[Newsletter] SFMUG Newsletter February 2006
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SANTA FE MAC USER GROUP NEWSLETTER February 2006
GENERAL MEETING: Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
• LOCATION: Santa Fe Community College: Jemez Room
• To obtain a map to the meeting: http://www.santafemug.org/map/
map.html
TIME OF EVENTS:
..............................BEGINNERS SIG: 5:30 PM
Hosted by Giuseppe Quinn will host the Beginners SIG. This SIG is for
those members new to the world of Mac computers. He will answer all
your questions and demonstrate tips/tricks.
................................ADVANCE SIG: 6:15 PM
Hosted by Brett Goldberg, is designed for the more experienced user
however, everyone is welcome. Here you will find the answers to those
OS and hardware related questions.
Note: *SIG stands for Special Interest Group
.....................GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING: 7:00PM
Reserved for general interest items concerning the SFMUG and all
things Apple.
............………….. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
March is the 12th Anniversary of the Santa Fe Macintosh User Group!
That calls for a big party! For music we have Larry Mitchell, back
for his second live performance. Larry will give a demonstration of
Apple's new GarageBand 3 and entertain us through the evening. We're
calling in the big guns for this one, but I'm no name dropper, you'll
have to come see who shows up. Hint: Bring your favorite, best
selling, Macintosh user books for signing. All that, plus treats,
libation and party favors.
Oh yea, March is also Board Nomination time, so don't eat so many
cupcakes you can't nominate someone. In April we vote.
***Editor's Note: Do you design websites? Create slideshows, music or
movies,? Do you edit photos, write books, or design homes? Are you
plotting the stars, documenting chemtrails, working out the cure for
cancer or hunger? Are you putting the final touches on your free
energy invention? No matter what you use your Mac for, sharing how
you do it will inspire others to new levels of whatever they us their
Mac for. Let one of the SFMUG Board members know and we'll help you
tell your story to the group.
............………….......... RAFFLE
The big raffle item this month is a DiskGO! USB Watch Drive - it's
not just a 256 MB USB drive, but it's a sport watch, too! This thing
is just too slick to pass up, and retails for over $60:
<http://www.edgetechcorp.com/usb-flash-drives/diskgo-combos-watch.asp>
Other items this month include "Podcast Solutions" The Complete Guide
to Podcasting" by Michael Geoghegan and Dan Klass (a $25 value)
<http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590595548>, a $20 iTunes
Gift Certificate, a 25 pack of K Hypermedia DVD-R 8X (a $10 value),
and some freebie Apple items (pens, notepads) as consolation prizes
for all non-winning raffle ticket buyers. Remember, raffle tickets
are $2 each, three for $5, and whatever deal you can make for higher
denomination bills - it all goes to support SFMUG activities!
As always, we may have something else cool show up just in time for
the meeting. Support SFMUG and purchase a fistful of raffle tickets!
___________________________________________
THE GRAPHICS AND FINE ARTS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
March 4th, 2006 SIG Presentation:
Reports and Critiques on Exciting Graphics Software
Genuine Fractals for super image enlargement; Toast 7 for recording
CD's and DVD's
(More coming later as people decide what they want to talk about).
The Santa Fe Graphics and Fine Arts Special Interest Group meets in
the Jemez Room
of the Santa Fe Community College on the first Saturday of each
month, from 10:00AM to Noon.
Suggestions for programs or offers to present programs should be
addressed to:
Bob Everett, SIG Coordinator Pro Tempore - everett at skystudio-online.com
................................H O T - N E W S:
OS X Malware and Virus are in the news! It's time to think about the
bad things that go bump on the net, malware, virus and Trojan horses,
oh my! If you care to read all about the recent crop of malware and
other malicious attacks on our precious Macintosh OS, MacRumors.com
has coverage here http://www.macrumors.com/pages/
2006/02/20060216005401.shtml. Bottom line is - protect yourself,
ClamVax is free and easy to use. Learn more and get it here http://
www.markallan.co.uk/clamXav/. There are other protections products
out there, if you use one and like or hate it, let us know.
* * * * *
SFMUG sponsored full-day Photoshop Seminar by Rob Barnes, March 11th
2006.
Photographers, learn the "why" as well as the "how" behind
Photoshop's most powerful features! Make a major leap forward in
understanding the world's foremost image editing tool. This one day
intensive seminar will give you an under-the-hood grasp of work flow,
editing techniques, special features and often overlooked tools. Join
photographer, film maker and Photoshop author Robert Barnes on a
journey through the essentials of Photoshop. Appropriate for
Intermediate and Advanced Photoshop Users already familiar with
Photoshop. Beginners will also benefit from this advanced exposure to
the program and its use.
