Slides from Meetings
Below are brief descriptions of presentations and briefings given at SMMUG General Meetings. Not all meetings include slides, some are done with only demonstrations. The slides below are all in PDF format. Click on the link to view the slides, or hold down the option key and click on the link to download the PDF of the slides.
1. Smart Home presentation on 13 June 2022 General Meeting by Jeff Jensen and Jim Johnson. The result of a $ 200 Prize given out at the January 2022 meeting. Covers Jeff’s smart home plan, and some of the many device types and kinds for a smart security home. Click here to view the slides.
2. E-Presentation at General Meeting March 14, 2022. Jim Johnson and Mark Griffith gave a presentation on E-Mail and it uses. Click here to view Jim’s slides. Click here to view Mark Griffith’s slides.
3. Swift Publisher presentation by Guy Johnson at General Meeting February 14, 2022. Guy built slides as we watched. Swift Publisher looks like one of the early Apple Macintosh applications. Easy to figure out, intuitive to use. Click here to view Guy’s slides.
4. Pages presentation by Mark Pimentel vs. Guy Johnson’s Sift Publisher tool at the General Meeting Feb 14, 2022. Pages comes with your Mac, iPad, or iPhone. Pages is a very powerful word processing & set up tool, and it is free with your device. Better than MS Word. Click Here to view Mark’s slides.
5. Smart Home briefing by Jim Johnson at General Meeting January 10, 2022.
Click here to view the entire briefing. It is excellent, and covers the field of Smart Homes.
6. Zoom video of David Cox’s Tech Talk Presentations – Updated for 2022.
Click here to see David Cox’s Presentations. Passcode: 9gM$uf?G If Needed.
7. Customizing iOS 14 – Jan 2021
Mike Marus shared some tips on using some of the iOS 14 features on iPhone and iPad. Enjoy iOS Customization
8. Home Networks – Jim Johnson – February 2020
Part 1 of series of talks on Home Networks. This covered the available Interest Services available in Colorado Springs, LAN/WAN, wiring and/or wireless, and a discussion of how he does it at his house. See Jim’s slides at Jim’s 2.10.2020 Home Network.
9. Learning Ops – Skip Mundy – January 2020
A great presentation on 13 January 2020 General Meeting that contains a list of places, many of which are web sites with live links. Skip is a life-long learner. And he knows a lot about Apple devices and photography. Learning Ops PDF.
10. Mac TuneUp – Mark Pimentel – January 2019
Here are the slides that Mark Pimentel showed us at the January 2019 General Meeting. They are how to do a tune-up on your mac and to maybe solve some problem you may have. Here are the Keynote Slides. Here is a PDF version for those that don’t have Keynote. Mac Tuneup PDF
11. Music Services – Jim Johnson – April 2017
You can still download and play music on your iPod, but the latest thing is streaming music services. Apple has one (Apple Music), but there are several other competitors of note. Click the link to view a brief history and a discussion of what is available now: Music Services April 2017
12. Cables, Connectors, and Interfaces (oh my) – Jim Johnson – February 2017
The growing number of types of ports, cables, and interfaces is somewhat bewildering. This briefing covers just about all of the different ones we have now, and some that are coming in the next year. Click the link to see pictures and descriptions of all this hardware: Cabling Presentation February 2017
14. Fixing Mac Issues – Jim Johnson – January 2017
There are built-in applications that can help you fix issues with your Mac. There are also some third-party applications that can help you get out of a jam. This briefing covers both. Click the link: Fixing Mac Issues January 2017
15. New Apple Operating Systems – Sierra (10.12), iOS 10, tvOS, and watchOS 3.0 – Jim Johnson – October 2016
Lots of new software was introduced recently. This briefing covers the big changes in all four of Apple’s nifty software. Click the link to see what has been updated or changed: New Apple Operating Systems October 2016
16. Mac Anti-virus Applications – Jim Johnson – September 2016
In the past, Apple users never needed to worry about viruses and malware. But with more Apple computers online, this is no longer true. These slides are a good guide to applications that are now available to protect your Mac. Click: Mac Anti-virus September 2016
17. Cutting the Cable Part 1 and 2 – Jim Johnson – June 2016
