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Recent
meeting covered Apple's Mac User Group online store.
Bet you
didn’t know there was such a thing. Well, there is,
and from time to time (almost, but not quite monthly), we
get an email newsletter from the Apple User Groups liaison
folks with new passwords and deals just for members of Mac
User Groups. They forbid us to publish most of that stuff
in OUR newsletter, but we thought it was about time to have
a
program on/about it, so here it is, just in time to beat the
summer doldrums.
Deals
are to be had this month on things as diverse as headphones,
iPod protectors, utility software, monitor & printer dust
covers, and much more.
At the
meeting we used the college’s broadband to go to the
MUG store and checked it out, as well as having a peek at
some of the canned presentations and product reviews offered
for program and newsletter use In
addition, we had the usual question and answer session, along
with a chance to meet and greet fellow Mac users.
Is
your QuickTime up to date?
Attached
is the April Apple Bytes newsletter which among other topics
explains why you should update to the newly released 7.1.5
version of Quicktime.Check it out
Learn
More About Tiger's Spotlight
Want to
know more about Spotlight and how to use it.
Read this article by Owen Linzmayer in Informit.com
ProTips
Need
the First Available Printer?
If you’ve
got a print job on your hands and you need it as soon as possible,
but all the printers on your network are often busy, you can
pool these printers together so your document will automatically
print to the first available printer.
Finding
Where the © and ™ Symbols Live
Since
nearly the beginning of Mac-dom, when you wanted to find out
which key combination produced a font’s special characters
(stuff like ©, ™, £, ¢, ‰, ƒ,
etc.), you used a utility called KeyCaps. More than a decade
later, KeyCaps is still a part of Mac OS, but a better way
to access these special characters is through the Character
Palette.
Super-Fast
Way to Email a URL
If you
run across a cool website and want to email that site to a
friend, probably the fastest way is to press Command-Shift-I.
This opens Mail, and inserts the Web URL into the body of
your email. Now all you have to do is type the recipient’s
name, enter “Check this site out” in the Subject
line, and click Send.
Instant
Slide Shows Wherever You Are
Let’s say you
open a window and there are 20 photos in that window. Want
to see a quick slide show of those photos? Just press Command-A
to select all the photos, then Control-click on any photo
and from the contextual menu that appears, choose slideshow.
A full-screen slide show of those photos (complete with a
nice smooth dissolve transition) will appear onscreen.
From Scott
Kelby’s “Mac OS X Tiger Killer Tips,”
packed with cool inside secrets, slick workarounds, undocumented
shortcuts, and sneaky tricks to help you use Mac OS X.
Look
for a new Scott Kelby Mac OS X tip every Wednesday on the
Apple Pro site.
Apple
News
Subscribe
to one of Apple’s email newsletters.
They’re
free and easy to read, and filled with tips and up-to-date
information. Take a look at the latest issues—just click
the links on the right—and subscribe below. We think
you’ll enjoy them a lot.
Sign
up for Apple enews:
http://www.apple.com/enews/subscribe/
One
of the most useful soures of information I receive ...and
to my knowledge, it’s free!
A
link to this newsletter which comes frequently. Not everything
is for you and me, but there are some dynamite articles. Check
it out:
Macintosh Reference Guide
The
Macintosh Reference Guide
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