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| Date: | 20 July 2022 |
| Time: | 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. |
| Place: | Zoom on line |
| Presentations: | • Meeting and Q&A with Harry • "Calendar" by Gary McIntyre |
by Penny Holland, MAGIC Secretary
BUSINESS MEETING
The June meeting of MAGIC was held via Zoom. Our treasurer, Gary McIntyre, reported that our bank account has a balance of $9007.06. including two donations for help from mentors.
Harry reminded everyone to go to our MAGIC website if you wish to want to make a donation. He then went over the plans for the rest of the year, that the board discussed at their last meeting:
In July Gary will give a presentation on CALENDARS. At the last board meeting we also discussed whether or not we should go back to in-person meetings. He admitted that It is good to be with others, but Covid has not yet gone away, so we will have to wait to decide that.He said that a Hybrid meeting would be too complicated to pull off. He then took a poll to see who wants to go back to in-person meetings by calling on various members in attendance to hear their views. Carolyn Lesh says she and her husband are snow birds and she likes the idea of Zoom and the ability to go back and watch anything she missed. Vi stated that she likes the Zoom meeting, plus the cost of gas now makes driving difficult. Mr. Shoup says he could go either way, but he likes the recording of the presentations so we can look at these later. Prescott doesn't have a very good internet connection but in the future it should work. She is willing to do in-person meetings also. Wendy Shimada likes the Zoom presentations. She suggests we might have one or two meetings per year in-person. Bob Reinecke says he can no longer drive, so Zoom is best for him. Carole Parks can't drive at night. The Junos both like the Zoom meetings and the Grays agree that Zoom works best. Ron Sharp suggested that we satisfy people's wanting to meet together by having a social meeting, maybe in December. Robert Elphick says he used to enjoy the social meetings and he misses the hugs. But he notices lots of gray hair in the membership, and, like them, he won't be able to drive down to be in person. Penny asked if we could keep the Zoom meeting room open for 10 or 15 minutes to chat with friends after the main meeting is over. Harry said that our Board will meet in about a month or two to decide whether our meetings will take place live.
Time for the Presentation, Harry reviewed the ZOOM RULES. He asked us all to put ourselves on MUTE for the presentation. Please do not interrupt the speaker, but rather your questions can be sent via CHAT. The rest of the meeting will be recorded. People can block their own video if they do not wish to be recorded.We will have time for Q & A at the end of Robert's presentation.
(Note that these minutes will no longer include details of the presentation, as they can be viewed on the MAGIC WEBSITE http://www.whidbey.com/magicmug/index.html
PRESENTATION
"APPLE MAIL" Q & A
Minutes for Magic Zoom meeting, June 15, 2022
President Harry Anderson called the meeting to order at 4:06..
There were about 18 people in attendance/on line with us.
August and September will feature a two-part presentation on PAGES by Ron and Robert.
For the month of October, Gary will oversee a general Q & A session. He will gather questions that people have prior to the October meeting.
In November Ron will do a presentation on EDITING PHOTOS in preparation for the holidays.
There will be NO December meeting.
. This presentation may be viewed by either going to the MAGIC website and locating the keynote presentation or by locating the video presentation of the Zoom meeting of this date. (Please wait about a week for these to get posted.)
Q: How do you know if your email is too large, when you've added a photo, for instance?
A: When you get ready to SEND your message, look on the top left side of the window and you can see the size. If it's too large, remove the attachment and resize it, or look at the top right and change the image size to a lower value.
Q: I set up a rule—If an email comes in from Geiko, delete it,. This rule only works for about two weeks and then Geiko emails start coming back.
A: They must be changing things that get past your spam detection. But also check to see if your rule says ALL these conditions are true. If so, go back to your rules and say ANY of these conditions are true, then Junk it.
Q: Sometimes there is no choice to delete an email, Just to archive it.
A: This doesn't make sense. Gary says when you call something JUNK the Mail program will learn what is junk and will ask you, and eventually it will put the message in junk. There are a lot of organizations which change things just enough to get around the spam filters. On whidbey server you can set a number from 1 to 10 depending on how strictly your Junk mail works.
Q: Wendy asks about the meaning of an error message, when she is creating an email—THIS MESSAGE CANNOT BE MOVED TO INBOX. THE MAILBOX IS FULL.
