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New Technology Group Meeting. 13 August 2013 Mike Hender. Download this information from:. http:// www.hender.net/u3a NB: 16MB. What we’ll cover. Member Survey Results What you would most like to cover Photos Revisited How to share your holiday snaps Windows 8.1
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New Technology Group Meeting 13 August 2013 Mike Hender
Download this information from: http://www.hender.net/u3a NB: 16MB
What we’ll cover • Member Survey Results • What you would most like to cover • Photos Revisited • How to share your holiday snaps • Windows 8.1 • Is now the time to upgrade?
Survey www.hender.net/u3a/new-tech/BB-3G-WiFi.pdf
Conclusions • Use survey results to guide what we cover in the next 6 months • Include some basics in every session • Include some more advanced ideas in every session • Cover both iPad/Phone and Android in every session wherever possible
September August October October August September www.hender.net/u3a/new-tech/BB-3G-WiFi.pdf
IOS*/Android • Switch between Apps • Adjust brightness and volume • Stop an App • Rearrange and Delete Icons • Keyboard tips * IOS = Apple iPhone and iPad operating system
Sharing your Photos • Camera or Phone? • Basic saving and sharing for iPhone/iPad and Android • Arranging and editing your photos on your PC • Sharing your photos • Email • The Cloud
Image flow And share via links to friends and family
Saving and Sharing • Do you travel with a Tablet or PC? • PC: More cumbersome but easier to ‘Save, Edit and Share’ • Tablet: Small and light but a bit more tricky to use
Saving photos to PC from IOS* For pictures taken on an iPhone: • Automatic with Photo Stream • Download and install iCloud control panel • Automatic transfer to and from iCloud storage http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1455 * IOS = iPhone and iPad Operating System
Saving photos to PC from Android • Connect with USB cable • Either ‘Drag and Drop’ • Or use photo editing software
Imported from Nexus 7 using USB cable and standard Windows software
Saving photos to PC from Camera First • Either use camera + cable • Or remove card and insert in PC Then • Either use ‘Drag and Drop’ • Or use photo editing software
Arranging and simple Editing Recommended software: • Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 (£50) • Picasa (Free) • iPhoto (Free from Apple) • Photo Gallery (Free with ‘Windows Essentials’ from Microsoft) • FastStone (Free and used by Digital Imaging Group)
Edited photos back to tablet IOS/iTunes Android
Summary And share via links to friends and family Download using ‘Web Albums’ App
Image flow And share via links to friends and family
Saving Photos to Tablet from Camera You need Hardware + App
Sharing from Phone or Tablet via email and The Cloud Email • The easiest for one or two photos • Gets complicated, big and very slow for a whole album • For albums it’s best to send a link to a Cloud Service
Using a Cloud service – Android via PicasaGoogle Gallery App
Suggested Cloud Services for Photos • iCloud (IOS only) • Dropbox • Sky Drive • Google Drive /Picasa
Windows 8 – Prices • XP Security Releases end 8 April 2014 • Windows 7 on Amazon £70 to £140 • Windows 8 upgrade on Amazon £60 • Lenovo IdeaPad S405 - £350 (Tech Radar recommended, Win 8 built in)
Issues with Windows 8 • Two O/S in One • OMG – No Start Button • Modern Touch Screen and Traditional Desktop • Many (most?) traditional admin apps are in new locations • Steep learning curve • New full screen apps not well suited to traditional desktop users
Is Windows 8.1 the Answer? • Return of the Start Button (sort of) • Full screen apps share screen • Boot to desktop • Better ‘Settings’ (duplicates Control Panel) • Customise start screen
Next Meeting! 14.00 – 2 September – Pottery Room • Security! • Apps – Bring your recommendations of the Apps you find most useful (or fun) • General Q&A • Latest Apple release Sept 10th– IOS7 and iPhone 5S