Monthly Main Meeting Highlights
Welcome to the September 2016 Main Meeting
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Tonight we had hoped to hear from Jabra but unfortunately they were unable to make it tonight. However, during our Q & A session Alex did give us a brief demo of the new Jabra wireless head set. Jabra Web Site.
After the break he introduced us to the new Apple OS X and the wealth of information available on the Apple YouTube Channel.
We started with highlights of the Keynote speech from the Apple Developers Conference. It is around two hours long but with Alex’s judicial editing we covered some of the topics like, why OS X became MacOS, the iPhone 7, and the Apple Watch.
OS X.
Apple has four discrete Operating Systems, iOS for the iPads, Watch OS for the watch, tvOS for Apple TV devices and OS X, the tenth edition of the Mac OS.
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This year they decided to rename it macOS. Each development version of the OS has had a code name; this version has been known as Sierra.
(around 36 min in)
The video went on to cover some of the innovations in the new OS such as, Auto Unlock, iCloud storage (which has reached 10 billion files) and Apple Pay.
(around 37 min in)
Auto Unlock
It needs an Apple Watch that knows who you are. It will then talk to your Mac and let you in without the tiresome password procedures, however as Alex pointed out “you need a $600 watch to do thatâ€.
Universal clip board.
(around 38 min in)
Now you can cut and paste, not just between documents but between computers.
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Alex did point out that you had to be on the same Apple ID to make this work.
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There are new innovations in iCloud storage, and Apple has enhanced the way users can interact with iCloud. Now you can store your old files on iCloud to free up space on your Mac.
Again Alex commented that you had to upload the information, and Apple only gave you 5 GB of storage free.
(around 40 min in)
We moved on to ApplePay with an amusing idea of how Mac users could use ApplePay.
(around 42 min in)
The presenter suggested accessories like nice leather straps. Naturally, the real innovation is bringing ApplePay to the web.
Alex pointed out that it was a bit like PayPal. It should be in Australia by the end of the year once the banks and Apple have sorted out the details and percentages.
Siri
Siri has now made the transition to the desktop. It’s nice to see Windows was ahead of the game for once with Cortana on the desktop coming out first.
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In the demo of Siri the presenter showed how he found files created last week.
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Alex then moved on to show us a video explaining the construction of the new Apple AirPods. Controversial because of the removal of the usual phone jack from the Apple iPhone. With the phone jack replaced with a single lighting point Apple is trying to encourage us to go wireless.
This video introduced us to the innovations of the new apple wireless technology. Apple has designed its own wireless chip, the new W1 chip delivering a crisp clear audio with consistent connection.
They have infrared sensors to tell if they are both in your ear, and if you double tap them you can connect to Siri.
Two beam microphones reduce noise
And the AirPods have around five hours of battery.
We moved on to a video of the new Apple watch 2 which is waterproof.
One of the interesting innovations Alex demonstrated was the ability to write on your watch, making answering messages in a quiet carriage easier.
And you can talk to it. Alex believes its more accurate than it’s ever been.
We also had a look at the production video on the iPhone 7 showing dramatic vision of the building of the iPhone.
The camera housing and how it’s made.
The Raffle
Tonight Alex arranged a varied mix of prizes including a Norton Package, a Kaspersky package and some fabulous novelty prizes.
Our Raffle prizes
Door Prize winner
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