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2010 Newsletter Collection
Each year, CMC produces 11 monthly
newsletters. We hope you enjoy this
compilation of our 2010 issues.
To ﬁnd out more about our group, or to
become a member, please visit us at:
http://www.ctmac.org
Chronicle
NEWSLETTER OF THE CONNECTICUT MACINTOSH CONNECTION
January 2010
Review:
The Magic Mouse
By Tom Ebersold, CMC Member
I recently purchased an iMac, which
came with a wireless keyboard and the
Magic Mouse. This purchase represented an update from my 5-yearold eMac.
As I write this, I have had the computer
for less than two weeks and I am still
getting used to all its new features.
For now, I am not especially a fan of
the wireless keyboard. It lacks a keypad, which is useful at times. I find
that with the flat keys on the new keyboard, my fingers slip off and hit the
wrong key too many times. As a result,
I am continuing to use my eMac’s
wired keyboard.
Inside
November and
December CMC
Meeting Photos
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With regard to the Magic Mouse, I have
mixed feelings about it, too. The wired
single-button mouse from the eMac is
lightweight, comfortable with rounded
edges, and fits my hand perfectly. My
wired mouse is fast and responsive
when moving, pointing, and clicking.
From an ergonomic standpoint, the
Magic Mouse is less satisfying. With
the batteries, it is heavy feeling and
slower to move about due to that
weight. The edges are sharp, so it is not
especially comfortable to grasp, and
with its tapered edges, I find that there
is too much air between my hand and
the mouse.
Entourage 2008
Web Services Edition
A sweeping change, but it may not be for you.
Free and
Inexpensive WiFi
page 4 - 6
Microsoft released a special update to Entourage
2008 in May. It is not part of the normal MS
Office updates.
Give Me
Some Skin
page 7
Edit Tabular Data
on the Mac
page 8
iPod Classic eReader
page 8
MUG Discounts
page 9
Meetings and
Member Info
page 11
Ergonomics aside, the Magic Mouse has
some fun features. I recommend viewing
the video on the Apple website if you
want to see these features in action:
www.apple.com/imac/features.html#mouse
When you scroll and let go, there is
momentum built into that motion, so it
continues to scroll for a short while if
you let go. The Magic Mouse has a
swipe feature that lets you browse from
page to page in Safari or scroll from left
to right in any program.
After using it for a week, I returned to
my regular mouse. One particularly
irritating flaw in the Magic Mouse is
that the surface is too sensitive. While
moving my hand about in preparation
for a click or a scroll, I found that I was
Custom Banners
for Templates
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Freshly Squeezed Reviews:
inadvertently brushing the top of the
mouse causing it to jump all around
inside my document.
By Kevin Boudreau, CMC member
It’s called Entourage 2008 Web Services Edition.
Many of you Entourage users do not need this edition, but for those of you whose school/work email
is based on a Microsoft Exchange Server – YOU
WILL REALLY CHEER!! We Entourage users
have been left out in the cold for a long time. We’ve
sort of had compatibility with Entourage 2004, but
had issues with Global Address Book, syncing tasks
and notes, etc. To the dismay of many when Office
2008 was released, Entourage was still “the bastard”
compared to Outlook. Exchange-based email users
had a glimmer of hope dangled in front of us last
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month when that Mac
Business Unit announced
last month that a real
Outlook 2010 would be
released as part of MS
Office 2010 for Mac.
Well, for some of us using Exchange based email,
we don’t even have to wait that long. Enter the
realm of Entourage 2008 Web Services Edition.
Fellow Mac users who use Entourage 2008 for
non-Exchange accounts don’t even have to bother
downloading this update, furthermore you need to
meet the following two conditions:
1) Your version of Entourage 2008 needs to have
come from Office 2008 Standard or Special Media
Edition. Home & Student version does not qualify
because it includes a stripped down version of
Entourage. If you an Academic license through a
student/faculty discount, you will be OK.
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Review: The Magic Mouse
Continued from page 1
CMC Chronicle
Editor
Deena Quilty
Designer
George Maciel
Photographer
John Scott
Publisher
Connecticut Macintosh
Connection, Inc.
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Hartford, CT 06106
For PC fans, there is now a right-click
button. One interesting scroll feature is
the zoom option. By holding down the
Control key, you can zoom the screen
for a close-up look at something. I
think this is especially useful when
looking at web pages.
My bottom line assessment: I like the
features, but would prefer if they came
in a wired mouse with more user-friendly ergonomics, and was not so touchy.
For everyday use, I will continue to use
my eMac’s wired mouse, and keep the
Magic Mouse on hand for when I really
need it. 
Entourage 2008 - Web Services Edition
2) Your institution’s Exchange server must
be version 2007 SP1 Rollup 4 or 9. The
current version is 2007 SP1 Rollup 9. You
can confirm these details through your I.T.
department or if you are savvy, by logging
into your Outlook Web Access.
If those conditions are met, it’s time or
rock on...or should I say, exchange away!
I’ve been using Entourage 2008 Web
Services Edition with my school
Exchange based e-mail account for the past
few days and I have notice significant
improvements. No more waiting long periods of time for folders to sync. Exchange
Web Services is used to manage your
account; WebDAV is no longer needed.
Once again, if your Exchange server is
not 2007 SP1 Rollup 4 or later, this
update can actually do you some harm.
The update is compatible with both
PowerPC and Intel versions of
Entourage 2008. 
This powerful update can be downloaded here:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/itpros/entourage-ews.mspx
We welcome submissions
from our members!
Please submit articles by first
of the month for inclusion in
our newsletter. All articles
should be submitted by email
to: [email protected]
There is so much talent
in our group; it would
be great to have several member
articles in each issue of the
newsletter.
Annual Auction: Club thanks go out to all of the
members who helped make this years auction a
success. Especially Chris Hart, Auction Chair
who spent many hours soliciting donations from
software developers and hardware manufacturers
and putting together the lists and descriptions;
Jack Bass who provided assistance in keeping
track of all of the items and getting them to the
auction; Joe Arcuri, our auctioneer who also
posted the database of items on our website; and
Bob Sawyer who supported us with data help and
with keeping track of payments from the auction bidders and assigning
bid numbers to all who took part in bidding; Linas Venclauskas who
also handled bid payments and Connie Scott who kept track of the winning bids.
Holiday Meeting: The turnout was greater than expected.
We need to order more pizzas next year!
www.ctmac.org
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Connecticut Macintosh Connection
a user group since 1986
News from Terry White
MacGroup-Detroit
Custom Banners
for Templates
to design backgrounds for Twitter,
Ning, Sandvox and more, tweak profiles or any type of web graphic.
Photoshop designer Karen Kaufman
helps those who are building template
style websites but lack the skills to
create an extraordinary header with
the customer’s image, logo and text to
create a look unique to any website.
When asked “Why are your headers so
affordable?” Karen replies: “My design
rate is $120 per hour. Something which
may have taken me an hour to create 10
years ago now takes closer to 15 minutes. Because I’m incorporating
elements (client’s file[s], font, template
design), the most expensive header
we’re selling here should take no more
than 15 minutes for me to put together
nicely.” Karen knew her service should
be available to users at a great price.
Mo Media has launched “Custom
Headers by M,” a service to help those
who are building template style websites
but lack the skills to create an extraordinary header. Experienced Photoshop
designer Karen Kaufman of Mo Media
considers the design being used, then
works with the customer’s image, logo
and text to create a look unique to any
website. Clients can check out the gallery
of customizable designs, or commission
their own. Prices range from $10 to $30.
Karen Kaufman, aka “M” says: “Like
your head, the top of every website
should be as unique as you are. With the
number of template style websites being
used today, Karen noticed too many
websites looking dull and unprofessional. With the realization that she had
developed skills to create stunning looks
for an affordable price she developed
“Custom Headers by M.”
With 15 years of professional scanning,
color manipulation and editing, Karen
has an ability to create any image or
design, and to enhance that image.
Karen’s expansion to creating web and
graphic art provides an exclusive flavor
to her creativity. “M” can also be hired
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I’ve launched a New site for iPhone
and iPod touch App Reviews and
News. Check it out here:
http://www.bestappsite.com.
Exclusive Video
Features:
■ “Almost Ready” designs
■ Customize with photo, art or logo
■ Completely Custom includes initial
review and consultation
The Woz apparently makes regular
visits to MacGroup-Detroit since
October 2000, and they are making the
latest event available as a free video
download via MacGroup TV. You can
get the entire speech at full resolution
to enjoy on your computer, iPod,
iPhone or Apple TV. It’s their way of
saying thanks for all that you do for the
Mac community. Woz tells all about
the start of Apple, Steve Jobs and
how his invention revolutionized the
personal computer industry.
“Custom Headers by M” range from $10
(“Almost Ready”) to $30 (“Completely
Custom”). 
Check it out here:
http://is.gd/5vM4V
CustomHeaders by M Head, located
in Volcano Hawaii/ USA, Mo Media
was founded in 2002 by Karen
Kaufman who’s talents thrive in the
field of Fine Art Reproduction. “It is
quite thrilling and an honor to work
with some of the most renowned artists
in the State of Hawai.” Although the
focus is fine art reproduction (giclee),
Mo Media now includes web design
experience to their portfolio.
Reprinted from InfoManagerTM
User Group Network,
News, Views, Reviews
Custom Headers by M: http://www.mheader.com/choices/almost-ready/
www.ctmac.org
App Reviews
Cofounder of Apple Computer, Steve Wozniak
Find Free and Inexpensive Wi-Fi
by Glenn Fleishman
Wi-Fi signals increasingly fill the air around us, and many of
the electronic devices we carry with us support Wi-Fi. So why
pay for Wi-Fi when you need to access the Internet while out
and about? Occasionally, a for-fee Wi-Fi service may be the
only option, but even then we can help you get the most out
of a service for the lowest cost.
It has been eight years since I started writing about public Wi-Fi,
where venues from cafés and airports to libraries and car-repair
shops have been offering Wi-Fi-supplied Internet access. And
although these publicly available Wi-Fi networks make up only
a small fraction of the tens of millions of Wi-Fi networks worldwide, a few tips will help you find free or at least cheap
connectivity when you need it, whether you’re running errands
around your hometown or are roaming the open road.
You could also use a Wi-Fi hotspot directory like that offered
by JiWire, or a Wi-Fi discovery
tool like Devicescape’s Easy
WiFi, which also manages Wi-Fi
logins and network passwords for
you. This article is about strategy,
though: figuring out what networks you can use, rather than
what’s around you. JiWire offers a
searchable Web site and the free JiWire Free Devicescape
Free Easy
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Finder iPhone app;
WiFi App
Finder
App
Devicescape has a map-based
Web site for entering addresses,
and the proximity-based free Easy WiFi iPhone app.
■ JiWire: http://v4.jiwire.com
■ Devicescape: http://www.easywifi.com/
Café and Retail Store Wi-Fi – If you walk down a street in
most cities, you’ll find free Wi-Fi in many coffee shops and
restaurants. But if you’re in an unfamiliar part of town, or visiting a city new to you, looking for some specific stores will
likely be more productive than wandering around randomly.
But that changed in 2008, when Starbucks switched from T-Mobile
to AT&T. Starbucks said it would still charge for service, but would
provide 2 hours of continuous free Wi-Fi for regular users of its
stored-value Starbucks Card. The card lets you load money, like a
gift card, but associates other benefits with the account, rewarding
you when you reloading it with more money. Add money or make
a purchase to activate 30 days of Wi-Fi service.
Late in 2009, however, Starbucks modified its My Starbucks
Rewards program slightly, saying that starting in late
December new users of the Starbucks Card would need to
make five separate purchases before the free Wi-Fi switch
would be enabled. The Green Level provides some other benefits, such as free refills, which many coffee shops simply
include in the price. (If you used a Starbucks Card before 26
December 2009, you are grandfathered into the old program,
which required no initial purchases. Make sure the card is
registered at Starbucks site, however.)
This news overlapped with another big announcement:
McDonald’s, which had charged for Wi-Fi in its stores - $2.95
for 2 hours - since launching 5 years ago, would switch off the
fee in mid-January 2010. About 11,500 of 14,000 McDonald’s
in the United States have Wi-Fi. This move is seen in part as a
way to challenge Starbucks on another front; McDonald’s has
rolled out a coffee bar, McCafe, in many of its stores.
Other large national chains with free or inexpensive Wi-Fi
include Apple retail stores (naturally!), Barnes & Noble, Borders,
and Panera Bread. For a list of all the chains with a varying
amount of Wi-Fi - some in all stores, some requiring a store
purchase - consult the Wi-Fi Free Spot chain directory page:
www.wififreespot.com/companies.html
Oddly, Burger King, Jack in the Box, Subway, and most
other so-called quick-service restaurants haven’t adopted WiFi as a chain-wide idea, although you may find Wi-Fi for free
in some locations.
Some restaurant and hotel chains went free years ago, when it
was seen as a way to stand out from the for-fee hotspots being
set up by Starbucks and others. Others just got the free religion and eschewed charging from the very beginning.
Other Free Location Types – Outside of the restaurant and
retail stores, you might check into a hotel – a hotel lobby, at least.
Many hotels provide free Wi-Fi in the reception area or main
lounge. Just as you can go into a hotel and get a drink at the bar
most times, you can also pop in and use the free Wi-Fi without
needing a code. (Quite a few hotels also give guests free in-room
Wi-Fi or Ethernet-based access, either included in the price of
the room or when you are a member of a free affinity club.)
Starbucks was the first chain to commit to offering Wi-Fi, and
I broke the news on the very first locations to test service in
Seattle in May 2001. The chain, through its first partner
(which went bankrupt) and second (T-Mobile), charged for
access for 7 years after the initial rollout.
The counterintuitive rule of thumb is that the cheaper the
hotel, the more likely it is to offer free Internet access.
Expensive hotels, the sort that charge upwards of $150 per
night, tend to tack on $10 to $15 per night fees for allinclusive Internet, calling, and faxing. (“Daddy, what’s a fax?”)
continued on page 5
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Nearly all airports that added Wi-Fi-based Internet access
charged for it initially, but that has slowly been changing.
Denver is the largest airport to date with free service – it’s
filtered and shows ads – but Seattle-Tacoma goes free in
January 2010, and Atlanta is considering free service. Many
mid-tier airports, such as Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Sacramento,
already have free Wi-Fi. Google is sponsoring free Wi-Fi in
airports until mid-January 2010, too; see below.
Public libraries in most cities now offer free Internet access at
a main branch, and commonly at regional branches, too.
Some libraries restrict access to patrons, requiring a library
card and ID to log in, or limit use to an hour or two. There are
now so many branch libraries with Wi-Fi that sites listing such
locations aren’t reliably comprehensive. Consult your favorite
search engine to find the library site for the city you’re in or
visiting, and then drill down to find which branches have
Internet service.
The most glorious place in the United States to use library WiFi is within the main branch of the New York Public Library,
which transformed its Beaux-Arts Edna Barnes Salomon
Room in July 2009 into an Internet reading room with
capacity for 128 people. (Oddly, there are no AC outlets!)
Cities and towns and community groups have also unwired
public parks, squares, and downtown areas to make those
locations more attractive to resident and visitor use. California
and a few other states have even put Wi-Fi transmitters in
campgrounds, assuming that a few minutes without Internet
service might make vacationing Silicon Valley techies lose
their minds.
One of the best-known parks with Internet access is adjacent
to the New York Public Library’s central 42nd Street location
noted above: Bryant Park. Once the epitome of neglect in
Manhattan, and a haunt only of drug dealers and prostitutes,
Bryant Park was reborn in 1992, and has become one of the
loveliest parts of midtown Manhattan. Free Wi-Fi access was
put in place by a community wireless group in 2002, and has
changed hands a few times since.
The town or city hall in many municipalities may also offer
free Wi-Fi access, although your ability to sit down and plug
in a laptop could be limited.
Free Wi-Fi Networks from Broadband Providers – AT&T,
Cablevision, Qwest, and Verizon all offer their wired broadband
customers free access to certain Wi-Fi networks, most of which
are typically for-fee services. In addition, AT&T gives iPhone,
BlackBerry, and laptop data users access to the same networks.
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(Comcast and Road Runner remain the biggest broadband
firms that don’t currently bundle some kind of Wi-Fi service,
but Comcast is rumored to have a plan in the works.)
AT&T: If you subscribe to nearly any AT&T fixed or mobile
broadband service, Wi-Fi access at over 20,000 U.S. locations
is thrown in at no additional cost. That’s 37 million subscribers
in all, the company told me in late 2009. Any AT&T DSL or
fiber (U-Verse) customer is included, as well as most of its
business subscribers. Mobile broadband subscribers who use
3G laptop USB sticks or cards are also included.
For smartphone users, only access via the iPhone,
BlackBerry, or Windows Mobile phone is included. Software
updates on each platform try to make the login process automatic, switching from 3G to Wi-Fi without requiring any user
intervention.
AT&T’s deal may not seem as sweet as it once did,
because more than half the locations in its network are
McDonald’s restaurants, which no longer charge for WiFi as of January 2010. Most of the rest of the locations
are Barnes & Noble and Starbucks; B&N went free
months ago, and Starbucks two-hours-per-day free
rewards service works for many patrons.
However, AT&T operates or has deals in most North
American airports that feature for-fee Wi-Fi, where you
would otherwise pay from $5 to $10 for a 24-hour session.
Verizon: A few months ago, Verizon made Wi-Fi hotspots available to some of its customers in a highly restrictive way. First,
you have to have Windows (one of several versions). Second,
you must run the VZAccess Manager software to connect to
hotspots. Third, it works only on laptops, not desktops. Fourth,
only a few thousand hotspots are included. Fifth, only customers
paying for 3 Mbps or faster DSL and 20 Mbps fiber qualify. A
few days ago, Verizon added laptop 3G customers, but not
smartphone users. Mac OS X users are left out in the cold.
Cablevision: The Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey
cable provider has long pushed hard to offer fast cable modem
speeds, but the firm surprised a lot of its customers by
announcing it would build a huge outdoor Wi-Fi network
covering much of its territory in cities and towns. The network
is complete in many areas, and free (and only available) to its
cable broadband subscribers. (Cablevision built this network
in part to challenge Verizon’s fiber FiOS network by
providing something Verizon didn’t offer until recently.)
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Qwest: Piggybacking on AT&T’s network, Qwest offers its
DSL customers the same 20,000-hotspot network. Again, this
perk isn’t as valuable as it once was given that most of the
included locations are free.
Short-Term Free Deals – Several sponsored deals are
providing short-term free access to hotspot and other
networks. (Some of this was discussed in a previous TidBITS
article; you’re not having déjà vu – see “Free Wi-Fi Abounds
with Holiday Sponsorships,” 10 November 2009.)
http://db.tidbits.com/article/10742
• Free airport Wi-Fi from Google. Google is sponsoring
network access at 47 airports from 10 November 2009 to
15 January 2010, although a few of these airports already
provide free service year-round or are about to launch
free service, like Seattle-Tacoma.
• Free Wi-Fi access on all Virgin America flights from
Google during the same period.
• Free airport and hotel access from Microsoft Bing. To
promote the Bing search service, Microsoft partnered
with JiWire - a firm for which I’ve worked and consulted
– to offer sponsored access to hotel and airport hotspots.
A Bing search is required to get the free service. The
specific hotspots aren’t being disclosed, unfortunately,
but you’ll know it when you see the promotion.
• Times Square in New York City from Yahoo. Yahoo is
underwriting a year’s worth of free outdoor Wi-Fi in
Times Square starting 10 November 2009, just in time for
holiday shopping and festivities.
Inexpensive Subscriptions – You can also opt to pay for a
pool of Wi-Fi via an aggregator, a firm that signs agreements
with thousands of separate Wi-Fi network providers and
bundles this into one account and one recurring bill.
This used to be hugely expensive for average users who
couldn’t write off Internet access as a business expense,
ranging from $30 to $60 per month, often with a one-year
commitment or other fees. Now, with the iPhone data plan
costing $30 per month in the United States, and more routine
use of 3G laptop cards that carry $60 per month data plans,
those rates don’t seem so bad - but subscription prices have
also dropped.
per month on a laptop or global access for $7.95 on a
smartphone, billed on a recurring basis, but without a
contract required beyond each month. A combo plan with the
same account is $17.90 per month - no discount, but less to
manage. (Boingo’s Global account is $59 per month and
includes 2,000 minutes of use anywhere in its worldwide
aggregated network.)
To use Boingo on a laptop, you install a lightweight software
package that notifies you whenever a Boingo hotspot is
nearby and gives you the option to log in. On a smartphone,
you install software that manages the login process. The
Boingo software for iPhone OS (which works with the iPod
touch, too) requires that you launch the program at the hotspot
to establish a connection.
As I said earlier, with Starbucks having sort-of-free-butlimited service and McDonald’s going all free, Boingo might
seem less useful. However, I’ve found that there are plenty of
locations, including hotels, airports, cafés, and conference
centers, where I’m happy to have the subscription instead of
paying a one-time hourly or day rate or having no access.
iPass: iPass primarily provides single-bill connectivity for
corporations with traveling employees, where hundreds to
thousands of users can be centrally managed. iPass also
allows users to use their corporate logins and can require the
use of a VPN and firewall software when connecting remotely.
However, the company also has an iPhone connection app.
(iPass sold laptop access for individuals directly not long ago,
but now you have to turn to a reseller for that service.)
The iPass plan – either $6.95 per month with a one-year
contract, or $9.95 per month with no contract – includes
1,200 minutes of access per month and costs $0.20 per minute
thereafter anywhere in its worldwide network.
The problem at the moment? The company is updating its
iPhone software, and has pulled a previous release, although
the Web site doesn’t mention this. Check back later.
Wait! There’s More – I can’t pretend this is a comprehensive
list, with tens of thousands of known hotspots in the United
States, and likely tens of thousands more that aren’t documented. Still, this should help you find some cheap connections
while you travel about this holiday season and beyond.
Reprinted from TidBITS, 23 December 2009. 
Boingo Wireless: Boingo, founded by long-time friend of
TidBITS Sky Dayton – also the founder of EarthLink –
provides unlimited North American hotspot access for $9.95
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Give Me Some Skin
by Frank Petrie
Product: MusicSkins
Author: MusicSkins LLC
www.music-skins.com/
Requirements: Laptop or Mobile Device
Price: Varies
Test Rig: 13" MacBook Pro
There are thousands of skins on the market for your
electronic devices. They cover the gamut of classical art
to modern art to whatever you want. But if you want skins
of your favorite musical artist, then look no further.
“MusicSkins are the premier music and music related
device skins on the planet. Our skins are made from
premium grade 3M vinyl and adhesive technology so they
apply easily and remove without leaving any residue. We
also use a high gloss over laminate, which adds durability
and a photo quality finish to our skins.”
I have my favorite – a photo of John Lennon in NYC. But
you could have the Black-Eyed Peas, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift
or hundreds of others.
THE JUICE
MusicSkins also carry skins for models, fashion, art,
charity, Obama, media, and custom skins for companies.
But their forte is musical artists. They help to protect your
devices from scratches and scuffs, while allowing you to
personalize your device.
THE PULP
They have a great selection of artists to choose from. You
should easily find one or several to satisfy your taste. And
if not, you can design your own custom skin. Here are the
devices that MusicSkins currently covers: iPod Video (5th
Gen) for 30GB, 60GB, & 80GB; iPod Touch for 8GB &
16GB; iPod Classic for 80GB & 160GB; iPod Nano (3rd
Gen) for 4GB & 8GB; iPod Nano (2nd Gen) for 2GB,
4GB, & 8GB; iPod Nano (1st Gen) for 1GB, 2GB, &
4GB; Zune 80GB, 30GB, 8GB & 4GB; Sansa View 16GB
& 8GB; iPhone & iPhone 3G; RAZR V3, V3c, V3m;
Blackberry 8800, 8820,8830, Curve, Pearl, Bold, Storm;
T-Mobile G1; SideKick LC, 3, 2; Sony PSP, PSP Slim;
Nintendo DS Lite; Apple MBP & PowerBook 17" & 15";
Apple iBook 14"; Apple 13" MacBook and MBP; Apple
12" PowerBook & iBook; and various Guitar Hero guitars.
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Above: just a few of the skins and their applications.
THE RIND
My John Lennon/NYC skin looks wonderful on the machine.
But when I turn my MBP on, the Apple logo shines through
the skin. And even though it’s a nice piece of irony in this
particular case, it would be nice if it didn’t show through.
SUMMARY
MusicSkins is a quality product that fills a niche in the skin
arena. I could see owning several of these and changing them
upon your mood.
I was an enormous fan of The Beatles and John Lennon. And
now I can let everyone know it.
RATING: 8 of 10
©2009 Frank Petrie
Reprinted from the MUG Center
You can even design your own skin!
Edit Tabular Data on the Mac
Here’s a tabular data file editor for Mac OS X that is inexpensive, lightweight, fast, flexible, and powerful. It is perfectly suited
for working with tabular files, such as comma-separated-value or
tab-delimited formats.
Bartas Technologies rolled out XTabulator 2 for Mac OS X, an update
to its tabular data file editor tool. XTabulator is the most flexible, most
light-weight editor for tabular files, such as the common commaseparated-value (CSV) or tab-delimited (TAB) formats.
XTabulator is a hand-crafted tool focused on the task of manipulating
data extracted from one application so that it can be imported into
another. Spreadsheet applications are often used for this task but are
expensive and are not intended for this use. Text editors are free and
plentiful but have no concept of tabular data and have no options for
manipulating the data as such. XTabulator focuses on being an inexpensive, lightweight, fast, flexible, and powerful delimited tabular file editor.
XTabulator 2 is available for download on the Bartas Technologies
web site and is free to try (with limitations) for all users. A full,
single-user license costs $19.99 for a limited time. Registered
XTabulator 1 users can purchase an upgrade for half price. 
Bartas Technologies XTabulator 2 download:
www.bartastechnologies.com/products/xtabulator/
Reprinted from InfoManagerTM User Group Network
News, Views, Reviews.
iPod Classic Now an eReader
More and more we are hearing about ereaders. Kindle
provides software for computers and the iPhone. Now there
is support for the iPod classic for reading book as well.
TimeStream Software has announced the release of the new
“Adventures of Tom Sawyer” Notescast for the iPod
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an eReader, iPod owners can immerse themselves in the
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“We’re excited to add this classic American tale to our growing
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on our Notescasts web site.” said Mike Westby of TimeStream
Software. “It’s such a great story, and we’re pleased to now
make it available to an even wider audience.”
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New in version 2.0:
• Major performance boosts • Export to other formats
• Smarter copy and paste
• Redesigned user interface
• More detailed Help Book • Automatic in-place updates
• Simple search
• Easily-managed headers
• Capable of handling much larger files with ease
• Fast and easy sorting and drag-and-drop reordering
• Intuitive column-level actions via the Column Action button
• Automatic detection of (and ability to change) character
encoding and line endings
• Simple Open, Save, and Save As of and between known
types (such as CSV or TAB)
TimeStream Software, an iPhone and iPod developer in
Portland, OR, is an industry leader in the development of
custom mobile marketing Notescasts for the iPhone and
iPod touch, as well as the iPod Classic and iPod nano.
©2009 TimeStream Software. All Rights Reserved.
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2009–10 Connecticut Macintosh Connection
Officers and Board of Directors
New Members Wanted! Have your friends and coworkers join us for fun and learning about OS X and the
Mac. Please give them this application form.
