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Inside this issue—2-Tips: Security and Making Screenshots ........................................................ 2How To Avoid Mac App Store Scams ................................................................. 4What’s A Scam? Are You Being Bamboozled? .............................................. 5This and That— Hot Links .........................................................................................7The First Five Things You Should Do With A New Mac ............................. 8 JU

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In some of my previous articles, I’ve talked about how Apple Watch has been used to save people’s lives. Now we’ll learn how FaceTime and Siri have gotten into the act.FaceTime to the RescueHow many of you saw the video of a soldier sitting on the floor of an airport while using FaceTime to witness the birth of his daugh-ter Millie? Without FaceTime, Army soldier Brooks Lindsey would have missed the birth. Brooks was in the process of flying from Fort Bliss in El Paso to Dallas and then to Jackson, Mississippi to be at the hospital when his wife delivered. His plane in Dal-las was delayed, but that turned out to be a good thing. If the plane had been on time, he would have been in the air and unable to use FaceTime to see the birth.

Here’s a link to a short video showing Lindsey with his wife and baby at home.Siri to the Rescue A 17-year-old Australian crashed his mo-torbike on a bush track and was unable to move. Darcy McKay suffered fractures to his vertebrae and tailbone, a broken pelvis

bone, and he was bleeding from his pan-creas. Darcy could feel his phone in his pocket but couldn’t reach it, so he asked Siri on his iPhone to call triple zero, the Australian equivalent of 911. Emergen-cy services arrived 20 minutes later.

Have you activated your iPhone so you can use Siri in an emergency situation? Remem-ber to say “Hey Siri, call 911, on speaker.”

Guilty of Distracted Driving

A Canadian woman was found guilty of distracted driving for looking at her Apple Watch. She claimed that she was just look-ing at the time while stopped at a red light, but the police officer in the vehicle next to hers thought differently. The officer saw her glance at a device 4 times in 20 seconds. The woman didn’t notice when the light Marilyn Kennedy, OMUG President

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President’s Message

by Marilyn Kennedy To the Rescue —Guilty! — Apple Product Satisfaction

changed, so the officer shone a light on her and she began to drive. When the officer stopped the woman, he realized that she had been looking at her Apple Watch. Ontario has very strict rules regarding dis-tracted driving. It is illegal to talk, text, dial, or email using hand-held cell phones and other devices such as portable media players, GPS systems, and laptops. Apple Watches and other smartwatches were not included in the list of forbidden devices because they were not hand-held. Despite the fact that Apple Watch was not on the list of forbidden devices, the woman was fined $400 by a judge in the Ontario Court of Justice. The judge said that she had spent too much time staring at her smart-watch while being in control of a vehicle.Apple Product Satisfaction An analyst recently announced that 2/3 of Apple devices ever sold remain in active use. This must be a good indication of how satis-fied people are with Apple’s products.Go here to read the article in full. a

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I want to make sure that OMUG members are aware of the Mac (and iOS) workshops that I have planned for the balance of the year. Lots of opportunities to learn new things as well as to refresh your memory about things that you knew but have forgotten. Workshops are a great way to learn in a low-stress environment and to share your knowledge, questions, and experiences with other Mac users.

Workshops are now being taught at two locations — Master the Possibilities (MTP), and Senior Learn-ers, Inc (SLI). You must register for these, but the cost is minimal. Get details about the time and register for the summer workshops by going to machelp.tech and selecting Workshops. Registration for the fall workshops will be added later. You can also register by going directly to the Master the Pos-sibilities and Senior Learners websites. Note that you will also see Mac workshops on the MTP site that are taught by other instructors.

Workshop Descriptions—

2018 Workshop Information by Phil Davis

Tech Help ClinicAug 21 @ SLIOct 22 @ SLINov 13 @ SLI

Mac EssentialsAug 14 @ SLI Sep 17 @ MTP

Get More From Your MacOct 22 @ MTP

Are you a new computer, smartphone, or tablet user? Do you need help with using your Mac, your PC, or your mobile device? These 2-hour clinics provide an opportunity for you to drop in to get help with your hardware, software, and devices. These are not classes or lectures. Rather the help will be one-on-one and will be first come, first served. Our tech folks will be there to answer questions, provide useful tips, and help you use your technology more effectively. We can help with desktops, laptops, macOS, iOS, Windows 10, and Android operating systems.

