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Photo Opp — entry price change
Keith has provided this to assist members as he suggested this as one of his favourite Photo Ops in September AUSOM News.
“Tesselaar Tulips have sent me an email headlined All Tickets Now 30% off. They go on to say that due to ‘unusually warm and wet conditions during the growing season have significantly affected our tulip crop. As a result, the flowering display across our fields will be much smaller than in previous years.’ They also state that ‘in the 70-year history of the Tesselaar Tulip Festival, we have never experienced growing conditions quite like these.’ It would appear that one of my favourite Photo Ops may not be worth visiting this year.”
Mac Mail – September 2026
Notes from macOS Intermediate SIG September, 2026
Stephen provided these notes.
Sharing Mac Files – August 2026
Video from Recent ASCCA Group Forum
AUSOM’s Committee recommends this video:
https://youtu.be/NWWPMIKb9BA
This Forum, explores differences between
myGov and MyID, explains why Digital IDs
are becoming important, and provides practical
guidance to help older Australians confidently
use these services. OpenCore Legacy Patcher – July 2026
Notes from macOS Intermediate SIG July, 2026
Stephen has provided these notes.
Creativity July 2026: Apple Pages
Using Apple Pages on Mac and iPad
The notes available here consist of suggestions for features of the Pages app that are important to assist you to make maximum use of Apple Pages.
If you would like any of the features of Pages discussed at a future SIG meeting send an email to creativity@ausom.net.au
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AUSOM’s Committee 2026-27
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New SIG in July
Some years ago, while teaching Certificate 1 IT to absolute beginners at various TAFEs using Mac and Windows, Bron Halls developed some cartoons to try to show the students how computer devices basically work … not by talking about the chips, hardware and software and so on, but by using the analogy of a big warehouse (storage) where everything was kept, and a tiny office building where the work was actually done. It seemed successful and actually rather fun.
Now that analogy is brought to AUSOM in case it benefits our members, both newbie and established.
Creativity: June 2026 — Tips and Tricks(3)
Tips that apply to the Mac AND iPad – Part 3
This is the final SIG where we look at converting information to PDF. It covers converting a note from Apple’s Notes app and messages from Apple’s Mail app. The final step is collecting 2,3 or even more files together into a single PDF.
Follow the link — Show Me button — for notes for the session.