Thanks for such a great description of The meeting. I had to leave during the
meeting, And as always Kenn, Marta And yourselfGive brilliant notes Give
brilliant notes on anything we miss.
Pat
On 4 Jul 2020, at 10:22 p.m., Cearbhall O'Meadhra
<cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Notes Cork July 4th 2020
In attendance: (12 participants)
Derry Walsh; Martha Parkinson, Noreen Meagher; Chris Egan; Gavin Allman;
Jackie MacBrearty; Ken Walsh; Cearbhall O'Meadhra; Dominique Farrell; Pat
Walsh; Declan Meenagh; Pat McCarthy
Cearbhall reported that he had great difficulty connecting to MS Teams
recently with the Bose Bluetooth headset. He could be heard at the meeting
but he could not hear people at the meeting. He also experienced several
system crashes related to the connection. Martha pointed out that she had
also experienced severe problems connecting with MS Teams. Ken pointed out
that the book club connection with MS teams is fraught with difficulty. On
the other hand, Dominique said that she had experienced an excellent
connection with MS Teams. All agreed that zoom is a much easier tool to use.
also agreed that connections to these discussions appears to be much easier
using the iPhone or iPad.
Martha raised a discussion on the problem of timing out while attempting to
make a call to various services such as Green Star, Virgin, etc. She finds
that she runs out of time trying to find the right button to press for the
option you want. It was recommended that she use earphones so that both
hands are free to swipe for the appropriate buttons in time. Ken pointed out
that an onscreen keyboard always appears when you make a call using
earphones.
Jackie wanted to know if anyone used an authenticator app. as part of
logging in to Amazon. If so, was the app accessible? This is a third step in
the authentication process that Amazon uses. Typically, the Authenticator
generates 2-Step Verification codes on your phone. This provides stronger
security for your Account by requiring a second verification step when you
sign in. In addition to your password, you will also need a code generated
by the Authenticator app. This was a new issue for most attendees.
Dominique described a new ECG app that she recently installed on her iPad.
Ken and Jackie reported that there is a built-in ECG in the Apple Watch that
activates when the watch touches your head. There was a full discussion of
how to avoid triggering emergency calls by accidentally activating the
emergency reading of ECG and other health monitors.
Pat Walsh reported that he finds that when Siri delays in dealing with a
request to send a message, the message does not get sent. Jackie and Ken
confirmed that this is a regular occurrence and said they always cancel the
request once Siri slows down like that to avoid the difficulty.
Pat wanted advice on a suitable model of iPhone to buy, Ken advised that he
buy a phone to last four or five years. The IPhoneSE-2020 was recommended
and Jackie pointed out that this model has the same processor as that used
in the iPhone 11 and should give full functionality for the next four years
or so.
On network services, Chris said that he is getting excellent service from
GoMo at 13 euro per month .
During a discussion of insurance for iPhones, Martha said that she has her
phone insured as part of her handbag contents under her house insurance.
This was a clever idea since, otherwise, insuring the phone with the house
means that all damages would need to take place within the confines of the
house and would not be covered outside the home.
Noreen was looking for the external connection for her phone service and
found it to be under an elaborately ornamented garden next door. Happily the
cable was close to a boundary wall so not too much desecration was needed!
The meeting ended as Jackie took over the host role and passed it to
Cearbhall to give him practice closing the meeting.
All the best,
Cearbhall
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