New Jersey Macintosh users Group
NJMUG Meeting Archive:
January 2019 - December 2019
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Holiday Party - Kodi/Gaia Part 2 - iMazing 2 - Luminar 4
It's that time of year again! Come join us for our annual Holiday party and meeting where we'll eat, drink, socialize and talk about all the tech you need to know. Plus we'll be raffling off some stuff to our members and rumor has it some elves dropped off some gifts for everyone!
This month's presentations will be:
Jerry Glacken will finish showing you how to create your own low cost open source media center using an Amazon Firestick, Kodi, Kodi add-on Gaia, and 3rd party services.
Bruce Mittelman will give a demonstration of the newly released Luminar 4, a full-featured image editor that adapts to the way you edit photos. Luminar provides over 300 essential tools to fix, edit, and enhance your photos with comfort.
Mark Astmann will give a demonstration of iMazing 2, the ultimate iOS device manager with capabilities far beyond what iTunes offers.
November 19, 2019
Cutting The Cord - GoPro HERO8 Camera - Repurposing Old Mac Hardware
Jerry Glacken will show you one method of "cord cutting" as a way to shed a hefty cable bill without sacrificing your favorite shows and movies. He'll show you how to set up your own low cost open source media center using off the shelf hardware, open-source software and 3rd party services. This will be the first part of a two part presentation which will be completed at our December meeting.
Bruce Mittelman will give a demonstration of the new GoPro HERO8 4K waterproof action camera. .
Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month's topic will be "Repurposing Old Mac Hardware".
October 15, 2019
NJMUG 35th Anniversary Party - Posterino - Card Pointers - Best Free Software of 2019
NJMUG is turning 35! From the Macintosh 128K to the iPhone 11, NJMUG has been there and it doesn't look like we'll be retiring any time soon. This month we're going to celebrate this monumental achievement by hosting our 35th Anniversary Party. It'll be a great night of eating, celebrating and reminiscing. And we'll also be raffling off some goodies to those in attendance.
Of course our monthly meeting wouldn't be complete without our usual presentations, so we'll be featuring the following:
Bruce Mittelman will give a presentation on Card Pointers, the app that helps you maximize the points or savings on every purchase by showing you the best credit card to use.
Mark Astmann will talk about how to prepare for macOS Catalina's new 64-bit app requirement. Mark will also give a demonstration of Posterino the app that allows you to easily create beautiful photo collages.
George Ajjan will show a retro Apple video montage.
Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month's topic will be "Best Free Software of 2019".
September 17, 2019
New Apple Products - nception - Cardhop - Sites For Learning
Bruce Mittelman will talk about all of the new products and services announced by Apple at this month's iPhone event. He'll discuss everything you need to know about the new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Prox Max, Apple Watch Series 5, 10.2-inch iPad as well as new details on Apple Arcade and Apple TV+.
Bruce will also give a demonstration of nception the iOS app that lets you create surreal Inception-like videos by choosing from a collection of reality distortion effects and color looks - all with live camera preview.
Mark Astmann will give a demonstration of Cardhop the app that lets you search, add, edit, and interact with your contacts in a fun and interactive way. Just type what you want and Cardhop will figure it out.
Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month's topic will be "Back To School: Sites For Learning".
August 20, 2019
Insta 360 One X - Useful Shortcuts - StartPage - Interesting & Unusual Web Sites
Bruce Mittelman will give a demonstration of the Insta 360 One X 360 degree action camera.
Mark Astmann will show you 10 incredibly useful keyboard shortcuts for the Mac and FaceApp.
Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month's topic will be "Interesting And Unusual Web Sites Of 2019".
George Ajjan will give a demonstration of StartPage, the web search engine that highlights privacy as its distinguishing feature. George will also give another installment of "Three Things To Know On Your Mac" in which he'll show interesting tips and tricks that anyone can use to improve their Macintosh workflows.
July 16, 2019
Non-Destructive Photo Editing - CES 2019 - Submitable.com - Wacom Bamboo Mini - 3 Things
Mark Astmann will give a talk on the ins and out of non-destructive photo editing on the Mac and iOS.
Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month's topic will be "CES 2019 Highlights".
