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The Newsletter of the Apple Macintosh Computer Club of Sun City Arizona!
Volume 19-Issue 1
The Apple Core
14801 N 103rd Avenue Sun City AZ, 85351-1906
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DON’T MISS THIS!!!!
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“DRONE
PHOTOGRAPHY:
What if your
camera could FLY?”
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Place: Sundial Recreation Center!
Date: SATURDAY
MORNING,!
JANUARY 10, 2015!
Time: !9 to 10:30 AM!
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If you love creativity ––
and want to see!
AMAZING, OUTSTANDING, BEAUTIFUL examples of gorgeous drone photography attend this meeting!!
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Professional Photographer Mark Laverman,!
an accomplished Mac
user, and his son, John, !
(the talented iPhoneiPad drone-controller) !
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623 933 5300
www.sunmacs.org
[email protected]
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will bring their exciting
new work to show us.!
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Dave Swanson, who’s
in charge of planning !
programs for our general meetings, says,!
“I’ve been wanting to
get Mark for Sunmacs!
ever since I first met
him, in 2011. His work
is outstanding! I’ve never forgotten it. And their!
drone videos are absolutely amazing! You’ll
love this program.”!
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The menu consisted of: pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon,
sausage, a muffin, fruit garnish, juice and coffee.!
Following breakfast there was
a brief business meeting with
the installation of new officers,
and the awarding of the Apple
Award, and door prizes.!
Installation of SunMac !
Officers!
SunMacs Holiday Breakfast
was held on December 13,
2014 (12-13-14) at the Banner Olive Branch Senior
Center !
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John Kilian conducted the installation of the following officers for 2015 at the Holiday
Breakfast:!
Paul Carlson, President!
David Swanson, 1st VP!
Mitzi Schireman, 2nd VP!
Barbara Swintek, Secretary!
Diane Kilian, Treasurer!
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Isaac Bonifas presented
the 2014 Apple Award
to Pat Orlinski, one of
SunMacs computer
teachers.!
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The Holiday Breakfast was a
great success with 89 attendees. I think we were all
“stuffed” from the huge, delicious plates of food! Hope you
all enjoyed it as much as I did.
Throughout the year, many
people have helped with the
socials, and I thank you one
and all - from Kathy Lostumbo, who is always there when I
need her, to those who helped
clean up, sell tickets, move
chairs, etc. at the many socials
during the year (3 per month).
Your help is much appreciated.
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Pat Dilmore, !
Social Chairman.!
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Presidents Corner!
Welcome to 2015! Wow, fifteen
years into the new century;
seems like only yesterday we
were being bombarded with
concerns about “Y2K”. Time
does seem to fly, especially in
our Apple world with new
iDevices, Operating Systems,
and multitudes of Apps. So
here are some “not quite” resolutions for us SunMac-ers:!
Enjoy your new iDevices:
Explore what you can do with
your iPad/Phone - remember
your iPad and iPhone are designed to be touched.!
Share your questions and discoveries: Enrich our classes
with your comments and participation - we are all interested in your comments because
we learn from each other, even
if we are unable to answer
your specific question (at the
moment!)!
Come to the monthly Socials:
Enjoy a cup of coffee & a “num
num” - the enjoyment of informal conversation is pervasive and delightful. Becoming
acquainted and strengthening
relationships throughout our
Club membership keeps our
Club thriving, growing, and
creative.!
State your ideas for General
Meeting Topics: Exchange
your ideas - what would you
like to see & hear at our
monthly meetings, might it be
Health & Fitness Apps; navigating our own SunMacs website; how to organize your
photos, create albums, and
share them on-line; or (your
idea here) …. Please discuss
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your ideas for these meetings
with any of the Club officers,
especially Dave Swanson our
1st VP. !
Volunteer within the Club:
Entertain and act on Club positions - we are all volunteers in
our Club and we need each
other to take turns keeping the
Club lively, fresh, and running
smoothly. Monitor, instruct a
class, lead a round-table, conduct a Special Interest Group
(SIG), be an officer. Especially
consider being an officer - each
of us welcomes help, is eager
to describe what we do, and
we need to be replaced. Talk
to us, it is more fun than you
might think to be active and
volunteer!! !
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Best wishes to all y’all for new
and exciting moments in this
New Year of 2015! It is great
and a privilege to be a SunMac-er! Paul :>)!
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Please forward articles for the
Apple Core to:
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The Newsletter of the Apple Macintosh Computer Club of Sun City Arizona!
January 2015
January - 2015
Apple Macintosh Computer Club
Monday
Tuesday
Sundial Recreation Center
Wednesday
Thursday
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NO CLASSES!
To learn more
about your club
attend our!
GENERAL
MEETING!
See details below!
