It's time to renew your MUG ONE membership, or to join if you're not yet a member. Enjoy the many benefits of membership:
• Newsbreak, our award-winning newsletter, in PDF format
• Monthly door prize raffle
• Lending library – includes books, DVDs and CD-ROMs
• Discounts from vendors from the Apple User Group Bulletin
• Free shipping from MacConnection
• Members-only message forum
To join or renew, simply download the MUG ONE membership form and mail the form to MUG ONE treasurer Terry Helser or bring it to our next meeting.
May 7, 2008 Meeting
Apple Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra
If it's May, it's Marra Month! Join us on Wednesday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgdon IRC Lecture Hall 4 on the SUNY Oneonta campus for a special presentation by Apple Senior Systems Engineer David M. Marra.
In the spotlight? The latest Mac operating system, Mac OS X v.10.5 Leopard. Here's Dave's program description:
"Packed with over 300 amazing new innovations, Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard" features
• a completely new desktop and Finder environment, making it even easier to quickly browse and locate your files; • Quick Look, to view the contents of your documents without opening them;
• Time Machine, a revolutionary automated file backup and recovery utility;
• Spaces, an exciting new way to keep your Mac clutter-free and organized;
• Dashboard with Web Clip, to create your very own Dashboard widgets;
• iChat, for high-quality video and audio conferencing, remote screen sharing, slideshow and presentation delivery;
• along with significantly updated versions of Spotlight, Safari, iCal, Automator, Mail and much, much more!
Discover Leopard today!"
About Dave Marra
As a Senior Systems Engineer for Apple, Dave Marra has conducted more than 500 technology presentations, keynote addresses and workshops for schools, Mac and PC user groups, businesses and other professional organizations across the United States and Canada. His specialty areas include digital multimedia, internet technologies and Mac/PC integration. For more information about Dave, please visit his web site at www.marrathon.com.
Our meeting will begin with questions and answers and conclude with a door prize raffle (members only) and refreshments. Library materials will be available for circulation to MUG ONE members. For directions, see SUNY Oneonta’s detailed campus maps at: http://www.oneonta.edu/navigation/directions.asp
MUG ONE meetings are free of charge and open to the public. Everyone is welcome.
For more information, email Elsa Travisano at: mugone@stny.rr.com See you there!
April 2, 2008 Meeting
SUNY Oneonta's Computer Art Lab Tour - Sven Anderson
Our own Sven Anderson, assistant professor of art at SUNY Oneonta, took us on a hands-on tour of the Computer Art lab on April 2. Attendees were able to try out the amazing new Wacom Cintiq drawing tablets, which let you draw right on the screen with a pressure sensitive stylus, and see demos of Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Corel Painter.
Many thanks to Sven for a fascinating and informative program.
March 5, 2008
Terry Does Taxes - Terry Helser
On Wednesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m., Terry Helser introduced us to Lassiter’s TaxAct, Intuit’s TurboTax and H&R Block’s TaxCut software and gave a review of the pros and cons of each program, along with tips on filing electronically and what to expect if you are audited (Sven Anderson chimed in with some very interesting insights on this issue).
We rounded out the evening with Brian Foley's discussion of social networking sites and the online form that he has posted for program requests and member feedback
The meeting featured our usual question and answer session, refreshments (delicious chocolate chip walnut cookies baked by Wanda Helser) and a door prize drawing for members.
Macworld Expo 2008 Keynote – Steve Jobs reports iTunes song sales
(photo by Elsa Travisano)
February 6, 2008
Macworld Expo Tour with Tips
MUG ONE president and Apple User Group Advisory Board member Elsa Travisano took us on a tour of January's Macworld Expo and gave the scoop on the latest product announcements from Apple, including the Macbook Air, Time Capsule and AppleTV Take 2. We then had an extended demo (following a taste we received in December) by Ed Brodzinsky of LibraryThing
The meeting started with a question and answer session. Afterwards we had a door prize drawing and refreshments.
