January 9, 2021

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, January 9, 2021, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwscuGtrjkoH90fVD7J-U3TKyjnMBhAJ4X2 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: Genius Bar with John Acquavella, John Carter, Frank Croft, Art Gorski, Jim Romain. Stump the geeks with questions that you submit. Presentation.

Please submit your questions online here: (jrcpvaz @ icloud . com. Be sure to use "Genius Bar question" in the message and direct the question to John Carter.

This is an open meeting, so share the link with your friends!

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

December 12, 2020

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, December 12, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAofuiurzMvH9PSuE2lQWBucyJPrXHRfHeS 

This link may be shared and posted publicly.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: MacOS 11.1 Big Sur New Features by John Carter. Presentation.

Short Topic: Activity Monitor by Frank Croft. Link to Activity Monitor User Guide: https://support.apple.com/guide/activity-monitor/welcome/mac

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

November 21, 2020

The PMUG general meeting was canceled last week due an area widespread Internet outage. It has been rescheduled for Saturday November 21 at 10 AM.

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

If you registered for the Nov 14 meeting that was canceled, you don’t have to register again.

Register for Saturday, November 21, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYocOGrrTsqHNOsIKec9-keVUGUKdjyIJwK 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: MacOS 11.1 Big Sur New Features by John Carter

Short Topic: iOS Tips and Tricks by Jim Romaine. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

October 10, 2020

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, October 10, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsce-vpz0oH9F6eq19lEKF2WMeDHUMvsKU

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Program: iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 features with Frank Croft

Apple released iOS 14 for the iPhone, and iPadOS 14 for the iPads the week of September 14, and one week later, 25% of all the devices have upgraded to it. It has many new features (widgets, App Library, Translate, Home, Security, et. al), and even more enhanced features (Maps for cyclers and EV drivers, Messages, Search, Siri, and more).

Short Topic: iOS Tips and Tricks by John Carter. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

September 12, 2020

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, September 12, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpf-CtqD0sGNVn3HrhDunr6sTxgyQSbiC0  

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Program: Google Earth Server by Frank Croft
This will be an introduction to the new server-based Google Earth software. Google is dropping the stand alone applications, and has now a working version of a server-based software package. We will demonstrate how the software works, what some of the icons mean and how they work, and give a brief introduction to what you are looking at. You should bring along your iPads/Laptops to follow along during the session.

Short Topic: iOS Tip and Tricks by John Carter. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

August 8, 2020

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, August 8, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEldemhqT8uHdMYa6Fo6MqJptPCQSSBD32g 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Program: Genius Bar with John Carter, Frank Croft, John Acquavella and Jim Romaine
Stump the geeks with questions that you submit. Questions and Answers.

Please submit your questions online here: (jrcpvaz @ icloud . com. Be sure to use "Genius Bar question" in the message and direct the question to John Carter.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

June 13, 2020

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, June 13, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkdemopj4pHNLswcOlxO43-5b7gB3X6z_s 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Program: Frank Croft will show us how to improve our MacOS and iOS using iCloud. Presentation.

Mac Basics: John Carter talking about iCloud storage.

For this meeting, you will be required to upgrade the Zoom Client app on your device if you have not already done so. It is imperative to keep this app updated at all times.

If you need to also use a phone for audio in addition to using the computer for video, please read the attached RTF file that explains how to do this.

At this meeting, the general membership will be voting on the one nomination for Secretary, John Acquavella. John has been assisting Bobbie Pastor in her Secretarial duties. Bobbie is resigning as Secretary effective July 1 (may the Force be with her). Bobbie will remain as a board member for 2020-2021. The other board members have chosen to remain on for 2020-2021 in their current capacities: John Carter as President, Frank Croft as Vice President, Sharon Walsh as Treasurer. The Chairs of Committees (aka, Directors at Large) are Jim Romain - Ambassador, David Passell - at large, Mary Albertson - Public Relations, and Sondra Bradshaw - Refreshments. These Chairs of Committees have voting rights on the board.

