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San Gabriel Valley Apple Users Group

November 2009 Meeting

As we look forward to the coming holidays, the November 16th  SGVMUG meeting will focus on ways you can use your computer to help you get through the season and have fun while doing it.To begin the meeting, Billy Chang … Continue reading →

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July meeting notes

Here are the URL’s for some of the apps/tools mentioned in today’s meeting: Readability: – makes your reading experience much better lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability  FluidApp: – Allows you to create applications from websites www.fluidapp.com CosmoPod: Allows you to capture flash video and convert … Continue reading →

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SGVMUG Meeting Monday, 7:00 p.m. March 16th at the Pasadena Library Auditorium

Well in advance of the 2008 Income Tax filing deadline, our March 16th meeting will feature an introduction to TurboTax software for the Macintosh.  Available in five specially formatted versions, each is tailored for a particular income tax situation. SGVMUG … Continue reading →

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February Meeting

At the recent MacWorld in San Francisco, two new upgrades were announced to the family of Apple software:  iLife ’09 and iWork ‘09.  At our meeting on Monday, February 9th, SGVMUG Board Member Billy Chang will give us an overview … Continue reading →

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A Message from Your New Treasurer

Thomas Ritter here. After being responsible for scheduling the monthly meeting presentations for the past several years, I’ve now changed roles and assumed the office of Treasurer of the SGVMUG. A couple of years ago, we adopted an annual dues … Continue reading →

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Preparing Your Presentation

Whatever your field of interest, at some time you may be called-upon to present a lecture — it may be about your work, your hobbies, your travels, or whatever. When that time comes, knowing how to prepare and deliver an … Continue reading →

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Contact Us

A new method of communication with the board will soon be enabled, but until then, please feel free to direct any questions or comments to Mr. Ron Streicher at ron.streicher@sgvaug.org. Thanks

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President’s Message for 2009

As we enter into the new year, we do so with a feeling of hope, renewal, and greater expectations for the future. The country will have new leadership, and despite the serious economic, political, and social fallbacks of the past … Continue reading →

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Electrical Safety and your Computer

Often, when you give a Keynote (or PowerPoint) presentation, you may have to interface your computer with the projector and/or sound system in a conference room or lecture hall. These are installed systems, so you usually have no options other … Continue reading →

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SGVMUG Bylaws Redux…

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Since its inception in the mid-1980s, the San Gabriel Valley Macintosh Users Group has operated on an informal basis, without any official structure or legal status. While this has served us fairly well for the past two decades, … Continue reading →

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