*The Hervey Bay Mac Users Group is not affiliated to or associated with any commercial computer business.*

The next meting will be held on Thursday 1st April 2010 at 7 pm at the Hervey Bay RSL Club Pialba.

Have a look at our proposed schedule of topics to see what our main theme will be. Other problems will be discussed in Q & A after the main topic. Members can request changes to the schedule if they have special needs.

You are encouraged to bring your laptop Mac, pencil and paper and a Memory Stick for possible sharing of Freeware Software programs.

Between meetings, help is always available.  I will forward requests for assistance to the other members as necessary.  Please see details on the Help Desk Page

All of the built-in apps on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large, Multi-Touch screen. And they’ll work in any orientation. So you can do things with these apps that you can’t do on any other device.  The large Multi-Touch screen on iPad lets you see web pages as they were meant to be seen —

See and touch your email in ways you never could before. In landscape, you get a split-screen view, showing both an opened email and the messages in your Inbox.

With its crisp, vibrant display, and its unique software features, iPad is an extraordinary way to enjoy and share your photos.

The large, high-resolution screen makes iPad perfect for watching any kind of video: from HD movies and TV shows, to podcasts and music videos. You can also easily move between wide-screen and full-screen with a double-tap.

The YouTube app organizes videos so they’re really easy to see and navigate. To watch one, you just tap it. When you’re watching in landscape, the video will automatically play in full screen. And with its high-resolution display, the latest YouTube HD videos will look amazing on iPad.

Just tap on the iTunes Store icon, and you can browse and buy music, TV shows, podcasts — or buy and rent movies — wirelessly, right from your iPad. There are thousands of movies and TV shows, along with thousands of podcasts, and millions of songs to choose from. You can even preview songs before you buy them. And you can sync iPad with the content you already have in your iTunes library on your Mac or PC.

http://www.apple.com/au/ipad/features/

A whole new lineup of iMacs, the White MacBook have been announced as well as a new keyboard and mouse:faster processors, more RAM, larger hard drives and gorgeous new larger and brighter displays… all at the same prices!

see

http://www.apple.com/au/imac/

http://www.apple.com/au/macbook/

http://www.apple.com/au/magicmouse/

Snow Leopard, Mac OS 10.6 has been released early on August 28th. Many members have received their copy and have already installed it. So far I have heard of no reported major problems.    See also   http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090828112540695 However, as it is an “under the hood” upgrade, don’t expect any great change in appearance. Members are reporting subtle changes and QuickTime 10 has some nice new recording of actions features.  For those wanting to continue running PPC Applications like AppleWorks and Quicken, I am glad to report that Rosetta is an optional Install. We should have quite a base of experience by the next meeting in September.

We have constructed a Panel of Experts to help members with more advanced assistance for specialised Applications which we cannot cover in detail in our meetings. This list has been emailed to members in the. So far we have several members who have offered to be on this panel. Members will be able to get individual guidance from these experts.

Five members attended and mounted a display at the Aussie Computer Fair on Sunday May 31st

http://www.aussiecomputerfair.com/

Thanks to Darren, Pauline, Jerry and Graeme for helping. Our display attracted constant attention and by far the largest number of people.

L-R Alain, Jerry, Pauline, Darren

far right Ken

Twenty four members attended our 1st Anniversary meeting and were treated to a superb presentation and demonstration of iMovie 06 by Josef. An Apple video about iMovie 09 was also shown.  Richard Neville informed us of his new Apple Authorised Reseller business in Main Street. Attractive prices will be offered to members. We were presented with a chocolate 1st Birthday cake from a mystery “lady” who left it at reception.

The founding three members, left to right, Darren, Ken (founder) and Ben

If you’re interested in seeing where Apple started from, there is a great website that shows a photo history of Apple, the computers, the staff and more! There is also an amazing program called Mactracker which lists every Mac ever made.

http://www.mactracker.ca/

See also every model from the Apple II 1977

http://tinyurl.com/b8ooot

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