SIGS ( Special Interest Groups ) Monthly meetings
MONDAY
Apple Mac SIG meetings
Apple Mac SIG meetings
When: Third Monday of each month starting at 10:00am – 12:00pm
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Room 2
Facilitator: Bruce Ralph.
Main Topic: Understanding iCloud and Cloud Drive
Register: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members
Are you new to Mac? Thinking of purchasing an Apple Mac? Come along to observe or ask questions. This user group is suitable for all experience levels including those who are new to Apple Mac computers.
Each month we will be looking at a special topic, followed by a Q&A session where you can share your knowledge and experiences with or learn from other Apple Mac Computer users.
Topics included in recent Apple Mac SIG Monday Meeting
- Apple Mac SIG Meeting
- Monday – 17th November 2025 10am
- Tip: Use text-to-speech feature to have the article you are readin…
- Tip – Using the Dock Bar to Find ‘Recently Viewed’ Documents
- Tip – the Dock – reduce its size – if it is annoying!
- Tip -To increase the size of app icons in the Dock
- Tip – In the Dock, you can also Option click an app icon to bring…
- Tip – Notes app, using CMD key & M key – moves the notes off screen and to the Dock
- Tip – Connect to (Hot) Links, what are they for?
- Tip – Splitting the screen to work with two documents, side by. side
- Tip – Splitting the screen, continued
- Tip – Taking a Photo or Movie using the Macs built in camera – using the PhotoBooth app
- Tip – Opt Out, How to protect your Family Photos on the Internet
- iCloud and Time Machine Backup – 2nd session at workshop
Windows-users
TUESDAY
Android Users Group meetings
Android Smartphones & Tablets SIG Group
When: Fourth Tuesday of each month, starting at 10:00am – 12:00pm
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Room 2
Facilitator: Pete Grant
Register: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members
If you want to get the most out of your Android device, come to this user group. These sessions are specifically designed to help the beginner and new members are particularly welcome. Come along and ask your questions or maybe provide the answer to someone else’s question. One-on-one help may be available if time allows.
- SIG 1 – 25 Mar 25: Passkeys, phone cleaners (and how you can do it yourself)
- SIG 2 – 23 Apr 25: Authenticator apps, Google wallet, basic phone navigation
- SIG 3 – 24 Jun 25: Netsafe, Find my phone, location sharing, replacing phone
- SIG 4 – 22 July 25: Home screens, Widgets, ICE
- SIG 5 – 28 Oct 25: More useful settings!
WEDNESDAY
Questions and Answers meeting with Ray
(Question & Answers SIG Group – with Ray
When: Second Wednesday of each month, starting at 10:00am – 12:00pm
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Room 2
Facilitator: Ray Heenan
Register: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members
This group is for computer users at all levels of experience. Come along and contribute, enjoy yourself and learn something new.
The format is primarily a question and answer session, where we can all help each other to solve problems, simple or complex. New members will find this very helpful, as we also show you how to go about solving issues that we may not be able to fix at the session. Scroll down to the Computer Owners Group section on Newsletters to see Magazine Reviews prepared by COG attendees
Q&A notes and topics covered from June 2025:
- Some topics from this month’s session:
- Power Banks. (what are they?)
- USBs from JB x Queensgate. Sandisk 64GB $20 plus 60% off Kings B’day weekend
- Mitre 10 Orange pen… level, centimetres, inches, clip, tip for using with phone keybd
- Consumer info (Winter) Power companies,
- New laptops, Tablets, buying guide suggestions
- Myths v Electrifying Truths – EVs, and more
- Trend – Anti-Virus… not needed on Samsung phone
- WhatsApp… comms Facebook Messenger Global group
- Win 10 October 2025… what to do
- Options… Check
- Linux free, Help Centre
- Paywave… fees charged by parasites (with parking meters too!)
- Money/Cash… you must have some in hand… Power cuts, floods etc etc
- Organising your photos on cellphone
THURSDAY
Windows Users Group meetings
Windows SIG Group meetings
When: Thursday 16th October 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Room 2
Facilitator: Pete Grant
Register: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members
Do you use a Windows computer? Do you have questions or problems? If yes, then please come along to the next session of a Window Special Interest Group (SIG) at Anvil House.
Link to previous presentations
SIG 1 covered Microsoft accounts, OneDrive, and backup.
SIG 2 covered OneDrive recap, Office on the web, and Powertoys.
SIG 3 covered the Taskbar, Search, File Explorer, and Accessibility.
SIG 4 covered Passkeys, upgrading (or not) from W10 to W11, and CoPilot.
SIG 5 covered Browsers, extensions, ads and ad blockers
SIG 6 covered Netsafe, SeniorHangouts, PressReader, device wiping
SIG 7 covered W10 Extended Support, W10 to W11 upgrade
SIG 8 covered W10 ESU, Windows backups
THURSDAY
Photography Group meetings
Photography SIG Group
When: Second Thursday of each month, starting at 10:00am – 12:00pm
Where: Anvil House, Level, 1 Room 2
Facilitator: Ray Heenan
Register: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members
Bring along your pictures on an SD card or USB device to display and discuss.
Come and talk about any problems you are having with your camera, or with processing your digital pictures.
About This Group:
This group is all about learning and sharing information relevant to the digital camera world, including all smartphones with cameras. Each month there is a special topic of interest to members. If you have a camera operational problem do bring it as we will have time for questions and answers. And, as always, if you have captured something you are really proud of bring it along to share with the group.
Topics included in recent meetings include:
- Topics/Viewing/Discussions
- Video and pics of bird, Spoonbill, probing and grabbing food with bill in Hutt River, and in flight.
- Selecting the best pic for display
- The end of a bus route… Colour or Greyscale, crop for effect… etc
- Slide show of a holiday in the steam-driven paddle steamer, Emmy Lou, on the Murray river, OZ.
- Pics on and off the water
- Aspect ratio settings
FRIDAY
Apple IOS Users Group meetings
Apple IOS Users Group
When: First Friday of each month, starting at 10:00am – 12:00pm
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Room 2
Facilitator: Allan Chee and Peter Chik
Register: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members
IOS is the operating system on Apple mobile devices, iPhones and iPads.
Are you having problems with your iPhone, iPad or iPod device or just interested in learning more about it? If so, you are welcome to come along & ask questions. Don’t be shy.
These sessions are specifically designed to help the beginner. Come and ask your questions so that we can help you get the most out of your Apple phone or tablet. Even if you don’t have any questions yourself, still please come along as you may have the answer to someone else’s question.
At a previous session, Allan discussed sharing to all Devices. This session will focus on to a general conversation with attendees about their own issues (shouldn’t be any!) using their iPhones, iPads, or iPod Touch devices. Helpers will contribute a couple of new features as well.