Lucky March 13th, 1PM Meeting

I don't know much.  

Assignment for this week was to create a separate desktop.  

Has anyone done so?

Scheduled is a presentation on creating a blog

and Suzie Hunley will speak about IPhoto.  

Blog Posting Question?

Posting a question/comment to the blog can be accomplished by scrolling down to the comments section, clicking and signing in with a Google Account.  Then your comment will be posted.  Trying to sign in with one of the other accounts has never worked for me or Sue (the administrator).  

Finding the blog:  Google Palm Creek and select the Palm Creek Blog, which appears about a third of the way down the page.  

Good Luck, Mike

Report on March 6th 2012 Meeting of Mac Group

Larry showed a video of an uplifting comedy session in a nursing home.  Thanks, Larry.  

Mike Edgett gave a very informative presentation of Spaces & Expose which is a Snow Leopard program.  He has a very good understanding and a good ability to share his knowledge.  

Also a discussion of cyber crime which elicited some interesting comments.  

Jack McCleskey explained Mission Control, which is a program unique to Lion.  Also he gave a perceptive opinion of where Apple is going with their products.  Jack is a great source of information and a person who knows how to explain things clearly.  

Also we saw a preview of Mountain Lion which seems designed to align the laptop/desktops to the operating systems of the Iphone and Ipad.  

Our assignment is to create another desktop for next week.  

Plus Planned subject for next week:  

Review Iphoto

I thought everyone would enjoy this picture we chose for our living room.  

No relativity to anything but beauty.

Blogspot, creating a blog.  

Subject to revision.  

Mike

Meeting March 6th 2012

Dear Mac Users Group --

How many of you have accessed the data bases at the Casa Grande Library based on the presentation by Kevin Fahey?

I'm looking forward to trying the Spanish language online course.

Our learning programs for tomorrow, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 are:

1)  "Spaces and Expose'" on Snow Leopard by Mike Mike Edgett (I use Spaces a lot, but I have no clue what I'm doing.  I'm looking forward to Mike's review)

and

2)  "Mission Control" on Lion by Jack McCleskey

3)  Basics for Beginners - Macintosh Hard Drive, Apple Command and System Preferences
       For those that are just leaving the PC be sure to check out the APP "Learn the Switch To Mac" - Can be purchased from the Apple Store.

4)  Reschedule of the Back-up Workshop with Jack McCleskey

FYI - The Photography Club, PC Club and MAC User Group are making a proposal to Palm Creek to upgrade the projector in the Santan Room for 2012.  The Photography Group is providing the lead with the research and development of the specs for the projector.  Some of the money we've collected in the MAC User Group will be used to help fund it.  Palm Creek will be a major contributor. The Photography Club and PC Club will be contributing also.

Warm regards,

Larry

Invite from the Palm Creek PC Computer Club

All members of the MAC Computer Club are invited to the Feb 2 meeting of the Palm Creek Computer Club. Representatives from Best Buy will be the guest speakers at their February 2 meeting. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m.. Topics to be discussed:

· New scanners for our photographs

· Scanning slides into our computers

· eBook readers: Kindle & iPad vs other brands

· Internet connection with aircards

· What is all the hype about 3g vs 4g and what does it mean

· What is the Best Buy trade in program

· How do we recycle old electronic equipment

· Introduce some features of a smart phone

This sounds like it could be useful for a lot of us.

Thanks to Sue Hepler for thinking of us and extending the invitation

January 28, 2011

I'm so grateful for the talent within the MAC group that is willing to share their knowledge and experience at the MAC Computer Club meetings. I've been impressed at every meeting with the quality of the presentations and the questions that are being asked by the group.

We had a very interesting introduction and real-time demo of Google Voice by Arne Mykie at the last meeting. Thanks Arne for showing us what's possible through Google. It was also interesting to see how you've set up your gmail account to receive all your e-mails as you travel to various locations.

Duane Careb gave an excellent presentation on Mobile Me. It was very interesting to see an actual use of "the cloud". He also shared his experience with MiFi which is something I will check out. He's provided a hand-out for me to send out to the group.

It was nice to learn that several other members within the group use Mobile Me so we will have a place to go to get answers to our questions about this subject. Unfortunately Duane will be leaving us for another RV park next week.

Bill Edwards will be speaking to Back-Up options again next week with Jack McCleskey's support. We're encouraging everyone to have a regular back-up system operating for their computer.

Rick Dodds will be looking into the possibility of presenting a new Apple product called Apple Facetime. It allows you to do visual phone calls with other Mac users.

Thanks to everyone that attempted to make a comment on the blog....and all those who were able to make it happen. Keep practicing.

Making Progress - Thursday, January 13, 2011

There were 35 of us in the meeting today.

Today we had two more very informative presentations:

One by Sue Hepler from the Palm Creek Computer Club who spoke to us about the Palm Creek Golf and RV Resort Blogs, specifically the Mac Users Group, and another presentation by Irene and David Hall who demonstrated how to create movies in iMovie.

Even though we had technical breakdowns with Internet connection failing us during Sue's presentation and the speakers not working in Dave and Irene's presentation (what a bummer after all the work they put into making the movie for us), thanks to the creativity and collective knowledge of the group we learned a lot about bookmarks, using Command - or + to enlarge or shrink the image along the way, plus other tips. We're fortunate to have Bill Edwards, Jack McCleskey, Suzie Nunley and Silvia Oswald in the group to guide us through the various options when we're in trouble (at least those were the ones that I heard helping me when I was trying to support Sue).

At the upcoming meeting, January 20th, Tom Gottfried will demonstrate how to create a blog, and Jack McCleskey will takes us through another journey into Systems Preferences.

Tom Gottfried, Bonnie Hensel, Dave Odgers and Carol Stuart will be representing us at the upcoming Palm Creek Welcome Home Party on Sunday, January 16th. Please stop by and join them in spreading the word about our exciting MAC Users Group if you're so inclined. Thank you Tom, Bonnie, Dave and Carol for your support.

As we left the meeting I expressed hope that several of you would add comments about your experience of the meeting on this blog. We look forward to your "posts".

Posted by Larry Freeborg