A: You probably paid a certain amount of money to be able to send store messages in an IMAP account. You need to talk to the server about that, also see if you can remove some messages from your in-box. Make sure you are cleaning all the old mail off of there.. It is up to you to delete stuff when the box is full or be prepared to pay for more space. Once you make a new mailbox in Mail and move a message to that mailbox box with your own title, the mail is now in that box, and the mail is no longer clogging your inbox on the server.
Q: Similar to the program we talked about for finding duplicates in PHOTOS, is there something that looks at MAIL to see if there are multiple copies. i.e. is there any application to "de-DUP" your mail?
A: NO! Robert suggests that you sit with one of our gurus to get help with this. Harry says if you have other mail related questions please email Robert or Ron with our questions
Q: How does MISSION CONTROL work?
A: Click on MISSION CONTROL and click the + at the top menu bar and you will go to a second desktop. You can now see in the top menu bar there is "Desktop 1" and "Desktop 2." The three colored buttons on the top left of a window: the green button puts a window into a new screen. MISSION CONTROL gives you a lot of capabilities when you might have several applications open at a time, each can be put on its own screen.
Q: Is MISSION CONTROL the same as LAUNCH PAD?
A: No, it is similar in its behavior but MISSION CONTROL gives a way to get to different programs.
Harry thanked Robert for his wonderful and complete presentation. With no further questions being posed, Harry adjourned the meeting at about 5:35.
by Harry Anderson, MAGIC President
Not this month
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.
by José Adorno, 9to5mac
After two months, the iWork suite is being updated from version 12.0 to 12.1. With that, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are receiving general improvements and new functions so iPhone, iPad, and Mac users can take advantage of them.
With version 12.0 of the iWork suite, Apple brought modern automation to the Mac apps with Shortcuts. Now, the company is improving them with the following features.
For Keynote, Apple adds three new features:
Pages are also getting a nice update with version 12.1:
Last but not least, Numbers was the only app from the iWork suite with just a small tweak:
This is the first update to the iWork suite after Apple announced iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS 13 Ventura. These operating systems will be available later this fall, as the company is still in the early days of beta testing them.
Different from the past version, both iOS and macOS updates from the iWork suite is the same, meaning you'll have all the same features and improvements available with all devices.
Since Apple just released these new versions to the iWork suite, it might take a while for you to download them on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
by Michael Simon, macworld
If you thought WWDC was packed with new products, you ain't seen nothing yet. While Apple usually fills the fall and winter months with new products, this year could bring as many as 20 new devices, from four new iPhone 14 models to new Macs, iPads, and possibly even a new HomePod.
According to Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, Apple "is about to embark on one of the most ambitious periods of new products in its history," with nearly every product in Apple's lineup due for an update. Here's everything Gurman expects Apple to launch over the next few months:
iPhone 14
As usual, the new iPhone will kick off its fall slate of announcements. Apple is once again planning four new models this year with one major change: the mini is gone in favor of a new non-pro Max model. While that's the biggest change for the non-Pro models, the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are due to get several new features: an always on display, new chip, better front and rear cameras, and thinner bezels.
Apple Watch Series 8
The Apple Watch Series 8 is expected to have the same 41mm and 44mm sizes as the Series 7 and may introduce a third "rugged" or "extreme" model made for users who have more demanding needs. Gurman says the S8 chip expected to power the Apple Watch Series 8 will be largely the same as the S7 chip (which was essentially the same as the S6).
Apple Watch SE
The second generation of the Apple Watch SE will reportedly have the same screen size as the current model, though it will likely pick up an always-on display, new sensors, and a newer processor.
10th-gen iPad
The latest update to Apple's cheapest iPad will reportedly bring a bigger screen (10.5 inches vs 10.2 inches), USB-C, and 5G. However, it is expected to keep the same retro design including the home button.
iPad Pro
The 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros are due to get an upgrade to an M2 processor and possibly pick up wireless charging as well.
AirPods Pro
The long-awaited update to the first generation AirPods Pro is finally set to arrive this fall with a new stemless design, lossless audio support, and better battery life. The wireless charging case could also get USB-C to replace Lightning.
HomePod
Apple is planning to launch a new HomePod as well, though Gurman cautions it might not arrive until 2023. It will reportedly "be closer to the original HomePod in terms of size and audio performance" with a new display at the top that could bring multi-touch functionality.
Apple TV
Gurman says the Apple TV will get a small update, with a new chip and more RAM. However, there are also rumors of a cheaper model.
