PAST MEETINGS

February 5, 2018 - Hammondsport Mac Users Group

ATTENDING : Tom B,Gene N, Bill M, John M, Al J, Jerry L, and Nancy D.

TOPIC : OPEN SHARE

IN THE NEWS

Waldorf School - pencil/paper - no computers - read article in NYT

Apple IS Slowing Down Your Old iPhone (but There’s a Good Reason) - read why at MacObserver

Apple Reportedly Working on 3 Macs with Custom Apple Co-Processors for 2018

HARDWARE

APPLE MacBook PRO Design

"A Touch of Genius" by Jony Ives - watch video (3min)

APPS

DEMO - Jerry gave an interesting and thorough demonstration of how he photographs a rare postage stamp with his iPhone, transfers it to his computer, selects and enters the image into the LignUp database search - see Jerry's PDF handout for details.

see demo screenshot

LignUp Stamp Collector - great app for researching, defining and establishing value of postage stamps - free demo version - Mac or Windows - OSX 10.9 or higher - $29 to buy - free Demo version

see demo screenshot

Colnect.com - free on-line website resource for all kinds of collection hobbies (from stamps to baseball cards, from beer coasters to postcards)

Tom asked if these tools would also work for e-mail stamps : )

WEB BROWSER

Firefox Quantum - Mozilla's newest version web browser (v. 57) - twice as fast as a year ago! Minimum req OSX 10.9-10.13 (Lion to High Sierra) - Read more - download (10.1MB)

MyScript Calculator - iPad or iPhone (iOS) - download from Apple App Store (99¢)

MISC

TIPS

10 Low Tech Hacks for High Tech Gadgets
(that You Didn't Know Existed)

  1. Don't Step on them!
  2. Super secret drawer
  3. Bring on the wine
  4. Hand-made speakers
  5. Sound Advice
  6. Add a little cushion
  7. Project Yourself!
  8. Tie 'em up
  9. Getting you out of a bind
10. Forget about lights...string your cords

Apple Battery Life Recycles - read Apple's recommendations for extending all battery life

DEVICES

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Flashdrives for iPhone - offload your iPhone photos to free up space on the go

Sandisk 32GB - $39 - 16GB (eBay) - $19

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Hammondsport Mac Users Group - Hammondsport, NY 14840 - www.hportmug.com