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Meeting information
Date
19 June 2024
Time
4:00 - 5:30
Presentations:
• Meeting Intro with Harry
• "Making videos with iMovie" with Robert Elphick
• Q & A with the "A" Team based on questions emailed prior to meeting as well from the audience
Location:
by ZOOM on-line
MAGIC Minutes for May 15, 2024
by Wendy Shimada, MAGIC*
The meeting was called to order by President Harry Anderson at 4:01 pm, with 19 members attending. Treasurer Gary McIntyre reported the club's balance was $9,789.40, after a $100 contribution and monthly website expense. Harry reminded everyone that as we are not collecting dues, contributions are always welcome via the MAGIC website.
In lieu of a presentation topic followed by Q&A, today's meeting is completely devoted to Q & A or "Stump the Experts". Next month's meeting will be held June 19, with Robert Elphick giving a presentation on the Basics of iMovie, followed by Q&A. As always, you may either send in your questions ahead of time, to allow the experts time to research your questions or just ask them at the meeting and they will be answered, as time allows.
Harry shared with everyone that in an effort to stay on top of what the membership's needs and wants are, the board decided to send out a brief questionnaire to all members -those who attend meetings and those who just read the newsletter or access the "How to's" on the MAGIC website. We want to know what you like/don't like/would like to see or learn about. We need everyone's input to help keep our organization useful and relevant.
The questionnaire is on the MAGIC website at https://www.whidbey.com/magicmug/data/question.pdf - Please fill it out and send it to us at this email .. As an incentive to encourage participation, we are drawing a name from all participants and rewarding one lucky member with a $50 Apple gift card!
Harry then turned the meeting over to Robert and Ron Sharp to field submitted questions. The experts were not stumped and they managed to answer many questions and the meeting adjourned at 5:09 p.m.
MAGIC Musings
Greetings, MAGIC Members. I hope you are enjoying the gorgeous sunshine we have had. What a difference from the downpours we had earlier in the month. I have been outside gardening and mowing my fast-growing lawn. And when it's this nice, I sit in my lawn chair and read on my iPad while listening to music on my iPhone….Thank you, Apple!
I look forward to seeing many of you at our June meeting on Wednesday June 19 at 4 p.m. via Zoom. This month, our expert Robert Elphick will give us a presentation on making movies with iMovie. And then Robert and Ron Sharp will take your questions. Remember that you may submit your questions in advance via email, but our experts will also take questions from anyone attending the meeting. Feel free to email questions to magicmug@whidbey.net or have them ready to ask on the meeting day. I also want to remind everyone to take our MAGIC questionnaire. It's on the web site and is also in the June newsletter notice. We need your help in deciding how to move our group forward. And everyone who submits the questionnaire by June 30 will be entered for a drawing to win a $50 Apple gift card.
Here is the schedule of presentations at our meetings from through the summer:
June 19 — Making movies in iMovie with Robert Elphick
July 17 — How to use the Dock with Gary
Aug 21 — Synching all devices with Ron
Sept 18 — Using AirDrop / Figuring out which cords work with what by Robert
See you on June 19 at 4 p.m.
Note: This Software Update section of the newsletter lists the most relevant Apple updates. Not all updates are listed for all products. Additionally, I'll add other pertinent updates on occasion.
tvOS gets a minor update, to version 17.5.1
by Malcolm Owen, appleinsider
Just 24 hours after introducing a minor update to iOS and iPadOS, Apple has released a similar revision to tvOS, bringing it to version 17.5.1.
Apple has issued a point release for iOS and iPadOS 17, making a small fix to the operating systems. It was to clear up a bug that resurfaced a user's deleted photographs within the Photos app.
One day later, Apple brought out another update, bringing tvOS to the same version, 17.5.1. The new build, number 21L580, replaces tvOS 17.5, which was released on May 13.
It is unclear if the update is related to the same problem as found in iOS and iPadOS. Certainly, it maintains version parity with the mobile operating systems.
iOS 17.5 includes these 15 security patches for iPhone users
by Michael Potuck, 9to5mac
iOS 17.5 has landed for everyone with several new user-facing features. And there are also 15 important security fixes that come with the update. Here are the full details on everything that's been patched.
Apple shared the specifics of the iOS 17.5 vulnerability fixies on its Security Updates site.
Fortunately, none of the 15 fixes were reported as previously exploited.
But it's still important to install the update and get these patches as soon as you can. Some of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to access user data and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
iOS 17.5 is now available: Here's everything you need to know
What are the iOS 17.5 security fixes?
Here are some of the apps/systems of iOS that saw patches:
Find My
Kernel
Maps
Notes
RemoteViewServices
Screenshots
Shortcuts
Voice Control
WebKit
There were also updates with fixes for the App Store, Face ID, Safari Downloads, and more.
Check out what all is new with iOS 17.5 and the full security update release notes below:
All the AI features headed for iPhone, Mac and iPad
by Ed Hardy, cultofmac
New artificial intelligence features are coming to many of the standard iPhone and Mac applications.
Photo: Andrea De Santis/Unsplash License/Modified by Cult of Mac
New artificial intelligence features are likely to make iOS 18, macOS 15 and iPadOS 18 the biggest upgrades to Apple's platforms in many years. Leaks say AI enhancements are coming to most of Apple's standard apps, helping users write, summarize information, clean up images and more. At their announcement coming at next week's WWDC24, these will all come under the heading of "Apple Intelligence."
Plus, Siri reportedly will get a significant intelligence upgrade.
Apple AI features: What to expect
While Microsoft, Google and Samsung rushed artificial intelligence products to users in recent months, Apple seems behind the curve. But that's expected to change soon. Apple CEO Tim Cook strongly hinted recently that new features in all the company's operating systems will heavily focus on AI.
"We believe in the transformative power and promise of AI," said Cook in early May. "And we believe we have advantages that will differentiate us in this new era, including Apple's unique combination of seamless hardware, software and services integration, groundbreaking Apple silicon, with our industry-leading neural engines, and our unwavering focus on privacy, which underpins everything we create."
Table of contents
Apple AI (mostly) runs on the device
Safari 'Intelligent Search'
Apple Photos 'Clean Up'
AI enhancements in other Apple apps
Making Siri smarter
We'll know more about Apple AI at WWDC24
Non-AI features in iOS 18
Apple Intelligence (mostly) runs on the device
Artificial intelligence requires demanding software. It needs a fast processor and significant storage. Nevertheless, many iOS, macOS and iPadOS AI features reportedly will run directly on users' devices.
