** JULY and AUGUST meetings will be held at Parkway West HS **
Pre-meeting Tutorials @ 5:30 pm
Mac Basics SIG
Intermediate SIG
Upcoming General Meetings @ 7:00 pm
July 13: iPad Apps
Thinking about getting an iPad? Want to know what all the fuss is about? This month Don Benne and other iPad owners will show what they do with their iPads and which apps they find most useful. Simon Amies will also give a quick overview of the new iPhone 4 and the iOS.
So come join us for what should be an informative evening!
The meeting begins with our regular Q&A and Tips&Tricks Session.
Past Meetings with updated links
June 8: SWITCHING YOUR MAC TO THE DARKSIDE: Need to run Windows on your Mac? What is the best way for you to do so? Simon Amies will discuss and demonstrate the advantages and differences between Boot Camp, Parallels, Crossover Pro and Fusion.
Parallels Desktop vs. VMware Fusion
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.25/25.04/VMBenchmarks/
Mactech website
VMware Fusion
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/
Run Windows on your Mac, now faster than ever.
Parallels Desktop for Mac
http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
The #1 Way to run Windows on Mac - The Experts Agree
Crossover by Codeweavers
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/
Your Windows Applications, Seamlessly Integrated on Mac OSX
WineHQ
http://www.winehq.org/
Run Windows applications on Mac OSX
AVG Free Antivirus for Windows
http://www.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
Free Windows Anti-Virus Protection
iPAD RAFFLE : We will conclude the selling of raffle tickets ($2 per ticket) for an iPad to be won at this month’s meeting. You must be a current paid GAMUG member to win the raffle (although anyone can buy a ticket). The winner will be chosen at the end of this month’s general meeting.
Congratulations to member Joe Rigdon who was the June raffle iPad winner!
May 11: iPad demo. Continued sale of iPad raffle tickets. Election of officers.
So come join us for what should be an informative evening!
April 13: ALTERNATIVE OFFICE APPLICATIONS
iWork, Google docs, and open source apps such as Open Office and Neo Office. Discussion to include Address Book and free or inexpensive drawing or graphics apps that will convert MacDraw and Appleworks graphics.
March 9: CONVERTING APPLEWORKS FILES and the NEW APPLE iPAD
This month’s meeting will begin with Don Benne who will briefly discuss Apple’s newest device - the iPad.
Also, since AppleWorks is a non-supported program, it is time to convert what you have and move on to newer applications. Ron Mueller will demonstrate how (or even if it’s possible) to convert AppleWorks files to current, supported applications. This will include the word processing, spreadsheet, graphics and database files in AppleWorks format using apps such as Word, Pages, Numbers, etc.
Follow-up information from Ron's presentation, go to http://public.me.com/ronaldmueller
January 12: AUTOMATOR
Co-President Don Benne will describe how Automator is a workflow engine and not an AppleScript replacement and how it can help you build workflows to automate your day to day Mac life. Don will show how these workflows can be embedded as plugins to help you create services, PDF printing plugins, iCal events, and folder actions. Don will also cover the facilities for users to extend automator on their own as well as places to find third party Automator actions.
Follow-up information:
Transmit 3
An application that lets you easily send, receive, and manage files using FTP. A demo version is available on the website.
http://www.panic.com/transmit/
Apple's website for free Automator actions.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/
Mac OSX Automation
This sight give lots of free help on creating and using workflows with Automator
http://www.macosxautomation.com/automator/index.html
