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#673 February 24, 2025 Feb 27, 2025

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Facilitator Pete

Topics: Learning to use Rotor with links; Moving emails from draft folder; Problem with home pods; Problem with Apple Music with playing continuous; Problem mute button jumping; Muted issues; Issues with Apple TV with PBS app audio description; Stopping a text notification from coming up; Using rotor in edit with settings; What's the dimensions of; Ring notification being intermitted; Using Screen Recognition in in messaged; Unable to find a way back into zoom; Searching with SIRI in YouTube to tell if it's a reel or normal video; Anyone used SIRI to send money and it work?; Suggestions for checking Optimization battery level; ChatGPT and other things being Integrated with AI; Forgetting old Screen reader blue tooth to use on new brail reader.

iBytes: Pete: Setting SIRI Speech Rate in Accessibility Settings

iToys: Iphone 16 E

#672 February 17, 2025 Feb 20, 2025

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Facilitator: Greg:

Topics: Issue with not giving battery notification pop-up on Iphone 16 Pro; Asking iPhone or watch for how many steps walked; How's everyone liking the Seeing AI with Be My Eyes with tabs? Using the hand writing in Seeing AI; What can you use to see the description for photos in emails; Are the movies played in Stereo or mono?; Is there a way to delete mass Drafts?; Experience with Apple music and Storage changes with 18 updates; Except or reject website cookies?; What is Apple One?; Issues with using the Reader Mode in Safari; Experience using Categories in the Email app?; Still getting Summary with one email; How to hide a Conversation notifications?; Using Tapestry; New App called Blind Kitchen; Anyone using other cooking Apps?; Anyone using Discord?; Can you change the pitch on SIRI; Trouble getting out of Dictation; Turning the screen reader on and off; Can you over Charge your watch? Using the battery Optimization feature; Where to take Apple watch for service; Issues with hearing a breathing sound with voices with new update; Anyone using Lire App or what other news apps?;

iBUG iBytes: Greg: Setting up the relationships to different Contacts.

#671 February 10, 2025 Feb 13, 2025

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Facilitator: Brad

Topics: Trouble finding the Send in mail app on watch 3; Issues with Pandora stops song; issues with update with Mail categories; Can you turn on or of Apple Intelligence; Can you use the crown on Apple Watch to answer or hang up a call?; Using double tap on watch with a call; Apple watch asking for Passcode; Any other way to save emails besides in archive folder; issues with automatic delete with emails; Constant asking for Apple ID; Getting 2 different emails from same sender; Expanding preview notifications; Issues the updated Seeing AI with finding the reading channels; Using Apple Music $2.99 for 6mo limited offer; Is there a yearly subscription for iTunes; What's better Google and Google Lens or Chrome or Safari; Having storage issues on phone; When Forward option on an email is dimmed; Can you download music from YouTube to iPhone?;

iBUG Bytes: Brad: Using Settings defaults in Apps, manageSettings in different Apps

Call Feedback:

iBUG Announcements: Like 1, 2, 3 Not like

Introductions Yes 1, 2, No 1, 2

Q and A elaboration time: 10 minutes limit but depends on Q, Maybe elaborate in second half; Using the chat; Maybe breakout room; Maybe have a volunteer in background research Website to find when topics were talked about;

Movie clues: Yes 1, 2 , keep it to 3 clues,, gets little messy

Ibytes: Likes: 1, 2, 3, , Dislikes: 1, too many

Itoys: Likes: 1, 2, 3,

#670 February 3, 2025 Feb 06, 2025

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Facilitator: Maria

Topics: Has anyone locked their apps on iPhone; How to quiet phone Voice Over when ringing; Problem with when hitting mute in zoom; Contacts not backed up to new phone; Using Bluetooth keyboard for YouTube; New IOS Updates on phone and watch; How to delete a contact; Opening a MP3 in email link outside of Dropbox; Using Voice Over and AI in ChatGPT; OKO App for traffic lights; Using Widgets for showing Battery levels; Getting rid of email Categories; Using Voice Memos to record songs; Using NO Search AI.

iBUG Bytes: Maria: Using Text Replacement Shortcut

#669 January 27, 2025 Jan 29, 2025

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Facilitator: Pete

Topics: Updates dropped today; AI on by default; Setting up calendar for reoccurring dates; recalibrating Apple watch; Fingerprint not working; What is the extra port on Ipad; Alert for if phone stolen; Using GPT chat with service providers; Using the Password app; What is Live Activity on the Apple Watch; How to delete an email account; Finding apps through apps library; Widgits for Airpod to see battery status; Checking batter status for airpods Pro max; Using the Logitech Keys to go; Checking Screen Certain on Apple Watch

iBUG Bytes; Using Text selections for coping and pasting text into different messaging apps; Can you use it in Chrome?

