September 11, 2021

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom. Click here for instructions for adding a Zoom meeting registration link to your Apple calendar.

Register for Saturday, September 11, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodOuorTMuEtMyX6FEfqzm2r8qx7dHHEvw

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: iPad Pro versus MacBook Air for Productivity by Frank Croft. Presentation. Additional Information.

Short Topic: Home Pod mini by Jim Romaine.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

August 14, 2021

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom. Click here for instructions for adding a Zoom meeting registration link to your Apple calendar.

Register for Saturday, August 14, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

Register in advance for this meeting. Guests are welcome.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwucuyhqj0oEtJnGmrDAXf-uixkrRpob3TC

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: iPad enhancements (HW & SW) with John Acquavella. Presentation.

Short Topic: iPad tips & tricks with Jim Romaine

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

July 10, 2021

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom. Click here for instructions for adding a Zoom meeting registration link to your Apple calendar.

Register for Saturday, June 10, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

Click this link to register for the July 10 General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvf--sqj4tGNLtRW4penrSWB-fox3CJAmS

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: Genius Bar with John Acquavella, John Carter, Frank Croft, Art Gorski, Jim Romain. Stump the geeks with questions that you submit. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

June 12, 2021

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom. Click here for instructions for adding a Zoom meeting registration link to your Apple calendar.

Register for Saturday, June 12, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

Register in advance for this meeting TBD

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: Apple TV including HW, SW, and TV+ by John Carter. Presentation.

Short Topic: Mac Drives, internal drive vs. external (ie, Cloud drive). Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

May 8, 2021

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom. Click here for instructions for adding a Zoom meeting registration link to your Apple calendar.

Register for Saturday, May 8, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sceqsqjIvHdWAfRDXgsEbAnFGhUzdoR9N

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: iPhone accessories by Frank Croft

Short Topic: Zoom Accessories by John Carter. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

April 10, 2021

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

PMUG General Meeting Saturday, April. 10, 2020, 10:00 AM - noon

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdOmorj0sHdd6YIKRR2i7Ex1VJe59N3Vi

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: Security Alpha to Omega by Frank Croft and Jim Romaine. Security Presentation. How to Spot, Avoid and Report Tech Support Scams. Tech Support Scam.
What to Do if You’ve Seen Scammed by John Carter.

Short Topic: Tips and Tricks: iPad/iPhone cursor with John Carter

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

March 13, 2021

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, March 13, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYldOGqrDgpEtEv1sJjUwrLwUQgTS-L8MhC  

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: Mac Maintenance and Disk Utility by John Carter and Frank Croft

Short Topic: COVID Epidemiology by John Acquavella. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

February 13, 2021

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, February 13, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErcO2pqzoiEtwU1FZqJFkWMxR13YF02oXT

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: iOS 14 (Part 2) by Frank Croft and Apple V Intel Macs by John Carter. iOS 14 #2 Presentation. Apple M1 vs Intel Presentation.

Short Topic: Controlling Your Fonts by John Acquavella. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

January 9, 2021

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, January 9, 2021, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwscuGtrjkoH90fVD7J-U3TKyjnMBhAJ4X2 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: Genius Bar with John Acquavella, John Carter, Frank Croft, Art Gorski, Jim Romain. Stump the geeks with questions that you submit. Presentation.

Please submit your questions online here: (jrcpvaz @ icloud . com. Be sure to use "Genius Bar question" in the message and direct the question to John Carter.

This is an open meeting, so share the link with your friends!

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

December 12, 2020

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, December 12, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAofuiurzMvH9PSuE2lQWBucyJPrXHRfHeS 

This link may be shared and posted publicly.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: MacOS 11.1 Big Sur New Features by John Carter. Presentation.

Short Topic: Activity Monitor by Frank Croft. Link to Activity Monitor User Guide: https://support.apple.com/guide/activity-monitor/welcome/mac

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

November 21, 2020

The PMUG general meeting was canceled last week due an area widespread Internet outage. It has been rescheduled for Saturday November 21 at 10 AM.

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

If you registered for the Nov 14 meeting that was canceled, you don’t have to register again.

Register for Saturday, November 21, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYocOGrrTsqHNOsIKec9-keVUGUKdjyIJwK 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can add this information in your calendar so you won’t have to search for it in your email.

Program: MacOS 11.1 Big Sur New Features by John Carter

Short Topic: iOS Tips and Tricks by Jim Romaine. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

October 10, 2020

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, October 10, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsce-vpz0oH9F6eq19lEKF2WMeDHUMvsKU

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Program: iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 features with Frank Croft

Apple released iOS 14 for the iPhone, and iPadOS 14 for the iPads the week of September 14, and one week later, 25% of all the devices have upgraded to it. It has many new features (widgets, App Library, Translate, Home, Security, et. al), and even more enhanced features (Maps for cyclers and EV drivers, Messages, Search, Siri, and more).

Short Topic: iOS Tips and Tricks by John Carter. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

September 12, 2020

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, September 12, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpf-CtqD0sGNVn3HrhDunr6sTxgyQSbiC0  

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Program: Google Earth Server by Frank Croft
This will be an introduction to the new server-based Google Earth software. Google is dropping the stand alone applications, and has now a working version of a server-based software package. We will demonstrate how the software works, what some of the icons mean and how they work, and give a brief introduction to what you are looking at. You should bring along your iPads/Laptops to follow along during the session.

