One of the last objections that people still had about using Apple Photos instead of iPhoto was that it did not have an external editor function built in. Well, as of version 3.0, this feature is now included with Apple Photos... however there are a few of things that you need to be aware of in order for you see the results of your editing back within Apple Photos. In this tutorial I will be using GIMP v2.8.22 as my external editor. Here is how...

Calibre, the eBook library app for the Mac, is a great way to store all of your eBooks in one place and it is free. DeDRM Calibre Plugin is free and simple software for removing DRM from their Kindle ebooks, stripping DRM from their Adobe Digital Editions ebooks, getting rid of DRM from their Barnes and Noble ebooks, freeing their Kobo ebooks of DRM, or decrypting their Fictionwise eReader ebooks.This shows you how to install the Kindle reader app, Authorise it, and setup the Kindle DeDRM Plugin inside of Calibre. This allows you to import, convert, and use your Amazon Kindle eBook of virtually anyeBook reader or app.
Note:
These instructions assume that you have already installed Calibre and DeDRM Plugins as per the Apple-Q HowTo – 1 Install Calibre & DeDRM Plugin available from the Apple-Q Server on meeting days and training sessions.

Calibre, the eBook library app for the Mac, is a great way to store all of your eBooks in one place and it is free. DeDRM Calibre Plugin is free and simple software for removing DRM from their Kindle ebooks, stripping DRM from their Adobe Digital Editions ebooks, getting rid of DRM from their Barnes and Noble ebooks, freeing their Kobo ebooks of DRM, or decrypting their Fictionwise eReader ebooks. Once this is set up, there are just a few easy steps to download your eBooks and have Calibre automatically remove the DRM and convert it to the format used with your favourite eBook Reader.Many ebooks available to download from on-line sites (but not all) are protected by Adobe DRM. This is a requirement of several publishers. DRM protected ebook files require special ebook reading software. Adobe have an eBook reader app called Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) while some other eBook Readers also support its use which allows them to read Adobe DRM protected books.Note:
•It is assumed that you have already completed thetutorial Apple-Q HowTo - 1 Install Calibre and DeDRM Plugins;
•These instructions also assume that you have already installed Calibre and DeDRM Plugins.

Calibre, the eBook library app for the Mac, is a great way to store all of your eBooks in one place and it is free. DeDRM Calibre Plugin is free and simple software for removing DRM from their Kindle ebooks, stripping DRM from their Adobe Digital Editions ebooks, getting rid of DRM from their Barnes and Noble ebooks, freeing their Kobo ebooks of DRM, or decrypting their Fictionwise eReader ebooks. Once this is set up, there are just a few easy steps to download your eBooks and have Calibre automatically remove the DRM and convert it to the format used with your favourite eBook Reader.

Usually you wish a picture or object to move with the writing as you type, that way it stays with its associated text regardless of how much you add and delete the information on the preceding pages. However there are times when you want a picture to stay on a certain page and have the content change around it. Here is how...

Usually you wish a picture or object to move with the writing as you type, that way it stays
with its associated text regardless of how much you add and delete the information on the
preceding pages. However there are times when you want a picture to stay on a certain page
and have the content change around it. Here is how...

An easy way to transfer items back and forth between your Mac and iPad (iOS device) is to use Apple’s AirDrop. It is easy to set up and use. You will need macOS Yosemite or higher and iOS 8 on your iPad (or iPhone, iPod Touch). All Mac released in 2012 or later support this (some older models also support AirDrop between Macs but not between Macs and iOs devices). Check Apples site to be certain.

Content Steps:

Setup 1-15

Mac to iPad 16-24

iPad to Mac 25-32.

Here is how...

Often there is limited storage on the internal drive of your Mac; specially if it is a laptop or older computer. There are many things that you can do to clear up some space on your internal drive. One of these to to try and relocate large files to an external drive. Video and large photo libraries are often the culprits when it comes to hogging disk space, so if you could move either or both that should clear plenty of space. Let us start with the Apple Photos or iPhoto library. Here is how...

Here is a cut down tutorial on how to access the Apple-Q-Server. Once completed all you have to do is open a short-cut on your Desktop and you will be able to access to and download approximately 450 GB of videos, tutorials, training & presentation notes, free & open source software, and much more including all of my 140+ Apple-Q HowTo Tutorials.

Here is how...

Most electronic devices that take photos (digital cameras, iPads, iPhones, Android Devices, etc) are recognised by Apple Photos when you attach them to your Mac via a USB cable. You can therefore import the photos taken by these devices into your photo library. Here is how...

In past tutorials I have covered how to install an older Mac operating system into VirtualBox. You can do the same thing with a MS Windows operating system to allow you to run MS programs on your Mac. However there is another way. I needed to extract some family history data from an old MS Windows XP program called PAF and did not feel like installing the old XP system into VirtualBox or worse yet onto a Windows PC. I had seen a free app called Wine that allowed you to run MS Windows apps of a Mac without requiring needing MS Windows. It sounded too good to be true but I decided to give it a go. Here’s how...
I will use PAF5 (Personal Ancestral File) as my example.

The Apple-Q-Cloud uses NextCloud to run our cloud services and an iOS App of the same name can be used to access it, both during meetings and over the internet. You can use this to access and sync all of the Apple-Q HowTo Tutorials, Apple-Bugs (including Selected Articles) and other Apple-Q items.
The NextCloud iOS app may be downloaded from the AppStore for free.

webtrees allows you to not only create, edit, and maintain your family tree but also publish it on the web. This lets other people to see and contribute to it, allowing your tree to grow and be available to future generations.

I have found occasions when I need combine two or more PDF documents together. With scanning for example individual pages of a document may are saved as separate PDF files which then need to be combined. I have also found this feature useful to replace a single file in a PDF document instead of recreating the whole document – one page can be scanned and added to the main document and
the faulty/incorrect page deleted.
All of this can be achieved via Apple Preview – who knew!
Here is how...

Apple's Photos app for Mac has a slightly different way of doing some things. When I first starting using it I could not find a way of adding a new face to a photo when Photos fails to recognise it.It took a little while to find out how...

Just purchased an external hard drive and wish to use it to backup your Mac? There are a few things that you will need to know to get thing going.

Here is how...

Use ICSviewer software to export your Apple Calendar to a csv file which you can then import into Apple Numbers.
Here is how...

2022 Update: The site that has ICSviewer software has closed down – I have included an alternative link.
You could use this app from Marc’s Place instead – Much easier to use but you need to set the range of dates that you wish to export.

Note: this tutorial will be using a free iPad app called Remote File Manager Free, downloaded from the AppStore. You will also need to be at the Apple-Q meeting to access the Apple-Q Server. There is also a non-free version called Remote File Manager that allows you to have more than one Mac connection configured, this make it easier to transfer the files copied from the Apple-Q Server back to your Mac. If you have not yet configured access to the Apple-Q Server, you will need to do so. Read the HowTo tutorial Setting up Access to the Apple-Q Server (iPad).

Note: This tutorial will be using a free iPad app called Remote File Manager Free, downloaded from the AppStore. There is also a non-free version called Remote File Manager that allows you to have more than one Mac connection configured, this make it easier to transfer the files copied from the Apple-Q Server back to your Mac. If you have already set up access to the Apple-Q Server, please view the HowTo Guide on Using the Apple-Q Server (iPad).

Setting up access to the Apple-Q File Server via the Wi-Fi network during meetings.