Get answers to fundamental questions, including what’s on the screen, what’s on the Menu Bar, where’s the Finder, and what’s your version of macOS?. You will learn to take control of your Finder windows as you learn about changing the view, navigating in folders, searching for files, and managing files and folders. You will learn the purpose of the Home Folder and its subfolders, how to organize your files, and how to use System Preferences to customize you Mac. You will also be given an introduction to iCloud.

This workshop is for intermediate Mac users who want to learn more about using their computer. It will provide a variety of tips and tricks to help you use your computer more effectively. Learn to organize things on a Mac, how to free yourself of clutter on your desktop, and how to find things on your computer. The workshop will include tips on managing your key ap-plications, how to boost your productivity, expand your essential skills, and learn more about maintaining and troubleshooting your Mac.

Future Workshops—I’m always looking for future workshop ideas. If you would like to see topics that have been presented in the past (Using Pages & Numbers, Mac Basics, Get More From Your Mac) repeated or have suggestions for new topics, please send them to me at davistech@gmail.com. Don’t be shy. If you don’t tell me what you want I will just be floundering in the dark — I can’t read your mind!Come join the fun and happy learning! a

Another aerial shot from Phil’s “Wings Over Ocala” series. The highway shown top to bottom is I-75. Crossing mid-frame on an angle is US 27. North of US 27, above the patch of green trees is the new FedEx Ground facility and the long horizontal building above that is the even newer Chewy Pet Food distri-bution center.

Workshops Revised July 8, 2018

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subscription you purchased in one of the Apple stores. The text of these subscription scams all start by confirming a free trial subscription to a service, and notifying you that once the free trial is over, the monthly cost is an absurdly high amount. One current example is a subscription to YouTube Red, at a monthly cost of $144.99. The purpose of this type of scam is to get you to click on the Cancel Subscription link included in the email. Doing so will take you to a site where you’ll be asked to provide your Apple ID or credit card info, or both. Of course, there never was a sub-scription to the service, but playing on the fear of being billed will lead some people to click that cancel link.Identifying Phishing or Scam EmailsHere’s an overview of what you should be watch-ing out for: Duplicate email messages. It’s not uncom-mon to receive duplicates emails from scammers. Sometimes the messages are from different send-ers but the content of the email is the same. If you have multiple email addresses, you may also re-ceive the same message to every email account you own. Both of these are a dead giveaway that the email is suspicious. A banner in the email stating, “This message is from a trusted sender.” The banner attempts to replicate the type of security found in messaging systems that have a safe sender list, or attempts to look like the security shield Microsoft includes in messages sent from an official Microsoft email address to Microsoft email apps. Since the sender is supposed to be Apple, having a Microsoft se-curity shield in the message is a bit of a clue that something is wrong. In addition, if you’re using Apple Mail, it doesn’t generate a safe sender ban-ner. The only purpose of Mail’s safe sender func-tion is to prevent those messages from being

Feature Article—

by Tom Nelson, writing onRocket Yard blog, macsales.com

The Mac App Store was supposed to be the place to find and purchase apps for a Mac without having to worry whether the seller, developer, or some other third-party had somehow tampered with the app for nefarious purposes. You also weren’t supposed to need to worry about the download sites being full of ads that could contain malware, ransomware, or other worrisome possibilities...... For the most part, the Mac App Store, along with the other Apple app stores, has lived up to this expectation of being a place where malware and deceptive practices don’t exist. For the most part… Unfortunately, it’s still advisable to make use of the various stores with caution; not so much about the worry of malware being embedded within an app, though it may happen once in a while, but of scammers trying to acquire personal information by using the Apple stores as bait.Email Scams Using the App Store as BaitI just got an email phishing scam this week that pretended to be from Apple, warning me about a purchase I made on the Mac App Store that wasn’t made by a device that Apple recognized. I should, according to this email, use the included link and log in to a special section of the Mac App Store, where I would be asked to verify or cancel the purchase. What a load of hooey. This email had scam writ-ten all over it. Besides its use of long run-on sen-tences and other grammar faux pas, there were a number of other indicators that can be spotted in most of these email phishing expeditions. Apple even has a guide to help you identify legitimate emails from the App Store. Another phishing scam making the rounds involves receiving a confirmation note about a