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Back-to-Basics: Take a
Walk on the Dark Side
6:00 pm
Lets take a walk on the dark side with
long time member Joe Arcuri. This
month’s back to basic isn’t going to be
so basic, it going to be more like
Geek’s Corner. Joe will be going
through the process of how to get our
beloved OS X to run on a netbook.
We’ll also discuss the benefits and
limitations of such a computer hybrid.
Main Presentation:
Introduction to
Digital Photography
7:00 pm
Please Join us for a exciting presentation
on “Introduction to Digital Photography”
by 15 year CT Macintosh Connection
member and 60 year camera veteran
John Scott.
John will discuss techniques that can be
done with a digital camera .vs a traditional film camera, including the use of the
HDR (High Dynamic Range) technique,
Neutral Density Filter for long daylight
exposures and Polarization.
John will also discuss a brief history of
photography from it’s beginnings.
His experience includes courses at
Kodak on Color Separation and at the
PPA(Professional Photographers of
America) in Des Plaines, IL. He is currently a member of the PPA and the
Connecticut PPA.
CMC Meeting Notes
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during the months of November and
December when the meetings are
held earlier due to the holidays). We
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Treasurer’s Report
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Back-to-Basics, 6:00 pm:
Take a Walk on the Dark Side
Main Presentation, 7:00 pm:
Introduction to Digital
Photography
For more meeting info, see page 11 or go to:
www.ctmac.org. Driving directions are below.
Jack Bass Presentation
Monthly CMC meetings are held at the UConn Health Center in
Farmington. A PDF document containing a visual direction guide to the location
of our meeting in the UConn Health Center is available on our website:
www.ctmac.org. When hands-on programs require computers for attendees, we
will use Middlesex Community College.
Directions for CMC Monthly Meetings
UConn Health Center, Farmington
From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, Exit 39 is after 39A).
Turn right at first traffic light onto Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At
third traffic light, turn right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around
the main building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when you get
to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two-way there so you should
be able to tell where to turn. (Do not go on straight to the two-way part).
Then take the second right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You will
see a continuation of the building with its own entrance area. This is the new
research building. Enter on the ground floor, turn right and enter room EG013 on your right. This is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are
on your left as you enter.
The club president, Jerry Esposito is shown here
presenting Jack Bass with a certificate of appreciation for all the work he did last month
digitizing many years of club correspondence
and receipts, Besides the certificate, the club has
presented Jack with a 6-month subscription to
ScreenCastsOnLine, a valuable video learning
site that should provide Jack with many hours of
instruction. Thank you, Jack.
Jerry Esposito, CMC president
February 2010
Welcome to 2010
By Jerry Esposito, CMC president
For many people, 2009 was not a good
year. Job losses, stock market losses,
much uncertainty about the economy,
global warming and the war all added
up to a scary year for most of us.
But at CMC, we weathered the
storm with some optimism and good
old hard work.
We started 2009 with a visit from Rich
Siegel of BareBones Software. We
learned about DVD ripping with Deb
Foss. Dave Marra of Apple, Inc. gave us
a detailed rundown of iLife ‘09 and
iWorks ‘09 in April. May, 2009 brought
us a new slate of board members who
are anxious to try out some new
Chronicle
ideas for future club meetings. We conducted three different hands-on classes
at Middlesex Community College in
May. Other sessions last year included
learning about the OS utility folder with
Reggie Dionne; Open DNS with Jerry
Bonvisuto; remotely controlling your
computers with Chris Hart; printing
poster-sized pictures with Bob Sawyer;
Time Machine back ups, and a session
on virtualization. Kyle DeMilo gave us
a detailed look at Snow Leopard and
Welcome to...
iTunes 9. Our November auction was
well attended and brought in some extra
dollars that will help us add to the benefits of being a CMC member.
In 2009, we added a major benefit to
our members: learning at the video
site lynda.com, where members who
wish to participate can enjoy 30 days
of free learning.
We wrapped up our year with our annual holiday party that included a raffle for
a new Apple Magic Mouse and a minithumb drive. The pizza went so fast that
we may need to order extras next year!
For 2010, the Board members and VP
Jerry Bonvisuto are busy firming up
new ideas for monthly meetings that we
hope will continue to attract members
and non-members to CMC.
continued on page 3
Inside
Release: Citrix’s New
GoToMyPC for Mac
page 2
Thank You to our January
Meeting Presenters!
TipBits
page 3
by Jerry Esposito, CMC president
Book Review: Mac
OS X Snow Leopard,
The Missing Manual
page 4
Back to Basics
Joe Arcuri took us on a walk through the dark side for
January’s Back to Basics in which he showed us how to
prep a Netbook to run Mac OS X. It was a tough assignment made easy by Joe’s expertise. Thank you, Joe!
My Thoughts on
Apple’s iPad
pages 5 - 7
Download of the Month:
ResizeIt
page 7
Mac 911
page 8
MUG Discounts
page 9
Meetings and
Member Info
page 11
Main Meeting
John Scott can usually be found behind a camera as
CMC’s photographer-in-residence. But for January’s
main meeting he came out front and center to show us his
various techniques for getting the right picture at just the
right time. And sometimes that can be early in the day!
He also showed how he combines more than one shot to
get the perfect image, and what applications he uses to
accomplish this. Take a look here at some of his photos to
appreciate what 60 years of camera work can achieve. 
Samples of some of
John Scott’s photos
from the January
presentation.
Citrix’s New GoToMyPC Now
Lets You Access Your Mac
from Anywhere
Purpose-built for Macs with the Reliability
and Ease of Use Mac Users Expect
CMC Chronicle
Editor
Deena Quilty
Designer
George Maciel
Photographer
John Scott
Publisher
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from our members!
For the first time, Mac users can now
host the remote access GoToMyPC service on either a Mac or a PC, with Citrix
Online’s newest version of GoToMyPC®.
The company has responded with version 7.0 to better accommodate Mac
users seeking a reliable, easy to use
remote-access product that is purposebuilt for the Mac.
Mac and PC users alike can at last work
remotely with confidence from any computer with Internet access and easily
access their Mac or PC files, computer
programs, email and company network.
“With this new release, we’re giving Mac
users what they’ve been asking for – a
reliable remote access service built
specifically for the Mac,” said Brett
Caine, general manager of Citrix Online.
“For the large and growing Mac community, they can rest assured of finally
having a remote access service that
works as advertised from the most trusted name in the category.”
According to IDC, the Mac offering is a
significant move: “Customers value
Citrix’s remote access services software
GoToMyPC for its capabilities, reliability and ease of use,” says Sean Ryan,
senior analyst, mobile enterprise software at IDC. “With market projections
for the Mac and remote access services
to grow, GoToMyPC is well positioned
in the market.”
For Citrix Online customers, the extension of GoToMyPC to the Mac means
universal access to remote machines,
whether running Windows or Mac OS.
And Mac support puts complete remote
access services in the hands of customers from a greater variety of
businesses – opening the door to creative new ways to use remote access.
About GoToMyPC
GoToMyPC is the fast, reliable, easy
and secure way to access a Mac or PC
from any Web browser in real time. It
created the category for web-based
remote access when it was first introduced in 2001, and it continues to be the
undisputed market leader.
With GoToMyPC, individual professionals and businesses of all sizes can
increase their flexibility and productivity by accessing files, programs, email,
and their computer networks from any
location. The solution is available as a
free 30-day trial by visiting:
www.gotomypc.com. 
newsletter.
www.ctmac.org
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Keyboard-based
Dock Navigation
Read and Share Tips
with TipBITS
by Adam C. Engst
Today we're announcing something that those of you who
frequent our Web site have been
enjoying for a few months:
TipBITS. TipBITS appears in a
box on the right side of our site
and displays a new Mac-,
iPhone-related, or iPod-related
tip every time you load a page,
pulling tips randomly from an
ever-growing selection.
Tips come from three main
sources: TidBITS staff members,
TidBITS readers, and our corporate sponsors.
For more information on TipBits,
or to submit a tip, go to:
http://db.tidbits.com/
Reprinted from TidBITS 22 Jan 2010
If you’re a fan of keyboard shortcuts and
navigation, you may want try accessing
the Dock from your keyboard. Press
Control-F3 to enter the Dock’s keyboard
access mode. Then you can press a letter
corresponding with an item’s name to
select it; press Return to open it,
Command-Q to quit the selected application, or Escape to exit keyboard access
mode. You can also use the arrow keys,
Tab key, and other keyboard navigation
keys to toggle between the Dock items.
Submitted by cricket
Open Files with
Finder’s App Switcher
Say you’re in the Finder looking at a file
and you want to open it with an application that’s already running but which
doesn’t own that particular document.
How? Switch to that app and choose File
> Open? Too many steps. Choose Open
With from the file’s contextual menu?
Takes too long, and the app might not be
listed. Drag the file to the Dock and drop
it onto the app’s icon? The icon might be
hard to find; worse, you might miss.
In Leopard there’s a new solution: use
the Command-Tab switcher. Yes, the
Command-Tab switcher accepts dragand-drop! The gesture required is a bit
tricky. Start dragging the file in the
Finder: move the file, but don’t let up on
the mouse button. With your other hand,
press Command-Tab to summon the
switcher, and don’t let up on the
Command key. Drag the file onto the
application’s icon in the switcher and let
go of the mouse. (Now you can let go of
the Command key too.) Extra tip: If you
switch to the app beforehand, its icon in
the Command-Tab switcher will be easy
to find; it will be first (or second).
Removing Photos
from iPhoto
Despite iPhoto’s long history, many people continue to be confused about exactly
what happens when you delete a photo.
There are three possibilities.
If you delete a photo from an album,
book, card, calendar, or saved slideshow,
the photo is merely removed from that
item and remains generally available in
your iPhoto library.
If, however, you delete a photo while in
Events or Photos view, that act moves
the photo to iPhoto’s Trash. It’s still
available, but...
If you then empty iPhoto’s Trash, all photos in it will be deleted from the iPhoto
library and from your hard disk.
“iPhoto ‘08: Visual QuickStart Guide”
written by Adam C. Engst. 
Welcome to 2010
I’m happy to report that we’ve picked up
some new members this past year.
As for Apple, Inc., 2010 looks to be
shaping up as an interesting year also.
Apple’s iPad will start a competitive war
with other e-readers and Netbooks
already in the marketplace. Many news
sources are reporting that publishing
houses are discussing deals to release
their books in digital format at higher
prices so as to ward off Amazon’s Kindle
from selling books too cheaply. And
publishers want to give extra content
such as interviews and short videos with
their books. So, Apple’s iPad should get
publishers (and possibly movie companies) thinking more about getting their
content out to the buying public in a
more efficient way.
Online TV subscriptions from Apple are
also in the news. A possible offering of a
TV subscription package via the Internet
could spell a very different landscape for
the TV networks and cable TV.
Apple and Google could square off
over digital music as Google has
launched a music listening service with
Lala as one of several partners. Lala
was recently purchased by Apple for
$85 million, according to people familiar with the matter. This could signal a
move by Steve Jobs to add Web-based
music offerings, and possibly subscriptions to iTunes.
Let’s all stay tuned to see what interesting developments may come about. Be
optimistic and have a great new year!
See you at the next meeting. 
www.ctmac.org
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Book Review:
Mac OS X Snow Leopard:
The Missing Manual
by Victor Wolfram,
Diablo Valley MUG Member
From the start, Apple described OS X v.
10.6 (Snow Leopard) as a mere refinement
of 10. 5 (Leopard), a fact emphasized by
the similarity of the big cats that provided
the code names of the two operating systems. Snow Leopard, which can be used
only on Intel Macs with at least a Core Duo
processor, was priced about a hundred dollars less than its predecessors, and Steve
Jobs said bluntly, “We’re hitting Pause on new features.”
With the apparent absence of innovation so strongly downplayed, should we not question whether David Pogue’s recent
encyclopedic Mac OS X Snow Leopard, The Missing Manual
is really an essential tool for members of DVMUG? During the
several months between the debut of 10.6 and the book’s publication, didn’t we manage to use 10.6 without too much
difficulty? And isn’t the new book based largely on the earlier
10.5 edition? Yes, but–! As Pogue points out, not everyone at
Apple heeded the “no new features” guideline. Even though
the family resemblance to 10.5 is pervasive, Snow Leopard
contains several substantial innovations:
• QuickTime Player has been extensively updated in 10.6, and
now includes many features formerly available only in
QuickTime Pro. Any person who uses audio or video in the computer will benefit from a study of pp. 582 to 593 of the Snow
Leopard edition, which explain the new aspects of QuickTime.
• Safari in Snow Leopard contains at least one dramatic innovation; it can be opened showing Top Sites (see pp. 750 and
751), a changing display of thumbnails that represent your
favorite websites, determined by the record of how recently
and how often you have visited them.
• Services, formerly a little-used facilitator for mixing and
matching features of different applications that is found in
every program’s Application Menu, has been completely
redrawn. Pages 263 to 269 describe the added usefulness of
Services in 10.6.
• Corporate users will be pleased to discover that, for the first time,
Snow Leopard provides Mac compatibility with Microsoft
Exchange networking software. For instructions in using this compatibility in Mail, Address Book and iCal, see pp. 305 to 308. In
addition, former Windows users will appreciate the Windows-towww.ctmac.org
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Mac dictionary, (pp. 835 to 848) carried over
from earlier editions.
However, it is the multitude of small
changes in Snow Leopard—improvements, refinements, optimizations— that
provide the greatest advantages of the new
operating system. Pogue signals these by
placing small blurbs, tagged as “Snow
Leopard Spots,” on almost every page of
the new Missing Manual. A few of these
may be unwelcome; for example, the
Snap-Back icon in Safari that permitted
immediate return to a starting point after
browsing through multiple links has disappeared. (Why? Can Apple be persuaded
to restore this useful feature?) Some are
very obvious, like the new Date & Time applet in the righthand corner of the Menu Bar, which now displays the exact
date as well as the day of the week. Time Machine installation
is now a much faster process. When Permissions Repair in
Disk Utility states that its work will be done in a few minutes,
this is now really true.
A complete list of changes would be extremely long.
Familiarity with these many hundreds of subtle innovations
will make the difference between stumbling your way through
Snow Leopard and using it with real mastery. This review
would be incomplete if it failed to mention the discussion of
64-bit processing on page 194. With superb clarity, Pogue
explains this feature, describes its importance for the future,
and tells the reader how 64-bit processing can be used in Snow
Leopard and–more importantly–when it should not be used.
The general format of the new Missing Manual is similar to
that of its predecessors. The book is intended to be useful to
readers at every technical level from advanced beginner to
power user. Some chapters can be augmented with downloaded supplements. The index is impeccably designed. As a
comprehensive guide to the use of OS X v. 10.6, David
Pogue’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard, The Missing Manual has
no equal. List price is $34.99 and discounts are available.
Although Snow Leopard saves approximately 7 GB of hard
drive space when compared to 10.5, at 884 numbered pages
this book is about the same size as the Leopard edition, and, as
Pogue says, still dwarfs the Tokyo White Pages. 
Mac OS X Snow Leopard:
The Missing Manual by David Pogue,
October 2009, Pogue Press, 912 pgs,
ISBN-10 0596153287, ISBN-13
978-0596153281, $34.99.
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face, enough power to do a variety of tasks,
a great screen at a very useable size, and it’s
highly portable. Plus it has appeal for both
consumers and business
users. One camp
can enjoy their
digital media no
matter where they
go, the other can
be productive in
the smallest of
spaces without
the burden of a
laptop.
uring Apple’s recent introductory event
for the iPad, company CEO Steve Jobs
called it “magical and revolutionary”
Do I agree with that characterization? For
the most part, yes.
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On the one hand it’s easy to dismiss the
iPad’s capabilities, because it’s so similar to
the iPhone. People look and say “it’s an just
an overgrown iPod Touch!” But if those
people were to stop and think about all the
potential uses for an overgrown iPod Touch,
they’d see that this really is a product category with legs. But it would seem that if they
don’t personally have a need for it (at least
not today), they’ll pooh pooh it.
But the iPad is much more than an iPod
Touch on steroids. Because it’s how it builds
on the capabilities of Apple’s small handheld
devices and provides new options for being
more productive and more fully entertained–while remaining highly portable–that
make the iPad a worthwhile addition to
Apple’s lineup.
But, before I go any further, I have to get
something out of my system...I’m not a huge
fan of the name “iPad.” I’m among the chorus of voices who felt that Apple should have
revived the iBook name for this product. But
I can appreciate that “iPad” is more descriptive of its capabilities and I suspect that a
year from now, few people will be fretting
over the name choice. Most importantly, the
chosen moniker wouldn’t stop me from buying one for myself. If I hadn’t plunked down
cash on a Mac laptop recently (out of necessity), I would likely pre-order an iPad.
Why? Because Apple has hit some great
notes with this product. It has a simple inter-
I can even imagine some folks looking to
replace their current PC choosing an iPad
over another computer. If all they want to do
is email, web surf, watch YouTube clips, and
do some light word processing, this little
slate of a computer may be all they need.
How is it that this can be said for the
iPad, but not the “tablet computers” that
have come before it. The first reason is that
the iPad gets right one of the key elements
that tablet computers to date have gotten
wrong: providing an elegant, hand-friendly
user interface. Such portable computers have
previously been a touch screen grafted onto
a computer, with little to no change in the
interface. But iPad is different in that it has
no mouse pointer and requires no stylus. It
works on the logical simplicity of the multitouch interface built into its screen.
The second reason people will strongly
consider the iPad is the price. With the starting point at $500, it’s cheaper than the tablet
PCs that have come and gone over the years.
Make no mistake about it, however: The
iPad is not a PC. It may not even be appropriate to call it a tablet computer. Because
while the internal components are unquestionably in the “personal computer” family,
the user experience is much closer to an iPod
than a MacBook. But, as I said earlier, this
little guy may be all that many people need.
Just for starters, I figure the iPad will be
a hit on college campuses. Not to replace
laptops altogether, however. I see students
leaving their laptops in their rooms and
making the iPad their “in the classroom”
computing device of choice. Just imagine
having all your textbooks and digital
notepad in one small device that weighs no
more than a bound textbook. Then there are
the possibilities for corporate America,
where I can easily see this device being
deployed to employees in the field, who
need to travel as light as possible (or need to
impress their clients).
And then there’s the medical industry,
which has got to be ecstatic about the iPad’s
capabilities. To me, it seems like the ideal
device for doctors on the move – especially
those who need to refer to digital x-rays a lot.
(I have sympathy for those guy doctors who
will inevitably have to defend the iPad’s thin
strap over their shoulder, in a modern revisiting of Seinfeld’s “It’s a European
Carry-All!” episode.)
With the optional full-sized keyboard,
the iPad makes for a very reasonable laptop
replacement for a large percentage of users –
especially reporters and other writers on the
road. And Apple listened to the wishes of
vocal customers like me (and Andy Ihnatko)
with built-in support for Bluetooth wireless
keyboards from day one. Thank you Apple!
The iPad editions of the iWork apps –
with their touch interfaces – look great and
they are priced right (and it’s good to see a la
carte pricing). And the potential of this
device for software developers is tremendous. Especially for games if Apple allows
the iPod Touch and iPhone to be paired with
an iPad, to serve as hand-held controllers.
So has Apple hit any sour notes with the
iPad? Indeed. Let’s start with the lack of
Adobe’s Flash Player. I was both amused
and annoyed when Steve Jobs called up
NYTimes.com during his demo and we had
a glimpse of a vast expanse of nothingness,
where Flash content wants to be.
Given the opportunity, Apple might say:
Flash Player uses a lot of RAM, or Flash
Player uses a lot of processor cycles, or that
Flash Player is the most unstable part of
most web browsing experiences. All true.
But the fact is that Flash is an essential component of hundreds of thousands of web
sites. Try shopping for a new car online without it and you’ll see what I mean.
Sure HTML5 is on the way and could be
a suitable replacement for Flash. But it’s not
here now and Flash is. I suspect Apple just
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My Thoughts on Apple’s iPad
doesn’t want to have to deal with Adobe, or
open the can of worms of making Flash
work on one iPhone OS device – the iPad –
and then having to listen to customers say
“then why can’t I have it on my iPhone,
too?” (Answer: because the phone would
then run at a snail’s pace.)
How will you connect to the Internet
with your iPad? All versions include Wi-Fi,
so you’re all set in your home, libraries,
school campuses, coffee shops, etc. But what
happens when you venture out into the world
– the iPad’s native territory? You’ll need a
cellular network data connection. And that’s
where we have another sore spot: Choosing
an iPad with integrated 3G wireless connectivity adds $130 onto the price. That’s
ridiculous and unjustifiable. The necessary
cellular circuitry costs Apple no more than
$20! My prediction: generation 2 of the iPad
(let’s say, a year from now) will have integrated cellular hardware, without an
additional charge.
And speaking of connectivity...what
Apple did not address and I have yet to find
about is: How does one get their documents
to and from the iPad’s built-in memory?
There had darn well be a method other than
MobileMe or online services like DropBox.
Such file transfer systems are entirely reliant
on an Internet connection, which gives me
cause to be concerned for reliability. I sincerely hope that Apple has included a direct
sync capability for documents that they simply overlooked demonstrating. If it initially
requires syncing via USB cable, I can live
with that. But syncing via Wi-Fi had better
be close over the horizon, because I’ve
already grown tired of waiting for this capability with my iPod and iPhone.
Which leads me to another beef I have
with the iPad: file storage. I can understand
the iPhone not having a memory card slot,
because it’s really not essential to that device.
But in a more capable device like the iPad, I
find the lack of an integrated SD memory
card slot very disappointing. Sure you can
buy Apple’s optional camera kit with SD card
reader, but I don’t think you should have to.
This capability should be built right in.
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Considering that Apple is all about minimizing product choices, their insistence on
staying with a locked down storage system is
ridiculous. Why offer 6 different version of
this product, in order to provide 3 different
storage capacities? That’s silly and shortsighted. Let the customer at least have
control over their own storage and free them
from having to buy a whole new device, just
because they reached the memory capacity
of the unit they originally purchased.
Having worked with Apple products for
20 years now, I am very familiar with their
“walled garden” approach. But it really gets
tiresome after a while. So, if the iPad is totally ruined for me because of who locked
down it is, I will be very annoyed. I know I
am not alone in this position.
Another area which remains a question
mark is the iPad’s potential as a telecomm
device. Does a wired iPhone headset work
with it, so that one can fire up the Skype
iPhone app and be able to make VOIP phone
calls on their iPad? And what about compatibility with Bluetooth headsets? Apple says
it works with Bluetooth wireless headphones,
but does it also work with “phone” headsets?
And what about video chats? How
could Apple make the inexcusable gaffe of
not including a webcam? This is the ideal
teleconferencing tool for someone on the
road to keep in touch with their office
and/or family. But without a camera, that
possibility is quashed.
The terms of the available AT&T cellular
data service are a mixed bag. The good: You
don’t have to commit to a contract and the
base price is $15 a month. The bad: That 15dollar plan is limited to 250 megabytes. Steve
Jobs calls that “plenty.” Such a statement is
highly misleading. Let’s take an example
shall we? Use your iPad to browse typical
web sites for one hour per day, read your
usual load of emails and view an online video
or two during each week. Sounds like typical
Internet use, right? Absolutely. Yet, if you frequently find yourself in places without Wi-Fi,
you would certainly exceed 250 MB before
the end of the month. That doesn’t meet the
definition of “plenty,” Steve. It’s a joke.
Really the $15 plan is just for those who
are very light Internet users, who want to buy
a little bit of music and books from the
iTunes store. So that means the rest of us
who actually use the Internet as intended will
need to cough up $30 a month for the
“unlimited” service (undoubtedly a misnomer). But many iPad customers will also
be iPhone customers and I suspect few
among them will want to have their alreadyhefty AT&T bill inflated even further. Why is
there no package plan for iPhone users, or
better yet, iPhone tethering for a reasonable
fee. (And by the way...where is that tethering
you promised, AT&T?)
Compared to the majority of gadget
hounds, I’m a patient lad. Yet I frequently
have to remind myself that the iPhone platform is only two years old and still in its
infancy. Five years hence, we’ll see a very
different landscape. And that view will be littered with these new handheld digital
“appliances.” I expect many homes will
have an iPad (or a competitor’s look alike) in
every room. Seeing an iPad dashboard
mount in a car will be commonplace. Kids
will want one for the car seatback, instead of
that old clunky DVD player. (And let’s hope
someone comes up with a pocket-friendly
sling to hold your iPad over the backrest of
the airplane seat in front of you.)
If Apple avoids the discordant notes that
customers don’t want to hear (such as a
totally locked down system for file management), the iPad could really flourish. Not
that I expect huge sales in the first year.
They’ll be strong, but I expect many critics
will call them disappointing. Yet I’m confident that the iPad represents the first in a
category of handheld device that will be
with us forever more.
So does that mean the iPad is good for
everyone? Absolutely not. Just as with the
iPhone and iPod, not everyone will like the
music they hear in the Temple of Apple.
The first type of potential buyer whose
needs are better met elsewhere is the voracious book reader. Anyone who spends
hours a day reading novels will continue to
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My Thoughts on Apple’s iPad
be best served by an ebook, like Amazon’s
Kindle. While the iPad’s color display makes
the Kindle’s screen look like an Etch-ASketch, the fact is that such vivid colors
really tax a battery. Anyone who uses their
iPad for hours a day will need to charge up
daily (a notion that Kindle readers laugh at).
Another reason many folks won’t like
the book reading experience on the iPad:
weight. This new Apple gadget is not light
and responds to gravity at twice the Kindle’s
mass. Compared to a netbook computer, and
past tablet computing devices, the iPad’s 1.5
lbs is nothing. But compared to a typical
book (or ebook reader), it’s a wrist-killer.
So, depending on your book reading posture, this could make the iPad totally
impractical for you.
Surprisingly, there was a limited focus on
newspaper/magazine/book content during
Apple’s press event. Many rumors prior to
the event said to expect partnerships with
major content providers (like Condé Nast),
or possibly subscription-based delivery of
daily papers and mags. But there was none
of that and compared to Cupertino’s past dog
and pony shows, I felt there was a limited
presence by content providers.
When I consider this in light of the fact
that the iPad won’t be shipping for two
months (cellular models a month after that),
I think we’ll be seeing new developments on
the content delivery horizon in the immediate future. I wouldn’t doubt that Apple has
companies like The Wall Street Journal (and
the aforementioned Condé) on the fence
about committing to the iPad and Jobs’ intent
was to get the upper hand through the public
announcement and the anticipatory frenzy
that we’ll see in the next 90 days.
$700, (or more) for this device that (when
you come right down to it) is mostly frivolous. And $500 isn’t much of a stretch for a
personal computing device this capable and
this portable.
I just don’t see how these companies
from the “print” world can turn their back
on this opportunity. It’s been difficult for
them to make the transition to being a webbased news site first and a paper publisher
second. So this a profit channel they can’t
turn their backs on. Sure their potential
audience on this device will be limited at
first. But there is no question in my mind
that the user base will build to a strong level
over the next two years.
Which shows the iPad’s potential for
impacting sales of MacBooks (perhaps even
more so than iPhone sales). But fear not Mac
lovers, because the iPad should have a halo
effect on the Mac (as did the iPhone).
Having yet another handsome Apple device,
owned by lots of App Store-loving customers, can only attract more software
developers to the iPhone OS (which is just
another flavor of Mac OS X). This has the
potential for spurring more Mac OS software development, which in return, benefits
the Mac ecosystem, too! 
