Search your Apple Mac

 

Have you ever lost a document or image on your Mac?  Apple’s Spotlight Search is one of the more underused tools available and can help with this problem. To open Spotlight Search, press <cmd> and the space bar, or click the magnifying glass icon, top right of the screen. On more recent versions of Mac OX, you can drag the box around.

Using iPhoto and Photo apps

iPhoto appeared in Mac OSX versions including Mountain Lion (10.8), Mavericks (10.9), and was replaced by the Photo app in an update of Yosemite (10.10) and continues in El Capitan (10.11).  (Click the Apple icon top left of screen and About this Mac to see what version you have).

Digital Photography Part 1

Dave reminded us of many of the principles of photography including:

The pinhole camera, how the lens works, exposing film and positive and negative images.  Colour, and how it is broken down.

Cameras from the original Brownie type through to the Single Lens Reflex, SLR and how they work.  Advantages and disadvantages. Apertures and light levels.

Topics discussed at the October Meeting

We had quite a wide ranging discussion on Mac topics this time.  Here’s a summary:

Turn off or Sleep?

Do you turn your Mac laptop off, or just close the lid when not in use and does it have any effect on battery life?  Well, the jury is still out – some did and some didn’t.  Here’s what can be found online:

iPhoto and Photo on the Mac

The Photo app has replaced iPhoto and comes as standard with the Yosemite OS Version 10.10.X operating system and can also be installed on top over earlier OS versions like Mavericks 10.9.X. If you have a lot of photos it seems to be much faster than iPhoto and much effort has been put into the organisation of photos.