iPhone Life - Senior Discount

Several of our classmates have discussed the added value they get from iPhone Life Insider membership. The daily email video tips are brief and helpful. Detailed video and PDF guides are immersive. Membership includes access to their back catalog of content and current live online sessions. The best pricing is for annual charge with senior and current 20% coupon (5/27/2021) at $71.88. If monthly is a better idea, then $8.99 per month. General members at $119.88 annually minus Senior discount of $34. Additional coupon pops up periodically. 

Tricks for Sharing iPhone & iPad in Zoom

When we don't practice with technology we lose ground. Sound familiar? Just in case you want to share information on your iPhone or iPad to a Zoom meeting (Renaissance or family or friends) we posted some tips at https://rsiosbasics.blogspot.com/p/zoom-share-iphone-ipad.html 

Both Zoom and iPhone/iPad are often updated. As we learn more this resource will be revised. 

When in doubt - go to the mothership for video tutorials - https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206618765-Zoom-Video-Tutorials

ipad Basics - Day 6 Safari and Photo Tips

Our last meeting this semester will review browsing the web and selected photo tips. 

As expected, there is an iPadOS 14.5.1 update available. Check your devices
Settings > General > Software Update. Plug into power and it will be quick. 

Melissa's 5 page PDF Safari handout is available. 

iPad Basics Day 5 - Apple Books, Kindle and Podcasts

Tom is leading us through some of his favorite diversions: books and podcasts. 

Paper books v ebooks - time an place for both

Loaning ebooks is not an option

Advocates the native app for the device - except for books .. use Apple Books app and Kindle app because of book technology from publishers.

Libby app allows you to download books from public libraries with your library card.
Some free book resources available online for books that are out-of-copyright.
Formats include ePub, PDF, Kindle, audiobooks

Open Books app > Book Store > Search > user guide > Apple iPad User Guide > Get (“get” because it is free) > approve payment with fingerprint or face id. 

Open Books app > Library > shows the books you have downloaded

Renaissance Society Spring Catalog - PDF - can be saved to Apple Books. 

Select text on a page then tap Highlight on the popup menu.

Navigating Apple Books app

• AA button for brightness, font size, page color, Auto-Night theme, Vertical Scrolling (good for reading with bifocal lenses)
• Search (dictate text as keyword or type keyword or page number) and Bookmark
• Text on the page - tap on a word > tap Lookup on the pop-up menu
• Select text of (a location) > tap Search > tap Wikipedia to open article for further research (if you are connected to the Internet)
• Select text > Highlight or Note on the pop-up menu
• If the book you are reading has footnotes, or * - tap the symbol to see the footnote details.
• Go back to Table of Contents - to see Tabs for Bookmarks and Notes - tap to return to the page with typed note or bookmark.
• Edit or Delete typed notes at the Contents page or in place on the page using the pop-up menu.

To pause your reading - Books remembers where you left off or you can set a bookmark.

Buying a book in the Apple Bookstore
Browse the lists
Search based on recommendations from friends

Online Resources for books 

BookBub with daily email with low cost books with direct links to Amazon Kindle or Apple Books. https://bookbub.com to signup

Free books (out-of-copyright) Project Gutenberg https://gutenberg.org Search for Shakespeare to see all
Open Library - open openlibrary.org has free books

Amazon Kindle is both a device and an app - on iPad, download the Kindle app. (Tom has both iPad and Kindle devices. A Kindle uses epaper screen and can read it outdoors. Buy a Kindle book from your Amazon account to your iPad and it is also available on Kindle device. Kindle is a single purpose device - for reading books but not email or browsing the web.)

Tom keeps all appliance user manuals in Apple Books. Download the PDF to Books and then add the title to a new category (Manuals). Browse the web to find the appliance manual > download PDF > Share icon > tap Books to move copy. PDF documents are searchable in Books app.

Library Books are available in Kindle format for app or device.

• Public Library book checkout with your active library card
• Overdrive is old app. Libby is current app and works will.
• Librarians are available to help you use Libby and access books, audiobooks and more!
• Libby has a ebook reader or download borrowed titles to the Kindle app.

Search for available titles, by author or genre.
Borrow or place hold on the title, read a sample.
A borrowed book is returned in 21 days or you can turn in early.
Set your preferences for books to speed your searches.