This will allow user interactions to be faster but also more private — Apple frequently touts its commitment to privacy. In contrast, ChatGPT, Google Gemini and other rival generative AI systems run on remote servers where there's no realistic hope of privacy.
Technology for making AI systems more efficient, acquired along with DarwinAI earlier in 2024, should make this easier. However, tasks that are beyond an iPhone or Mac supposedly will depend on data centers with servers running on Apple's own processors. Still, the company will reportedly take pains to protect user privacy, and won't use AI to build profiles of users.
Those nervous about AI won't have to use it because Apple Intelligence will be optional. But it also won't be available to all users — these advanced features will reportedly require an iPhone 15 Pro or an upcoming iPhone 16 series handset. For Mac or iPad, an M1 processor or better is necessary.
Safari 'Intelligent Search'
Some of the AI changes to Apple's Safari web browser seem indicative of what can be expected all across iOS 18, macOS 15 and iPadOS 18 when they arrive later this year. The browser reportedly will get "Intelligent Search," an option to summarize the contents of a web page so the reader can quickly get the gist.
A more controversial feature is Safari's "Web Eraser."
"Apple is preparing to include an AI-based privacy feature in the Safari browser in the next iOS 18 software update that will remove ads or other unwanted website content," according to Financial Times. However, a later report indicates the plan has been dropped after significant pushback from online advertisers.
Apple Photos 'Clean Up'
An AI-powered "Clean Up" feature reportedly coming to the Apple Photos application could let users eliminate unwanted objects from images.
In addition, Apple researchers created a system that allows users to alter images with spoken or written commands. Another team of researchers built a system to turn an image into a video based on user instructions. Either AI feature might be incorporated into iOS 18 and macOS 15.
AI enhancements in other Apple apps
Apple Notes can already correct spelling and some grammar mistakes. The upcoming version of the app is expected to use artificial intelligence to become better at both things. In addition, it could recommend complete rewording of what the user wrote to make communication clearer.
It's Apple Mail will reportedly be able to summarize emails, a standard AI feature in rival apps. The Messages app also should be able to summarize a chaotic sequence of text messages.
As a fun feature, generative AI might allow users to create their own custom emojis.
Making Siri smarter
When Apple launched Siri back in 2011, the voice-driven assistant showed real potential. But new AI systems based on large-language models leave Siri in the dust.
This fact has not escaped Apple's attention, fortunately. Unconfirmed reports indicate Apple and OpenAI made a deal that will build some version of GPT into iOS and macOS. This could be GPT-4o, a new version of the company's artificial intelligence chatbot that's a real step forward in natural-language communication. Apple also supposedly talked with Google about licensing Gemini. That could provide the artificial intelligence behind Siri's upcoming upgrade instead.
Whoever provides the tech, Siri reportedly will deliver "proactive intelligence" — the ability to summarize notifications coming in from the user's iPhone. It should be able to summarize news articles, too.
The voice assistant will be upgraded so it can control individual apps. This will enable, for example, opening a specific document or sending or deleting an email with a spoken command.
Given Apple's desire to keep AI functions running on users' iPhones or Macs as much as possible, the plan might be for an on-device AI system to handle basic Siri commands. More complex requests could go to data centers. Apple is building software to determine when to use which option.
We'll know more about Apple AI at WWDC24
How else will Apple inject AI into its operating systems and apps? We'll find out in just a few days at WWDC24. Apple's annual developer conference kicks off June 10. And the new AI capabilities of iOS 18 and macOS 15 will surely be high on Apple's agenda.
Non-AI features in iOS 18 and macOS 15
Not every change in iOS 18 and Apple's other operating systems is related to artificial intelligence. There will reportedly be new Home Screen personalization options, and Settings is getting its first significant redesign in many years. The Messages app will supposedly be able to animate individual words in a message.
You might only use the Mac's built-in Preview app when you need to read a PDF or zoom in on a picture, but there's much more to the software than meets the eye. It's a pretty handy image editor for Mac, too.
In this how-to, I'll go over six features that will let you make the most of Preview, a handy tool that's an overlooked benefit to using a Mac. I have three tips for working with documents and three for editing pictures.
6 tricks to master Preview app on Mac
The Preview app is one of macOS' hidden gems. The image and PDF viewer doubles as a free image editor for Mac users, and can handle many tasks quickly and easily. I explain how to make the most of the Mac's Preview app in the how-to below, or you can sit back and watch Cult of Mac's video on the subject:
1. Combine PDFs into one document
Adding a photo in the middle of a document using the Mac Preview app.
Using the Preview app on Mac, you can drag anything — photos, pages from other documents — into the middle of a PDF.
Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
If you have two or more documents you need to combine, or a page or a picture you want to add to the middle, you can freely combine different files into one document using the Preview app on a Mac. Make sure you have the document thumbnails turned on — click the menu button on the left of the toolbar and click Thumbnails.
Then, you can just drag and drop pages from a different PDF or mix images into the document. Save or close it, and Preview will bundle all the pages together into one file.
2. Fill out and sign PDFs with the Preview app on Mac
Screenshot of filling out a PDF form using Preview app on Mac
Type to fill in a form or drop in a signature when using Preview on Mac.
Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
This feature is new in macOS Sonoma. When you open a PDF form on your Mac, the Preview app will look for all the text boxes and blank lines and make it easy to fill in. Click the Form button to the right, next to the search button. With the Text tool, you can simply click on a field, type in your info, and hit Tab to jump ahead.
To sign your name on a PDF, you can click the Signature button. Click Create Signature and you will see several options. You can try drawing a signature with your finger on a trackpad or your iPhone, but even as a pretty skilled graphic designer, I have a hard time making this not suck.
Instead, I recommend clicking Camera. Then you can sign your name on a white piece of paper and hold it in front of your Mac's camera to scan it. This method will best capture your actual signature. Then, when using the Mac's Preview app, you can drag it on top of a signature line in a PDF and resize it to fit.
3. Redact important information from PDFs and images
Redacting the faces of various animals in a PDF document in Preview.
