Newsletter for the Atlanta Macintosh Users Group • August 2008
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Mac Quotes SIG in the City
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Widgets, Widgets!
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Macworld v. Mac|Life
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Recipe Manager Review
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Excel Challenge Program Schedule
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August Meeting Announcement PhotoShop Elements - Learn about the power of this affordable and versatile program. Let our own talented Christina Wellman take you on a tour through this handy and affordable software. Elements is often touted as a “stripped down” version of Photoshop, but don’t let this fool you — the program is full of power and can perform a wide array of special effects and adjustments. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. (6:30 social time). See you there!
SIG MEETING Announcements The SIGs take place the fourth Tuesday of each month (not the last Tuesday). The next SIGs are scheduled for Tuesday, August 26. They are held at MacQuarium in the upstairs rooms. FileMaker SIG Program: Scripting, layout, relationships, and more. Learn all about this wonderful database program for the Mac. Hosted by Lee Hoong. OS X SIG: Explore the many features and shortcuts of the Mac operating system. Hosted by Jay Cann. See page 5 more SIG information.
A Note To Our Guests Founded in 1984, the Atlanta Macintosh Users Group is a not-for-profit Georgia corporation organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of providing education and assistance to its members in the use of the Apple Macintosh computer and software. Made up of many members, AMUG consists of Macintosh enthusiasts from a variety of backgrounds: artists, technicians, programmers, designers, consultants, publishers, accountants--users of a variety of Macintosh types and software! This diverse gathering provides a unique resource for Macintosh information, creativity and education. We encourage you to join our community of Apple enthusiasts. You can either join online, at the information area prior to meetings, or by seeing our treasurer Adele Ward.
Club News
Meetings, Board Briefs and other happenings
Recent General Meeting Prize Winners
Door Prizes Galore! A congratulations goes to our
June and July door prize winners. Gifts included iTunes gift cards, an OS X Unix book, and one of the best prizes of all - a gift bundle that included Parallels and an entire package of utilities, including several sound apps.
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President .........................W. Michael Henigan Vice-President ....................Christina Wellman Treasurer ......................................Adele Ward Secretary ..................................Wendell Dillon Education Director ..............Christina Wellman Membership Director ...............................open Newsletter Director .......................Todd Daniel Program Director .....................................open Publicity Director .............................Jim Minter Telecom Director ...................Lawrence Sharp
AMUG Contact Information Atlanta Macintosh Users Group PO Box 15130 Atlanta,Georgia 30333-0130 http://www.amugonline.org General Information .........404-327-9002
The Newsletter Director Speaketh by Todd Daniel
todddan@me.com
I want to thank the board and membership for electing me as your new Newsletter Director. I will always strive to live up to the high standards of our prestigious and respected user group. First, let me start by saying that I am a total, unabashed computer fanatic. While I love tinkering with all computers, my heart is always first and foremost with the Mac.
My interest in computing started in 1981 around the time the first IBM desktop came out. What a fascinating machine, which was great for running Lotus 1-2-3. I was intrigued. In 1984 I took my first computer programming class, and soon afterwards my uncle gave me my first computer — a Commodore 64. I’ll never forget the joy of writing in BASIC 2.0, playing with “sprites,” and creating simple programs. And gosh, remember those programs you typed in from a magazine? Too much fun! I later acquired an Apple IIe from my cousin, and purchased a Commodore 128 as well. Plus, a thanks goes to my brother, who later gave me his 286 PC. In regards to Mac, I was a latecomer to the scene and started with a Mac SE in 1987. Oh, what an incredible beauty she was with the 1 MG of memory and 20 MG hard drive. Okay, admittedly, I got out of the Macs from 1991 to 2002 and ventured to “the dark side of the force.” It was the release of OS X that lured me back home to the wonderful Macs. If asked what I like to do with computers, my answers is EVERYTHING. I am into all uses of the computer and, really, I think my day job and volunteer work are just excuses to play on the Mac. Just for fun, I’ve ventured into every area possible with computing. In future newsletters you are going to join me on my journey. We are going to look at all the dozens of fun things you can do with your home computer, ranging from programming to movie editing, and to personal finances to website design. Simply put, my goal is to help enrich your computing experience. And really, that is a goal of AMUG as well. Please join me each month as we look at Apple news, the latest software, books, and in each issue we’ll explore a different area of computing. Now, let the show begin with my first installment ...