Kindle has feature to show underline where other readers have highlighted text.
Audiobooks - are more useful on iPhone - but Libby, Apple Books and Kindle offer audiobooks.
Sample book to see if you want to purchase.

Podcasts - this app has just changed with iPadOS 14.5 and iOS 14.5.

• Syncs between iPad and iPhone
• Recommendations from friends are often the best way to find podcasts.
• Most podcasts are free (ad supported), soon premium content will charge and not … have ads
• Subscribe to podcast > tap + 
• Set option for how many episodes to download and keep on your device. 
• Public Radio has many titles - This American Life, Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me, TED Radio Hour, etc.

Best to download episodes over wifi before taking device out on a walk or road trip. Can use cellular data to listen to podcasts without downloading but this counts against your cellular data use.

Check for storage space taken up by Podcast episodes

Settings > General > ipad Storage > scroll to Podcasts > tap Podcasts > view list of downloaded episodes > swipe a title right-to-left to Delete. You are still subscribed to the Podcast.


Contributions from Chat

• Lynn: Netgalley gives you free books before they are published. They just ask that you give a review. https://www.netgalley.com
• Barbara & Jennifer: In Libby, when the book you put on hold is available, you can delay your checkout if you’re not quite ready. You get to pick how long you want to delay getting the book.

iPadOS 14.5 has been released

You will want to download and install the new iPadOS and iOS by the weekend. Look for what has changed. see a red badge on the Settings app. This indicates that there is something new. Dig into Settings > General > Software Update > ...

This is an expected and anticipated change - especially for iPhone users -- unlock iPhone while wearing Apple Watch when wearing a mask.

Watch for other changes as well. Privacy settings will adjust again. 

iOS 14.5: How to use your iPhone and iPad's most useful features now - article on c|net by Jason Cipriani 

iPad Sleep and My Name in Zoom

My iPad goes to sleep during our Zoom 

• Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto Lock > 15 minutes or Never (iPad) 
• Remember after Zoom meeting to set Auto Lock to 5/10/15 minutes before it goes to sleep. 

How do I change my name in the Zoom app on my computer? 

• Open Zoom to the Join a Meeting screen
• Tap the blue button Join a Meeting
• This screen has a field for Meeting ID and Name 
• Tap on the field for Meeting ID and choose iPad Basics (with current meeting id) 
• Tap Done
• Tap the Name and then type your preferred name or nickname
• Tap the blue Join button 
• Type the meeting password 
• Tap Continue 
• A prompt for audio connection appears - choose Wifi or Cellular Data to hear the meeting. (If you are attending on two devices, tap the No Audio button.) 

Change your name in Zoom on iPad 

• Tap the Participants button
• Tap your name at the top of the list 
• Tap Rename button 
• Type your name or nickname 
• Tap Done button 
• Tap the Participants button to hide the list

iPad Basics Day 4 - Maps, Messages, Notes

Jennifer - Maps and Messages 

Here are my notes:

Maps and Messages for iPad

Look at Maps with your iPad in Landscape view position. Look at Maps with your iPad in Portrait view position. (If the Lock Display in Control Center is off the iPad will rotate views.) Buttons, labels and panels will move around. Touch every button! 

Most of us use our iPhones mainly for Maps, but don’t ignore the Maps app on your iPad. It’s better for planning than your phone, because of the bigger canvas. Play around, explore and practice and you’ll be adept for our normal future of real travel.

First, open Maps in Settings. You want to have Location turned on, either While Using the App (older iPad) or While Using the App or Widgets. You also want to have Precise Location turned on so you get good directions.

Open Maps. You can use it in either landscape or portrait mode. Your current location will be slightly right of the center of the map, a blue pulsing circle. If it’s not (or to return at any time to your location), click on the pointed arrow at the top right.

At the bottom right is the temperature and the Air Quality Index.

Tap the i with a circle around it at the top right. You can choose map settings: Map, Transit or Satellite. Traffic or not. With traffic on, when you look at the map, especially when planning a trip or route, on highways and streets you will see slowdowns in red, accidents, road construction and lane closures.

The top of the map is North by default. If you move around your map so it is not, a round compass will appear under the arrow. Tap on the compass to get North back on the top.

