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Mini’app’les Meeting, Tuesday May 15 at 6:30 p.m.

May 1, 2018 by Pete Bockenhauer

Please join us at the next Mini’app’les meeting!

DATE:
Tuesday, May 15

TIME:
6:30 – 9:00 PM

LOCATION:
Southdale Library (Helen Young Room)
7001 York Ave S, Edina, MN 55435 (https://goo.gl/maps/fdSRonjRG982)

TOPICS:
6:30 PM – Social/Q&A
7:00 PM – News
7:30 PM – Infect a Mac Challenge

Think Mac’s can’t get viruses and malware?? Think again! We will be infecting a Mac on purpose to see what happens and then testing some cleanup apps to see if they work. Then we will give some tips on avoiding these kinds of infections on your own Mac.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Category: Meeting Announcements, Topic Meetings

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

April 17, 2018 by Pete Bockenhauer

Catastrophic loss prevention

  • Surge protection
  • Backblaze – online backup
  • ChronoSync – synchronize, backup, and create bootable backups to almost anything you can connect to your Mac
  • ChronoSync $20 off coupon
  • Carbon Copy Cloner – disk cloning and file backup
  • SuperDuper! – disk cloning
  • The Evolution of Data Storage
  • Apple’s iOS through the years

Apple Pencil apps

  • Apple iPad
  • Apple Pencil
  • Apple Notes
  • Notability – Combine handwriting, photos and typing in a single note to bring your projects to life
  • Evernote – Capture, organize, and share notes from anywhere
  • PDF Editor – Read, annotate and edit PDFs
  • PDFpen – Edit your PDFs anywhere you are
  • Nebo – Take, edit and convert notes
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft OneNote
  • Adobe Photoshop Fix – enables powerful, yet easy image retouching and restoration
  • Adobe Photoshop Sketch – Draw with the power of the Photoshop painting engine and a variety of built-in brushes, pencils, pens and markers
  • Astropad – turn your iPad into a drawing tablet
  • Paper by FiftyThree – sketching app
  • Linea Sketch
  • Adobe Illustrator Draw
  • Pigment – Adult Coloring Book
  • Procreate – Sketch, paint, create
  • Pixelmator
  • Morpholio Trace
  • Autodesk SketchBook

Q&A

  • macOS High Sierra
  • Apple File System (APFS)
  • MacDrive – access Mac drives on Windows
Category: Meeting Notes & Links

Mini’app’les Meeting, Tuesday April 17 at 6:30 p.m.

April 11, 2018 by Pete Bockenhauer

Please join us at the next Mini’app’les meeting!

DATE:
Tuesday, April 17

TIME:
6:30 – 9:00 PM

LOCATION:
Southdale Library (Second Floor Conference Room)
7001 York Ave S, Edina, MN 55435 (https://goo.gl/maps/fdSRonjRG982)

TOPICS:
6:30 PM – Social/Q&A
7:00 PM – News
7:30 PM – Catastrophic loss prevention & Apple Pencil Apps

  • Catastrophic loss prevention: April 9-13 is Severe Weather Awareness Week. Let’s discuss preparing the best we can for those worst case scenarios like lightning strikes and flooding. We will overview some steps you can take to prevent hardware and data loss.
  • Apple Pencil Apps: Last month, Apple announced that the new 9.7″ iPad will support the Apple Pencil. Let’s overview apps that support the Apple Pencil including the built-in ones, note-taking, document mark-up and graphics apps.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Category: Meeting Announcements, Topic Meetings

Mini’app’les Meeting, Tuesday March 20 Meeting Notes & Links

March 20, 2018 by Pete Bockenhauer

Privacy & Security

  • Detailed VPN Comparison Chart
  • macOS Firewall
  • Little Snitch – outgoing firewall
  • Objective-See – security/monitoring apps
  • Adblock Plus – adblocker
  • uBlock Origin – adblocker
  • Ghostery – adblocker
  • 1Blocker – iOS adblocker
  • Malwarebytes – malware/adware scanner
  • DetectX – malware/adware scanner
  • 1Password – password manager
  • PasswordWallet – password manager
  • SplashID – password manager
  • Onyx – run maintenance and cleaning tasks, configure system parameters

Tips & Tricks

  • Semulov – drive eject menu
  • Vanilla – Hide menu bar icons on your Mac
  • Rocket – easily type emoji system-wide
  • The Definitive Emoji-Sexting Glossary
Category: Meeting Notes & Links

Mini’app’les Meeting, Tuesday March 20 at 6:30 p.m.

March 13, 2018 by Pete Bockenhauer

NOTE: Location Change


Please join us at the next Mini’app’les meeting!

DATE:
Tuesday, March 20

TIME:
6:30 – 9:00 PM

LOCATION:
Southdale Library (Helen Young Room)
7001 York Ave S, Edina, MN 55435 (https://goo.gl/maps/fdSRonjRG982)

TOPICS:
6:30 PM – Social/Q&A
7:00 PM – News
7:30 PM – Spring Cleaning/Privacy & Security Check-up

 

We look forward to seeing you there!

Category: Meeting Announcements, Topic Meetings
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Welcome to the Minnesota Apple Computer Users’ Group based in the Twin Cities of metropolitan Minneapolis—St. Paul.

We’re a group of Apple users interested in sharing knowledge and experience with other Apple users and owners. Members vary from beginners to every day users to consultants. All ages are welcome. What we have in common is an interest and a desire to learn more about the Apple experience, regardless of focus. Within the group you’re bound to find someone with similar interests.

Come join us! There’s no obligation or cost to attend. Annual dues are very reasonable if you decide to join us.

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