February’s Featured Vendor: Dan’s Tutorials

by | Feb 16, 2021 | Monthly Featured Vendors, News & Events

Have you been lucky enough to use Dan Wassink’s Tutorials? Each offering is user friendly, helping users get the most out of their Apple Devices through easy-to-follow video tutorials, tips, and online chat support.

Dan has been a strong supporter of user groups for many years and is offering select videos from Dan’s Tutorials for user groups to share on their websites for their members. Each month four to eight different videos will be available to share. Sharing is done by copying the provided video link and posting it in a new post or on a page within the user group website.

What a wonderful way to provide a great meeting topic for your group. 

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Tools to Use: Randy Singer – Upgrading to the Very Latest Macintosh OS

by | Feb 15, 2021 | News & Events

Randy Singer, leader of the 9.000+ member strong MacAttorney User Group, co-author of multiple editions of the award-winning and well-loved Macintosh Bible, author of the ABA’s The Macintosh Software Guide for the Law Office, writer of the MacAttorney Newsletter, and popular presenter, has a great article discussing considerations for updating your operating system. 

Thanks again to Randy for being such a wonderful resource for the community of Apple users!

Upgrading to the Very Latest Macintosh OS

Meeting Idea: Data Privacy Day at Apple

by | Feb 15, 2021 | News & Events

On January 28 Apple held an event to raise awareness about the importance of protecting people’s personal information online. Your members know that privacy matters, and may recognize some of the ways that Apple works to improve transparency and empower users. Still, there is more to be learned, and the materials are available to help you put together a great meeting. A great starting place is the downloadable A Day in the Life of Your Data. An accompanying news release contains images you can use in your presentation as well. 

https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Your_Data.pdf

Tim Cook’s Statement on Privacy

AUSOM: 40 Years of Excellence

by | Feb 14, 2021 | News & Events

On Saturday, December 5, 2020,The Apple Users Society of Melbourne (AUSOM Inc) had a wonderful 40th anniversary celebration. The day included SIG breakout sessions on iPad basics, Finder fundamentals, mobile multimedia, Filemaker, Zoom training, digital photography, genealogy, and GarageBand. In addition, there were Mac sessions for specific groups, from beginners to intermediate users, and more. Add in a service desk, lounge, and help desk, and you get an idea of how much thought went into the remote celebration.

Of course, in true Mac fashion, there was more: At 11 a.m. there was an informative and fun presentation by Greg Alchin on assistive technologies (Greg is an Apple accredited educator, Inclusive Design Consultant and true expert in Assistive Technology), followed by a virtual birthday cake (with happy birthday singing and an acknowledgement of AUSOM volunteers) and Garry Barker offering reminiscences about Apple and AUSOM.

Wow! There is a reason that AUSOM is pronounced “awesome”

Congrats for 40 years of excellence: 1980-2020.

(Thanks much to Greg Davies, AUSOM publicity, for this tip and an opportunity to be present for the celebration.)