While I do foresee long-term success for
the iPad, I’m having trouble deciding which
version will sell best. My gut is telling me
it’s going to be the base model, because I just
don’t see enough consumers justifying $600,
On the other hand, big business will
also love this thing and they certainly
won’t buy the standard model. No, they’ll
want a V8 engine with the fine Corinthian
leather. The top end pricing is $830, which
is within spitting distance of the least
expensive Mac laptop.
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When you want to resize a bunch of photographs all at the
same time, ResizeIt 3.1 allows you to change the size of multiple images simultaneously and very quickly. It can also
convert file formats at the same time. It is suitable to make
images to upload to your web site or to attach to email.
The quality and dimensions of your source image determine
the quality and dimension ratio of your resized image.
(ResizeIt’s purpose is not to dramatically transform poor
source material into better material. If you start the resizing
process with a small, low-resolution image, you will end up
with a resized, low-resolution image. If you expect to transform an image from one H/W ratio to another without
distorting the image, then you’ll experience "pilot error" firsthand in your resulting image). 
ResizeIt works with Mac OS X 10.4 – 10.6
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Mac 911
E-mail and the advantages of deception
by Christopher Breen
Reader Gary Campbell expresses a concern about his privacy
along these lines:
Cures for a crusty keyboard
Q. When I visit some Web sites I’m asked to provide an e-mail
Reader Marcie Phipps seeks to clean
up her act. She writes:
address. I’m concerned that this will lead to more spam. Any
suggestions?
Q. I have an old keyboard that I love, but its keys are sticking due to built up dust and gunk. Is there a way to clean it?
A.
A. This is a common question and with it come solutions both tried-and-true and controversial. Starting
with the tried-and-true:
The first step in cleaning a keyboard is to unplug it, grab a
can of compressed air (found at any electronic supply
store), and blast air around the base of the keys in the hope
of dislodging whatever’s gumming up the works. Do this
holding the can of compressed air upright. Flip the can
upside down and there’s some danger that you’ll squirt propellant into the keyboard.
Turn the keyboard over and give it a good shake in the hope
of removing the gunk you’ve loosened. While in this position, blast it a few more times with the compressed air. If a
key remains unresponsive after this treatment, gently pry it
up with a small flathead screwdriver and clean its post with
a slightly damp cloth.
Now, the controversial:
If the keyboard is so filthy that it appears to be a lost
cause–as it might after a major coffee, soda, or Mai Tai
spill–put it in the dishwasher. Place it in the top rack, dial
the dishwasher to a rinse only setting, don’t put soap in
the thing, and run it through. Remove the keyboard and
let it drain, with keys down, until it’s completely dry–
this could take a couple of days.
A couple, yes.
Despite what you learned in Sunday school, your first best
option is to lie. When asked for an e-mail address for no apparent good reason, feel free to enter [email protected] and
smack the Return key. With luck, the Web site will take this as
the goods and let you get on with your business.
Regrettably, this technique doesn’t work as well as it once did.
Increasingly, you’re asked to submit an e-mail address and then
the asking body sends you a link to whatever you’ve requested
via e-mail. If the address you submit is no good, you don’t
receive the message, and you can’t get the thing you were after.
That doesn’t mean, however, that you must offer your primary email address. I’ve created a couple of free Google and Yahoo
addresses for exactly this purpose. When asked for an e-mail
address that I know will result in an activation message, I plunk in
one of these addresses. I then check that account for the activation
e-mail and then ignore the account until I next need it. (Meaning
I don’t include it in a schedule that automatically checks my email.) If you want to get very fine with this, you can create a new
account for each place you visit. For example, if you must submit your e-mail address to Company X, create a new Google
account for [email protected]. Should you
receive spam at this address, you have a reasonable idea of who’s
responsible. At that point you can complain or swear off that
company in the future.
This is controversial because some keyboard manufacturers
suggest that you not do this as they won’t guarantee that the
keyboard will survive the ordeal – particularly if you hit the
keyboard with really hot water, detergent, and flying cutlery.
If you have a MobileMe account you can create up to five alias
addresses. Messages sent to these aliases are forwarded to your
primary MobileMe address. So, for example, when dealing with
the famed Company X, create an alias for [email protected]. After you’ve received Company X’s
activation e-mail, delete the alias. Any future messages sent to
this account won’t go through as it’s now a dead address. 
Speaking from personal experience,
I’ve done this with a beloved Matias
TactilePro keyboard that I’d given
up for dead (this is the perfect condition under which to conduct this
experiment). I’m happy to report
that not only did it survive, it works
perfectly (and is a whole lot nicer to
look at than it once was).
Macworld Senior Editor Christopher Breen is the author of
“Secrets of the iPodand iTunes (6th Ed.),” and “The iPod and
iTunes Pocket Guide (4th Ed.)” both from Peachpit Press and
“Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Essential Training (video)” from
lynda.com. Find Chris’ books at www.amazon.com and
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The Mac 911 content is generously provided by Chris and
Macworld for use in Mac user group newsletters.
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had contributed much.
Most significantly,
he served as our
club Treasurer
for several years.
He will be
missed.
On behalf of
the CMC
membership, our
condolences go
out to Al’s
family.
Chronicle
March 2010
How I Use iWorks
Pages to Design Email
Announcements
By Jerry Esposito, CMC president
As president of CMC, one of my
duties is to send out announcements
for our monthly meeting. I try to send
out three emails per month so as to
keep all of our members informed of
the date and give them some information regarding the subject matter we
will present.
Since our mailing list is more than 100
names, the club needs to use an
Internet email service for sending out
our announcements. We’ve chosen a
service known as MailChimp. Now,
this program offers various ways to
Inside
RetroMacCast
page 2
Amnesia: The Dark
Descent
page 3
EagleFlyer Turns a
Finder Folder into a
Snippet Keeper
page 4 - 5
For Your To Go
pages 6
Review:
Freeway Express
page 7
Download of the Month:
Meteorologist
page 8
DMG Cancas 2.0
page 8
MacWorld TidBits
page 9
Meetings and
Member Info
page 11
design your messages by importing
your own logos, pictures and other artwork. It even offers a selection of
fonts, but the selection vis ery limited.
So if you want to try your hand at
using a wider selection of fonts and
designs than are offered by this Web
app, you may prefer to use some kind
of a “page making” application.
Since I own iWork ’09, I decided to try
Pages as my design program. Pages
offers templates for word processing
documents, plus posters, newsletters,
postcards, and other design formats.
I started by picking a template that
looked suitable for the message I wanted to convey. This saves some time, as
there are already placeholders for varicontinued on page 3
CMC 2010 Elections
At the February 4th board meeting,
a nominating committee was
formed for the Group’s 2010
officer elections. The job of the
committee is to identify candidates
for CMC executive board positions.
These candidates can include incumbents, who have
chosen to run for a second term, as well as new candidates who would like to be considered for the positions
of Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, President. CMC
members Connie Scott and Linas Venclauskas volunteered for the nominating committee and were assigned
to their positions by unanimous vote of the board members in attendance.
The nomination committee is advising the membership
that elections are upcoming. The office of President,
Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer are open for
consideration. Jerry Esposito is willing to run again for
President. Chris Hart is willing to run another term for
secretary and Linas Venclauskas is willing to run again
Above: a sample email
announcement created in
iWorks Pages.
for treasurer. The office of Vice President is
currently without an interested person and
needs to be filled. The committee will be
taking nominations for these positions and
anyone interested in the office of Vice President,
the office encompasses the following:
The Vice-President shall:
a. Perform the duties of the President in the
absence or disability of the President.
b. Plan and coordinate all fund raising and
special activities for the club.
c. Perform such other duties as the Executive
Board may prescribe.
Please forward any nominations to Connie [email protected] or Linas [email protected].
If you have an interest in participating in CMC, we
encourage you to contact Linas, or Connie. Everyone
can contribute to the group (there are several positions
that don’t require an election), so please don’t hesitate
to offer to help keep your Mac User Group going! 
How I Use iWorks Pages...
CMC Chronicle
Editor
Deena Quilty
Designer
George Maciel
Photographer
John Scott
Publisher
Connection, Inc.
41 Crossroads Plaza
PMB 1984
Printer
Budget Printers
1718 Park Street
Hartford, CT 06106
from our members!
newsletter.
ous sizes of pictures, artwork and copy.
You can add photos to your design by
selecting View -> Show Media Browser.
Then you can drag your photos into the
placeholders. You can change the size
of the picture by clicking on it and
using the slider that appears to change
the image size.
You can adjust the image’s color, exposure, brightness, temperature and even
it’s sharpness by using Adjust Image
selection under View. Many other
adjustments, tools and design helpers
are at your disposal in this program.
Shadows and colors can be added to
fonts, rules, and fill behind text boxes.
Even adding audio and movies are
some of the possibilities that can be
brought into a Pages design.
As for your copy, you can just copy and
paste a previously written text right into
page 2
When you’re finished and happy with
your design, you can save it as a Word
document, a Pages document that can
be opened in iWorks ’08, or export it
as a PDF, RTF, or plain text file. In
order to bring my design into the earlier mentioned MailChimp, I export the
Pages document as a PDF. Then I open
it in OS X’s Preview app and re-save it
as a GIF, which MailChimp recognizes
and allows me to use in my email message. This new document can be
imported into my MailChimp page and
appears as exactly as my original
Pages document did.
So, open up iWorks and have some
fun designing ads and posters for
your next project! 
They are “MyPage, Members,
Photos, Videos, Forum, Groups,
Blogs and Chat.”
RetroMacCast
Reprinted from the
User Group Network News
This web site, is aimed at those
of us using “classic” or “vintage” Macs. Or in this case, they
are referred to as Retro. In fact,
the title page says “They’re not
old they’re retro.”
The site is really dedicated to the
listeners of the RetroMacCast
podcast. The tabs on the page lead
to the topics you would expect.
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text boxes that can be placed anywhere
on the page. And you’re only limited to
the fonts you have on your Mac.
They are on episode 148 and are
current through February 6th. I
don’t think we will hear anything
about the iPad here for a long time.
So for those of us who have been
around since the Mac was introduced, this is not only a trip down
memory lane, but a sense that
those machines are still useful.
See the web site here:
http://retromaccast.ning.com/
Status of Amnesia: The Dark
Descent – The game is now up
and running on Windows, Linux
and Mac OS X! All platforms
have participated in the recent
testing session and performed
over expectations. We are
pleased to announce that the
game will get a simultaneous
release on all platforms!
Amnesia:
The Dark Descent
From the makers of the
Penumbra series comes a brand
new survival horror game,
Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
Today Frictional Games is happy
to announce the release of the
game’s web site and a first look
at actual in-game footage, in the
form of a horrifying teaser.
“We recently finished a massive
testing session of the game to
much success. With that behind
us we now know how Amnesia
will play like and what it takes to
finish it. This means we feel confident in moving forward and
sharing more juicy details about
the game. This includes crucial
things such as availability, pricing
and what the game is all about.” –
Thomas Grip, Co-founder.
General information about
the game, screenshots and
a teaser are the main additions
to the heavily updated web site.
Web site – General information
about the game, screenshots and
a teaser are the main additions to
the heavily updated web site. We
have also added information
about how to pre-order and
where the final game will be
available for purchase. Check
back for future updates with new
screens, information and, as
release draws closer, a demo.
The web site also features something of a first in the history of computer games – the “pre-order-o-meter”. Watch as
blood fill up for every new pre-order placed! If we reach
2000 pre-orders before end of May, new content will be
added to the game.
Many companies seem to view
the PC as a “dying gaming platform” and we see this as a great
opportunity. Amnesia is a modern 3D game that from the very
beginning has been created with
the PC in mind. It has modest
demands on the PC hardware
compared to recent console
ports and because of this we are
able to make sure a broader
audience can experience the
game as intended.
Release and availability – With
an estimated release date of
August 2010, you can pre-order
it now for $16 and save 20% on
the release price of $20. The preorder is available at our own
online store and is for the digital
download version of the game.
At the release in August the
game will be available for purchase in just about any of the
major online stores. Further
details can be found at the Amnesia web site and more
information will be released shortly. A boxed version for
retail release is also planned and information will be
released as it becomes available. 
Amnesia: www.amnesiagame.com
Teaser – Take a deep breath and prepare yourself to experience the first real gameplay video released. This teaser
gives a first look at what sort of experience we are aiming
for when playing Amnesia, it lasts for over three minutes
and consists of one single clip. The idea is to convey as
clearly as possible that the player is in control of the character throughout the whole game. There are no cut-scenes
or any sort of moments where control is taken away to force
the narrative forward.
Frictional Games is a small independent game developer located in the south of Sweden or, to be more
precise, located on the Internet – the company is
office-free. We develop unique technologies in form of
a game engine and tools that are tailored specifically
after the games that we create. Currently with a crew
of five in-house and a network of contractors to utilise
during production we can be dynamic and efficient,
increasing production at key moments.
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EagleFiler Turns a Finder
Folder Into a Snippet Keeper
by Matt Neuburg
Reprinted from TidBITS
In nearly two decades of experimenting with ways
of storing and retrieving text and other snippets of
information, largely documented in the “Conquer
Your Text” found at: http://tinyurl.com/ya88h7a
series of articles, I’ve found that most applications
take a fairly heavyweight approach, requiring me to
hand my data completely over to their care, keeping it in a specific place or (even more often) in a
document and format specific to this application.
That’s why I was intrigued by the lighter touch of
EagleFiler: http://tinyurl.com/yugfel from CCommand (the development house of Michael
Tsai, who also writes SpamSieve (see “Tools We Use:
SpamSieve” at: http://tinyurl.com/ydyocdt and other utilities
I wouldn’t want to be without).
EagleFiler’s chief document type is called a “library.” You can
have as many libraries as you like, and each library is just an
ordinary folder in the Finder, containing files that are your
data; each snippet is simply a file in a standard data format. A
library also contains some housekeeping files maintained by
EagleFiler. So you do have to make a conscious decision to
keep particular snippets in a particular folder - the snippets
can’t be scattered all over your hard disk - and you do need,
in general, to refrain from altering the contents of that folder
directly, interacting with them through EagleFiler instead. But
all the same, there are your snippets just sitting there, ordinary
files in an ordinary folder, completely visible and accessible
in the Finder. You can search your snippets within EagleFiler,
but you can also search them with system-level Spotlight. You
can open them directly in the Finder. If the world were suddenly struck by mysterious cosmic rays that destroyed
EagleFiler, none of your data would be lost, because your data
are just normal files in folders.
In the distant past, one might have chided this scheme for
wasting space. Even a tiny text file occupies a minimum logical space on your hard disk - typically 8 KB. So, while 100
snippets of 10 bytes of text data apiece sum to about a kilobyte, 100 files of 10 bytes apiece require nearly a megabyte.
However, in the modern scheme of things, where a hard disk
will typically have dozens of gigabytes of free space, a few
extra megabytes are hardly problematic.
Window on the World — Since EagleFiler’s data are just
files in a folder, its chief value lies in its presentation of those
files, and how it lets you annotate and search them. I’ll start
by describing the library window. The basic layout is reminiscent of Mail’s tripartite window. At the top is a list of files
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in the library (called “records”). At the bottom are the contents of the record currently selected in that list. And on the
left is a sidebar where you can select to specify the subset of
records you want listed at the top.
The sidebar has three sections. First comes a hierarchical list
of folders. Here you can make new folders, put folders within folders, and organize records into folders; these folders are
real, reflecting and controlling the actual folder hierarchy
within the library folder in the Finder.
The second sidebar section is smart folders. As in Mail or the
Finder, a smart folder is a saved set of search criteria; clicking
one performs the search, determining which records are listed
at the top. You can construct (through an excellent interface)
some powerfully complex search criteria.
The third sidebar section is tags. You can create tags at will,
and assign any number of them to a record; and tags can be
structured hierarchically.
So, the sidebar is itself a search mechanism, because you can
select any combination of folders, smart folders, and tags to
determine what’s listed in the top half of the window. In addition, at the very top of the window (in the toolbar) is a search
field. EagleFiler’s search really shines; it’s based on Spotlight
(so it can index any file that Spotlight knows how to index),
but it uses its own index (making it super-fast) and its own
straightforward Boolean syntax.
There is also a secondary Info (or Inspect) window. Here,
among other things, you can read and edit a record’s “note.”
A note is an RTF file, associated with a record, that EagleFiler
stores for you in a separate Notes folder within the library
folder. Thus, you can attach text to a record in addition to its
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title and contents. And once again, if EagleFiler weren’t present, you could still read all your notes, as they are normal RTF
files openable in TextEdit.
A World of Data — EagleFiler can import any kind of file.
Within EagleFiler, you can edit a file’s title (which is displayed in the upper part of the window), and, in the case of
RTF and text files, even its contents. You can ask EagleFiler
to open any record via the Finder, but this is often unnecessary, since EagleFiler can display the contents of many file
types, and some file types receive special treatment of other
kinds. Perhaps the best way to give you some idea of this is to
describe some of my own various EagleFiler libraries.
• Notes. This is a large miscellaneous library of text and RTF
files. They are vaguely categorized using tags (“Ruby”,
“Cocoa”) but in no other way; I search on them mostly
by title or contents.
• Scans. I got tired of saving all my old paper warranties,
instruction booklets, receipts, and so forth, so I scanned
them all. These files are just images, so they have no
internal data; therefore I’ve given them titles and notes
that are descriptive and flexible, for the sake of searchability. The files are JPEGs, and EagleFiler’s display of
their contents is usually quite sufficient when I need to
examine one.
• Orders. When I buy something over the Web, I print-toPDF from the browser’s receipt page directly into this
library. EagleFiler can parse and search the text of these
PDFs, so I can search on terms related to what I ordered.
Tags let me specify the stage the order is at (“ordered”,
“shipped”, “received”).
• Mail Archive. I use Entourage, which keeps its mail in one
gigantic, all too easily corrupted database. So every
once in a while I export an Entourage “folder” that’s no
longer active to EagleFiler and delete those messages
from Entourage. EagleFiler keeps each “folder” as an
mbox file, but it displays the messages individually
using the subject line as the title, and it knows (and displays) a message’s From, To, and Date information. All
embedded attachments are maintained. Naturally, messages are searchable by contents.
• Bookmarks. This is a massive hierarchy of URL files.
weight. It’s packed with too many clever touches for me to
list. The range of things you can import, of ways you can perform an import, and of smart things EagleFiler can do in
response, is quite astounding (and you can use AppleScript to
extend its powers even further); read the manual online at:
http://c-command.com/eaglefiler/manual if you want to know
more. To give just one example: Suppose EagleFiler isn’t even
running; well, every library folder contains a To Import folder, and whatever you place there will be imported into that
library automatically the next time EagleFiler opens that
library. Brilliant.
At the same time, I’ve occasionally encountered problems
with EagleFiler’s interface. In fact, over several weeks in
2009, when I was first giving EagleFiler a serious try, I reported many interface issues. Most were small and were quickly
fixed, such as a text field that refused to accept a space character, windows opening at the wrong time, a window that
forgot what text field I was working in when I returned to it,
that sort of thing. On the other hand, EagleFiler still starts up
unbelievably slowly, and its Help menu is still extremely slow
to pop down when you click it, apparently due to EagleFiler’s
being written with the PyObjC framework.
And, while EagleFiler is excellent for storage of an occasional URL file, it can’t substitute for a full-fledged bookmark
repository. The hierarchical display of folders in the sidebar
lacks the organizational power of a true outliner. You can’t
edit an imported URL, so if a Web address changes, you can’t
change the corresponding listing within EagleFiler - you have
to delete and replace the existing URL file. And, while there
are various ways to import a Web URL - as a bookmark file,
a text file, a PDF, or a Web archive - there’s no interface for
picking an option at import time: you have to specify it
beforehand in the application’s overall preferences. (However,
you can use a cool to overcome this limitation.)
But I’ve been very happily using EagleFiler otherwise. I’m
probably not using it to its full potential, and yet it has already
replaced several other snippet keepers in my arsenal. And it’s
a whole lot better than using the Finder alone! If you’ve
already got a folder full of related things, and you still can’t
readily find the right one, that folder is a candidate for being
turned into an EagleFiler library. In fact, that’s how I really
think of EagleFiler - it’s a Finder folder on steroids.
EagleFiler requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later, with 10.5 or later
recommended. It costs $40, and you can download and try it
for 30 days for free. 
These have all proven to be splendid uses of EagleFiler,
except for the Bookmarks library (which is not working out,
for reasons I’ll discuss in the next section).
This article originally appeared in TidBITS
on 2010-02-2. See the original article at:
Conclusions — EagleFiler combines ease of use with an
underlying ingenuity that makes it feel simple, fast, and light-
Reprinted with permission.
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For You To Go
By Frank Petrie
Product: Zagat To Go
Author: Handmark, Inc.
Requirements: iPhone, iPod Touch
App Price: $9.99
Test Rig: iPhone 3Gs
Food, food, glorious food. From the finest dining experience
to the most satisfying of burgers, we all crave one type or
another. And when that craving hits – where to go? What
type – Chinese, Italian, Mediterranean? I don’t want to spend
time debating the issue – I WANT TO EAT!! How about just
the local pub? I don’t care – I JUST WANT TO EAT!
From The Zagat folks:
The most trusted guide to restaurants comes to the iPhone
and WiFi iPod Touch with over 45 Guides of Restaurant
Reviews and Ratings for *less than the price of 1 guide!*
Whether a cheap bite or a posh dinner, Zagat has shown the
way for 30 years! Our Nightlife, Hotel and Shopping coverage also included where available.
FEATURES
• GPS: Find nearby restaurants automatically
• Recommendations: Our digital concierge tells you
where to take Dates, Clients, Friends & more
• Advanced Search: Mix and Match by any criteria
• Top Rated Lists: “Best of” in your city like Best
Buys, Best Burgers, Most Romantic & more.
• Reservations: Reserve tables instantly
• Sort: Filter by Food, Décor, Service or Cost!
• Email Reviews, Add To Contacts, & Full Photos
• 100% Complete: Every Zagat-Rated restaurant
• 100% Up To Date: New restaurants added M-F
You can choose from restaurants, nightlife and hotels (plus,
occasionally shopping). After your experience at any of the
listed establishments, you are asked to review your experience and rate such items as service, decor, promptness, etc.
These reviews are then added to others of the establishment
to give them an aggregate rating. Plus you can add any
additional observations to your experience.
THE PULP
As I had mentioned earlier, I put Zagat ToGo through its
paces in my sleepy little hamlet. And I have to say that all
of the reviews were spot on! Places were I had bad experiences were brought back to mind after reading of patrons
suffering the very same nightmares or, conversely, any
pleasantries that I had. I found the various ratings of decor
and such to also to be extremely accurate.
I did find a few restaurants that no longer exist, but when
you think of the sheer number of establishments that are
covered in this app, that’s more than understandable.
THE RIND
Nada.
And, you can use Zagat To Go offline after syncing via Wi-Fi.
A getaway weekend all planned in seconds with only your
fingertips? Let’s see.
THE JUICE
Zagat is a restaurant, travel and nightlife review guide started in 1979 by Tim and Nina Zagat as a way to collect and
correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners. For their first
guide, covering New York City, the Zagats surveyed their
friends. Today, Zagats covers over 70 major metropolitan
areas, but also has a very good handle on burbs like my
South Jersey area.
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SUMMARY
If you’re just a couple looking for a good weekend out in a
major city or just trying to pick from your local haunts,
Zagat To Go is worth every single penny. Doesn’t even rate
a second thought. This is the kind of app that makes the
iPhone indispensable.
In fact, it is too good, in one way–it is not diet friendly!
RATING: 10 of 10 
©2010 Frank Petrie
Reprinted from the MUG Center with permission
Review:
Freeway Express
to it the elements that will be common in your pages, such as
your heading and links you will want to have on every page.
You can have more than one master page.
With Freeway software you can layout
your Web site using graphics and text.
The Freeway program converts it into
standards-based HTML code when you
upload it to your Internet host.
You create individual pages based upon the Master page by
adding text and graphics boxes. It is a good idea to assemble
your graphics in a folder for importing, and you can either
have your text written for importing or key it into Freeway.
The software comes in two versions: Freeway Express for
$79, and Freeway Pro for $249. Softpress provided both versions for our user group. I tried using the Freeway Pro
version first because I really like its advanced features and
full CSS-based results, but I found that it was easier for me
to learn using Freeway Express. Then I decided to stay with
Freeway Express for our NVMUG web site because I liked
the results and it will be easier for someone else to continue
this Web site if necessary.
The program comes with a nicely printed 117-page Using
Freeway 5 guide and a PDF version if you want to search for
content on your computer. It also comes with a 468-page
PDF Using Freeway 5 Reference for printing, and the same
reference formatted for viewing on your monitor. Free tutorials are available and more are being developed. You can
subscribe to receive them through iTunes. And there is an
online Knowledge Base that I used to answer a question
about posting the website to a .Mac account.
Once you have an idea for you site in mind, you begin by creating a master page of the size and style you want. You add
I viewed some downloaded tutorials, and then followed the
three tutorials in the “Using Freeway 5 Guide.” It took awhile
to figure some of it out and a bit longer to get comfortable
with it. It might not take as long for someone who is not 78
years old. But it is much faster than entering HTML code
once you get comfortable with Freeway Express.
I showed my first five pages to another NVMUG member,
Stephen Farber. That version was more like our older
NVMUG web site with the navigation buttons running down
the left side. Stephen suggested that if the text was wider or
there were two columns, people would not have to scroll
down so far.
Because of the master pages, and because this is a very compliant Macintosh program where features just work, it took
much less time than I expected to reconstruct the site in this
format, and adding new information is a breeze.
Take a look at Freeway Express and say goodbye to HTML.
Reprinted from the
Northern Vermont Macintosh Users Group Web site.
“Take a look
at Freeway
Express and
say goodbye
to HTML.”
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DMG Canvas(TM) is a product of Araelium Group, a
development company located in Southern California
dedicated to developing Mac OS X applications.
Araelium Group is the maker of the popular
Screenflick screen recording program, and the
MySQL database tool Querious.
DMG Canvas 2.0 Released
Reprinted from the User Group Network News
Araelium Group announced this week the release of version
2.0 of its DMG Canvas disk image creation application for
Mac OS X. DMG Canvas builds disk images from template
documents that users create. Simply design your disk image’s
appearance using the graphical WYSIWYG editor and click Build.
New in version 2 is advanced background layout with custom text
objects and images. Using this new view, multiple images and customizable text boxes can be layered on top of the disk image window’s
background image. This streamlines the creation of background image
art, removing the need for other tools.
A great feature for application developers and other professionals,
DMG Canvas also allows you to specify the license agreements displayed when the disk image is mounted. License agreements can
even be localized into many other languages for non-English end
users.
With the “dmgcanvas” command line tool, the disk image process
can even be entirely automated. Once a DMG Canvas document has
been created, the dmgcanvas tool can be used within larger scripts
such as application build processes, to create the disk image without
ever having to open the DMG Canvas application.
What’s new in 2.0: * Advanced background layout
with custom text objects and images * More Finder window
options such as showing the toolbar and sidebar, file name text size
and position * Customize individual icon sizes by resizing the
icon * Tiger/Leopard compatibility with disk images built on Snow
Leopard * “Build & Pause” process allowing customization in
Finder
Minimum Requirements: Mac OS X Version 10.5
Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
Pricing and Availability: DMG Canvas 2.0 is free to use with
limited features. The $15 registration unlocks background layout
and automated building using the dmgcanvas command line tool.
DMG Canvas 2.0 is a free update for all registered DMG Canvas
users. 
