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Meeting Notes & Links

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – June 20 – Notes & Links

June 20, 2023 by Pete Bockenhauer
An iMac running Windows 11 under Parallels Desktop

Virtualization & Emulation

  • Apple has a Proton-like Game Porting Toolkit for getting Windows games on Mac | Ars Technica
  • WineHQ – Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS
  • CrossOver – Run Microsoft Windows software on Mac, Linux and ChromeOS
  • Andrew Tsai – YouTube
  • Parallels Desktop 18 Virtual Machine for Mac – Run Windows on Mac
  • Add, delete, or erase APFS volumes in Disk Utility on Mac – Apple Support
  • VirtualBuddy – Virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon
  • UTM
  • E-Maculation: All About Macintosh Emulation
  • SheepShaver – An Open Source PowerMac Emulator
  • Basilisk II – An Open Source 68k Macintosh Emulator
  • Mini vMac – early Macintosh emulator
  • Macintosh Repository – Old Mac Software Archive
  • Macintosh Garden – Celebrating Macintosh Abandonware!
  • Mac GUI
  • System 7 Today
  • Disk Jockey
  • PlayOnMac – Run your Windows applications on Mac easily!
  • Boxer – The DOS game emulator that’s fit for your Mac.
  • OpenEmu – Multiple Video Game System
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – May 16 – Notes & Links

May 16, 2023 by Pete Bockenhauer
OpenCore Legacy Patcher icon

OpenCore Legacy Patcher

  • OpenCore Install Guide
  • OpenCore Legacy Patcher
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – April 18 – Notes & Links

April 19, 2023 by Pete Bockenhauer
A bunch of Apple Watches arranged in a circle.

Apple Watch

  • Apple Watch
  • Track your AFib History with Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • Take an ECG with the ECG app on Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • Use Fall Detection with Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • Monitor your heart rate with Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • Add an alarm on Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • How to Manage Background Refresh for Apps on Apple Watch
  • Answer phone calls on Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • Use the Workout app on your Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • How to Stop Apple Watch from Automatically Launching Audio Apps
  • Customize workouts on Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • BasicAppleGuy: “Lesser known Apple Watch Workouts” – Mastodon
  • Use Accessibility features on your Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • How to change your Apple Watch app view
  • Use Siri on your Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • Apple Watch Flashlight: How to Turn It On, Turn It Off & Adjust It (watchOS 8 Update)
  • Apple Pay on Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • Use Control Center on Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • Turn on and wake Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • Clicker 2.0
  • Control your home with Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • TripIt: Travel Planner on the App Store
  • Domino’s Pizza USA on the App Store
  • watchOS 10 Described as Apple Watch’s Biggest Software Update Since 2015
  • CARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar on the App Store
  • Control Apple TV with Apple Watch – Apple Support
  • Leatherman – Tread® Multi-Tool Bracelet​​
  • Use the Always On feature with your Apple Watch – Apple Support

News

  • Apple Card’s new high-yield Savings account is now available, offering a 4.15 percent APY
  • WWDC23
  • If sideloading is allowed in iOS 17, someone will pay for it–and it won’t be Apple | Macworld
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – March 21 – Notes & Links

March 21, 2023 by Pete Bockenhauer
Classic Mac OS file sharing icon showing a hand holding up a board with icons for a folder, a note and a document.

Sharing Content and Collaborating

  • Craft – The Future of Documents
  • Spark Mail – Smart. Focused. Email.
  • Microsoft OneDrive – Personal Cloud Storage
  • Everlance – Automatic Mileage Tracker & Expense Management
  • Apple Card
  • Get unlimited Daily Cash with Apple Card
  • Google Drive – Personal Cloud Storage & File Sharing Platform
  • Create a shared drive – Google Workspace Learning Center
  • Insync – Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox Syncing
  • Rclone
  • World Backup Day — March 31st
  • 1Password – Password Manager for Families, Businesses, Teams
  • Google Calendar
  • Fantastical – The calendar and tasks app you won’t be able to live without.
  • Todoist – A To-Do List to Organize Your Work & Life
  • Shared Contacts – Share Google Workspace™ Contacts – Google Workspace Marketplace
  • Red Oxygen SMS for Gmail – Google Workspace Marketplace
  • GQueues – Manage tasks & to-do lists with your Google Account
  • Google Workspace – Business Apps & Collaboration Tools
  • Basecamp – Project management software, online collaboration
  • Dashlane – Password Manager for Home, Mobile and Business
  • Grasshopper Virtual Phone System – Manage Your Calls Online
  • If you’re relying on Apple to get work done, you’re better off going it alone | Macworld
  • Apple Family Sharing
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – February 21 – Notes & Links

February 22, 2023 by Pete Bockenhauer

Note-taking Apps

  • Pick a Notes App: Your Notetaking Style
  • Notes User Guide for Mac – Apple Support
  • Use Notes on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch – Apple Support
  • Yojimbo
  • Drafts
  • Create Quick Notes anywhere on iPhone – Apple Support
  • Start a Quick Note on Mac – Apple Support
  • How to lock or unlock notes on your iPhone or iPad – Apple Support
  • 1Password – Password Manager for Families, Businesses, Teams
  • Use Tags and Smart Folders in Notes on your iPhone and iPad – Apple Support
  • Microsoft OneNote
  • DEVONthink – professional document and information management for the Mac and iOS
  • Notion – Your wiki, docs & projects. Together.
  • Bear App – Private Markdown Editor for iPhone, iPad and Mac
  • Simplenote
  • Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought.
  • Google Docs: Online Document Editor
  • ClickUp – One app to replace them all
  • Miro – The Visual Collaboration Platform for Every Team
  • Obsidian
  • Readwise
  • Libby App – Free ebooks & audiobooks from your library
  • Craft
  • Evernote
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings
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