Finally, a way to censor photos of savannah wildlife.
Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
If you need to censor any part of a document, the Mac's Preview app gives you an easy-to-use tool. Just click the icon that looks like a black box — the Redact tool. This will delete all of the content below, so it can't be recovered or seen.
Plus, you can click and drag over text to select it and turn it black, or you can click and drag a rectangle over any other spot. You can make edits as long as the document is open in Preview. But as soon as you close it, it'll be saved and everything below the black will be deleted.
4. Create a new image from your Mac's clipboard
Open up whatever's sitting on your clipboard in a jiffy.
Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
Here's a quick one: If you copy a picture from the web, there's a quick way to open it in Preview to create an image you can save on your Mac. Just hit File > New from Clipboard (⌘N).
5. How to use Mac Preview app's Markup toolbar for image editing
Markup toolbar in Preview on a photo of a Macintosh Classic. Preview serves as an easy-to-use image editor for Mac.
The Preview app puts a lot of tools at your disposal for editing images on Mac.
Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
The Preview app puts a lot of tools at your disposal for editing images on Mac.
Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
When looking at an image in the Mac's Preview app, you can click the pen icon to bring up the Markup toolbar. It's a bit clunky, but the simple image editor also proves pretty useful for accomplishing common tasks.
It offers several tools for editing images, from left to right:
First, you will see two different select tools. Sketch lets you scribble with the mouse or trackpad, and will automatically detect if you draw a shape or an arrow.
Shapes will let you add in a variety of preset shapes, a highlight box or a magnification bubble.
Text adds a simple textbox that you can set the width of.
Signature works the same as it does in the aforementioned form-fill toolbar.
Adjust Color gives you advanced sliders for brightness, saturation and more.
Adjust Size will resample the image to a different resolution.
Shape Style adjusts line thickness. You can make the outline dashed or textured, add arrowheads or a drop shadow.
The next two buttons edit the line color and fill color.
Text Style, inexplicably very far away from the text button, adjusts the font, color and alignment.
Image Description lets you add alt text to an image for accessibility.
6. Remove background using Mac's built-in image editor
Removing Background from a picture of a cat on a bed using Preview, the built-in Mac image editor.
Just like the iPhone, the Preview app on Mac offers a "Remove Background" tool. Hit it, and the background will be … removed.
Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
It's easy to cut or copy the subject out of a photo without the background on an iPhone — but how do you do it on the Mac? The Preview app, of course. And actually, it's really easy to do with this free Mac image editor.
Remove Background (⇧⌘K). It isn't perfectly precise, as it leaves the edges somewhat blurry and choppy if the images aren't perfectly crisp and high-resolution. However, it does work almost instantly for those times when you need to quickly remove the background from an image.
During a FaceTime video call, you can use video effects on compatible Macs to focus the attention on you or your reactions.
Control Center in the top-right corner of the Mac screen, showing the Video button (which appears on supported Macs), and three available video effects.
Add reactions with hand gestures
With macOS Sonoma, you can add reactions—visual effects you use during a video call to express how you feel. Reactions are available in FaceTime when you use a Mac with Apple silicon, or when using your iPhone as a webcam.
Choose any of the following reactions:
Gestures for FaceTime
Note: When using gestures, hold your hands away from your face, and pause for a moment to activate the effect.
To add a reaction without using a gesture, click the Video button in the menu bar, click the arrow next to Reactions, then choose an option. (If you don't see the arrow, click Reactions to turn on the feature.)
To turn off reactions, click the Video button in the menu bar, then click Reactions.
Blur your background with Portrait mode
With macOS 12 or later and a Mac with Apple silicon, you can turn on Portrait mode to automatically blur the background and put the visual focus on you. Portrait mode is also available while using your iPhone as a webcam.
In the FaceTime app on your Mac during a video call, click the Video button in the menu bar, then select Portrait.
Tip: To adjust the amount of background blur, click the arrow next to Portrait and use the slider.
To turn Portrait mode off, click the Video button in the menu bar, then deselect Portrait.
Turn Center Stage on or off
Center Stage keeps you, and anyone with you, centered in the frame as you move around during a video call. With macOS 12.3 or later, you can use Center Stage when you have an Apple Studio Display connected to your Mac. With macOS 13 or later, you can also enable Center Stage while using your iPhone as a webcam.
In the FaceTime app on your Mac during a video call, click the Video button in the menu bar, then select Center Stage.
When using an iPhone 11 or newer as a webcam, you can click the arrow and choose Main to keep yourself centered in the frame in a smaller field of view, or choose Ultra Wide to move further around the room. To adjust the camera frame, use the controls to zoom in and out, or pan left and right. To automatically place yourself in the center of the frame, choose Recenter.
To turn Center Stage off, click the Video button in the menu bar, then turn off Center Stage.
Zoom, pan, or recenter
When using your iPhone as a webcam, you can control the camera by zooming in, panning left or right, or recentering the frame.
In the FaceTime app on your Mac during a video call, click the Video button in the menu bar, turn off Center Stage, then do any of the following:
Zoom: Depending on your iPhone model, you can toggle between 0.5x and 1x to quickly zoom in or out. For a more precise zoom, touch and hold the zoom controls, then drag the slider right or left.
Pan: Click in the preview and drag your cursor to adjust what you're showing in your video.
Recenter: Click the Recenter button to automatically detect your face and frame you in the center.
Reset the framing: Click the 0.5x or 1x button in the preview.
Use Studio Light
With macOS Sonoma and a Mac with Apple silicon, you can use Studio Light to dim the background and illuminate your face. With macOS 13 or later, you can also enable Studio Light while using your iPhone as a webcam.
In the FaceTime app on your Mac during a video call, click the Video button in the menu bar, then select Studio Light.
Tip: To adjust the amount of light, click the arrow next to Studio Light and use the slider.
To turn Studio Light off, click the Video button in the menu bar, then deselect Studio Light.
Use Desk View
When you use your iPhone as a webcam with macOS 13 or later, you can use Desk View to appear on screen while showing what's on your desk.
In the FaceTime app on your Mac during a video call, click the Desk View button in the upper-right corner of the window.
Use the Desk View setup window to align your desk with the rear-facing camera on your iPhone. To zoom in or out, drag the onscreen control at the bottom of the window.
Click Share Desk View.
