InfoManager for Monday, September 16, 2013

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

What’s Here:
01 Safenetting: Spam, Phishing, Trojans, Taxes, Training, and more
02 The Best Vector Drawing Apps for the Mac
03 Safenetting: Create Strong, Secure Passwords That are Easily Remembered
04 IDG: Security: Setting a Trap to Catch a Tech Thief
05 Worth A Thousand Words
06 E-mail Encryption App Secutor
07 FontAgent Pro 6 Ships
08 Ten Things To Do With Dropbox
09 Fourteen Mac Hacks
10 Infomanager Entertainment: Lego toy meth lab for “Breaking Bad” fans
11 Quotes: Will Rogers’ humor Continue reading

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Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No

Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Mac Work class, focusing on Contacts (formerly Address Book) and Calendar (formerly iCal), if time allows, at Di-No Computers.

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

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Reminder: iPad Class at Di-No

Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the iPad class, focusing on Mail, Contacts, and Calendar, at Di-No Computers.

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

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Macworld HELP DESK 09.13.2013

Salvation!! Even though I’m using iCal under Leopard, and even though I wasn’t having this problem (iCal wasn’t backing up properly), Dr Breen’s suggestion in Cure for a corrupt Calendar application has things back in order. Whew!

Next, we have an addendum to Monday’s meeting. Organizing and creating iPhoto projects gets into albums (smart and standard), books, cards, and calendars. It’s a three-page piece; you’ve been warned.

Is AppleCare worth it? Depends who you talk to. IMNSHO, don’t leave the store/Apple Web site without it; ever. According to some commenters, hell no! Jonathan Seff says yes, no, and maybe.

Other items of interest today:

For the whole shooting match, PYBT: Macworld HELP DESK 09.13.2013

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Cool Gmail Tips

From a MakeUseOf e-mail this morning:

Tip of the Day: Want to find large e-mails in Gmail that you can easily delete to free up space? Search for size:5m in Gmail – you’ll see all threads that take 5 MB or more of space. You could also search for has:attachment to find all e-mails with attachments, which often take up more space.

Pretty nifty!

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Were You at the Meeting Last Night?

If not, you missed a lot of hints and tips (and questions)!

All of our presenters had great, interesting tidbits to share about iPhoto; it’s a pretty amazing package.

At Coco’s, Jordi’s back! And we still don’t know what the heck Apple will be presenting today.

That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!

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InfoManager for Monday, September 9, 2013

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

What’s Here:
01 Safenetting: Spam, Phishing, Breakins, Hacks, September
02 iPad InfoManager: more iPads, more rumors
03 Colors: Live! 2.0 – Finding color names is now easier than ever
04 Hello Vino Launches New Wine App for iPad with Free $50 Wine Voucher
05 KeynotePro Announces Mojave AG Themes for Keynote ’09
06 Clip art for Movie Makers: Clips 3D for iMovie
07 FileThis Fetch Helps Consumers Stay On Top of Their Paperwork
08 Ten Great Free Apps for Mac
09 Numi 2
10 Twenty terms every Mac user should know
11 How the NSA secures its Macs from snoopers
12 Tribal Nova offers 22 learning games for FREE
13 Quotes: Politics Continue reading

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Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No

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

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

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September 9th General Meeting

Extra! Extra! Learn all about it: iPhoto!

Now that you’ve taken your summer vacation pictures, here’s how to turn them into family mementos

Here’s what’s on the menu:

  • transferring photos into the computer; simple editing; red-eye removal; building a photo album or slide show; adding music track
  • filling the gap in functionality between Preview and Photoshop
  • editing, working with images, compiling photo albums, etc.
  • sharing: Dropbox, Flicker, the cloud, Photostream, and other options
  • applications to 1) help reduce size of iPhoto libraries and 2) locate and delete duplicates
  • having a separate archive storage drive for all photo libraries
  • the relationship (primary similarities and differences) between iPhoto and Photoshop
  • sharing options and features

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. 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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Red Alert! Red Alert!!

Don’t forget: the September general meeting will be held on the second Monday, the 9th, instead of the usual 3rd Monday.

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