Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group
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Next Meeting: May 9, 2013

MacPeople Meeting: Thursday, May 9, 2013 6:00 – 9:00 
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, May 9, 2013, from 6:00-9:00 pm in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg., room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions? 

6:00 – 6:45: Question and Answer – Miranda et. al.

6:45 – 7:00: Mac 101: Customizing Desktop Icons
Want to add more flair to your desktop? Joel explains how you can add more personality with custom desktop icons.

7:00 – 7:10: Break

7:10 – 7:40: Photostream – Matt
Photostream allows you to take a photo on one device and have it automatically appear on all your other devices as well as share specific sets of photos with friends and family. Matt explains how to use this useful service.
 
7:40 – 8:00: FaceTime – Bob
Bob shows us how you can use Apple’s video chat service on your Mac, iPhone and iPad
 
8:00 – 8:10: Prize Drawing
8:10 – 8:30: Backing up with iCloud – Joel
Joel reviews how a free iCloud account can be used to backup iOS devices and how to configure iCloud backup to make the most of your free storage space

Next Meeting: April 11, 2013

MacPeople Meeting: Thursday, April 11, 2013 6:00 – 9:00
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, April 11, 2013, from 6:00-9:00 pm in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg., room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions?
 

6:00 – 6:50: Question and Answer
6:50 – 7:00: Break
7:00 – 8:00: Splasm Software – Keith Gugliotto
Keith Gugliotto, Co-Founder of Splasm Software is our special guest this month and joins us as part of his Florida MUG tour. Splasm has been creating software for the Mac since 1999 and will be showing off two of their most popular products, CheckBook Pro and AudioBook Builder.
  • 7:00 – 7:30 CheckBook Pro- A powerfully simple personal finance manager
  • 7:30 – 8:00 AudioBook Builder – Makes it easy to turn audio CDs and files into audiobooks for your iPhone, iPod or iPad.
7:50- 8:00: Prize Drawing
8:10 – 8:30: Getting Started with Hazel – Katie
Hazel is  a System Preference pane that works in the background filing, organizing and cleaning up your Mac based on a set of rules you create. Katie will give the group an introduction to Hazel and an overview of what the App can do. 

Next Meeting: March 14, 2013

MacPeople Meeting: Thursday, March 14, 2013 6:00 – 8:30 
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, March 14, 2013, from 6:00-8:30 pm in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg., room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions?

6:00 – 6:50: Question and Answer
6:50 – 7:00: Break
7:00 – 7:30: Dictation on the Mac and iOS – Matt
Tired of typing all the time? Learn to use your voice to enter text. Matt demonstrates the dictation serves on the iPhone and Mac showing useful tips and tricks for how to get the most out of both services.
7:30 – 7:50: NetNewsWire – Manny
Looking for an easy-to-use RSS and Atom reader for your Mac? You’ve found it! The Eddy award-winning NetNewsWire has a familiar three-paned interface and can fetch and display news from millions of different websites and weblogs.
7:50- 8:00: Prize Drawing
8:00 – 8:30: Getting more out of Apple TV- Katie
Building on our presentation from last month, Katie digs a bit deeper into Apple TV and shows us how to use services like AirPlay Streaming, HomeSharing from your Macs, using your iOS device as a remote and we’ll take a look in the settings menu.

Next Meeting: February 14, 2013

MacPeople Meeting: Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:00 – 9:00
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, February 14, 2013, from 6:00-9:00 pm in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg., room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions?

6:00 – 6:15: Mac 101
6:15 – 7:00: Question and Answer
7:00 – 7:10: Break
7:10 – 7:30: Pandora and Songza – Matt
Matt introduces us to two popular services for streaming music to your Mac, iPad and iPhone
7:30 – 7:50: Bartender – Rick
Is your menu bar too cluttered? Rick has a solution with a new App that lets you tidy up and arrange your menu bar apps how you want.
7:50- 8:00: Prize Drawing
8:00 – 8:30: Introduction to Apple TV – Joel 
At only $99, the Apple TV gives you access to all the content in your iTunes library but also movies, television shows and some of the best Internet content available. Joel gives us an overview of Apple TV and how it works.

Next Meeting: January 10, 2013

MacPeople Meeting: Thursday, January 10, 2013 6:00 – 9:00 
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, January 10, 2013, from 6:00-9:00 pm in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg., room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions? 

6:00 - 6:15 Mac 101 
6:15 – 7:00 Question and Answer
7:00 7:10 Break
Don Mcallister of ScreenCasts Online joins us via video chat this month to discuss his Screencast online Monthly Magazine project and explain his series of video tutorials, applications and screencasts that help users learn how to use their Mac and popular applications.
7:45 - 8:00 Apple’s An Introduction to Browser Extension
Katie introduces the concept of browser extensions, what they are and why you should consider using them.
8:10-8:30 – My Favorite Browser Extensions – Katie & Miranda
Katie and Miranda share their favorite browser extensions and how they use them on their Mac
8:30 – 9:00 – the iPad as a Newsreader
Miranda explains how she uses her iPad to keep up to date on the latest news and her favorite apps.