Meeting Report

Show and Tell

The May meeting was held on Friday the 10th. At this members gave short “Show and Tell” presentations on a wide variety of topics.

Update 20/05/2019: video tips added.

Show and Tell

Sue showed us two hidden object games she enjoys on her iPad:

Elliott gave us several useful tips on his iPad:

  • Using a four finger swipe to switch between apps.
  • Using two apps at the same time with Slide Over and Split View.
  • Picture in picture for videos.
  • Drag and dropping content between apps.
  • Controlling background app refresh.
  • Customising the Control Centre.

Apple have an article on iPad multitasking covering many of these features.

DavidB had prepared a number of tips in video form:

  • Allowing ScreenFlow to record an iOS device:

  • Screen capturing direct to the clipboard on the Mac:

  • Setting the EU (or a custom) volume limit on iOS devices:

  • Using AirPods as a hearing aid:

  • Holding the Alt or Control keys to delete or move the cursor by word or sentence respectively in text editing applications.

Ben told us about:

  • AppZapper, a handy Mac app for more completely removing applications from your Mac when you no longer need them.
  • RoaringApps, a very useful web site where you can check if a specific app is compatible with the latest version of macOS or iOS before upgrading.

DavidK demonstrated two iOS apps:

  • Warren Buffett’s Paper Wizard, a simple PaperBoy like game released by Apple as tribute to investor Warren Buffett (who started out as a paper boy). At the time of writing the game no longer seems to be available, at least in the UK.
  • Mondly, a language learning app with free daily, weekly and monthly lessons.

Robert finished up the meeting by showing a test iOS app he’s been working on as he learns Swift and app development.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this Show and Tell!

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