SGVMUG

This is a meeting you won’t want to miss. The March 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!

You can resolve to get more out of your Mac this year!

Join the group - you will learn how to do more and enjoy your Mac or iPhone in ways you probably didn’t know about already.

Plus, for only $30 per year, you will receive additional benefits, including a monthly drawing with a chance to win great prizes every month - it’s a greet return on your investment!

Here’s a quick sample of some past prizes:

• Belkin 802.11g Wireless Router
• 4 GB Flash Drive
• DVD-R 30 Disc spindle
• M-Audio Fastrack USB Audio & MIDI Interface
• Macally wireless mouse
• and much, much more!

At the December 21st meeting Ron Streicher demonstrated that in its
native form Apple’s Photo Booth application mirrors (inverts left-for-
right) the images it captures from either an iSight or external web
camera. He then showed how to correct this problem using a procedure
he found on-line. When you do this, first make a copy of the Photo
Booth application, rename it “corrected version” and then perform the
procedure as described in the following article.

Following is the link

For reference, the URL is
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090125141307324

SGVMUG Meeting for January 11, 20107:00 p.m. in the Pasadena Public Library AuditoriumManufacturer’s Showcase: M-Audio | Presenter: Alex TinsleyTopic: Products for Creating Music on Your MacAlex Tinsley is a member of the technical staff and engineering test services at M-Audio. He manages a group specializing in the testing of audio interface and MIDI keyboard controllers for computers, with a focus on performance and compatibility. He has been with M-Audio since 2001 and has an extensive knowledge of the past and present product lines.In addition to a brief discussion of the pros and cons of OS 10.6,Alex’s presentation will include demonstrations of the following products from the M-Audio line:

• Oxygen 25: This 25-key USB MIDI controller features eight assignable knobs, plus dedicated transport and track Read the rest of this entry »

We are now heading full speed into the holiday season, with Thanksgiving just ahead, Chanukkah and Christmas only a few weeks away, and then New Years right around the corner. This has been a busy and productive year for the SGVMUG, with a number of very good presentations to our credit. Thank you all for your continued support of our activities. Read the rest of this entry »

As we look forward to the coming holidays, the November 16^th  SGVMUG meeting will focus on ways you can use your computer to help you get through the season and have fun while doing it.To begin the meeting, Billy Chang will begin the meeting with a brief overview of the newest iMac computers released by Apple in mid-October.Next, Ron Streicher will conclude the presentation he began in October by showing how to interface your computer with your home entertainment systems.  The myriad of audio and video connectors and formats will be demystified, as will cures for some of the common “hum and buzz” problems that can occur when you try to hook it all up together. Read the rest of this entry »

HeatShift™ Laptop Cooling Pad from ThermaPAKIn case you missed it, the September 21st meeting featured the HeatShift™ Laptop Cooling pad from ThermaPak, a local Pasadena company. Through the courtesy of Cindy Kang, Product Manager, three representatives of the company - Wayne Wang, Wei Wong, and David Blair – demonstrated this unique solution to the problem of heat dissipation for Macintosh Powerbook (and other) laptop computers.ThermaPAK also was kind enough to provide a HeatShift™  Pad for our drawing and offer a discount to any SGVMUG Members who wished to purchase one. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple Releases OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” Early!Apple has announced that the new OS version 10.6, known as “Snow Leopard,” will be released on Friday, August 28th, about a month earlier than previously expected. As a result, the SGVMUG has rescheduled our meeting plans to provide a timely, in-depth review of the new Operating System at our September 21st meeting. Read the rest of this entry »

Please join us at 7pm on October 19th, 2009 for our monthly general meeting. Topic: Incorporating Your Computer Into Your Home Entertainment System Presenters: David Whitby and Ron Streicher.Your Macintosh computer is ideally suited to become the center of your home entertainment system. You know that it already can play music from your iTunes library, movies from your iMovie library, commercial and personally produced CDs and DVDs, and a host of other audio and video material downloaded from the Internet. But did you also know that there are several applications specifically created to enable you to access multi-media entertainment programming that heretofore has been available only via Cable, Satellite, or DVD sources? Read the rest of this entry »

Apple Inc released a press release August 24th that Mac OS X 10.6 aka Snow Leopard will be available on Friday, August 28th. It had been stated at the 2009 WWDC that it would be available “in September” and this allows them to hit that target.

While implied previously, it was clearly stated that Snow Leopard would be intel only at the same Developers Conference. Pricing and requirements follow…

if you bought a new Mac AFTER June 9th and before December 26th, 2009 and you didn’t get 10.6 with your machine then you qualify for the Apple Up-to-Date program http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/ which gets you Snow Leopard through the mail for $ 9.95.

Price for intel Leopard users -
$ 29 for single user license
$ 49 for family pack (up to five users in same household)

Snow Leopard is available to intel Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) users through the Mac Box set only. The Mac Box Set includes Mac OS X 10.6, iLife 09, and iWork 09.
Price for intel Tiger users -
$ 169 for single user license
$ 229 for family pack (up to five users in same household)

How to find out what system you have -

http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/popups/upgrade-requirements-overlay.html

OS X Snow Leopard Feature-Specific requirements are available at the following link -

http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html

OS X 10.6 general requirements -

General Requirements
* Mac computer with an Intel processor
* 1GB of memory
* 5GB of available disk space
* DVD drive for installation
* Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
* Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.

Mac Box Set requirements -

System Requirements

* Mac computer with an Intel processor
* 1GB of memory
* 11GB of available disk space
* DVD drive for installation
* Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
* Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.

Additional requirements for the Mac Box Set http://www.apple.com/macboxset/requirements.html