Araelium: www.araelium.com DMG Canvas 2.0: http://tinyurl.com/yd3e5kt
Download DMG Canvas: http://tinyurl.com/yeh44lx
Version 2.0 also includes Leopard compatibility with disk images
built on Snow Leopard. Without using DMG Canvas, disk images
created on Snow Leopard will not show their background images
and other visual attributes when mounted on Leopard and previous
versions of Mac OS X. DMG Canvas seamlessly solves this problem
which otherwise would require having to boot into Leopard.
Araelium Group is a small software development company
located in Southern California dedicated to developing
Mac OS X applications. Araelium Group is the maker of the
popular Screenflick screen recording program and the
MySQL database tool Querious.
Submitted by Deb Foss
Meteorologist
Weather Access from the Menu Bar or Dock
Meteorologist is a full-featured, free, and open
source weather program for Mac OS X. The latest version of
Meteorologist supports multiple cities, new version checking, and many
more features. Meteorologist represents both the efforts of the developers
and the helpful and insightful comments of those who use this program.
The Meteorologist project is hosted by SourceForge. SourceForge is a
community for open source developers to collaborate on their projects,
keep track of bug and feature requests, and other really cool things.
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
• Mac OS X 10.5 Intel • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
• Mac OS X 10.4 Intel • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
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Check out the SourceForge page:
http://heat-meteo.sourceforge.net/
Download: http://tinyurl.com/y952p4f
Macworld 2010 Tidbits
Reprinted from the InfoManager
User Group Network News
Macworld 2010: TUAW’s Best in Show
— While there wasn’t a lot of attention
outside the conference floor from folks
expecting more about Apple, on the
show floor itself there was clearly an
excitement and a sense of opportunity
for lots of companies who might have
been overshadowed by Apple’s presence
in the past. http://tinyurl.com/yl499px
Macworld Expo: Far From Dead — With
all the press about how Macworld
Conference & Expo 2010 was going to
be a death march, the last gasp of a once
great show, adrift without Apple’s glory
shining down upon us all, a funny thing
happened: the show didn’t suck. Not
only didn’t it suck, it was rather solid
success. I had six conference sessions to
run, and some decent time on the show
floor, and in comparison to the last two
Boston Macworlds, which were death
marches, this show really rocked.
http://tinyurl.com/ygrszcn
Regen absorbs $1.6M to roll out solarpowered lights, stereos and more —
Solar backpacks used to charge personal
electronics and Novothink’s solar-charging cases for iPhones and iPods
(exhibited at last week’s MacWorld
expo). Measuring about 80 square-inches, and at only 0.75 inches thick, the
device has a built-in lithium iron phosphate battery with the same capacity as
two fully-charged iPhones.
http://tinyurl.com/ylfj5p7
Apple and e-book DRM: Will they? —
With Apple already firmly entrenched in
the realms of digital music and video, it
was only a matter of time before the
company got into the future of the printed word. But aside from the few hints
Apple CEO Steve Jobs dropped at the
iPad unveiling last month, relatively little is known about the company’s
forthcoming iBookstore. Case in point:
will the e-books that Apple sells contain
digital rights management? And, given
that Apple has made such a big push to
sell music free of DRM restrictions,
should the company enforce it on books?
http://tinyurl.com/ygb4ser
Can E-readers and Tablets Save the
News? — Sales are robust for e-readers
and there is no shortage of tablets yet to
launch, including the new Apple iPad.
But will strong sales translate into a
boost for the media industry? If media
organizations do it right, the potential
could be there for e-readers and tablets
to become a viable revenue source.
However, it may take a dramatic shift in
the way publishers view digital content
and their online business models. Here’s
a look at what media companies will
likely need to do to make that happen.
http://tinyurl.com/yfzpjpu
Fujitsu scanning with MindTouch —
Open source developer MindTouch
announced a partnership with Fujitsu that
will allow the integration of Fujitsu’s
ScanSnap family of scanners with the
MindTouch collaboration platform. The
integration will allow customers to
upload, store, edit, and share documents
throughout an enterprise and works by
emailing the scanned image directly to a
user’s MindTouch account. The companies recently showcased the combined
offering at MacWorld in San Francisco.
http://tinyurl.com/yaef7sz
Apple Store Kid Friendly, beware adults
— Apple may have just made a major
change to the App Store that could render many developers’ applications
worthless. We’ve just heard from Jon
Atherton, the developer behind Wobble
iBoobs, who says that he just received an
email from Apple indicating that his
application was being removed from the
App Store because of a new policy
change: Apple has apparently decided
“to remove any overtly sexual content
from the App Store.”
http://tinyurl.com/y9e98uu
How the iPad fits into IT — A lot of bits
have given their life in the last few weeks
so that writers can fill your computer
screen with lots of words about the
iPad’s role in IT. The iPad will either
grind your network to a halt, kill productivity, and drive us all to live in caves
poking at the dirt with sticks should
someone be foolish enough to let one
into the enterprise, or it will usher in a
new age of flying cars, zeppelin houses,
and pill food as part of our inevitable
evolution into pure energy.
http://tinyurl.com/ye9gajo
Photo fx is a Macworld (UK) 4 Star
Winner and recipient of the coveted DV
Magazine (Digital Video) 2009 Black
Diamond Award. Its definitive set of digital filters and effects including
simulations of many popular award-winning Tiffen glass filters, optical lab
processes and photographic effects help
users to create stunning images.
http://tinyurl.com/yhcy8ac
Google gets reMail — Once upon a
time, there was an app called reMail for
the iPhone, as Macworld and Google’s
cache can prove. reMail offered very fast
full-text searching of your Gmail or
IMAP e-mail account. But as you can
tell from my use of the past tense, reMail
will now live mostly in our memories.
http://tinyurl.com/y9nnhh3
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In Part 1, you learned how to pick the
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other web related information. Now
it is time to focus on using iWeb to
create and upload an actual web site.
So, please join CMC VP Jerry
Bonvisuto for a quick review of the
Part 1 Back-to-Basics session and an
in-depth study of iWeb to create and
publish web pages and web sites. If
you have any questions on this
topic before the B2B, please e-mail
Jerry at [email protected] so that he can
address the questions in the presentation.
Web Page Archival
Increasingly, we get more of our information from the web. While making
your way back to a web page you once
found is not an impossible task, it’s
sometime more difficult than you’d
expect. And we know that many CMC
members like to archive web page content so they don’t ever have to go
looking for it again.
With that in mind, this month’s presentation with Chris Hart, computer
consultant, will cover the archiving of
web pages, as well as finding content
from sites you’ve previously visited.
Chris will present a myriad of ways to
archive web pages, each with its own
benefits. He’ll demonstrate specific
examples and explain why some methods are better than others. He’ll also
spend time talking about software applications that make web page archival
easier. Come join us and make your life
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Thank You!
Our February presenters had lots
to share at last month’s meeting.
In Part 1 of “All About
Your Website,” Jerry
Bonvisuto gave us his
views on the ways to get
started withy our own website. Part 2, “The Ins & Outs
of iWeb” will be presented on
March 31st.
And our main presentation with Chris Hart
brought us his expertise on “The Mac and
Internet Security.” Keeping our Macs safe
on the Internet and our identities safer was
the main message of his
presentation.
Thank you to both
Jerry and Chris
for those most
enlightening
presentations.
April 2010
Chronicle
Adding Podcasts to Your Playlists Can Help You
Become a “Mac Genius” ............................................................ by Jerry Esposito, CMC president
Inside
Import YouTube and
Other Video to Your
Mac
page 2
Dreamweaver Killer
page 3
Book Review:
The Creative Digital
Darkroom
page 4
Review:
MacSpeech Scribe
pages 5
CMC Elections
page 7
Lost CDs
page 8
Duplicate Finder
page 9
Meetings and
Member Info
page 11
Do you ever
wish you could
find out more
ways to efficiently use your
Mac and keep it
running smoothly? Or know
when to clear
the cache, run
permissions
repairs, and all
the other things
we tend to forget about until
our Macs are
running slow or
having
problems?
Maybe it’s time
you discovered
podcasts. Not
just any podcast,
but the ones that concentrate on the
world of Mac maintenance, and Apple
and its products. A wealth of information can be had just by listening a few
minutes a day while on your commute
to work. Or, if you’re doing a Saturday
chore around the house, you can set
up your iPod with one of the many
speakers that are offered, or just use
the supplied ear buds. Here I will
share with you what I typically listen
to, and whom I feel offers the most
knowledgeable advice that I have
come to respect. And the best part is
that most of them are free for you to
listen and learn from!
I’ve been listening to podcasts since
iTunes started offering them for
download to the iPod. And the iPod is
a great way to hear them–besides just
playing them on your computer. Some
of my favorites are weekly, but others
are bi-weekly and some even daily.
Get started by selecting Music Store
in your iTunes source column on the
far left, then click “Podcasts” along
the top to search inside the Music
Store. Another way is to select the
small Podcasts icon in the Source column under Library, click the arrow
next to “Podcast Directory” at the
lower right of the iTunes window.
From there you can pick and choose
what you think would be of interest to
you. But that’s just a start. You can do
a power search and come up with
many more podcasts that are chock
full of learning. Information on topics,
including instruction on different
apps, interviews with authors of Mac
books, discussions between knowledgeable Mac gurus and pundits, and
many other Mac-related subjects is
available.
Since I like to try out different applications, I subscribe to several that
offer their thoughts on various apps.
One podcast I enjoy is Surf-Bit’s
“Mac ReviewCast,” hosted by Tim
Verpoorten. It’s a free bi-weekly that
starts out with reviews of freeware and
shareware apps, and then has guest
reviewers tell their experiences using
paid apps. A daily podcast that focuses on Apple-related news is “Mac OS
Ken” by Ken Ray. It’s packed with
information on what’s happening at
Apple, sales figures of all their products, who’s suing Apple, who Apple’s
suing–well, you get the picture. It’s a
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Cocoamug Software has solved the
problem of capturing YouTube videos
with CosmoPod for Mac OS X.
CosmoPod is a one-click simple extension to Apple Safari browser that helps
you saving and converting internet
media content to your Mac, iPhone,
AppleTV or iPod.
From Hong Kong comes the latest
release of CosmoPod. CosmoPod 4.2.1
is an intuitive Safari extension that lets
you download Flash videos from all
popular websites like YouTube, Vimeo,
DailyMotion, etc. CosmoPod can automatically convert downloaded files to
an Apple device friendly format, tag
them and add them to iTunes so it’s all
there ready format your next sync. Best
of all, it’s one-click simple!
Additionally, you can convert most
video already on your hard drive with a
simple drag and drop and CosmoPod is
also a great tool to import your DVD
collection to your Mac, iTunes,
AppleTV, and iPhone.
• CosmoPod supports the most popular web video formats (FLV,
DivX, WMV, MMS, RM, RTSP)
• Convert files already on your disk
and DVDs by dropping them onto
CosmoPod window
• Beautiful H.264 encoding for all
your needs (Mac, iPod, iPhone &
AppleTV).
• Works with Elgato turbo.264 and
turbo.264 HD
• Set iTunes movie tags directly from
CosmoPod
• Automatically detects HD Videos
on YouTube
• Extract audio tracks from most
video files and convert it to m4a
• Growl Integration
• CosmoPod perfectly blends into
Safari. It’s just like an extra
Download window, for your media.
What’s new in this version:
• Selectable file extensions for converted files (m4v / mp4)
• Dragging VIDEO_TS folders now
start the DVD import wizard
• Adds m4v file extensions to droppable file types
• Growl framework updated to 1.2.1
• New DVD Import section in user
manual
• Drop zone window overlay bug has
been fixed
System Requirements: • Mac OS 10.4
or later • Safari 4 or later • Universal
Binary for PowerPC and Intel
CosmoPod 4.2.1 is shipping today for
$12 USD. It is a free update for all
CosmoPod 4 licensees. CosmoPod 3
and ealier users can upgrade for $5. 
To download CosmoPod 4.2.1, go to
Cocoamug Software:
http://tinyurl.com/q5bvpu
Based in Hong Kong, Cocoamug
Software is a privately funded company founded in 2007. Leveraging
its longtime experience in development, Cocoamug Software focus is
developing high-quality, simple, and
easy-to-use utilities for the Mac and
iPhone platforms. Cocoamug
Software is also the company who
brought you iRingtones, TabExpose,
AdBlock for the iPhone and iPod
touch and Emoji.
Dreamweaver Killer
Reprinted from the UGN InfoManager,
part of the User Group Network
After a long beta development period, Flux 2 from The
Escapers has left its beta status behind. Throughout development, Flux has increasingly been regarded as becoming a
contender to Adobe’s Dreamweaver.
patible with MAMP, and instructions how to set this up are in
the manual. Web designers from professionals to beginners
are encouraged to download a 30-day trial, and discover the
power of Flux 2 for themselves. 
Go to the Escapers website to download Flux and see the Flux
Screencast (patience, slow loader!):
www.theescapers.com/flux/
Popular website NZmac said “Flux really is the
Dreamweaver killer,” and Enjoy Your Mac simply stated that
Flux is the “100% Dreamweaver Killer.” To celebrate leaving beta status, The Escapers have relaunched their whole
website and created new blogs where future directions of
Flux will be discussed.
Flux 2 boasts an amazing array of new features, and despite
Flux 2 being almost unrecognizable from Flux 1, it remains a
free upgrade for all users. Now users can work directly off
FTP and SFTP sites; no need to repeatedly download and
publish your site. But if publishing your site from your local
computer suits your workflow, Flux can not only publish
to FTP, SFTP, and MobileMe, it also compress all your
images on the fly while publishing. This means that your
large PNGs get compressed before they get uploaded,
making it faster for you and your website’s readers.
Flux 2 is a WYSIWYG design environment, but you can
hand crank code too–click on an HTML element in the
graphical view, and it’s corresponding code is highlighted ready for editing in the code, it does not get much
easier. Unlike most applications, Flux is getting faster as
development continues, so now even G4 users can start to
enjoy using Flux.
At $49.99, customers could be forgiven for thinking that Flux
is a template-driven “starter” program, but nothing could be
further from the truth. Flux lets you start with a blank page
and use advanced XHTML and CSS features, and unlike
some of our competitors, Flux can import your existing site
and even edit it in place over FTP or SFTP. Flux 2 is also com-
With a commitment to providing the highest quality software, The Escapers was founded in 2007 by two brothers
for the purpose of publishing personal productivity software solutions expressly for the Mac platform, with a
major emphasis on total customer satisfaction. Copyright
(C) 2007-2008 The Escapers. All Rights Reserved. Apple,
the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of
Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.
CMC March Meeting Candids
Photos
by John Scott
CMC Photographer
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Book Review:
The Creative
Digital Darkroom
Reviewed by Northcoast Mac User
Group member John Hershey
The Creative Digital Darkroom is almost
intimidating in its size and scope. If not
intimidating, at least impressive, with over 400 pages
of solutions and techniques using the tools of Photoshop CS3,
Adobe Camera Raw, and Photoshop Lightroom. The book’s
back cover touts it as “...ideal for experienced photographers,
artists, and educators alike.” It is also ideal as an ongoing
resource to revisit often in your digital darkroom.
This is not your ordinary Photoshop tips and tricks book, but
a really comprehensive, concise, and even inspiring product
gained through years of experience by teaching expert Katrin
Eismann and fine art photographer Sean Duggan. Although
all chapters are clearly organized to explore one aspect of digital darkroom work at a time, I recommend soldiering through
all of the first four chapters in sequence before skipping
around the remaining six chapters. The authors so skillfully
explain the digital darkroom concept, workflow, settings, and
controls in these first “Essentials” chapters, that the reader is
guided onto the professional and logical “right track” to proceed into specific image improvements.
Of course, the mantra of “I’ll fix it in Photoshop” uttered
when a photographer doesn’t take the time or thought to get
the best possible original digital photo is considered an unprofessional and restricting attitude by the authors. To quote the
book, “The best file is one that requires the least amount of
work, and getting the image correct in front of the lens
reduces tedious, yet essential, file preparation...” So the
adjustments and improvements that take place in the digital
darkroom on your Mac are meant to be additions to your
already superior photographic skills, not a substitute for inferior photography.
Tutorial and example images are available for download
from the book’s companion website. File names are listed
with each tutorial so the reader can work along with the text
by applying the steps to the actual image shown in the book.
And a bonus chapter, “The Print,” is available online on the
creativedigitaldarkroom.com site.
Well worth the time spent under the expert tutorage of the
authors, I would recommend The Creative Digital Darkroom
to any photographer who aspires to world-class imagery and
realization of their personal photographic vision. 
Author: Katrin Eismann & Sean Duggan
Publisher: O’Reilly Press
Retail Price: $49.99
This isn’t a book of “quick tips and gratuitous effects” so
readily found in the mound of Photoshop and Lightroom
books. Subtle adjustments, such as tone and contrast, color
correction, exposure control, and sharpening, to name just a
few – are explored with techniques of digital processing that
are more sophisticated and rewarding than the common kneejerk lunges to one-trick-pony filter buttons and sliders.
For example, there are step-by-step tutorials for using layer
masks and adjustment layers in non-destructive editing.
Tutorials achieve everything from hand tinting to dodging and
burning, dynamic range to contrast masking, blend modes to
smart filters, midtone color correction to lab colorspace, and
other sophisticated techniques.
The book has a textbook feel with an abundance of content
not watered down by the book-design aesthetic of generous
white space. This is a dense, technique-packed volume not
targeted at Photoshop or Lightroom neophytes. Even
Photoshop geeks will find new and different ways to accomplish digital photographic output that has that look of a master
class visual.
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Reprinted from
the newsletter of
the NCMUG,
Rohnert Park,
California
Review:
MacSpeech Scribe
by Tom Piper
Tired of typing? Need a break from the
mouse? Want to step away from touching
the screen? Want to just talk to your computer and have it transcribe every word at
normal talking speed? Better yet, how
about if you record your voice on the
iPhone or mike-equipped iPod, or other
digital recorder, then feed it to the computer for conversion to written text? There is a
terrific product to give you this freedom.
MacSpeech Scribe is the world’s most advanced personal
transcription solution for the Macintosh. MacSpeech Scribe
lets you forget about the painstaking task of typing, and
instead create text documents directly from spoken-word
audio files. Just imagine it … no more irritating and frustrating stopping, rewinding, re-starting, and typing at a
snail’s pace.
MacSpeech Scribe transcribes everything for you, and does it
easily, quickly, and accurately. And it couldn’t be simpler. Just
open your spoken-word audio file with MacSpeech Scribe,
click the “Transcribe” button, and MacSpeech Scribe does the
transcription work for you. Right before your eyes, you’ll see
your file transcribed into text on your screen.
A single MacSpeech Scribe license can create and use up to
six individual voice
profiles, each compatible with all accepted
audio file formats,
including .wav, .aif,
.aiff, .m4v, .mp4, or
.m4a formats. When
composing a letter or
other document by
voice,
users
can
include spoken punctuation, and MacSpeech
Scribe will automatically include the
punctuation marks in
the transcribed text.
Audio file quality
directly impacts transcription
accuracy
achieved, and MacSpeech Scribe
customers are encouraged to
minimize background noise and
use a high-quality recording device
This dynamic tool is the next step in the
MacSpeech family of products driven by
the Dragon Naturally Speaking Engine.
Having recently teamed with Nuance,
MacSpeech also creates speech recognition
solutions for the Macintosh, including
MacSpeech Dictate, MacSpeech Dictate
Legal, MacSpeech Dictate Medical, and
MacSpeech Dictate International. With a
focus on quality, innovation, and value,
MacSpeech’s products provide accuracy of
up to 99%, dramatically enhance productivity, and are as intuitive to use as the Mac itself.
MacSpeech Scribe can be acquired for $149 by going to
http://tinyurl.com/ydobtjm where any of the other products
can also be considered. MacSpeech Scribe requires an Intelbased Macintosh and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. With a
long history of dependable performance, MacSpeech also
provides forums to acquire and exchange information, plus
social network interfaces for Facebook, Twitter and others.
I have used MacSpeech products for number of years with
great success. In addition to the regular tethered headset that
came with Dictate, I have also purchased the high-quality
Plantronics Calisto Bluetooth headset that allows me to walk
up to 30 feet away from my computer (wandering improves
my thinking). This
has really helped me
achieve my goal of
getting away from traditional
computer
tools to be more creative, and have fun
doing it. I highly recommend this tool for
your productivity and
enjoyment. 
Reprinted from
the newsletter
of the AppleJAC
Mac Users Group,
Jefferson City, MO.
www.ctmac.org
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Adding Podcasts to Your Playlists...
quick 10-minute or so program, but
also offers a longer paid-subscriber
program on Saturday that has interviews with many leading industry
personalities.
For more free technical information
on keeping your Mac in tiptop shape,
listen to Steve Stanger’s “The Mac
Attack.” It’s broadcast every couple
of weeks and offers many tips on
maintenance, system repairs, back
up, back up, back up (as he likes to
say) and other subjects that will help
you become a power user. Download
podcasts 106 and 107 to hear all
about the “Care and Feeding of your
Mac.” Steve and Tim Verpoorten discuss low-cost or free must-have
utilities and applications for your
Mac. What I enjoy most about
Steve’s approach is that he uses these
apps himself but lets you know how
to use them also. Plus, he’s a very
knowledgeable Mac user willing to
inform others with his expertise.
Katie Floyd and David Sparks host a
free weekly podcast known as “The
Mac Power Users.” Both Katie and
David are long-time Mac users and
they focus their program on one subject per program, preferring to cover
as much of that subject as they possibly can. They delve into all aspects of
a subject, sometimes for an hour and
a half. The week I wrote this article
they had an interview with Merlin
Mann on “workflows” and productivity. The previous week was on
“traveling with your Mac,” in which
they talked all about the gear they
bring along with them on trips.
Another very informative podcast
that’s technically-oriented but presented in a user friendly way is the
Mac Observer’s “Mac Geek Gab.”
Again, two hosts, John Braun and
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Dave
Hamilton,
talk for at least an
hour on many
subjects that
can be useful
to you when
using
your
computer. The
show is weekly and free, but
they also offer a
paid-subscription
version that gives you
two extra programs a
month with longer formats.
Topics include the Terminal, back
ups, Quick Time, spotlight, Safari,
wireless, prepping your Mac for sale,
and anything else that’s Mac-related.
Well worth your listening to; these
two guys are extra-knowledgeable.
Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Merlin
Mann, Andy Ihnatko and others are
featured weekly on “MacBreak
Weekly” in which they discuss all
kinds of Apple subjects from Snow
Leopard to the iPhone, iPad, etc.
They also offer audiobook reviews,
as one of their sponsors is
Audible.com. This is a very entertaining and free podcast.
The free “Maccast” by Adam
Christianson is one of the very first
podcasts I started listening to and
continue with weekly. He offers
Apple and Macintosh news for the
first half of his show, and then moves
into solutions for technical and application glitches that listeners have
written to him about. He also does
interviews from the show floor at
Macworld Expos.
“MacNotables” offers interviews with
many journalists and authors of books
you’ve probably bought or articles
you’ve read in the pages of MacLife
or Macworld magazine. Ted Landau,
founder of Mac
FixIt and contributor to the
Mac Observer
and author of
many
Mac
books, Adam
and
Tonya
Engst of TidBits
and
the
Take
Control of... series of
books are just some of the
many people interviewed on
this show. Bob Levitus, also known as
Dr. Mac, is a frequent guest, as is
Chris Breen, Macworld’s Senior
Editor. These shows are free also.
“ScreenCastsOnLine” is a video program that offers a free abbreviated
video and an expanded paid version.
The videocasts, or tutorials, as Don
calls them, go into depth on setting up
apps, learning iLife or iWorks apps,
InstaPaper, Twitter, LaunchBar, Snow
Leopard and nearly any app you might
want to use or buy. While not geared
to just listening, you would want to
view the segments on your iPod or
iPhone screen or computer monitor, or
play it on your TV screen. Don
McAllister is considered one of the
best screencast producers of today.
Many application developers use his
actual screencast tutorials as their own
videos for demonstrating how to use
their programs. His Extra Members
Only shows are subscription-based but
give you extra, longer programs and
other perks. I can’t say enough about
the quality of his videos. Try a few of
the free ones and decide for yourself.
download shorter versions free and
see how you like them before subscribing for yourself. An almost
limitless list of subjects is available for
your learning. Go to the website and
check this one out.
Many subjects of interest to us in the
Mac community are covered in Victor
Cajiao’s “Typical Mac User.” He just
completed a 10-part series on “Snow
Leopard from Scratch.” This show is
presented in a very listenable, friendly
format. He also does interviews with
industry leaders, software developers
and experts on Internet security, hard
drive migration, tech child safety, TCP
and other more technical subjects. You
are sure to learn much from Victor’s
podcasts. All are free for the learning.
So, you get the idea that it doesn’t cost
a lot to stay current and informed on
keeping your Mac running well and
getting more done as a power user.
My list changes every so often as I
either don’t have time to hear them all
or if the format stops being of interest
to me. I subscribe to many others
besides those listed here, and listen to
the previous programs when I’m on
the road and can devote more time.
You should take the time to browse the
iTunes store for podcasts you’re interested in by searching for the podcast
names above. Or Google the names
and go directly to the websites to
download the programs or just read
about them. You have nothing to lose
and will only increase your knowledge. Have fun. 
CMC 2010 Elections
Nominating Committee
Report
Last month we told you that the Vice
President's Office was open for nominations. Chris Hart has indicated that he is
willing to run for Vice President. If Chris
runs for VP, the position for Secretary
would be vacant.
The Secretary’s duties are:
a. Be responsible for keeping full minutes of all meetings of the Executive
Board and general meetings of the
club.
b. Keep and have charge of all nonfinancial records of the club.
c. Carry on the general correspondence
of the club as directed by the
Executive Board.
d. Distribute copies of the minutes of
the Executive Board meetings to the
members of the board.
e. Be responsible for notifying all
members of the Executive Board
about both regularly scheduled and
special meetings.
Please consider submitting your name to
either Connie Scott at [email protected] or Linas Venclauskas at
[email protected].
If you have an interest in participating
in CMC, we encourage you to contact
Linas, or Connie. Everyone can contribute to the group (there are several
positions that don’t require an election),
so please don’t hesitate to offer to help
keep your Mac User Group going! 
Another super learning podcast is
lynda.com. Our club offers a month’s
free listening to selected members
whose names are drawn, but you can
www.ctmac.org
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Lost CDs
by Norbert M. Doerner
You know the feeling. The client called and wants to update
and reprint that booklet you did in 2005. The job means real
money, but they need it fast. Where are those files???
I’ve had that situation time and time again. Since I’ve used
CDFinder almost since its first introduction under OS9, I can
endorse this product 100%. It’s a lifesaver, and has found
many, many, long archived files for us. I’m not so hot on all
the bling-bling features, leave those for the young folks —
I’m just in to being able to find files amongst sixty or so CDs
of client work spanning back to the early 1990s.
CDFinder keeps track of your digital files, photos, songs,
movies, on hard disks, CDROMs, Blu-ray disks, DVDROMs, server disks, and any other digital media. Version 5.7
can now geotag photos, and improves cataloging by supporting many more thumbnail and office file formats.
Metadata – CDFinder catalogs metadata of songs, movies,
and photos, including the MP3-Tags of several audio file formats, EXIF, GPS, and IPTC data of photos, and Adobe XMP.
All these are clearly arranged in the user interface, and can be
extensively searched. For numerous photo and video formats,
CDFinder generates thumbnails during cataloging, displaying
them in all list and icon views.
Integration - Offering a tight connection to major productivity tools, such as Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office,
FileMaker Pro, Roxio Toast, Apples Spotlight, Finder, and
iPhoto, and the extensive support of drag&drop into other
applications, CDFinder can support many workflow scenarios. With the iCal integraiton, updating catalogs can be
scheduled to your needs.