To stop sharing Desk View, switch to the Desk View window and choose Desk View > Quit. You can also click the screen-sharing button in the Desk View window, then choose Stop Sharing.
To pause video during a FaceTime call, click the Mute Video button . Your camera is temporarily turned off, but everyone in the call can still hear each other talk. To turn the camera back on, click the button again.
Note: If you click the yellow minimize button at the top of the FaceTime window, the camera stays on, but video may be paused.
Several members have asked about image file formats. We have updated the article in the "Tricks and Tips" section of this website to provide information on all the commonly used formats.
Please let us know if this or any other "Tricks and Tips" article needs to be updated. Or let us know if you would like a new how-to article. The webmaster can be contacted at this email .
There are many different formats for storing graphics. The two main types are vector graphics and raster (or bitmap) graphics.
Some of the formats are lossless and have no compressions such as all the vector formats and the TIFF and GIFF formats. All the others use compression to reduce the file sizes. Reduced file sizes are great for the internet to reduce transmission times (When a website takes a long time to download because of graphics that are large, for example). Also reduced file sized allows for more pictures to be stared in the same size storage media.
One of the best compressions algorithms to date has been the JPEG system. It can reduce the file size dramatically without much distortion - most people cannot tell the difference with family photographs even when the file size has been reduced to a quarter. Recently the HEIC system has provided an even more efficient compression but it has not yet been accepted be the browser community.
The down side to compression is that information is lost and the picture is less accurate than the uncompressed picture. How much this matters depends on the user and the purpose of the graphic.
About Vector and Raster Files
Graphics fall into to two main categories:
Vector graphics
Raster (or Bitmap) graphics
The difference between these two types is what they're made up of. Vector graphics are made up of lines and curves with very specific starting and ending points. Bitmap graphics are made up of little squares called pixels that remain the same no matter the scaling when resized.
Here is a very simple image made up of a red circle and a black line:
Notice that even blown up this large (1600%), it's still fairly smooth when displayed as a vector. You only see a little bit of jagginess because your monitor can only display this graphic using pixels. If you were to print it out, you'd see that it's as smooth as the same graphic at 100%...
Here%s the same image - except it's a bitmap graphic - blown up by 1000% (a lesser amount than the vector image above). Doesn't look the same does it? You can see obvious jagginess or "stairstepping".
Basically, when you enlarge a bitmap graphic you'll notice pixelation (jaggies or stairstepping shown above). That's because the software has to guess where to put the extra pixels. Using "dithering" may provide some apparent reduction of the jaggies.
When you reduce the graphic, the software has to decide which pixels to throw out. Both the addition and discarding of pixels in software using interpolation.
Raster File Formats
Raster or Bitmap files contain information about each pixel in the image. A pixel is a single dot. Every pixel is included in the file. The quality of the image depends on how many pixels per inch the device (computer screen, TV screen, smart phone, printer, etc.) can provide.
Here are some details on the seven most common formats:
JPEG (and JPG) — Joint Photographic Experts Group
Strictly speaking JPEG is a compression algorithm and JIFF is the file format, but the files are usually called JPEG files. Thay are:
Universal browser and OS support.
Fairly low file size.
Lossy image compression might lead to poor text readability.
Supported since version 1.0 of all major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.)
Supported by default by all image viewers and editors of all major operating systems.
PNG — Portable Network Graphics
Higher quality (lossless) images and clearly visible text.
Larger file sizes can slow down your website if overused (especially high-resolution images).
Supported by all major browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari).
Supported by all major operating systems and their standard image editors.
Good choice for infographics, banners, blog graphics, screenshots, coupons, and other visuals that include text.
Do not use for high-resolution photos, as it will create large files of up to several megabytes.
GIF — Graphics Interchange Format
Animation support.
8-bit limitation (256 colors) leads to limited image quality.
Supported by all major browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari).
Supported by all major operating systems and their standard image editors.
Use animated GIFs not just to “spice up content” but demonstrate how to complete tasks in tutorials and guides.
Do not use it if you need greater than 8-bit color images (JPEG supports up to 24-bit).
TIFF — Tagged Image File Format.
High-quality files perfect for storage or print publishing.
Large file size due to typical use with no compression.
Limited browser support.
No major browsers can render a TIFF file without add-ons or extensions.
Mainly available as an export format for professional image editing and publishing tools.
Storing and preparing images and graphics for publication.
Used by many scanners to preserve the quality of scanned documents or pictures.
BMP — Bitmap.
Old Microsoft format. Limited compared to newer formats
Many versions
No browser support.
HEIF — High Efficiency Image File Format
HEIF, short for High Efficiency Image File Format, is an image format developed by the team behind the MPEG video format to be a direct competitor to JPEG.
In theory, the compression is almost twice as efficient as JPEG, leading to images of up to double quality with identical file sizes.
It’s a raster image format, based on pixel mapping, meaning you cannot scale up the images without losing quality.
Great quality to file size ratio.
No browser and limited OS support.
Not supported by any major browsers.
Native support in macOS and iOS, but not in their Safari versions.
Used by some newer phones and devices to store photos in higher quality than JPEG files.
Raw Image File Types
Raw image formats are the file types a digital camera uses to store full-quality images for later post-production and editing.
Major raw image file types by camera maker including Kodak: CR, K25, KDC, Canon: CRW CR2 CR3, Epson: ERF, Nikon: NEF NRW, Olympus: ORF, Pentax: PEF, Panasonic: RW2, Sony: ARW, SRF, SR2.
RAW files offer up to 16,384 shades per color channel (14 bit) in a single picture. That gives you more flexibility when tweaking colors and contrast in post-processing.
Raw images aren’t meant for the web or sharing and aren’t supported by any major browser or image viewer.
Higher quality pictures with more variability in colors.
Giant image files (a raw file can easily be up to 20 to 40 megabytes).
Saving photos in the highest possible quality for post-processing and editing.
Vector File Formats
Vector files are images that are built by mathematical formulas that establish points on a grid. Raster files are composed of the colored blocks commonly referred to as pixels. Because they can infinitely adjust in size without losing resolution, vector files are more versatile for certain types of tasks than raster files. THey are also very much smaller. The most common types of vector files are:
AI - Adobe Illustrator
This file is commonly used in print media and digital graphics, such as logos.
