Meeting Notes & Links

Take Better Notes

• Use Notes on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch – Apple Support
• Evernote – note taking app
• OneNote – note taking app
• DEVONthink – document and information management
• Pocket – save articles, videos and stories
• Instapaper – save articles, videos and stories
• Add webpages to a Reading List – Apple Support
• How to set offline access for Safari’s Reading List feature | Macworld

Tim’s Mac Upgrades

• What Is NVMe?
• Repair Tools – iFixit
• Repair Manuals for Every Thing – iFixit
• Sintech NGFF M.2 nVME SSD Adapter Card for Upgrade 2013-2015 Year Macs
• Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB SSD
• Other World Computing – hard drive replacements
• coconutBattery – battery monitor/stats

Misc

• Deliveries – package tracker
• VPN Comparison by That One Privacy Guy
• Free VPN App Investigation
• NordVPN
• ExpressVPN

News

• Apple Special Event. June 3, 2019
• macOS Catalina
• iOS 13
• iPadOS
• New Mac Pro
• Pro Display XDR
• SwiftUI and Catalyst: Apple executes its invisible transition strategy
• 32-Bit Apps ‘Not Optimized for Your Mac’ to Stop Working on macOS Catalina

Build a Website

• Visual Studio Code – text/code editor
• Transmit – FTP (file transfer) app
• RapidWeaver – Mac app for creating websites
• Carrd.co – Simple, free, fully responsive one-page sites for pretty much anything
• Google Sites – Build internal project hubs, team sites, public-facing websites
• Micro.blog – alternative to Twitter or Facebook. A network of independent microblogs. Short posts like tweets but on your own web site that you control.
• Squarespace – Squarespace is the all-in-one platform to build a beautiful online presence.
• WordPress.com – Create a free website or build a blog with ease. Dozens of free, customizable, mobile-ready designs and themes. Free hosting and support.
• WordPress.org – Open source software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

Taking Mail, Contacts, and Calendar to the Next Level

• Mailplane – Gmail for Mac
• Canary Mail – email app for Mac & iOS with PGP Encryption
• ‎Microsoft Outlook – email and calendar app for iOS and Mac
• Spark – email app for iOS and Mac
• Edison Mail – email app
• FastMail – secure, reliable email hosting
• Make your Google account more secure
• SpamSieve – Easy-to-use Mac spam filter for Apple Mail, Outlook, Airmail, MailMate, and more
• Fantastical – calendar app for iOS and Mac
• BusyCal – calendar app for iOS and Mac
• Informant – calendar and planner app for iOS and Mac
• Calendars 5 – calendar and reminder app for iOS
• Cardhop – contacts app
• BusyContacts – contact manager app for Mac

Misc

• Use AssistiveTouch on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch – Apple Support
• Using Dual SIM with an eSIM – Apple Support
• Setapp – the best apps for Mac in one suite
• TripMode – your mobile data savior
• Vivaldi – the browser that puts you in control
• Opera Browser – Faster, Safer, Smarter Web Browser
• Tap Forms – Organizer Database App for Mac, iPhone, and iPad
• MyStuff2 – Organize your collections, music, movies, books, video games, electronics, wine lists, appliances, office supplies, or anything else in your possession with this easy to use but powerful application

News

• Using Dual SIM with an eSIM – Apple Support
• What is 5G? | About Verizon
• Malicious profiles – one of the most serious threats to iPhones

Backup

• Backblaze Hard Drive Stats
• DriveDx – the most advanced drive health diagnostics and monitoring utility
• Back up your Mac with Time Machine – Apple Support
• SuperDuper! – full disk cloning software
• Mac Backup Software | Carbon Copy Cloner | Bombich Software – full disk cloning software
• ChronoSync – Mac File Sync and Backup
• Backblaze – Unlimited Online Backup and Cloud Storage Services
• Crashplan – Online Data Backup | Offsite, Onsite & Cloud Backups
• External Hard Drive Enclosures for 3.5-Inch Drives from OWC

News

• Apple to host annual Worldwide Developers Conference June 3-7 in San Jose
• All-new iPad Air and iPad mini deliver dramatic power and capability
• iMac gets a 2x performance boost

Take Control of Notifications

• Use notifications on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
• How Do Not Disturb and Notifications will change in iOS 12
• How to set up and use Notification Center on your Mac
• How to customize notifications on iPhone and iPad