October 15th General Meeting

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

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

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 …

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!

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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July 16th General Meeting

Using AppleTV and AirPlay — Streaming Home Entertainment!

AppleTV

Apple TV allows you to use your HDTV to view photos, play music, and watch video from iTunes and Internet-based services.

Supported Internet media services include:

  • The iTunes Store to rent movies and TV shows
  • Watch Netflix, YouTube and Vimeo videos
  • NBA TV and MLB.tv for you sports fans out there
  • and much more!

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June 18th General Meeting

This Month: Traveling with Your Computer or iDevice


We will host a roundtable discussion focusing on using your gear on the road, in the air and at your business or vacation destination

  • Traveling with an iPhone or iPad
  • Data plans, Wi-Fi, mobile hot-spots, and you
  • Battery/charging issues/power inverters/cable needs
  • Security while traveling
  • AppleCare / insurance
  • GPS and mapping products
  • Backup options  (iCloud and portable drives)

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May 21st General Meeting at Di-No Computers

Followup: We had a great meeting! Special thanks to Di-No Computers and all those who participated and attended. Continue reading →

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World Backup Day – March 31st

DON’T BE AN APRIL FOOL!
BACKUP YOUR FILES. CHECK YOUR RESTORES.

Remember to ensure your files are backed up on March 31st.

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Next General Meeting – April 16th, 2012 – 7pm

Our April Meeting will feature special guests ESET North America of San Diego. ESET North America is a global developer of security software. Our speakers will include Clark Collet, Training instructional designer, and Damir Seferovic, Consumer Security Product Marketing Manager.

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