Schedule of Topics
*The Hervey Bay Mac Users Group is not affiliated to or associated with any of it’s sponsors or any commercial computer business.*
The following topics may change and they are open for discussion and suggestions
from members. Any topic can be discussed in the Q & A session at any
meeting.
Schedule
2010
January No Meeting
February…. A Tale of Two Movies. How to make a home movie using iMovie 09 Presenter Neil…Security on the Mac, Locks, Viruses, Phishing, Scams and Firewalls Presenter Ken …………A trip to Bangkok, a film and a story by Mark, professional Film Maker
March 1 Presentation on iCal, Spellchecker in applications, Dictionary Application. Plus some of my favourite Programs Presenter: Ken
………..2 What’s in the Utilities Folder? Plus Some of our favourite Programs Presenter: Darren.
April … Presentation on eBay, a follow on from November. Presenter Josef .….Presentation on Bento, Keynote, Pages and a mention about Filemaker. Introduction to Desktop publishing. and if time “What I do with the Volunteer Coast Guard” Presenter Bill
May OUR 2nd BIRTHDAY MEETING Practical presentation on your computer innards, hardware upgrades and simple repairs, addition of RAM, Airport Cards, etc. …..Presenter Josef Presentation on Software fixes, repairs and maintenance. How to format and partition your external Hard Drive This topic has been requested by many members Presenter Ken
June ….. STOP PRESS: Darren will have his new iPad at the meeting!
PRACTICAL TEACHING/HANDS ON /Fixing Evening. Bring your Laptop/Desktop and/or questions/problems and/or have personal tuition/help with one of our more experienced members. Bring your hard drives , cameras, etc and learn how to back up, import and manipulate photos. There will be no topic, just messing with our Macs! We can exchange legal software so bring a thumb drive or CD or some way of transferring data. This promises to be a humongous Q & A Session!
July…. Introduction to desktop publishing, making flyers, leaflets booklets, small books and newsletters etc. Presenter Marion. …… Printing and scanning tips and tricks Presenter Ken Q & A Session on any topic
August….1 Presentation on all aspects of digital photography, taking the photo, importing to your Mac, manipulating the images and printing. Includes introduction to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. This is mainly aimed at keen photographers who take lots of photos, but I am sure we will all learn from seeing more advanced stuff. Presenter Chris. (Chris is here again from Canberra for a couple of months. He is also prepared to carry out a photographic workshop and/or field trip for those interested while he is here .).. Q & A Session on any topic. 2 What’s new since the last meeting? There have been many updates since the last meeting. They will be discussed and made available for any member who wishes to avoid downloading them. Presenter Ken
September ….Update on the new iTunes. .Video conferencing.. How to set up and use Skype and iChat, using your Mac, GMail, Yahoo or MSN….Presenters Darren and Pauline .Q & A Session on any topic
October Very simple BEGINNERS step by step guide to iWeb (There are rumours that MobileMe may become free again like .Mac was originally due to intense competition from Google and Microsoft. We all have iWeb free with our Macs so everyone can have a simple family website with a MobileMe account.) Presenter Pauline Beginners step by step guide to Photoshop Elements Photoshop Elements is an excellent value for money next step up for members who want more than iPhoto, but without the expense and complexity of Adobe Photoshop. Presenter Jerry Q & A Session on any topic
November Which browser? Comparison between Safari and Firefox. Browser set up, settings and tips. How to master The Finder, the heart of the Mac. Presenter Ken Do you need Windows on your Mac? Ways to install and use Windows on your Mac …if you must. Presenter Ken Q & A Session on any topic
December Repeated at the request of many members. Final meeting for 2010.
PRACTICAL TEACHING – HANDS ON – Fixing Evening. Bring your Laptop/Desktop and/or questions/problems and/or have personal tuition/help with one of our more experienced members. Bring your hard drives , cameras, etc and learn how to back up, import and manipulate photos. There will be no topic, just messing with our Macs! We can exchange legal software so bring a thumb drive or CD or some way of transferring data. This will be a continuous Q & A session. NO MEETING JANUARY Next meeting February 3rd 2011
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