Adding Memory To A Mac Mini
Last week I had the joy of adding memory to my Mac Mini. J. Todd Daniel Now, if you’ve ever considered Newsletter Director this, don’t be afraid — it really todddan@me.com wasn’t so bad. There are many tutorials and online videos that can guide you through the process. The Surgery Begins
As you probably know, Apple doesn’t make it easy to pry a Mini apart. According to legend, you must use a puddy knife to undo the internal plastic latches. One cool trick I saw online was to get a razor blade to open the gap enough for you to insert your puddy knife — otherwise you’ll end up scratching the bottom. Also, don’t scream in terror when you hear those snapping and popping sounds — those latches don’t want to let go without a fight. Enter the Magic World
Once I popped off the top I just sat there amazed at the engineering genius of this device. Apple engineers have packed an incredible amount of stuff into one tiny box. First, you have to remove the Airport antenna, which is done by squeezing two little clips below it. Next, you must unscrew four screws that hold the hard drive and CD assembly to the motherboard. Hurray, it came right off. Next Step
Once you’ve exposed the motherboard you will see the two memory slots (I have the Intel Core Duo). Squeeze open the clips and the two memory cards pop up at a 25-degree angle. Just replace them and snap them back in. Lessons Learned
I did have a couple of surprises: 1) You must purchase LAPTOP memory and not DESKTOP memory — I didn’t realize that. 2) Getting three of the screws back in was easy because you just dropped them down the little tubes. The fourth screw was a bear because the tube was open on one side. Next time I’ll have a magnetic screwdriver handy. August 2008 • Atlanta Macintosh Users Group • Maclanta
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Club News
Meetings, Board Briefs and other happenings
Board of Directors Meeting Summaries Editor’s Note: We’ll post the other minutes next month. Best wishes for a speedy recovery goes to our secretary, Wendell Dillon, who is undergoing double knee surgery. May 2008 - Michael Henigan, President, called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m. Board members present: Michael Henigan, President; Christina Wellman, VP; Wendell Dillon, Secretary; Adele Ward, Treasurer; Jay Schindler, Education Director; and Lawrence Sharp, Telecom Director. Todd Daniel and Kelly Hilliard were guests. Officer Reports: • President: Working to get key chains to brand AMUG. Announced logo contest at the April general meeting. • Treasurer: Current balance $9,971.21 Director Reports: • Education – Initial meetings of the SIGs on 4th Tues at Macquarium; FM 5; MAC OS X (14)New to Mac (1 person). Michael will start a AMUG 101 SIG at 6:30 before meetings Unfinished business • Jim Minter was approved by the April general meeting as publicity Director. • Todd Daniel agreed to serve as Newsletter director. Unanimously approved. • SIGs Each SIG mentor should give a 60 second announcement at
each meeting. • SIG AMUG 101. Ask students what they want next month. Then announce that subject in the general meeting. No the purpose is an introduction to the user group not apple programs. • 2008 programs a. Apr Office 2008 review Chris/Christina (23 members and guests) • May Google Tools Deluxe (Jay) • Jun WWDC (Chris) • Jul Picnic Stone Mountain? Check other parks (Michael)/Joint with Windows?/Swap fest • Aug MacAtlanta Expo Aug 23 (Expo (Jay) • Sep Adobe • Oct iListen speech recognition software/Ambrosia (Michael)/Forum review h. Nov Annual meeting i. Dec Holiday party w/PC user group 6. MacAtlanta Expo Aug 23 firm date. Jay presented a worksheet for planning. Planning meetings 5:30 p.m. 4th Tuesdays (before the SIGs) New Business a. No new business. 7. The meeting adjourned at 9:12 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Wendell Dillon, Secretary
