by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 MarginNote Reader Annotates Documents and Syncs to Evernote
02 Random Access
03 Opt out of Dropbox’s Arbitration Clause
04 Mac OS X Automation
05 UppyPix… Share Life As It Happens
06 Mac Data Recovery Guru 2.5
07 Apple’s Security Issues Slide Under the Radar
08 TimeLock: The World’s First Unique Security App for iOS
09 Have you made your final arrangements? Will Crafter Lite 1.0 for iOS might help
10 Let Messages Catch Fire With FireScribe for iOS
11 New application gives users two options to block the Internet
12 Tim Cook: Apple TV did over $1B in 2013 revenue
13 Quotes: March, wealth, and luck
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01 MarginNote Reader Annotates Documents and Syncs to Evernote
Students, educators, consultants, scientists, and all other users who need a smarter way to capture, organize, and review their notes can now get everything they need – and plenty of extra features like seamless Evernote syncing and more — in the new iPad productivity app MarginNote Reader from Sun Min.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/marginnote-reader-annotates-documents-and-syncs-to-evernote/
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02 Random Access
At the TUMS (Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society) meeting, I recently introduced a new, approximately 15-minute-long segment that I’m calling “Random Access”.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/random-access/
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03 Opt out of Dropbox’s Arbitration Clause
Dropbox has recently sent out a notification that any dispute we have will be settled by arbitration.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/opt-out-of-dropboxs-arbitration-clause/
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04 Mac OS X Automation
I recently did a presentation to the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society, (TUMS) about the Services Menu item in Mac OS X. In my research for that I came across this site that has a number of automation files available.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/mac-os-x-automation/
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05 UppyPix… Share Life As It Happens
Dash Technologies, LLC, a professional services firm focused on delivering high-caliber technology consulting and managed services, today is proud to announce the release and immediate availability of UppyPix 1.9, their popular social networking app for iOS and Android.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/uppypix/
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06 Mac Data Recovery Guru 2.5
Mac OS X File Recovery has announced the release of Mac Data Recovery Guru 2.5, an important update to its data recovery utility for OS X. Mac Data Recovery Guru recovers all common file types from any kind of device due to user error, accidental formatting, hardware malfunction, or any other cause of data loss that does not involve overwriting the original file.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/mac-data-recovery-guru-2-5/
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07 Apple’s Security Issues Slide Under the Radar
Over the weekend, Apple released a software update for its iOS 7 mobile operating system after a potential security risk was unveiled for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users. The update includes a fix for SSL (secure socket layer) connection verification. According to Chicago-based tech expert Karl Volkman of SRV Network, Inc., the security issue is extremely exploitable and users should update their devices as soon as possible on a secure, trusted network.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/apple_security_issues/
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08 TimeLock: The World’s First Unique Security App for iOS
So how is the best way to hide all your stuff? Put it where nobody knows, right? So now, this new security app from ProtectStar – TimeLock for iPhone and iPod touch – hides your stuff where nobody sees it. No one will have the idea that there is a highly-secure and -protected safe ingeniously hiding in an alarm clock. The app allows iDevice owners to securely store photos and videos, inside a data vault, where all contents are encrypted using powerful 256-bit AES algorithms.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/timelock-the-worlds-first-unique-security-app-for-ios/
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09 Have you made your final arrangements? Will Crafter Lite 1.0 for
iOS might help
With the aging population, and saddening news of friends and relatives passing away, we’re reminded that none of us is getting out of this world alive – so maybe it would be smart to start thinking about our eventual exit.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/willcrafter/
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10 Let Messages Catch Fire With FireScribe for iOS
This is actually a very cool app – we haven’t yet exploited all its talents for graphic designers, but you can rest assured there are a lot of opportunitites here! Write custom messages with fire, design it, and send them to people with FireScribe for iOS. FireScribe features a highly intuitive user interface. Simply choose an image, type in your message, and it will be converted into a fire-like-themed font.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/firescribe/
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11 New application gives users two options to block the Internet
A survey of 3,000 people in the USA released today reveals that 62% say they have been distracted from completing work by checking e-mails, browsing the Web, and engaging with social media. Also 59% admitted that the reduction in productivity caused them dissatisfaction and unhappiness.
The survey was released by Webtrate.com on the day it launches its Internet blocking and productivity application. It calls itself the ultimate productivity application because it combines three of the most powerful tools to aid motivation.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/off_the_interne/
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12 Tim Cook: Apple TV did over $1B in 2013 revenue
While the iPhone and iPad have come to dominate Apple’s business, the television has often been relegated to an afterthought for the company. So much for Apple TV’s being just a hobby, said Chief Executive Tim Cook.
&dlquo;That hobby was over a billion dollars of revenue last year,
…It’s a little hard to call it a hobby anymore.”
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13 Quotes: March, wealth, and luck
The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing… The long-term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their “Luck” arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.
– Srully Blotnick
Money is the reward, but if it ever becomes the goal, you will lose sight of your dream and do things that make no one happy.
– The Statler Brothers
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
– Benjamin Franklin
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** THE INFO MANAGER
A weekly column from the mice of Lynn Wegley and Fred Showker.
Lynn is a UGN veteran (AOL User Groups Forum) and User Group Network. He’s been a supporter and volunteer on many, many UGNet and User Group Academy projects. As a long time user group member, he’s been a volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and beyond.
Currently working primarily with the Cowtown MUG of Ft. Worth but also works with the Apple Corp of Dallas and is a lifetime member of TUMS, the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society.
Fred has been active in UGs since 1986, first the AOL UG Forum, then the User Group Network. He spoke at the original AppleWorld in 1987, and served as Apple User Group Advisory Board Member for three years. He founded the User Group Academy and the Appleseeds Foundation
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