Apple Mac SIG meetings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Mac SIG meetings<\/strong>
When: Third Monday of each month starting at 10:00am \u2013 12:00pm
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Room 2
\u200bFacilitator: Bruce Ralph. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMain Topic: Understanding Cloud Drive, Google Drive and OneDrive<\/strong>
\u200bRegister: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nThinking 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Topics included in recent Apple Mac SIG Monday Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Apple Mac SIG Meeting – Monday 15th June 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Mondays meeting<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- First – Apple News – snippets of news for June 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- – Apple\u2019s biggest news this week is the unveiling of \u201cSiri AI\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- – <\/strong>iPhone & iOS 27<\/strong> Key new features announced for iOS 27 including:<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- – Mac News<\/strong> Apple previewed macOS 27 \u201cGolden Gate\u201d<\/strong>, featuring: <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- – Apple Intelligence <\/strong>Apple is expanding Apple Intelligence beyond Siri:<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- – Privacy & Safety<\/strong> Apple continues to emphasise privacy as a key differentiator.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- – For Mac Users<\/strong>. The features most likely to interest Mac users include:<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- – Coming Soon<\/strong> Public betas of iOS 27 and macOS 27 are expected in July.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- TIPS\n
\n- 1 –<\/strong> Moving Files Using a Second Finder Window<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 2- Application Switcher – what it does<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 3- The \u2018Classic\u2019 Macintosh dynamic wallpaper<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 4– <\/strong>Mission Control – what is it for<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 5- Hot Corners<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 6- Those Red Dots (Badgers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 7- Using the Stacks app<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 8- Spelling Checker settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ended 12 noon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Windows-users<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n Android Users Group meetings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\nAndroid Smartphones & Tablets SIG Group<\/strong>
When: Fourth Tuesday of each month, starting at 10:00am \u2013 12:00pm
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Room 2
\u200bFacilitator: Pete Grant
\u200bRegister: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nIf 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\u2019s question. One-on-one help may be available if time allows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Link to recent presentations<\/mark><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- SIG 1 – 25 Mar 25: Passkeys, phone cleaners (and how you can do it yourself)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- SIG 2 – 23 Apr 25: Authenticator apps, Google wallet, basic phone navigation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- SIG 3 – 24 Jun 25: Netsafe, Find my phone, location sharing, replacing phone<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- SIG 4 – 22 July 25: Home screens, Widgets, ICE<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- SIG 5 – 28 Oct 25: More useful settings!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- SIG 7 – 24 Mar 26: Broadband options, Google security settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\nQuestions and Answers meeting with Ray<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestion & Answers SIG Group<\/strong> – with Ray<\/strong>
When: Second Wednesday of each month, starting at 10:00am \u2013 12:00pm
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Room 2
Facilitator: Ray Heenan
\u200bRegister: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nThis group is for computer users at all levels of experience. Come along and contribute, enjoy yourself and learn something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a> to see Magazine Reviews prepared by COG attendees<\/p>\n\n\n\nQ&A notes and topics covered at a recent meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Topics covered included:<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Passwords: How to choose, how to keep safe, how to change <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- GOOGLE Drive storage\u2026 in the cloud.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Keep away from it.<\/strong> Free 15 GB, BUT, they count in all three of these below:<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Gmail, WhatsApp, and Google Drive as one.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- When you have more than 15 GB storage, you have the devil\u2019s own job reducing storage use to below 15GB. They want you to buy 100GB storage\u2026 NZ$0 for the first month, then (maybe) NZ$3.49 a month\u2026 but for how long???<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Storage use has many times been taken below 15GB; e.g. 7.4GB, 12.3 GB, 9.7GB\u2026 but the next day it has been revised up to say, 15.14GB, and the threats return.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The use of my laptop to \u201cClean up\u201d has been closed off.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Other nasty blocks are used to make life difficult.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- When you try to \u201cClean up Space<\/strong>\u201d, Google makes it as difficult as possible for you to do so<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Advice: Get an external hard drive to store your files with\u2026 You are then in charge of your files; Google cannot then frustrate you and waste your time organising your files, working with them, and putting up with threats about the use of our property i.e. photographs, videos, documents, music and so on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Perhaps start a new email address (e.g. Bugs_Bunny @hotmail.com) in case our dear friends at Google decide to carry out their threats to stop Gmail working properly!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Next month (May) we will explore other coping tactics. Google has even stopped us from using Ctrl A, Ctrl C and Ctrl V to shift our files out of their clutches!<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Only part of the story above\u2026 More at next month\u2019s QnA session <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Samsung has changed the method to turn off your Cell phone, but didn\u2019t tell us. Try, pressing both buttons on the side of phone together to shut it down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Apple Mac SIG meetings<\/strong> Main Topic: Understanding Cloud Drive, Google Drive and OneDrive<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Topics included in recent Apple Mac SIG Monday Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Windows-users<\/p>\n\n\n\n TUESDAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n Android Smartphones & Tablets SIG Group<\/strong> 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\u2019s question. One-on-one help may be available if time allows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Link to recent presentations<\/mark><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n WEDNESDAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n Question & Answers SIG Group<\/strong> – with Ray<\/strong> This group is for computer users at all levels of experience. Come along and contribute, enjoy yourself and learn something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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<\/a> to see Magazine Reviews prepared by COG attendees<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q&A notes and topics covered at a recent meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
When: Third Monday of each month starting at 10:00am \u2013 12:00pm
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Room 2
\u200bFacilitator: Bruce Ralph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200bRegister: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Android Users Group meetings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When: Fourth Tuesday of each month, starting at 10:00am \u2013 12:00pm
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Room 2
\u200bFacilitator: Pete Grant
\u200bRegister: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Questions and Answers meeting with Ray<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
When: Second Wednesday of each month, starting at 10:00am \u2013 12:00pm
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Room 2
Facilitator: Ray Heenan
\u200bRegister: Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: This meeting is free for SeniorNet members<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n