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If You Have a new
MAC or LAPTOP and
need basic help, PREREGISTER for MAC
BASICS or LAPTOP
BASICS Monday Thursday in the Club
Room!
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9:00 iOS DEVICES
1 of 4-I Bonifas!
9:00 iOS DEVICES
1 of 4-I Bonifas!
1;00 BEGINNING
SPREADSHEETS
-L Dilts!
1;00 WALK IN
HELP-B&D Monroe!
1:00 PAGES RT-R
Dilts!
J&L Sebring/R
Blaess!
B Swintek/R Dilts!
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9:00 NEW MEMBER /
MONITOR TRAINING
-P. Dilmore!
1:00 MAC BASICS 1
of 5-L Dilts!
C Gray/T Cherveny!
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9:00 HALLMARK
CARDS-P Dilmore!
1:00 LAPTOP
BASICS 1 of 3-P
Orlinski!
E Ballard/ P
Carlson!
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9:00 TIME
MACHINE-C
Dilmore!
1:00 SOCIAL-P
Dilmore!
C Clopton/JBehrens!
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9:00 iOS DEVICES
4 of 4-I Bonifas!
1:00 MAC BASICS
2 of 5-L Dilts!
1:00 MAC BASICS
3 of 5-L Dilts!
G Burks/C Copeland!
T Wright/B Smith!
9:00 iTUNES
UNIVERSITY-C
Dilmore!
1:00 LAPTOP
BASICS 2 of 3-P
Orlinski!
P Dilmore/J Burns!
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9:00 DROPBOX
RT L Sudkamp!
1:00 GENEALOGY
SIG-D Kilian/E
Lawson!
P Robinson/C Gray!
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9:00 NEW MAC
WALK IN HELP-I
Bonifas!
1:00 BOARD
MEETING!
J&D Kilian/!
1:00 LAPTOP
BASICS 3 of 3-P
Orlinski!
J Edmond/S
Zuehsow!
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1:00 MAC BASICS 4
of 5-L Dilts!
1;00 iPAD RT-B&D
Monroe!
D Tressler/L Dilts!
No PM Class!
P Dilmore/!
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No AM Class!
1:00 MAC BASICS
5 of 5-L Dilts!
T Keeley/M Olney!
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9:00 ADDRESS
BOOK/LABELS-C
Dilmore!
1:00 DICTATION
TIPS FOR IPAD/
IPHONE-M
Schireman!
P Dilmore/K
Skelding!
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9:00 ANCESTRY/
REUNION RT- D
Killian!
9:00
MAINTENANCE-C
Dilmore!
9:00 WALK IN HELPG Burks!
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9:00 iPHONE RTM Erickson!
NO CLASSES!
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9:00 iOS DEVICES
3 of 4-I Bonifas!
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Happy!
New !
Year!
623-933-5300!
9:00 SOCIAL-P
Dilmore!
P Dilmore/M Davies!
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SunMacs Computer
Club is located in
the Sun Dial Rec
Center Phone # is!
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Friday
9:00 WALK IN
HELP-G Burks!
1:00 SHARING
YOUR
GENEALOGY-M
Schireman!
B Lindsay/L Hanks!
NO CLASSES!
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NO CLASSES!
Yearly Dues $20
Single - $30 per 2
@ same adddress!
GENERAL MEETING - SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 9:00 AM - SUNDIAL WEST HALL
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Class Descriptions – January 2015
Address Book: This session is a class
on how to best utilize the Label feature
of the Mac Address Book.
Come & always bring your devices.
The iOS classes are one hour long
for four (4) days.
Ancestry.com/Reunion Round Table:
This session will explore the
ancestry.com research genealogy
program.
iPad ONLY Round Table: Come
& bring your iPad. Let’s share what
we know about this tablet. NoniPad owners are welcome.
Beginner Spreadsheets: This session
is a lesson on developing basic
spreadsheets using the Numbers
program of iWorks. Similar to Excel.
Board Meeting: The Board
Members meet at this time.
Dictation Tips for iPad/iPhone:
Pick up a few tips on how to use
the dictation mode on your iPad or
iPhone. That little microphone
icon can make your life a little bit
easier when you want to send text
messages, emails, write letters, or
other tasks where words are
needed.
iPhone Round Table: Bring your
iPhone and talk with others about
what’s good, bad & ugly. If you don’t
have an iPhone, come & see what it’s
all about.
Laptop Basics: Read the description
for the regular Mac Basics below.
Three sessions not five. You must preregister for all sessions. Sign up sheet
is in the clubroom.
Drop Box RT? Learn how this
app lets you bring your photos,
docs, and videos and share them
easily. Never email yourself a file
again!
Mac Basics:
Purpose: (1) To learn the basic
functions of the Macintosh computer
using OSX; (2) To provide hands on
experiences to practice these functions;
and (3) To promote a desire to learn
more about the many features of the
Mac computer.
