When Apple announced its new Studio Mac it also introduced the Apple Studio Display to go with it. However at the same time it withdrew the 27” iMac from sale.

The Studio Display has a 27” 5K Retina display, 3 microphone array (with directional beam-forming), six speaker cinematic sound, 12MP Ultra Wide camera that supports Centre Stage (it tracks motion and people), six speaker Spacial Audio all powered by the same A13 Bionic chip that is in the iPad and iPhone 11.

The new iPad Air has had a makeover that is not very obvious at first glance. Externally it looks very similar to its predecessor but inside it has had a major processor upgrade, improved camera, and wireless connectivity boost.

It now joins its Pro cousin it sporting an 8 core M1 chip which give it a 60% speed boost as well a 100% graphics power boost - rather impressive.

It now has a 12MP Ultra-wide back camera which, due to the new M1 chips graphics processing power (ISP), now has stunning new capabilities including 4K videos and Smart HDR.

The new wireless connectivity includes Wi-Fi 6 and 5G mobile allowing for fast video streaming at home or away.

The Apple-Q’s Main Web Site appears to have finally died completely. This has spurred me on to generate a new site. I have had a Draft version up on one of my web sites (myharvey.net) however it had some technical problems that were difficult to fix and required a third party site to assist with the login.

So when the old main site finally died I had another go and did a major re-write that removed the third party login problem. It is up and running (well - sort of) but there is yet another problem that I have not been able to fix. I had hoped to have it ready to reveal in this issue of the Apple-Bug - but that was not to be.

When we produced the Apple-Q Disk of the Month there was always a folder which contained web links that Judith Hall had sent to me via email. There were lots of interesting tidbits of interest to Jude, me, and other members. So here are some of the things that she has found in the last month - actually quite a lot!

• How To Send A Fax On A Mac?
• How to upgrade your Mac RAM.
• Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, & iPad, including items such as processor speed, memory, graphic cards, supported OS versions, price, storage, and expansion options.

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When we produced the Apple-Q Disk of the Month there was always a folder which contained web links that Judith Hall had sent to me via email. There were lots of interesting tidbits of interest to Jude, me, and other members. So here are some of the things that she has found in the last month

• TopNotch - Tool that Makes the notch disappear
• Safari bug leaks your browsing activity & Google account details By Killian Bell
• How to View & Manage Compromised Passwords
• on Your iPhone By Tom Twardzik
• Preservation Stations
• Impossible to pair Apple Wireless Keyboard
• (A1016) after update to Monterey 12.0.1
• Burn is not 64 Bit
• BetterDummy Dummy Display for Apple Silicon Macs to Have Custom HiDPI Resolutions - an app from one of the makers of MonitorControl.

For a long time now I have been looking into a way for us to meet on-line. There are a lot of Meeting Servers (eg Zoom) and group Video/Audio Call apps (eg FaceTime, NextCloud Talk) however each one that I looked had unacceptable limitations (like hardware requirements, duration of sessions, number of participants, cost, etc).

I had been using a Group Chat Server called Discord for several years with my on-line gaming group but never really considered it would be good for what we require. I was once again searching through various options on the web when I found that several social groups were using it for their meetings.

When I started to look into it I found that you could have an unlimited amount of voice participants for an unlimited duration and that it was totally free! The only limitation of the free version is a limit of 25 video participants. Furthermore it was something that I had used a lot and was familiar with. I had never set up a server or manage one but how hard could that be?

I already had the Discord app installed on my Mac so I just created an Apple-Q President account, clicked on a plus sign and typed in a few details and the Apple-Q Meetings Server was born.

Apple-Q Web Site includes:

• Apple-Q Information About Us for the Public and Members;
• Services that we offer;
• Calendar of Events (none at the moment due to Covid);
• Joining and Renewal of Membership;
• Current News about Apple (on the right of the most pages);
• Web Links to various Apple related Sites;
• Contact details for Apple-Q and the Committee (including Bank Details for renewal;
• Apple-Q Abyss Members Section (accessed from the top right of the most pages) with Apple-Bug downloads.

When we produced the Apple-Q Disk of the Month there was always a folder which contained web links that Judith Hall had sent to me via email. There were lots of interesting tidbits of interest to Jude, me, and other members. So here are some of the things that she has found in the last month - actually quite a lot!

• Travel Carrying Case for 24’’ iMac Desktop
• Computer
• iOS 15 bug could send iPhone into an endless loop of crashes
• Apple-Q Member, Sam Ginsberg, Celebrates 100th
• ‘I just thought to myself, this is how I die’: Jewish WWII soldier
• Turn your iPhone into a simple burglar and flood detector with this toggle.
• Free online Wordcloud generator
• Another Famous Apple-Q Member: Sunday Mail, December 12 2021
• Found at Aldi... Very retro!

During your time of enforced confinement would be a good time to increase your basic computer skills. It is good to keep your mind active and set task for yourself. Be Connected has an ever increasing collection of tutorials that you can work through. You will also be helping Apple-Q achieve our goals and receive more funding.

Full tutorial available at: (Apple-Q HowTo- Join Be Connected)

The new course, Advanced online security, takes you through a range of measures you can use to protect your personal information online. These include step-by-step guidance on:
• how to create strong passwords and the benefits of using a password manager;

If you want to brush up on your online safety basics, the course covers those too. There’s lots to explore so check it out today!

New updates! Here is a list of commonly used Free and Open Source Software. If you know of others that are useful please let me know. I use most of these. Many Apple-Q HowTo tutorials.
I have included the latest version number and release date for each, however there are often different versions of the software for various releases of macOS / iOS. Previously updated: 2021-07

There are times when we may wish to have access to information while on the move, and not necessarily within internet access. To solve this problem information may be saved as Portable Document Format (PDF) and stored on your mobile device to access while off-line. There are web plug-ins and apps that let you convert web pages and other documents to PDF.
However web sites are very useful in linking pages of information together so that you can organise several sources of information into a series on linked pages.
You can also do this with PDF files and you can create these links with most good Word Processing apps like LibreOffice.

When we produced the Apple-Q Disk of the Month there was always a folder which contained web links that Judith Hall had sent to me via email. There were lots of interesting tidbits of interest to Jude, me, and other members. So here are some of the things that she has found in the last month.

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Whilst sitting about at hearing related appointments with my husband I perused some of the literature to fill time and amongst the leaflets was the subject of tinnitus.
Tinnitus is described as the perception of sound when no corresponding external sound is present. Some people may describe the sounds ringing, clicking, buzzing, hiss, or roaring. It can be soft or loud, low or high pitched and appear to be coming from one or both ears. It can sound like music or singing but that's quite rare.