swept up in the junk mail system. Emails from any of the Apple app stores, in-cluding iTunes and the iBooks Store, will never ask you to provide personal information via email. This includes your Apple ID, Social Security num-ber, your mother’s maiden name, or any type of credit card information. If you ever receive an email asking you to up-date any type of account information, including payment methods, do not use any link contained within the email to access your account data. It’s all too common for a scammer to create a look-alike website that can be used to fool an individual into divulging personal information. Apple doesn’t provide embedded links in their emails; instead, they will ask you to open your web browser and go directly to the appropriate Apple service (Mac App Store/App Store/iTunes/iBooks). If you’re being asked to change a password or verify Apple ID information, go directly to the Ap-pleID website at appleid.apple.com. Remember, don’t click that link; instead, manually enter it into your web browser. Speaking of links within an email, in most mail apps, including Apple Mail, you can see the actual web link as opposed to the linked text by hover-ing your cursor over the linked text. The actual web link should be displayed after a second or two. Rocket Yard author Steve Sande has an ex-cellent article on what to watch out for in email phishing scams, If you would like to know more, I highly recommend looking at: An Annual Re-minder: Watch Out For ‘Phishing’ Scams. (If you think you may have fallen victim to a phishing scam, don’t delay; change your Apple account password, as well as any passwords associated with accounts that could be affected. See screen grab, pg. 5) —Cont’d pg. 5

Mac 101: How to Avoid Mac App Store Scams—

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Mac 101: How to Avoid Mac App Store Scams— continued from page 4

One common issue has to deal with SEO (Search Engine Optimization), which is how apps show up in searches within the app stores. When developers submit an app to the store, they also provide descriptions, titles, and keywords, as well as graphics, such as icons and screenshots. These items are used by the store’s search service to dis-play apps that meet the criteria a user is looking for. Unlike an app’s code, this metadata informa-tion isn’t scrutinized as heavily as the app itself. This allows some less than honorable developers to push their app to the top of the search results, even when the app isn’t a good fit for what is be-ing looked for. The classic example is to search for Microsoft Excel, a product that isn’t sold via the Mac App Store. Once you enter the search phrase, you’ll see quite a few matches, most of which are offer-ing templates, add-ins, or instructions on use, all of which are legitimate matches to the query. But there are a few whose title or descriptions are de-ceptive, and could lead you to think you’re actu-ally purchasing Microsoft Excel instead of instruc-tional videos or templates.

You can avoid this possible prob-lem by carefully reading the entire description of the app, as well as read-ing through the reviews of the app that have been post-ed by other users.

Protect YourselfThere are a few steps you can take to help safeguard yourself against on-line scams: —pg. 6

If you visited a suspicious website, which you likely did if you clicked on any links in the email, you may want to scan your Mac with an anti-malware app, such as Malware-bytes Anti-Malware.

Mac App Store ScamsThe Mac App Store, as well as the other store services that Apple runs, is pretty good at preventing malware and ques-tionable code from showing up in the apps it hosts. Develop-ers generally don’t want to be blackballed from the lucrative Apple stores, so they have a vested interest in keeping code

on the up-and-up. But that doesn’t always in-clude the way apps are marketed within the store.

(At one time, it wasn’t uncommon to see Excel training or template apps in the app store that tried to look like the Excel app. Apple has been cracking down on the practice, but a few such apps still remain in the store.)

