by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Nov 9, 2023 | News & Events, User Group Meeting Materials
Need a quick topic to include with your meeting? Apple Support on YouTube often has quick, fun, and easy-to-implement tips that your members will enjoy. For example, in under 1 minute your members can learn how to use Point and Speak in Magnifier on your iPhone or iPad with LiDAR to have text read to you. Just point your finger at signs, keypads, labels and more to hear them read out loud to you. The technique works great for users, including users with low vision or blindness.
How to Use Point and Speak on iPhone or iPad
Ambassadors, November is a great time to use Apple Support on YouTube
(Thanks to Apple Systems Engineer and artist Dave Marra for this great tip!)
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Jul 4, 2023 | News & Events, User Group Meeting Materials
If your members watched the livestream of last week’s 2023 Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) they were probably amazed by the Apple Vision Pro, a spatial computer you control with your eyes, hands, and voice to interact with digital content in a way that feels like you are physically present in an immersive environment. Wow!
Want to offer your members a first look at Apple Vision Pro? Check out these resources:
Discover visionOS
Apple’s first spatial computer
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Jun 11, 2023 | News & Events, User Group Meeting Materials
Your members have privacy concerns and a privacy and security meeting topic could be a hit. Apple builds in privacy at every level to help users keep their information secure. From Passkeys that can replace passwords with an easier and safer sign-in method, to Intelligent Tracking Prevention, Privacy Report to Password monitoring, Social widget tracking prevention, Fingerprinting defense, Private Browsing, Location fuzzing, Random identifiers, end-to-end encryption, and so much more, privacy is an integral part of the Apple ecosystem.
Start your meeting with the clever Privacy on iPhone video and go from there:
Privacy on iPhone
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by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Jun 10, 2023 | Apple World User Group University, News & Events, User Group Meeting Materials
This Apple World User Group University (AWUGU) online gathering of Apple user group leaders was held at 5:00pm CDST, on May 15, 2023, via Zoom. We had 38 participants for AUG Speaker Bureau (see JPG image and PDF attendance list in the AWUGU shared folder). The 73-minute video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/YRl2IojuZ80 (unlisted on YouTube).
This session opened with my welcome, plus a quick review of the meeting protocols. This was followed by a wide-ranging open discussion about the previous 1Password presentation plus speaker and ChatGPT experiences by many.
Related to the topic of user group benefits, numerous experiences shared and suggestions were provided by user group leaders with the following links in the Chat Room:
There was also extensive discussion about whether members of any AUG could visit the meetings or access the archived videos and presentations from other AUGs. Numerous attendees listed information about how to acquire permission to attend their meetings on the Chat Room (download a copy of the chat text from our iCloud folder below).
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by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Apr 10, 2023 | User Group Meeting Materials
Need a timely meeting topic?
Your members may be newly interested in ways to clean their devices, and Apple has the answer. Be sure to check out Apple Support’s How to clean your Apple products page. From using safe products to the right techniques, your members can learn how to clean and disinfect notebooks, desktops, iOS devices, peripherals, accessories, cases, and more.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204172
Ambassadors, April is a great time to use Apple Support articles.
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Apr 2, 2023 | News & Events, User Group Meeting Materials
Want to take a look at the early days of Apple User Groups? The Apple Wiki has a collection of early Apple User Group Connection videos. This month’s link offers a young Wozniak, a look at MIDI when it was a new technology, and a reminder that even in the beginning Apple was at the forefront of assistive technologies. From a discussion of new technologies to award winning student projects and more, the videos truly are a fun blast from the past.
See what the User Group Connection was doing in 1987:
Apple User Group Connection – 1987
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Feb 14, 2023 | News & Events, User Group How To, User Group Meeting Materials
Looking for a quick meeting presentation that provides new tips for real-world use of your members’ iPhones? For learning how your iPhone can recognize specific sounds, to removing duplicate photos and more, You can be sure that each member will leave your meeting with at least one technique that they will actually use.
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by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Jan 17, 2023 | User Group Meeting Materials
You and your members may have noticed a set of quiet announcements on January 17th: Apple released the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max. Fast? Amazingly so. But wait, of course there’s more: a new Mac mini, supercharged by M2 and the all-new M2 Pro.
If you are interested in talking with your members about the announcements, there’s video and supporting documentation that could make for a great meeting.
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by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Jan 5, 2023 | News & Events, User Group Meeting Materials
Your members may have seen the recent news stories about AirTag users finding their “lost” luggage during the wide-spread airline issues that were a part of 2022 holiday travel. So, why not use a future meeting to review what AirTags can offer and how to make the most of their functionality?
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by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Dec 7, 2022 | News & Events, User Group Meeting Materials
Looking for a fun meeting idea? Most people enjoy singing along to their favorite music in the car or shower, but Apple Music Sing brings a clever twist to engaging with your favorite songs using your iPhone, iPad, or new Apple TV 4K, with real-time lyrics and adjustable vocals, you can sing lead, backup, or even duets. Your members can even sing along.
Apple Music Sing will be available by the end of December, just in time for a January 2023 meeting.
Check it out.
https://www.apple.com/apple-music/
Apple Newsroom : Apple Music Sing