Program Reviews
July: Hot Stuff Our own Christina gave a delightful presentation on cool hardware and software for the Mac. She opened by telling of her personal experience with one reatly neat gadget — the 3G iPhone. Then she went on to share some really neat products, including a Star Wars-like “heliodisplay,” a laser keyboard that is nothing but light on your desk, and a review of Our own Chris led this meeting. In the Q&A session he showed how to new patents display pictures in your startup screen (it was a neat trick!). He also covfiled by Apple. ered iDefrag, mirrored drives, winmax, and other items. For the main proFor software, gram, he talked about the recent World Wide Developers Conference, with she covered lots of talk about the new 3G phones and the unlocking of the software. MacPilot
June: WWDC
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The Special Interest Groups (SIGS) Are Back! The SIGS were restarted in April and have been going with a bang. They are currently held the fourth Tuesday of each month at MacQuarium, starting at 7 p.m. Good news! With the support of committed AMUG members we are able to provide some exciting Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for your educational pleasure. Mac OS X SIG: Hosted by Jay Cann, this group explore the Macintosh operating system, the variety of tools supporting it, and more. Past sessions have included discussions on Automator and Applescript, handling file permissions, troubleshooting errors, proper system maintenance, and finding resources on the WWW. Participant questions usually help shape session discussions, and a variety of topics do get discussed.
At the June SIG meetings Lee led a class on scripting.
Filemaker Pro SIG: Hosted by Lee Hoong. This group focuses on the Filemaker Pro (FMP) database application with discussion topics aimed at the beginner- or intermediate-level user. Discussions range from the conceptual design of databases to building standalone database applications to exploring add-on tools. More advanced topics are covered from time to time, depending on interest. All FMP users, on Macintosh and Windows platforms, are welcome to attend. New to Mac?! SIG: (Note: We currently need a better attendance to get this group going again. If interested, see Tom at a meeting or contact any AMUG officer) Hosted by Tom Baley and others, this group explores the important basics and fundamentals of using your Mac. Designed for those who have switched recently from another platform to the Macintosh, or those who just bought a Mac, this group develops a good foundation on using the Macintosh and its basic applications, proper maintenance and care for the Macintosh, and areas of interest for member needs.
In July, Lee gave a presentation on relationships. No, not the kind between couples, weʼre talking about FileMaker (much more fun!).
Logistics: All SIGs meet the 4th Tuesday of each month from 7:00PM to approximately 8:30PM at the Macquarium. Members should plan to meet their SIGs on the second floor where we usually sign in and socialize for our monthly meetings. The rooms in that vicinity will be where we meet for our SIGs. See you there! Interested in starting a SIG? See an AMUG officer. In the past we’ve had a Digital Camera and Page Layout SIG. Any other ideas? How about a movie production SIG?
