:: TCMUG Newsletter Archive ::

Vol 5 Iss 1 January 2006
*January Meeting
*Web Site Links and News of Interest
*Hardware Spotlight - New Intel Macs
*OS X Tip of the Month - Introduction to Tiger Terminal
*Tip of the Month - Photoshop Elements
*Mac Software Spotlight - New Apple Updates
*The MUG Center Store - Free Freight To Members
*TCMUG Membership Structure for 2006 - JOIN TODAY!

========== JANUARY MEETING ==========
January meeting will be held on Saturday the 21st from 2:00PM to 4:00PM.
For the January meeting we will be conducting the Peachpit Press Photoshop World Boston 2005 trade show experience. This will consist of over an hour of Photoshop tips, techniques, seminars and show highlights. There will be Peachpit books to raffle off, exclusive club memberships, brochures, tipsheets and much more!
We will be meeting at the Tuscarawas Carroll Harrison Educational Service Center on East High Avenue in New Philadelphia.

========== WEB SITE LINKS AND NEWS OF INTEREST ==========
Home Networking with Scott Lowe - Scott Lowe, author of the "Home Networking: The Missing Manual" talks with Chuck Joiner about the benefits and logistics of creating a home network. Why would you want one? What are your options? What are the pros and cons of each? Scott talks about wireless, Ethernet and Powerline, how to choose, and what you can do with them once they are set up.
http://www.macvoices.com/archives/2005/515.html
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Five Fun Ways to Play with Audio Hijack Pro - It's like a sound lab on your Mac--with Audio Hijack Pro you can digitize legacy music, time-shift radio shows, and even repurpose your legally purchased music. Erica Sadun shows you five of her favorite AHP tips.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/12/02/audio-hijack.html
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
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Getting Video out of Your New iPod--for Cheap! Yes, you can spend extra dollars for Apple's sleek white video cable for TV connectivity, or you can hack your own together for cheap.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/11/18/video-ipod.html
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Review: Apple's Aperture 1.0 by Ben Long
creativepro.com senior editor
Apple's first-ever pro photography tool generated a lot of buzz when it was first announced. Ben Long spent weeks putting the shipping version of Aperture through all sorts of tests. In this thorough review, he reveals whether the reality lives up to the buzz.
http://www.creativepro.com/story/review/23756.html?cprose=daily
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MacsWest has added quite a few "switchers" to its membership list in the last two years, and several other members have recounted problems they have had helping friends or family make the move from PC to Mac. I point them to Apple's web pages for switchers.
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
The Mac helpers like The Great Migration page best:
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/migrate/
but the page that gets rave reviews from the switchers themselves is:
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/switcher/2/
Melanie Schoenfeld
MacsWest chairperson & webmaster
macswest@mac.com
http://www.macswest.org
Great follow up to the above topic on switching from PC to Mac. Listen to MacVoices #516: Switching to the Mac with Scott Knaster:
http://www.macvoices.com/archives/2005/516.html
Also check out Take Control of Switching to the Mac , the new Take Control eBook by Scott Knaster. http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/switching.html
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iPod Speaker and Car Connection Options
Want to listen to your iPod without the earphones? The Playlistmag.com editors go in-depth about the best iPod speaker options available in several categories, how to connect your iPod to your existing home stereo system, the options for integrating your iPod into your car stereo system and more.
http://www.macnotables.com/archives/2005/516.html
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The Care and Feeding of Your Hard Drive With Ted Landau
Mac troubleshooting guru Ted Landau talks about how to keep from having hard drive problems. Backup strategies, an in-depth look at Disk Utility, caches, permissions repair and more will help you prevent difficulities that can cost you time, money or both.
http://www.macnotables.com/archives/2005/520.html
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Browser Wars for 2006: Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) remains the largest stakeholder in browser market share, but it lost ground in 2005. Web browser statistics for yearend 2005 released by NetApplications.com indicate movement in browser market share for 2006.
Safari was the only browser to increase its user base each month in 2005. It finished the year in third place, with a 3.07 percent market share. It closed 2004 with a 1.56 percent claim on browser users.
http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/software/article.php/3575846