More details and SIGN-UP NOW at http://www.santafemug.org/
* * * * *
The Robin Williams Academic Award search is underway. One Santa Fe
area college bound graduating high school senior will be awarded an
Apple iBook. For more details about the award visit http://
www.santafemug.org/sfmug2005-AcademicAward.html - Note: The
information on that page is from 2005 and although similar, there may
be changes this year, stay tuned!
The Santa Fe Macintosh User Group Board has named the SFMUG Academic
Award to honor one of our founding members for her many contributions
to the Macintosh Community at large and SFMUG specifically.
Graduating seniors applying for the Robin Williams Academic Award
iBook, should see Robin as a great inspiration. Robin is part of a
great team. She is one of the most successful Macintosh Instructional
writers in the known realm. She practically invented the "Computer
Instructional Books for the Masses" genre. Robin flies in the face
of convention when she posses the question, in public, "Did a woman
write Shakespeare's plays?" and answers, "Yes, Mary Sidney Herbert,
the Countess of Pembroke!" ( Read more about Sweet Swan of Avon,
Robin's book on the subject at http://www.marysidneysociety.org/
index.html ) She is friendly to strangers, children and animals. And,
we love her because she has always been there cheerfully for SFMUG!
For these things and many others, when SFMUG awards the deserving
student with the iBook, a tool we hope will inspire them, we do it in
the name of someone who has inspired so many already.
* * * * *
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................................NEW APPLE HARDWARE
iPod nano now in 1GB (240 songs), 2GB (500 songs) and 4GB (1,000
songs) models starting at $149, now pencil-thin and packs the entire
iPod experience into an impossibly small design.
................................ RECENT APPLE SOFTWARE UPDATES
iWeb 1.0.1; iWeb 1.0.1 update addresses issues related to publishing,
blogs and other issues. 02/20/06 18.3MB
iTunes 6.0.3;iTunes 6.0.3 includes stability and performance
improvements over iTunes 6.0.2. 02/15/06 25MB
iDVD 6.0.1; This update to iDVD 6 resolves issues with integration
with the other iLife applications, importing of legacy projects and
some theme related issues. 02/15/06 4.6MB
iMovie HD 6.0.1; iMovie HD 6.0.1 update addresses issues with Ken
Burns rendering performance, Scrubber Bar editing performance, and
theme image quality. 02/15/06 51.8MB
iPhoto 6.0.1; Resolves issues with photocasting, viewing thumbnails
in large libraries, and ordering cards, calendars and books. It also
addresses a number of other minor issues. 02/15/06 12MB
Mac OS X Server 10.4.5; The 10.4.5 Server Update is recommended for
all servers and includes general operating system fixes, as well as
specific fixes for applications, services and technologies. 02/14/06
14.5MB
Mac OS X Update 10.4.5 Combo; The 10.4.5 Update is recommended for
all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as
specific fixes for applications and technologies. 02/14/06 125MB
Mac OS X Update 10.4.5; The 10.4.5 Update is recommended for all
users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as
specific fixes for applications and technologies. 02/14/06 16MB
Mac OS X Update 10.4.5 for Intel; The 10.4.5 Update is recommended
for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as
specific fixes for other applications and technologies. 02/14/06 98MB
Backup 3.1; Protecting your valuable files against accidental data
loss grows ever more important in our new digital age. 02/09/06 5.5MB
DVD Studio Pro 4 Updates; The latest updates to all DVD Studio Pro 4
applications: DVD Studio Pro 5, Compressor 2, Apple Qmaster 2, and
DVD Player 4. 01/30/06 6.8MB
Common Criteria Tools; An international standard that helps to ensure
the security of computer systems in a network environment. 01/19/06
203KB
Bonjour for Windows 1.0.2; This update is recommended for all Bonjour
users to improve usability and compatibility. 01/18/06 14.1MB
Safari version 1.3.2 for Mac OS X: Panther; improves website
compatibility, application stability and support for 3rd party web
applications. 01/11/06 3.77MB
Get them at http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
................................MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
!!!SFMUG - member Exclusive!!!
As a way to save money for our Members, SFMUG President, Giuseppe
Quinn, owner of RedQuyn ZOOM Productions and TFLEYBIAOOS(see above),
has offered use of his company's Corporate Discount Webpage at
MacMall/PCMall at <http://cap.pcmall.com/site/zoomproductions>
When setting up your own account on the CAP site you will need the
following information:
username: zoomepp
password: zoom123
AFTER logging in to the CAP site (with user name and password
provided above),users will be prompted to set up their own individual
account for their personal purchases.The advantage to this site is we
accumulate group-buying power even though eachindividual has his or
her own account. When shopping through this site you will getsome of
the best web prices available and it's from a very reputable company.
Also, if theprices you find are not the lowest you've seen, you can
call the rep and he will match prices. The more we buy, the better
the discounts get.