Use your two fingers to move around and drag the map. To zoom in or out, pinch in or out. It will show the scale along the top as you zoom. You can zoom really far out and see the entire country or even the whole world. To get back to your location, tap the arrow again.

Turn on Satellite and you will see 3D by the arrow. Tap on that. Rotate and move with your fingers to get closeup 3D looks. Use two fingers and rock up and down. Tap 2D to go back.

For directions, tap in the search bar at the top left and type the city or place where you want to go. The map will show it and offer you directions.  It tells you how many miles it is and gives estimated travel times if you were going right now. Just below are details about the place and you can add it to your Favorites. You can find your Favorites just under the search bar.

It often will give you several route choices, its preferred one in bright blue. Just tap on a light blue route if you want to consider that. You can also choose to have a route that avoids tolls and/or highways.

Be sure your home address is in your Contacts and is labeled as your home. Then when you want directions from some place to your home, the map app immediately knows where to go!

There are lots of things you can have fun searching for for: landmarks, parks, beaches, places you might want to visit, addresses or towns where you lived a long time ago, old addresses of your parents or even grandparents. 

When you search for a place especially a city, notice if it has a City Tour or Flyover. In some cities or places you will see a binocular symbol. Tap on that to get 360-degree views of a street or attraction.

New: There are guides from what Apple calls trusted brands and partners in this country and around the world. Just type Guides in the search bar at home or when you’re somewhere else or have open a different place where you want to go on a trip. You’ll get some choices of various attractions in that area. You can save them. Tap on a pick, then tap on Save Guide. You can also share these guides.

iMessages: Fun with Texting

You can text on your iPad not only with words, but also photos, videos, music and more. And you can have a lot of fun—and impress your grandchildren! Practice with a friend or relative. You can also send messages to yourself to practice.

There are two kinds of texting: iMessages are with another iPhone or iPad or Mac; you will see a blue message bubble. If you are texting with someone on another kind of phone, those are SMS and you will see a green bubble. If texting to a group and one person is non-Apple, it will be green. 

Blue texts are free and can be sent and received on your iPad. Everything you send or receive is encrypted. That means it is totally safe and no one but your recipient can see it. But green ones use your phone’s texting minutes (but most plans are unlimited these days) and are NOT encrypted. To use iMessage, turn it on in iPhone and iPad in Settings > Messages.

Remember your phone is controlling most text messages, particularly the green ones and you have to change some settings on your phone so green messages will go onto your iPad.

To get Green messages to show up on your iPad, in phone Settings > Messages, tap on Send and Receive Settings and add your emails and your phone number. Go down to Text Message Forwarding and list the devices you want to have send and receive green text messages i.e., iPad and also Mac. You also want to turn on Send as SMS.

Now back to your iPad:

You will notice in Messages, your previous messages are on the left and your most current one on the right (different than your phone). To send a message, open Messages and tap on the blue circle with the “pen” in the upper right. Enter a phone number or name. Or click on the blue circle with a plus and it will go to Contacts. Once you have one person, you can add more to this message with the blue plus sign. Once you have one person or a group, you can type or dictate a message in the box below and hit the blue or green arrow to send it.  If all your group members are on iPhones, no problem. If even one is not, the group might not work.

For a Quick Tapback to respond to a message, either double-tap or hold a message and get your choice of gray emojis (heart, thumbs up or down, etc.) above the message. Tap one and it goes. 

You can send an audio message. Tap on the gray circle in the message place. If you start typing instead, that gray box will turn into the blue send arrow.

SPECIAL EFFECTS in iMessage. Practice these!!!

Quick and Easy: If you type one of these three common messages in the box, it will be sent with special effects: Happy Birthday (balloons), Congratulations or Congrats (confetti) and Happy New Year (fireworks).

Send with Effect: To see these, you must first write your message (or even part of it). Then the mic in the message bubble will turn into a blue arrow. Press firmly on the blue arrow. NOTE: a quick tap will just send the message; you want to hold it down until you get the screen that says Send with effect.