Catherine Mascis will give a demonstration of Submitable.com, a cloud-based submission management system that takes the pain out of the process.
Agnes Drake Idyk will give a demonstration of the Wacom Bamboo Mini tablet.
George Ajjan will give another installment of "Three Things To Know On Your Mac" in which he'll show interesting tips and tricks that anyone can use to improve their Macintosh workflows.
June 18, 2019
Apple WWDC19 Discussion - Phone Blocker - Summer Tech - Seek - 3 Things To Know
Bruce Mittelman will discuss all of the latest news and products released at the Apple World Wide Developers Conference 2019. We'll be discussing the new MacOS Catalina, iPadOS, iOS 13, tvOS 13, watchOS 6 and the new Mac Pro.
Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month's topic will be "Summer Tech".
George Ajjan will give another installment of "Three Things To Know On Your Mac" in which he'll show interesting tips and tricks that anyone can use to improve their Macintosh workflows.
Scott Alenick will be showing apps which allow you to block robocalls.
Mark Astmann will be giving a demonstration of Seek, the app that allows you easily identify wildlife and plants in nature using your phone.
May 21, 2019
Story Spheres - Sansnail 1080p Mini Camera - Online Conversion Apps - 3 Things - Television Services
Nora Aion will give a demonstration of Story Spheres, the simple tool that allows you to create web-based VR pieces out of images and audio.
Bruce Mittelman will show the Sansnail 1080p Mini Camera. Bruce will also show a selection of online conversion services that will allow you to easily edit and convert a variety of file types.
Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month's topic will be "Televison Services And Equipment".
George Ajjan will give another installment of "Three Things To Know On Your Mac" in which he'll show interesting tips and tricks that anyone can use to improve their Macintosh workflows.
April 16, 2019
Create A Website Using Wordpress - 4K Video Downloader Suite - iOS Graphic Apps - Print Window - Video Streaming Sites
Alan Walter will show you how to easily build a website and host it using Wordpress.com
Bruce Mittelman will give a presentation of the 4K Video Downloader suite of applications - 4K Video Downloader, 4K Stogram, 4K YouTube To MP3, 4K Slideshow maker. Bruce will also show a selection of the latest graphics apps for your iPhone and iPad.
Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month's topic will be "Video Streaming Sites".
George Ajjan will demonstrate Print Window, the app that offers the ability to print a file listing directly from within the Mac OS X Finder. George will also give another installment of "Three Things To Know On Your Mac" in which he'll show interesting tips and tricks that anyone can use to improve their Macintosh workflows.
March 19, 2019
Usenet - Alternatives To Television Services - ColouriseSG
Bruce Mittelman will give a presentation on Usenet, the oldest operating Internet discussion platform. Consisting of well over 100,000 newsgroups, Usenet offers forums filled with discussions on virtually every topic under the sun - from music, computers, cooking, photography, and much, much more. And it also offers access to binaries in the form of pictures, programs, audio, and video that you can easily download to your own computer. Bruce will show you how Usenet works and what you need to get started.
Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month's topic will be "Alternatives To Televison Services".
Mark Astmann will show colourise.sg, the website that allows you to easily turn old black-and-white photos into colour photos using deep learning AI.
February 19, 2019
Squoosh - Cable Alternatives - Making Computer Accessories From Everyday Items
Bruce Mittelman will show you how to craft accessories for your computer out of everyday items.
Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month's topic will be "Cable Service Alternatives: The Internet".
Mark Astmann will give a demonstration of Squoosh, the web tool that lets you compress and reformat pictures from within your browser.
January 15, 2019
Luminar 3 - Permute - Downie - Rottenwood - Snagit 2019
Bruce Mittelman will give a demonstration of Luminar 3, an image editor and photo library rolled into one.
Scott Alenick will present three programs from Charlie Monroe Software: Permute, Downie and Rottenwood. Permute allows you to easily convert your media files to various different formats by simply dragging and dropping. Downie allows you to easily download videos from thousands of websites. Rottenwood gives you a centralized location for listing the movies you've seen or want to see, to mark them as favorites, or even to make notes about them, all in an attractive interface complete with advanced search features.
Mark Astmann will show the new features in Snagit 2019, the screen capture software that allows you to easily take custom screenshots and recordings.
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