Itoys: Beets Pill Plus 2 Speaker

#668 January 20, 2025 Jan 22, 2025

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Facilitator: Maria

Topics: What is the scribble on Apple Watch? How to get rid of unwanted emails; Not getting email notifications; Only hearing certain tone through bluetooth earbuds; Speech rate keeps changing; How to create a new email account; Make a copy of Notes so they appear a folder; Downloaded sounds/music files aren't showing up in the files folder in ICloud; Printing envelopes using Documents app to a wireless printer; Turning speech back on after hitting watch; Will 18.2 update, How to turn off email categories; Using Battery optimization and can I still use phone during night; How to activate Item chooser; Difference between item chooser and App switcher; New to using Ear-pods pro 2, both pods seems to have different battery charge and which mode is most energy efficient; How to avoid triggering audio recording.

iBUG Bytes: Pausing a video while recording, Can you use the magic tab? Can you us the rotor items chooser? Does recording stop when you lock your screen?

#667 January 13, 2025 Jan 16, 2025

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Facilitator: Brad

Topics: Reading different things with Zoom links in contacts; Using zoom links in shortcuts; Yearly subscriptions to Apple Music benefits?; Guesters for using copy/paste commands with VoiceOver; What is a container?; Using Guesters with dictations; Not seeing saved emails in folders; Setting up multiple mail accounts; Anyone used ChatGPT+ with AI? Adjusting Guester speaking rate in quick settings; Issues with continuous ding's while listing to news stations; Setting up Sono Speakers on Apple TV; How to cut and paste text to a new email; If phone is lost in lake or river, can I find it with Find My app; Difference between Transparency Mode and Cancelation Mode on Earpods;

iBUG Bytes: Brad: Changes in IMessages with IOS 18 Messaging apps.

#666 January 6, 2025 Jan 08, 2025

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Facilitator: Greg

Program changes: Time change for Trekkie Talk to 7-8:30pm and with the iBUG Buzz and Mini-Buzz topics.

Topics: How to get Echo connected to a new phone; Getting rid of the speaking bar/spoken content; Adding voices to Apple watch through rotor; Using a headset with the apple watch; New software update, 18.2; Using same Apple ID on 2 phones; Possible Meta Study scam; Status bar not being voiced in lock screen; Using your Amazon passcodes information with the Audible app; VoiceOver on apps not turning off on phone; Accessing Apple Pay account; Apple watch VoiceOver volume issues; Possible bug with 11.2 on apple watch, recommend to by bass; Issues accessing the haptic for Time on Apple Watch; ; Getting rid of reoccurring emails; in Messages, SMS popping up; Getting possible spam using Ai messages; Phantom voice through an IPad in messages; A review on Piccy Bot; anyone using ? TV; Using the action button.

iBUG Bytes: Greg: Using Favorite IOS features using VoiceOver Quick settings

#664 December 16, 2024 Dec 26, 2024

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Facilitator: Greg

Topics: ICloud storage on new phone; Turning off EarPods without case; Dealing with volume while on zoom; Live imaging through ChatGPT+? Learning Apple VoiceOver; Using SpeakABoo app; Email categories list; Drag and drop apps now working; Using Ring doorbell with phone; Differences with Gmail or phone mail app; Setting up email acct on Outlook; Using WIFI private relay; Checking battery level in lock screen; Causes for battery heating up; How much charging is too much; Restarting phone; Turning on chimes; Facebook not recognizing photos; Posting something to a group on Facebook; New features with AI: Image playground.

iBUG Bytes: Checking Battery settings demo, What might drain it faster.

Meta Ray-Ban glasses discussion

#665 December 23, 2024 Dec 26, 2024

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Facilitator: Pete

Topics: Issues with SIRI not recognizing Apple podcast app; Text messages not showing "Selected" in More; Be My Eyes not ending call to enable rate call; Using Apple Pay; Setting sounds limits in new settings; Can you set up new phone with new number with one Apple ID; Resetting old IPad with new Apple ID but use same carrier; Using physical or E sims card; Phone starting in App library; Trying to recover deleted email; Best way to backup iPhone to transfer to a new phone; Opinions on IPhone 16 Pro Max; Undo the Charge Optimization setting on Apple Watch 10; Will VoiceOver be accessible with setting up new Phone?; Can you take Iphone to the store for someone to transfer to new Phone; Mail not showing new mail;

MetaView early access, finding serial number; Will Ray-Bad use Cellular data or a hotspot; Some answer to questions with the Glass aren't always correct; Do photos automatically fade away; Can you delete batch photos.

iBUG Bytes: Pete: Changes in the Mail layout and Categories with the new 18 IOS update; Changes in summery view;

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