You must pre-register for all sessions.
Sign up sheet is in the clubroom. The
classes are one hour long for five
sessions.
Genealogy SIG: This group is for
those who are interested in
studying their roots and exchanging
ideas & researching techniques.
Maintenance: Bring your
computer woes to this session and
Colonel will help you with your
problems.
Hallmark Cards: Hands on class
where you learn to use templates and
make beautiful cards.
New Mac Walk In Help: Find out
some things your need to know to
work your Mac-- for those who don’t
like to read Manuals.
iOS DEVICES • This four (4) day
Class is designed for the iPad
(some of the settings will apply to
the iPhone and the iPod Touch if
they are using iOS7):
Day One will cover iPad Basics.
Day two will cover Working within
the App Store:
Day three will cover Working with
iCloud:
Day four will cover Working on
Line with Safari and Mail:
New Member / Monitor Training:
All new members are encouraged to
attend this orientation session. Learn
about your new club and the classes
and activities available.
Monitor Training discussion will also
be included. It is important for all
members to give back to their club.
Serving as a monitor is one way to do
that.
RT: RT stands for “Round Table”.
RTs are discussion groups lead by a
Facilitator in which Club Members
share their knowledge with other
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members. A RT about the iPad might
discuss how you would use a Map to
lay out a trip and navigate through a
city; or, an efficient way to search, find
and evaluate a restaurant; or, discover
how to translate/share e-mails with
your Norwegian relatives. It is very
important to realize that a RT is not an
“instruction event” with an Instructor
who teaches a class. RTs are usually a
small group of about ten people; if
larger, the RT would likely break up
into smaller groups for topical
knowledge sharing. A RT is where you
would probably have your question
answered and you would most likely
answer someone else’s question.
Sharing your Genealogy: This
session will explore ways to share
your genealogy with others. Please
bring your ideas to share.
Social: Club members get together,
talk and exchange ideas over coffee
& goodies.
Time Machine: This application
automatically saves up-to-date copies
of everything on your Mac — photos,
music, videos, documents,
applications, and settings. If you ever
have the need, you can easily go back
in time to recover anything.
Walk In Help: A club member
will be available to help with
problems related to your computer.
Classes - Any classes you would
like to have scheduled, please let
me know. Thanks.
Michael Erickson
[email protected]
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MONITORS!
Why should you consider
serving as a monitor?!
The Recreation Centers
Chartered Club Board Policy states:!
“All clubs are required to
have club monitors...in the
event a club monitor is not
present during club scheduled activities, the club will
be closed.” !
In order to comply with
these rules, we need all
members to participate.!
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Also: !
• It is not a difficult job!
• We are an all volunteer
club!
• Easy way to give back to
your club!
• Only takes two hours of
your time!
• Wonderful way to meet
other members of the club!
• Opportunity to sit in on a
class you might not ordinarily attend!
• Don’t need to be a computer expert!
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There will be a New Member Orientation/Monitor
Training class on Monday,
January 12, 2015. The class
will be at 9:00 AM.!
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Barbara Craft !
Monitor Chairman!
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INVITATION!
All new members of SunMacs
Computer Club are invited to
attend our New Member Orientation scheduled for Monday, January 12, 2015. The
session will begin at 9:00 AM.
Come and get acquainted with
your new club. You will learn
more about the classes, schedules, website, and other activities!
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A Note from your Treasurer!
As of December 11th our 2015
membership is 59 New and 146
Renew. Last year we had 382
members. If you are one who
needs to renew your membership, fill out the form on the
back of this newsletter. (Return
address labels work well.) Then
bring it to the club room or to
the General meeting on January
10th. Gary Burks, who maintains our data base and many
other things for us, has been doing quite well at getting your
membership card in the green
box at the club room in one
week. Please pick up your card
and put it in the jacket on your
lanyard. (New members get
one free.) If you are renewing
don't throw your old card away.
Put it back to back with your
new one in the jacket so it
serves as a name tag even when
the wrong side is showing. I
hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.!
Diane Kilian!
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The Newsletter of the Apple Macintosh Computer Club of Sun City Arizona!
January 2015
Apple Macintosh Computer
Club of Sun City
Sundial Recreation Center
14801 N 103rd Ave.
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Macintosh Computer Club of Sun City
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Dues are $20.00 per person / $30.00 for 2 persons at the same address
Make Check Payable to: SunMacs • Give payment to Room Monitor OR Mail to: Diane Kilian, 13017 N. 100th Dr., Sun City AZ 85351
Please Check one:
I am a NEW Member
Please circle devices you own:!
I am RENEWING
iMac
iPod
iPad
iPhone
Laptop
Member #1 - Name
Rec. Card No.
Email Address
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Rec. Card No.
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Address !
ZIP
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