Mixed-reality headset
Apple's first new product category in several years will reportedly make an appearance: an AR-VR headset. Gurman says the device will have an M2 processor with 16GB of RAM to go with its dual 8K displays.
New Macs
Additionally, Apple has several Macs due for updates in the coming months, including M2 and M2 Pro Mac minis, 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with M2 Pro and M2 Max processors, and a redesigned Mac Pro with M2 Ultra and new M2 Extreme chips. Gurman says the M2 Macs are likely to arrive in "much quicker succession" than the M1 Macs.
Apple will reportedly kick off the "flood" of announcements with the iPhone 14 event in mid-September.
by Jake Peterson, lifehacker
When you want to get closer to a subject without actually moving, you zoom. It's a camera feature that's been around for decades, and one that's alive and well on the iPhone. However, you might have noticed your zoom shots don't come out quite as crisp as your normal pictures. In fact, they sometimes look like garbage. There's a reason for that.
You're not really zooming with your iPhone camera
Let's start with this: Your iPhone can't zoom. The camera lenses on your iPhone cannot move, and are fixed at the focal length they are designed to be. If you have an iPhone with multiple cameras, you can punch in closer by switching to the lens with a longer focal length. On an iPhone 13 Pro, for example, you have an ultra-wide lens at 13 mm, a wide lens at 26 mm (the default lens), and a telephoto lens at 77 mm.
The Camera app treats the wide lens as the "1x" zoom option; when you switch to the ultra-wide lens, you'll see "0.5x," while the telephoto is a "3x" zoom. These metrics vary depending on the iPhone in question: The first iPhones with dual cameras went from 1x to 2x zoom, for example, while the iPhone 12 Pro brought us 2.5x.
Not all iPhones even have a telephoto lens, either. If your iPhone isn't on this list, it doesn't have one:
Optical zoom vs. digital zoom on iPhone
Of course, you likely know you aren't limited to 0.5x, 1x, and 3x zoom. You can "zoom" between these figures with ease, choosing to shoot at 0.6x, 1.7x, all the way up to 12x in some cases. For these zoom levels, iOS is using digital zoom, which essentially crops the image to get to that magnification. 0.6x "zoom" is really a slightly cropped image from the ultra-wide lens; 1.7x is a cropped image of the wide lens; and 12x is a very cropped image of either the telephoto or wide camera.
Digital zooming can be helpful, but not for producing the best possible image quality. You lose detail by artificially punching into a photo, as you can see yourself when manually cropping an image and blowing it up to the original size. Your iPhone will do some computational work to make the image look better than a manual crop, but it still doesn't compare to the quality you get from an uncropped shot from your lens.
If your iPhone doesn't have a telephoto lens, by the way, it is only capable of digital zooming past 1x.
Apple lies to you about your iPhone's telephoto camera
OK, so when you really want to zoom in, you can switch to the telephoto camera for 3x zoom. Problem solved, right? No, not exactly. You see, Apple plays a subtle trick here with the cameras, one it doesn't advertise to the user. Your iPhone will only use the telephoto lens if it thinks the scene justifies its use. If the lighting isn't bright enough, for example, iOS will rely on the wide lens even when you ask to use the telephoto lens. Instead of using a lens that actually "zooms" into the image, your iPhone is using the dreaded digital zoom, all without you knowing.
So, when you think you're using your iPhone's telephoto lens—a lens, mind you, that only comes as part of the more expensive "Pro" iPhones—you're getting the same shot you'd expect when digitally zooming using the wide. There's an easy way to test if this is happening during your shot, too: Hold your finger above the telephoto lens (the top lens on your tri-camera array), then choose it from your zoom options in the Camera app. If your iPhone is using the lens, your finger will obviously be blocking it. If not, you'll see your camera "zoom" in, no obstruction to be found.
How to force your iPhone to use the telephoto lens every time
Luckily, there are ways to force your iPhone to use the telephoto lens. One way is by shooting in Portrait mode instead of Photo mode. I didn't know about this trick until this Reddit thread from user MyManD. For zoomed Portrait mode shots (the default on Pro iPhones), your iPhone uses the telephoto lens instead of relying on digital zoom. If you don't want to use Portrait mode for this particular shot, it's easy to disable the effect after the fact. Find the photo in Photos, tap "Edit," then tap the yellow "PORTRAIT" tag at the top to disable the blur.
