February 10th General Meeting

Posted on February 1, 2014 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

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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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Keep Your iDevices Warm!!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Yowza! Right-thinking West Coasters aren’t the only ones who don’t like the cold: Frigid temps affecting iPhones and other electronics.

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InfoManager for Monday, January 27, 2014

Posted on January 27, 2014 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

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

What’s Here:
01 UGNN Cyber Security Report for January 27, 2014
02 Safenetting: Phishing, Report for January 27, 2014
03 First Internal Blu-ray Recordable Drive for MacBook Pro
04 Macintosh and Its Movies
05 Keep It Simple 1.2
06 Why 1984 won’t be like 1984
07 UGNN Malware Report for January 27, 2014
08 Twenty Ways Apple’s Mac Changed Everything
09 How to make an app: AppsMoment
10 Scam on the Run: Fugitive Identity Thief Led Global Criminal Enterprise
11 Quotes: Black History Month begins February 1st Continue reading →

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First Public Mac Demo

Posted on January 26, 2014 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Remember the BCS (Boston Computer Society)? Among their claims to fame is Steve Jobs’ first presentation of the Macintosh, in public, back in January 1984. Check out the story, and the video at Steve Jobs’ First Public Demonstration of the Macintosh, Hidden Since 1984, at MacRumors. (Thanks to UG InfoManager for the tip.)

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Macworld HELP DESK 01.24.2014

Posted on January 24, 2014 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Getting as tired of all the ads, and videos that start automatically, and unasked-for windows when you browse the Web as I am?? Dr Breen’s How to block the Web’s worst clutter has some great suggestions.

Tame your Twitter feed will get Twitter overload calmed down in no time! And How to get Justin Bieber out of your Twitter timeline will help even more…

Other items of interest today:

For the whole shooting match, PYBT: Macworld HELP DESK 01.24.2014

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InfoManager for Monday, January 20, 2014

Posted on January 20, 2014 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

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

What’s Here:
01 New year, new games, new educational opportunities for iPad and iPhone users
02 Apps for your new Mac: Utilities
03 Resume Star Bets You’ll Score the Interview
04 SCSC Releases a Major Update for Performance Probe for Mac OS X
05 Bulletproof backups for your Mac
06 AWUG
07 Top 10 lessons for the new Mac user
08 Goo, goo, gah, gah! Baby’s Firsts app is here.
09 Sky Guide 2.0 stargazing app launched with new iOS 7 features and UI
10 WillCrafter, an Estate Planning Manual, DIY Will, and Organizer
11 Scan Business Cards And Turn Them Into Contacts With Contact Snapper
12 Steps Plugin Released Exclusively for Final Cut Pro X
13 Las Vegas SuperMeet in April
14 Quotes – Ghandi, Napolean, and Maltz Continue reading →

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Macworld HELP DESK 01.17.2014

Posted on January 17, 2014 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

How Mac experts deal with their contacts brings together an interesting bunch of folk with some interesting takes on dealing with the issues; whaddaya think?

Coulda, woulda, shoulda (well, coulda and shoulda, anyway) meet at How to (and why not to) combine external drives into a RAID.

Feeling a little loopy? Try Get your groove on with GarageBand loops on for size!

Other items of interest today:

For the whole shooting match, PYBT: Macworld HELP DESK 01.17.2014

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Were You at the Meeting Last Night?

Posted on January 14, 2014 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Join the club!

That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!

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InfoManager for Monday, January 13, 2014

Posted on January 13, 2014 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

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

What’s Here:
01 Social Networking InfoManager for January 2014
02 UGNN Malware Report for January 12, 2014
03 Safenetting: Phishing, Malware, Security Report for January
04 Yahoo Tech
05 Crock-Pot for iOS
06 Apple Goes Corporate
07 Default Folder X 4.6.2
08 Mac task list app Taskdeck
09 Breaking: iPad Pro Rumors: Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better
10 CES 2014: First impressions of Samsung Galaxy NotePro
11 Woman Banned from Facebook for Posting This Photo
12 Quotes: All these changes… Continue reading →

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Macworld HELP DESK 01.10.2014

Posted on January 10, 2014 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Gack!!! My worst nightmare come to life: When good email disappears: Archiving old messages!

Creating ringtones with GarageBand looks pretty interesting; might have to give it a try.

If you’ve got an iPhone 5s, and a hankering to be a videographer, How to shoot and share slo-mo video on your iPhone 5s just might be the ticket.

For the whole shooting match, PYBT: Macworld HELP DESK 01.10.2014.

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