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Mini’app’les Meeting, Tuesday February 21 at 6:30 p.m.

February 8, 2017 by Pete Bockenhauer

The next Mini’app’les meeting is Tuesday, February 21st, the third Tuesday of the month.

Location: Cimbura.com, Inc. (5155 East River Road Suite 405, Minneapolis, MN 55421).

Join us from 6:30 – 8:30pm.

Topics: Backup Round Robin Critique and Apple Watch.
Attendees will present their backup plan and the group tries to poke holes in it.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Category: Meeting Announcements, Topic Meetings

Mini’app’les Meeting, Tuesday June 21 Meeting Notes & Links

June 22, 2016 by Pete Bockenhauer

News

  • Microsoft gives up on consumer phones, claims Windows Phones down but not out
  • End of the road for MacNN: 21 years of changes for Apple, and for us
  • Apple’s 10 most important WWDC announcements of all-time
  • Apple Pay rival CurrentC ends beta test, may finally be dead
  • iPhone 6S vs. Galaxy S7 Drop Test!
  • Amazon sues sellers for buying fake reviews
  • Information for 2016 Apple eBooks Antitrust Settlement
  • How LinkedIn’s password sloppiness hurts us all
  • New settings for Google 2-Step Verification

Topic: WWDC 2016

  • iOS 10 FAQ: Everything you need to know
  • Hands-on: 75 new features in iOS 10 [Video]
  • macOS Sierra FAQ: Everything you need to know!
  • APFS in Detail: Overview
  • watchOS 3 FAQ: Everything you need to know
  • tvOS 10 FAQ: Everything you need to know!
  • WWDC 2016 Mac app

Mac Clean Up Tools & Maintenance

  • OnyX – verify the disk and system, perform system maintenance, clean the system
  • Cocktail – clean, repair and optimize
  • Malwarebytes – malware scanner
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings

Mini’app’les Meeting, Tuesday May 17 Meeting Notes & Links

May 17, 2016 by Pete Bockenhauer

News

  • Word Flow Keyboard [English] with custom backgrounds and one-handed Arc mode
  • Retina MacBook 2016 Teardown
  • The Power of Preview: Advanced Editing Techniques
  • Android Towelroot Exploit Used to Deliver “Dogspectus” Ransomware
  • Every iPad Speed Test Comparison 2016!
  • Every iPhone Speed Test Comparison 2016!
  • A Comcastic miracle: Data caps will go from 300GB to a terabyte
  • Stop Opera’s New VPN from Leaking Your IP Address
  • Opera’s launched an iOS app to expand its free, unlimited, ad-blocking VPN
  • Opera offers iPhone users free VPN, with strings attached
  • 10 worst-named smartphones of all time
  • Apple updates iTunes with a ‘simpler’ design that doesn’t really help
  • Firefox tops Microsoft browser market share for first time
  • 30 must-know secrets and shortcuts for your Apple TV
  • How to remove Apple Music entirely from iTunes
  • Gunfight at the iOS corral as Apple releases 9.3.2 but bans jailbreak detector app

Topic: Storage Options

  • OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual
  • Wikipedia: RAID
  • Drobo
  • Western Digital Green vs. Red Hard Drives
  • S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology)
  • SoftRAID
  • Difference Between Hardware RAID and Software RAID
  • DriveDX – The most advanced drive health diagnostic & monitoring tool
  • MCE OptiBay Drive Kit – Add a second internal hard drive or SSD to your MacBook Pro, MacBook, iMac, or Mac mini
  • Lexar JumpDrive S75 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
  • The 3-2-1 Backup Strategy
  • NeoFinder – CD/DVD/Drive inventory app
  • HooToo travel routers
  • FileBrowser – Access files on remote computers
  • Review: SanDisk’s new Lightning to USB drive for iPhone adds USB 3 & a wraparound design
  • CrashPlan – online backup
  • Backblaze – online backup
  • SuperDuper! – full disk cloning
  • Carbon Copy Cloner – full disk cloning
  • ChronoSync – sync/backup files, cloning
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings

Mini’app’les Meeting, Tuesday Apr. 19 Meeting Notes & Links

April 19, 2016 by Pete Bockenhauer

News

  • Scam warning: Extremely convincing fake Apple ID sign-in site
  • Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside but dangerous inside
  • Fakespot | Analyze and identify fake reviews
  • Past TextExpander customers get lifetime subscription discount following backlash
  • Average iPhone user unlocks device 80 times per day, 89% use Touch ID, Apple says
  • 6 ways to transfer files from your Mac to your iOS device
  • Forget Apple vs. the FBI: WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People
  • 5 hidden Galaxy S7 features I wish my iPhone had
  • Netflix prices are increasing next month – here’s what you need to know
  • Valossa Video Search

Topic: Productivity

  • Alfred – boosts your efficiency with hotkeys and keywords. Search your Mac and the web effortlessly, and control your Mac using customised actions with the Powerpack.
  • Alfred Workflows Forum
  • Packal – Alfred Workflows and themes
  • Use iOS Text Replacement to type faster
  • Workflow – Powerful automation made simple
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings

Mini’app’les Meeting, Tuesday Aug 18 at 7:00 p.m., Q&A at 6:30 p.m.

August 17, 2015 by Tim Drenk

The next Mini’app’les meeting is Tuesday, August 18th, the third Tuesday of the month, at the Hackfactory (3119 E. 26th Street Minneapolis, MN 55406). At 6:30 p.m., members of the board and other knowledgable people will be available if you have specific questions you would like answered. We will do our best to address your question and help you troubleshoot the issue.

The iPhone 3G introduced A-GPS to the iOS world. Since then, using GPS for driving directions has become pretty common. It’s as easy as saying “Siri, give me directions home.” Your iOS device can also be used as a GPS tracker. So after looking at some current news items, we will look at some apps that help you keep track of your activities. I’ve been using a number of different apps and I’ll share my experiences with them. We will look at using your iOS device for sports tracking, geotagging your point & shoot or DSLR camera’s photos, and schedule tracking. For comparison, I’ll also share my experiences with a stand alone GPS tracker. If you use a GPS tracking app, we’d like to hear your experiences.

We look forward to seeing you there.


Meeting Notes & Links

News

  • Power consumption of the worlds most popular websites calculated on different browsers – Chrome vs Safari vs Firefox
    • Chrome add-on’s Tim likes
      • The Camelizer
      • PriceZombie Price Tracker & Price Comparison
  • Opinion: Here’s why I’m still jailbreaking my iPhone on iOS 8.4
  • Why is AAPL stock falling despite record sales, profits and cash?
  • How to build a hamster wheel for humans out of iMac boxes
  • It’s time for PC companies to copy one of Apple’s best features
  • Against the CurrentC: The Apple Pay rival’s continued false start
  • It’s About Damn Time: FCC Says Convention Centers Can’t Block Wifi
  • The clever reason why Microsoft first put Solitaire on Windows
  • Amazon Prime Vs. Jet.com: Which Service is Better…and Why
  • 4 of the weirdest things you can buy on Amazon
  • tpwn OS X exploit: What you need to know
  • Hackers Exploit ‘Flash’ Vulnerability in Yahoo Ads
  • How Many Times Has Your Personal Information Been Exposed to Hackers?
  • Block & monitor website identity trackers/ads/scripts
    • Ghostery
    • Disconnect
    • uBlock
    • ScriptSafe

Topic: GPS tracking

  • MotionX-GPS: GPS App for walking/running/skating/etc for the iPhone and iPad
  • MotionX-GPS Drive: GPS App for driving for iPhone and iPad
  • Routie: GPS sports tracker for iPhone
  • Track Kit Pro: record, edit, keep and present your tracks
  • iSmoothRun: Use your iPhone to the max as a training aid for running and multisports.
  • Footpath Route Planner: Running / Cycling / Hiking Maps
  • My Maps: With My Maps you can view all “Classic My places” data in your Google Maps Account.
  • Canmore GPS devices
  • GPSBabel: GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular GPS receivers such as Garmin or Magellan and mapping programs like Google Earth or Basecamp.
  • GPX Editor: View and edit GPX files on your Mac
  • Geotagging Photos in Lightroom in 4 Easy Steps
  • HoudahGeo: one-stop geocoding for the Mac – Know where you took that photo

Notable apps

  • SkyGuide: A star and constellation guide has never been more beautiful and easy to use. Just hold it to the sky to automatically find stars, constellations, planets, satellites and more. It’s stargazing fun for all ages and experience levels!
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