Meeting Notes & Links

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – February 15, 2022

Easy Steps to a Smart Home

• Apple HomeKit
• Philips Hue Smart lighting
• Philips Hue White ambiance 1-pack E26
• Philips Hue Smart light starter kits
• HomeKit: The ultimate guide to Apple home automation | iMore
• Thread smart home explained: Everything you need to know about the wireless protocol
• Eve Room | evehome.com
• Set up HomeKit Secure Video on all your devices – Apple Support
• Aqara G2 Camera Hub
• Apple TV & Home
• Apple HomePod mini
• What Is Zigbee?
• Caseta by Lutron | Smart Light Switches, Controls & Dimmers
• Home+
• Home Widget for HomeKit on the App Store
• WEMO
• HomeScan for HomeKit on the App Store
• HomeDevices on the App Store
• eufy Video Doorbell
• eufy Battery Surveillance Cameras
• Every security camera with HomeKit Secure Video support 2022 | iMore
• Matter | Smart Home Device Solution – CSA
• Shane Whatley

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – January 18, 2022

How to Go Paperless

• How to scan documents on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch – Apple Support
• Fujitsu ScanSnap
• ISO 8601 Date and time format
• Alfred – boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more
• Hazel – Automated Organization for Your Mac
• How to Use Tags to Organize Files and Folders in macOS
• Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
• VueScan Scanner Software for macOS
• TextSniper on Setapp | Capture part of the screen and turn it into text
• Powerful PDF Editing On Your Mac – PDFpen
• PDF Editor and Reader for Mac | Free Trial | PDF Expert
• Prizmo: Pro Scanning & OCR App for Mac — About
• DEVONtechnologies | DEVONthink, professional document and information management for the Mac and iOS
• iCloud Drive
• Dropbox
• Google Drive
• OneDrive
• 3-2-1-1-0 Backup Strategy
• How long should I keep records?
• Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
• M-DISC – long-term data storage
• M-DISC – Wikipedia – long-term data storage

News

• Aerial – A free and open-source Mac Screen Saver
• iPhone 14 Pro leaks show hole-punch and pill-shaped display cutouts

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – December 21, 2021

Reviewing the Past Year’s Topics

• This Year’s Meeting Topics
• Fantastical – calendar alternative
• Plex
• Fastmail
• Masked Email – Fastmail
• Masked Email from Fastmail and 1Password
• 1Password – Password Manager for Families, Businesses, Teams
• Dashlane – Password Manager App for Home, Mobile, Business
• Use Focus on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch – Apple Support
• Documents by Readdle – iOS file manager
• Carbon Copy Cloner – Mac Backup Software
• ChronoSync – Mac Backup and Sync App
• Setapp – The best apps for Mac in one suite
• Disk Drill on Setapp – Data recovery software for Mac
• Disk Drill Data Recovery Software
• Backblaze – Online Backup and Cloud Storage Services
• Hover – Buy Domains
• Spark – email client for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
• Garmin Instinct Series – Privacy & security guide – Mozilla Foundation
• Habit List
• Pocket Casts – podcast app
• Feedbin – RSS feed service/app
• YouTube Embeds – Feedbin
• Save Webpages to Read Later – Feedbin
• Website Transition and New RSS Link – MacSparky
• JMAP Open Standard for Email Moves Forward – Fastmail
• We’re Making Email More Modern with JMAP – Fastmail
• How to set up aliases – Fastmail
• Use Back Tap on your iPhone – Apple Support

Databases

• Tap Forms Organizer Database for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
• Airtable

