St. Augustine Mac Users Group
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Meeting Information:
Date: - 6:30 PM April 21, 2016
iPad and iPhone Special Interest Group
Meets at 5:30
The Center in the Record Building
This month’s SAMUG meeting
will feature ol’ Charlie
Reich providing another
show and tell of ‘“How To’s
and Tips and Tricks” in
using your Mac. Be sure to
be there when he kicks off
his lecture with a special
demonstration of an
ancient phenomenon used
prior to the introduction of
Macs. This is one you’ll
want to try at home, along
with his tips and tricks.
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Change the icon of a file or folder
You can create a custom icon for any file or folder. You can use your own pictures to create icons,
download icons from the web, or use the icon from another file or folder.
Use your own picture or a picture from the web
1. Copy the picture you want to use to the Clipboard.
One way to do this is to open the picture in Preview, choose Edit > Select All, then
choose Edit > Copy.
2. Select the file or folder whose icon you want to replace, then choose File > Get Info.
3. At the top of the Info window, click the picture of the icon to select it, then choose Edit > Paste.
Use an icon from another file or folder
1. Select the first file or folder, then choose File > Get Info. Then select the other file or folder and choose
File > Get Info.
2. In one Info window, select the icon you want to use, then choose Edit > Copy.
3. In the other Info window, select the icon you want to replace, then choose Edit >Paste.
Restore the original icon for an item
1. Select the file or folder, then choose File > Get Info.
2. At the top of the Info window, select the custom icon, then choose Edit > Cut.
My goal for 2016 was to lose
just 15 pounds. Only 25 to go!
Ate a salad for dinner! Mostly
croutons & tomatoes. Really
just one big, round crouton
covered with tomato sauce. And cheese. FINE, it was a
pizza. I ate a pizza. It was
really good pizza.
I think I'll just put an "Out of
Order" sticker on my forehead
and call it a day.
Apple Sauce - The Mac User Group Newsletter - Charles Reich - [email protected] - Dana Birch | [email protected]
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Instantly Add Item to the Mac Dock with a Keyboard Shortcut
Just about all Mac users know that you can add items to the Dock of OS X by dragging
and dropping things into it, but another option, which may even be faster for some users,
is to use a keyboard shortcut. With a quick keystroke, you can instantly add any item from
the file system of a Mac – be it a file, folder, or application – into the Dock of OS X.
This trick is pretty simple, first you’ll want to navigate to anything within the Finder. Try
something in the /Applications/ folder, or select any item from anywhere in the Finder if
you just want to give it a test to see how it works.
• Once the item is selected in the Finder, you’ll hit the keyboard shortcut:
Control+Shift+Command+T
The selected item, folder, or app will now be in the Dock.
Remember that applications will add themselves to the left side of the Dock, whereas
documents or folders will add themselves to the right side of the Dock.
Flash Drives?
Q. Which brand of flash drive is preferable? ...and how difficult is it to partition the drive
into segments?
A.I have not established a “preferred” brand of flash drive, other than just a recognizable
brand and cheap. I have several different brands including Sandisk, Kingston, and
Toshiba (my most recent purchase from Walmart; less than $10 for 16 GB). USB 3 will be
the fastest if your computer supports it; otherwise, a USB 2 will suffice and a USB 2 drive
can be read even if your computer is USB 3 capable.
Partitioning is easy; just use Disk Utility.
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GIF Brewery 3 - Video to GIF Creator
For El Capitan v10.11+
GIF Brewery 3 is a video to GIF creator on Mac OS X. GIF Brewery 3 lets you convert clips from your video
files to GIFs. Let GIF Brewery do all the hard work for you!
Features:
* Convert clips from your videos into GIFs.
* Can record your screen, web cam, or iOS 8+ devices and opens them ready to be converted to a GIF.
* Resize and crop the video for your GIF.
* Add multiple captions or overlay images to the GIF.
* Create GIFs with your desired FPS or manually set the frame count and frame delay.
* Apply image filters like Color Correction or famous photo filters like Transfer and Noir.
* Save settings for later edits.
* Supports Mac OS X 10.11+.