Geotagging – Only CDFinder offers the cool GeoFinder,
which searches for photos taken near a spot, even including
the photos in your iPhoto 8 database, or the KMZ export for
coordinates and photo thumbnails as a way to give geolocated photos to friends. And now CDFinder can even geotag
photos itself, no other software needed.
Networking – Store your catalog database on a server for
access from all Macs in the network, and with the sidekick product CDWinder for Windows even from
Microsoft Windows.
Since the initial release of CDFinder 1.0 in 1995, more than
45,000 customers in 87 countries around the world are using
CDFinder to organize their digital library, and manage their data
archive and backups, including NASA, IKEA, BBC, Mattel,
Rand McNally, Pfizer, Random House, and Warner Bros.
Minimum Requirements: Universal Binary (PowerPC and
Intel Macs) Requires Mac OS X v10.4, 10.5, or 10.6 Previous
www.ctmac.org
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CDFinder versions for
older Mac OS operating
systems are also available
CDFinder 5.7 is a free update to licensed users of CDFinder
5.x. A free demo version can be downloaded from the
CDFinder website, the price for new users starts at 29 Euro.
Multiple user packs are available for network users.
CDFinder 5.7 can be found at http://www.cdfinder.de/.
Norbert M. Doerner is a computer scientist with a love for
integration and cool products. He develops great Macintosh
software since 1991. Popular products include the disk cataloger
CDFinder, and various plugins for the Finder, iPhoto and
Aperture. © 1991-2010 Norbert M. Doerner.
Reprinted from the UGN InfoManager part of the User
Group Network. http://www.ugnn.com/. 
New CDFinder 5.7 features:
• Can now add GPS coordinates to your photos (geotagging),
by using the built-in GeoFinder map, or Google Earth to provide the location.
• Cataloging now includes thumbnails for documents created
by Apple Pages, Apple Keynote, Microsoft PowerPoint,
Adobe InDesign and Quark XPress
• Excerpts of text and Microsoft Word documents are now cataloged, can be displayed, and of course searched
• A new Automator Action allows you to catalog or update a
disk in CDFinder. With Apples iCal, that enables you to have
your disks cataloged at specific time intervals, ensuring up-todate catalogs in CDFinder at all times. Great for cataloging
huge server volumes.
• Now catalogs FLAC (Free Audio Lossless Codec) and ALAC
(Apple Lossless) music files, with all metadata, including
lyrics and cover art
• New Japanese user interface
• This version fixes the QuickLook bug in Snow Leopard. Just
hit the space bar, and the selected photo, video, or song (if it
is online) will be shown in QuickLook, just as in the Finder.
• Numerous improvements for cataloging, overall stability, and
better workflow
Duplicate Finder
Reprinted from the UGN
InfoManager part of the User
Group Network
Tidy Up! is a must-have utility for Mac users to reclaim
disk space being taken up by
duplicate files and packages.
Tidy Up! locates duplicate items
using a wide range of criteria including owner application, time created or modified, name, label, extension
and content.
Hyperbolic Software has launched Tidy Up! 2.2.0, the
latest version of the company’s award-winning duplicate finder and disk tidying utility.
Tidy Up! has become a must-have utility for Mac owners
seeking to reclaim disk space being taken up by duplicate
files and packages. Employing a fast search algorithm
that quickly scans any mounted drive volumes (hard
drives, optical discs and portable drives) without writing
an index, Tidy Up! locates duplicate items using a wide
range of criteria including: owner application, time created or modified, name, label, extension and content.
Tidy Up! also offers the capability to scan the databases
of popular Apple applications such as iPhoto, Aperture,
iTunes and Mail. Tidy Up! makes use of “Smart
Baskets” for quick and easy organization of found
items, with the ability to trash, move or archive duplicates, as well as the option to export a list of found
items as HTML or text files.
Version 2.2 of Tidy Up! requires OSX 10.5 or greater,
Snow Leopard full compatible; for machines running
earlier versions of Tiger and Leopard, Tidy Up! versions
1.2.11 and 1.4.10 are still available. Buy it now and pay
only $30 (USD) instead of $39; users of Tidy Up! version 1.x can upgrade for $20. 
To download Tidy Up! v.2.2, go to the Hyperolic
Software website: www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/
Hyperbolic Software has been creating award-winning software
exclusively for the Macintosh since 1996. In addition to Tidy
Up! the company publishes MacGizmo, Smart Trash, iTunes
Dupe Barrier, Maigret and Doublet Scan (the Mac Classic only
predecessor to Tidy Up!). Products may be purchased online.
Version 2 of Tidy Up! introduces nearly 50 new features to this already comprehensive tool. Among the
key improvements are:
• A new Basic Search mode with over 90 predefined search types
• EXIF information supported through new
search criteria and Smart Basket criteria
• The ability to exclude any supported applications (iTunes, iPhoto, Aperture and Mail) from
the search, allowing for identification of items
not included in their databases
• Smart Basket capability to identify items
belonging to a particular album, playlist or
mailbox
• Moved and trashed items may now be replaced
with an alias or symbolic link
• A new and improved interface, including additional information displayed when selecting a
found item
• New user manual
• Added full compatibility with Aperture 3
• Fixed a bug that sometimes crashed the application during a search for MP3 files
• Some cosmetic improvements
• Fixed other minor bugs
Reprinted from the UGN InfoManager,
part of the User Group Network at
http://www.ugnn.com/
www.ctmac.org
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Back-to-Basics: 6 pm.
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With the rise of Apple's other product lines,
the CMC board has decided to explore the
use of our Back to Basics timeslot for
deeper discussions of all things iPhone and
iPad. This month we'll be discussing “iPad
Envy: ebooks on the iPhone.”
One of the features of the iPad is the iBook
app, which is not available for the iPhone.
Have no fear though, there are plenty of
methods available to read books, publications and other content on the iPhone.
CMC member Joe Arcuri will go through
the variety of reader apps available, sources
for books, and desktop applications that
facilitate the ease of reading almost any
type of content on the iPhone.
As we move forward, we will be alternating the 6 pm program between our
traditional Back to Basics programs and
iPhone/iPad specific presentations.
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CMC “shakedown cruise,” as CMC VP
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explore the ins and outs of the Apple iPad.
Jerry will examine what the hardware inside
looks like, what apps are available for it,
what it can be used for, and . . . just how fast
is it? So come join us on April 28, 2010 to
look at and discuss what the Apple iPad is
really all about.
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Thank You!
Our March presenters had lots to share at last
month’s meeting. In Part 2 of “All About Your
Website,” Jerry Bonvisuto gave us his views on
the “The Ins & Outs of iWeb”. And our main
presentation with Chris Hart brought us his
expertise on Archiving of Web Pages. Thank
you to both Jerry and Chris for those most
enlightening presentations.
In the photo below, president Jerry Esposito
awards Bob Sawyer for 25 years of service to
CMC. Bob was a founding member of CMC and
Past President and has volunteered with the
group, serving in nearly all of the board positions
over the years and has attended board meetings
and general meetings dilligently. Thanks, Bob!
Chronicle
May 2010
A Warm Message
from CMC’s President
by Jerry Esposito
Who among us doesn’t like Spring?
After the cold, grey days of Winter,
most of us look forward to the warmer
weather ahead. Getting outside to do
things we’ve been forced to do inside
due to the cold weather is refreshing
and invigorating. And many of us like
to do some activities on our front porch,
deck or backyard. Surfing the web,
checking email, or online chatting on
our laptops or iPhones are also some of
the ways we can enjoy the outdoors.
And with the introduction recently of
the iPad, Apple has introduced the perfect gadget for portable outdoor use.
In order to keep CMC members up to
date with the iPad and iPhone world,
your board of
directors
has
Inside
decided to introduce a slight
Electronics
Recycling
page 2
Doxie Scanning
Now Shipping
page 3
MacBook Pro
Review
page 4
Roxio Toast 10
Review
pages 6 -7
What is RSS?
page 8
MUG Discounts
page 9
Meetings and
Member Info
page 11
change and a refresh of our Back to
Basics sessions. We will be discussing
iPhone and iPad-related subjects, as sort
of a SIG (Special Interest Group). We
will alternate the 6 PM program with our
traditional Back to Basics programs.
As I write this, two of our board members have purchased iPads and several
of our club members have also. And
many of us also own an iPhone. So this
is another way the club can help all of
us get more out of these products.
Members should also take a fresh look
at our website, www.ctmac.org. We’ve
added a link to O’Reilly Books that gets
you a 35% discount, a link to our
newsletters that goes back to 2003, and
our Yahoo members discussion group.
You can also follows us on Twitter. And,
you can download PDFs of many of our
meetings if you missed one or just want
to have your own copy (handier than
trying to take notes at a meeting).
Reggie Dionne, our Webmaster, and
Chris Hart have been working hard to
bring our website up to speed.
Thank You, Bob Sawyer!
by Chris Hart, CMC Secretary
While it’s important for CMC to keep up with the latest technologies, it’s also
important that we maintain a sense of history and remember what this group
has always been about: Mac enthusiasts connecting to and helping each
other. Bob Sawyer has helped CMC in that mission from its earliest days.
In January, Bob decided to retire from CMC’s board, while continuing
as an active member of CMC. Those of us on the board are sad that
we’ll no longer have Bob’s counsel at board meetings. You see, Bob
has a lot of experience to share, as he joined this group in the first
year of its existence 26 years ago. Since then, he’s attended nearly
every single meeting (and I’m not exaggerating — he’s only missed
a couple of them).
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A Warm Message from CMCs President
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Another idea we would like to implement is to have a small photo of each of
our members that can be added to our
members list so that board members
can better match your names with your
faces. With nearly 100 members it can
be difficult for us to know everyone and
we’re hoping this will help. I have
asked our photographer, John Scott to
start the process of getting this done as
soon as possible.
We will have our annual board elections
at the May meeting, so please come forward and volunteer your talents to help
the board come up with more ideas to
better make CMC your club.
So, let’s not waste the great weather
that’s sure to be here when you get this
issue of the newsletter by taking it outside to finish reading it there? See you
at the next meeting. 
Thank You, Bob Sawyer!
In the early days, Bob helped CMC
establish itself formally and build
upon its beginnings as a gathering of
Northeast Utilities employees. Like
the Mac itself evolved from its first
incarnation in 1984, Bob’s participation in this group has seen him
involved in many roles.
He has served as the group’s librarian,
newsletter editor, newsletter printer,
auction cashier, Vice President, and
President. Many of you know Bob
best as raffle Chairperson, the position
he most recently held. Nearly every
meeting in recent years has ended
with Bob presenting raffle items to a
few lucky members.
All the while, we’ve had the pleasure
of enjoying Bob’s jovial personality
and easygoing manner. At our monthly meetings, he’s always provided
helpful tips to other members and at
board meetings, he’s offered valuable
input on the decisions that frequently
face the group.
We’ll miss your volunteerism with the
group, Bob, and we thank you sincerely for 26 years of faithful service. 
Electronics Recycling 2010
Upcoming dates
By Chris Hart, CMC Secretary
Sat., May 15, Hartford
Sat., May 22, Hamden
Sat., June 5, Manchester
Sat., June 12, Harwinton
Sat., Aug. 21, Essex
Sat., Sept. 18, Glastonbury
Sat., Sept. 25, Watertown
Sat., Oct. 2, Essex
Sat., Oct. 16, Enfield
Sat., Oct. 23, Torrington
As in past years, the Connecticut Resource
Recovery Authority is holding several electronics
recycling days this year throughout central
Connecticut. They offer this service in conjunction
with participating towns that sponsor the effort. If
you live in a participating town (and if you’re a
CMC member, it’s quite likely you do), you can
bring your household electronics to be disposed of
properly. From cell phones to printers and calculators to computers, they take pretty
much everything (but not appliances or
household chemicals).
Full details, including a list of participating towns: http://tinyurl.com/2cutd4
www.ctmac.org
page 2
(You don’t have to live
in one of these towns to
take advantage of this
service, but you must be
a resident of a CRRA
member town.)
Doxie Scanning Now Shipping
Doxie creates crisp, clean scans anywhere with patented
scanning technology; scan paper and photos directly to
Google Docs, Flickr, Evernote, and more.
Doxie, the modern paper scanner that scans directly to the
cloud, is now shipping. For home and small business, Doxie
makes scanning, sharing, and organizing paper and photos
easy for $129, with a lightweight, portable design built for
scanning anywhere. “Document scanners are frustrating
and poorly designed,” said Travis J. Hicks, chief operating
officer. “Doxie, on the other hand, is portable, USB powered, and comes with software that scans paper directly to
PCs, Macs, and web apps like Google Docs, Evernote,
Acrobat, and Flickr. You’re bound to be impressed.” At an
ultra-light 10.9 ounces, Doxie is built to travel – scan with
any PC or Mac with just one connection. Doxie is always
ready to scan, offering crisp, clean copies of documents in
full color at up to 600 dpi thanks to its patented scanning
technology. A single button – Doxie’s Heart Button –
makes sharing anything on paper fast and seamless.
Announced at CES/ShowStoppers and Macworld Expo
2010, Doxie’s final shipping version offering additional
features including the Doxie Cloud personal document
sharing service and sounds from Soundrangers. 
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Included software for simple scanning and direct cloud sharing
Direct integration with popular desktop and web apps like
Google Docs, Picasa, and more
Free Doxie Cloud service for turning paper into postable URLs
for instant sharing and web based access on iPhone, iPad, and
other mobile devices
Automatic cropping, rotation, contrast, and image cleanup for
crisp, clean scans
Advanced photo editing with direct support for the Picnik
online photo editing suite
Save as PDF, JPEG, or lossless PNG
Fully accessorized with cloud scanning software, USB cable,
quick start guide, leatherette case, photo scanning sleeves, and
a pack of six designer skins
Pricing & Availability
Doxie is now available to order at $129, direct from
www.getdoxie.com.
Mac OS X 10.5 or later; one free USB 2.0 port.
For complete product information, or to place an order,
visit: http://www.getdoxie.com.
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The four hours I got was on full regular use, screen as bright as it can be,
keyboard light on, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,
etc. This means that on a plane, with
my battery saving techniques in
place, I should easily be able to get
five hours now. So while eight to nine
seems like a pipe dream (at least from
my experience), I’ll definitely take
five (maybe six).
MacBook
Pro 15"
Core i7
Review
by Terry White
President
MacGroup Detroit
Migrating Over
My Config
8GB RAM, 15.4" Antiglare LED
Display, 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
processor, 500GB 7200 RPM drive
The Design
There’s nothing really new with the
design. My last MacBook Pro was the
1st generation uni-body enclosure. So I
was already familiar with this design
and Apple hasn’t really changed it
much. They replaced the ExpressCard
slot with an SD card reader and I was
already mentally prepared for that.
Otherwise from a look and feel perspective, it feels just like my old one.
Don’t take that as a knock. There wasn’t anything wrong with the design
(other than I still prefer the older trackpads with a separate button).
crazy about with my last MacBook Pro
was the very reflective glossy display. I
lived with it and it wasn’t the end of the
world, but apparently Apple listened to
the cries of thousands of photographers
and offered an anti-glare option. I went
for that option this time around. Right
off the bat I could tell I was going to
like it better. Not only is it antiglare,
but it’s also recessed just like the previous aluminum MacBook Pros, which
means my 3M privacy screen fits in it
nicely again.
It’s Quiet
My last MacBook Pro seemed to
always be running the fan. Yes, I do lots
of processor intensive work, so the fan
is on all the time even in this new one,
but it’s much, much quieter than my
last one.
The Display
One of the first things that caught me
totally by surprise was that I didn’t
know that Apple changed the default
resolution of the 15.4" display. It’s now
1680×1050 as opposed to the old one
being 1440×900. Of course the advantage is that you see more on screen and
the disadvantage is that everything is
smaller. It took about a day to get used
to it, now I don’t give it a second
thought and I do appreciate having
more of my documents display without
scrolling. However, if you have a hard
time reading/seeing small things on
screen this could be a problem for you.
Sure you can change the resolution, but
anything other than the native resolution will be soft unless you use an
external display. The one thing I wasn’t
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The Battery Life is AMAZING!
I never ever ever pay attention to
Apple’s claims on battery life when it
comes to a MacBook. I never pay
attention to the claims, because I
never get anywhere near what they
specify the machine can do. I think
my last MacBook Pro was rated at 45 hours of battery life. I’m always
lucky if I can do 2.5-3 hours. On average it’s probably closer to 2 hours. So
when I saw the claims on this one
doing 8-9 hours on battery I said
“yeah right!” Do I get anywhere near
that? NO! However, I do get double
what I used to get. I can easily go 4
hours or more now on battery and for
me that’s huge! I haven’t even tried
any battery conservation techniques.
It’s always a debate with me
to either migrate over from my old Mac
or start FRESH with the new one.
Starting FRESH is better because
you’re not bringing over unnecessary
baggage and problems from your years
of migrating. However, starting fresh
takes longer to get everything reinstalled and back to the way you like
things. I always seem to bail on starting
fresh because usually I don’t have the
downtime it would take to do so. Once
again I migrated…sigh. I used Ethernet
to do so figuring that Gigabit Ethernet
on both Macs would be faster than
Firewire 800. Even so, moving over
350GB’s of stuff can take hours and it
did (about 4 to be exact). However,
everything came over nicely and is up
and running.
The Speed is Awesome!
At the end of the day this update is all
about speed for me. One of main reasons I waited till 2010 and didn’t go
with the 2009 model is because I figured Apple would put the Core i7
processor in the MacBook Pro just like
they did in the iMac. I’m glad I waited!
Knowing that Adobe Creative Suite 5
was coming and that the move to 64 bit
was underway (Photoshop CS5, After
Effects CS5 and Premiere Pro CS5 are
now all 64 bit), I not only wanted as
much RAM as I could get, but I also
wanted the fastest processor I could get
in a Mac laptop. That’s the Core i7 and
it doesn’t disappoint. Everything is
snappier! Here are my Xbench results
(note: Xbench is a free download from
http://www.xbench.com):
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E
Here are the results
from my 2008 MacBook
Pro Core 2 Duo:
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The Bottom Line
While this MacBook Pro isn’t a revolutionary update over my 2008
model, it has all the right things in it
to make the upgrade worthwhile.
I try to plan my purchases to get the
most out of the latest processor,
graphics and RAM improvements.
This move was worth the wait.
“My new MacBook Pro
got a better overall score
than my Mac Pro!”
…and just for giggles,
I ran the same test on my
“production machine”, my
1st generation Mac Pro*:
E
Here’s the results from
the the NEW MacBook
Pro Core i7:
*(yes, I’m in
the market for a
new one; just
waiting for the
2010 model). My new
MacBook Pro got a better overall score than my
Mac Pro! 
Reprinted from MacNews of MacGroup-Detroit.
Terry White is the President and Founder of
MacGroup-Detroit, Inc. Active in the Macintosh
community for over 25 years. He is the coauthor of the Best Selling "The iPhone Book",
host of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and a
technology writer - Terry White Tech Blog.
www.ctmac.org
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nificantly more flexible and powerful then the built-in disc-burning
included in the Mac OS. Toast also
makes backups easy by allowing
you to span backups across multiple
discs automatically.
Candidate for a
Pullet Surprise
Often called "An Owed
to the Spelling Checker")
by Jerrold H. Zar
I have a spelling checker.
It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.
Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it's weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a bless sing,
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays come posed up on my screen
Eye trussed to bee a joule
The checker poured o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Be fore a veiling checkers
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if were lacks or have a laps,
We wood be maid to wine.
Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
Their are know faults with in my cite,
Of none eye am a wear.
Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped words fare as hear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud.
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws are knot aloud.
Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft ware for pea seas,
And why I brake in two averse
By righting wants too pleas.
Washington
Apple Pi IFAQ
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Review:
Roxio Toast 10
Reviewed by Dave Greenbaum
Toast has been synonymous with
disk burning almost as long as Macs
have been around. I remember when
Toast was an Adaptec product and
came bundled with my superexpensive SCSI CD burner. Version
10 of Toast, now owned by Roxio, is
an evolutionary upgrade. Each version of Toast includes slightly
difference bells and whistles. In
fact, this version has so many features that if I listed them all, I
wouldn’t have any room to review
them. I’ll summarize Toast 10 in
this way: it puts your digital lifestyle
in “turbo” mode. It doesn’t replace
iLife and your digital hub, but
makes it better and accessible everywhere. Not only that, but it puts
things all in one place. A majority of
Toast’s functions could be cobbled
together with third-party utilities,
but Toast packages it all together
and with greater ease of use.
Toast already is known for being
able to burn CDs and DVDs (as well
as MP3 discs, audio CDs, crossplatform and hybrid discs), and
these capabilities remain intact in
the latest version. Even if you just
use Toast for disc burning, it is
worth the purchase because it is sig-
TiVo users will find Toast to be their
absolute best friend, as Toast 10 is
the first version that allows you to
move data from your computer and
put it on the TiVo. Previous versions
only allowed you to move data off
the TiVo. Now, we can take a show
off the TiVo to free up space as well
as to back it up. If you want to
watch them again, just transfer
back. Transferring is slow and takes,
on average, about an hour for an
hour-long show. Now, our TiVo gets
along perfectly with our Apple TV
and content moves effortless
between the two. Toast takes your
TV shows anywhere. With its
Streamer app, you can even watch
your TV shows on the Internet via
your iPhone or a laptop. If you have
video on your computer, Toast will
move it to practically any device
under the sun. If all you are doing is
working with digital video content,
your functions might be better
served by Roxio’s other product,
Popcorn. The differences are very
confusing! For example, while both
programs allow you to move content off your TiVo, Popcorn doesn’t
allow you to put content back on
your TiVo. Additionally, Popcorn
does not include the Streamer app.
In the past, Roxio has included new
video features first in Toast and then
later into Popcorn, so the next version of Popcorn will probably
include more Toast 10 features.
A bit deceptive is Toast’s DVD
capability. It will not work with
commercial DVDs and Toast makes
that pretty clear in its ads. Toast is
designed to complement iDVD and
iMovie for some digital content.
Toast, similar to iLife, has a suite of
video editing and DVD authoring
apps. If you already have iLife (and
who doesn’t?), you’ll find much of
this repetitive. Comparing the two
suites, Toast tended to be a bit simpler when it came to video and
DVD options. iLife can be overwhelming when all you want is a
simple way to show a few pictures
on a DVD player. However, if you
are looking for video editing and
DVD authoring, and can only
choose one program, iLife would be
the better option.
Toast’s audio editing capabilities,
via its built in CD Spin Doctor
application, was much easier to use
than Garage Band. Built into Spin
Doctor are step by step tutorials on
how to convert LPs to MP3s.
Additionally, Spin Doctor makes it
extremely easy to capture streaming
audio from websites. Of course,
other programs do this as well, but
similar to iLife, these functions are
integrated right into to the program.
Conversions are Toast’s middle
name. OK, it’s not, but it could be. As
mentioned earlier, if it’s on your
computer, Toast can put it somewhere else. New in this version is the
moving of audiobooks into MP3 format. You can do this by hand, but you
loose chapters in the book and have
one, long, unmanageable MP3 file.
Toast preserves the chapter divisions.
And if that wasn’t enough (but
wait…there’s more), Toast throws
in some additional features just to
round off the package. Disc Cover
RE let’s you make custom CD
labels, Disc Catalog RE Maker catalogs your digital media for you,
and Get Backup RE is a backup and
file comparison utility. These are all
RE (Roxio Edition) versions, which
means they are slightly crippled versions of the full programs. However,
the companies will allow you to
upgrade to the non-Roxio versions
for a reduced price. For example,
Get Backup is normally $39.95, but
its RE upgrade price is $19.95.
Whew, that’s an exhausting feature
set and I’ve only scratched the surface! Most every function in Toast
can be found in another product
(even Roxio’s own Popcorn), but
Toast packages it all together and
makes it as easy to use as…wait for
it…wait for it…a toaster!
Pros: Practically every audio and
video feature packaged together. An
absolute must for TiVo owners. Still
does a great job burning discs.
Cons: A bit pricey and duplicates
other products already on the market.
Four out of five dogcows 
Reprinted from the Southern New
Hampshire Apple Core newsletter.
CMC 2010 Elections
to be held May 26th
The nominating committee is
announcing that John Stifel was
nominated for the office of Vice
President. All other offices had the
current slate of people who are willing to run a second term and are
running unopposed as of the April
meeting. The final call for nominations will be at the May general
meeting and a vote will take place at
that time. If you have any nominations, please send to the nominating
committee: Connie Scott at
[email protected] or Linas
Venclauskas at [email protected].
We are also looking for someone to
help us out monthly with our free raffles. And, our newsletters always have
a monthly “Download of the Month”
column. We need a volunteer or two to
recommend software to our members.
This is a fun position that would allow
you to try out different applications that
can be downloaded from the Internet.
You don’t need to be an expert with
Macs to volunteer with CMC. You only
need a desire to keep CMC healthy and
our meetings interesting.
For 24 years, CMC has sustained
because members just like you
have stepped up and volunteered.
Remember, CMC isn’t a company or
an organization – it’s a group of Mac
enthusiasts helping each other. We cannot sustain without the involvement of
our members. Please don’t hesitate to
contact me to find out more about the
role you can play in keeping this group
going. Thank you for your consideration. Jerry Esposito 203-824-1576
[email protected] 
New in this version is the moving of audiobooks into MP3 format.
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What is RSS?
By Lee Donehower
Every day you go to your
favorite bookmarked websites (like DVMUG.org of
course) to see if anything new
has been posted. But what if
you could just have the new
posts from those websites
automatically sent to your
mail client’s inbox, landing
there just like the morning
paper lands on your doorstep?
This is the concept behind RSS
(Really Simple Syndication).
In Leopard (OS/10.5) and
Snow Leopard (OS/10.6),
Apple Mail has an RSS section
in the Preferences that allows
new posts from your favorite
websites and blogs to be collected and read in the Apple
Mail reader. The RSS prefs
are not available in Apple
Mail for Tiger (OS/10.4) and
earlier. If you’re running
Tiger or an even older operating system, you’ll need a free
RSS reader.
There is a YouTube video at
http://tinyurl.com/25b9qn
that explains what RSS is,
how it works, and how to
employ it if you’re not running Leopard or Snow
Leopard on your machine.
Actually, I recommend that
you watch it regardless of
your current operating system. However, if you are
running Leopard or Snow
Leopard on your Mac, follow
the simple directions below
to subscribe to any of the
DVMUG Blog feeds and
read them in Apple Mail
whenever a new post is
uploaded, eliminating the
need to check the DVMUG/
Blog website.
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page 8
For Leopard and Snow
Leopard users:
1 Open Apple Mail and go
to MAIL -> PREFERENCES
to open the dialog box, then
click on the RSS tab at the top
(see #1 in fig. 1). Next, in the
Default RSS Reader drop box
(see #2 in fig. 1), choose Mail
from the list.
Figure 1
2 Quit Mail, open up your
browser of choice (i.e.,
Safari, Firefox, etc.) and navigate to the DVMUG website
at: http://dvmug.org/. Click
on Blog in the menu bar.
From the Categories list
(fig. 2) in the left-side navbar,
click on the blog you’d like to
subscribe to (I highly recommend Photoshop!).
Figure 3
4 A drop menu appears
(fig. 4) asking which feed you
wish to subscribe to. You’re
top choice is the overall blog
which would include posts to
all categories available. The
middle choice, Atom Feed, is
for an RSS reader other than
Apple Mail. The bottom
choice is for the category you
selected in Step 2.
