appleJAC Users Group

President's Place: May 2015

 

President’s Place

by Joe Mertzlufft

 

As the April rains bring May flowers, I am getting my share of mowing. We have been getting plenty of rain on my side of the river. 

 

I know a few of you ordered the Apple Watch, and I had a brief moment to see Tom wearing one. There is even a YouTube video telling you how it pays to get an Apple Watch because it takes less time to look at your wrist than unlocking your iPhone to check the time. They have gone on to tell you how many seconds of time you save, and based on the average salary, you can pay for the Watch with the time you save.

 

I think “Bring a Guest" was a success.  Several of the guests told me that we had a very informative program. They plan to attend again in the future and will likely join our Club. Sue said some even joined that night.

 

The following people won door prizes:

Ann Lane iTunes card

Larry Garvin Apple back pack

Todd McCluskey Apple water bottle

Shubha Miller iPad cover

Mel Kallal Apple stylus pen

Ken Zindle Red iPhone case

Bill Webb Blue iPhone case

Bonnie Culley Stylus

 

Our upcoming May 5, 2015, meeting (see agenda below) will be our Apple@Work meeting to be held at "The Crossing" in Columbia (see driving directions below). Tom, being a member of the Crossing, will host this meeting. Chris Walters, IT Director, and Gerik Parmele, Multimedia Director, will enlighten the group with Technology and Audio Visual Systems used at The Crossing. 

 

After the Break, if all things go as planned, Tom has an Apple Watch to discuss, display and demo. As always, there will be time for everyone to ask questions and share your tips and tricks to the group. Continue to visit our website for more updates and fresh information.

 

 

 

 

appleJAC Members in the News

Watch Out for Adware

by Tom Piper, aJ Secretary

One of our members recently reported the receipt of the message you see at right (it didn't look legitimate, and even had a voice-over that said he had a virus in his computer) . . . every get one of these? WATCH OUT, this is a hoax that can cause you a lot of time and money from which to recover.

DO NOT call this number nor contact them in any way. It is a scam and not simple to eliminate. One solution is to download and run AdwareMedic:

   adwaremedic.com/index.php

This program is free (a donation requested), and can be quite effective. But, as one of our club gurus says, you may need to look at removing Safari extensions and resetting your home page in Safari too. (thanks to George Kopp for advice)

 

We talked about two links about MacKeeper, one explains what it does and the other how to remove it.

http://www.imore.com/avoid-mackeeper

http://www.macworld.com/article/2861435/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-from-your-mac.html