If any PMUG member wishes to nominate themselves or another person for a position on the Board, please send the nomination and a brief bio to John Carter. The elected officers are President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Chairs of Committees are appointed by the elected officers.

Any PMUG member can be a member on a committee with the approval of the Board. (Slim chance of being turned down!)

Committees consist of:

  • Membership

  • Public Relations

  • Ambassador (specifically, an Apple Ambassador)

  • Refreshments

  • Newsletter/blog

  • Speakers

  • Special events (picnics, dinners, etc)

  • Webmaster

  • And whatever else you have a knack for.

We need all the help that we can get. Committee members are invited to board meetings (without voting rights); their attendance is not required.

The new Board will be installed on July 1, 2020. Their first board meeting will be July 6, 2020. It will be an online Zoom meeting at 1 PM.

The current Board held an adhoc meeting today (May 15) and discussed the future of PMUG at least for the remainder of 2020. It was decided that for the remainder of 2020, all PMUG meetings will be held online. Thereafter, in-person meetings will resume if the CDC approves of mass gatherings and Yavapai College allows our meetings to be held there. Once we return to in-person meetings, the only online meetings expected to be held will be in June and July when our meeting room at the college is not available on Saturdays. 

The question of holding a combined in-person and Zoom meeting was discussed. The Board decided that the mechanics of such a meeting was highly complex, requiring special equipment, and was thus discarded as a possibility.

The once a month Meet, Eat, and Talk Apple brunch meetings will continue to be online until we are again able to meet at a local restaurant.

The once a month Special Topics Special Interest Group meetings will also continue online, and probably forever if it continues to be worthwhile. This is because it is a crap shoot to get a reservation for a meeting room at the Prescott Public Library.

This invitation may be shared with anyone.

Please read the PMUG Bylaws online here: https://www.pmug.us/s/ByLaws.pdf 

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

May 9, 2020

10 am to 12 noon

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, May 9, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting

Program: John Acquavella will give us an overview of different browsers and browser extensions that enhance how a browser works. Presentation.

Mac Basics: John Carter talking about tips and tricks for photo editing. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report).

April 11, 2020

10 am to 12 noon

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

The purpose of these meetings is to allow members of the Mac club who will be using Zoom for the first time to become familiar with using Zoom as a participant to an online general meeting.

The first part of the April meeting will just to get everyone connected and comfortable as participants.

Mac Basics:Time permitting, Frank Croft will give a short presentation on Bluetooth.

Program: John Carter is on using Wi-Fi and Routers to get the best possible signal to all parts in and around the house. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom.

Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report).

March 14, 2020

CANCELLED.

Due to concerns about Covid-19, the March PMUG meeting has been cancelled.

10 am to 12 noon

Yavapai College, Building 3 Room 119

Program: Networking at home including WiFi, Mesh, Powerline by John Carter

Mac Basics: Bluetooth by Frank Croft

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 3, Room 119 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

February 8, 2020

10 am to 12 noon

Yavapai College, Building 3 Room 119

Program: Passoword Managers by Art Gorski.

Art Gorski will discuss the benefits of using a password manager with demonstrations using 1Password. Presentation.

Mac Basics: Printers by Jim Romaine. Presentation.

Q&A: Now if any members have a question about using Apple products, you can submit your written question to John Carter, jrcpvaz@icloud.com. He will try to get you an answer during our Q & A session at the end of the meeting.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 3, Room 119 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

January 11, 2020

10 am to 12 noon

Yavapai College, Building 3 Room 119

Program: Genius Bar
Art Gorski, Frank Croft, and John Carter will be on the panel to answer questions that have been emailed or from the floor. Please submit your questions to John Carter (jrcpvaz@icloud.com).

Questions submitted for consideration by our geniuses.

