South Essex Apple Link is an Apple Mac User Group (MUG) serving Mac, iPod and iPhone users across the whole of Essex, England.

SEAL meets on the second Friday of each month at our regular venue in Wickford (an easy drive from Basildon and Southend and easily accessible from most areas of Essex), at meetings we often have tutorials and demonstrations and there is always someone on hand to help with those tricky software and hardware problems.

	Latest News January SEAL Meeting: Friday 13th Posted: January 9th, 2012 The first SEAL meeting of 2012 will be held as usual on the second Friday of the month, Friday the 13th of January 2012. No Comments » December SEAL Meeting Cancelled Posted: December 4th, 2011 Sadly the mother of Dave, one of SEAL’s long-standing members, has recently passed away. Her funeral is being held on Friday the 9th of December so we have decided to cancel the December SEAL meeting which was due to be held that day as a mark of respect. We send our condolences and best wishes to Dave and his family. SEAL meetings will resume on Friday the 13th of January 2012. No Comments » Meeting Report: 4th October 2011 Posted: November 8th, 2011 The meeting started with a discussion of the sad news of Steve Jobs’ recent death. We then went on to cover Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 4S and in particular the new Siri voice control feature. John demonstrated Geek Tool an app that allows you to place all kinds of live information on your desktop using plug-ins called geeklets. The meeting concluded with our Workshop where memebers helped each other with various Mac problems. No Comments » Meeting Report: 9th September 2010 Posted: September 10th, 2011 The big news at this meeting was Steve Jobs’ resignation at CEO of Apple. We discussed his impact on the company and took a look at some of the many patents he was involved with. The New York Times has a very interesting page summarising the patents. We then followed this with a group discussion on Mac tips and tricks concentrating on features members have uncovered in the new Lion OS. This included annotation and signature capture features in Preview and including replies in the Mail conversation view. No Comments » Meeting Report: 12th August 2011 Posted: August 19th, 2011 With the release of Mac OS 10.7 Lion, we spent most of this meeting discussing the new operating system. Members explored features such as full-screen applications, Versions and Mission Control. Dave presented a selection of tips and tricks he’d found while using the new OS. We also discussed the latest Apple news including the latest Mac mini and Mac Book Air updates. No Comments » Earlier News