Enjoyed the last meeting and hope to be joining you often. It will be great when WiFi is enabled and hopefully I can get answers to some of my questions. I am currently the Secretary of the Ocala Mac Users Group (OMUG) and will be happy to have a shorter trip to meetings.
How to alphabetize Book Marks in Safari
In Safari, press on the book icon (the bookmark button). Select "Edit." Press and hold the area with the three lines (to the right of this symbol: >). Now you can drag any bookmark around within that folder.
You can also use this method to move any bookmark folders around. It's not as easy as having the computer sort for you, but it'll do.
Hope this helps.
Re: the Apple Users Group meeting of April 27th.
Hello Apple Users Group Members,
It was good to see quite a few members today even though we lacked access to the Internet this month, I think we accomplished quite a bit with questions and answers.
Some of the things we discussed today were worthy of putting up on the blog as I don't think everyone was able to hear a few of them.
Using a PayPal account to pay for purchases on the Internet
A good source of information which came up at our meeting was the use of PayPal which is about the safest way to pay for purchases on the Internet. More and more vendors are giving you the choice to use PayPal. When using PayPal, you give PayPal the permission to pay the vendor for purchases instead of you giving your credit card information to the vendor. In turn you are liable to pay for the item or items to PayPal who already has the information concerning the credit card you choose to use. The point is, no one else sees your credit card information but PayPal, making it a safer way to purchase anything on the NET.
Adding items to your iPad calendar
Yes, you can add items to your iPad calendar by tapping on a date and then tapping the plus sign in the lower right hand corner. A menu will pop up to enter the information which will then appear on your calendar. You can also add a reminder and choose which reminder suits you best. e.g. 2 days before, on day of event, etc and if it is repeated. Check it out.
If anyone does not see a plus sign in the lower right hand corner, you should get in touch with Apple tech and ask why you don't. It may be that your Calendar app possibly just needs an update to the App.
Free seminars for Apple and Mac at Best Buy on 27th Ave in Ocala
Thank you Rita Breeding
Thank you Rita Breeding
Check out the latest Mac Computers, Software, and more. Experience what Apple has to offer with our own Apple Solutions Consultant (ASC), Jonathan Muse. He is a trained Apple Employee and every week our ASC will cover a new topic related to Apple products, Mac-based solutions, tips and tricks – everything you can do on a Mac and more! Come into our Apple Shop and speak with Jonathan, or we can offer you an in-home training with a Geek Squad Agent.
Stop by and visit our Apple Shop and sign up for one of his seminars that are held weekly in our store. The seminars will cover a variety of topics for the beginning Mac user and are a great interactive way to learn more about your Mac. We look forward to seeing you in the store and helping you with all your Apple needs.
Weekly Seminars:
Wednesdays from 5:00PM to 6:00PM
Check the Best Buy Website under seminars for Mac/Apple subject of the current week. It differs weekly.
Project Gutenberg
Richard joined our group to help members out and gave us a web site where we can download free ebooks. However, he said don't expect to find best sellers there due to copyright restrictions, but we could probably find some good classic ebooks.
The web address is: http://www.gutenberg.org/
You might check to see if there is an App for this in the App Store also. There are a few apps for free ebooks you might want to check out in the App Store.
ebook from the Library.
Another web site is a must to check out is Over Drive for downloading ebooks from your library. I have yet not investigated this yet, but I think you can go to the site and download from any public library. The web address is: http://overdrive.com/#1
Thank you again Richard.
What is babylon.exe doing on my computer?
Although this subject has nothing to do with Apple, one of the group members asked me if I knew what Babylon was as it was automatically installed on his computer and he assumed it was a virus of some kind. Although I didn't exactly remember what it's function is, I had remembered seeing it somewhere on my own computer. When I got home I googled it and this is what I came up with.
"Babylon.exe belongs to the Babylon Translator software. It provides you with an easy way to get instant translations and information for selected words. Non-system processes like babylon.exe originate from software you installed on your system. Since most applications store data in your system's registry, it is likely that your registry has suffered fragmentation and accumulated invalid entries which can affect your PC's performance."
I am not sure, but I think babylon.exe may be associated with the FireFox browser or FaceBook. As I explained to the member, since our group is concentrating more on Apple products, I couldn't really go into too much, but I hope this information gives him the answer he was looking for.
Local Macintosh User Group
I live in Oak Run, Laurel Oaks, and I am President of the local Ocala Macintosh User Group (OMUG). Our motto is Mac Users helping Mac users. Although we have historically been oriented to computers, we are more and more getting into other Apple products. We have an excellent web page with lots of tips and it is available to the public at no charge. The only parts behind the members only password protected section is a list of members with bios and some discounted items available only to members. It you look at the web page ocalaMug.org you likely will find items of interest to you. One item of special interest is the archive of our MUGSHOT newsletters which cover all things digital including digital photography. I might also mention that our club has a workshop once a month on the third Saturday of every month except June, July, August and December. These are free to members and cost $5.00 for non members. Notes from and schedules for the workshops are on our web page.