Mac Basics: MacMost by Frank Croft.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 3, Room 119 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

December 14, 2019

10 am to 12 noon

Yavapai College, Building 3 Room 119

Program: New Hardware: Macs, iPads, iPhones, Watches, by Jim Romaine and Art Gorski

Art Gorski will describe the new hardware features of Apple’s new iPhones and Apple Watch.
iPhone Presentation. Watch Presentation

1912-Meeting Notice.jpg

Mac Basics: Whole Time

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 3, Room 119 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

November 9, 2019

10 am to 12 noon

Yavapai College, Building 3 Room 119

Program: MacOS Catalina by John Carter

macOS Catalina is now available for updating and there are more changes than can be covered in detail in just one meeting. The November general meeting will cover the changes that you will most likely be interested in. We will also go through step by step how to do the update.

Presentation.

Please note that Catalina can only be updated on the following computers:

• 12-inch MacBook

• MacBook Air, 2012 and later • MacBook Pro, 2012 and later • Mac Mini, 2012 and later

• iMac, 2012 and later

• iMac Pro

• Mac Pro, 2013 and later

Also note that 32-bit applications will no longer work in this update.

Mac Basics: Securing Your Mac, by Frank Croft. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 3, Room 119 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

October 12, 2019

10 am to 12 noon

Yavapai College, Building 3 Room 119

Program: iPadOS update, John Carter

Program materials.

Short Topics: iOS and watchOS updates, Frank Croft

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 3, Room 119 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

September 14, 2019

10 am to 12 noon

Yavapai College, Building 3 Room 119

Program: All About Mail: Using a client app vs online, iCloud vs Gmail, iOS vs macOS, and more! by John Carter. Presentation

Short topic: A variety of iOS and macOS tips.

Mac Basics: MacMost

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 3, Room 119 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

August 6, 2019 (Tuesday)

10 am to 12 noon

Yavapai College, Building 3 Room 119 [notice change to our new regular meeting location]

Program: Apple Maps and GPS use by Mark Troster

Prescott is surrounded by an amazing trail system. The Prescott Recreation website has a wealth of GPS enabled maps that were designed to work with the Avenza app in Apple and Android. If you're new to hiking or have been on the trail for years the app and these maps will take to new and wonderful places. Presentation.

Time Machine backup vs a clone: Do you need to keep a clone of the computer if you are using Time Machine to back up the computer? The short answer is yes, you cannot boot from a Time Machine backup, and if you are unable to restore the operating system from the Internet, then your only safety net is a clone.

MacMost: For almost all questions you have about how to use your Apple product (software and hardware), search for “macmost” in YouTube or go to macmost.com. There are literally hundreds of tips and tricks about Apple products there.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 3, Room 119 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

Saturday, July 13, 2019

11 to 2 am, Hilltop Ramada at Willow Lake. Picnic catered by Bonn-Fire Chillin’ & Grillin’

Annual (But Not Every Year) Picnic

Picnic.jpg



PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 4, Room 102 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

9:30 am to 11:30

Yavapai College, Building 3 Room 119 [notice date and place change for the summer]

Program: AppleTV 4.

Apple released their first Apple TV in 2007, 12 years ago, and the current versions available are the Apple TV 4th Gen and 4K, 5th Gen. Do you have one yet? Are you thinking about getting one or just want to know why you should be interested in one? This product is a key component of the Apple EcoSystem.

Dave Rothgery will cover the Apple TV 4th Gen and 4K 5th Gen, and why you might want get one, what are the differences in the two models, what can it do for you, and how to use it. We will also discuss how this product could enable you to “cut the cord” from your local TV provider. We will also cover Apple’s recent announcements about the future of AppleTV. Presentation.

Mac Basics: Macmost

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 4, Room 102 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report3


Annual (But Not Every Year) Picnic

Picnic.jpg

On July 13, we will meet at the Hilltop Ramada at Willow Lake from 11 to 2 for a picnic catered by the Bonn-Fire. Members and guests $10 per person, $5 for vegetarians. Please RSVP to the treasurer (sharon.wlsh@gmail.com) by the June 11. Limit 60 people.