EPS - Encapsulated PostScript
This an older type of vector graphics file. They do not support transparency in the way more modern file formats do.
PDF - Portable Document Format
This file type is built for the exchange of documents across platforms and is editable in Adobe Acrobat. It can contain vectors (including text) and rasters.
SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics
This format is based in XML (a markup language used widely across the Internet that's readable by both machines and humans). It’s useful for the web, where it can be indexed, searched, and scripted.
CDR – CorelDraw
The CDR file format was originally developed by Corel, the makers of CorelDRAW (a popular alternative to Adobe Illustrator). However, it’s now a universal format supported by many programs.
All the formats
All the file formats that can be read and translated by the application GraphicConverter :
Apple File Icon (*.ICNS)
Apple iOS Icon Set
Apple MacOS Icon Set
ASCII (*.txt)
ASTC (*.astc)
Atari Portfolio PGC (*.pgc)
AVIF - AV1 Image File Format (*.avif)
Bitmap (*h)
BLD - MegaPaint (*.bld)
BLP - Texture File (*.blp)
BMP - Windows Bitmap (*.bmp)
BPG - Better Portable Graphics (*.bpg)
BUM (*.BUM)
Byte-Array Header File (*h)
Cisco IP Phone Image (*.xml)
Clipping (*.clp)
Color Table (*pal)
csource (*.C)
DDS (*.dds)
Diskus (*yuv)
Dune AAl Format (*.aai)
Electric Image (*image)
EPSF - Encapsulated Postscript File (*.eps)
FARBFELD Format (*.ff)
Favicon (*.ico)
FITS - Flexible Image Transport System (*.fit)
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
GraphicConverter Image Document (*-gcimgd)
HEIF - High Efficiency Image File Format (*.heic)
HPGL - Hewlett Packard Graphics Language (*.plt)
HTC Splashscreen (*rgb565)
IBL (*.ibl)
ICO - Windows Icon (*.ico)
IFF - Interchange File Format (*.iff)
IM - Chyron Liberty Paint (*.im)
IMG - GEM Bit Image (*.img)
ISS (*iss)
JIF (* jfif)
V JPEG (*jpg, *jpeg)
JPEG 2000 (*jp2)
JPEG XL (*.jxl)
JPS (3D JPEG) (*.jps)
Khronos Texture KTX (*.ktx)
KISS (*.cel)
LCD Display (*.ebm)
LOGO (*logo)
LuraWave (*|wf)
MacPaint (*mac)
Mobil Phone NGG (*.ngg)
Mobil Phone NOL (*nol)
Movie (*.mov)
Multi Picture Object (3D) (*mpo)
OpenEXR (*.exr)
OTA bitmap format (*.ota)
Palm (*-pdb)
PBM - Portable Bitmap (*-pbm)
PCX - Paintbrush (*pcx)
PDF - Portable Document Format (*.pdf)
PFM - Portable Float (*pfm)
PGM - Portable Graymap (*.pgm)
PICS - PICT Sequence (*pics)
PICT (*.pict, *pct)
PNG - Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
PNS (3D PNG) (*pns)
PPM - Portable Pixmap (*ppm)
PSD - Photoshop (*.psd)
PSION 5 (*.mbm)
QTL (*.qtl)
Quite OK Image Format (*.qoi)
RAW (*raw)
Resource (*rsrc)
RSB - Red Storm Bitmap (*rsb)
RTF - Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
SGI - Silicon Graphics Image (*sgi)
Slices (*.html)
Softimage (*pic)
STAD (*pac)
Startup Screen
SUN - Rasterfile (*sun)
SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics (*svg)
SWF - Shockwave Flash Image (*swf)
T2B (*.t2b)
TCL-Image (*.dat)
TGA - Truecolor File Format (*.tga)
TIFF - Tag Image File Format (*.tif, *tiff)
TRS-80 (*hr)
VPB - QUANTEL (*vpb)
WBIN - MacWavelet (*.dat)
WBMP (*wbmp)
WebP (*webp)
Windows Cursor (*cur)
WMF - Windows Metafile Graphics (*wmf)
X-Face (*X-FACE)
XBM - X11-Bitmap (*xbm)
XPM - ASCIl Bitmap (*.xpm)
XWD - X-Windows Dump (*xwd)
There are 96 in this list. Many of them are very specialized and MAGIC members are unlikely to encounter them. Some are old and no longer used bur appear from time to time in old data sets. I have seen Macs that still have PICT files on them.
Find charging stations from Apple Maps.
Image: Ank Kumar/Wikimedia Commons/D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
Apple Maps makes it easy to find EV charging stations while you're on the road to figure out where you can top up your electric car. Apple added some powerful new features in iOS 17 to simplify this sometimes-daunting process for EV owners. Now you can see electric car charger availability, charging speeds and connector types so you can find a way to juice up your vehicle.
Here's how it works.
How to find EV charging stations in Apple Maps
Note: Showing car charging stations in Apple Maps is a feature of iOS 17. If you bought a new iPhone 15, you've got it already. Otherwise, head to Settings > General > Software Update to make sure you have the latest version of iOS. Upgrading should take about 20 minutes after downloading, so make sure you don't start it at a bad time.
Table of contents: How to find EV charging stations in Apple Maps
Search for "charging station" or "car charge point"
Filter by speed and availability
Check for plug compatibility
1. Search for "charging station" or "car charge point"
If you are already following a route in Apple Maps, swipe up from the bottom to add a stop to your route.
Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
After opening the Apple Maps app, you can type directly into the search field. If you already have turn-by-turn directions for your route, swipe up from the bottom of the app and hit Add Stop.
In my testing, searching for "charging station" will only show dedicated charging stops, like Tesla Superchargers, Electrify America and travel stops.
Typing in "car charge" autocompletes to "car charge point," which brings up a few dozen more results in my area. This term includes additional EV charging stations, including hotels, campgrounds and libraries that house electric car chargers on their lots.
2. Filter by speed and availability
Use the filters to find the station you need.
Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
After you find an EV charging station, you need to make sure the filters along the top of the Apple Maps app focus on relevant info. Set properly, they will show you which charging stations are open now, which offer fast charging and which offer charging for free.
In the search results, you'll see how many EV chargers are at the location and how many are available.