1. The Bubble screen gives you four choices to change how your message is received: Slam, Loud, Gentle and Invisible Ink. Try these out!
2. The Screen screen gives you nine choices of special effects to go with your message (most have sound effects, too): Echo, Spotlight, Balloons, Confetti, Inflating Heart, Lasers, Fireworks, Shooting Star and Celebration. Try all of these. They are fun and recipients love them!

Photos. To the left of the iMessage space, slide over to the Camera. You can take a new picture. To use a current photo, look for the photo app icon down below. Also down below you will find various apps with things you can add to messages:

1. #images gives you tons of funny GIFs (tiny movies). You can search to get ones on specific topics (birthday, etc.) or featuring someone or something (Star Trek, Spongebob, snakes, cats, etc.).

2. Music. If you have music on your phone, it will give you some of your recently played songs. You can send them.

3. YouTube. You can send these in your messages.

Practice all of these with a relative or friend. They are great for birthdays and other special occasions.

How to delete messages: To delete an entire conversation with one or more contacts, swipe left and tap on the trash can (this is different than on your phone). To delete just one or more individual messages, press down on the message itself. You will see More… in a bottom bubble. Tap that and you can then check any messages you don’t want and hit Delete All in the top left.

Pinning people/groups. This is new in iOS14 and lets you keep your more important or frequent people at the top of the message list. You can only pin nine conversations (individuals or groups). Press down on a message from the individual or group you wish to pin and you’ll see the pin option. To remove one from the top, press down on their icon and you’ll see unpin.

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Barbara - Tips - Screenshots 

• Apple Pencil - draw from lower corner to center of screen to bring up snapshot with Markup ready to draw
• When you make a screenshot of a website open it and then look at the top of the screen for Full Page - will save as a PDF. 
• Screenshots are automatically collected in the Photos  > Media Types > Screenshots

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Carol shared the Notes app Icon looks like a legal pad with yellow stripe at the top.

• Left side panel shows created notes
• Add new Note with square with pen in top right corner of the screen
• First line is bold heading
• Type text below
• Double arrow button closes the left panel for full screen typing
• Add new note for List - tap circle with checkmark to make list with empty circles. This is a great way to track packing for traveling

Share a Note with others to view only or also allow editing 

• Tap ( ... ) > tap Share Note and choose how to send as email or Message 
• On the left panel you will see an icon showing a Note is shared

Markup to draw with

• Ruler position can change by touching two fingers then tap pen to draw straight line
• Apple Pencil can be used to draw and write words!

Add a photo or a document scan

• New Note page > click Camera icon at top right
• Take a photo with Camera
• Scan a Document
• Move circles to corners if needed
• Tap Keep Scan in lower right corner
• Tap Save
• To print your scan, tap the image, tap the Share button > Print
• Search the text captured in your document - it works! Awesome hidden feature!

Search text in past notes with the left panel

Pin a Note to stay at the top of the panel on the left

• Swipe from left to right in the left panel and tap the Pin icon
• UnPin with Swipe from left to right

Settings 

• Settings > Apple ID (your name) > iCloud > Notes > ON
• Settings > Notes > Sort by Date Edited/Date Created/Title - choose one
• Settings > Notes > New Notes Start With > Title
• Explore other options here!

Organize notes 
Notes can be organized in Folders; in the top left corner tap the word Folders (or box icon) to see a list. Best to keep all notes stored in iCloud and add subfolders as desired 

Protect information 
Notes can be Locked tap ( … ) and find the Lock button. Set a password - use the same passcode that unlocks your iPad. 

Email from Notes page

Notes is a great place to draft email messages. In Notes you can save your list of participants with email addresses. First, create a Note page with the first line (as a headline) that you want as the Subject Line of your emails. (Book Club - Spring 2021) Add two Returns and then begin typing the draft email message. At the bottom of your message add all the email addresses you'll copy to the BCC field of your message. Review everything and send when ready.  

Apple Announcement 4-20-21

Announcements include:

• AirTags - tracks items not people
• AppleTV+ new season of productions 
• AppleTV 4K next gen with A12 Bionic chip with improved remote
• M1 Macs (bold colors on back & accessories) 24" 4.5K retina thin bezel display 
• M1 iPad Pro with retina display in 11" or 12.9" sizes 
• and more ;-D 

A big change is the M1 Mac power adapter now includes an Ethernet port. This might be ideal but not convenient to where your router is located. 