Lots of good information on how-to and the cost savings that might be available if you can use other sources for your entertainment. Cutting the cable to the cable companies or satellite providers is a growing trend in today’s world. Click the link to review all the detail that was presented in both Part 1 and Part 2: Cutting the Cable Part 1 and 2 June 2016
18. Communication & Collaboration – Jim Johnson – March 2016
A discussion of communication & collaboration, including apps, applications, text, and video. Click the link: SMMUG Comms and Collab March 2016
19. Home Automation – Jim Johnson – January 2016
A great briefing on the current state of home automation technology. Includes not only the offerings from Apple but covers the field of devices and software from other top vendors in the field of Home Automation. Click the link to view the slides: Home Automation slides January 2016
20. Financial Software – Jim Johnson, Jeff Jensen, Mike Marus, Skip Mundy – July 2016
A presentation of Financial Software for Macs and mobile Apple devices. Covered were Quicken, Mint, SEE Finance, and Banktivity (formerly iBank 5). Click the following link to view the slides: Financial Slides
21. iCommunication and Collaboration – Mark Griffith, Jim Johnson, and Jeff Jensen – March 2016
Mobile apps & applications for your Mac were discussed and demonstrated. Included were Skype, Transporter, Dropbox, Team Viewer, Facebook, and Messages. Click the link to see the slides: Communications & Collaboration
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10. iOS 7.1 info, and some great apps – Kit Harras – April 2014
Kit presented the new features of the recently-released iOS 7.1 for your tablet and phone. She also covered a number of really great apps that she uses on her iPad. Click on this link to see the slides: iPad Update.pdf
9. How to Find the Best app – Kit Harras – March 2013
Kit presented on the best way to find the best, or at least a good app for your iOS app. She included some good info on tracking cost too. Click on this link to see the slides: Find the Best app.pdf
8. SMMUG Mixed bag of tricks – Mark Pimentel – October 2012
Here are the slides that Mark Pimentel presented at the SMMUG General meeting on October 4th. Click on this Link: SMMUG Mixed bag of tricks.pdf
7. How to Make Awesome HD Videos with your iPhone 4 or 4s!
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6. July 2012 – iBank, Mint, SEE Finance – Mark Griffith, Jeff Jensen, Jim Johnson. Briefings on three ways of keeping track of your expenses and investments, balancing your checkbook, and making a budget. Mark, Jeff, and Jim presented the pros and cons of each, and discussed how they were using these apps. Demos were given for iBank and SEE Finance. iBank, Mint, SEE Finance Slides – July 2012
5. June 2012 – Move to iCloud – Mike Marus. The slides are an overview, but at the meeting, Mike gave an excellent step-by-step demo of how to connect your Mac computer running OS 10.7 (Lion) to your iPod, iPad, and iPhone. Mike also showed how to control what gets sent to the cloud. Very useful since Mobile Me runs out at the end of June. Move to iCloud Slides – June 2012
4. May 2012 – Making a Photo Slideshow & Burning it to a DVD – Mark Pimentel. An overview of how to turn a collection of photos into a slideshow using Mac native applications. He went through the entire exercise, but backwards – going, in order, to iDVD, iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, Preview, Keynote, and Disk Utility. The idea is that you want to end up with a standard DVD that anyone can put in an off-the-shelf DVD player and view your slideshow masterpiece. At the end of the demo, Mark challenged those in attendance to make a short 1 or 2 minute slideshow and burn it to DVD. Photos to DVD – May 2012
3. April 2012 – Shopping – Kit Harras. A show and tell right from her own iPad of the method you should consider for shopping, and covers some of the many apps that are useful to shop with, including the grocery store, Wal-mart, the gas stations, and good advice for online Internet shopping. Retail shopping – The Apple Way – April 2012
2. March 2012 – Printing from your iPad – Kit Harras. A good how-to of way to get your documents (or anything else) to print from your iPad. Includes a discussion of Air Print and Printopia. Printing from your iPad – March 2012
1. July 2011 – Mac Malware – Jeff Jensen. Slides from a briefing at the General meeting about a piece of malware that affects Mac computers that is an attempt to get your name and credit card information. The briefing tells how to avoid falling for the trick, and how to remove the Malware from your Mac. Malware slides – July 2011