Figure 4
5 Once you make your
selection from the drop menu
in Step 4, it automatically
opens up Apple Mail and displays a dialog box (fig. 5)
containing the web address of
the RSS feed you’re about to
subscribe to. Make sure Show
in Inbox is UNCHECKED
and click on the ADD button:
7 Clicking on the name of
the feed in the RSS list displays the most recent posts in
the upper incoming mail section (see fig. 7) and clicking
on any of them will display
them in your mail reader.
Figure 7
8You can unsubscribe from
an RSS feed at any time by
right-clicking (control+click)
on the feed in the list and
choosing DELETE from the
drop menu (see fig. 8):
Figure 8
Figure 5
6 The RSS feed now
appears in your Apple Mail
inbox (see fig. 6) and displays
the number of unread messages from your new feed.
Figure 2
3 Click on the blue RSS
feed button (hovering your
mouse over the blue button
displays “Subscribe to this
page”) in the web address
window box at the top of the
web page window (fig. 3).
That’s it for Leopard & Snow
Leopard users! Remember:
with older operating systems
you’ll need a free RSS reader
from the Internet; just follow
the directions in the YouTube
video located at:
http://tinyurl.com/25b9qn

Posted in DVMUG,
WebStuff. Reprinted from
the newsletter of Diablo
Valley Macintosh User
Group.
Figure 6
Apple User Group
Resources has a
NEW website!
The User Group discounts are
brought to you by the Apple User
Group Advisory Board. You must be
a current Apple user group
member to qualify for these
savings. Not a member? Join an
Apple user group today to take
advantage of these special offers.
The AUG Market Report and
Resource blog are great sources
for information about Apple user
groups, vendor discounts, special
events,
interesting
reviews,
stimulating training & more.
The new website address is:
http://appleusergroupresources.com
Recent offers include:
• O’Reilly: New Discounts
for MUG Members
• 28% off iPhone Life magazine
with bonuses
• 25% Off Mac Help Tutorials
• Updated Offer – New Mach 3
Composites Macbook Protection
Case: 27% Discount
• 50% Off iTravel Alarm Clock
Plus, you can subscribe to the Apple
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The AUG Market Report and
Resource blog are great sources
events, interesting reviews, stimulating training and more.
For the latest special offers, go to:
For special “protected” offers, use
the CMC Password: *
*Note: CMC Password above is ONLY
located in your mailed CMC newsletter.
Visit the new Apple User Group Resources
website and bookmark the new address today!
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President
Jerry Esposito
[email protected]
Vice President
Jerry Bonvisuto
[email protected]
Chris Hart
[email protected]
Treasurer
Linas Venclauskas
[email protected]
Ambassador
Joseph Arcuri
[email protected]
Connie Scott
[email protected]
Editor
Deena Quilty
[email protected]
Design
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Webmaster
Reggie Dionne
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Special Events
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The Ins and Outs of iDVD
iDVD is one of our most requested topics. So, for our Back to Basics session in
May, Jerry Bonvisuto will present “The
Ins and Outs of Using iDVD,” covering:
• How to integrate your music (from
iTunes, Garage Band, etc.), photos
(from iPhoto, Photo Booth, etc.) and
movies (from iMovie, Photo Booth,
iPhoto and iTunes)…and how to get it
all onto a professional-looking DVD.
• How to use iDVD's Project to personalize your DVD.
• How to use iDVD's Magic iDVD and
OneStep DVD features to create a
professional DVD that is easy to set
up and play on your TV.
So please join Jerry at 6 P.M. for an
informative hour on all things iDVD!
CMC Meeting Notes
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Digital Photography Join Mark Maglio, one of the principal partners of 4Biz Group, who will
show us how to take images from a
digital camera and then upload them
to a SmugMug picture gallery. Mark
will show us how to store, arrange and
create custom galleries with public or
password-protected viewing. He will
also explain how to protect your
images on the site, and how to make a
profit by selling prints using the site’s
shopping feature.
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Wednesday, May 26 at
The Ins and Outs of Using iDVD
Digital Photography - from
your Digital Camera to the Web
Thank You!
At our Back to Basics session in April, Joe
Arcuri brought us lots of info on reading
eBooks on our iPhones. Besides reviewing
the Kindle app and others for iPhone he
introduced us to Good Reader, an app that
allows any eBook to be read on the iPhone.
At our Main meeting, Jerry Bonvisuto
shared both his iPad and his iPad knowledge with us for a very information-filled
hour. He took his iPad through the paces in
order to bring us his impressions before we
all rush out to buy one for ourselves.
Photo by Jack Bass
Chronicle
June 2010
Summertime…and the Winning is Easy
Hello fellow CMC members! As you
know, every month we have a free raffle for members. Tickets are picked up
at the door entrance and immediately
following our main meeting, we raffle
off three prizes.
We’ve been running low on donated
items and items obtained at trade
shows, especially since there is no
longer a Macworld held on the East
Coast. To help us stay current with
products that we feel would be of interest to our members, your CMC board
has voted to spend some money, very
frugally I might add, to acquiring some
new raffle items.
To help us, we have asked past president and our current ambassador, Joe
Inside
Mark/Space
Discounts
page 2
Airport Express for
Entertainment Center
Network
page 3
Eye-Fi Geo Cards
page 4
HippoRemote Pro 2.2
page 5
SmileBooks
pages 6 -7
PrintCentral 1.5
page 8
MUG Discounts
page 9
Meetings and
Member Info
page 11
Arcuri, to keep a watchful eye out for
items that can be had at very reasonable
costs. The rest of us also let Joe know
when we see something of interest so he
can get it or tell us it’s over his budget.
So far we’ve added to our raffle items
the following: a Belkin mini surge protector with five AC outlets and two
USB outlets, screen protectors by
Screen Guard for iPhones, an iPad case,
a set of small speakers for the
iPod/iPhone, a wireless mouse, several
iPhone and iPod car chargers, and a
USB hub. Long time club and board
member Jack Bass has donated three 4
GB Lexar Flash Drives. And past vice
president Jerry Bonvisuto has given us
an iPad case.
Mark/Space Extends Discounts
on Their Sync Products
Looking for some of the best sync utilities
in the business? The folks at Mark/Space
are offering Mac User Group members
discount on any of their synchronization
products, including The Missing Sync,
Fliq Desktop or GoGadget.
Just visit the Mark/Space web site:
www.markspace.com/, pick what you
want, then use the coupon code LOVEMUG at checkout, and you’ll save 20%
on your purchase.
2010-2011 CMC Officers
Congratulations to the newly elected 2010 2011 Connecticut Macintosh Connection
officers. They are from left to right:
president Jerry Esposito, vice president
John Stifel, secretary Chris Hart, and
treasurer Linas Venclauskas.
CMC member Steve Richheimer comes away
with the prize at our A pril CMC meeting
If you should come across an especially
good deal that you think would be suitable for our raffles, please email Joe or
myself and we’ll try to
purchase it.
So long for
now and good
luck in the
next raffle! 
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Hardware Review:
Pogo Stylus
by Dave Greenbaum
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The iPhone, as many people know,
is an absolute masterpiece of
form and function. However, all
these functions are useless if you
can’t actually touch your phone.
Dirty or gloved hands render the iPhone
completely useless. The Pogo stylus
bridges that gap, allowing you to use a
stylus to control your iPhone.
When the iPhone’s touch sensitivity
works, it works great! However the first
week I owned my iPhone, I realized how
vulnerable my phone was. I got a flat tire
and began to change the tire when I ran
into some trouble removing one of the
lug nuts and decided to call roadside
assistance. Oops. My hands were greasy
and grimy and I simply couldn’t control
my iPhone. Without paper towels or anything I was in major trouble. From then
on, I carried a disposable phone in the
car with me! Similarly, in the winter, my
iPhone also wasn’t terribly useful with
gloved hands. Again, my expensive
smart phone was dumbed-down by a
thin piece of leather. And while this hasn’t happened to me, I’ve seen women
with long sculpted fingernails look about
as stumped as Edward Scissorhands with
an iPhone. Why deny them the ability to
use an iPhone?
Unlike other smart phones, you cannot use a
regular stylus, since the iPhone relies on the
electrical impulses of your fingertips or other
body parts. The Pogo is a stylus designed
specifically for touch screens. The bottom of
the stylus has spongy material designed to
activate touch screens. The Pogo stylus was
not as responsive as my stylus was on my old
Palm Pilot, but the Pogo was still extremely
useful. The material at the bottom was soft
and won’t scratch the iPhone, and in fact,
helped clean mine a bit. I was even able to
use it with my GPS, keeping my hands warm
on the cold days.
The Pogo package comes with a clip to
help keep the Pogo Stylus connected to
your iPhone without creating bulk.
Unfortunately, the clip did not work
with my external iPhone case, but people who keep their iPhone naked will
have no problem using the Pogo Stylus.
At $14.95, the purchase of a Pogo
Stylus is about the best investment in
protecting the usability of your iPhone.
You may not need it today, but at some
point you’ll need your iPhone and your
hands will be dirty, wet, or otherwise
inaccessible. That Pogo stylus will
allow you to make the call! I keep one
in the glove compartment and another
in my laptop bag.
Pros: Allows iPhone use in situations
you can’t directly touch the screen
Cons: Clip doesn’t work if the iPhone
has a case
Five out of Five Dogcows
Reprinted from the
newsletter of the
Chicago Apple User Group
Airport Express for
Entertainment Center
Network
To complete the “multi-tasking,” I connected the Airport
Express to my stereo with a cable that connects earphone
jacks to RCA connectors. (To connect it to an optical port
on a stereo, you would need Apple’s special optical cable.)
by Walt of the FLMUG
This setup is better for me for a few reasons:
• I didn’t have to buy hardware that might have only
worked on Samsung’s player.
Do you have new devices in your living room entertainment center that
could connect to the Internet? Or be
controlled by things on your house network like computers or smart phones? Do they
have Ethernet but not built-in Wi-Fi?
I have a Samsung Blu-ray player that my wife
gave me for Christmas in 2009. Every since,
my family has been asking (pestering) me to
connect it to the Internet so they can watch Netflix downloads on it. (They discovered unlimited viewing for $9 per
month on my iPad.)
We’ve gone back a few times to the big-name electronics
store where it was bought. We were trying to buy the
Samsung-specific Wi-Fi adapter for it (LinkStick I think),
but they were always out of stock. When I did find one
online, I balked at the $79 price tag. (That was mail order
on the Internet in April 2010.) For that price, the LinkStick
would only get the one device online.
My wife is a big fan of the food channel, and we watch
Alton Brown’s “Good Eats” quite a bit and I like his philosophy of preferring devices that “can multi-task.”
So instead, I bought an Apple Airport Express for $99, just
$20 more than Samsung’s LinkStick. (Be careful not to
confuse the Airport Express with an Airport Extreme basestation or other airport device.)
I installed it behind the entertainment center by just plugging it in and connecting an Ethernet cable to the blue-ray
player. I connected it to my laptop with an Ethernet cable,
but I could have connected to it
wirelessly. I used the Airport
Utility that was already on my
Mac and set it to connect to
the house Wi-Fi. After it
restarted, I connected it
to the Blu-ray player with the Ethernet
cable. I checked the
setup on the player for networking and voila! It was on the Internet and
we began the Netflix setup. (The Samsung player
comes setup for Ethernet connections from the factory.)
• It was available in the same electronics store where
Samsung’s connector was out of stock.
• I can attach the Airport to my stereo and send music
through it. This is really cool. (Now I want my iPad to
send to it.)
• I could decide to attach a USB printer to it, sharing it
on the network. (Not likely my wife will allow that in
the living room.)
• I could get this device to connect to my 5GHz Wi-Fi
hub (the space on the normal 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi is pretty
crowded in my neighborhood.)
• If I give away, move, lose, or can’t use the Blu-ray
player for some reason, I can re-use the Airport for
other things.
• With the addition of a cheap hub, I could connect more
devices. The Samsung widget would only have connected the one Blu-ray player. (And the GUI for setting
that up was OK, but not as good as the Airport Utility.)
• The Samsung was setup to use an Ethernet connection out of the box. I didn’t have to change anything
to make it work. Other devices might be setup that
way as well. 
Reprinted from The Florida
Macintosh Users Group, Inc.
A irport
Express. It’s the
simplest wireless router
you’ll use. Plug, play, print.
A nd it works with Mac and PC.
www.ctmac.org
page 3
Eye-Fi Updates Geo Card for
Apple and Adds Hotspots
doesn't work if there are no Wi-Fi gateways
broadcasting nearby, or if you're not in a builtup area that Skyhook has scanned.)
by Glen Fleishman
Eye-Fi has updated the Wi-Fi SD camera card
that it sells exclusively via Apple Stores with
double the memory and a number of other features. The new Geo X2 card has 4 GB of
storage and will cost $69.99 when it becomes
available for purchase in May 2010. The Eye-Fi
Geo X2 works with Mac OS X software to
transfer photos directly into iPhoto.
Eye-Fi embeds a processor, Wi-Fi radio, and storage in the
tiny SD form factor. The card operates independently of the
camera in which it's inserted, using Wi-Fi to transfer images
and videos to a computer running Eye-Fi software on the local
network and/or uploading to online storage and sharing sites
directly. It can also transfer to a file server via FTP and SFTP.
This latest Geo model for Apple is part of a revision in
speed, capacity, and features that the company mostly
released in March 2010 with its new X2 series of cards. The
Connect X2 ($49.99, 4 GB), Explore X2 ($99.99, 8 GB),
and Pro X2 ($149.99, 8 GB) each come with a slightly different set of features.
All X2 cards include 802.11n networking for faster data
transfer, as well as a feature Eye-Fi dubs “Endless
Memory.” With this option enabled, the cards automatically delete the oldest stored images and video that have been
successfully transferred to a computer or Web site when the
card starts to fill up.
(The X2 cards and previous models include a Selective
Share feature that lets you use a lock or protect feature on
most cameras - normally meant to prevent accidental erasure of images - to instead choose which pictures to upload.
The feature lets you choose to use selective uploading for
computer transfer, online sharing, or a combination of both.)
The X2 models all transfer JPEG images as well as several
movie formats including MPEG-4, AVI, and QuickTime.
The Pro X2 also uploads raw files.
The Geo, Explore, and Pro X2 models all include geotagging using Skyhook Wireless's Wi-Fi positioning system.
The Eye-Fi card captures a scan of any Wi-Fi networks in
the vicinity when a picture is taken, and when the pictures
are later transferred via Wi-Fi (not loaded via a card reader) Eye-Fi looks up and attaches coordinates to the image's
metadata. iPhoto '09 and Aperture 3 automatically use this
location data for the Places feature. (Of course, this feature
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The Explore and Pro include a year of free
hotspot uploading, which was recently upgraded to include 21,000 locations operated by
AT&T in the United States, and will be further
expanded in the next two months. Walk into a
hotspot and turn on a camera with an Eye-Fi
card, and it will automatically log in and upload
images to whatever services you specified.
The hotspot upgrade adds support for Devicescape's system
for bypassing login screens at paid and free hotspots.
Devicescape lets you enter any credentials for network
access, like a Boingo Wireless account, in an account you
create at Devicescape's Web site. When you visit a hotspot,
the software handles behind-the-scenes interaction with a
Web server in the hotspot to pass it those credentials. No Web
browser is required.
Devicescape also adds automated login for tens of thousands of free and open networks for which a user would
otherwise need some mechanism to enable a connection.
The software works extremely well on “interface-free”
devices, such as Eye-Fi cards.
Eye-Fi also lets you enter network passwords and other configuration information using Mac or Windows software when
the Eye-Fi card is connected via a card reader. Devicescape
can also manage home and office network passwords.
Starting 1 June 2010, Eye-Fi will charge $29.99 per year for
hotspot access, either as an add-on for Connect and Geo X2
owners, or as a renewal for Explore and Pro when the first
year is up. Until 31 May 2010, Connect and Geo owners
can pay a promotional price of $14.99 for a year's access.
I believe this latest release checks off the final item on Adam
Engst's 2008 opinion piece, “Why I Hate the Eye-Fi Share
Wireless SD Card” (18 August 2008). Adam had many complaints, including incorrect iPhoto import behavior, an
inability to handle movie imports, and the lack of a way to
choose which images were transferred. The faster speed of the
newer cards mean that media files are typically transferred
before a camera automatically powers down, too. [Well...
Having wasted $100 and lots of time testing software updates
to the original 2 GB Eye-Fi card, I wouldn't even consider
purchasing a subsequent model and would need to do handson testing before I would trust that these nominal feature
improvements perform as advertised. It's also worth noting
that the Eye-Fi cards cost five to seven times as much as comparable normal SD cards. -Adam]
continued on page 5
Eye-Fi Updates Geo Card
I was more impressed back in my article, “Why I Like the
Eye-Fi Explore Wireless SD Card” (18 August 2008), and
I've found the regular feature improvements, the increase in
memory, and the faster file transfers make the current EyeFi models even more enjoyable. 
Reprinted from Tidbits 27 April 2010
HippoRemote Pro 2.2
RoboHippo LLC has announced the
release of HippoRemote Pro 2.2 for
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dozens of popular Mac/PC/Web applications, a multi-touch
trackpad, an international language-capable keyboard, an
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confines of the desk.
New in Version 2.2:
Gamers want to play games on big screen HDTVs in the living room. However, PC/Mac gaming has been confined to the
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Device Requirements:
• iPhone or iPod touch • 2.0 MB
• Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
Pricing and Availability:
HippoRemote Pro 2.2 is $4.99 and available worldwide
exclusively through the App Store. Free HippoVNC server
program for the Mac/PC. In lieu of HippoVNC, users can run
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Sharing functionality built into all Macs. 
HippoRemote Pro 2.2: http://hipporemote.com
Purchase and Download: http://tinyurl.com/33oqdxj
Action Games
Online Games
Platformers
Flash Games
Customized game profiles are available from the
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Universal App Remote & Game Controller for Mac/PC
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Check It Out:
Smilebooks
by Caryn Lum, DVMUG Member
My family recently returned from
London—our very first trip outside the U.
S. My two sons and I are reasonably competent photographers and, among the
three of us, we shot about a gigabyte and
a half of digital images.
It seemed a shame to have all of those
images confined to our computers, so I
thought I’d create my first-ever photo
book. After doing a little Internet
research, I selected SmileBooks
www.smilebooks.com the U. S. arm of a
well-established and respected European
photofinisher, to do the job. You can create your SmileBook on your own using
their online or desktop (Windows 2000+
or Mac OS 10.5+) software but, as luck
would have it, I happened on a coupon
that let me try their new professional
design service for free, paying only the
printing and shipping fees.
I carefully cropped and color-corrected
about a hundred images in Photoshop,
saved them as maximum-quality .jpgs
with an sRGB color profile, and started a
soft-cover 8-inch square “plain paper”
book on a Sunday night. I also labeled my
images to let D know which images
should be kept together – if you don’t
label them, D will arrange images by date
and time using his/her best judgment.
Uploading my images was remarkably
fast, and D returned Version 1 the following morning.
To be honest, I was rather alarmed by
Version 1. D had explicit special instructions I’d given, and the colors on my
color-calibrated monitor seemed a bit
faded. On the other hand, I could never
have laid out a 26-page book on my own
that fast.
To use the professional design service,
you either upload a large number of photos and let a graphics professional come
up with a book based on basic style guidance selected from the website, or you
select your favorite photos and have the
designer figure out how to arrange them
into a book. Printing prices for 26 pages
range from $17 to $90+, depending on
size, type of paper, and cover; shipping
adds another $8. For 26 pages you need
about a hundred photos; you can add
more pages in sets of eight.
Making corrections with the Internet tool
was very time-consuming, and there were
a lot of them. Communication with D is
one-way; you write D, but (s)he does not
write back. Thinking that D had ignored
my instructions because his/her native
language might not be English, I took a
lot of time to meticulously explain my
corrections. The Internet tool was pretty
good for providing feedback, but horrible
for adding captions. I’d carefully place a
caption only to have it move when I
pressed “enter” to commit to my changes.
After the designer (“D” for short from
here on in) comes up with an initial layout, you use a Flash-based Internet tool to
make corrections. The SmileBooks Web
site claims that you can go through as
many iterations of your book as needed
until you and D get it right, but in truth,
SmileBooks really hopes that you’ll be
done by the third iteration and suggests
that they might not be the right photofinisher for you if you’re still having major
difficulties at Version 3.
Version 2, available Tuesday morning,
was a vast improvement over Version 1,
and Version 3 an improvement over
Version 2, but D continued to ignore some
of my instructions and, maddeningly, kept
moving my carefully placed captions to a
location of his/her (as opposed to my)
choosing. There was no way to hide D’s
captions using the correction tool, making
it very difficult to replace them with mine.
D also kept making numerous unaskedfor tweaks, about 70-80% of which I
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ended up not liking and had to “correct”
back to the previous version.
At this point I was extremely frustrated,
so I sketched the layouts I had in mind as
Photoshop .jpgs and submitted them to
customer service. The customer service
agent apologized, and Version 4 was pretty close to what I had in mind. Version 6
wasn’t perfect, but frankly, I was afraid to
ask D for any more fixes, lest (s)he screw
something up that was reasonable.
Designer's layout vs. mine. The designer's
layout, at left, is reasonably attractive, but
(s)he never did get the caption placement
quite right, even though I wrote and sketched
what I wanted at least three times. The design
service also puts severe limitations on font
size and face. On the right is a layout I created myself using the SmileBooks desktop
software. It's plain, but the captions are exactly where I want them. Its companion page,
I received my book a week after I finalized the order. By and large, the book is
gorgeous; the images are tack-sharp when
resolution and focus permit and look
much better than the designer’s previews
– or even the originals – on my monitor. I
Photoshopped one page entirely on my
own, saved it as a 12x12-inch 300-dpi
.jpg, and asked D to set it as a full-bleed
background image; images on that page
look as sharp as on D’s pages. However,
D applied a gradient to three images that
was quite subtle on my monitor, but nearly blotted out affected sides of the images
in the final copy. I have forwarded a scan
of the printed images and the original
files to customer service and am hoping
for redress, since customer service has
offered to fix a few customers’ books
when customers complained on their
forum or Facebook page.
What did I learn from all of this?
I’m an experienced digital scrapper
and fairly proficient with
Photoshop. After I finished the book using
the design service, I downloaded the
SmileBooks desktop software and spent a
week using the same images to create my
own book, which will be a blend of pages
created with the SmileBooks software and
pages designed completely in Photoshop
and inserted into the book as full-bleed
background images. I honestly felt that the
professionally designed layouts were a bit
soulless. On the other hand, the finished
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images of the sort that appear on the company’s website. Even if you have a lot of
graphics experience, the design service
might also be the way to go if you need to
quickly put together a gift that might not
meet your personal standards, but that
most people will love.
You can check out demonstrations
and reviews of the SmileBooks
desktop software on the Internet. It’s not
Photoshop, but it has a shallow learning
curve and is particularly good – better
than Photoshop – if you want to create a
basic arrangement of many photos
quickly. However, if you want to blend
multiple layers and dozens of design elements into a mind-blowing page you’d
be proud to post on a digital scrapbook
gallery, you’ll have to use Photoshop and
set your page as a background image.
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If you’re designing your own book,
it’s very important to use an sRGB
color space. If you correct your own color,
you must turn off the SmileBooks automatic color correction feature. My printed
images are a little more saturated and redder than the images on my color-calibrated
monitor. For the most part, the printed
images look great, but because the color
leans toward red I ended up with one picture in which the subject looks a bit
sunburned and, as I noted above, gradients
that were subtle on the monitor were
extremely dark in the printed copy.
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designed primarily in Photoshop, is on the
bottom right. I used advanced blending techniques to blend two backgrounds by Scrappy
Pony and Paula Kesselring with my images,
set my photoshopped page as a full-bleed
background and used the SmileBooks desktop
software to place the captions. I think my layout of the seven images is more interesting
and does a better job telling my story than
does the designer's.
product is very attractive—my husband
liked the book a lot—and even though I
had to spend approximately twenty hours
over six days making corrections, it was
completed in much less time than it took
me to create a book on my own. I finished
my own book working assiduously for a
solid week—and only that fast because
I’d already acquired a lot of good ideas
from the design service. SmileBooks has
plans to integrate the design service with
its online software, which I imagine will
eliminate many of the problems I had getting my designer to do what I wanted. I
also imagine that the design service will
work well for people who have little
design experience, few captions, relatively few images per page and “average”
The only indicator of resolution in
the desktop application is a sad
face that appears if your resolution is too
low to make a SmileBooks-acceptable
print. Although their forum moderators
recommend submitting your personally
photoshopped pages as 300-dpi .jpgs,
both the software and the design service
will allow enlargement of an image such
that the resolution must be well under
300 dpi. I breathed a sigh of relief when
I saw that several images that must have
had a resolution lower than 300 dpi
came out OK in print.
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5
the Flash-based captioning tool used with
the design service is worse. If you have a
lot of text, consider creating your page in
Photoshop instead. Buried deep in the
desktop software package, I discovered an
xml-file that lists “SmileBooks-OK” fonts
that will appear in the SmileBooks menu,
but some of my favorite decorative scrapbooking fonts weren’t among those.
SmileBooks assumes that most of
their
customers
are
not
“advanced” users and provides only
basic instruction in their help file and on
their website. Before creating your own
book, check out the SmileBooks forum
at: www.smilebooks.com/forum and
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/
smilebooks.fans. Their forum moderators provide helpful answers to people’s
questions and I avoided a lot of grief by
following tips given to other customers.
My own questions were answered within a day of being posted on their
Facebook page. If you sign up for their
newsletter and/or become a Facebook
fan, they’ll send you discount coupons.
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Finally, SmileBooks is headquartered in Germany; my credit card
company tacked a 3% foreign transaction fee onto my purchase. US customers
receive no warning at checkout that this
might happen. I gather that most of the
major credit card companies charge a
similar fee, but a few don’t. If you have a
choice of credit cards and are making a
large purchase, it might be worth finding
out which company will give you the
best deal on the foreign transaction. I’ve
posted an online version of this review
that includes screenshots of my
SmileBook as designed by the design
service and in the desktop application at:
http://tinyurl.com/34sg9hb 
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Reprinted from the newsletter
of the Diablo Valley
Macintosh User Group.
The text tool in the desktop software leaves a lot to be desired and
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PrintCentral 1.5
EuroSmartz, the Apple® iPad® &
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directions are below.
From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn
right at first traffic light onto Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic
light, turn right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main building
to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when you get to the Academic
Entrance. The road becomes two-way there so you should be able to tell where
to turn. (Do not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second right
into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go past the police station
entrance on your left (small sign). You will see a continuation of the building
with its own entrance area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground
floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This is the first room on
your right. The rest rooms are on your left as you enter.
Thank You!
At our May 26 Back to Basics session,
Jerry Bonvisuto responded to a muchrequested iMovie/iDVD lesson by
providing our members with his experiences using iMovie and Magic iDVD to
make slide shows and movies. He then
demonstrated what media types to use and
how to burn movies to a DVD.
For our main meeting, Mark Maglio of
4Biz Group gave a very informative demo
of how he uploads his photos to the
SmugMug picture gallery site. He told
how he uses A dobe’s Bridge app as his
gobetween and the pluses of paying a little extra rate for a quality site such as
SmugMug. He showed us all of the various ways we can protect our photos and
make some money selling them.
A thank you goes out to both Jerry and
Mark for bringing their knowledge to the
club’s members.