Not included in today's announcement is we can expect iPad OS 14.5 and iOS 14.5 to be rolled out next week.  Mashable offers this review Apple will release iOS 14.5 next week. Download it for these new features. 

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What we are excited about ... 

Tom mentioned that an iMac is a shared device and an iPad/iPhone is a personal device. 

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Want to see Apple improve a feature in Photos, or another native app? 

Visit Product Feedback and choose the hardware, iOS and iPadOS Apps, macOS, iCloud, Services and Wallet. 

• My pet peeve is how Photos does not let end users control how our Albums are listed. There are some ways to Search for photos but Apple could have a better way for us to show albums in alphabetical order, or most recent changes. 

We hear you ... Recording and Chrome

Remember the website tour on Day 1? Be sure and check back regularly for updates to this site. 

Jennifer was successful in recording Ken Spencer's presentation for Day 2. Due to limitations on this site, one third of the recording was posted at one time. The first third was available for two weeks on Melissa's post about Ken's talk. The second third was available earlier this week and the final third has now been posted.  Recordings will not be made of our other sessions due to privacy concerns. 

Someone asked about the Chrome browser and in his leisure time, Tom found an article worth your attention "Why You Should Never Use Google Chrome On Your iPhone, iPad Or Mac

Millions of users warned to stop using Chrome after "hidden" and "creepy" new tracking begins..." and you will find the link on our Questions and Paths to Answers page. Even if you are not a user of Chrome you will learn more about data harvesting, cookies, tracking, and more. You do not need to understand this article, it can be the beginning of your journey.

iPad Basics - Day 3 featuring Calendar and Contacts

Powerful apps today - Calendar and Contacts. Notes if there is time. 

Preview these apps in the iPad User Guide with the links below: 

• Calendar 
• Contacts 
• Reminders 
• Notes 

Remember that Siri can help with all of these apps! 

Melissa's All Things Calendar PDF handout 

Carol introduced Contacts 

Contacts is an important app that helps connect you to many other apps. 

Find the address book icon and tap to open

Add new Contact CARD with + opens template > fill-in fields (First, Last, Company)

• Phone has options (mobile, iPhone, home, work …)
• Email options (home, work, iCloud)
• Ringtone sounds & Text sounds
• Birthday & other dates
• Related has options
• DONE to finish

Use Search to find Contact Card for your entries
Notes field can hold lots of details
Add photo of person or Memoji image

Alternative way to add a Contact Card

1. Open Mail app to a message from someone
2. Open email message > Tap and Hold on name at top of message > Contact template opens to start a new card 

Important #1
Create a card for YOURSELF
Settings > Contacts > My Info > search for your Card 

Now, you can add other relationships - work, siblings, parents, children, etc. Then ask Siri to call your sister ... use your iPhone to get directions to  ... 

When you are out about - ask Siri to give you directions home. 

Important #2
After you create your personal contact card (see Important #1) 

iPhone User Guide on Health, Medical ID - SOS, Emergency Contacts 

Health app > set up your Health Profile 

Health app > Medical ID > Edit > add Emergency Contacts 

Tips for Contacts 

• Company field without a name
• Name and “Bookclub” in Company field - Search on Bookclub to show list 
• Street - enter all info on 1 of the street fields
• If a person changes email address, Apple will remember and keep offering to send to old email address. Add date in Notes field on when email address changed.
• Make a email group in Contacts on Mac computer then can be used on iPad. Also open iCloud and add New Group - good for Windows and iPad users
• Share Contact Card via AirDrop, Message or Mail 
• Left panel has alphabetical list of all contact cards 
• Contacts do not take up much space on your iPhone or iPad - add lots of names & businesses 

Group FaceTime > open Messages > open text thread for the group > scroll to the top of text list and tap on names to reveal Audio - FaceTime - Info > Tap FaceTime (only Apple devices)


Practice making this Contact Card:  

Apple Customer Support
1(800) 275-2273

iPad Basics - Passwords & iPad Hints - Day 2

This is part three of Ken's presentation. 

