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Annual TVCUC Picnic on June 4th

May 11, 2019 By Jim Watson

TVCUC Picnic/Social

Tuesday, June 4, 2019
5:00 PM at The Tugaloo Pavilion

The annual TVCUC membership picnic will be held on Tuesday, June 4^th, at the Tugaloo Pavilion. No charge to attend the picnic, but participation is limited to TVCUC members only. Please assist us in planning food and picnic items by pre-registering no later than Friday, May 24, 2019.

Reservations will be accepted online and will be limited to 150 members.

Follow this link to the TellicoLife Registration Form. Benefits of pre registering include:

One dinner ticket for each person
Entry in the door prize drawing

Members who do NOT pre-register may attend the picnic but will be allowed to join the food line only after those who did pre-register and will not be eligible for the door prize drawing.

The TVCUC will supply sub sandwiches along with plates, napkins and utensils.

We ask participants to:

Wear your nametag
Bring your own beverages
Bring a dish to share that serves 10-12 people. Please mark your dish and serving utensils with your name.

In order to have a good variety, please bring one of the following dishes based on the first letter of your last name:

Last names A-E, bring DESSERT
Last names F-N, bring SALAD
Last names O-Z, bring SIDE DISH

Hope to see you there!

Provision CARES Cancer Center and Proton Therapy

March 8, 2019 By Jim Watson

Did you know that proton therapy is the newest and most promising cancer treatment available?
Currently 83 proton cancer-treatment centers operate throughout the world, 31 operating centers in the United States.
Provision CARES Proton Therapy Knoxville was the 13th proton center in the USA, the center in Nashville was 29th.
ProNova is the first and only superconducting 360-degree compact proton therapy system on the market.
Provision CARES Proton Therapy Center in Nashville is the first stand-alone center featuring the ProNova system.

Terry Douglass, PhD., Founder and Executive Chairman of Provision Healthcare, LLC is the featured presenter at the April TVCUC General Meeting.

Video of Presentation by Dr. Terry Douglass of PET/CT & Proton Therapy May be viewed HERE

More about Provision Healthcare…Here.

More about Terry Douglass, CEO Provision Healthcare…Here.

Mac SIG March Updade

March 6, 2019 By Jim Watson

The March Mac Users meeting will be held at 3 p.m., March 25, Chota Rec Center. The topic for the meeting is Mac Utilities.

Karen Brown is still looking for someone to present the program for the April 22 meeting. If no one steps forward, there will be no meeting.

Meanwhile, here are some tips for you.

How to use and troubleshoot AirDrop for simple file transfers and handoffs
AirDrop is a handy feature for quickly transferring data between iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Here’s how to make proper use of it. Read more ▶

When Does the Mac Red Button Quit an App and When Does It Just Close a Window?
When you click the red button at the top left corner of a window on a Mac, you close that window. But sometimes this also quits the app entirely. There is a logic behind this, based on how the app operates. Apps that allow multiple windows for multiple documents usually only use the red button to close a window. But apps that normally operate with a single window and have no other reason to stay open, will quit. Read More…

How To Customize Your iPhone iCloud Backup
Most iPhone and iPad users rely on iCloud Backup to keep their data safe, even if they don’t realize they are using it. You can customize which apps backup to iCloud if you look in the right place in the Settings app. If you want to stick with iCloud’s free storage plan you may need to do this to remain under the limit. Read More…

Create Reusable Text With Text Clippings (MacMost #1862)
Text Clippings are little files you create using drag-and-drop. Once you have a text clipping, you can drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste it back into another document. You can organize your text clippings in the Finder. They are particularly useful because they retain text styling. Read More…

Free iPhone Ringtones Revisited
Back in 2008 we created a huge set of 250 free iPhone ringtones for people to download and use on their iPhones. The page has been updated to put all of the ringtones in one huge list, make it easy to preview the tones, and also easier to install them directly on your iPhone. Check out this tutorial on how to download them without needing to sync with a computer and iTunes. Read More…

Tip: Quickly Send Your Location
If you want to quickly text someone your location from your iPhone, start the message out with the words I’m at. Then after hitting the spacebar, a Current Location suggestion will appear in the Quick Type space above the keyboard. Tap that and your location is sent to the recipient. You can also tap the person’s icon at the top of the screen, the i button, and then tap Send My Current Location.

How To Split and Merge PDF Documents In Preview
You can copy pages in a PDF document in Preview and paste them to get a new document with only the pages you want. You can split a PDF into two or more smaller documents. You can also merge documents by dragging pages from one document into another. Read More…

Why Are There Two Applications Folders?
If you have ever looked in your Applications folder to find nothing in there, or almost all of your apps missing, that is because you can have an Applications folder in your user Home folder as well as at the main hard drive level. Most applications will install to the main hard drive level, making them available to all user accounts on the Mac. But if you look in the wrong Applications folder, it can cause confusion. Read More…

How To Control Website Notifications
Websites use notifications to send you alerts when there is a new post or just to get your attention when not at the site. Sites have to ask for your permission to send these notifications, but it is easy to accidentally allow them if you are not paying attention. You can turn them off by going to your browser settings. Learn how to turn website notifications off in Safari, Chrome and Firebox. Read More…

Cutting the Cord – Part 3

February 22, 2019 By Jim Watson

Over the last 2.5 years, we have had a series of programs about “Cutting the Cord” or replacing cable/satellite TV with Over the Air (OTA) and streaming content. These have been some of the most popular programs presented. In March we are presenting the third installment. To put this in perspective, the following is a direct quote from this week’s Tablo newsletter.

The latest cord cutting numbers show approximately 3.2 million consumers ditched their cable or satellite subscriptions in 2018. (To put it in context, that’s like if the entire population of Utah cut the cord last year.)

This represents an erosion of 4.2% of the total pay-TV subscriber base, up from 3.7% in 2017 and 2% the previous year.

Of course, the industry isn’t doing itself any favors. In the face of a mass exodus of customers, you’d think they’d try harder to keep the ones they still have. Instead, they’re putting the squeeze on them, hiking prices and cutting off promos.

2019 isn’t shaping up any better for cable and satellite providers. Cord Cutters News did some quick math based on a recent survey and estimates that as many as 39 million households could cancel their subscriptions this year.

So much for this cord cutting thing being a ‘fad’!

The previous two presentations focused on the technology needed to cut the cord. These can be found on the TVCUC website. WE ARE NOT REPEATING MUCH OF THIS CONTENT. This presentation is going to primarily focus on results and real-life experiences of four people who either have, or are in the process, of cutting the cord. We are going to talk about the good, the bad…and the ugly of cord cutting from a personal perspective.

IF you are thinking about cutting the cord, or have done it and would like to help share your experiences, don’t miss the Wednesday March 6^th meeting.

Annual TVCUC Picnic on June 4th

TVCUC Picnic/Social

Provision CARES Cancer Center and Proton Therapy

Mac SIG March Updade

Cutting the Cord – Part 3

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Proton Therapy Video

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