Jay leads the ever-popular Mac OS X SIG, which has been enjoying good attendance. August 2008 • Atlanta Macintosh Users Group • Maclanta
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Widgets, Widgets, and More Widgets! These widget gems are courtesy of Lesa Snider King, Enjoy! Are you a freelancer? Do you have to keep track of hours you spend on several different projects? Do you find yourself jotting the start and end times down on a sticky note (either digital or analog), Excel spreadsheet, etc.? Do you experience a panic attack when you can't find said sticky note or forgot to put anything into the Excel spreadsheet?! If you answered yes to any of these questions, TheDailyGrind widget might be for you. TheDailyGrind (no spaces in the name) let's you create multiple timers which you can start and stop. Each one comes with a play button for activation and the familiar OS X Action menu sprocket. Click the sprocket icon to produce a cute little menu drawer wherein you may assign a color code to your timer, reset it, delete it altogether, or copy your precious hours to the clipboard for pasting into the invoicing tool of your choice. I'm really hoping this will help me get better at tracking my hours because, well, I suck at it. I'll keep you posted! The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition "You can't free a fish from water." No, I suppose you can't. "Never lie too soon after a promotion." Excellent advice! "Wounds heal but debt is forever." True indeed! These jewels of wisdom and more can be yours for only... (oh wait, it's free) for FREE! That's right, just pop over to Apple's download page and snatch up this week's featured widget, The Rules of Acquisition. Ring any bells? Ah yes, straight from the Grand Nagus himself (dang I miss DS9), this widget displays a new rule each time you pop into Dashboard (or every time you click the Ferengi insignia, or press Command + R to refresh). Just think of the possibilities! You'll never have to hunt around for an amusing (though wise!) quote to tack onto your email signatures ever again! TIP: To close any widget without opening the Dashboard control panel, simply hold down the Option key and mouse over the widget to produce a circled X in the top left corner (as shown below). Click it once to send the widget packin'. MacGyverisms I really liked MacGyver. As a teenage girl, I enjoyed not only his cuteness but his extraordinary ability to escape any jam
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and certain death by creatively assemblying the contents of his pockets. This brilliant, quick-thinking secret agent never even carried a gun. Ever! Now, for the first time, you too can reap the benefits of MacGyver's vast scientific knowledge. Download the MacGyverisms widget and learn a new trick with every press of the forward arrow. So the next time you need to conjure up some tear gas on the fly, you'll be prepared. (Just grab the nearest bamboo pipe, and mix some ash with alcohol, of course!) Though this widget can most certainly be classified as bloody useless, you never know when it might save your hide! I mean, who knew that you could use rosary beads to focus sunlight thus triggering a slingshot?! Thanks to Nanther for sending along such entertaining widget goodness :)
Club News
Credit: The Daily Grind
Birthdays and Other Fun Stuff
Happy birthday to the following AMUGers:
Randy Dodds (7/16), Michael Henigan (7/20), Michael Bowen (8/6), Sam Rowe (8/16), Liz Bradley (8/25), Michael Martin (8/28).
Happy Anniversary to AMUG! Next year our computer club turns 25! Yes, it’s true — AMUG is as old as the Mac itself. Over the coming year we’ll have a variety of events and festivities to celebrate this incredible milestone. One thing we are doing right away is holding a new logo contest. While the peach with the bite has served as well for many years, it either needs a serious facelight or we need a whole new motif. What do you think? Design your entries electronically and send them on into AMUG. The winner will get a great prize!
Macworld v. Mac|Life: To Be Or Not To Be
By Todd Daniel Newsletter Director To get the “total experience” of your Mac computer hobby, I strongly encourage you to subscribe to a magazine. At one time there were quite a few Mac titles, but the two most popular now appear to be Mac|Life and Macworld. The following is my humble assessment of both publications:
Mac|Life Formerly known as MacAddict, this title has come a long way. Under its previous name, the magazine was too full of sophomoric stuff and had too much emphasis on gaming, so I had to let it go. But then the magazine reinvented itself and Mac|Life is much better. Okay, the magazine still appears geared toward male adolescents who never leave their rooms, but there are a lot of things I like. Mainly, I like the tutorials included in each issue, which always teach me something new. “The Ask” section, which covers technical support, is also always full of helpful morsels.
“Secrets,” the “how to” section that covers working professionals, music, digital photography, and technical topics. Oh, and the Help Desk section in the back is great too, and covers both hints and Q&A. Summary I keep every copy of Macworld that I’ve ever received on a special shelf. They are sacred to me. Mac|Life is now so good that I’m keeping every copy of it too. As far as a recommendation, it’s a dead heat. Each month BOTH magazine will teach you a few new shortcuts, tricks, and show you the latest shareware. The biggest choice you’ll need to make is determining which one goes on the nightstand and which one goes in the powder room. Personally, I have resorted to a rotating system. Discounts But wait ... there’s more. One of your many benefits as an AMUG member is that you can get a user group discount on both publications. For AMUGers, Mac|Life offers a 40% discount off the basic subscription price and Macworld will knock $13 off their annual subscription rate. For details, visit Member Special Offers on the AMUG forums.
