[fb-exchange] Re: Cork technology club notes, 28 October 2023

From: Adrian Talpa <hello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 14:59:17 +0000

<div dir='auto'>Great notes Stuart!<div dir="auto"> </div><div
dir="auto"> <div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div
dir="auto">Adrian <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">--
Sent from mobile --</div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div
class="gmail_quote">On 28 Oct 2023 15:03, Stuart Haxell
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: <blockquote
class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Cork technology notes, 28th October 2023Good morning
everyone, it is me the notetaker on this last cork technology club before
Halloween. So sit back and enjoy the read this week of the possible spooky
antics that took place during the most recent cork technology
meetinG.3 early birds
joined the meeting, and of course, the first thing they started talking about
was the weather. They also briefly started talking about iOS 17. They discussed
the amount of required memory for the download. The most recent ones have
required quite a lot of memory to run. One of the participants friends was
unable to download it for some reason.Part1 9
participants.Apologies
received. They also
briefly discussed their plans for Halloween. The notetaker is planning to stay
inside to avoid the fireworks. They also
started talking about the awful weather that some participants have experienced
over the last few weeks. Some participants said it was particularly bad Friday
night. According to
pat, a yellow alert means that you cannot go out into the middle of the ocean
in a small vessel.A participant
briefly broke into song here. These were the lyrics. The worms go in, the worms
come out on your snout. Cearbhall
reckons that the iOS update that would not instal for one of the participants
was a faulty download. He advised them to delete the download and redownload it
again to see if it will fix it. Stuart mentioned that his iOS 17 update took a
considerably long time to download for him. It was stuck at 70% for several
hours before it finally downloaded. Go to settings, general, device name,
storage, and update in the list activate it and delete update to delete a
faulty download. The second option according to cearbhall is to reset your
network settings. This is a last resort option as you would be losing all of
your settings such as passwords in the keychain.part 2Adrian asked
what were the requirements were to get back the vat. The group told him that it
is for any accessibility hardware. The form you fill in is called 61A on the
revenue website. This topic was discussed for a small part of the meeting. You
are also advised to get a VAT receipt on hand to be certain you can go through
the process with as little hassle as possible. Adrian said he
got an update to his pixel watch. He said that they addressed an issue
regarding magnification. He said he gave them feedback regarding having a
slider to adjust the magnification, they fixed it rapidly. Furthermore, he was
pleased with their customer service in this regard. This led to a discussion of
the different watches available to participants and how they find them over
all. In particular, the Apple Watch was discussed. The benefits of having them
were also discussed. These were being able to pay with them, checking messages
and checking the time. Moreover, the emergency contact if you are without your
phone is quite beneficial if it is ever needed. Adrian told the group that if
you tap the crown 3 times on the pixel watch, it will ring an emergency
contact. He can also set a timer to ring an emergency contact if it is not
canceled by the time it runs out. It can be canceled if you turn off the
timer. Pat said that he
tested the emergency number in the iPhone before. He says that the location
part of it has gotten significantly better than it was before in the past. The
number he tried was the 112 number. He feels the location finding is
significantly better than GPS.part 3Joanne told the
group that votaphone are doing E-sims now. This would make the process of
switching to a new phone considerably easier for people. This was discussed for
a while. The benefits and disadvantages were discussed. Adrian was concerned
that you would not be able to try out a new phone in a shop without an actual
sim card. He was also concerned about how it would know what network it would
know you wanted to connect to.The group then
briefly discussed the find my app that is present on Apple devices. This lets
you locate other Apple devices connected to your iCloud account. A few
participants have found this to be unreliable. 75 euros in
Harvey Norman, sport loop, Apple Watch 9. Aluminium case. Cearbhall spent a
while looking at different ones. Here is an example of one of the ones he found
for anyone who may be interested in purchasing one.<a

