Computer Help for Seniors

Play Music through the Cloud using iTunes Match (~$25/year) Record Music to your Mac Ion Turntable to USB Cassette to USB/mp3(digital music format) Speakers (use bluetooth or WiFi) Sonos Bose Libratone Jawbone Apple uses Airplay to send music/video to other apple compatible devices (small rectangle with a triangle on the bottom) visible in iTunes Video Streaming devices - Stream Netflix, Movies, TV shows via the internet to your Television Apple TV ~$100 (best choice if you have other apple products because you can extend your display to the TV using Airplay) Roku ~$40 Chromecast ~$35 Use Spotlight (magnifying glass in the top right corner) to find the definition of a word or calculate a math problem click spotlight type in the word choose look up from the list the dictionary with the definition will open or Type in your math problem and the solution will appear beside the calculator   Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. S

Thursday Dec 5th - Internet SelfDefense class at Aquatic Park Senior Center at 1pm http://www.sfsenior.com/?p=2755   Turn off active desktop 1) Right Click on the desktop 2) choose properties in the menu that opens 3) Choose the Web Tab 4) Remove the Active Desktop check mark When in doubt, "Right Click" and look for what you want in the menu. Downloading files, attachments Run/Open vs. Save/Download to Computer Run/Open=one time use Save=keep for the future **Both will download the file to your computer** Run/Open->downloads->saves the file to a temporary location (that you can't easily access)-> will open the file once the download completes. Save->downloads the file->saves the file to your desktop/downloads/documents folder(you have to locate the file and double click on it to open it)       Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net