Tom Holt will introduce us to the app worlds of Books (including Apple's free User Guides), Libby by Overdrive (your public library at your fingertips), Podcasts for audio listening and learning and where to store your PDF Manuals.
This will be a resource packed meeting. Oh NO!!!
New strategy: Join the meeting, relax with your notepaper and pen - with an emphasis on RELAX. Watch the demonstrations to SEE what is possible. Let your curiosity get sparked. Then access this website and compare the notes posted here to your thoughts and questions written at the time of our meeting. Explore the links here that match your questions. Try the Search option on this site to find past topics that match your interests. Talk with your friends about their discovery process.
Books is the app that came on your device. Use the Search feature to find an author or title.
- Free Apple iPhone User Guide iOS 13.6 or iPad User Guide iOS 13.6 where Get is for free books and the listed price is what will be charged for other titles. Read ebook or listen to audiobooks with the Books app. Store your PDF manuals here. Save photos and other documents to Books.
Podcasts is another app that came on your device. Use the Search feature to find an author or title.
- In our time - we heard these speeches or read about them. Checkout Jon Meacham's It Was Said podcast now at 3 of 10 episodes.
- Remember, back in 2019, when you travelled? Go on an adventure again with Travel with Rick Steves.
Other apps you download from the App Store app
- Libby by Overdrive is a free app for audiobooks and ebooks. Add a title to your queue if it is not currently available for automatic delivery when it is available.
- Recorded Books also offers iOS app for magazines from the library.
- Amazon offers Kindle and Audible as free apps if you purchase content from Amazon.
Notes from actual presentation. - Links to come soon.
Apple Announcement
- Watch Version 6 has blood oxygen sensor, fall detection and more.
- Refreshed iPad line
- Fitness+ Service will be added this fall
- Bundled Apple ONE services (arcade, Music, News+, AppleTV+, Fitness+, iCloud) for individuals or families or Premiere at different price points
- iOS14 and iPad14 - released 9/16/20 > Turn off Auto Updates Settings > General > Software Update > Customize Automatic Updates > move sliders from green to gray
- Watch Announcement at https://apple.com
Tom covers the entertainment features of our devices
Radio apps, TV apps, Games, and more
- TuneIn Radio uses WiFi or Cellular Data - popular in your area, BBC, french, etc. App is FREE but Subscription is optional for premium ad-free content.
- Audio content plays on speakers, earbuds, bluetooth speakers
Podcasts
What is a podcast? Audio available on-demand and can be automatically delivered (FREE subscriptions). Can be downloaded to device so playback is not using WiFi or Cellular Data!
Other recommended podcasts.
Search for your favorite topics or radio personalities.
Tap the Subscribe button (podcasts are free)
Quick downloads because the audio is compressed and will not take up lots of room on your device.
Tap ( ... ) to see Settings and make choices on the number of Episodes to keep and the order to playback.
Podcasts can be created by anyone, not just famous people or radio personalities. Podcasts are supported by advertisers.
Look at all the buttons. The Library is where to see how long episodes last.
Post your favorite podcasts to the Chat to be included on the seminar website:
- Tom Holt - Gastropod by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley
- Barbara Beddow - Sacramento Bee & NPR Up First - short news updates, also Hidden Brain, Planet Money, Money Matters, This American Life, Fresh Air, iPhone Life, Pod Save America
- Karen Martin - The Minimalist
- Jennifer Kerr - Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Larry Clark : Good podcasts: Freakonomics, Story Corps, The Moth
- Carol Dabrowiak : NYT Book Review
Books - on iPad (also iPhone and on Macintosh computers/laptops)
Tom's older iPad is great to use in the kitchen as a cookbook.
eBooks v paperback and hardback
eBooks come in three flavors: free, only available in the Apple ecosystem and available from Amazon Kindle. Copyright issues
Amazon Kindle users? Read ebook on a Kindle device or on your iPhone or iPad using the Kindle app.
Free books -
View the RS Catalog online and Share to Books! Browse by page thumbnails, select text and highlight, add bookmark to a page, search for text, add mark up.
- RS website > It's Here ... see catalog > open the PDF in Safari web browser > Share button > 2nd row of icons > Books. Now RS catalog is available to read off-line.
Books Library view shows eBooks, PDFs,
Download manuals for new purchases: refrigerator, car, robot vacuum, iPad User Guide, iPhone User Guide, garage door opener.
Collections view is a view to master how your books are automatically organized and you can download documents and move them into your personal collections.
Free books out-of-copyright - search for Project Gutenberg.
https://gutenberg.org - search for the complete works of Charles Dickens, Darwin's Origin of the Species, local boy Mark Twain's Roughing It.
Use the camera on your device and point at the QR Code to open Safari to one of the books.
iPhone User Guide iOS 14 and iPad User Guide iOS 13.6 because you don't get a guide in the box with the device. iOS 14 is FREE and tap the Get button to download. This book is searchable, add highlighting, bookmarks and your own notes. In the Books app go to Search and type "user guide ios 14" or user guide ipad 14" (not available yet). You can also view the Apple user guides as online pages (not a downloaded book) when you have wifi access - iPad 13.6 User Guide or iPhone iOS 14 User Guide and specifically read about What's New in iOS 14 for iPhone and What's New in iPad OS 14.
Paid books in Book Store - Search by title or author.
- eBook or audiobook will be paid by your Apple ID account.
- Can't load an ebook to others. Just on your device or use family sharing.
- Family Sharing is an option for Books, Apps, Music ...
Once you have purchased a book you can delete it. Apple keeps a record of your purchase and you can re-download at no additional expense.
Watching out for big files
- Videos and Photographs take up the most space
- Sound music or recordings are sometimes compressed
- Text is very efficient for space
Public Library Borrow Books with Libby app.
Need a public library card and can be a member of two + libraries. Search for a book by title or author. Tap the Borrow button, 21 day period with auto return or return early. Get on the waiting list for books.
Libby also supports Kindle format and audiobooks.
Tip from Karen Martin - iPhone Demo - Change the Wallpaper behind Home Screen or Lock Screen. Settings app > Wallpaper > Choose a New Wall Paper > below the options from Apple are your Photos Albums! Tap an album to see thumbnail photos. Tap a photo to show it full screen and use two finger tips to move the image to the best position and pinch in or out to zoom the photo. Tap Set button and choose Set Lock Screen or Set Home Screen or Set Both. Suggestions: Change wallpaper for the seasons. Change wallpaper when you travel to show the list of dates and locations on your lock screen.
Barbara & Karen - iPhone Life classes, guides and email tips
Senior discount available $55/year - a great resource to learn more about your big investment in iPhone and iPad devices. Then, teach your grand kids new tricks!
Question: NPR One app drops audio on my morning walks. Consider a downloaded podcast instead. Control Center Review - WiFi, Cellular & Bluetooth ON, Airplane Mode OFF. Dropping audio could mean you are beyond the range of your WiFi connection and not on your Cellular Data connection. It could also mean you have cellular data on but you have moved into a "dead zone" that cannot reach cell towers.
Jennifer - Messages and Maps next week