3. Check for plug compatibility
Finally, you need to make sure you find an EV charger that works with your particular electric vehicle. To do so, tap on a charging station's name. In the detail view, you can see which type of EV connectors they offer, how many of each type there are, and the speeds they work at.
For reference, Combined Charging System, or CCS, is the modern plug standard in most of the world. Tesla's North American Charging Standard, or NACS, is popular in the United States and will soon be adopted by all other major brands. CHAdeMO is common on older vehicles.
Once you find an EV charging station with the appropriate connector for your electric car, tap Directions or Add Stop to get driving directions there.
A good start for electric car owners
These advanced search features are promising, but Apple could do a lot more. Electric cars are predicted to outsell gasoline cars by 2035 globally, and even sooner than that in the United States. Apple Maps will soon need to make more changes to accommodate the growing number of electric car owners.
Right now, for example, it's pretty easy to find gas stations in Apple Maps: There's a prominent shortcut in the app to search for gas stations along your route. But you can't change "gas stations" to "charging stations." If I had an electric car, I would be pretty peeved about that. Manually typing in "charging station" while you're behind the wheel seems like distracted driving. And that's a serious traffic offense in a growing number of states and countries around the world.
Apple also could integrate Apple Maps more deeply with advanced CarPlay in electric vehicles, tying in your destination with estimates on your vehicle's range. Perhaps it could automatically add charging stops to a long road trip. Or it could filter out charging stations outside your EV's current range.
Note: We originally published this post on how to find EV charging stations in Apple Maps on November 15, 2023. We updated the info.
This Apple Pencil Pro feature surprises and delights users
by David snow, cultofmac
Apple Pencil Pro shadow See that? Apple Pencil Pro casts the shadow of the tool selected -- a fountain pen.
Photo: @SnazzyLabs, X.com
M4 iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air users are justifiably excited by Apple Pencil Pro's fantastic and highly functional new features. But now they're discovering a delightful feature Apple didn't highlight at its recent "Let Loose" event. The stylus casts a shadow of the selected tool in use on the screen.
That feature may not equal the functional importance of the new squeeze gesture or haptic feedback, but judging by user reactions in the videos below, it's pretty much the coolest thing ever.
Apple Pencil Pro casts shadow of the tool you're using
The new Apple Pencil Pro unveiled at Apple's "Let Loose" event is packed with cool features, but it looks quite similar to previous Apple Pencils. And yet when you hold it close to the screen, the shadow it casts is not just that of a white Pencil. It's the shadow of whichever Apple Pencil tool you've selected, like a fountain pen.
New Apple Pencil Pro owners are discovering the feature on their own as they use the stylus with M4 iPad Pro or M2 iPad Air. And they're delightedly posting on social media about it.
An artificial but dynamic shadow
Typically, a user might use the new squeeze gesture to throw the cool new tool palette on their screen. But as they go to select something from the palette, they notice the shadow looks like the tool they've selected. And not only that — the shadow moves as the Pencil does. It compacts and elongates with the movement of the stylus, and it even tilts and rotates like the Pencil (thanks at least in part to its built-in gyroscope).
Users are so excited by the dynamic shadow they're posting videos to show it off. We found several, below, and we don't doubt there are more.
As one user said when highlighting the first video below, "This is crazy! Apple Pencil Pro casts an artificial shadow of the tool you're using on the display. AND it changes its length and shape based on the angle you're holding the pencil. AND the shadow rotates as you rotate the pencil itself."
See Apple Pencil Pro's tool shadow in action:
Apple's attention to detail is INSANE. You can't watch this and not smile. pic.twitter.com/cbUknR2wQu.
— Snazzy Labs (@SnazzyLabs) May 16, 2024
Apple shows a "digital shadow" of your Apple Pencil.
If you select a fountain pen you will see the shadow of a fountain pen.
It gets better.
If you turn the Pencil, the rendering of the shadow turns as well. pic.twitter.com/B1scVwaqxw.
— Jelle Prins (@jelleprins) May 16, 2024
And be sure to check which Apple Pencil works with which iPad (four Apple styluses have been released to date, and the newest, Apple Pencil Pro, only works with M4 iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air).
Whether it be ads or shoddy formatting, some web pages might not be that easy to decipher. Thankfully, there is a solution built right into Safari on your iPad.
Whatever your reasons may be, something about a website just may not jibe with your eyes, and that is precisely where Reader Mode on Safari comes in. Reader Mode makes getting past this issue a breeze and makes reading articles on your iPad much more pleasant.
How to use Reader Mode in Safari
Actually opening up Reader Mode is very simple, and quite literally requires just two taps. With any largely text-based web page open in Safari, you need only tap on the "Aa" icon in the left-hand side of your address bar. Once that's been tapped, you'll see the option to "Show Reader." Once you've tapped "Show Reader" the web page will convert into a succinct block of text with pictures intact.
Two iPads each showing different menus related to Reader Mode in Safari on an AppleInsider page:
Opening Reader Mode is one of the easiest options available in Safari
The "Show Reader" option is available on almost every primarily text-based web page. For websites like Instagram or Amazon, Reader Mode wouldn't do anything worthwhile for you even if you could enable it.
When entering Reader Mode, all the ads and suggested content from any given website will be stripped out in favor of a succinct reading experience. With that in mind, there are still some issues you can bump into. Some webpages, despite being mostly text, won't show up properly. In some instances this can be due to how the website is written, and in others it may just be that the text on the page is embedded within an image.
Another issue that can crop is multi-paged articles and how they "cooperate" with Reader Mode. For the most part, Reader Mode will only show you the first page of a multi-paged article when turned on. For these kinds of pages, you will have to turn Reader Mode on and off to progress through the article.
How to customize Reader Mode in Safari
Once you're in Reader Mode, you may find yourself wanting to make a few cosmetic adjustments. Doing so is as simple as returning to the menu you used to open Reader Mode. Once you have the menu opened up, you'll be greeted with a few key options, including:
Adjusting the font
Adjusting the font size
Changing the background color
Individual website settings
Using the customization options in Reader Mode, you can build your ideal reading experience.
All of these options do exactly what it sounds like they would do. The individual website settings don't offer much that pertains to Reader Mode, but there is one absolutely game changing setting you can enable here.