Chronicle
July 2010
We Begin Summer with Some Board Changes...
Hello fellow CMC members. Now that
we’ve had our annual board election, I
want to inform you about our latest board
member changes.
A new Vice President has been elected
to the board: John Stifel replaces Jerry
Bonvisuto as coordinator of our
monthly programs.
For the past several years, John Stifel has
worked as a graphics consultant for many
local and national clients including WINAM
Wines, a wine importer, ESPN-Director
Services, Hotel California Tequila, Brioni’s
Coffees, and Jennings Smith Investigations,
Inc. where he supports investigators with
creative and marketing strategies, as well as
investigations. He also holds an operations
position for American School Safety. All this
while upholding his most challenging position – a stay at home dad.
Prior to his ongoing consulting, John
worked as an Associate Creative
Director/VP at Donahue Advertising, a
Hartford based advertising, event marketing, and public relations agency. During that
time, he serviced many accounts ranging
from high-end consumer clients including
José Cuervo, ESPN, Northbeach Leathers
and Phoenix Wealth Management, to heavy
industrial clients such as L.S. Starrett
Company, and United Abrasives, as well as
CPTV and Amistad America.
John brings lots of experience and ideas
to our VP role. I am confident the coming
year will be filled with informative programs for all of us.
Also, the board has selected Duncan
Stephens to help get the word out about
our club – he’s our new Public Relations
person. Duncan brings us his experience
in editorial work through his past ownerCMC president Jerry Esposito, vice president
John Stifel, secretary Chris Hart and treasurer
Linas Venclauskas
Stepping outside his creative role at
Donahue, John has coordinated several
national events for Jose Cuervo/Ornelas
Cigar, Ltd., ESPN Special Events, Konami
and Phoenix Wealth Management, receiving high national awareness on all the
tours. Prior to his tenure at Donahue, John
started his career as a designer/creative
manager for Cenconn Advertising and
Display Co. in Plainville, CT, while attending Paier College of Art.
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Inside
Picture History
page 2
iPhone Could
Save a Life
page 3
Apple Extends
Safari 5 with
Reader, HTML5,
Performance
page 4
What I’ve Learned
About Buying and
Selling on eBay
pages 6
Apple User Group
page 8
Meetings and
Member Info
page 11
Review: Combine PDFs
By Tom Ebersold, CMC member
I purchased Combine PDFs a few years
ago and have found it to be an indispensable piece
of software. The software simply and elegantly
does what its name implies: combine multiple
PDFs into one file. Additionally, it can also be
used to break apart a PDF file by removing
whichever pages you wish to exclude.
I use Combine PDFs when I scan a document, and
use the program to stitch together the individually
scanned pages.
I will also create a PDF document with Word, and
then combine that PDF with an existing PDF file.
The software is simple and intuitive to use: just
import the files, or drag them into the interface,
arrange the pages as you wish by dragging them,
and then click on the button to “Merge PDFs.” To
remove unwanted pages from a file, import the
file, and the individual pages will appear.
Highlight the pages you wish to delete, and click
on “Split PDFs” to generate the desired file.
PDFs can also be encrypted.
The cost is $30 for one user, $99 for a family
license for up to five users, and $299 for a company license serving up to 20 users. System
requirements: 10.4 or later. It is compatible with
Snow Leopard, 10.6. 
http://tinyurl.com/53tqo
We Begin Summer with Some Board Changes...
CMC Chronicle
ship of two newspapers. We’ve been
without a PR person for a while, but we
are always interested in building our
membership rolls, so I am sure that
Duncan’s experience will help us do that.
Editor
Deena Quilty
So, while Jerry B’s shoes will be hard to
fill, we wish him luck and welcome John
and Duncan to our board.
Designer
George Maciel
Photographer
John Scott
Publisher
Connection, Inc.
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Printer
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from our members!
newsletter.
Chris Hart and Linas Venclauskas are both
continuing with the board for their second
year; Chris as our Secretary and Linas as
our Treasurer. Jack Bass will continues his
work in Special Events, Joe Arcuri is our
Ambassador and Deena Quilty is our
newsletter editor. George Maciel designs
Picture History
Reprinted from UGN InfoManager
Of course, you can get historical photos
from the Library of Congress, but this is
another source.
The web site is an archive of photos
covering more than 200 years of
American history. In fact, it takes you
all the way back to the early 1600s. It
is possible to browse the images
through categories called, category,
decade and photographer.
Category has the topics of: Abraham
Lincoln; Architecture and Buildings;
Arts and Entertainment; Business and
Commerce; Historic Eras and Events;
Law and Criminal Justice System; Life
Cycle; Nature; People & Professions;
Places & Vistas; Politics & Government;
Science; Health & Medicine; Social
Conditions and Trends; Transportation
& Communication; and War & Military.
Photographers are: Edward Anthony;
George N Barnard; Mathey Brady;
Charles D. Fredricks; Jeremiah Gurney;
Alexander Gardner; Lewis Hine;
William Roe Howell; Dorothea Lange;
Jose Maria Mora; Timothy O’Sullivan;
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and puts together our monthly newsletter.
Reggie Dionne is our Webmaster and
Connie Scott retains her historian position.
John Scott continues his work as our photographer and Jerry Bonvisuto will be
checking the Internet for interesting
“Downloads of the Month.” Now we are
in need of a Raffle Chairperson to help out
with our monthly free raffles. If anyone is
interested, please contact me.
Also, you can reach any board member by
email; see page 10 in each issue of the
newsletter for addresses. Please let us know
any ideas and suggestions you may have to
help make CMC a stronger user group. 
Jacob Riis; Napoleon Sarony and
William Shaw Warren. (Brady is the
only one I know.)
The Anniversary one is really fun,
because it gives dates by month and
associates a photo with that date. For
example, January 1, 1892 was the opening of the Ellis Island Immigrant Station.
So they have a picture of the station.
The only issue that I might have with
this site is that the pictures are watermarked and are limited to 300 dpi.
Licensing rates depend on usage and
length of time in use.
See it all here:
http://www.picturehistory.com
Reprinted from the User Group Network:
http://www.UGNN.com
iPhone Could Save a Life
Reprinted from User Group Network
IcePics allows the user to simply hold up the phone, press
one button, and have an email with a person’s photo and the
GPS location sent almost immediately to one or more
remote locations.
Independent software developer Jeff Neumeyer has released
IcePics 2.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Soon to be
available for use on other App-enabled phones.
How can you protect yourself from an attack?
Anyone who suspects they are about to become a victim of
kidnapping, rape, robbery or assault simply has to point their
iPhone at the suspicious person and push the IcePics button
on their iPhone. IcePics will email a picture of the bad guy
along with the GPS location of that photo instantly to contacts
pre-selected by the owner.
By rapidly sending a photo of a person to remote emails, persons with ill intent will think twice because their chances of
being caught rise astronomically. Even if the perpetrator
smashes the phone, the photo is already gone from the iPhone
and has been sent to the pre-selected emails. That information
is saved for use whenever the owner is being approached by a
suspicious person.
Inventor, developer of IcePics, Jeff Neumeyer says:
“A person with ill intent, such as a child-napper, mugger or
rapist, will almost certainly abandon their plans because
the chance of them being caught is almost assured …
IcePics can actually prevent a crime from happening as
opposed to a great program like Amber Alert which is activated after a child is abducted or reported missing. IcePics
could be the most important app written for the iPhone
because it can save lives today.”
when any phone is aimed at
them. Most criminals will not
stop and second guess whether
or not someone actually has an
iPhone equipped with IcePics.
To learn more about this app, or
to purchase IcePics go to the
IcePics web site.
Device Requirements:
iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad;
Requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or
later; 0.4 MB.
IcePics 2.0 is only $2.99 and
available worldwide exclusively
through the App Store in the
Healthcare & Fitness category. 
IcePics 2.0 website:
http://www.icepics.com/home
Demo Video:
http://www.icepics.com/video
Jeff Neumeyer, of Metairie, Louisiana. developer of the IcePics
personal security iPhone App, has been involved in a wide variety of computer hardware and software projects over the past 30
years. Among his career highlights are the earliest 3D work in
micro-computer bases CAD/CAM systems and the development
of on-line database-driven inventory systems. Jeff is a partner in
software development with Tim Richey of Muncie, Indiana, a
developer and writer with more than 15 years experience. Richey
has authored five computing titles, including a number one bestselling Java programming book. Copyright (C) 2010 Jeff
Neumeyer. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone,
iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S.
and/or other countries.
Reprinted from the User Group Network:
http://www.UGNN.com
Because the photo can be taken silently, without the camera
click sound, a user can press the IcePics icon button and use
the few seconds that it takes for the phone’s camera to autofocus, to hold the phone up to their ear and position it for a
picture of the suspect without alerting them or offending
them. “Since the email recipients are selected in advance
there’s no fumbling with who’s going to get the email of the
photos,” says Neumeyer, “the photos and location are on their
way automatically. A suspicious person could range from
someone who just gives you the creeps to someone whose
behavior causes you to fear they may be intending to commit
a crime, whether it’s theft, violence or even terrorism.”
Even if a person does not have an iPhone, or doesn’t purchase
IcePics, once criminals become aware of the app they will flee
By rapidly sending a photo of a person to remote emails, persons with ill intent
will think twice because their chances of being caught rise astronomically.
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Apple Extends Safari 5 with
Reader, HTML5, Performance
by Adam C. Engst
reprinted from TidBITS
In a WWDC keynote dominated by the iPhone 4 and iOS 4,
Steve Jobs didn’t so much as mention Apple’s other major
release of the day: Safari 5 for both Mac and Windows. In step
with the version number, Apple is focusing on five new features
of Safari 5: Safari Reader, more support for HTML5, better performance, support for Bing in the search bar, and a Safari
Developer Program that enables developers to create extensions.
Safari 5 Reader
Safari Reader – The primary user-focused feature in Safari 5
is Reader, which extracts the text from recognized articles and
displays it without ads, site graphics, or other visual distractions. Plus, on sites that break longer stories into multiple
pages, such as the New York Times, Safari Reader automatically follows the necessary links to present the entire story on
one long scrolling page. A translucent pop-up at the bottom of
the screen provides controls for changing text size, sending
the page via email as a Web archive, and printing the page.
You invoke Safari Reader by clicking the Reader button in the
address bar (or choosing View > Enter Reader [CommandShift-R]), and it displays the page in what looks like a
JavaScript-driven lightbox - sort of a Web-based dialog where
the rest of the page is darkened and the Reader display is inset
within it. The controls for changing text size, sending email,
and printing aren’t new - the standard menu commands and
their associated keyboard shortcuts have existed for quite
some time. (They are: View > Zoom In [Command-+], View
> Zoom Out [Command–], File > Mail Contents of This Page
[Command-I], and File > Print [Command-P].)
There are some interesting quirks related to Safari Reader.
Most notably, there’s no way to know which sites it supports,
or, more to the point, which HTML tags it uses to identify articles within a site. For instance, Safari Reader doesn’t work on
the TidBITS home page, but does work on TidBITS articles.
And it does work on the Take Control home page, but not on
Take Control News posts. On the sites I tried, including
TidBITS, Safari Reader considers reader comments to be
“visual distractions” and doesn’t display them.
Also, the Reader button in the address bar replaces the RSS
button, leaving one to wonder how you’d subscribe to a site’s
RSS feed if Safari Reader is active. The answer is to click and
hold on the Reader button, which reveals the normal RSS
menu for various feeds.
Unfortunately, the visible control for sending the page via
email uses the Mail Contents of This Page command, rather
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than Mail Link to This Page (Command-Shift-I). If you want
the latter, invoke it manually from the File menu or keyboard
shortcut. Happily, though, if you invoke Print (in any way)
while Safari Reader is showing, the resulting printout reflects
the much cleaner Reader display rather than the normal Web
site layout.
Safari Reader will undoubtedly prove controversial in some
circles because it will reduce the click-through rate on ads
even further, especially for sites that break long articles into
multiple pages - each with their own set of ads. Even beyond
the advertising issue, it’s somewhat distressing to see Apple
deciding for a publication what content is and is not relevant.
On the TidBITS site, for instance, we consider our reader
comments highly relevant, along with related articles that link
to the article being read, but Safari Reader hides all of that and
more. I’d like to see Apple publicize how Safari Reader works
so publications could choose what parts of their content
would be recognized, and how.
All that said, Safari Reader is notable mostly because it has
been built into one of the main Web browsers by default.
There have been numerous ways of focusing on the text of an
article on a Web page over the years; the most impressive ones
I’ve seen are Readability (on which Safari Reader was based)
and Readable, both of which operate via JavaScript-based
bookmarklets. Both should work in any modern browser.
Improved HTML5 Support – Apple is now making a very
big deal about how the iOS supports two platforms, native
iOS apps and HTML5-based Web apps. As a result, it’s not
surprising that Safari 5 on the Mac now boasts greater
HTML5 support, with things like full-screen video, closed
captioning for video, location services, and much more.
HTML5 support is one of those chicken-and-egg situations
at the moment, since Web developers can’t rely heavily on
it until it’s well-supported in most browsers, and browser
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Page caching is the final feature that Apple claims to have
improved in Safari 5, though Apple says only that additional types of Web pages are now cached, without giving
any specifics.
Bing Search – Also new in Safari 5 is the addition of Bing to
the search engine options in Safari 5’s General preferences; it
joins Google and Yahoo. Apple also added Bing to the search
engine options in iOS 4, and it’s hard to know quite what to
make of the addition.
Safari 5 Bookmarks
makers may not have significant incentive to support it well
until it has wide adoption. (For useful information showing
what tags are likely safe to use for different browser versions,
see the When Can I Use... site.) So it’s good to see Safari 5
trumpeting its HTML5 support, since that will raise the bar
for other browser makers. Using the HTML5 Test site (which
could be biased in some way), I found that Safari 5 is indeed
the most-compliant HTML5 browser around, edging out
Google Chrome. The scores are out of a total of 300 points.
•
•
•
•
•
•
Safari 5: 208 and 7 bonus points
Google Chrome 5.0.375.70: 197 and 7 bonus points
Firefox 3.6.3: 139 and 4 bonus points
OmniWeb 5.10: 129 and 7 bonus points
Opera 10.53: 129 and 4 bonus points
Camino 2.0.3: 46 and no bonus points
Better Performance – Apple claims better performance in
Safari 5 on three fronts: the Nitro JavaScript engine, DNS
prefetching, and improved page caching. Although Apple has
some charts showing Safari to be the fastest browser available,
it’s hard to translate benchmarks into real-world performance.
For instance, although Apple says that Safari 5’s Nitro
JavaScript engine is 30 percent faster than Safari 4’s, 3 percent faster than Chrome, and twice as fast as Firefox 3.6, it
was hard to see the difference on JavaScript-intensive sites I
use. Part of the problem is that many such sites are using
AJAX, so although JavaScript is being used to present an
interface to the user, there’s also a bunch of back-end work
happening that isn’t always quick.
DNS prefetching is quite neat - if you’re on a page containing
links to other sites, Safari 5 automatically looks up those
addresses so when you click on one, it already knows the
site’s address, reducing the time necessary to load the page.
Apparently, this feature has existed in Google Chrome for
some time; thanks to commenter Glenn Rempe for the tip.
According to the Stat Owl site, Google dominates the search
engine world with 86 percent of the market. Bing is second
with 6 percent, and Yahoo third with 4.92 percent. So it’s possible that Apple merely wants to help even the playing field,
especially when you consider that Google’s share of the
search market for the Safari browser is over 95 percent. Given
the tension between Apple and Google of late, I could see
Apple wanting to spread the search traffic around so as not to
become entirely dependent on Google for search.
Of course, the inclusion of Yahoo Search sort of already did
that, but since July 2009, Yahoo Search has been powered by
Bing. Oddly, the databases or algorithms must be slightly different, since Yahoo Search and Bing don’t present quite the
same results to the same searches.
Safari Extensions – The last of Apple’s marquee features in
Safari 5 is support for Safari Extensions, something that has
been needed for a long time. Developers have resorted to all
sorts of ugly hacks to modify Safari’s behavior in the past, and
hopefully the new extensions will enable developers to extend
Safari in interesting ways while playing within the rules.
Extensions are managed in a new Extensions pane in Safari’s
preferences, which implies that automatic updating of extensions will be available. (The Extensions pane appears only
once you’ve installed an extension, or if you enable the
Develop menu from the Advanced pane, and then choose
Develop > Enable Extensions.)
A new Extension Builder application helps developers create
Safari Extensions, which can put buttons on the toolbar,
change the way Web content appears, add controls to Web
pages, and more. Safari Extensions rely on HTML5, CSS3,
and JavaScript, so they should be more accessible to Web
developers than would an extension model that requires
Cocoa programming in Xcode.
Although it’s hard to determine the specifics, it looks as
though Apple may be evaluating Safari Extensions in some
way. All Safari Extensions must be signed with an Appleprovided digital certificate that comes free with
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What I’ve Learned about Buying and Selling on eBay
by Deena Quilty, CMC editor
I’ve given at least a couple of presentations about selling (and buying) on eBay,
but I continue to learn all the time. So I
thought I’d write this article to discuss
some of the basics again, and to share
some of my latest experience with others
looking to enrich their eBay profits!
Setting Up
First, of course, you need to be registered on eBay. It’s the same process
whether you intend to be a buyer, a seller, or both. Next, if you want to sell,
you need to set up a seller’s account;
eBay will walk you through it. The last
thing to set up is a PayPal account; both
buyers and sellers need this.
If you’re going to be selling, I recommend these preference settings for your
account:
• Block buyers from other countries
• Block buyers without PayPal account
• Block buyers with high negative/
unpaid feedback
Without these settings, you are almost
certainly asking for headaches. As you
gain more experience, you can try
accepting sales from other countries
and see if you want to continue handling all the exporting/shipping issues
involved. (I don’t.)
Buying/Bidding
Buying on eBay can net you some good
bargains. I routinely check eBay for
almost anything I intend to buy. I even
bought my new kitchen faucet on eBay.
And, buying is a good way to get started with the whole eBay experience.
Buying will also get you started with a
feedback rating.
You can browse categories (kind of like
window shopping), or do a specified
search. Remember that the search box in
eBay works like other Internet searches;
that is, it supports Boolean type searches.
Check out http://tinyurl.com/9wjsv for
help on how this works. Better yet, use
Auction Sieve to help you search more
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effectively; it’s free. It really helps you
winnow out the sometimes thousands of
items that come up in a search.
Make sure you read the listing in its
entirety; there may be details in the fine
print that are important you. Note especially the specifics about condition,
dimensions, shipping charges, etc. And
occasionally, a seller will forget to post
something significant; in this case, just
send a note to the seller and ask about it.
Always remember that a bid is a contract.
Don’t bid if you’re not serious; this violates eBay’s rules and causes hardship
for sellers.
To get the best deals, I suggest you forget
about early bidding; this just drives up
the price for everybody. Instead, have
eBay put in a proxy bid for you near the
end of the auction, no sooner than a couple of hours before it ends. This means
that eBay will automatically bid for you,
up to your proxy bid amount. So you
don’t have to keep coming back to bid
every time someone else places a bid.
But I have a better idea: snipe. And if
you’re not sniping, you’re leaving money
on the table. Auction sniping is the
process of placing a winning bid at the
last possible moment (often seconds
before the end of the auction), giving the
other bidders no time to outbid the
sniper. You can try to do this manually,
but I recommend using jBidWatcher
(again, free). Set it to your maximum
price, and with the timing for something
like the last 15 seconds. Leave
jBidWatcher running, and you can even
leave the house!
A few cents can make the difference.
Most buyers bid in nice, round numbers
like $5.50 or $10.75. But those who
study the auctions learn that a few cents
can make a difference. Instead of bidding $12.50, bid $12.53. Sometimes
these few cents will be a difference
between winning and losing.
Selling
Do your research first. Use eBay’s
Completed Items (under Advanced
Search) and/or AuctionSieve to find
recently sold and current similar items.
This is super important because you need
to establish two things: your opening
price and the minimum you will sell the
item for. So if you want to get at least a
$100 for something, you can see how
other similar items have done with various opening and final prices. If nearly
everything like it has sold for over that
amount, you can save yourself a little
money by starting the bidding at .99.
So, to get started, go to the eBay home
page, and click on Sell/Sell an item to create a listing. It is most important to assign
your listing to the correct category so
buyers can find your item. You may even
want to consider multiple categories.
Use Keywords
Pick three to five keywords that relate
closely to your item. Ask yourself what
words people are likely to use in a search
engine when looking for what you’re
selling. Once you have these keywords,
use them appropriately in your listing
title and item description.
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bids). Be as clear and honest as possible,
especially about defects, damage, age, or
anything having to do with its condition.
Photos are really, really important: the
more pictures, the better. Use good lighting and a non-distracting background
wherever possible. Take the time to crop
and enhance in an image editing program; even add videos if appropriate.
(Try an inexpensive application called
Bling It if you don’t have Photoshop.)
And always add good close-up pictures
of nicks, cracks, wear, or other product
negatives. Use that macro setting on your
camera! You want to present your item as
openly and straightforwardly as possible.
Take Care with Titles
Your title is also super important – use all
the characters available to you and avoid
wasting space with silly things such as
“L@@K!!!.” Your listing title is a key
factor in natural search. Include the most
important keywords or keyword phrases
in your listing title.
Spending time and effort on the title for
an auction listing will attract more buyers.
Good terms to use if they apply:
• Hard-to-find
• Rare, very rare
• Almost new, like new
• Only slightly used
• Old, very old
• One-of-kind
• Vintage
• Unique
• Well loved
• Pristine
• Unusual
• New
• NWT (new with tags)
• NWOT (new without tags)
• NIB (new in box)
For your description: write, edit, write,
and edit – and do a spell check because
typos matter (for searches). The longer
the better; you don’t get charged by the
word so give all the details possible (or
face a barrage of questions, or worse, no
Think about the Buy it Now/Fixed
Price/Reserve options. Obviously, use a
reserve if it is important to you that an
item not be sold for less than a certain
amount. This can turn off some buyers,
however. One way around this is to use a
higher starting price. And if you’re going
to use the Buy It Now option, I suggest
you set it at least 120% of what you
really want to get.
For the duration of your auction, shorter may be better, but only experience
can really tell you this. Look at those
other completed auctions to get a better
grasp on this, but in general, just go
with seven days.
Set it up so that buyers can pay you
immediately using PayPal, without your
intervention. Wouldn’t it be nice to sit
down at your computer in the morning to
see how much money you have already
made since last night?
Fees are based on your opening bid
price, plus a percentage of the final selling price. See the charts I’ve included
here. In general, it’s a pretty good deal
compared to other options (except
Craigslist, which is free, but has a much
more limited market.)
Don’t forget to preview your page once
it’s live – there’s still an opportunity to
fix errors. Make sure you get a confirmation email from eBay, then check your
item again using the actual link in the
confirmation email.
Watch out for shipping costs. In the
beginning, this is hard to estimate
because it’s the weight of the item plus
its packaging and final dimensions that
you have to keep in mind; a scale is your
friend. Breakable items are really tricky
and I have underestimated shipping costs
on this stuff many times – I’m still learning! The UPS and USPS sites do let you
do some estimates, though. In general I
have found that the heavier the item, the
cheaper it will be to go UPS ground. You
can either set a fixed price or let eBay set
up a calculation for you; either way you
have to do some work.
Some people say to time your auctions to
end on Sunday evening between seven
and ten Eastern (four and seven Pacific)
or Monday afternoons. Does this strategy
really work? Hard to say, but it at least
it’s something to go with. So, don’t post
your listing on a Saturday around 2 a.m.
I generally go with posting listings on
Monday or Tuesday evening around 8
p.m. and setting the duration for seven
days. This means the listing will end
Sunday night or Monday night.
Be sure to answer any questions quickly,
no matter how stupid they are (and boy,
I’ve had some stupid ones). Check your
My eBay page periodically for status to
see how the bids are going.
You will get an email from eBay at the
end of the auction. If it sold, make sure
you get your money before you ship! It’s
surprisingly easy to forget this to confirm
this step. Most buyers will pay you within 24 hours, but occasionally a buyer will
wait much longer, or worse, just ignore
your repeated reminders. The more you
sell, the likelier you are to run into these
difficult buyers. eBay can help you take
actions with these types of problems, but
it’s never easy to resolve.
And if it didn’t sell, consider relisting,
perhaps at a lower price or with a revised
title or description.
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What I’ve Learned About Buying and Selling on
Ship promptly, and package everything carefully. The last thing you
want is a buyer to notify you that the item was received in damaged
condition. Sure, it may not be your fault, but you’re the one with the
unhappy customer you need to do something about.
Never forget about how important feedback ratings are. Potential
buyers do look at this. Keep all your transactions above board, and
strive to please every customer.
As you sell more, consider using special software such as iSale or
GarageSale. And get a MobileMe account for picture hosting to save
the fees eBay charges you for more than one photo. This is really the
way to go as eBay’s tools are adequate, but not efficient, plus their
tools for Mac users are lacking. For instance, they have a nice tool for
Windows users called TurboLister, but it doesn’t work on a Mac. But
once you start selling regularly (even a little), you’ll want to get on
board with their Selling Manager. It’s free and can really help you
manage your sales more efficiently. Be sure to check out eBay’s other
selling tools; many are free or rather inexpensive. Some are offered by
eBay, others are offered by trusted third parties.
Lastly, eBay offers a lot of help for you on their web site. Check out
the Help menu at the top right of every page and take advantage of the
Learning Center. There’s tons of good information in there.
And, if you’re into selling, consider listing your item on Amazon.com.
Look for the “Have one to sell?” link on a product’s page. Amazon
charges a higher fee, but listing your item is much less effort.
Have a question? Drop me a line at [email protected]. And I’d also
love to hear your success stories – buying or selling.
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Apple Extends Safari 5 with Reader, HTML5, Performance
membership in the Safari Developer Program. The certificate ensures that Safari Extensions aren’t tampered
with and come from the developer they say they do,
which is good, and they use sandboxing to increase security. Plus, Safari Extensions can be submitted to the Safari
Extensions Gallery, opening in a few months, where users
can find and download extensions. It’s unclear if there
will be any vetting of Safari Extensions along the lines of
iOS apps.
More Features – Other changes in Safari 5 are smaller,
but some will be extremely welcome. For instance:
If you close a tab accidentally, pressing CommandZ before you do anything else will re-open it. This
is tremendously helpful and something I’ve long appreciated in Firefox (where the shortcut is Command-Shift-T).
Safari 5’s address field can now match text against
the titles of Web pages in the History and
Bookmarks as well as any part of their URLs.
Unfortunately, much as Apple likes to call it the “Smart
Address Field,” Safari 5’s address field is still far stupider and less useful than the address fields in Firefox and
Chrome, which attempt to do the right thing with whatever you type, even if that means guessing at a Web page
or performing a search. This is the main reason I don’t use
Safari as my primary browser.
Safari 5 claims to be smarter about opening new Web
pages in tabs instead of separate windows, something
that has long bothered me. If you use tabbed browsing, you
generally want new pages opened in tabs, not windows,
and Safari 4 was rather inconsistent about that.
A new button at the top of the window makes it easy
to switch between Top Sites and Full History Search
views. There’s also a new keyboard shortcut (CommandOption-2) for Show All History in the View menu.
When you’re in Private Browsing mode (choose
Safari > Private Browsing to prevent Safari from
remembering pages you visit, auto-fill information in
forms, or search history), Safari 5 displays a Private button in the address field, next to the Reader button if
necessary. Clicking it turns off Private Browsing.
