Meeting 11/12/13

2nd meeting

Thirteen attendees.  Larry did a fine job conducting the meeting and we all learned something.  Remembering it will be something else.  

Creating a new library in iPhoto

Hold the option key while double clicking to start iPhoto and there will appear an image where a new library can be created.  http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2505  Try this link for info straight from Apple

Backup

Here is a link to information for Time Machine, the program included with all MACs.  A good program which allows easy access to saved information:  http://www.apple.com/support/backup/  

Update

Updating applications and the operating OSX is, by default set to automatically occur.  The settings can be changed in System Preferences ; Update:  http://www.apple.com/softwareupdate/  Try this link

Apple uses the App Store to update applications and the operating system in the new Mavericks 10.9.  Reports say sometimes it hangs but surely that will be fixed.  

Tutorials

There are a host of tutorials on the web.  Here is a link to an Apple "how to site."   http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/  

Dock

We will have more info on the Dock but here is a link:  http://macduel.com/how-to-customize-mac-dock-tutorial  

Bye for now

Next meeting November 19th at 1PM or 1300 if you prefer.  Look forward to seeing everyone.  

Mike

We're Back

We're Back

First meeting took place 11/5 13 at 1PM in the San Tan room.  About a dozen people attended and learned to identify their operating system.  

Plus how to determine the size and amount of data on their internal hard drive.  

Jack M showed us how to click on the "storage" item on the About this mac to see a map of the type of data plus other.

Future Meetings

Will be at 1PM in the San Tan room each Tuesday.  Looking forward to seeing everyone.  

Last Meeting before Summer

MAC Meeting 4/23

Not the last meeting forever but until mid-October of 2013.  We had an enjoyable time listening to Gary from macmost.com  He talks fast but imparts lots of good information.  We listened to his tutorials; 12 & 23.  Check out his website.  

As usual Jack did a great job of picking the subjects and answering questions.  There were five of us in attendance and we all learned something.  d

Kay had good suggestions on passwords.  

Not Kay's suggestions

We also discussed iCloud and how to view the data you've saved there by accessing the iCloud.com.  You have to remember your Apple ID and password to view the data.  Give it a try.  It's helpful to remember that after you activate your devices for iCloud they access directly as long as there is an internet connection available.  Otherwise the data is saved in temp files on your device.  

If you let me know what's going on in your MAC lives at home I'll publish.  Just email me at:  carlos.marsters@gmail.com  I'm not sure who carlos is but I think he might be related to me.  

Hope to hear from you.  

Mike

Anticipating summer heat

MAC Users Group

No Meeting 4/16/13

Mike is stuck in Desert Hot Springs being sandblasted by high winds and unable to get back to CG.

Can't see to drive. Don't think I'm ever going to Palm Springs again.  Three days of high winds and sand being plastered everywhere at high velocity make me wonder why it's such a popular place.  The high priced shopping is interesting though and people are nice.  

Meeting 4/23/13

We'll be back in the room at 1PM on the above date.  Please come and we'll share answers.  

Your faithful, 

Mike

MAC Club 4/2/13 & 4/9/13

This Week 4/2/13

There weren't many attendees on the 2nd  and one less when Jack was called away to help his wife at the emergency room.  He reports the bite to the hand is still painful but is getting better.  

Brent and Mike bluffed their way thru some familiarization of the menus and some comments on how to recover information from backups with TimeMachine.  

Time Machine is a good program and there are excellent tutorials on the web.  Also Apple has some good explanations.  Just Google.  

Next Week 4/9/13

We are planning a meeting at the usual time and even though there may be few participants we'll learn something.  Just bring your questions.  

MAC Club 3/26 & 4/2

March 26th

Jack McCleskey and Brent Shirley spoke about Evernote, a cloud based program for storing data which may be retrieved from any type of device, phone, iPad, MAC,  PC, etc.  I felt there was a need to be aware of misuse of the data and warn not to store anything of a financial or private content.  If it's out there it can be Hacked!  

EverNote

Mike Marsters reviewed menu commands and gave some input on how to retrieve files from TimeMachine.  http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427  The forgoing address is helpful.  Also he found using Finder when his backup drive was connected made it easy.  He selected the drive, clicked on the backups, picked the most recent, clicked on users, clicked on his name, then selected what file he wanted, copied it and pasted where he thought best.  There probably is a similar process with Carbon Copy Cloner and Superduper?  Also he suggested the backup drive doesn't need to be connected all the time and TimeMachine can be turned off until you want to use it.  

TimeMachine

When TimeMachine is on and the backup drive is connected your MAC saves files for later backups and takes up space on your hard drive.  If your hard drive is small this can be detrimental and TimeMachine should be turned off periodically to clear the files.  

There were lots of questions about setting browsers and other things.  Hopefully our members benefited.  

FireFox

April 2nd 2013

We are getting to the end of the season and had about 10 participants last week.  There will be a meeting on 4/2 at 1PM in the regular time & place and we'll review or ask questions and attempt to help as many as possible.  

Bring all your questions and we'll try to find an answer.  If we can't we'll fib.  

Your faithful servant, 

Mike

MAC Club 3/19/ & 3/26

Last Week 3/19

It was almost a no topic meeting since mostly questions were solicited and answers attempted by Jack McCleskey and others.  Jack did a good job as usual.  

Cleaning up the MAC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIKb4gCnQH4  Jack explained how to use Disk Utility to make your MAC run faster.  The short tutorial at the previously indicated website gives a good explanation of the process.  It's compiled by a young person so has got to be good. 

Jack also suggested increasing the RAM memory in your machine.  You can Google and find out how much your computer can handle.  

Keyboard Commands

There are many keyboard commands built into the MAC operating system which can make for faster operating.  Notice the symbols on many menu items showing the strokes necessary.  I'm including an abridged copy of keyboard shortcuts here:  

Next Week 3/26 1PM

The next meeting will be somewhat informal as it will be structured to answer questions.  Please think things up to ask about.  One of our helpers has done some research on TimeMachine and could help with advice on retrieving data.  

Please enjoy the great weather!

Your faithful servant, 

Mike