Short Topic: iOS Tip and Tricks by John Carter. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

August 8, 2020

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, August 8, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEldemhqT8uHdMYa6Fo6MqJptPCQSSBD32g 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Program: Genius Bar with John Carter, Frank Croft, John Acquavella and Jim Romaine
Stump the geeks with questions that you submit. Questions and Answers.

Please submit your questions online here: (jrcpvaz @ icloud . com. Be sure to use "Genius Bar question" in the message and direct the question to John Carter.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

June 13, 2020

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, June 13, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkdemopj4pHNLswcOlxO43-5b7gB3X6z_s 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Program: Frank Croft will show us how to improve our MacOS and iOS using iCloud. Presentation.

Mac Basics: John Carter talking about iCloud storage.

For this meeting, you will be required to upgrade the Zoom Client app on your device if you have not already done so. It is imperative to keep this app updated at all times.

If you need to also use a phone for audio in addition to using the computer for video, please read the attached RTF file that explains how to do this.

At this meeting, the general membership will be voting on the one nomination for Secretary, John Acquavella. John has been assisting Bobbie Pastor in her Secretarial duties. Bobbie is resigning as Secretary effective July 1 (may the Force be with her). Bobbie will remain as a board member for 2020-2021. The other board members have chosen to remain on for 2020-2021 in their current capacities: John Carter as President, Frank Croft as Vice President, Sharon Walsh as Treasurer. The Chairs of Committees (aka, Directors at Large) are Jim Romain - Ambassador, David Passell - at large, Mary Albertson - Public Relations, and Sondra Bradshaw - Refreshments. These Chairs of Committees have voting rights on the board.

If any PMUG member wishes to nominate themselves or another person for a position on the Board, please send the nomination and a brief bio to John Carter. The elected officers are President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Chairs of Committees are appointed by the elected officers.

Any PMUG member can be a member on a committee with the approval of the Board. (Slim chance of being turned down!)

Committees consist of:

  • Membership

  • Public Relations

  • Ambassador (specifically, an Apple Ambassador)

  • Refreshments

  • Newsletter/blog

  • Speakers

  • Special events (picnics, dinners, etc)

  • Webmaster

  • And whatever else you have a knack for.

We need all the help that we can get. Committee members are invited to board meetings (without voting rights); their attendance is not required.

The new Board will be installed on July 1, 2020. Their first board meeting will be July 6, 2020. It will be an online Zoom meeting at 1 PM.

The current Board held an adhoc meeting today (May 15) and discussed the future of PMUG at least for the remainder of 2020. It was decided that for the remainder of 2020, all PMUG meetings will be held online. Thereafter, in-person meetings will resume if the CDC approves of mass gatherings and Yavapai College allows our meetings to be held there. Once we return to in-person meetings, the only online meetings expected to be held will be in June and July when our meeting room at the college is not available on Saturdays. 

The question of holding a combined in-person and Zoom meeting was discussed. The Board decided that the mechanics of such a meeting was highly complex, requiring special equipment, and was thus discarded as a possibility.

The once a month Meet, Eat, and Talk Apple brunch meetings will continue to be online until we are again able to meet at a local restaurant.

The once a month Special Topics Special Interest Group meetings will also continue online, and probably forever if it continues to be worthwhile. This is because it is a crap shoot to get a reservation for a meeting room at the Prescott Public Library.

This invitation may be shared with anyone.

Please read the PMUG Bylaws online here: https://www.pmug.us/s/ByLaws.pdf 

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

May 9, 2020

10 am to 12 noon

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

Register for Saturday, May 9, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting

Program: John Acquavella will give us an overview of different browsers and browser extensions that enhance how a browser works. Presentation.

Mac Basics: John Carter talking about tips and tricks for photo editing. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report).

April 11, 2020

10 am to 12 noon

All meetings electronic through Zoom. Click here and here for more information about Learning to use Zoom.

The purpose of these meetings is to allow members of the Mac club who will be using Zoom for the first time to become familiar with using Zoom as a participant to an online general meeting.

The first part of the April meeting will just to get everyone connected and comfortable as participants.

Mac Basics:Time permitting, Frank Croft will give a short presentation on Bluetooth.

Program: John Carter is on using Wi-Fi and Routers to get the best possible signal to all parts in and around the house. Presentation.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom.

Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report).

March 14, 2020

CANCELLED.

Due to concerns about Covid-19, the March PMUG meeting has been cancelled.

10 am to 12 noon

Yavapai College, Building 3 Room 119

Program: Networking at home including WiFi, Mesh, Powerline by John Carter

Mac Basics: Bluetooth by Frank Croft

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 3, Room 119 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

February 8, 2020

10 am to 12 noon

Yavapai College, Building 3 Room 119

Program: Passoword Managers by Art Gorski.

Art Gorski will discuss the benefits of using a password manager with demonstrations using 1Password. Presentation.

Mac Basics: Printers by Jim Romaine. Presentation.

Q&A: Now if any members have a question about using Apple products, you can submit your written question to John Carter, jrcpvaz@icloud.com. He will try to get you an answer during our Q & A session at the end of the meeting.

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM in Building 3, Room 119 at the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. Exceptions will be when the college is closed. Map. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)