Macworld A long-time favorite, Macworld proBuy AMUG Gear online vides a lot of no nonsense information. It has a nice slant toward working profesAMUG has an online store available sionals and has really good news cover- to all our members through age. My favorite part of the magazine is CaféPress.com. The store sells AMUG
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Recipe Manager 2.2: Hurry and Get Cookin’! By Mike Lloyd
Overview If you are overwhelmed with notebooks filled with recipes and cannot manage to keep track of the recipes that you have available, then The Recipe Manager (TRM) is for you. This program allows you to manage your portfolio of recipes by providing a database that tags the attributes of each item. As expected, each recipe contains a list of ingredients and a set of instructions. Each recipe entry also contains additional information that can be useful when preparing the dish, including variations of the dish, nutritional information, serves and preparation time. The tool also provides a mechanism to easily import recipes stored in MasterCook format. It also simplifies the importation of recipe from a variety of sources, such as web sites and files. TRM also provides the capability to do meal planning by connecting recipes and then scheduling the meals. It can take ingredients and create shopping lists that are tied to a particular store. Requirements G4 or higher with 1GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or higher, CD-ROM drive and 125MB free hard disk space. Minimum monitor resolution of 1024 x 768. Cost: $39.95. In Use When the application is first launched, you are presented with window shown below. This window provides a list of all of the recipes that are available in the database with the "Recipe" button selected. Each column heading can be clicked to sort the recipes by the selected column heading. The upper right hand corner contains a search field, which allows the chef to identify recipes that meet certain criteria. The magnifying glass icon can be clicked to select other criteria, such as Source or category. The right side of the window contains two tabbed panels. The top panel initially shows the list of ingredients for the selected recipe. The information can be changed to show metadata about the recipe, such as the source or web site it was obtained from. The staging tab provides information regarding items that can or should be prepared in advance, such as marinating or brining meat. The variations tab provides a freeform text area that can be used to describe ingredient or process changes that can be introduced to emphasize different flavors or textures for the
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Yes, you get hungry just installing this program! The Mac Guild gives it five stars — of course, those are chocolate cookie stars with white frosting.
dish. The final tab provides a location to store nutritional information regarding the dish, which can be generated within the program using information from the USDA Nutrient Database Values. The bottom panel initially provides the instruction for preparing the dish. The other tabs display other attributes regarding the dish such as a picture, background information or related recipes. If the display for the "Picture" tab, contains a zoom button for a close up shot of the dish. Another tab shows the number of servings and preparation time for the dish. The final tab shows additional metadata regarding the dish. At the bottom of the window, a number of buttons are displayed. On the right, the "Show/Hide Meals" button toggles a panel that shows the meals that are associated with this dish. Moving to the left, the next three buttons are used to add, edit or delete the selected recipe. Each of these buttons work as expected by either creating an empty item or opening an existing recipe for changes. The editing process is straightforward and operates like a standard text editor. Summary The Recipe Manager (TRM) is a full-featured recipe manager, which also supports sophisticated meal planning. It simplifies the management of your recipes, while maintaining sufficient information to easily find the information that you need to prepare nutritious meals. Unfortunately like many other tools of this nature, it still requires discipline and time to modify your process. Reprinted with permission from the Mac Guild and reviewer Mike Lloyd. Visit: http://macguild.org/reviews/
Member Tips
Vexing Excel Challenge: Case SOLVED!