That setting is "Use Reader Automatically." What this option will do is make it to where Safari automatically displays pages from that website in Reader Mode. Pages that can't normally be viewed in Reader Mode will still show up as normal, but the moment you enter a page that can be viewed in Reader Mode, the change will happen automatically.
With Reader Mode in your arsenal, you'll have a much better reading experience across the web on your iPad.
Nervous iPhone users won't have to use Apple's new AI features
by Ed Hardy, cultofmac
Apple will add an AI chatbot powered by OpenAI to iPhone and Mac, according to an unconfirmed report. But users of these devices won't be forced to use it.
And that goes for more than the chatbot. Apparently, Apple will give users the option to pass on all the upcoming artificial intelligence features. The company plans to showcase its big AI push at its Worldwide Developers Conference next week.
Apple's chatbot will be outsourced to OpenAI
Apple faced criticism for moving slowly into artificial intelligence even as Microsoft and Google leaped ahead. But that's all expected to change at WWDC24. Leaks say Apple CEO Tim Cook and other executives will announce a wide range of artificial intelligence features coming to iOS 18, macOS 15 and the company's other operating systems.
Among these will be a chatbot powered by OpenAI technology, according to a Bloomberg report published Wednesday. Apple's own technology reportedly can handle most of the new artificial intelligence features. But the company will outsource the chatbot.
Bloomberg said:
"Apple found that its AI is capable enough to power features like voice memo transcriptions and photo editing, as well as new search capabilities in the Safari web browser and auto replies in apps like Messages. But it determined early on that OpenAI and Google were far ahead in chatbots and on-the-fly assistance."
Not all the details of Apple's AI plans have leaked out yet. Most notably, it remains unclear if Apple will integrate something like OpenAI's (amazing) new GPT-4o into the Siri voice system or keep it separate.
Part of the reason for the lack of clarity is that negotiations to also bring Google's AI tech to iPhone and Mac are reportedly ongoing. Apple reportedly sealed a deal with OpenAI, according to Bloomberg:
Apple picked OpenAI as its inaugural AI partner for a few reasons, one of the people said. It got better business terms than Google was offering, and Apple believes that OpenAI's technology is the best available on the market. Integrating Google AI into the iPhone also might have given the impression that Apple's biggest technology rival had beat it in a vital new area.
iPhone users can decline Apple AI features
Apple seems aware that AI is controversial. And the public's nervousness is fed by well-publicized examples of AI-powered chatbots "hallucinating" — simply making things up.
"Apple is expected to offer its new AI features as an opt-in service, according to the people familiar with the matter," said Bloomberg. "So wary customers could easily steer clear of them if they'd prefer."
WWDC24 kicks off June 10
The details of all Apple's new AI features will go from rumor to reality at WWDC24, which starts with a keynote address next Monday. The world will get its first look at the many other changes coming to iOS 18, macOS 15, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11 and visionOS 2 at the same time.
StreamSaver bundles Apple TV+, Netflix and Peacock for $15 a month (Xfinity/Comcast)
by Ed Hardy, cultofmac
Comcast now offers StreamSaver with three top streaming services bundled together.
Photo: Apple/Netflix/NBC
Streaming TV fans now have the option to bundle Apple TV+ with Netflix and Peacock. And Xfinity StreamSaver is only $15 per month, a savings of 35% off getting the services separately.
It is a significant new option for cordcutters who want to save money.
StreamSaver bundle includes Apple TV+ and a whole lot more
Bundles of streaming services are all the rage. A recently announced one unites Disney+, Hulu and Max, for example. Providers like them because there's less churn. Someone might drop their subscription to Max because they don't watch it much, but they are less likely to cancel a bundle with two other services.
And now there's Xfinity StreamSaver, which bundles Apple TV+, Netflix and NBCUniversal's Peacock. Comcast launched the bundle on Wednesday after the company's CEO Brian Roberts revealed some early details about it several weeks ago.
The new option includes a subscription to Netflix Standard with ads, Peacock Premium with ads, and Apple TV+ (which does not have ads.)
On its own, Apple TV+ costs $9.99 a month. The cheapest version of Netflix is $6.99 a month with ads, and Peacock starts at $5.99 a month. That's about $23 in total, so StreamSaver undercuts that by roughly $8 a month or just over $95 a year.
Take note that the bundle is only available to Xfinity's internet or cable TV subscribers. Those who get their internet from Cox or Spectrum, for example, can not take advantage of this deal. And it's U.S. only, of course.
So much streaming content
Apple TV+ offers a range of original content, especially top-notch sci-fi like Silo and Severance. Netflix is the 500-pound gorilla of streaming, while Peacock will be the best service to watch the 2024 Summer Olympics.
"StreamSaver is a homerun for consumers who want top-tier entertainment and live sports, and for our world-class partners Peacock, Netflix and Apple who benefit from the reach and depth of our entertainment platforms and Xfinity's marketing engine," said Dave Watson, CEO of Connectivity and Platforms, Comcast, in a statement.
This article was originally published on May 14. It was updated when Comcast StreamSaver launched.
Netflix dropping support for older Apple TV models this summer
by Chance Miller, 9to5mac
Netflix has announced that it is dropping support for select older generations of Apple TV. In an email sent to subscribers this week, Netflix said that it is "sunsetting support" for the Apple TV (2nd generation) and Apple TV (3rd generation) on July 31.
In the email, Netflix writes that it is making this change to "ensure you maintain the best possible Netflix viewing experience." Here's the full text of the email (via Reddit):
You're receiving this email because you've used Apple TV (2nd generation) and/or Apple TV (3rd generation) with Netflix in the past. Unfortunately, we're sunsetting support for these devices on Jul 31, 2024. We know this can be frustrating, but we're doing this to ensure you maintain the best possible Netflix viewing experience.
The Apple TV (2nd generation) was released in 2010 with support for 720p resolution. The Apple TV (3rd generation) followed in 2012 and added support for 1080p playback. Both of these models were released prior to the advent of tvOS and the tvOS App Store, and instead shipped with a collection of pre-installed apps.
If you have the Apple TV HD (released in 2015) or newer, you're unaffected by this change and continue to watch Netflix as normal.
We've seen a number of services drop support for the older generation of Apple TV models over the years, including things like YouTube, CBS All Access, Crunchyroll, and MLB At Bat. Meanwhile, iOS 16 also dropped AirPlay support on older Apple TV models due to DRM issues.