You don't have to deal with Portrait mode though, if you're willing to spend a little money. Third-party camera apps, like Halide, will let you choose which lens to shoot with, without you having to worry that the app is bypassing your choice. These apps are also chock-full of features, like RAW support on most iPhones, and fine-tuned controls over shutter speed and ISO, so consider picking one up if the iPhone's Camera app isn't doing it for you anyway.
Interestingly, there is a way to force your iPhone to use the telephoto lens when shooting video: Film your videos at 4K, 60 fps. For some reason, your iPhone always uses the telephoto lens for zoomed shots when recording at 4K/60, but not when using other frame rates. If you want to force the telephoto camera while recording at other frame rates, however, consider picking up a third-party video recording app, like FiLMiC Pro.
An expensive option, but a valid one, could be lens adapters for your iPhone. Companies like Moment make telephoto lenses for mobile devices, which can mount onto your iPhone using a compatible case and lens adapter. It's a pricey set up, but it'll give any iPhone, Pro or no, an optical zoom to play with.
by Glenn Fleishman. macworld
Once upon a time, Apple made it easy to crack open a Mac, remove a hard drive, and replace it with a new one when the old drive was no longer working, too slow, or of insufficient capacity. Those days are long gone for most Macs, leaving readers to wonder what the best path forward is.
You have effectively three options:
The last option is the most straightforward and works with any Mac. While I'm stretching back years when I bring up FireWire 800, if that's the fastest connection on your Mac, it's a better choice than USB 2.0 (800Mbps versus 480Mbps). (However, note that if your Mac has FireWire 800 and not USB 3 and it isn't an iMac, it likely has an easy drive replacement option.)
External SSDs up to 1TB and external hard disk drives (HDDs) of many terabytes have dropped to highly affordable prices. Match the drive to the interface you have: there's no sense in buying a high-performance SSD that can deliver 2 GBps (18Gbps) and plugging it into USB 3.0, which maxes out at 625MBps (5Gbps). However, if you have a computer new enough to have a Thunderbolt 2 (20Gbps) or 3 or 4 (40Gbps) interface, you can opt for a superfast SSD if that fits your budget and needs.
I upgraded my 2017 Intel iMac to a 1TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD in 2020, dramatically improving its performance. The iMac died abruptly (at nearly five years old) in 2021, and I opted to shift to an M1 Mac mini. Rather than pay the premium for Apple's 1TB internal drive on that model, I bought one with 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, then migrated my iMac's system to the external drive via a Thunderbolt 4 connection.
Later, I realized my Photos library was too slow on an external HDD. (I have two external 8TB HDDs for Time Machine backups and media storage.) To improve performance, I migrated my Photos library to an inexpensive 1TB USB 3 SSD, as described in "How to move your Mac's Photos library to an SSD for better performance."
You have lots of different options in which you can mix HDDs, slower SSDs, and faster SSDs to find the right mix.
With a laptop, you may find an external drive irritating to manage while traveling, but spending $100 to $300 for an external SSD might avoid a cost after trade-in of hundreds to well over $1,000.
by Martyn Casserly, macworld
Apple has announced that the redesigned MacBook Air, which has a new processor, display, and enclosure, will be available to order on Friday, July 8, for delivery beginning July 15. Preorders will begin at 8 a.m. ET, 5 a.m. PDT. 1 p.m in the UK.
The new MacBook Air is one of Apple's most anticipated laptops in years. It showcases the newest M2 chip and features a brand-new design that ditches the trademark wedge shape. Inspired by the MacBook Pro, the new MacBook Air has skinny bezels and a notch built into its larger 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display, and a four-speaker sound system.
The new laptop also features MagSafe charging and has a much-improved 1080p FaceTime HD camera. And it comes in two new iPhone-inspired colors as well, Midnight and Starlight.
Apple began selling its first M2 laptop, the 13-inch MacBook Pro, in late July, and availability is still plentiful for most models. However, we expect this model to have a much higher demand due to the new design, so if you want one you should set your alarm. You can select the configuration you want using the Apple Store app and simply check out when preorders go live on Friday morning.