One other tip: our members, including me, have found Gator Tec, http://www.gatortec.com/, (an authorized Apple repair shop and reseller) in Gainesville to offer friendly high quality service and to very responsive time wise. Neither I nor the club have any connection to Gator Tec other than being their customer. I think they have workshops every Saturday.
I hope this information is helpful to some of you.
A Few More Tips on the iPad
Hello Apple Users Group Members
Apple iPad YouTube tutorial (Pretty Good)
Learning how to use the iBook App
Here's a link to a YouTube video on how to use the iBook app on iPad. You can learn all the little tricks, and it shows you the difference between reading an ebook on iBooks and reading one on Kindle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv2wC9zU524&feature=related
When you go to the above page, you'll see a lot of other YouTube videos such as instructions on how to turn PDF files to iBooks, and how to find free books to download to iBooks. Some of them are very useful.
Important Note: There are some people who learned how to do something called "jailbreaking" their iPad or iPhone which allows them to download e.g. Adobe Flash which iPad is configured not to allow you to do so. I don't know why, but I figure it must be a good reason since Apple products never get any viruses on their computers or other products to date. If you should see anything with instructions on "jailbreaking" your Apple products, I personally would not attempt to do this. What jailbreaking means is changing the iPad configurations to be able to download apps and files that Apple does not recommend doing and will not allow you to do so at the present time. I don't know the real reason why, but I've heard that it's some kind of feud that went on between Steve Jobs & Microsoft, Adobe and Apple. I don't know if that's true or not either.
This may sound unfair, and I agree. After all you paid for your iPad and you should be able to do whatever you want with it. The problem is, not that you can't. It's not illegal to do so. You can "jailbreak" your iPad or iPhone if you ever wanted to, but you will then void your guarantee from Apple if you tamper with any of the configurations. I love the way iPad works and I personally would never want to mess with that.
Hope to see you at the next meeting,
Sandra
When you go to the above page, you'll see a lot of other YouTube videos such as instructions on how to turn PDF files to iBooks, and how to find free books to download to iBooks. Some of them are very useful.
Important Note: There are some people who learned how to do something called "jailbreaking" their iPad or iPhone which allows them to download e.g. Adobe Flash which iPad is configured not to allow you to do so. I don't know why, but I figure it must be a good reason since Apple products never get any viruses on their computers or other products to date. If you should see anything with instructions on "jailbreaking" your Apple products, I personally would not attempt to do this. What jailbreaking means is changing the iPad configurations to be able to download apps and files that Apple does not recommend doing and will not allow you to do so at the present time. I don't know the real reason why, but I've heard that it's some kind of feud that went on between Steve Jobs & Microsoft, Adobe and Apple. I don't know if that's true or not either.
This may sound unfair, and I agree. After all you paid for your iPad and you should be able to do whatever you want with it. The problem is, not that you can't. It's not illegal to do so. You can "jailbreak" your iPad or iPhone if you ever wanted to, but you will then void your guarantee from Apple if you tamper with any of the configurations. I love the way iPad works and I personally would never want to mess with that.
Hope to see you at the next meeting,
Sandra
April 27 Meeting
For this Friday's meeting our very own Sandra Benigno will be conducting a Question and Answer session. Sandra has been working with electronic technology for a couple of decades and really enjoys helping others with their Apple products.
I'll be out of town for this meeting so I'd like to ask a few of our members to come in about 20 minutes early and help set up the chairs for Sandra. Have fun everyone.
Computer Club Meeting
I hope many of you had a chance to see Gary Anderson and Bob Adams from the Ocala Palms Computer & Technology Club during their iPad demonstration at this morning's ORCC meeting. Bob did a really great job of explaining the differences between the three versions of iPads and how to maneuver around the operating system and applications.
iPad Presentation
The Computer Club will have a presentation on iPads at their regular monthly meeting, Wednesday, April 18 at 9:00AM in the Orchid Club.
Gary Anderson, President of Ocala Palm's Computer Club, will give the presentation. I don't have any details of the content or depth of his presentation, but, visitors are always welcome at the Computer Club regular meetings in hopes that they will join the club.
There are door prizes for members and a 50/50 for everyone.
There are door prizes for members and a 50/50 for everyone.
iPad Trick
Hi Apple Users Group Members,
Here's another iPad trick that may come in handy. It works with the iPhone also.
You can take a screen shot of whatever is on your desktop at any given time. It will then automatically be saved to your Camera Roll.
Just press down the Home button and the Sleep button (at back upper right hand corner) at the same time and you will hear a snapping camera sound as if you were taking a picture.
EXAMPLE:
Say you're on a web page and you see a recipe or an article you would want to save to send someone via email, just hold down the two buttons at the same time till you hear the click. You have copied whatever was on your desktop, and viola, it is now in your Camera Roll. You can post it into an email and send it off to someone too, just as you would do with a photo.
Try it...then go to your camera roll and tap on it. It will open full screen as a photo does. You can delete it by tapping the trash can.
I hope this was a useful tip. I've used it often when I come across an article on the Internet & I want to send to a friend.