By Susan Joseph
While working on a recent Excel document project, I realized I needed to have the first 2 rows of the document repeated at the beginning of each sheet of a very long document. I knew how to freeze those rows so that they would always appear at the top. Unfortunately, I realized that that only worked if the document was viewed on the computer but not when it was printed. So I asked for help from AMUG forums. Luckily I found a simple solution using the HELP menu before hearing from anyone with the forums. Christina offered her advise and then suggested that I write my solution to the dilemma for the newsletter. So here it is. For a detailed description of the “how to” go to the HELP menu and put “Print headings or labels for rows and columns on every page” into the search box. The topic will come up as a choice. Here is a brief summary of the process: • Under Format Palette choose Page Setup, click on “Print
Titles” in the Setup section. • A box for the number of row(s) to be repeated will appear. Select the row(s) you want to be repeated. The numbers of the row(s) and cell(s) to be repeated will appear in the box. Click OK and it’s done. . (The instructions say to pick the row below the desired row but that’s not how it worked for me.) The same can supposedly be done for columns. I haven’t tried it on columns just rows. I hope this helps someone else who might wish to duplicate this process with less trouble than I had. The Rumors Are True!
Our former newsletter director and long-time talented columnist Martha Shannon will be back starting in August.
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Club News
Meetings, Board Briefs and other happenings
AMUG 2008 General Meeting Schedule January 18th
MACWORLD REVIEW
• Review of Announcements
February 21st
FINANCE
• Personal Finance • Professional Finance • Tax Software
AUDIO
March 21st
• Podcasting • VoIP • iTunes • Audio Hijack
PHOTOGRAPHY
D NG
HOT TIPS & TRICKS • iPhone • Missing Sync • Profiles
August 19th
DIGITAL IMAGES
• Photoshop Elements 6
September 16th
TBA
To be announced
April 18th
• iPhoto • Aperture • Photoshop • NAPP
July 18th
• Workflow • Scanning • Photo Storage & Organization
May 16th
COMMUNICATIONS
• CS 3 Launch Party • DNG
June 20th
WWDC REVIEW • New iPhone stuff, etc.
TBA
October 21st
To be announced.
November 18th
ANNUAL MEETING
• Tips and Tricks • Vote for Board Positions
December 16th
HOLIDAY MEETING
• Joint fellowship with the Atlanta PC Users Groups. No, we wonʼt show the switcher ads.
Please note that our General Meeting topics are subject to change. Please visit the AMUG web site, http://www.amugonline.org or the AMUG forums, http://forums.amugonline.org, for the most up-to-date meeting information.
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Directions to General Meetings at Macquarium
1800 Peachtree Street,NW Suite 250,Atlanta,GA 404-554-4000
From I-75 South Take the Howell Mill/Northside Drive Exit (#252). Go to the second
ramp, which is Northside Drive. Turn left off the ramp onto Northside
Drive. Go Approximately 1/2 mile to Collier Road and Turn Right. Follow Collier road 9/10 of a mile until it ends at Peachtree Street, then turn right. Macquarium is about 100 yards on the right.
From I-85 South Take Peachtree Street exit 86. This exit becomes GA-13 S. Take Peachtree Street exit ramp towards Buckhead. Merge onto Peachtree Rd. NE. Travel approximately one-half mile, Macquarium building is on your left. Parking entrance is on far side of From GA 400 South Macquarium sign next to R.Thomas. Take the Sidney Marcus Blvd.exit, towards Piedmont From I-20 Rd. Turn Left onto Sidney Marcus Blvd. Take the US-19 Head towards 75/85 connector. Go north on 75/85. Take the North/Peachtree St. ramp North, towards Buckhead. 14th/10th Street exit. Pass over 10th street. Turn right onto Merge onto Peachtree Rd. NE .Travel approximately 14th Street. Turn left onto Peachtree. Macquarium building one-half mile,Macquarium building is on your left. is on your left, approximately one mile. Parking entrance is Parking entrance is on far side of Macquarium sign next on far side of Macquarium sign next to R.Thomas. to R.Thomas.
Atlanta Macintosh Users Group, Inc. P. O. Box 15130 Atlanta, GA 30333-0130