Mac-Senior University

10/18/2017

Mac-Senior is at the Capital One Café in Walnut Creek on S. Main St. right next to the Apple store every Wednesday morning from 9:00Am till 11:00. Please stop by for free help on your iPhones, your iPads and your Macs. Use your Capital One card, and get half off of your Peets coffee.

Sharon

P.S. And I always bring dessert!

08/27/2017

"TOO MANY PEOPLE, WHEN THEY GET OLD, THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE BY THE CALENDAR." .- John Glenn (1921-2016)

"As the oldest person to board a U.S. Space Shuttle at age 77, Senator John Glenn exemplified the view that we shouldn't let age define us. The calendar is a useful way to let you know the date, but if you let yourself be hemmed in by your chronological age, you may lock yourself out of potentially valuable opportunities." --Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D.

08/26/2017

Hi Everyone,

If you wanted to see the total eclipse but couldn’t for what ever reason…come with me and my husband while we take a fast trip (31 hours) up to the Boise National Forrest where we could be in the dead center of the “Path of Totality”. It was absolutely an amazing trip and I’m so glad I let my husband talk me into doing such a crazy thing like driving to Idaho and back in less than two days. But it was worth it. I hope you enjoy my video of the experience.---Sharon Beck

Mac-Senior and the Great Eclipse News Letters, Sharon’s Senior Blog Hi Everyone, It was my husbands dream to go to the path of totality to see the Eclipse and I wanted to support him by going along. But it wasn’t on my “Bucket List to drive 11 hours or more depending on whether you could believe the...

08/22/2017

INDEPENDENT LIVING in the FUTURE - SENIORS PREFER ROBOTS!
USA Today wrote on 8/23/17 that "63% of Millennial parents would rather have artificial intelligence (with robots) help them in their golden years--not their kids!"
However, when it comes to technology help for Apple devices, seniors prefer easy-to-navigate tutorials. Take a look at mac-senior.com for free, friendly and very human help! Post by Pat

08/16/2017

WHAT'S COMING NEXT IN iPHONES?
I was curious about the new iPhone 8. scheduled to be released in a month. What will the features be? What will be different? On www.macrumors.com, I got closer to some answers:

"The iPhone 8 is expected to feature a radical redesign, with an edge-to-edge display that does away with the top and bottom bezels where features like the Touch ID fingerprint sensor and the front-facing camera are housed. Instead, rumors suggest Touch ID will either be built into the display or eliminated entirely in favor of facial recognition technology, which Apple is confirmed to be working on. Either way, there will be no physical Home button on the iPhone 8 and no bezels aside from a small area for the front-facing camera." They may be rumors but it's enough to create a lot of industry buzz!

Apple, Mac, iOS News and Rumors

08/12/2017

NEW TERM FOR SMART PHONE USERS
Have you heard of "Phubbing"? It's a combination of the words Phone and Snubbing. A recent Parade Magazine article gives an example of "having dinner with a companion who spends more time on his/her smartphone than talking to you." According to a survey by the American Psychological Assoc., "86% of adults say they constantly check their email, texts and social media accounts." Are we adults are as guilty of Phubbing as our children and grandchildren? I wonder what would happen if we had more more face-to-face conversations?

08/09/2017

Q&A #5 – HOW TO USE FACETIME ON YOUR APPLE DEVICE by Sharon Beck

FaceTime has been one of the most wonderful inventions for Seniors that Apple has ever come up with, I think! It allows grandparents, who live far away from the sweet grandchildren (or anyone, really), to see and talk to them as though they are in the same room. If you’ve wondered how to use FaceTime, I hope you will watch this video and share it with others.
http://www.mac-senioruniversity.com/2017/08/09/apple-qa-facetime/

08/07/2017

3 WAYS TO CONTINUE LEARNING. French writer, Marcel Proust, considered to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th Century, had amazing insight when he wrote: “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”
In their blog, the people at the Ohio retirement community, Kendal at Oberlin, list some “eye opening” ideas about continuous education in 3 easy steps. (1) Take a college course, (2) Make music, (3) Try yoga or tai chi. More at: http://blog.kao.kendal.org/3-ways-to-continue-learning-in-retirement

It’s not uncommon for older adults to seek opportunities for lifelong education. The benefits of learning continue throughout our lives.

07/28/2017

APPLE Q&A #4 - CREATING & WORKING WITH SLIDESHOW on a MAC
by Sharon Beck

HI Everyone,
I’m learning a lot by doing these Q&A’s and one of the things I’m learning at a deeper level, is how very helpful AppleCare is to me and the Seniors I serve. What a wonderful group of helpful people. I am grateful for them every day.
I hope this latest Apple Q&A will be helpful to you and that you will share my website with anyone who uses a Mac and may benefit from the help it offers. Here’s the link:
http://mac-senior.com/newsletters/apple-qa-making-…-photos-on-a-mac/ ---Sharon Beck

07/25/2017

ARE YOU GROWING YOUR MIND?
Knowledge is the key to power. PIckthebrain.com has a great quote: “Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance”- William Ellery Channing." Powerful words!

One way to grow your mind is to stay connected through technology. Do you have an Apple device that is not being used—or not used to its potential? Go to mac-senior.com, sign up for our Newsletter and “start growing” with our Free video tutorials.

07/20/2017

APPLE Q & A #3 – Saving & Sharing images on your iPad or iPhone.

Have you ever wanted or needed to make a screen shot of any image on your iPad or iPhone? Whether it’s a photo, a document or a spreadsheet, this video tutorial will show you how to do it and then how to share it with others. Thanks for watching and please share it with anyone for whom you think it may be helpful. –Sharon
http://mac-senior.com/newsletters/apple-qa-3-saving-images-on-ipads-and-iphone/

07/19/2017

APPS FOR SENIORS
Thanks to research at Sunrise Senior Living, we learned that there are a number of new apps of interest to all ages. Here are a few we could all use:

1. The Weather Channel – The Weather App, already on your iPhone, comes from this channel. Receive forecasts, current conditions and maps. You may want to check other cities as well. As seen in the previous post (but bears repeating), our very own Sharon Beck of mac.senior.com has a new video to assist with using the Apple Weather app. Learn how to view the weather worldwide by viewing this link: http://mac-senior.com/…/apple-qa-adding-cities-to-apples-w…/

2. Nook – “Read dozens of your favorite novels on one device with the Nook app. The Nook app allows you to travel with all of your latest reads without the extra weight.”

3. Skype – “Connect with your family members and close friends with your Skype app. This app makes staying in touch with loved ones from long distances a simple task.”
Explore more at: https://www.sunriseseniorliving.com/blog/september-2016/10-best-apps-for-seniors.aspx