January 14th General Meeting

Posted on January 13, 2013 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Personalizing the Mac OS and iOS

Personalizing the Mac OS and iOS

Features within Mac OS and iOS that you can use to personalize your work and make it easier to use

  • Sharing options
  • Speaking and other assists for people with disabilities
  • How to make the new OS perform like the version you are used to
  • iOS 6 implementation

Extra Added Attractions

  • Brief report on CES:  Billy and Andrew
  • Introduction of new Board of Directors, officers, etc.

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 – What will the new year bring?

Q&A

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing. 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 each or 6 for $5. 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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Happy New Year

Posted on December 26, 2012 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

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Best Wishes and Much Success in 2013!

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December 17th General Meeting

Posted on December 9, 2012 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Last-Minute Holiday Gifts & Tips

Happy Mac Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

Trying to get everything done for the holidays? Take a short break and join us for the December meeting of the San Gabriel Valley Macintosh Users Group. We will provide some useful “last minute tips” regarding Apple products, software and accessories.

Win an iPod Shuffle!

iPod ShuffleAmong our drawing prizes for December, we will feature a new Apple iPod Shuffle – also known as the Ultimate Stocking Stuffer! Members receive a free red ticket, or buy extra tickets for $1 each or 6 for $5.We will also have some other super prizes in our drawing to help finish out your gift list.

AppleCare Discussion

Of course, all new Apple products include a manufacturer’s warranty, usually one year for most products. What if something happens in year two? AppleCare may be the answer – the warranty extension adds an additional two years of protection. We will discuss the pros and cons, the costs, what is covered, and what is not.

Board of Directors Election

An important feature of the December meeting will be the election of our new Board of Directors. Our slate of candidates this year includes some familiar names and some new ones, as well: Billy Chang, Bob Langdon, Mo! Langdon, Sean McKinley, Marilyn Miller, Dianne Moore, Thomas Ritter, Ron Streicher, David Whitby, and Andrew Zima.

Thank you to those who have contributed to the ongoing success of the SGVMUG as we look forward to the future.

Regular Features

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

Apple News & Updates – iMacs shipping, iPad Mini is a hit!

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing. 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 each or 6 for $5. 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 North Lake Avenue (between Colorado Blvd. and Holly Street).

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President’s Message

Posted on November 9, 2012 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Oh no! Not another election notice ??!!

Our National elections are indeed over, and we now will be free to watch the “Sit-n-Sleep” commercials comforted in the knowledge that they are the most obnoxious ads we will be seeing on TV… at least for a few months… However, in just a few weeks your San Gabriel Valley Macintosh Users Group will be conducting its own elections for the Board of Directors. Fear not, we won’t be inundating your e-mailbox with volumes of campaign messages. Just this one:

The terms of the seven of us who currently serve as your Board of Directors are about to expire. We need more of you to join us if we are to continue. We need your advice, your ideas, your enthusiasm, your energy, your inspirations, and your help so that we can continue creating and presenting the monthly meetings you have come to value and enjoy.

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November 19th General Meeting

Posted on October 31, 2012 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Apple Does it Again!

iPad Mini • 4th Gen iPad • 13" Retina Display MacBook Pro • Super-thin iMac • New Mac Mini

iPad Mini in hand

We will review and discuss the latest offerings from those enterprising chaps in Cupertino. More details to come.

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 -So much to discuss – we’ll cover the highlights

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing. Don’t forget, members receive one free ticket for our drawing. When you bring guests, you get another free ticket for each guest you bring. Support our group and increase your chances of winning some goodies – drawing tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. 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 North Lake Avenue (between Colorado Blvd. and Holly Street).

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October 15th General Meeting

Posted on October 1, 2012 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Productivity Essentials for the Desktop

SOHO Notes 9 (Chronos Inc.)

SOHO Notes
Presented by Mo! and Bob Langdon. This versatile note-taking application allows easy access to snippits of data for easy retrieval – like “sticky notes but on massive steroids.”  Use it to capture, organize, sync, and share all of your stuff, including text notes, PDFs, images, voice recordings, videos, forms, and Web archives. Learn how with our demo!

Special Bonus Giveaway- a $39 value

One license for SOHO Notes will be included in the drawing!

Yojimbo (BareBones Software)

Yojimbo
Yojimbo makes keeping all the small (or even large) bits of information that pour in every day organized and accessible. It accepts almost anything — text, bookmarks, PDF files, web archives, serial numbers, passwords, or images — by dragging, copying, importing or even printing. You can export anything out of Yojimbo that you put into it, too, in its original form. Presented by Andrew Zima.

Web Browsers – Part Deux

Dolphin – An Alternative for iOS users

This interesting product (available for iOS and Android) presents a new and rather different approach – check it out.

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 – Reports from the trenches re: iPhone 5 and iOS 6. What’s great and what came up short?

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing. Don’t forget, members receive one free ticket for our drawing. When you bring guests, you get another free ticket for each guest you bring. Support our group and increase your chances of winning some goodies – drawing tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. 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 North Lake Avenue (between Colorado Blvd. and Holly Street).

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September 17th General Meeting

Posted on September 12, 2012 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

New Apple Products

iPhone 5, iOS 6, iPod Touch and Nano, iTunes, and more

Newf Apple Stuff

A recap of all the hot new Apple product.

  • iPhone 5 – best phone out there?
  • iOS 6 – new conveniences and breaking away from Google
  • iPod Nano – yet another form factor – is this the one for you?
  • What happened to the mini-iPad (the “Touch” doesn’t count!)

Web Browsers – Is Safari Still King of the Hill?

A comparative review of the familiar – Safari, Firefox, and Opera – and the more obscure – Camino, OmniWeb, and others

Dolphin – An Alternative for iOS users

This interesting product (available for iOS and Android) presents a new and rather different approach – check it out.

Google Chrome

More than just a great browser – we’ll highlight the strengths – and potential risks – for going the “other” way.

Regular Features

Apps & Traps – Our popular feature on interesting new products and services for iOS and OS X.

Our fabulous Monthly Prize Drawing. Don’t forget, members receive one free ticket for our drawing. When you bring guests, you get another free ticket for each guest you bring.

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 North Lake Avenue (between Colorado Blvd. and Holly Street).

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August 20th General Meeting

Posted on August 14, 2012 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

The Best Tablet — iPad vs. All the Others

Plus: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Released!

eReaders

This month, our featured discussions will focus on the iPad — how well it compares to Amazon’s Kindle, the Kindle Fire, Barnes & Noble’s Nook as well as other tablets such as Google Nexus and Samsung Galaxy.

  • Which one’s the best eReader?
  • Which is best for consuming media, such as video, music and other digital content?
  • Is Android a real threat to iOS?
  • and other topics of consideration will be presented in a roundtable fashion.
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MobileMe is now closed …

Posted on July 1, 2012 by kodac

For those stragglers and people who wait until the last minute, Apple is still allowing you to convert or achieve your photos and data but only for a limited time.

If you haven’t and still need to migrate your account or e-mail, please do so now.

Go to https://www.me.com/move/ to transition your account to iCloud or save your e-mail if you can’t move or don’t want to.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4918 for more info on moving your account.

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It’s iCloud Moving Day!

Posted on June 30, 2012 by kodac

Don’t Forget if you have MobileMe and haven’t moved your account to iCloud yet, today is the day to do so. Go to https://www.me.com/move/ to transition your account to iCloud or save your email if you can’t move or don’t want to.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4918 for more info on moving your account.

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