If you happen to receive a suspicious email that you think may be a phishing scam using Apple or any of its products or services as bait, you can forward the message to: reportphishing@apple.com.What to Do If You Provided Personal InformationIf you provided any information to one of these scammers, you should immediately access the real account site and change your password. When you change the password, be sure to use a strong password that isn’t similar to the one you’re changing. If you provided any banking information, in-cluding credit card data, contact the issuing in-stitution, explain what happened, and have the credit card account frozen and a new card issued with new account numbers. If you provided bank account data, contact the bank and have them freeze the account and transfer the assets to a new account. Don’t forget to update any subscriptions or services that you have set up with automatic pay-ment.

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Mac 101: Scams— concluded from page 5

(Apple encourages the use of two-factor authentication to protect your Apple account information.)

Unique logins: Use different passwords for all your logins. Should an account become compro-mised by a scammer discovering your password, only a single account will be affected. Don’t use similar passwords for your accounts. Instead, use a password generator to create random pass-words that are difficult to crack, and a password manager to keep track of them for you. Two-factor authentication: Provided you have a second device that supports an authentica-tion service, turn on two-factor authentication for each account that offers the service. Apple supports two-factor authentication using iOS devices, as well as Macs using OS X El Capitan or later. a

Tripod For iPhone: How To Shoot Sharper & More Creative Images— by Mark Hemmings, iPhone Photography School

Using a tripod for iPhone photography is guaranteed to give you sharper, shake-

free images. But it also opens up new photographic opportunities that you

wouldn’t be able to explore if you were hand-holding your iPhone. In this tutorial

you’ll discover a range of different iPhone tripods, and how you can use them to

take sharper and more creative iPhone photos and videos.

This feature is packed with the information you need to select the right mini tripod and holder that is right for you. There’s a great tip on using your earbuds as a re-mote shutter, thoughts on long exposure photography, creating abstract images, night & low-light photos, macro shots, portraits, architectural, and more—

—Go to the whole feature—

Editor’s note— Don’t trust buying online? Should you be interested in a mini tripod like the one shown here, you can swing by Best Buy and see several models of the Gorilla Pod.

where players would build villages that blossomed into cities, all while

amassing resources, managing a function-

ing economy, and building an army to defend your territory, explore, or take-over new lands. Once upon a time Age of Empires used to exist for—more, link 6

iMessages Out of Order on iPhone? Try This Solution— from osxdaily.com Have you ever opened an iMessage conversation on iPhone to discover that the messages are out of order? If so, you’re not alone. While it can be annoying to have the iMessages appear out of order in the Messages app of iOS, it’s usually a simple fix to get them to be in proper sequential order —more, link 7

The Default Screen Saver Locations on Mac OS— by osxdaily.com

The Mac has two general directories where screen savers are stored, one at the user level and for each user account, and one at the system level which stores all the default screen savers included on a Mac. Knowing where the screen saver directories are located can be useful for vari-ous reasons, whether for installing a screen saver, removing one, editing one of the files with —more, link 8

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How to Get Access to Photos Master Image Files in macOS Quickly with an Alias— by osxdaily.comPhotos app for the Mac imports images and manages pictures by automatically moving the files into organized folders within the apps dedicated package file. While this file container is not intended to be user facing, many advanced Mac OS users like to have access to the original master files rather than solely relying on the —more, link 1

The Fastest Way to View Old Messages on iPhone and iPad– osxdaily.comThe Messages app of iPhone and iPad will hold onto basically all text messages and iMessages that have been sent and received through the app on that particular device unless the message threads were either deleted manually, automati-cally removed, or not not restored through a backup. This means you can browse through very old mes-sages —more, link 2

Take Gorgeous Photos with HDR on iPhone— from Sarah Kingsbury, writing on iphonelife.com What is HDR photography on iPhone and why would I want to use it? HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. It works to balance the shadows and highlights of a photo so that nei-ther are being favored or ignored. Basically, HDR on iPhone is done by

How to Enable Messages in iCloud on iPhone or iPad— by osxdaily.com iMessages in iCloud is a feature of the Messages app which lets you sync all iMessages through iCloud to other devices using the same Apple ID, offering some other nice benefits in that process. You may have thought that was already how iMessage worked on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, but it turns out that’s

