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Please join us at 7pm on August 16th, 2010 for our monthly general meeting.

How to use your Mac

Whether you just bought your first Mac or have been using one for years, it’s always good to have a refresher. Join us to find out some interesting ways to use your Mac.

Also, David Whitby will continue with our popular Tips n Tricks series for the iPhone and iPad.

Billy Chang will have the latest installment on his monthly discussion of Apple news and rumor control.

We will also offer our regular monthly features, including Q&A and 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).

Here are David Whitby’s notes from his Tips n Tricks presentation for our July Meeting.

Editor note - with the exception of Jumbo Calculator all apps are designed for both the iPhone and iPad

iPad Apps
1. Audible.com - Allows direct downloading of audio books without connecting your iPhone/iPad to your computer.

2. Wattpad - not a list of best seller to buy but a clearinghouse of works from new writer, all offerings currently free

3. MobileMe Gallery - with a MobileMe account you can share any iPhoto Album with your friends ( not just desktop access anymore )

4. Jumbo Calculator - just what the title says!

5. Calcbot - need more advanced functions AND a paper trail (just rotate you iPad to landscape)

6. Craigslist Pro - Quick and intuitive way to sell your stuff

7. Lexeme - Ever play Scrabble and needed to cheat a little when you just KNOW there is a 7 letter available but you can’t quite get it? Super fast determination of all acceptable words and their score value in a list.

For your Mac -
Mp3panda.com - Would you like to pay only 10 cents for your music downloads instead of iTunes’ 99 cents? For a deposit of $29 you get $49 available in your account. That’s 7-10 times the number of songs you could buy from iTunes.

Please join us at 7pm on July 19, 2010 for our monthly general meeting.

The new iPhone 4 is here! We will have a special presentation by Billy Chang, highlighting some of the phones new features, including the hi-res screen and improved camera features. We will also touch on some of the controversies surrounding the new phone - it will certainly be a lively discussion

David Whitby will continue with our popular Tips n Tricks series. David will share worthwhile and enjoyable new ways to get more out of your iPad - great if you just acquired one, and very enticing if you are weighing the merits of these little wonders.

Billy and David will share the stage for a discussion and analysis of the hot new Mac Mini - the most powerful and value-packed Mini yet released. For many users, the new Mini can form the nucleus of a home computer and media entertainment system - learn how.

We will also offer our regular monthly features, including Q&A and 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).

Please join us at 7pm on June 21, 2010 for our monthly general meeting.

Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference is being held this month June 7-11. With Steve Jobs doing the Keynote Presentation, there’s bound to be new product announcements like the new iPhone to go with iPhone OS 4.

We’ll be discussing the new iPhone, the new OS, and anything else Apple announces at WWDC. We’ll also be having our standard Tips n Tricks and other monthly features.

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).

Photo composite uses an original image © 2010 Maclife magazine.

Please join us at 7pm on May 17th, 2010 for our monthly general meeting.

Is your computer backed up? Are you sure?

As the old joke goes - The 3 rules of computing are …

1. Backup
2. Backup
3. Backup

This month’s general meeting will be about backing up your computer and how to make sure your your irreplaceable documents and pictures can be kept safe in case of emergency.

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).

Just less than a week after releasing the Wi-Fi version of the iPad, Apple announces iPhone OS 4.

As listed on Apple’s Web site http://www.apple.com/iphone/preview-iphone-os/ -

Get a sneak peek into the future of iPhone OS.

On April 8, Apple unveiled plans for the biggest and most exciting iPhone software update yet. iPhone OS 4 will include over 100 new user features for iPhone and iPod touch owners to enjoy. And for developers, a new software development kit (SDK) offers over 1500 new APIs to create apps that are even more powerful, innovative, and amazing.

iPhone OS 4 will ship this summer for iPhone and iPod touch, and for iPad in the fall. A developer beta is available now.

Among the 1500 new APIs and 100 new features are -

Multitasking (run multiple apps at the same time)
Folders (for better organization and screen use)
iBooks (the iPad bookstore comes to the iPhone)
iAd (Apple enters the advertising ring for in App ads)

Just like iPhone OS 3.0’s Voice Control and digital compass, some features won’t work on all iPhones. For example, multitasking will only work on the iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3rd Gen (late 2009) 32 and 64 GB models.

You can watch the hour long presentation from the link on this page http://www.apple.com/iphone/preview-iphone-os/ or by watching thru the Apple “Special Presentations” podcast page in the podcast section of the iTunes Store - http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/apple-keynotes/id275834665

Please join us at 7pm on April 19th, 2010 for our monthly general meeting.

With the iPad finally here, we’ll get to show you what the hype is all about.
David Whitby will sharing some great iPhone and iPad tips and tricks. While Billy Chang will be talking about the the latest news from and about Apple.
Gautam Godse will be giving a more in depth look at the iPad.

Of course, you also will not want to miss our featured new Tips and Tricks to help you get the most out of your Mac and your iPhone.

Thanks again to M-Audio for donating our featured prize from last month - a pair of M-AudioStudiophile AV 40 monitors, a $199.99 value!

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).

For those of you who use your Mac for work only may not have heard of the entertainment software company called Valve but if you play or have played any type of FPS (First Person Shooter) you may have heard of them. The company whose “library” includes Half-Life and Counter-Strike announced on March 8th that they are bring their popular Steam client to the Mac and quote …

We are treating the Mac as a tier-1 platform so all of our future games will release simultaneously on Windows, Mac, and the Xbox 360. Updates for the Mac will be available simultaneously with the Windows updates. Furthermore, Mac and Windows players will be part of the same multiplayer universe, sharing servers, lobbies, and so forth. We fully support a heterogeneous mix of servers and clients.

To read the full press release go to http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/

This is a meeting you won’t want to miss. The March 15th meeting will feature a wrap-up of the Macworld Expo, with attendee reports and slideshows highlighting exciting news from the Expo floor. Get the scoop on the latest product announcements, emerging trends, hot new companies, as well as a first-hand report about the pulse of the industry.

Also on board - the latest official Apple rollout announcements - what’s coming from Apple, when it will hit the showrooms, and what it might mean to you as a Mac supporter.

Of course, you also will not want to miss our featured new Tips and Tricks to help you get the most out of your Mac and your iPhone.

As usual, we will have a drawing for some excellent prizes. Members receive a free drawing ticket each month. Our featured prize will be a pair of M-AudioStudiophile AV 40 monitors, a $199.99 value!

The meeting will be held at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch Auditorium at 7:00 p.m.

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.

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).

In February, we will not have our regular monthly meeting due to the Presidents Day Holiday and the annual Macworld Expo and Conference  in San Francisco, which will be held Feb. 9-13th. http://www.macworldexpo.com/. We will resume our normal “third-Monday” schedule in March

Macworld image courtesy appadvice.com