========== HARDWARE SPOTLIGHT - NEW INTEL MACS ==========
iMac. Twice as amazing — Intel Core Duo, iLife ’06, Front Row media experience, Apple Remote, built-in iSight. Starting at $1299. http://www.apple.com/imac/
MacBook Pro. The first Mac notebook built upon Intel Core Duo with iLife ’06, Front Row and built-in iSight. Starting at $1999. http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
On January 10, 2006, Apple said “goodbye Powerbook” and “hello MacBook.” Everyone’s heard of this new Apple laptop by now, and so I plan to only briefly mention what it is, and then turn to my report card on this new product. http://tinyurl.com/cgvf9

========== OS X TIP OF THE MONTH - TIGER TERMINAL BASICS ==========
We started with this OS X Tip of the Month in our Vol 4 Iss 8 August 2005 newsletter.
http://www.tcmug.org/news_august2005.html
An Introduction to Tiger Terminal, Part 5 - In Part 5, Mary Norbury-Glaser looks at how Tiger Mac OS X runs regularly scheduled commands and scripts to execute recurring jobs, like system maintenance and backups. She compares the "old" way, using the Unix tool called cron (for chronological), with the new Tiger method of using the launched daemon.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/11/15/terminal5.html
If you missed Part 4 of this Terminal tutorial, view it here:
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/09/09/terminal4.html

========== TIP OF THE MONTH - PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS ==========
Free Photoshop Elements & Premiere Learning Centers
Your one-stop resource for FREE tutorials, downloads, hot tips, video clips, radio clips and more! Simple, easy to follow instructions are shared by the world’s leading Elements gurus, showing you step-by-step how to do everything from color correcting and sharpening your photos, to creating the most requested photographic special effects.
Photoshop Elements Online Training - FOR LESS THAN A DOLLAR A DAY!
Photoshop Elements guru Matt Kloskowski has created the new 21-day online course, Organizing and Sharing Your Photos with Photoshop Elements. These lessons will show you everything about keeping your photos in order and the best ways to share them with other people. You’ll even learn how to back up your photos and keep them safe in case you ever need to reload them. All of the online courses — taken over 21-days — are available for the low price of $19.99 each.
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/
Buy Photoshop Elements 3.0 at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002UDQAO/theworlofkapn

========== MAC SOFTWARE SPOTLIGHT - NEW APPLE UPDATES ==========
iLife ’06 is the easiest way to make the most out of every bit of your digital life. Use your Mac to collect, organize and edit the various elements. Transform them into mouth-watering masterpieces with Apple-designed templates. Then share the magic moments in beautiful books, colorful calendars, dazzling DVDs, perfect podcasts, and attractive online journals. All starring you. http://www.apple.com/ilife/
iWork '06 includes Pages 2, a powerful word processor that's perfect for everything from letters to newsletters to brochures, and Keynote 3, next-generation presentation software for building cinema-quality slideshows, photography portfolios, animated storyboards and more with ease and elegance. http://www.apple.com/iwork/

========== MUG CENTER STORE ==========
Is there something the MUG store can do to help your group?
Just let us know. Our Tuscarawas County Mac Users Group gets 1 percent back on everything members purchase, so we encourage our members to buy from the MUG store where you can get everything from software to new computers for your club for FREE.
The MUG store has free freight to members, RAM rebates, aggressive pricing on new (and reconditioned) Macs and the largest selection of pre-owned Macs on the planet.
December 1, 2005 - January 31, 2006 - User ID: / Password: - See the TCMUG members web site
Place your orders at http://www.applemugstore.com

========== TCMUG MEMBERSHIP FOR 2006 - TIME TO JOIN! ==========
We are working very hard to make it another exciting year for all local Mac users. We currently have a small dues structure. Membership in the TCMUG will cost $20.00 annually for a regular membership and will include a monthly newsletter, a special "members only" section of the web site, monthly meetings, a lending library, discounts on software, hardware and books and much, much more! You can visit our web site to get all of the features and benefits at http://www.tcmug.org/aboutus.html
We are offering three membership levels for 2006. There will be a regular membership at $20 per year and we will have student membership (K-12 & College) at $15 per year and a senior citizen (60+ years old) at $15 per year. All levels of membership will enjoy the benefits of belonging to the TCMUG.
Please contact any of the officers if you would have any questions regarding membership and the associated dues. http://www.tcmug.org/contactus.html
We have an online membership form that you are able to download. You can download the form at: http://www.tcmug.org/tcmug_memberapp.pdf

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