AI is very much dominating the news in recent times and offers some significant progress in the likes of medical drug design, medical diagnosis, military strategy, architectural design, natural science (including a Nobel Prize in 2024), and more; less focus has been on using AI in our every day lives just to make things easier, quicker and/or more accurate.

Jeff's talk will examine the options available for each of us to use and benefit from the many free AI apps across all platforms.

As ever, Apple has its own take on AI (which it calls Apple Intelligence) and which seriously exploits Apple's unique position in charge of hardware, software and firmware across its devices.

Jeff will cover the highlights of this new and exciting development for Apple users and provide links where you can review all the changes and extras.

To follow.

Modern technology opens a wonderful world of music - everything from Chill through Heavy Metal to Jazz (via Classics of course) with multiple options for sourcing, storing and listening to your music of choice.

Sourcing music is easy if you wish to subscribe to the likes of Apple Music or Spotify; otherwise there are many sources of free music and your own CD collection can easily be ripped. Jeff will explain how to master each of these options.

With a robust Internet connection downloading music on demand works at any desired quality level; listening on the move (particularly on holiday) often requires some or all of your music to be stored and Jeff will explain how to so do.

As we get older our ability to hear higher frequencies declines and this has the advantage that cheaper equipment is perfectly adequate! Notwithstanding that there are multiple choices for playback from in-ear pods through to classic floor-standing hi-fi speakers.

Passwords (and, better still, passkeys) are fundamental to protecting your on-line presence and keeping your money to yourself.

Jeff will will review the various methods and illustrate how easy it is to stay safe on-line.

Another year and Apple released its next tranche of updates including iOS 19, iPadOS 19, MacOS 16, WatchOS 12 and TVOS 19 in mid-September.

Jeff will cover the highlights of these updates and provide links where you can review all the changes and extras.