Guest speaker Ken Spencer on Passwords and Security 

Ken Spencer, President of MacNexus Apple Group 

• Use 2-factor authentication when prompted 
• Passwords - major headache & stumbling block 
• Convenient vs Secure passwords - what can we remember 
• iCloud for secure passwords synced for all Apple devices = iCloud Keychain 
• Passwords are KEYS to individual websites or accounts 

Do not go into Keychain to edit password - go to the website to update pw then Keychain will prompt to save updated password. 

Best Practice: After updating password > log out of the website > log in to the website and enter new pw. Success? Now you know it worked and saved to iCloud Keychain.

Biometerics - fingerprint ID or face ID - for fill-in password = pw are ultra secure.

Passwords - 8 characters, 1 upper/lower case, repeated letter/number 2X; number. Use 8-10 characters. Words not found in a dictionary. 

Don’t use the same pw everywhere. Email address is often username to accounts. PW for email should not be used anywhere else. 

Ken’s SmashWords plan has a personal word-stem with a three-letter prefix for each account. For example:

sacto1

Xxxsacto1 

American Airlines > Amesacto1 

Amazon = Amasacto1

Netflix = Netsacto1 

Wells Fargo = Welsacto1!   << special character on financial & email 

Use same special character on all accounts ! or $ or # 

As you begin accessing accounts > then change pw with a new protocol.  Apple iCloud Keychain will propose secure passwords. Use suggested or use a modified version of Ken's SmashWords example. 

Don’t write down pw. If you do, underline the capital letter and indicate date changed. 

Password = alphanumeric combination with 8 or more characters

Passcode = numeric sequence to unlock your device 

Notes app can lock a Note page with a pw. Unlock using device biometrics passcode (finger or face)

• Note can be locked on iPad/iPhone. Lock a Note then can see prompt to unlock when viewing from web browser at https://icloud.com  (Good for Windows computer users.) 

Practice locking a new Note page (link to online User Guide): 

Open Notes app - new note page to keep pw “Here are my passwords” [ is the top line in the new Note ]

Password! [ or some text is the second line in the new Note ]

(…) > Lock Note [ look for a button ( ... ) in the top right of the screen ]

Use same passcode as used to unlock device 

iCloud for Windows? Go to https://icloud.com > log in with your Apple ID > open Notes > look on the list of Notes for a paddlelock icon > click that Note and type passcode at prompt. 

iPad uses 4-6 digits to unlock as PASSCODE or fingerprint ID / face ID 

Settings > Touch ID and Passcode > Change Passcode > now 6 digits > Passcode options > … screenshot 

Fingerprint ID - can be same finger several times - touch in this view of Settings to see highlight - doing this gives fingerprint sensor new scans to add more info to the biometrics. Hopefully, this will help your iPad unlock from your fingerprint more often.  

3rd Party Password apps or services available to keep and use passwords. Ken uses iCloud Keychain. 

Settings > iCloud accounts > Notes ON 

Settings > Notes > default account iCloud 

Turn off “On my iPad” - but make sure you have moved Notes stored there to iCloud.

Passwords are stored on iPad and sent as encrypted info to iCloud then also sent to other Apple devices as encrypted info. 

Practice 

Siri > “Show me my Allstate password” 

Settings > Passwords > Allstate 

Settings > Safari > General > Auto Fill for websites and credit cards 

Name the card the Card - ExpDate 

If prompted for Apple ID password - be sure your device is on the Internet. Wait a minute or so. You will be prompted as 

iPad > open Safari > Address Bar > help.apple.com /ipad > tap Go button

iPad User Guide opens up 

Share button > Add to Home Screen > edit to make name short name > tap Add button

Ken's Links posted to chat 

iPad User Guide https://help.apple.com/ipad

Apple Support YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYFQ33UIPERYx8-ZHucZbDA

How to write on your iPad with your Apple Pencil — Apple Support

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SmOTZyEETE

How to create handwritten notes with iPad and Apple Pencil — Apple Support

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnln8A0R5go

How to use AirDrop on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch — Apple Support

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVLdVmUiqqU

MacNexus YouTube - past meeting Zoom recordings 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz0PGOt2xS1go2Z4DY1FXmA

Lincoln Hills Apple User Group YouTube - past meeting recordings 

https://www.lhaug.org/2019-video-spreadsheet

How to use your iPad as a second display for your Mac with Sidecar — Apple Support