Contributed by: Giuseppe. For further details visit <http://
www.redquyn.com/capsite.html>or email Giuseppe at
<mailto:zoom at redquyn.com>.
................................SITE(s) OF THE MONTH
A little known area of the Apple site (at least to me). Of particular
interest, Mac OS Downloads by Category near the bottom of the page.
Lots of interesting little shareware/freeware application downloads.
One that I found particularly interesting was Journler which is a Mac
Journaling app that integrates with iPhoto and other apps to enhance
your Journal including sound. Run through each category, you're bound
to find something you can use.
www.apple.com/rss/
www.radiantvista.com
Should be of interest to Photographers and Photoshop enthusiasts with
photo critiques, Photoshop video and PDF tutorials. Also a Podcast
which you can subscribe to from the site.
Download the beta version of Adobe's Lightroom which is Adobe's
answer to Apple's Aperture, a digital photography workflow tool.
These are big boys and girls tools but interesting in any case. Test
it and provide Adobe your feedback. It's FREE!
http://labs.macromedia.com/technologies/lightroom/
An associated Lightroom link:
www.photoshopuser.com/lightroom/index.html
Check out the Lightroom Podcast
www.photoshoptv.com/episodes/lightroom_radio.mp3
Photoshop resources with tips, tutorials. . .tons of stuff to check out.
www.photoshopcafe.com
www.planetphotoshop.com (Be sure and sign up for the Photoshop tip of
the day)
(Thank you, Vint!)
................................Tip of the Month
From Apple
Troubleshooting Automatic Software Update in Mac OS X
Learn troubleshooting tips for the Software Update feature of System
Preferences.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106695
Get more tips at http://www.santafemug.org/Tips.html or http://
www.apple.com/pro/tips/
................................. Dot Mac News
.Mac and iWeb
Enjoy one-click .Mac publishing for everything you create—blogs,
photos, movies, podcasts—including your iWeb websites.
Learn more at http://www.apple.com/dotmac/publish.html
................................Cool Podcasts:
The Tech Night Owl LIVE
A visit to "The David Biedny Zone," where you'll hear provocative
commentaries on Apple and other subjects; noted tech industry analyst
Joe Wilcox, from JupiterResearch; David Loomstein from Intego, a...
Podcast Date: Feb 9, 2006 23:00:01
http://www.podcast.net/show/78256
................................FutureTech
Device Seeks to Jam Covert Digital Photographers
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/FutureTech/story?id=1139800&page=1
................................Mac Security
Articles and Information to Help You Secure Your Macintosh Computer
http://netsecurity.about.com/od/secureyourmaccomputer/
................................MUG Milestones
This month's milestones includes Marsee Henon of O'Reilly, who just
completed her fourth year of working with groups. Congrats Marsee!
Worldwide, this month sees groups whose first meeting convened as long
ago as February of 1978 and includes a HyperCard group, showing that
when Apple groups have a good thing going it lasts. Visit their web
sites to see the members and activities that contribute to their
longevity and success.
Feb 1978 AppleSiders of Cincinnati
http://www.applesiders.com/
(Greetings to Ambassador Terrance Crooker.)
Feb 1978 Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange
http://www.callapple.org
Feb 1984 North Florida Macintosh Users Group
http://www.nfmug.org
Feb 1984 Massillon Akron Canton Macintosh User Group
http://mac2mug.org
Feb 1984 Shenandoah Macintosh User Group
http://www.user-groups.net/SMUG/
(Warm wishes to Apple Ambassador and UGN Editor Fred Showker.)
Feb 1985 MUGARA
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/mugara/
(Greetings to Ambassador Antonio Obon.)
Feb 1985 USC Macintosh User Group
http://www.usc.edu/org/uscmug
(Greetings to Len Wines and the members of USCMUG.)
Feb 1988 Coastal Mac User Group
http://www.coastalmac.com
(Congratulations to President Pat Curran, AOL's User Group Forum
leader Rick Curran and the members of Coastal Mac.)
Feb 1988 Mugport
http://homepage.mac.com/mugport/
(Hello to Editor Dick Fowler.)
Feb 1999 International HyperCard User Group
http://www.iHUG.org
Feb 2000 Texas A&M Macintosh Users Group
http://apple.tamu.edu/
Feb 2000 Digital VIdeo Detroit
http://www.digitalvideodetroit.com
Feb 2002 University of Maryland Baltimore County Macintosh User Group
http://mug.umbc.edu
Feb 2002 UCSF Mac OS X Interest Group
http://www.ucsf.edu/macosx/
Feb 2002 Virginia Tech's Mac Users Group
http://www.vtmug.info
Congratulations on their one year anniversary to UmbriAMUG - Umbria
Mac User Group http://umbriamug.altervista.org
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