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Meeting Agenda - October 2020

Prepare for Big Sur, iOS 14, iPadOS 14 with Take Control books

by Joe Kissell, Publisher, Take Control Books We’re pleased to announce two new titles that give you early access to essential information about macOS 11 Big Sur, iOS 14, and iPadOS 14 during the public beta period ahead of their official release. And we’d like to offer you the chance to save over 34% when you purchase both of them together. Take Control of Big Sur, written by yours truly, is a complete introduction to the many new changes in macOS 11. Instead of publishing separate titles on upgrading to Big Sur and using Big Sur, this year we’ve combined them into a single book. It contains an updated but condensed version of my upgrading instructions along with complete details on all the new apps, features, and visual changes in Big Sur. The book includes information on how to prepare for the forthcoming transition to Macs with Apple silicon.   Take Control of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, by Josh Centers, introduces you to all the new and improved features in Apple’s mobile operating systems, as well as giving you a refresher course in iOS/iPadOS basics. Learn about App Library, adding widgets to your Home screen, using new tools in Messages and Maps, new features in the Camera and Photos apps, tracking your sleep, translating conversations in real time, organizing notes and voice memos, managing your privacy, using new accessibility features, and much more.   Buy only Take Control of Big Sur for $10.49 with your 30% MUG discount or Learn more about this book Buy only Take Control of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 for $7.69 with your 30% MUG discount or Learn more about this book Buy both books together for the special bundle price of $16.99 (over 34% off the combined cover price of $25.98) As usual, we plan to release free updates to version 1.1 of these books as soon as the final operating systems ship. The updates will cover anything that changes between now and then. We have many additional updates planned for the next few months. Among other titles, we’ll be updating Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac, Take Control of Apple Watch, Take Control of Shortcuts, and Take Control of Your Online Privacy to support the new operating systems. In all, we currently have more than two dozen updates in various stages of development or planning. We’ll be in touch again soon!