Sandra
new member
Thank you, Ron, for inviting me to the blog. I only have an iphone and am pretty good with it. My only problem has been that when I synced it to my PC I got all the pictures on my phone that were on my computer. I can't figure out how to delete them from my phone (I still want them on my computer). I will look at old posts and also look to see if anyone answers this post regarding this. Thanks, Mary
How to clear your cache or temp files in your iPad
Hello Apple Users Group Members.
Double tap the Home button on your iPad.
You will see a row of Apps situated along the bottom.
These Apps are all the Apps running in the background.
Hold your finger down on any one of the Apps until they all start to wiggle.
A red minus sign will appear in the upper right corner of each App.
Start deleting them one by one by tapping each minus sign.
(Don't worry you are not deleting Apps or files)
And that's all there is to it.
Regards
Sandra
As promised I said I would tell you how to clear your cache or temp files on the iPad which would eventually slow your iPad down if you let it build up.
Double tap the Home button on your iPad.
You will see a row of Apps situated along the bottom.
These Apps are all the Apps running in the background.
Hold your finger down on any one of the Apps until they all start to wiggle.
A red minus sign will appear in the upper right corner of each App.
Start deleting them one by one by tapping each minus sign.
(Don't worry you are not deleting Apps or files)
When all the App icons are gone, just tap anywhere up on top on the desktop and your iPad desktop will go back to normal.
And that's all there is to it.
I hope you are all enjoying your new iPad. It really is a great little gadget when you get to know it.
Regards
Sandra
How to transfer PDF files to your IPad, iPhone & iPod Touch.
Hello again Apple Users Group Members.
Here’s a helpful web site with graphics to show you how.
My own instructions:
Step 1.
Open iTunes
Click file (upper right hand corner of iTunes)
Click “Add file to Library"
When menu opens, locate pdf file on your computer
Click on the pdf file
It will then be imported/saved to your BOOKS directory on iTunes
Step 2.
To sync pdf file to your iPad
Plug iPad into the usb on your computer
When iTunes opens wait until your iPad shows up in the left column.
When it stops loading, click on the iPad icon
Go to the Tool Bar on the top
Which reads: Summary-Info-Apps-Music-TVShows-Books-Photos
Click on the one that says BOOKS
Your PDF File should appear in the directory. Make sure the box next to it is check.
Then click sync (lower right) and it will go to your iBooks Library on the iPad
If you don’t see on the main book shelves in iBooks on your ipad, tap on “collections tab" and then when the menu opens tap on PDFs and it will be there.
Moving your books or other files
If you want to move any book or pdf files to another location in iBooks
Tap on Collections tab, tap edit tab on the far right, tab the edition you want to move, a little check appears. You can move as many as you want. Just tap it so that the check appears.
Then tap on the “move tab” (upper right hand corner)
When the white menu opens, tap the category you want to move
Your file to, and abracadabra it’s flies to its new location. Be sure to tap “Done” when it has completed.
More About Apps
Hi Members of the Apple Users Group,
Bye for now,
Sandra
As promised here are a few Apps you can "purchase" for free for the iPad. Most all of the newspapers are free on the iPad. That is, a limited edition of the newspaper itself. If you would want the entire publication it will costs you big bucks. I find these limited Apps of the news paper suit me just fine. However, the choice is up to you. All prices of the editions are listed when you search them to download.
Try downloading the following: (Just bear in mind, when they are free apps, you may have to putt up with the ads here and there) Just remember they are free and they are fabulous. CNN, WNBC, FOX NEWS, WASHINGTON POST, NY TIMES. GOOGLE, TWITTER, SKYPE, READABILITY, (Readability saves items you come across in newspapers and on the internet to read later on), MERRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY, FACEBOOK, TIME MAGAZINE MOBILE (not sure if TIME MAGAZINE was for free), C-SPAN RADIO (great), ART LITE, (fabulous art), PHOTO EMAIL (This one is a fun APP. It's brand new by Incredimail. It allows you to make stationary and include snapshots from you photos in a special way and not the run of the mill snapshot in an email, right on your ipad).
Need or just want a free compass? Just search the word COMPASS IN THE APP STORE. Did you get your free jumbo calculator yet? JUMBO CALCULATOR Free in the App Store.Grab it. It's great.
Now for some entertainment Apps: 60 MINUTES (if you missed the show on Sunday. You can watch it all next week on the iPad or the iPhone app.) This is a great APP and I love it. ABC PLAYER APP. Watch a lot of the shows you missed on ABC TV. Shows like THE BACHELOR, BODY OF PROOF, CHEW, THE VIEW, DANCING WITH THE STARS (too many to name here).You can even watch the late night shows.
And remember, if you don't like the app, you can just dump it. Just hold your finger down on the APP until you see an x on the upper left side of the icon, tap the x and it's gone. One more very entertaining and educational is the Google Earth APP. You can take a virtual trip around the world, or right to the city you used to live in, right on your iPad with this APP. Give it a try.
Well, I think you have enough information for now, but there are many, many apps you can explore. Not saying you have to like all or any of them. Be choosy. You have a lot to choose from.
My next hint will be how to clear your cache file on the iPad. Just learned this one myself. After a while this file that holds all your history and temp files builds up, just like your cache and temporary file directory on your computer. I'll tell you have to clean it out.
Bye for now,
Sandra