At this meeting, held on the 11th August, we looked at protecting PDF documents with passwords, some interesting Mac easter eggs and members discussed several topics.
PDF Passwords
Robert talked about the options available to password protect PDF documents and limit the functions available to viewers (such as blocking printing).
Apple have a useful support article on this.
He demonstrated a possible bug where a PDF with the open and owner passwords set the same won’t print on iOS even if the correct password is entered.
Mac Easter Eggs
We looked at a number of fun easter eggs hidden in macOS highlighted by this article on Mac Rumors.
When discussing easter eggs, DaveK mentioned experiencing the first known easter egg, in the Atari game Adventure.
Member topics
- Ann-Kay asked about cleaning electronic devices where their coating has become sticky with age. DaveK mentioned using what we believe to be isopropyl alcohol to remove stickiness from rubberised devices as described in this article.
- DavidB talked about how he is successfully using the Apple passwords feature built into iOS and macOS. He has found this shortcut to Passwords recommended by DaveK useful.
- During the passwords discussion, DavidB also mentioned Bitwarden as an alternative password management tool particularly if you require cross-platform support.
- We discussed scammers encouraging people to contact them (often via Telegram) in comments on YouTube videos.
- DavidB mentioned the BBC series The Sixth Commandment.
- DaveK asked about moving a SIM to a new iPhone. We found Apple’s articles on removing and inserting SIMs on various iPhone models and what size SIM different iPhones use.