As promised, we are pleased to announce the programme for the next twelve months. As well as our own members survey, choices were made based on the most popular activities at other UK Mac User Groups. Special thanks to committee member, Paul Sharp, who collated all of the results and presented them in a form we could read and understand!

Meetings
Jan: iApps
March: Making the most of Apple TV (Mark Riley)
May: AGM and App speed-dating
July: New changes to iLife and iWorks apps (Brad Clark)
September: Lightroom (Steve Tarling)
November: iCloud and cloud utilities inc. DropBox, Evernote etc (Mark Elliss)
Jan: The Mac Cook Book

Several of our members (and most other user groups in the UK) offer a Q&A; session at their meetings and to this end (and also to try and silence the complaints about our meetings not starting on time!) we will in future begin with a short Q&A.; So if you’re coming along and have any burning Apple-related questions, please use this opportunity to seek answers.

iApps
Speaker: Various
When: 29 January 2026

No more than 5 minutes on each of about 25 apps for your iPhone/iPad.
You may detect a holiday theme...

Passion.
That’s what sells a good app (and just about everything else, come to think of it) and two years ago a brave group of members hit the Suffolk MUG mic to describe why they loved their favourite iApps so much - but they had to do it in less than five minutes.

28 Apps later we’d just about choked up the iTunes server as members of the audience busily downloaded stuff they’d never heard of, and left the St Nicholas Centre with a bunch of new apps to explore on their i-devices.

So we thought we’d do it again.

This time, 13 members will be demonstrating around 25 favourite apps from all genres - business, educational, productivity, games, lifestyle, news, you name it. Once again, each speaker will be limited to five minutes (or face gobby Kwasniak and his cooker timer!) and we plan to pack in as many apps as we can.

Got an iDevice?  Don’t be App-rehensive - Bring It!

Here’s the full list

Maps & Travel
Martin RH : Galileo, PlaneFinderHD
Simon Parnell : Nav Free
Paul Sharp : Ski Tracks, Walkmeter, Next Buses
Mike Kwasniak : Yahoo weather
Information sources
William Crees : RedLaser
Barry Burns : Reuters Wider Picture, Zite
Simon Parnell : Reeder
Personal stuff
Simon Parnell : Secure Safe / Secure Notes, Diary
Paul Cudmore : Paypal here
Photography
Mike Kwasniak : ColorTRUE: – Creating colour profiles for iPads
Paul Cudmore : Camera+ for iPhone
Keeping in touch
Karen Honey : My Vacation
Paul Sharp : Mail Many
Barry Burns : Hootsuite
Entertainment
Mike Kwasniak : The Room
Andy Brobbin : Bloom (music)
Barry Burns : TuneIn Radio
Steve Tarling : Lingopal
Making the most of Apple TV
Speaker: Mark Riley
When: 26 March 2025

Got an Apple TV and want to do more with it?  Been thinking of getting one, but not sure what it will add to your digital life?  Just interested in all things Apple, and want to know how you can build a media library on your Mac?  If so, the SMUG session in March will guide you along the path; from getting started all the way to taking your Apple kit to the limits!

As well as setting up and tweaking your Apple TV, we'll be discussing iTunes Home Sharing, AirPlay Music, converting your DVDs, viewing photos, getting your home movies onto Apple TV, and using third-party products such as TV tuners and a NAS (Network Attached Storage) to build and hold your media library.

In short, pretty much all you need to turn your media digital!  See you in March!

Mark Riley became an Apple convert in 2006 when he started using Final Cut Pro.  From humble beginnings learning Audio-Visual skills in a church setting, Mark now also works with digital media in his professional life as a broadcast engineer: helping to design and operate the technology behind BT's TV services: BT Sport and BT Vision.
AGM and App speed-dating
Speaker: various
When: 28 May 2025

We aim for the world’s shortest AGM, followed by a number of stalls where you can chat to members with their Macs and favourite apps.
New changes to iLife and iWorks apps
Speaker: Brad Clark
When: 30 July 2025
Lightroom
Speaker: Steve Tarling
When: 24 September 2025
iCloud and cloud utilities inc. DropBox, Evernote etc
Speaker: Mark Elliss
When: 26 November 2025
The Mac Cook Book
Speaker: TBA
When: 26 November 2025

‘The Mac Cook Book’ was a splendid idea suggested by member, Geoff Rogers, exploring the theme ‘How to make a **** in one hour’ (where a **** might be a movie, a slideshow, a photo-book etc).