Meeting (Via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Users Group has been around for over 30 years.  We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch aficionados.

:  7:00 PM Main Meeting with Jim Pernal

Beginners Q&A after main meeting.

The topic is Online support resources for Apple Users. We will cover Apples Support and discussion forums, plus a few other major vendors. We will also mention a few other User groups. Finally we will cover a number of Mac news websites that can keep you informed about current Apple issues, Updates, news etc.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here.  Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Meeting (Via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Users Group has been around for over 30 years.  We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch aficionados.

:  7:00 PM Main Meeting with Jim Pernal

Beginners Q&A after main meeting.

The topic is Apple Event March 2026. .   Presentation will discuss new Apple hardware announced the first three weekdays of March.  Will discuss the new Apple accessories, low cost iPhone 17e, iPad Air with M4, MacBook Air with M5, MacBook Pro with M5 pro or Max, and the new Studio displays regular and XDR models.  Final announcement was the new MacBook new, a new low cost laptop, that seems to have garnered extensive press coverage.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here.  Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Meeting (Via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Users Group has been around for over 30 years.  We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch aficionados.

7:00 PM Beginners Q&A

7:45PM On Wednesday, June 31st, 2024, there will be a meeting with Jim Pernal, President  of the SBAMUG  with a presentation on the iPhone/iPad drawing Apps (Artistic painting)

The July presentation by Jim Pernal will feature three videos about drawing (Artistic Painting ) Apps for the iPhone and iPad.

The three videos will include an initial video taking you through a start to completion of drawing an eagle on the iPad. The second video will discuss a number of applications for the iPhone and iPad.  I created a table to document the apps, what devices they run on, costs, and IOS/iPad system requirements. The final video shows drawing on a iPhone. 

Note the core group has decided to move the start time to 7:00 PM for the Beginners group and the main presentation at 7:45PM.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here.  Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Trying for the second time here.

On March 10th Margaret Wehbi sent out a short five question questionnaire to update the membership and email lists.   While we have received  responses, we are still missing about half of the members we thought we had in late 2022.  There are a lot of email failures on many of the no response folks.

With the passing of our former Membership chairman CW Mitchell (RIP) it did take time to work out the logistics of the membership database, and to get a new volunteer for the Membership Chairman.  (Thanks Margaret)

Why do we need to update the lists? One reason is outside speakers.  They will ask what is your current membership and how many attend the Zoom meeting.  We can’t answer the first question and have to give the low number that show for our Zoom meeting.   The second reason is to determine what we can afford for if we go back to some limited amount of in person meetings.

So for those who did receive the questionnaire  and the several followups Margaret sent and you did not respond; PLEASE DO.

The folks that have their emails bounce, please contact Margaret with your new email address.  membership@sbamug.com is the email address. Did you change your email provider?  Did you sign up to our email group with a email that you never use or check?

If you are not on the everybody at SBAMUG mail list please sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here.  Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Jim Pernal, President

Meeting (Via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Users Group has been around for over 30 years.  We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch aficionados.

7:00 PM Beginners Q&A

7:30PM On Wednesday, May 29th, 2024, there will be a meeting with Phil Goodman of the Los Angeles Portable User Group (LAPUG)   with a presentation on Pre Installed Apple Apps.  This will not include Safari Browser, Messages, or Mail.

Phil Goodman is one of the founding members of the Apple Consultant Network (ACN), and is a frequent seminar speaker.  In 1992 Phil founded the LAPUG, and continues as the President today.

Note the core group has decided to move the start time to 7:00 PM for the Beginners group and for this meeting only the main presentation at 7:30PM. The regular starting time is 7:45 for the main meeting.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here.  Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Meeting (Via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Users Group has been around for over 30 years.  We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch aficionados.

NEW TIME:  7:00 PM Beginners Q&A

NEW TIME: On Wednesday, October 25th, there will be a meeting with Kent McDonald on “Overview of New Product Announcements by Apple on September 12” (Apple Next-Generation Watches, iPhone 15’s)

This will serve as a discussion topic after the presentation.

This will be a makeup meeting for the September 27th meeting which was not held.

Note the core group has decided to move the start time to 7:00 PM for the Beginners group and 7:45 for the main meeting to see if this will help attendance, and folks showing up late.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting codeis to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here.  Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note 310 544-9665 is a way to get the code .

Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, May 31st, there will be a meeting with George Wilde  on “Let’s Have Some Fun Using ChatGPT”

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has been used by computers for years, but the recent release of ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI, has elevated the use of AI to all new levels leading many to claim that the year 2023 will be the year of AI.

There is no better way to understand what all the excitement over ChatGPT is about than to actually use it, and that is exactly what we will be doing in our upcoming SBAMUG general meeting. So think about what you would like to ask ChatGPT, and we will use your questions to input into ChatGPT so that we can evaluate the responses it gives.

This should be a fun and not very technical session.

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note phone contact for help with Passwords to the meeting or General Zoom help is TBD at the moment.

Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, March 29th, there will be a meeting with Podcaster Allison Sheridan on “Tech In Travel”

Allison Sheridan of the Podfeet Podcasts joins us again to talk about Tech on Travel. She recently traveled to Antarctica (she’ll show you penguin photos if you ask) and learned a lot about the current state of tech when traveling. She’ll explain how the new eSIM technology built into modern phones make getting data plans much easier when on foreign travel, and she’ll show you a website to find the right plan for your trip. She’ll talk about how cool the new Shared Library is in Apple Photos, as long as you have devices that support it. She’ll share her backup strategy that saved her husband from catastrophe when on an international trip. AirDrop is your friend on travel in groups for sharing photos – and she learned a new trick to making sure you can receive AirDrop requests. Finally, she’ll talk about two super useful gadgets that help on any kind of travel away from home.

If you haven’t seen Allison present before, you’ll find that even if every tip she supplies doesn’t blow your dress up, she’s always entertaining!

Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note phone contact for help with Passwords to the meeting or General Zoom help is TBD at the moment.

Meeting (via Zoom)

The South Bay Apple Mac Users Group has been around for over 30 years. We are a group of 72+ Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch aficionados.

6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A

7:15 PM: On Wednesday, February  22nd, there will be a meeting with presenter and President Kent Mcdonald.

Three Screencast OnlineTip videos will be shown as the 42 minute Presentation for the SBAMUG General Meeting on February 22. The first Tip “Quick Look on macOS” explains how you can view the contents of files without opening them, by just pressing the spacebar. Fies may contain text, video, audio or images. Also you may share files with others, and also learn the size, etc.

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Best way to get the Zoom meeting code is to sign up for the SBAMUG email group. Link is here. Then you will be notified a few days before the meeting with the meeting code and with a .ics link to also let you place it into your calendar app.

Note phone contact for help with Passwords to the meeting or General Zoom help is TBD at the moment.