If you're still clinging to an Apple TV 2 or Apple TV 3, now's a good time to look into updating.
Blood sugar measurement with Apple Watch no longer needs iPhone, says Dexcom
by Ben Lovejoy, 9to5mac
If you use the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitoring system, you've long been able to view your blood sugar measurement on your Apple Watch - but you can now do so without your iPhone.
Previously, the G7 wirelessly transmitted the health data to your iPhone, which then relayed it to your Apple Watch …
Now, however, the G7 can talk directly to the Apple Watch app, meaning you no longer need to have your iPhone close at hand to relay the results.
Blood sugar measurement with Apple Watch
The feature was first rolled out in the UK and Ireland, but the company has announced that it's available in the US from today.
"At Dexcom, our users are at the heart of everything we do. Direct to Apple Watch has been one of our most requested features and we're thrilled to roll it out to Dexcom G7 users in the U.S. and around the world," said Jake Leach, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Dexcom. "We've long believed that people with diabetes should be able to view their CGM data where and how they choose. Direct to Apple Watch is a testament to that, allowing people with diabetes flexibility and choice in how they manage their health."
Using its own dedicated Bluetooth connection, Dexcom G7 sends glucose information and personalized alerts right to a user's Apple Watch, allowing them to go for a run, enjoy a dinner out, and feel confident leaving their iPhone behind. Dexcom G7 is the only CGM system that can display glucose on multiple devices simultaneously and independently, including on a smartphone, smart watch, receiver or connected automated insulin delivery system.
You'll still need to use an iPhone to do the initial setup, and that must be running iOS 17 or later, but once that is done you only need an Apple Watch Series 6 or later running watchOS 10 and up.
The global rollout will take place later this month.
The holy grail remains elusive
The D7 takes blood samples through a patch-style device typically worn on the upper arm.
The holy grail of diabetes management is the vision of non-invasive blood sugar measurement, where no blood sample is needed. This would allow an Apple Watch or other wearable to carry out the measurement directly.
Dexcom COO Jake Leach told CNET that this is hugely challenging.
Leach said while he's "not going to say it's impossible," providing blood sugar information requires accuracy and reliability and is an "extremely challenging area" of health tech. You can't compare glucose monitoring to the relative simplicity of reading blood oxygen through a pulse oximeter.
9to5Mac collage of images from Dexcom and Sharon Pittaway on Unsplash
Scam email to look like PayPal Do not click the links. Do not call the number.
Scam email. Delete. This scammer is in Japan!
NOT Whidbey! This one is from Austria (or maybe Australia)!
NOT WHIDBEY! This one is from Atlanta Georgia (maybe)
This popped up on my Mac Safari. Malware - Do not Click or call Close the window, Clear the history, and then restart the browser.
Note the From address - NOT McAfee This is phishing - do not respond.
Another browser SCAM - NOT from Norton Malware - Do not Click or call Close the window, Clear the history, and then restart the browser.
iPhone SCAM I never had peacock!
Internet Crime
Any one bothered by internet criminal activity should report it to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at this web page. This includes phishing, malware, spoofing, any demand for money.
The MAGIC newsletter is a great source for Mac centric news. Everyone in the MAGIC group knows that. But some people are a bit overwhelmed by it. Some think it's too technical, or a little annoying.
Here is how to enjoy the newsletter. It goes without saying that you peruse down the list of contents and click on the articles that interest you. Don't feel like you have to read everything. If you're interested in a subject an article addresses but don't quite understand it, jot your questions down for the next zoom meeting.
Possibly you'd be more interested in the articles written by MAGIC members. The articles with an asterisk (*) after the heading indicates it's been written by a MAGIC member. And don't forget the Humor section to relieve any "tech" anxiety. The short videos that are usually included in the "By the Way" section are also often fun.
Does reading the Malware and Mischief section of the newsletter make you anxious? Like you should have to keep up on all the threats and should be doing more to be secure. Actually, just being aware of malware email instances is the purpose and the solution. Just don't click on anything in an email unless you are sure about it. And remember that other than your own malware app, if you have one, no one is going to warn you that your computer is infected or compromised. Not even Apple. So if that happens, it's a scam. Now, move on to the Humor section!
What's more…MAGIC Members can write a Mac centric article of your own to be included in the newsletter. It doesn't have to be anything technical. It can be, for instance, a fun or challenging experience you've had on one of your devices. Or tell us about a tip you discovered that was really useful.
As you may have read in the MAGIC Newsletter, the new iPads are available. Last months article described the iPad Pro, and there is an updated iPad and iPad Air. I'm interested in the new iPads so I've been thinking about all the options and what is important to me. Both the Pro and Air are available in 11 and 13 models, but I will be sticking with the 11 inch.
Now the big differences is the OLED display and Apple's newest chip, the M4, which are both part of the Pro model. Their website modestly calls the M4 the "Rocket Chip." And the OLED display (Organic Light Emitting Diode) is the brightest, sharpest display available. But those features really popped the price. The 11 inch Pro starts at $999. If you get the 13 inch Pro (wi-fi and cellular) with a few other options including the "Nano-Texture" glass you can pay as much as $2199. And even a bit more if you order the Apple Pencil and keyboard with it.
Luckily they kept the iPad Air at last years price of $599, and comes with the M2 chip. For what I use an iPad for I feel the 11 inch, wi-fi only Air is sufficient. Although I am concerned about battery life. The Air and Pro are rated at 10 hours of use from the battery, but recent aftermarket tests have shown that the Pro will actually last much longer because of the efficiency of the M4 chip.
I'll keep thinking about it! Looking at the technical specs is kind of fun anyway. The technical improvements impress me. Like 28 billion transistors on the M4 chip! Whoa!
NASA Simulation Shows a Flight Around a Black Hole
Fastest robot to solve a puzzle cube
MAGIC, the Macintosh Appreciation Group of Island County, serves people who use Macintosh computers, software and peripherals. Our goal is to share information and get answers to questions to make us more productive with our use of technology. Our monthly meetings give us a chance to discuss computer problems and share ideas with other Mac users, feature speakers on specific topics, and to keep apprised of Apple news.
Opening Reader Mode is one of the easiest options available in Safari
Using the customization options in Reader Mode, you can build your ideal reading experience.