—more, link 9

How to Enable Messages in iCloud on Mac— by osxdaily.com

Messages in iCloud is now available for Mac users who are running the latest versions of Mac OS system software. The Mes-sages feature in iCloud allows Mes-sages to be updated automatically on all devices using the same Apple ID by syncing all iMessages through iCloud. Essentially that means Mes-sages are now syncing through iCloud, so —more, link 10

Wallpapers—Get the iOS 12 Wallpaper for iPhone and iPad & Grab the 2 macOS Mojave Wallpapers— by osxdaily.comSand dune formations basked in sun-light for macOS Mojave, and another draped in darkness– link 11Gorgeous colorful abstract iOS 12 default wallpaper– link 12

THIS AND THAT HOT L I NKScombining three different exposures into a single shot. here’s everything you need to know about what HDR is and how to use it on your iPhone

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How to Make Apps Open in Full Screen Mode on Mac Automatically— from osxdaily.comSome Mac users really enjoy full screen mode for apps and windows, so much so that they might want to make Mac apps open in full screen mode automatically. While there is no system wide setting in Mac OS to make apps default to opening in full screen mode, there is a workaround trick that—more, link 4

How to Disable Loading of Remote Content & Images in Mail for Mac— by osxdaily.comEmails often contain remotely load-ed content, and most email clients, the Mac Mail app included, will de-fault to automatically loading those remote images and remote content into an email. This is convenient and desired by many as it makes HTML and rich emails appear as intended, including things like HTML signa-tures. But loading of remote —more, link 5

Play Age of Empires for Mac? Try 0 A.D. Instead, & It’s Free— by osxdaily.comAge Of Empires was a classic real time strategy game set in ancient history,

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Feature article 2—

by Steve Sande–macsales.com blog—edited for space

The First Five Things You Should Do With A New Mac—

minis, the power button is on the back lower left side of the computer. Some MacBooks have a power button on the upper right side of the keyboard. Most Macs acknowledge powering up with a startup tone, but the new MacBook Pros do not.Step 4 – Follow the Setup Assistant— The Setup Assistant is a series of screens that your Mac dis-plays as soon as it has booted. You’ll be asked for setup details, like your location (country) and your Apple ID. If you’ve ever used iTunes or have an iPhone or iPad, you have an Apple ID and should use that Apple ID during setup. If not, you’ll be given the opportunity to create one. In addition, you’ll be asked if you wish to turn on FileVault (which encrypts data on your inter-nal drive), iCloud Keychain (which shares stored passwords and credit card information between devices), and Find My Mac. The latter is important if the Mac is ever stolen or lost, so definitely turn it on. Our recommendation is to let Setup Assistant turn on all of these vital security services. Finally, you’re asked to create the name and password of your computer account. That infor-mation is used to log into your Mac, change some settings, and install software.Step 5 – Check for Software Updates— At this point, your new Mac is almost ready to go, with the desktop fully visible, the Finder menu bar at the top of the screen, and the Dock at the bot-tom. This is a good time to click the App Store icon in the Dock, click the Updates button at the top of the App Store window, and then check for software updates. Install them, and then you’ve got one more easy thing to do…Step 6 – Connect Printers and Other Peripherals— Remember how we made a point in step 2 to not connect any other peripherals? You can go ahead and do that now. Attach your external disk drives

