New Jersey Macintosh users Group
NJMUG Meeting Archive:
January 2011 - June 2011
Newer ArchivesJune 21, 2011
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion - iOS 5 - iCloud - Paperless 2 - MacGourmet Deluxe 3 - iTunes Ripping
Bruce Mittelman will be giving a an in-depth overview of Apple's newly announced Mac OS X 10.7 Lion operating system. Lion is touted as being the world's most advanced operating system and sports over 250 new features. Next, Bruce will highlight some of the more than 200 new features added to Apple's iOS 5. Coming in the Fall 2011, iOS 5 is Apple's latest mobile operating system for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod. Finally, Bruce will discuss iCloud, Apple's replacement for MobileMe. iCloud stores your music, photos, apps, calendars, documents, and more and wirelessly pushes them to all of your devices.
Our second presenter of the evening will be Scott Alenick who will be giving demonstrations of two of Mariner Software's applications, Paperless 2 and MacGourmet Deluxe 3. Paperless 2 allows you to scan, store and organize all of the paper documents cluttering your life. MacGourmet 3 is like iTunes for your recipes and allows you to easily create, build and share your recipe collection.
Our final presenter of the evening will be Jerry Glacken, who will be demonstrating how to rip, tag and organize your music using Apple's iTunes application. During the presentation we'll discuss the different file formats (MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF) and their advantages and disadvantages, how to add tags to your song files, adding album artwork and much more.
May 17, 2011
Pogoplug Software - Onyx - Mac Startup Keyboard Shortcuts - Mac Basics Websites
Allan Warner will be giving a demonstration of Onyx, the Mac OS X maintenance and optimization tool. Onyx allows you to verify your hard drive and the structure of your system files, effortlessly run system maintenance tasks, clear caches, configure hidden system parameters and much, much more.
Starting in May, we will begin a monthly segment entitled "Macintosh Basics". Each month, the "Macintosh Basics" segment will focus on topics of interest for those members who are new to the Macintosh platform, although I'm sure even our more experienced members might learn a thing or two as well. This month, Allan Warner will begin with Macintosh start-up keyboard shortcuts. Want to know how to use Target Disk mode, zap your Parameter RAM (PRAM), or how to boot into Safe Mode? Well, Allan will show you all the shortcuts to accomplish those tasks as well as many more using simple start-up keyboard combinations.
Our next presenter of the evening will be Bruce Mittelman, who will showcase the newly released Pogoplug Software which turns your Macintosh into your own personal Cloud. The Pogoplug Software allows you to access the files, music, movies and photos stored on your computer from any any connected device. Plus Pogoplug allows you to share the same files without having to upload them or attach them to an email.
Closing out the meeting will be Louis Perez, who returns with another segment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web". This month's tour will focus on Mac Basics websites. If you want to learn the best sites the Web has to offer, then you won't want to miss Louis' presentation.
April 19, 2011
Dropbox - Pogoplug Hardware - SiteSucker - FICO Score Websites
This month Jerry Glacken will be giving an overview of Dropbox, the freemium online service which allows you to store your files, photos, videos and more in the Cloud and access them from wherever you are using a multitude of devices. Best of all, Dropbox is multi-platform and automatically synchronizes your files to all your registered devices.
Next up, Bruce Mittelman will give a demonstration of the Pogoplug media sharing device. The Pogoplug allows you to attach up to 4 USB external hard drives and share their content over the Internet. Easily share or stream videos, photos, music and more with family and friends without having to upload the files to another server or having to pay monthly fees. Plus the Pogoplug content can be streamed directly to your iPhone, Blackberry, Droid or other multimedia devices using their specialized applications.
Our third presenter of the evening will be Bob Helmond, who will present the SiteSucker application. SiteSucker allows you to easily download entire web sites to your local hard drive for archiving and off-line browsing. Just enter the URL of the web site and SiteSucker automatically downloads the HTML files, folders, images, movies, and other files.
Closing out the meeting will be Louis Perez, who returns with another segment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web". This month's tour will focus on Mac Basics websites. If you want to learn the best sites the Web has to offer, then you won't want to miss Louis' presentation.
March 15, 2011
1Password - LastPass - Dragon Dictate For Macintosh
This month we focus on one of the most overlooked security issues today: Passwords. Weak passwords, password re-use, and passwords written on sticky notes attached to monitors can all lead to identity theft, data loss, and monetary loss. Fortunately, Jerry Glacken and Bruce Mittelman will be showing 2 programs which can help you begin using and managing unique, strong passwords on every website you visit. Jerry will be giving a demonstration of 1Password, the password manager that goes beyond simple password storage by integrating directly with your web browser to automatically log you into websites, enter credit card information, fill registration forms, and easily generate unique strong passwords for every account you have. With 1Password you don't have to worry about trying to memorize all the different passwords, you just have to remember your 1 master password. And Bruce will be showcasing LastPass, the cloud-based password manager and form filler that makes web browsing easier and more secure. Like 1Password, LastPass helps you create strong passwords for all of your accounts and makes logging into a web site as simple as a single click of your mouse button. And with LastPass your passwords are securely synchronized across all of your computers, phones and other devices enabling you to access them from anywhere at anytime.
For the last presentation of the meeting, Scott Alenick will give an in-depth presentation of Dragon Dictate for Mac, the application which allows you to turn your speech to text using the Dragon speech recognition engine. With an accuracy rate of 99% out of the box, Dragon Dictate allows you to work faster sending e-mail replies, creating reports, and taking notes. You can even create commands that automate workflows and interact with your favorite applications using only your voice.
February 15, 2011
Instapaper - Readability - Nik HDR Efex Pro - Google Translate - Prepared Food Websites
Come join us as Jerry Glacken and Allan Warner present Instapaper and Readability, two applications which make saving and reading websites as easy as a click of a mouse button. Instapaper is a free service that allows you to save web pages for reading at a later time using your computer, iPhone, iPod, iPad or Kindle e-book reader. Readability is a web and mobile application that allows you to view and save web pages and articles without all the ads and other clutter.
Our next presenter will be Bruce Mittelman, who will Nik HDR Efex Pro, the Photoshop/Aperture/Lightroom plugin for producing HDR (High Dynamic Range) image files using an easy to use all-in-one workflow. High Dynamic Range photography is a process which combines multiple exposures to generate a single image that has a much wider range of colors and tones.
Bruce will also be giving an overview of the recently released Google Translate iPhone app which allows you to quickly translate your spoken words into a variety of languages.
And our final presenter of the evening will be Louis Perez who will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" with this month's tour focusing on prepared food websites.
January 18, 2011
iPod/iPhone Basics - Word Lens - Printing Envelopes - "Secrets Of The Rich" Websites
Bruce Mittelman helps us start off the new year with an in-depth presentation on using your iPod Touch and iPhone. Bruce will show you how to use, sync, and load apps onto your device. Plus he'll be showing many tips, tricks and useful apps which will allow you to get the most from your iPhone or iPod Touch. Bruce will also be giving a demonstration of Word Lens the new iPhone app which will translate phrases in real time when you point your iPhones camera lens at foreign words.
Our next presenter will be Agnes Idyk who will be showing you how to print envelopes using a variety of Macintosh software.
And last, but definitely not least, will be Louis Perez who returns with another segment of his ever-popular "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web". This month, Louis will focus on websites that expose the secrets of the rich and show you how you too can join their ranks.
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