The new MacBook Air starts at $1,199 for 256GB of storage and an M2 with an 8-core GPU and $1,499 for 512GB of storage and a 10-core GPU. On Friday, July 8 you will be able to pre-order the M2 MacBook Air on Apple's website. For more advice about how to get an M2 MacBook Air read How to pre-order a MacBook Air.
by José Adorno, 9to5mac
Yesterday, Apple started selling the M2 MacBook Pro. As a new era of the Apple silicon begins, the company also released its first USB-C dual power adapters, introduced a couple of weeks ago during the WWDC 2022 keynote. If you're buying a compatible Mac or just want a USB-C dual power adapter from Apple, here's what you need to know.
Apple published a support page on how to use the 35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter (via MacRumors), which gives us some nice insights on how useful this power adapter can be when charging an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or even a Mac.
It's important to note that the company is offering two models of the 35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter: a regular version that looks like a MacBook adapter and a compact version – as seen above.
While charging a single device it's easy to understand, it's when charging two devices that things can change. Apple says that when you connect two products, "power is automatically distributed between them based on their power requirements. For most devices, power is shared evenly when you have two devices charging at the same time."
Apple gives three examples of how the USB-C dual power adapter would work with some of its products:
While Apple discloses that newer iPhones fast-charge with the 20W power adapter, it's important to say that they will also benefit from charging faster with a 17.5W option.
If things don't go as expected, the company shares a few tips to charge a device faster with the 35W USB-C power adapter:
You can find the dual USB-C power adapter from the Apple Online Store here.
from smalldog
The iPhone's Calendar app defaults to graphical views for Day, Week (rotate to landscape), Month, and Year, but only the Day view shows information about your actual events, and even then, it's easy to miss events that are outside the times that fit onscreen. If you find those views frustrating, you may have missed the all-important list view options. In Month view, tap the List button ➊ to split the screen, showing the calendar above and a list of events for the selected day below. In Day view, tap the List button ➋ to switch to a more easily scanned list for each day.
by Daniel Hipskind, gadgethacks
Apple's upcoming iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 software updates bring an exciting new feature that lets you instantly lift the subject out of a photo, separating it from the background. Once extracted, you can paste, save, or drop the cutout wherever you want as a new image, and you can even make it a sticker in messaging apps.
Before, you would have to use a third-party app like Erase.bg or Photoshop Express on your iPhone or iPad to cut out the subject in the photo automatically. Now, you can easily lift and cut out objects in pictures without needing an extra app. Apple has built the feature into iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS 13, and it works inside Photos, Files, Messages, Safari, and apps that utilize Quick Look, as well as in screenshots.
Apple's demonstration, seen below, shows how a dog can be isolated from the background in a photo and then dragged and dropped into the Messages app.
by Felipé Espósito, 9to5mac
Since 2021, rumors have been hinting at a new rugged edition of the Apple Watch aimed at extreme sports. Recent reports have corroborated that this more resistant model is expected to be introduced later this year, and now Bloomberg claims that the rugged edition of the Apple Watch will feature a stronger metal case and a larger display.
Rugged Apple Watch
A new report published by Bloomberg on Wednesday reveals more details about what to expect from the new rugged Apple Watch. And interestingly, it seems that this model will have a larger screen than any Apple Watch ever made.
Both analysts Ross Young and Jeff Pu said earlier this week that Apple has been working on an Apple Watch Series 8 model with a 1.99-inch display. It was unclear whether Apple was planning to replace the 45mm model with the new one or whether the larger display would be a feature for the completely new version of the Apple Watch.
According to Bloomberg's sources, the larger display will be one of the key features of the new rugged Apple Watch. The larger display with a resolution of 410 x 502 pixels will allow the system to show more information during exercises.
by Rojesh Pandey, cultofmac
Apple is working on a new HomePod that could launch next year with a new S8 chip. The smart speaker reportedly will be similar in size to the original HomePod rather than the HomePod mini.
Apple is also working on a powerful new Apple TV with an A14 chip and more RAM.
Next-gen HomePod could feature an S8 chip
In the latest edition of the Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman revealed details about the next-gen HomePod. Carrying the code name B620, the speaker will come with an updated display on top with some sort of multi-touch functionality.
The S8 SiP that will debut on the Apple Watch Series 8 later this year reportedly will power the smart speaker. The chip will seemingly have roughly the same specs as the S7 from last year, with only minor improvements. For comparison, an A8 chip is ticking inside the original HomePod, while the HomePod mini houses an S5 SiP.
The bigger size means the upcoming HomePod should offer much better sound quality and bass than the HomePod mini. Apple discontinued the original HomePod in 2021 due to poor sales, but the speaker was widely appreciated for its excellent sound quality. This has led to its price going up long after the Cupertino giant stopped selling it.