(see Step 4 – Set Up Backups, next pg.), printers, microphones, speakers, USB hubs, and anything else you have acquired to make your Mac unique.2) Use Migration Assistant to Move Data From Your Old Mac or PC to the New MacThe thought of moving all of the data you’ve accumulated over the years from an older com-puter to your new Mac can be daunting, which is why Apple created Migration Assistant. It’s an app that lets you transfer data quickly between two computers using a wired or wireless network or a FireWire or Thunderbolt cable, from a Time Ma-chine backup, or from a startup drive mounted on your new Mac. Here’s a how-to on how to use this very useful utility.3) Set Up iCloud and Associated Apps iCloud is Apple’s cloud solution for storing in-formation that can be used on all of your Apple devices, not just your Mac. Make a change in any iCloud-enabled apps on your iPhone or iPad, and they’re replicated on your Mac. The opposite is true as well. Setting up iCloud on a Mac is fast and easy:Step 1 – Turn On iCloud— Launch System Prefer-ences from the Dock or the Apple menu on your Mac. Click iCloud, then enter your Apple ID and password. From the scrolling list on the right side of the the iCloud window, check the boxes for the services you wish to use. These include iCloud Drive, Photos, Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Remind-ers, Safari bookmarks and settings, Notes, Siri, Keychain, Back to My Mac and Find My Mac. One thing you may not know about iCloud is that just turning it on gives you 5GB of free iCloud storage. More space can be purchased starting at 50GB for $0.99 per  month, 200GB for $2.99 per month, or a spacious 2TB of space for $9.99 per month. To do so, click the Manage button located at the bottom of the iCloud window.

Perhaps you’re getting a new Mac. Whether it’s a sleek MacBook or MacBook Pro, an iMac, or per-haps a powerful new iMac Pro, start off the rela-tionship with your new Mac on the right foot. To do that, follow our checklist of the first five things you should do with any new (or just new to you) Mac.1) Follow Apple’s Instructions for Initial SetupSetting up a new Mac is simple — that’s the way Macs have been since the first one shipped back in 1984, and they’re still a piece of cake to set up. Here’s what you’ll want to do:Step 1 – Check for an Internet connection— Your Mac needs to be somewhere that has either a Wi-Fi network or another connection to the Internet, as it uses that connection to complete some of the setup steps. If the network requires a pass-word — as it should — be sure to have the pass-word ready.Step 2 – Plug in only the essential devices— If your Mac has an external keyboard and trackpad or mouse, turn them on (if they’re Bluetooth) or plug them into your Mac. When using an external dis-play (for example, on a Mac Pro or Mac mini), plug it in and turn it on, but do not connect any other peripherals. Be sure to plug in your Mac, too!Step 3 – Turn on your Mac— Some MacBooks au-tomatically turn on when you connect them to power or open the screen. On other Macs, press the power button to start up. On iMacs and Mac

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The First Five Things You Should Do With A New Mac— concluded from page 8

Step 2 – Enable iCloud Photo Library, My Photo Stream, and iCloud Photo Sharing— Next to Pho-tos in the list of iCloud services there’s a button marked “Options”. Click this, and a dialog appears with three checkboxes.

Enabling iCloud Photo Library, My Photo Stream, and iCloud Photo Sharing

For each of the Photos sharing options, there’s a short description of what the option does. For example, in the screenshot above I have enabled

iCloud Photo Library so that my entire photo and video library is stored “in the cloud” and can be accessed from my iPhone, iPad, other Macs, or on the iCloud.com website. For those who choose not to store all of their photos and videos in iCloud, My Photo Stream lets you import imag-ery from devices that aren’t using iCloud Photo Library. And iCloud Photo Sharing allows you to create albums that you can easily share with other people.Step 3 – Enable Automatic Downloads in iTunes— Do you listen to a lot of music or watch movies or TV shows from the iTunes Store? Automatic down-loads make it easy to purchase music, movies, or TV shows on other devices and have them auto-matically loaded on your Mac. To do this, launch iTunes from the Dock or Applications folder, then select Preferences from the iTunes menu. Click on the Downloads button to view your options for automatic downloads (see screenshot at right):

Setting up automatic downloads in iTunes ensures that new media purchases made on other devices are downloaded automatically

 4) Set Up BackupsThis is the one thing we highly recommend be-fore you do any useful work with your new Mac. Don’t wait — do this at the time you’re first set-ting up that Mac and you’ll always have an up-to-date backup ready to go. a

Use This Simple Trick to Preserve Battery Life on iPhone by Stopping “Searching”— by osxdaily.com— edited for space