*
Technical Notes:
* GIF Brewery 3 does not alter the original file.
* GIF Brewery 3 only opens video files.
* GIF Brewery 3 can only open and create clips from movies that Quicktime can open and play. Apple
provides information at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3775. If Quicktime attempts to convert the file, you'll
need to convert it before opening it in GIF Brewery 3.
* GIF Brewery 3 does not support Quicktime components, such as Perian.
* Generally speaking, GIF Brewery 3 only supports *.mp4, *.m4v, *.qt, *.mov, *.mpg, *.3gp, and *.m2v files.
* Handbrake is a very good video transcoder for converting files to *.mp4, which are usable in GIF Brewery 3.
* GIF Brewery 3 does not support any DRM-protected files.
* GIF Brewery 3 *DOES NOT* create GIFs from series of images.
GIF Brewery 3 - Video to GIF Creator on the Mac App Store
We have a member that will be using “Speech to text and text to speech” due to vision
problems. Are there any members familiar enough with this process that could give her some
hints? If so, please contact me (Dana) and I can put you in touch with her. Help would be
appreciated. Many thanks.
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Pages ~ "The required index.xml file is missing."
Q:
I updated my OS a couple of weeks ago. Ever since then I receive the following message whenever
I try to open a Pages document: ‘’The required index.xml file is missing’’. I first got this message when
trying to open something sent from my iPad, that is why I updated.This morning I received the same
message while trying to open a document created on this computer since it was updated. I don't know
what to do. Any suggestions? Thanks!
A:
If you had an older version of Pages ‘09 then the .app was saved in the new Application’s > iWork
folder. The new version of Pages.app will also be in the Applications folder. The newer version lost many
features when it was updated to v5.0. If you have both versions you'll need to decide which to use. But
keep in mind you can’t open documents created in the new version with the older Pages version.
I was also having the same, ‘index .xml file missing’ problem as my MacBook was trying to open my new
documents with the old version of Pages, even though new system update installed the new Pages
version. I had to quit the old version of Pages on my dock (right click > Quit or Apple > Force Quit) and
remove it from my dock (right click, Options > Remove from Dock), and using the Finder (Finder > Go >
Applications) find and open the new version of Pages (double click). Once open, the icon for the new
version of Pages appeared on my dock. (Right click > Options > Keep In Dock) to keep it in the Dock.
This fixed my problem, allowing my MacBook to open my newly created documents with the new version
of Pages as well as open my old Pages ’09 documents in the new Pages format. I hope this helps anyone
who has this problem in the future. I took the initiative and did the same with my Keynote and Numbers
apps because for some reason the old versions of those were on my dock too.
I kept the old version of Pages ’09 as it has many features that are not in the new Pages. The new Pages
was toned down to be more compatible between OSX and iOS. You can still create documents in Pages
’09 but the document will automatically convert over to the new Pages format when you save or open it to
use.
Q: I enlarged the keyboard viewer using the green "plus" button. Now it fills up most of the
screen and refuses all attempts at resizing. The yellow "minus" button just sends it down into the
toolbar at the bottom of the screen; the red "X" closes it as expected. Even rebooting my Mac
didn't fix the problem. How to solve this problem?
A: You can drag any corner or edge to resize to your required dimension. There are no arrows to
indicate this as there usually are but you can still resize easily.
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OS X Perspective
by David Pogue
OS X is an impressive technical achievement
Many experts call it the best personal-computer operating system on earth.
But beware its name.
The X is meant to be a Roman numeral, pronounced "ten."
Don't say, "oh, es, ex." You'll get funny looks.
Note:
Apple no longer refers to its computer operating system as Mac OS X.
Now it's just "OS X," without the "Mac"
Why?
Apple says it's to match up better with iOS, its operating system for the iPhone and iPad .
Reader Button
by David Pogue ~ the missing manual
The Reader button in Safari’s address/search bar is amazing. With just one click (or press Shift -⌘ R), it eliminates everything from the Web page you’re reading except the text and photos. No ads,
blinking, links, banners, promos, or anything else.
The text is also changed to a clean, clear, font and size, and the background is made plain white.