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – November 16, 2021

eBook Reader Apps, Devices, and Read-it-Later Apps

• Apple Books
• ‎Amazon Kindle on the App Store
• Amazon Kindle paperwhite
• GoodReader is a professional tool for creating, converting, editing, and annotating your PDF files.
• DEVONthink, professional document and information management for the Mac and iOS
• Nook App
• Kobo eReaders
• Apple iPad
• EPUB – Wikipedia
• How to share Apple Books with family members | AppleInsider
• Amazon.com Help: Share Content Using Family Library
• Amazon Kindle Unlimited
• Enable Whispersync for Kindle Books
• Send to kindle with email
• The Libby App by OverDrive: Free ebooks & audiobooks from the library
• OverDrive: ebooks, audiobooks, and more for libraries and schools
• hoopla | streaming audiobooks, music, video & ebooks
• Blinkist: Big ideas in small packages
• Google Play Books
• Bluefire Reader
• ‎Apple News on the App Store
• Apple News+ – Apple
• Apple One
• calibre – E-book management
• The Secret History of Mac Gaming
• Audible.com
• Overcast Podcast app
• Pocket Casts Podcast app
• 2021 e-reader roundup: Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Paperwhite reviews – Six Colors
• ‎Notability on the App Store
• PDF Expert – PDF Editor and Reader

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – October 19, 2021

Best New Features on iOS, iPadOS, & watchOS

• iOS 15 – Apple
• Use Live Text and Visual Look Up on your iPhone – Apple Support
• iOS 15 Lets You Drag and Drop Images and Text Across Apps – MacRumors
• iOS 15 brings the iOS 13-style time and date picker back | iMore
• iOS 15: How to translate almost any text in an app | Macworld
• How to set per-app text size on iPhone and iPad | iMore
• How to Set Up Dark Mode on Your Favorite Apps | PCMag
• How to Adjust Accessibility Settings on a Per-App Basis on iOS 15 « iOS & iPhone :: Gadget Hacks
• If an app asks to track your activity – Apple Support
• iOS 15: How to Set Up a Notification Summary – MacRumors
• Use Focus on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch – Apple Support
• Adjust the brightness and color temperature on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch – Apple Support
• iOS 15 Tidbits: Rearrange Home Screen Pages, Disable All App Badge Notifications, and More – MacRumors
• Safari Extensions – Safari – Apple Developer
• Using Extensions in Safari in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 – TidBITS
• iOS 15 Safari address/search bar: How to change on iPhone – 9to5Mac
• iOS 15 Safari: How to Get Search Bar Back to the Top & Disable Landscape Tab View
• How to Turn Off Tab Bar Coloring / Tinting in Safari – MacRumors
• iOS 15: How to Hide Your IP Address From Trackers in Safari – MacRumors
• Safari in iOS 15 Offers a Pull to Refresh Gesture
• iOS 15: How to Customize Your Safari Start Page and Background – MacRumors
• iOS 15: How to Use Tab Groups in Safari – MacRumors
• iOS 15: How to View EXIF Metadata in the Photos App – MacRumors
• iOS 15: How to Use Visual Lookup in Photos to Identify Landmarks, Plants, and Pets – MacRumors
• Use Memories in Photos on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch – Apple Support
• Change advanced camera settings on iPhone – Apple Support
• iOS 15 lets you preserve camera settings for iPhone’s Night Mode
• Files app gets much better thanks to iPadOS 15 | AppleInsider
• How to Password-protect a PDF file on iPhone in 2021
• ‎Documents－File，Web Browser，PDF on the App Store
• iOS 15: How to Blur Your Background on a FaceTime Call – MacRumors
• How to create a FaceTime call link on iPhone and iPad | iMore
• How to use the new Weather app in iOS 15 | AppleInsider
• How to use iPhone Background Sounds in iOS 15 – 9to5Mac
• iPadOS 15 – Apple
• iPadOS 15 Finally Makes Multitasking Discoverable – TidBITS
• Open two items in Split View on iPad – Apple Support
• Every iPadOS 15 Keyboard Shortcut Worth Knowing About
• How to remap Caps Lock keyboard button on iPadOS – AppleToolBox
• Use widgets on your iPad – Apple Support
• SharePlay Re-Enabled in iOS 15.1, iPadOS 15.1, and tvOS 15.1 Betas – MacRumors
• Health Trends in iOS 15 provide actionable insights through highlights and notifications – MyHealthyApple
• How to Set Up and Use the Built-In 2FA Code Generator in iOS 15 | PCMag

News

• October 2021 Apple Event
  • Polishing Cloth – Apple
  • MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch – Apple
  • AirPods (3rd generation) – Apple
  • HomePod mini – Apple
  • macOS Monterey – Apple
  • iOS 15.1 release date rumors, news and all the new features coming to your iPhone | TechRadar