Pricing will remain a key factor for the next-gen HomePod. It is unlikely to do well if it carries the same $299 price tag as the original HomePod.
Gurman also thinks AirPods Pro 2 will arrive with a newer chip and higher-quality audio playback.
by Michael Potuck, 9to5mac
The Apple Watch Series 8 release date is around the corner and this year we could see a larger screen, a new rugged version join the lineup, and fresh health features. Apple Watch Series 8 will likely be available to pre-order in just a few months. Head below for what to expect on a release date, new features, and more.
Apple Watch launches over the years
Outside of the original Apple Watch arriving in April 2015, Apple has unveiled every hardware update to its wearable in September. Apple traditionally announces the new Apple Watch models along with the fall iPhone event. One exception to that was 2020 when Apple Watch 6 and SE were unveiled in September and iPhone 12 was announced in October.
by José Adorno, 9to5mac
Apple just update the firmware on the new Siri Remote. Announced alongside the second-generation Apple TV 4K, the remote is available when purchasing an Apple TV HD or by itself. Here's what we know about this update.
This firmware update comes just after Apple released the fifth beta of iOS 15.6, iPadOS 15.6, watchOS 8.7, macOS 12.5, and tvOS 15.6 to developers. Since the Siri Remote was announced at the Spring Loaded event in April 2021, Apple is updating its firmware for the third time.
According to MacRumors, the previous firmware was 9M6772 and the new one is 10M11103. While Apple regularly releases new firmware updates for its AirPods line, the Siri Remote waited almost a year to have a new version made available.
For example, with the latest beta firmware for AirPods, there are references for the LC3 codec for AirPods Max. For those unfamiliar, the LC3 codec is Bluetooth's future low-power and high-quality codec that will come soon to headphones. The Low Complexity Communication Codec – LC3 for short – will be able to transmit at much lower bitrates without dropping the audio quality we currently see with Bluetooth's standard.
Although the company doesn't disclose what's changed with this Siri Remote firmware update, it's likely that Apple is making performance improvements with minor bug fixes. With the new iPod-like click-wheel design on the Siri Remote, this firmware update could be related to that, as it could be a little unreliable for users. In the past, Apple had to update Apple TV's software to improve the integration between the set-top box and remote.
Apple doesn't say how the Siri Remote firmware can be updated, but if one could guess, it would be by charging the remote with the Apple TV turned on.
by Penny Holland, MAGIC*
by Ron Sharp and Robert Elphick, MAGIC *
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.
by Ron Sharp, MAGIC
The iPhone shows the icon for battery percentage on the screen in the upper right corner, but wouldn't it be helpful to see a percentage? Of course you can see a battery percentage via a widget by swiping to the right to get the what's called the "Today View." If the widget's not there it can be added. Additionally, the battery percentage widget can be added to your Home screen.
You can swipe right to see the Today Screen and tap and hold until the icons jiggle to customize it, just like customizing your home screen. Then drag the Battery Percentage widget to the edge of the screen until it moves to the Home screen.
Other choices via Siri Suggestions for quick access from the Today Screen are available with a swipe downward on the Today Screen.
You may also notice that one of the widgets will show several dots on the side of it when in jiggle mode. That widget has options within itself. Swipe up or down on that particular widget to see other views.
You add more widgets to the Today Screen when in jiggle mode by tapping the plus sign in the upper left corner.
And this fall when iOS 16 is available, there will be more options to customize the background image of the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.
by Ron Sharp, MAGIC
Back in February there was an article in the MAGIC newsletter on how to set up Universal Clipboard. It looked like it was a bit of work to set up but this Apple webpage on Universal Clipboard explains it more simply. It's really magical how it works. You just copy and paste normally only you're copying text on one device and then paste onto another device. You just need wi-fi and bluetooth turned on for both devices and be signed into the same Apple account. The only unusual setting is that "Handoff" also needs to be turned on. Actually, all those may normally be turned on for you. If not, you can find Handoff in your Mac System Preferences under "General" and then at the bottom of the page.
The handoff copied text is only available on the Universal Clipboard for about two minutes.
by Ron Sharp, MAGIC
Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World: A Trudy Sundberg Lecture with Wade Davis
(Wade Davis starts his presentation about 22 minutes into the video. )
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.