http://www.e-mug.org Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:41:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When we began to plan the content for June's meeting we had no idea that MAC|LIFE Magazine was planning the same thing. While our lists did overlap, we came up with several varying preferences within the group in attendance. Thanks to all for your participation. Deanne DuFresne sent me several ... http://www.e-mug.org/2008/06/shareware-links-for-june Our June meeting will explore shareware and freeware programs for your Mac. Some of these little programs do the most amazing things. We'll focus on three main areas with occasional side-trips. Utilities: Imagewell; Pixelmator; GraphicConverter; Adium; VLC; Handbrake; Senuti; Mouseposé. Web: Stumbleupon and FlikrSpy Games: Battle for Wesnoth This is only a partial list ... http://www.e-mug.org/2008/06/mac-gems-free-cheap-easy Here's the link to the PDF Dick Lennox used as the guide for our May meeting. Dick's PDF on Kerry's iDisk. The file is iPhoto Tips.pdf. Click the down-arrow at the left right side of the screen to download the file. Thanks for a great presentation, Dick! http://www.e-mug.org/2008/06/dicks-digital-photo-notes The Mac Store is opening a new store at the Clackamas Town Center. Our friend Jeff Scoble sent a link to the Grand Opening Specials. Pay close attention to the LaCie 500GB hard drive offer. Those of you planning to use Time Machine for backup can really get going ... http://www.e-mug.org/2008/05/the-mac-store-grand-opening We'll focus on digital photography for the May meeting using a "Soup to Nuts" approach. iPhoto plays well with all the iLife and iWork applications and spend a little time exploring this. There's also a new Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 to review and also news about Apple's Aperture2. We've got ... http://www.e-mug.org/2008/05/may-flowers-in-full-color Maybe not officially, but it should be! Steve Jobs gave us an idea of the gravity of the situation when introducing Time Machine a year ago. Four percent of computer users actually back up adequately. If you ask yourself the question, "What will it cost me to reconstruct my data for ... http://www.e-mug.org/2008/04/april-is-backup-month Dick Lennox led us on a real romp through some of the best features of the Leopard OS and the iLife applications. He recommended an article by Robin Williams on the Peachpit Press web site. She explores the 10 most overlooked features of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard. This is a ... http://www.e-mug.org/2008/03/notes-from-the-march-meeting We have a number of seemingly disparate items to discuss this month. The common element is APPLE, Inc. (As if you couldn't guess.) The new iPhone SDK leads the pack and we'll explore its implications for us. Safari 3.1 has also been released and we'll take a first look ... http://www.e-mug.org/2008/03/march-is-a-potpourri We will now meet on the THIRD Wednesday of each month. Same time. Same location. Dmitri has adjusted the countdown timer under our Banner and it now looks at the third Wednesday of March. We've already had our meeting on the 12th so don't show up on the 19th of ... http://www.e-mug.org/2008/02/pay-no-attention-to-the-countdown-timer-until-march • Steve Jobs opened his bag of tricks at MacWorld last month. We'll explore the new stuff from Apple this month. It's not clear the MacBook Air will be here yet but we can hope! UPDATE: It's here! UPDATE: Our spies at MacWorld have returned with SWAG! The Macintosh Mystery Hour precedes the ... http://www.e-mug.org/2008/02/new-goodies-and-critical-choices