If you’re entering a region where you usually have intermittent cellular signals, horribly flaky recep-

tion that switches from “No Service” to “Search-ing…” often, or you’re about to spend an hour looking for your car in an underground parking garage, just swipe up from the bottom of the screen to access Control Center, then hit the Air-Plane switch. That’s it. This stops the iPhone from “Search-ing” by turning off all communication aspects of the device, preventing the cellular modem from draining the battery to look for a cell tower. Just keep AirPlane Mode enabled while you’re in the region with no reception to prevent the iPhone from looking for a signal.(For those who may not know, AirPlane Mode turns off the iPhone ability to make phone calls and send

data… thus why this trick is only appropriate for when you won’t be able to make calls or use data anyway.)Back in Cell Range? Turn iPhone AirPlane Back OffOnce you’re confident you’re back in cell range, and you know think you’d no longer be seeing the “Searching” signal indicator because you’re out of a parking garage maze, escaped the depths of a canyon, or left the boonies to return to civiliza-tion, you can safely turn AirPlane Mode back off again and have your usual signal and cell connec-tion again. Once again, just jump back into Con-trol Center and toggle it off. You’re good to go, and you’ll have saved battery life while you’re at it. —continued on page 10

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This really works to preserve precious battery life, particularly if you’re in an area where the iPhone struggles with reception. I had the chance to test this theory re-cently on a series of outings into a rural area, and the difference was noticeable. So the next time you’re in a spot where you just know you’re not going to have a signal, it’s worth trying out yourself, because even the iPhone sitting in your pocket while searching for a cell tower for an hour can really drain away battery while not achiev-ing access to a reliable cell signal. This trick works on all iPhone models, but of course accessing Control Center de-pends on which iPhone you have, and Control Center can look different on some versions of iOS. For iPhones with a Home button, swiping up from the bottom-left of the screen accesses Control Center, and for iPhones without a Home button, a swipe down gesture from the top-right corner next to the display Notch is how you access Control Center (like iPhone X). Of course this isn’t the only tip to get more portable use out of your iOS gear, one of my personal favorites that I use constantly is enabling Low Power Mode on the iPhone which disables a few features that you likely won’t notice while in effect in re-turn for much reduced battery usage. You can also check out these iPhone battery tricks that actually work, none of which are the hocus-pocus you’ll sometimes see out there… and of course if you’re a tablet user there are some tips for extending the battery of an iPad too. a

Apple Users Helping Apple Users—OMUG’s Help Team will try to help you with your Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch and software problems. Please speak to any of the following member volunteers: Bob Adams Don Boyd Philip Davis Marilyn Kennedy Dr. Roberto Putzeys Al Sypher Brian Voge Lorraine Wieskamp

OMUG Assignments—Door Prizes– Tom LeeMembership– Cammie FairburnMUGTALK Newsmagazine– Al SypherProgram Coordinator– Burt StephensOnline Services Coordinator and Apple Ambassador– Philip DavisSunshine Ambassador– Don Morrison

OMUG Meeting Information—

The Ocala Mac User Group meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 3 PM: Freedom Public Library— 5870 SW 95th Street, Ocala

Member Help sessions, time permitting, are selectively held in conjunction with regular meetings.

OMUG Board of Directors—

President– Marilyn Kennedy marilynkennedy2@mac.com • 209-6986 Vice President– N.C. Sizemore ncsizemore@gmail.com • 291-8778Secretary–Lorraine Wieskamp wieskamp37@gmail.com • 351-3533Treasurer– Cammie Fairburn cfairburn@cfl.rr.com • 361-4398Director– Tom Lee twlee1851@gmail.com Director– Philip Davis davistech@gmail.com • 369-8432Director– Burt Stephens burtstephens@gmail.com • 509-4407 Director– Al Sypher aes@imageocala.com • 237-9501Past President– Bobby Adams badams0993@gmail.com • 274-0177

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Oh... and one last thing —

Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet

and they won’t bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.

Here is why your editor took a vacation trip to Maine/New Hampshire and never, even for a moment, considered going to Kansas City. Proofread people! 🤣🤣

Cover photo and landscape photo at right by Al Sypher, shooting at Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse and Otter Cliffs, Acadia National Park, ME. Post-processed on Mac mini.