New Jersey Macintosh Users Group

This Month's General Meeting:

Meeting Date: July 21, 2026 at 6:30PM

What’s hAppling, Hands on with Mac and iPad OS 27, Websites for Entertainment, Mark's Ai Built Membership Manager Campaign Module, Apple’s Siri Legal Issues and Carbon Copy Cloner

Yeah! Pizza at our July Meeting! Bring your on drinks and we’ll bring the pizza.

As always July meetings will start off with Questions and Answers followed by our monthly What’s hAppleing section.

Want to get a first look at the Mac and iPad OS 27? Mark will show two video’s highlighting the biggest changes coming to these platforms this fall.

Instead of diving into a specific software module, Mark will walk us through the process he used to develop his software products. What was his approach? How did he keep track of everything during creation and testing? You can learn some of the time-saving steps Mark discovered along the way, which could help you succeed if you ever decide to create your own app using AI. Plus, you’ll get to see how Mark plans to bring his product to market and his initial marketing ideas. Finally, you’ll see how all the apps in the Club Membership Suite (CMS) work together to offer a complete solution for small clubs.

Louis Perez is back and this time he will talk about Websites for Entertainment.

Did Apple Intelligence live up to the hype? Alan Walter takes a clear-eyed look at what Apple promised at WWDC 2024 versus what actually shipped, Siri's long road from breakthrough to bottleneck, the ChatGPT deal and its privacy tradeoffs, and what's realistically coming next. Plus some practical tips for getting the most out of the AI features on your Mac right now.

Bombich’s Carbon Copy Cloner Carbon Copy Cloner is one of the leading Mac backup software applications on the market and they been around since 2002. Scott Alenick will walk us through the latest version of Carbon Copy Cloner and how to use it to backup your Mac.

Note for NJ Seniors:

If you own or rent a home in New Jersey, especially if you’re 65 or older, don’t overlook the state’s property tax relief programs. ANCHOR, Senior Freeze, and Stay NJ can provide thousands of dollars in annual savings, but you must file the combined PAS-1 application by November 2, 2026. NJMUG’s own Alan Walter explains the updated eligibility rules, benefits, deadlines, and application process in plain English:

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New Jersey Macintosh Users Group

Founded in 1984, NJMUG is the Garden State's flagship Macintosh Users Group with members throughout New Jersey. Our community of members are dedicated to sharing their knowledge, insights and experience in the Apple computer platform. Below David Pogue talks to NJMUG April 2026.

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NJMUG's 30th Anniversary Video

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Letters to NJMUG

Date: 2/9/2022

To the New Jersey Macintosh Users Group,

I'm now a 51-year-old professional in New York City, but I grew up in New Jersey at a time when Apple was first rolling out the Macintosh. I now have two teenage sons myself, and after I was discussing what I did for extracurricular activities in high school, on a lark I looked up the New Jersey Macintosh Users Group, which I was involved in starting up. I was absolutely delighted to find the web page below referencing my participation, and I wanted to say thank you so much for memorializing the group's history. I'm glad it continues, and I'm writing to say how much I appreciate the costless but meaningful gesture of remembering the group's history. I'm only sorry I wasn't on a mailing list to be able to commemorate the 20th anniversary! Wishing best of luck, and another 35 years of success, to the New Jersey Macintosh Users Group!

Very truly yours,

Michael ("Mike") Waldorf

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Bruce Mittelman - NJMUG past president