Basically, it makes any Web page look like a printed book page and it’s glorious.
To exit Reader, click the same
Reader button again.
Best. Feature. Ever.
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Using Pages for
Presentation Slides
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☛
by Fred Hathorn
A lot of folks use Keynote for creating presentation slides — I like to use Pages instead. The
reason I use Pages is that I’m currently doing a lot of scale drawing of features for a new house
we’re building that I send to our builder. In Pages you can create drawings that are precisely
scaled, for example I frequently scale my drawings at 1” = 1’. So if I draw a rectangle and set the
height to 1” and the width to 2”, it represents an object that is 1’ high by 2’ wide.
You can probably do this in Keynote as well, but
since I know Pages and don’t know Keynote, I
prefer to stick to the tool I know.
As for the actual presentation, I think a PDF file works better than either a Pages or Keynote file. To
export to PDF, just do File > Export > PDF for the entire file. You don’t have to worry about
exporting individual pages because this will export every page in the file. This gives you a file to put
on the SAMUG Website that everyone can open even if they don’t have Pages or Keynote. And it
gives you a very easy to use file for the actual meeting presentation that opens w/o a startup page,
right to the first page of your file.
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Change Apple Watch Wrist & Button Orientation from Left to Right
If you want to change the wrist in which you wear Apple Watch,
you can do so without having a cumbersome button experience
by choosing to switch the devices orientation.This also insures
the devices screen will show properly, otherwise if you simply
move the Watch from one wrist to the other, the display would be
upside down. Also, you may find this helpful if you want to wear
the Apple Watch on the same wrist, but simply wish to change
the devices digital crown orientation as well.
How to Change Wrist & Digital Crown Orientation on Apple
Watch
Changing the Apple Watch wrist orientation from left to right (or
vice versa), which basically flips the Watch, takes just a moment
on the device itself :
1. Open the Settings app on the Apple Watch
and go to “General
1. Go to “Orientation” and choose “Left” or
“Right”, which will offer the following
changes:
Left – the Digital Crown and power button will
be on the right side of the device
Right – the Digital Crown and power button
will be on the left side of the device
essentially flipping the Watch upside down
From Dana’s Desk
I love being over 70. I learn something new every day.......and forget 5 others.
A thief broke into my house last night......He started searching for money so I woke up and
searched with him.
I don't mean to brag but......I finished my 14-day diet in 3 hours and 20 minutes.
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Article about the new USB-C Cable Technology
What Is USB-C? An Explainer | PCMag.com
Tip: Click on the Reader View icon to read without all the ads.
macworld is recommending
that we uninstall adobe flash
player if it is on our
computers. read why and how:
http://www.macworld.com/article/2993361/
security/how-to-uninstall-flash-player-fromyour-mac.html
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A Dilemma
Q: ’Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall
system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under
Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as: Romance 9.5
and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as: NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0 and Golf
Clubs 4.1. Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and House cleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. Please
note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.
What can I do?
A: "First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating
system. Please enter command: I thought you loved me.html and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not
forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then
automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.
However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy
Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will
download the Farting and Snoring Loudly Beta.
Whatever you do, DO NOT, under any circumstances, install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the
background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.) In addition, please, do not
attempt to re-install the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash
Husband 1.0.
In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new
applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance.
We recommend: Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.
Good Luck!!’
Tech Support
SOME FUNNY SIGNS SEEN AROUND TOWN (NOT NECESSARILY OUR TOWN)
At an Optometrist's Office:
"If you don't see what you're looking for,
You've come to the right place.";
At the Electric Company:
"We would be delighted if you send in your
payment on time. However, if you don't,
YOU will be de-lighted”.
At a Propane Filling Station:
"Thank Heaven for little grills.";
Outside a Muffler Shop:
"No appointment necessary. We hear you
coming.";
In a Non-smoking Area:
"If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire
and will take appropriate action.";
On a Plumber's truck :
"We repair what your husband fixed.";
In a Podiatrist's office: "Time wounds all heels.";
At a Car Dealership;
"The best way to get back on your feet - miss a
car payment.";