July 15th General Meeting

Posted on July 6, 2013 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Audio and Home Entertainment for Apple Devices

Audio and Home Entertainment for Apple Devices

The Ultimate Sound System

With a nearly limitless supply of audio and video material available for downloading, and live streaming, your Apple iPhone, iPad, or Mac computer can serve as the gateway for all your home entertainment needs. At this month’s meeting, our own Board members David Whitby and Ron Streicher will be joined by special guest speaker Garry Margolis to tell us how to interpret the jargon of various media types and demonstrate how to input all of this programming from the Internet to your home theater system.

Topics to be discussed will be: the various audio and video formats; hardware and interconnection issues; media sources; and, of course, Apple TV.

Regular Features

Apps & Traps – Our essential monthly feature on interesting new products and services for iOS and OS X, brought to you by Dave Whitby.

Apple News & Updates

Q&A

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing includes a JBL Creature III satellite and subwoofer system, a Bose SoundDock, and a headset. Don’t forget: members receive one free ticket for our drawing. Bring a guest and get another free ticket! Support our group and increase your chances of winning some goodies – drawing tickets are $1.00 each or six for $5.00. The odds are great that you can be a winner!

The meeting will be held at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Coco’s Restaurant, 77 N. Lake Ave. (between Colorado Blvd. and Holly St.).

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Macworld HELP DESK 07.05.2013

Posted on July 5, 2013 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Starting off this week with security. Can’t be too paran… prepared, you know? Here’s what an eavesdropper sees when you use an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot, along with various things you can do about it.

Wi-Fi. Bonjour. HDMI. What’s it all mean? What’s it all about?? Chris Breen to the rescue, with 20 computer terms every Mac user should know.

Be prepared, boys and girls: learn What to do about a failing hard drive before it happens.

Other items of interest today:

For the whole shooting match, PYBT: Macworld HELP DESK 07.05.2013

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Computer Mouse Inventor Douglas Engelbart Dies

Posted on July 3, 2013 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

CNN reports:

Douglas Engelbart, whose invention of the mouse transformed the way people interact with computers, has died.

Engelbart died Tuesday night at his home in Atherton, California, SRI International – the research institute where he once worked – said in a statement. He was 88.

The world is a lesser place…

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InfoManager for Monday, July 1, 2013

Posted on July 1, 2013 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker

What’s Here:
01 Cyber Security – some do, some don’t, some are idiots, and some are dead.
02 Online-only auction features the original Apple Computer, Apple-1
03 Parental Controls in Mountain Lion
04 Daily Lama
05 iOS 7 beta 2’s new features.
06 MacBasics
07 Track your CrossFit WODs with Food RX – Major Logging Update
08 No matter the weather: outpace the Weather with WeatherRun iPhone App
09 iCarbs 4.0 Released – Great New Functionality Added
10 Free Macintosh Fonts
11 Make Physical Activity a Consistent Part of Your Life with MiFitLife
12 Doctor Asks, Do You Have the Parenting Skills to Prevent iPad Addiction?
13 Quotes: Freedom Continue reading →

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Reminder: iPad Class at Di-No

Posted on June 30, 2013 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the iPad class at Di-No Computers.

Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA  91107
(626) 795-6674

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Macworld HELP DESK 06.28.2013

Posted on June 28, 2013 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

What every Safari user should know tops the list this week. Interesting tips!

Do you hate going to a Web site and having to deal with videos that start all on their own as much as I do? If so, PYBT: How to block auto-play videos.

Switcher Alert! Chris Breen has your back: Switch to Mac: Buying your first Mac (and if you ask me, do NOT even consider not buying AppleCare with your Mac/iDevice).

Other items of interest today:

For the whole shooting match, PYBT: Macworld HELP DESK 06.28.2013

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Upcoming Mac and iPad Classes at Di-No

Posted on June 27, 2013 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Di-No LogoDi-No Computers, in Pasadena, hosts a rotating set of Mac classes on Tuesdays from 2:00p to 3:30p; and an iPad class on the first Monday of each month, also from 2:00p to 3:30p. These classes are all no-cost; feel free to contribute to the tip jar, though, if you feel so moved! The schedule for the next three weeks is as follows:

25 June 2013 Mac Play This class focuses on iPhoto
1 July 2013 iPad This class will focus on the essentials of the iPad: gestures, settings, and using basic apps
2 July 2013 no class listed on the calendar
11 June 2013 Intro to the Interface This class is an introduction to the Mac
16 July 2013 Navigating the Interface This class focuses mainly on organizing files and dealing with the Finder.

Call Jordan at Di-No for further details, including what you should bring with you, etc. To subscribe to Di-No’s class-schedule calendar, click here.

Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA  91107
(626) 795-6674

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InfoManager for Monday, June 24, 2013

Posted on June 24, 2013 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker

What’s Here:
01 Beginning of the end for Amazon Affiliates
02 Templates for MS Word Mix
03 Usenet Newsgroup Readers for OS X
04 Resources for Mac & iOS Developers
05 Default Folder X 4.5.9
06 Best Movies Quiz 1.0
07 Quotes: Simple Economics Continue reading →

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Look Before You Leap!

Posted on June 22, 2013 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

No great surprise, but cyber-crooks are finally realizing that Apple actually has an Internet presence worth paying attention to. PYBT for details: Cybercriminals Increasingly Target Apple ID Data, Kaspersky Warns (kyped from Lynn Wegley’s post on UG InfoManager).

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Macworld HELP DESK 06.21.2013

Posted on June 21, 2013 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

First in line this week is Exploring Safari’s preferences. Professor Breen gets heavily into Safari under Mountain Lion; even if you’ve been using Safari for a while, you might notice something new.

Got kids? Set up a kid-friendly computer can get you and the little ones humming right along.

Master the command line: navigating files and folders is a great introdu… What’s that? Well, yeah, I’m talking about Macs… Oh!! Yes, it’s a bit arcane and behind the scenes, but the command line can be your friend; don’t let it freak you out.

Other items of interest today:

For the whole shooting match, PYBT: Macworld HELP DESK 06.21.2013

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