This meeting was held on the 14th of October. Robert led a discussion about iCloud and managing your iCloud storage, members brought up a number of other topics and we talked about some recent news.
iCloud Storage Management
Robert talked about managing iCloud storage, how to check what is using your iCloud space and what Apple offers if you choose to purchase expanded storage.
Items that may be using iCloud storage include:
- Backups
- Photos and Videos
- Files in iCloud Drive
- Messages
Apple has a helpful support article on iCloud storage.
When looking at folders in iCloud Drive on a Mac Robert pointed out the useful “Calculate all sizes” setting in Finder View options. Enabling this shows the total size for each folder in the list view.
News
We discussed a couple of recent Apple news stories:
- Apple Music, TV and iCloud Photos coming to Windows (and Apple Music to Xbox).
- The Ask Apple service where developers can get help from Apple engineers.
Member topics
- DaveK showed us a Tweeted video from Marc Blank-Settle demonstrating the iOS app WhiteOut which allows you to quickly markup text in images (for example to a snapshot of a quote from an article) to redact, highlight and apply other effects. WhiteOut is free with pro features unlocked via in-app purchases.
- He also mentioned rakfisk, very smelly perserved fish from Norway.
- DavidB recommended the film The Courier currently on NetFlix.
- Denesh gave us some impressions of the iPhone 14 Pro including the Dynamic Island. He pointed out that when setting up recent iPhones with EE you can convert you physical SIM to an eSIM.
- Denesh also recommended the Airalo eSIM service when traveling that offers eSIMs for over 190 countries.
- He mentioned the Schooltime feature of Apple watch which disables potentially distracting features during school hours.
- And pointed out that 1Password 8 (released for Mac earlier this year) removes the local vault feature.