcuts; using text replacements; How to shrink PDF file size using the
Quartz Filter; and how to quickly switch between open applications. He also mentioned the
upcoming Tech Clinics which will be presented by Senior Learning, Inc. in the fall. The Tech Tips notes
are available on the OMUG website —link to Phil’s notes.
Raffle Results: l 50/50 $36 – Don Boyd l TripMate Elite – Gwynn Pealer l Take Control Book:
Take Control of Photos – NC Sizemore.
Thanks to all those who brought refreshments, and to those who helped set up and serve.
Also, thanks to those members who assisted in tidying the meeting room.
Omission from April Minutes: Burt Stephens mentioned that Senior Services is always looking for
volunteers for their Meals On Wheels Program. For additional information or to volunteer call Carol
Harris @ 620-3501.
Next meeting: Tuesday, July 14 at 6:45 PM.
Respectively submitted, Lorraine Wieskamp, Secretary
Disclaimer—
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presented in this newsletter is for the personal enlightenment of OMUG members and friends, does not constitute an endorsement, and shall not
to be used for commercial purposes. Reproduction of any material herein is expressly prohibited unless prior written permission is given by OMUG.
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