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MKy0zz_7gY

How to navigate your iPad with a trackpad — Apple Support

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78m5qtJI5Nk 

Use iPad in landscape and portrait mode 

In Edit Screen Mode with wiggling icons, drag app to Dock 

Five finger pinch from open app to return to Home Screen 

Safari > bookmarks icon Bookmarks | Reading List | History 

Reading List for temporary bookmarks is time based 

Share button > Add to Reading List 

Freezing Your Credit for added security 

existing companies will continue to have pathway as needed 

creditkarma.com to register and see how to improve or to monitor (also creditsesame) 

mint.com screen scrapes on listed accounts since created; monitor and use in taxes; zillow price of home - FREE - create account on computer then download the iPad/iPhone - shows transactions from accounts listed and balance not account  

clark.com - search for how-wto credit freeze at all three agencies 

https://clark.com/credit/credit-freeze-and-thaw-guide/ 

Group Email - with all accounts listed - (hacked) “compromised” address book 

Send email to multiple people > addresses in BCC field  = good etiquette 

keep emails short - respect other people’s time > get to the point in top 3 lines 

When I die - how do I prepare info for survivors 

• Add a Power of Attorney for Digital Assets 
• New gmail account and sent important documents to new account 
• Can update documents as needed 
• Printed page with email address and account pw - in envelope for survivors 
• After all accounts closed do survivors need to notify about death 
• Credit cards will expire - might need to redeem points before expire 

Location & Safety - OK to let app know location because cellphones ping towers anyway. 

Chrome Browser - slows down your Mac computer 

http://chromeisbad.com 

Google Chrome to read email - using browser on PC to read email is better than on Mac computer. 

iPad Basics - Intro - Day 1

Zowie - this class has 90+ registered members! 

Carol will introduce 

• Know your device
• Control Center 
• Dock

Melissa will introduce

• iOS Basics website/blog (you are here!)
• Books & download the free Apple iPad User Guide - if you have an earlier version then Update to iPadOS 14.4 
• Basic and Advanced Gestures for interacting with iPad
• Add Widgets on the Today view of Home Screen 

PDF demo script from Melissa's presentation with step-by-step references.

Apple Productivity Software Guides for Pages, Keynote and Numbers.

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These notes give you hints - the more you explore your iPad the more you will learn about it and the apps available. 

Carol shared ... 

Control Center - top right corner > swipe down from the bezel corner to see Control Center overlay

• TL Block with Airplane AirDrop WiFi Bluetooth
• Lock Rotation for landscape or portrait mode
• Do Not Disturb - stop sound alerts and notifications
• Audio button for music
• Volume up/down
• Screen Brightness
• Screen Mirroring (Apple TV and Zoom Share Screen)
• Alarm/Timer/Stopwatch/World Clock
• Timer
• Camera

Add features to Control Center - open Settings > Control Center

• Included are red circles
• More Controls are green circles
• Rearrange Included list with touch and hold
• Review options under Accessibility Controls

Guided Access > search inside User Guide (Hint: iPad owner can set limits - choose an app for others to use - think grandkids and a game app).  Go to the Resources page of this site to find links to Apple iPad User Guide as a Book or the online version. 

Home Screens show many apps

• Group apps into Folders & rename folder
• Initiate Edit Home Screen mode where all the apps wiggle
• Touch an app icon and drag over another app
• Folder created and a name created - tap the suggested name and edit with keyboard

Dock has constant apps no matter what Home Screen is visible

• Dock has preferred apps on left and recent apps on the right (look for vertical line)
• Tap and hold to see pop-up menu > Edit Home Screen > wiggle mode
• Touch and hold app icon to move to Dock (left side)

Search function - swipe down in the space in-between apps to search device for an app and more

Melissa's PDF handout Gestures, Seminar Blog and Widgets 

Tips from Barbara
Watch TV from your provider - get the app from the App Store for your cable service
Search for Xfinity or AT&T or Dish …

MacNexus - local Apple User Group - $40/year has Zoom sessions on Saturdays and Wednesday - see the Resources page on our website
iPhoneLIFE daily email or join iPhone Insider for SENIORS (make sure you are getting senior discount)
- see the Resources page on our website