href="https://www.currys.ie/products/apple-watch-se-2023-40-mm-starlight-aluminium-case-with-starlight-sports-band-sm-10256013.html";>https://www.currys.ie/products/apple-watch-se-2023-40-mm-starlight-aluminium-case-with-starlight-sports-band-sm-10256013.html</a> The group also
discussed how waterproof the watches can be. There is a feature that allows you
to turn on waterproof mode. Pat asked how
you pay with the pixel watch. Adrian said that you tap the crown 3 times to
activate Google Pay. The Apple Watch requires you to hover over and select the
cards in the watch, according to ken. The participants have had varying
experiences with using Apple Pay or Google Pay. Some people have had great
results, but some others have had terrible results with it not working for them
with voice over closing down on them.part 4Ken demonstrated
the chirping sound that is now available for iPhones from the iPhone 14 and up.
That tells you that your phone has turned on. It also gives you haptic feedback
as well if you cannot hear it turning on. This was discussed for a
while. Paul said he was
unable to fix the issue he was having with reading newspapers online with voice
over. Voice over stops reading the articles at a certain point. He is missing
parts of the articles because of this issue. Ken said he felt that this is
because of images or advertisements interfering with voice over. He suggested
maybe starting from the end of the article instead of the top to read it. Paul
said that this takes place in the journal app. No one else who uses the journal
app from the group were encountering these issues in the app. Stuart proposed
sharing it with voice dream reader as a possible solution. Paul said he would
try this. Ger said he was
having an issue with his android. His phone said that he should reinstall
google as there is malware present on the phone. Adrian discussed this with
him. He found it suspicious. He advised that her instal antivirus on the phone
to possibly fix it. Pat said he should delete all fake sms messages and spam
from his phone as a precaution. The group discussed how easy it can be to be
caught by fake advertisements and scams for a while during this period. Ken
said he got one the last week that asked him to change his Apple ID passwords,
he is fairly sure it was genuine. Adrian was surprised, as he could not see any
reason for this password to be needed to be updated. He later clarified the
notification was that he was asked to confirm and update his password, not to
change it outright.part 5The notetaker
discussed the app that he is using for his note-taking currently. The app is
called Ulysses. The link for it will be included below. It costs 39 euros a
year. With a 7-day free trial. Here is the description of the app and its
features.++
Apple Design Award Winner 2016 ++“The app
is amazing. An absolute delight to use. Well done.” – David Hewson, Bestselling
Author“It’s hard
to imagine a better experience on any platform.” – Macworld“It’s the
best journal, word processor, writing, distraction free, note taking, zen app I
have on my iPad.” – The Brooks Review###
DESKTOP-CLASS WRITING APP ###Ulysses is
your one-stop writing environment on iOS. Whether you’re a novelist, a
journalist, a student or a blogger – if you love to write and write a lot,
Ulysses gives you a uniquely streamlined toolset, covering every phase of the
writing process:- A
powerful, yet simple text editor.- A
familiar, no-nonsense text library.- A
comprehensive and truly flexible multi-format export.Of course,
the heart and soul of a writing app is its editor. And Ulysses is said to have
the best text editor in the world. It offers everything you need – from markup
to images and footnotes, from links to comments and code –, and it still
manages to stay completely out of the way. It’s a beautiful and focused
experience, which turns writing on mobile into *actual
fun*.But since
Ulysses takes writing seriously, it does not stop at the editor. Its unified
library offers unprecedented access to everything you’ll ever write, be it
snippets and ideas, be it blog posts or manuscripts. Every text is at your
fingertips, and Ulysses perfectly scales from scratchpad to diary to Great
American Novels – and to everything in-between.Best of
all, Ulysses offers fully-fledged, no-holds-barred, all-out iCloud sync.
Ulysses is available for all your devices, be it iPad, iPhone or Mac, and every
device has access to everything and anything you’ll ever write. Synchronisation
is simple, seamless and automatic. It neither requires third-party apps, nor
any kind of interaction. If you got iCloud, you got sync.And once
you’re finished, Ulysses transforms your text into beautiful PDFs, web pages,
ebooks and Word documents. You can copy as HTML, save as Markdown, and even
publish to your WordPress and Medium accounts. Export is as easy as selecting a
format, choosing a style, and picking a destination. Yes,
1-2-3.###
FEATURES ###iPad &
iPhone- Ulysses
runs on all devices, from iPad Pro to iPhone 4sFocus
& Productivity- Clean,
distraction free interface-
Markup-based text editor-
Typewriter mode-
Fullscreen mode- Writing
goals (characters, words, pages etc.)-
Comprehensive text statistics- Split
View, Slide Over and 3D Touch on supported devices- Full
keyboard navigation with external keyboards- Fully
accessible using VoiceOverWrite
& Edit- Simple
markup for headlines, lists, comments, quotes, important passages and
more- Easy
insertion of links, annotations and footnotes- Simple
pasting of images-
Keywords, notes and image attachments- Search
& Replace- Spell
check, auto correction, dictionary, dictation- Shortcut
buttons for comfortable editing with onscreen keyboardFile &
Organise- A single
library for all your texts- Groups,
filters, favourites, bookmarks- Glueing,
Split & Merge- Sorting
by date, by title or manually- Import
of DOCX, Markdown and text files- Editing
of external text files stored on Dropbox- Global
search, Spotlight integration- Built-in
Share Extension-
Automatic, scheduled backupsExport
& Publishing- Export
as PDF, DOCX, RTF, TXT, Markdown, HTML and ePub- Publish
to WordPress and MediumiOS &
macOS-
Available for iPad, iPhone and Mac- Full
iCloud synchronisationand so
much more…<a
href="https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/ulysses-mobile/id1225571038";>https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/ulysses-mobile/id1225571038</a>part 6Cearbhall said
he encountered a bug with the notes app during the week. Hehe has found it to
have become very complicated in the last few updates. The group has found it to
be not great overall. Joanne asked
cearbhall where he acquired a talking tape measure. He told her he got it from
the RNIB in London years ago. Pat said he has one as well. The group wondered
if it could be purchased from amazon. The name of the talking tape measure is
tape king. A link is sent to the list. Cearbhall will send more to the list
later. Adrian also found it on amazon. Adrian was
curious if you could share files through iCloud. The group was not sure.
Options such as WI transfer and dropbox were discussed as alternatives. Drop
box, according to Adrian, is 9 euros. Ken said that when he used it before, he
found it very messy. Google Drive was discussed, pat said that this used to be
accessible before but is not sure if it is anymore. What’s app was also brought
up here. Pat wondered what the size limit was for it. Adrian said it is 16 MB
you can upload 2 gigs to it from the camera. Only 16MB if you are doing it
directly from the app.part 7To find the
iPhones default measuring app, locate the measure app on your iPhone. None of
the participants were sure how to use the app.This was the
last topic discussed before the meeting broke up for some lunch today. Wishing
everyone a happy Halloween and a safe bank holiday weekend.Regards.The
notetaker.1<div
dir="ltr">Sent from my
iPhone</div></div></blockquote></div> </div>===========================================================

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