Apple - EuroSCUG

Apple iPads, iPhones and Apps

Check out this information about iPads, iPhones and Apps.

Needing help?

If you wish to contact us go to the Homepage of this website and click on Help!

Our Phone/Tablet Group will meet again at 9.30 am on the last Monday of the month. Usually the Apple and Android groups meet separately. Hope to see you there!

NB: the text in blue is a link! Just click on these links to access information, interesting sites and videos!

Click here for the iPad User Guide and Apple Support

T hinking about using Facebook but don’t know where to begin?

Facebook Pages that are worth following:

ABC South East NSW
Eurobodalla Shire Council
South Coast Community Support
NSW Rural Fire Service
The Beagle
Batemans Bay Notice Board
Moruya Notice Board
ABC News

Facebook is a wonderful tool for sharing posts. For posts or articles you wish to keep: Tap Share – Change the audience to Only Me.

Facebook allows you to view news posts (articles/information) that are more often posted and updated.

It increasingly used to inform public of events & may be short term and is interactive , and you can comment!

Click here to learn how to make your page private.

Charmaine’s notes – click to enlarge

You need to be a Facebook member to view Euroscug’s Face book site

These documents may also be of help:

Messenger – Share messages, photos and videos with yourself (for future
reference) and others on Apple or Android devices and computer.
Google Keep – create notes, create to-do lists, sync between your computer and phone!
Touchscreen Home Button on iPhone, iPad. So easy. So helpful! Click here to watch Adding the Home Button
Customize Control Centre on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Manage your iCloud storage – make more space available in iCloud.

Before you delete anything, you might want to archive or make a back up in iCloud.

iCloud Backup

Photos and videos

Files

Mail

Messages

The ACT Apple Users Group is also a wonderful resource and usually come to the Moruya Golf Club 4 times a year for meetings. For further information see their website.

Other suggestions:

Having a list of your medications is important. Write a list of your medications in a note application and add it to your screen. So useful for medical appointments!
Dictate an email or text messages using your phone’s microphone instead of writing.
Write notes (shopping lists, notes for your next medical appointment, and photos of recipes) using note taking apps such as Google Keep. Sync the data or photo—what you have on your phone in Google Keep is also visible when using your laptop or phone or tablet and vice versa.
Listen to radio programs past and present using the ABC listen app. Access more than 40 radio stations and 130+ podcasts.
Use Google Maps for navigation and find out how long it will take to reach your destination.
Use your Google Calendar to record appointments, catch ups. View a day, a week or a month at one time! Add the location. Tap on the map symbol and it will take you there!
Add websites to your home screen.
Make use of screenshots.
Use the features of your camera.
Save photos such as from Facebook onto your device.

Learn about iPads, iPhones and apps on YouTube. There are just a few of the thousands of tutorials available on YouTube. If your tablet isn’t featured here, search YouTube for your model!
How to backup an Apple iPhone or iPad to iCloud.
Accessibility Options on your phone or iPad. Powerful assistive features are built into iPad to complement your vision, hearing, motor skills, learning, and literacy.
Voice Dictation on the iPhone and iPad. Instantly convert speech to text when using Notes, Pages and Safari – look for the microphone in the keyboard!
The Notes app – an extremely useful app – Create a checklist, format a note, add an attachment, add a photo or video or scan a document in Notes!
Using the Apple Pencil
The Google Calendar

The Emergency+ App is a free app developed by Australia’s emergency services and their Government and industry partners. The app uses GPS functionality built into smart phones to help a Triple Zero (000) caller provide critical location details required to mobilise emergency services.

First Aid App The Australian Red Cross First Aid App is a free, comprehensive pocket guide to first aid and CPR, giving you access to the most up to date First Aid information anytime, anywhere.
Set up your Medical ID in the Health App on your iPhone

FuelCheck is an online tool providing real-time fuel price information covering every service station across NSW. FuelCheck enables NSW motorists to:
Find the cheapest fuel being sold anywhere in NSW
Get directions to any service station in NSW
Search for fuel by type (E10, Regular, LPG, etc) or brand
Submit a complaint to NSW Fair Trading if the price at the pump doesn’t match what is shown on FuelCheck.

In addition to being available as a website at www.fuelcheck.nsw.gov.au. The app version includes all of the popular website functions with multiple new features including a Favourite Station function where you can set up alerts for when your preferred fuel drops below a certain threshold at your favourite service station. The My Trip feature helps you locate the cheapest fuel along the route of your frequent or longer journeys.