Mini'app'les

the Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc.

Mini’app’les Meeting, Tuesday Mar 17 at 7:00 p.m., Q&A at 6:30 p.m.

by Tim Drenk

The next Mini’app’les meeting is Tuesday, March 17th, 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.

Apple released the public beta of 10.10.3 which includes a beta of the new Photos app, which replaces iPhoto and Aperture. At 7:00 p.m., we will look through this new app. You can download and install 10.10.3 yourself by going to http://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/ and signing in with your AppleID. Be aware, that this is beta software and I strongly recommend backing up before you install this update. Or you can wait till the update is fully released and come and check it out tomorrow.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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For Sale/Wanted

by Pete Bockenhauer

The new For Sale/Wanted page is live now on our site.  There is a Sale link in the top menu bar.  You can use this section to view Apple/Mac items that members are selling or are looking for.  This can be any hardware or software that you have or are looking for.

Ads are free to post for all members. An ad will remain on the site for 90 days and then automatically removed.  All ads need to be approved first before they are published to the site.  Please keep items posted to only technology or technology-related.

Payment transactions happen between the seller and buyer outside of the site (similar to Craigslist).

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The iPad Magician

by Tim Drenk

I imagine most of us are staying inside on this cold February day. As we wait for a days that won’t give you frostbite inside of 0f fifteen minutes, check out the iPad Magician, Simon Pierro on YouTube. He has some very cool magic tricks using an iPad in front of live audiences.

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Mini’app’les Annual Meeting, February 28th, 1P.M. at Edina Library

by Tim Drenk

The annual meeting is coming up in February on the 28th at 1:00 PM at the Edina Library.
Edina Library, 5280 Grandview Square, Edina, MN 55436 (map)

We will have an Apple Quiz Bowl. Whether you think you know the entire history of Apple forwards and backwards or if you just know that Apple is in California because it’s on the back of your iPhone, we will have a great time. We will also have time for Q&A for problems and issues you might be having. Bring your questions and whatever devices you want.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Calculators

by Pete Bockenhauer
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Calcbot

Today Tapbots finally released an update to Calcbot on iOS.  I used Calcbot for many years as an alternative to the stock iOS calculator mainly for the expression view and history tape.  Calcbot is also available as a Mac app and can sync your history through iCloud.

When Calcbot wasn’t updated for the iPhone 5/5S, I ditched it in favor of Kalky.  Kalky is gesture-based for the delete, clear, use result and save functions.  It definitely doesn’t look as nice as Calcbot, but it has the features I want and works fast.

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Kalky

Most have agreed that the best calculator on iOS is PCalc, however it is way more than I need on a normal basis.  For now I’ll stick with Kalky but Calcbot certainly is a great alternative.

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