Safari 5 can filter potentially malicious scripts used in
cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Interestingly, the
StartPanic.com Web site that shows off the CSS-based
browser history leak doesn’t seem to be able to read Safari
Safari 5 Top Sites
5’s history, which is great. However, Safari 5 is still susceptible to the tabnabbing phishing attack (“Beware Tabnabbing,
a New Type of Phishing Attack,” 28 May 2010).
A new Timeline panel in the Web Inspector shows
how Safari interacts with various aspects of a Web
site. To display it, turn on the Develop menu in Safari’s
Advanced preferences, and then choose Develop > Show
Web Inspector and click the Timeline button. Then click
the round red Record button at the bottom of the Web
Inspector and load a page. There are also new keyboard
shortcuts for switching among the Web Inspector panels.
Apple fixed a number of bugs that improve stability
and performance related to Top Sites, trackpad
pinch gestures, pasting text, auto-complete, transferring
images to iPhoto, handling PDFs, making comments in
Facebook, using eMusic.com, authenticating to Windows
IIS, and dragging files while logged into etrade.com.
Finally, Safari 5 eliminates a number of security
vulnerabilities related to ColorSync, PDF handling,
URL obfuscation, clipboard handling, UTF-7 encoding,
CSS, keyboard focus, and more. 
Safari 5 is available via Software Update, or as a 37.46 MB
download from the Apple Support Downloads site. It’s free, of
course, and requires Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.2, or 10.6.3. If
you’re still using Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, you can take advantage of many of Safari 5’s features other than Safari Reader by
upgrading to Safari 4.1 for Tiger, which is a 29.46 MB download from Apple’s Support Downloads site; it’s also available
via Software Update. The Windows versions of Safari 5 run
under Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7; they
seem to be available from the same Support Downloads page
as the Mac version of Safari 5.
Reprinted from Tidbits
27 April 2010
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Technology Futures 2010
This month, we bring you an engaging presentation by Rick Richardson, on the future
of technology and the Mac.
Rick began providing his technology futures
forecast in 1981 and this year will mark an
unbroken string of 30 years of predicting
technology. He’ll offer us a look at current
trends in hardware, software, and communications, as well as emerging technologies.
Join us and gain an insightful picture of both
the short and long-term directions of technology. Rick’s presentation includes a
review of the past year’s technological
developments. Plus, his personal forecast
for our technology future. Look for Rick to
bring some of the latest technologies with
him to share with us.
In addition to being a CMC member, Rick
Richardson CPA, CITP is president of his
local consultancy, Richardson Media &
Technologies LLC. He had a 28-year career
in technology with Ernst & Young, where he
served as National Director of Technology.
He’s also been honored by the American
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profession in the field of technology.
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Wednesday, July 28 at
To Be Announced
Technology Futures 2010
CMC passed the word on 1Password
1Password was the focus of both of our meetings this past June. Our special interest group
meeting, led by our Treasurer, Linas
Venclauskas, focused on the use of 1Password
Mobile for iPhones and iPads.
Linas showed us how to set up the program to
record not just our passwords but also for
storing our credit card and banking info. He
also took us through the various settings and
how best to use them.
Chris Hart, our club’s Secretary, expanded on
Linas’ session by demonstrating the desktop
version of 1Password. He explained how
1Password can protect the user from phishing
sites and how to use it with Drop Box.
The raffle winners of the 1Password software
were Deena Quilty and Gene Czarnecki. Thank
you Agile Web Solutions for donating 2
software licenses to CMC’s raffle.
For those of you who don’t yet have 1Password,
go to their website for a user group discount of
$10 off the regular $39.95 price. It’s well worth it!
Chronicle
August 2010
Apple User Group Resources = $ in Your Pocket
How many of you subscribe to
Macworld magazine? How about
MacLife? Did you know that you’re
eligible to receive a yearly subscription at a reduced rate just for being a
member of a Mac user group?
I needed to renew my Macworld subscription in July and remembered to
check out the great Apple User Group
Resource before I sent in my money. I
was pleasantly surprised to find that I
was able to renew through the
Resource at an extra savings of $5.
But that’s not all. As I wandered the
website, I discovered lots of other
offers and savings.
Softpress Freeway was offering a
25% discount on its Freeway Pro
application that enables users to lay
out a website, embed images and publish it as an HTML.
Inside
Stolen Mobile
Devices Protected
page 3
QuickBooks 2010
for Macintosh
page 4
The Camera
Hackers Manual
page 5
Phone Amego: the
Macintosh/iPhone
Mind Meld
pages 6 - 7
MAC 911
page 8
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O’Reilly Books was offering 35% off
all books and 45% off all ebooks. Plus
free shipping for orders over $29.95.
Ambrosia Software had 25% off its
commercial-quality software. Snapz
Pro X and WireTap Studio are just two
of their popular titles.
hField.com gives user group members a $10. saving on their Wi-Fire
long range Wi-Fi adapter.
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Eltima Software multimedia products: Pay 20% less
Mac Video Training gave nearly $25
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hours of training videos that cover
everything from PC to Mac migration,
an OS X Basics section and a guide to
all of the applications found on a Mac.
33% discount on QuickStart for your Mac training
Mac Help Tech is another video training site offering 25% off their
tutorials.
Transition: From the MUG Store to PowerMax.com
Thanks to our
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Softpress Freeway: 25% Discount
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ly produced, was enthusiastically received by our
members who really enjoyed this look into the
future. Thank you Rick. We look forward to next
year’s glimpse into the future! 
Dropbox is a great, new way to make many of
your documents and files accessible to you
when away from your computer. Our thanks to
Chris Hart for showing us how best to use this
online storage service to synchronize our computers and use it as an off-site storage service.
Rick Richardson, a CMC member, gave all of us
who attended the July 28 meeting a glimpse into
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Stolen Mobile Devices Protected
Reprinted from User Group Network
ActiveTrak Inc., has announced a 95 percent recovery rate
for laptops and smartphones running its GadgetTrak application. Compared to FBI crime statistics that reveal only 10
percent of all burglaries are actually solved, owners of a
mobile device should be advised that using GadgetTrak can
dramatically increases the chances of recovery should their
device be stolen or lost. In addition to ActiveTrak’s high
recovery rate, over the past year the company has helped
law enforcement catch burglary suspects, and break up
device and identity theft crime rings.
Special Agent Marc Hinch with California’s San Mateo
County Vehicle Theft Task Force said:
“Remote theft recovery software like GadgetTrak
gives detectives a new weapon in their arsenal that
surpasses any other tool available to help catch
burglary suspects in a matter of days …
GadgetTrak is key to catching criminals this summer, a season notorious for an increase in thefts.”
GadgetTrak offers the industry’s most advanced theft
recovery software for laptops, smartphones, and portable
media devices, including the first such security product for
the iPad. Protected by GadgetTrak, a lost or stolen device
can be pinpointed on a map within roughly 10 feet using
GPS, Wi-Fi positioning or cell phone triangulation. Using a
device’s onboard camera, GadgetTrak can automatically
take a picture of a theft suspect and remotely lock the
device as well as completely wipe any data.
Ken Westin, ActiveTrak founder and CEO said:
“Most homeowners do not keep track of product
serial numbers, so finding common electronic
devices once they’re sold at pawn shops, or on
Craigslist or eBay, and returning them to their
owners is virtually impossible … With GadgetTrak,
we’ve been catching thieves in the act for years, not
only recovering laptops and mobile phones for our
customers, but also solving larger crimes including
theft rings.”
GadgetTrak
provided
police with the location
of a stolen laptop, photo
of a suspect and ultimately led them to a theft ring
responsible for at least
four burglaries that had
plagued public schools
in Portland, Oregon.
GadgetTrak remotely captured photos of a thief who had
stolen a laptop and jewelry, ultimately leading to police
catching the suspect and recovering the stolen goods within a couple of days in Springfield, Oregon.
A customer in Oregon had his laptop stolen and ActiveTrak
worked with law enforcement to track the criminal down all
the way to Missouri.
Advanced features of GadgetTrak include:
< The ability to trigger a remote ping that initiates a
loud noise from a lost or stolen smartphone (even if it
is in silent mode)
< Remote device lock
< Remote data wipe
< Recovery assistance and much more 
ActiveTrak Inc. is a leading provider of innovative and
patented theft recovery and loss prevention solutions for
laptops, smartphones, and portable media devices. The company’s consumer product, GadgetTrak, delivers the most
advanced theft recovery software available for consumers
and businesses today. ActiveTrak not only provides the technology to recover and protect data on devices, but also
recovery assistance. The company is headquartered in
Portland, Oregon.
ActiveTrak has been retrieving devices and catching criminals around the world since its founding nearly three years
ago. Recent recovery stories include:
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QuickBooks 2010 for Macintosh
Software Review by Dave Greenbaum
QuickBooks is the industry standard for financial management. Even if you don’t use QuickBooks, your accountant
probably does and you’ll find the widest range of support and
services when you use QuickBooks to run your business. It is,
as they say, the 800-pound gorilla you have to deal with in the
financial world. When people are considering making the
switch from PC to Mac, being able to transfer their
QuickBooks information is a key concern. Every year, Intuit
promises more compatibility with the Windows version of
QuickBooks and promises to bring more of the Windows features to the Mac platform.
Unfortunately, Intuit woefully under-delivers on their promises. The last time I considered using QuickBooks on the Mac
was 2006. Back then it wasn’t compatible with my bank or
my credit card company, yet the Windows counterpart was.
Like many other Mac users, I run QuickBooks on my Mac via
a Windows virtual machine. Not having to boot up Windows
every time I want to enter invoices would be a welcome
change. All said and done, I’m still going to have to keep
Windows on my Mac...sigh.
According to Intuit, the key “new” feature of 2010 compared
to previous versions is the ability to accept credit cards directly from within QuickBooks using Intuit’s merchant services
solution. If you already do this on the PC, then the switch will
be easy. Otherwise, you need to setup an account with Intuit,
which may have higher rates then you get from your bank.
Another new feature is a setup guide and wizard, but most
people would probably use an accountant or bookkeeper for
such things, so this feature is of limited value.
The good news for QuickBooks 2010 is that it accurately talks
with my credit card company to download information.
Additionally, while it did import the raw
data correctly from my PC QuickBooks
2008, it did not important my custom
reports or my custom invoices that I paid
my accountant to create. In spite of the
claimed “improved” compatibility with the
Windows counterpart, QuickBooks for the
Mac failed to deliver. To be fair, Intuit
claims that I should be running QuickBooks
2010 for Windows, and if so, I would have
seen more reports transfer over. On a practical level, if you already paid for
QuickBooks 2010 for the PC, you are much
less likely to switch to a Mac.
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Also, contact syncing with the address book simply didn’t
work at all. Tech support was most unhelpful, but did seem to
indicate that if you already have contacts in your address
book, QuickBooks isn’t smart enough to figure out to merge
the contact info. This is important because most people using
QuickBooks likely already have their customers as contacts in
their Mac address book.
Typical of QuickBooks is the inclusion of a variety of
glitches, crashes and anomalies Mac users have come to
expect from an Intuit product. I waited to do this review
hoping that each new update to the program would fix some
of these problems. With each update, some bugs were fixed
while others were introduced. I’ve always been wary of
QuickBooks updates since the famous debacle in December
of 2007 where an update destroyed the desktop files of
unsuspecting Mac users.
If you are starting as a new business, the wizards will help
get you off to a good start. New users won’t have to worry
about importing from Windows and won’t encounter the
transfer problems with older versions. Existing Mac or
Windows QuickBooks users will find little value in upgrading to this newer version and should save their money for
something else.
Pros: The most Mac compatible version of
QuickBooks to date.
Cons: Not reliable and inconsistent
compatibility and feature parity
with PC version.
2 out of 5 Dogcows
Originally published and written
for the Lawrence Apple Users’
Group 2.0 www.laugks.org/news
and published by the author at
http://www.clickheretech.com.
The Canon Camera Hackers Manual
by Berthold Daum
The Canon Camera Hackers Manual addresses “geeky”
owners of Canon consumer cameras, such as the Powershot
and IXUS, who would like to explore the possibilities of
their cameras and eventually tweak them to do things way
beyond their original specifications.
The hacks are based on the Canon Hack Development Kit
(CHDK), free software maintained by a group of enthusiasts. Many scripts are already published on the web, and
this book teaches how to use existing scripts and how to
write new ones.
Canon cameras allow the user to temporarily upload socalled add-ons into the camera through the memory card.
The next time the camera is powered on, the add-on is
active; when the camera is switched off, the camera returns
to its original state, so there is no risk of losing the manufacturer’s warranty. Some of the things you will be able to
do are:
< Produce RAW (or DNG) files in addition to the
camera’s JPEG output
< Manually control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO
< Expand shutter speeds way beyond the
specification limits
< Enable bracketing
The Canon Camera Hackers Manual by Berthold Daum,
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Rocky Nook was founded in early 2006 in
Santa Barbara, California, and is closely associated with dpunkt.verlag, a leading publisher
of books on technology based in Heidelberg,
Germany. The focus of Rocky Nook’s publications is on digital photography and computing.
Rocky Nook’s books are distributed internationally by O’Reilly Media. O’Reilly Media
spreads the knowledge of innovators through
its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O’Reilly Media has been
a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge development, homing in on the technology trends
that really matter and spurring their adoption
by amplifying “faint signals” from the alpha
geeks who are creating the future. An active
participant in the technology community, the
company has a long history of advocacy,
meme-making, and evangelism.
Berthold
Daum studied
photography
in Melbourne
and has both
exhibited and
published his images of Australia’s
natural beauty. He also holds a Ph.D
in mathematics and is a professional
Java and XML developer. Dr. Daum
specializes in innovative electronic
business technology and electronic
content production. His experience in
software training and ability to anticipate the needs of professional
developers has been demonstrated in his
previous books, including Eclipse 2 for
Java Developers (Wiley) and Modeling
Business Objects with XML Schema
(Morgan-Kaufmann).
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Phone Amego: the Macintosh/iPhone Mind Meld
from Adam C. Engst
Imagine - and this shouldn’t be too hard for many people
- that you have a Mac and an iPhone (or other Bluetoothcompatible mobile phone - I don’t have one of those, so
I’m concentrating on the iPhone here). You’re sitting at
your Mac, working away, and the phone in your pocket
rings. You could pull it out, check the caller ID, and
decide whether or not your want to answer.
If even that seems like more work than is ideal, if you have
LaunchBar installed, Phone Amego comes with a script that
automatically dials phone numbers found via LaunchBar.
Then the task becomes: press Control-Space to activate
LaunchBar, type “Mark”, press Return, verify that Phone
Amego is set to dial the right number, and press Return again.
Or, if you had Sustainable Softworks’ new Phone Amego
application loaded and paired with your iPhone, you’d
just glance at a little pop-up window on your Mac to see
who was calling and, if you desire, send the call directly
to voicemail by closing the window. (This was a feature
of Address Book in Tiger, but it went away in Leopard.)
Another scenario: You’re at your Mac and you need to
call your colleague Mark. You could pull your iPhone out
of your pocket, press the Home button, unlock it, tap the
Phone icon, tap the contacts icon, scroll until you find
Mark’s entry, and tap it to call. It’s not hard, but it is quite
a few actions to perform (and it might be more difficult
with a different Bluetooth phone).
Or, if you have Phone Amego running, you could look
Mark up in Address Book on your Mac, click the phone
number label, and choose Dial with Phone Amego from
the pop-up menu that appears. This too disappeared from
Address Book in Leopard.
Phone Amego has a few other features too. If you use Google
Voice, Phone Amego can place calls through Google Voice so
your Google Voice number shows up for the recipient via
Caller ID. In this case, Google Voice actually calls your
phone and the recipient’s phone and then connects the two
calls together. You can also send SMS messages to one or
more phone numbers via Google Voice for free.
You can also just dial any phone number directly by
choosing Call from the Phone Amego menu bar item and
typing the number in a pop-up window. Or, if you see a
phone number in an email message or Web page, you can
select it, Control-click the selection, and choose Dial
with Phone Amego from the contextual menu that
appears (or just press Command-Shift-D). This is implemented as a service in Snow Leopard; if it’s not on by
default, check the Services list in the Keyboard preference pane’s Keyboard Shortcuts view.
A single screen of preferences lets you configure a few basic
options, plus set some scripts that run when calls come in,
when you answer them, and when they end. Included scripts
can pause iTunes (I use that on incoming calls) and set your
iChat status (I’ve tweaked that to set it to “On the phone” for
call answer, and to “Working” for call end).
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My only problem with Phone Amego came when the
Bluetooth pairing between my Mac and my iPhone
became confused, preventing any communication
between the two; I deleted the pairing and set it back up
again, and Phone Amego started to work properly again.
Sustainable Softworks has brief FAQ entries on how
Phone Amego compares with other phone-related programs, including ApiMac CallerID, BluePhoneElite 2,
and Dialectic (for more on Dialectic, see Matt Neuburg’s
review in “Dialectic Simplifies Dialing Any Type of
Phone,” 2008-04-10). I haven’t tried those programs, so I
can’t comment on them, other than noting that ApiMac
CallerID doesn’t work with the iPhone, whereas the other
two do offer iPhone compatibility.
Phone Amego 1.0 costs $20 and is a 913 KB download.
You can try it for 21 days for free, so if you have either an
iPhone or a Bluetooth-savvy mobile phone and want to
make it easier to use from your Mac, it’s worth giving
Phone Amego a try.
To download, go to:
www.sustworks.com/site/downloads.html#phoneAmego
There are two other script execution options that could be
interesting: In Range and Out of Range. This means you
could have a script execute as soon as your iPhone comes
within Bluetooth range of your Mac, and another run when
you leave. I leave it as an exercise to the reader to come up
with interesting ways of taking advantage of this capability.
This article originally appeared in
TidBITS on 2009-09-03. The permanent URL for this article is:
© 2009 TidBITS Publishing, Inc.
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Mac 911
by Christopher Breen
Balancing headphone volume
Transfer Time Machine backups
Reader Dan G. finds listening to his MP3 player an unsatisfying experience due to variable hearing loss. He writes:
Reader Charles Franks needs a little more elbow-room
for his Time Machine backup. He writes:
You’ve told a reader who’s deaf in one
ear how to rip his tunes in mono, but I’ve
never been able to find a solution to my
partial – and variable – loss of hearing
in one ear. I don’t want to rip my music
off-balance. Is there some kind of an
inline balance control I can plug into my
earbuds cable? I’ve never found an MP3
player with a balance control so I’m
stuck listening to my laptop. You ever try
jogging with a laptop?
I’ve been using Time Machine to back up
to a 500GB external hard drive but it’s
full. I’d like to get a 1TB drive and use
that for my backup. Is there a way to
transfer the current backup on the old
500GB drive to the new hard drive?
Doing so would require that I jog at all,
and I try to leave that kind of dangerous
(and ungeekish) activity to Adam Engst,
so let’s just amble along at a reasonable
pace, shall we?
First, I’d like to update the “rip as
mono” advice. If you’re using an iPhone 3GS, a thirdgeneration iPod touch, or an iPad, you can ask these
devices to play all audio in mono. To do so, plug one of
these devices into your Mac, fire up iTunes, select the
device in iTunes’ Source list, and in the resulting
Summary pane click the Configure Universal Access button. In the Universal Access window that appears, enable
the Use Mono Audio option and click OK.
This advice doesn’t apply to you because
you hope to change the balance of the audio
so one side of the stereo signal is louder than
the other. An inline balance control will do
that for you. Sennheiser makes just such a
thing with its $40 (around $27 at Amazon)
HZR 62 Universal Inline Volume Control.
This is a passive control (meaning it won’t
boost the volume beyond the volume of the
device it’s plugged into). It also has a very
long cable – 3.5 meters – so you’ll want to be
sure to bundle up the extra cable with a rubber band to help ensure you don’t trip over it
while you and Adam sprint into the distance.
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There is. Rolfje.com has a tutorial
that shows you how to do this without changing your
Time Machine history. I’ll sum up the steps here.
1. After attaching, formatting (Mac Journaled), and naming the new drive, launch Time Machine and switch it off.
2. Unmount the current Time Machine drive by dragging
it to the Trash. Remount it by either turning it off and
then on again, or mounting it with Disk Utility. You do
this so it loses its Time Machine icon and appears with
the typical orange external drive icon.
3. Launch Disk Utility, select the old drive, and click on
the Restore tab.
4. Drag the Time Machine partition from the old drive to
the Source field in the Restore tab. Drag the new drive’s
partition (assuming there’s just the one partition) to the
Destination field.
5. Enable the Erase Destination
option and click the Restore button.
6. Wait while Disk Utility does its
job (this can take several hours).
7. When the job is done you’ll see
two identical volumes on the
Desktop. Unmount and disconnect
the one that shows a capacity of
500GB (the old drive).
8. With the new drive mounted,
open Time Machine and switch it
on. Click on Select Disk and direct
Time Machine to the new drive that contains your copied
Time Machines backup.
big(ger) screen in a hurry and makes the iPad Camera
Connection Kit all that much more valuable.
Time Machine should do the right thing and use that drive
for its backups. Should you need to restore you’ll find
that all your old backed up data is on this new drive.
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In response to my iMovie for iPhone review, one Mr.
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Is it possible to offload completed projects
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Connection Kit to free up space on the
iPhone?
Indeed it is. As far as the iPad
is concerned, the iPhone 4 (and earlier iPhones, for
that matter) is just another camera. String the
iPhone’s USB cable between the iPhone’s dock connector port and the USB camera connector attached
to your iPad. The iPad’s Photos then launches with
the Camera tab selected. Any movies you’ve created
with iMovie and then exported to the iPhone’s Photos
app will be available to copy to your iPad. Just tap the
movies you want to copy to the iPad and tap the Import
button in the upper-right corner of the iPad’s screen.
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Well, summer is coming to a close.
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CMC members to save some money
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This year’s auction will take place on
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we also expect that software
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. . . but, powerful programs
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Eight years ago, one of my favorite authors, David Pogue,
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PDF2Office for iWork v1.0: Converting to Editable Text
a review by Tom Piper
We live in a wonderful world of interchangeable information that is
conveniently transmitted via Portable
Document Format (PDF) files that
have become a standard for multiplatform document dissemination.
With the introduction of Mac OS X,
the ability to “print to PDF” has been
just a click away, and we’ve been able
to share our creations with almost
anyone. But, when we need to edit
these documents, what do we do?
I have long known about a great program known as PDF2Office which
would convert PDFs files into
Microsoft Words files. Recently, they
released a new version which makes
conversion to iWork '08/ '09 files for
the Macintosh. What GREAT version,
because this is the environment I work
in every day, and an incredible tool for
everyday use.
As
their
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Review: Moshi Codex MacBook Case –Stylish and Protective
by David Greenbaum aka DoctorDave™
Moshi describes itself as the “purveyor
of electronics fashion,” and its Codex
case is both stunning and quite practical, combining runway fashion with
solid laptop protection.
Unlike other MacBook protectors, this
case is designed to be left on your
computer at all times. Think of it as a
sleeve you can use while the computer
is still protected. Because it acts as a
sleeve, it’s checkpoint friendly and can
protect your MacBook on its sometimes perilous trip through airport
security. I’m a big fan of cases like this
because while some incidents can happen during transit, I often see the worst
damage occur during the process of
putting a laptop in a case, or pulling it
out. A hand slips or a zipper you
thought was closed wasn’t. Ouch.
Codex has Viscotex™ inserts and
Terahedron™ inner lining to provide
an advanced level of shock protection.
The Codex can be comfortably kept on
at all times to protect your Mac. The
case has a standard handle so it could
be used exclusively as a carrying case,
though personally, I use it in addition
to my existing laptop bag. This gives
my MacBook a tight and snug fit, but
also provides more shock absorption.
During everyday use, I don’t have to
worry as much about spills around my
double as a mousepad if you wish, as
well as a matching Apple Remote case.
Mac or a dirty coffee shop table. My
MacBook has a stylish barrier between it
and the environment it’s in. When I pull
out the case, people are impressed. It elevates my already stylish MacBook to
super model status. The 24/7 protection is
peace of mind to protect my investment.
After using the Codex for an extended
period of time, there was no significant
increase in the internal heat of my
MacBook. The Codex does a great job
of ventilation due to four bottom rubber
risers that lift your MacBook slightly
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The complete package includes a keyboard and screen protector that can
Like a super model, it’s not perfect. An
annoying flaw in the design is that you
cannot charge the MacBook while the
case is closed. The case completely
blocks all external connectors. You either
need to remove the Codex while charging your MacBook or you need to leave
your MacBook open. This is disappointing and could have been avoided, but
super models tend to make sacrifices for
fashion, so I’ll overlook this limitation
due to the Codex’s overall stunning
design and protection capabilities.
If you are going to protect your Mac
and don’t want to comprise either fashion or function the Codex is for you.
The models vary in size based on your
laptop: 13″, 15″ and 17″ and the color
choices vary based on size but include
metallic silver, metallic black, opalescent pink, and burgundy red. Pricing
starts at $65.
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port when closed
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Google Voice Opens to All Americans
by Glenn Fleishman
Google Voice1 is now available to
everyone in the United States, and no
longer requires an invitation. The system, which includes a Web site,
telephony components, and mobile
apps, allows you to obtain a phone
number and manage what happens to
calls coming into that number or originating from it.
Google Voice includes, at no fee,
unlimited incoming voice calls and
SMS text messages, as well as unlimited outgoing calls and text messages
to numbers in the United States and
Canada. For now, Google Voice acts
as a switchboard for numbers you
already have; it doesn’t include
telephony client software.
Calls placed to numbers outside North
America are charged at rates2 comparable to those from Vonage and Skype –
a few cents a minute to landlines in
developed nations and substantially
higher rates to mobile phones everywhere. Text messages are free for you
to send from any Google Voice interface, and received messages don’t
count against mobile totals if you disable forwarding to your cell phone.
Google Voice can be used from
voice.google.com3, through mobile
apps on several platforms other than
the iOS, and via a special mobile Web
app4 that works well in iOS.
Google tried to get a native Google
Voice iPhone app approved by Apple
nearly a year ago, but Apple rejected it
with AT&T’s participation. The FCC
got involved, and Apple said it was
reviewing the app, but hadn’t rejected
it, while AT&T said it wasn’t involved
in the decision. Nearly a year later, the
app still isn’t available.
When you sign up for Google Voice,
you choose a number, specifying an
area code or a text pattern you want
the number to spell, in part or whole.
You then associate real phone numbers with the account – verified by an
automated phone call at which you
enter a code – as well as behavior for
those numbers. You can associate each
of your phone numbers with only a
single Google Voice account.
When someone calls your Google
Voice number, you can set the system
to ring one or more of your phone
lines simultaneously. Each line can be
set up with rules for when it rings,
such as time of day or day of the
week. You can also use Caller ID to
recognize incoming callers, and group
them for specific behavior, such as
sending directly to voicemail.
Along with audio voicemail, Google
Voice also includes voicemail transcription, which I’ve found erratic,
although interesting. I haven’t
received a single voicemail that was
transcribed close to correctly, but the
system keeps improving (and asks for
your help in improving it).
Google provides instructions5 for having
its system handle your mobile phone’s
voicemail, too, if you want to unify all
your voicemail into Google Voice. (This
feature works only with Alltel, AT&T,
Cricket Wireless, MetroPCS, Sprint, TMobile, US Cellular, and Verizon, and
only if your plan supports conditional
forwarding, which isn’t true of T-Mobile
prepaid plans.)
You can also enable call screening6, a
feature that requires callers to state
their name, and then rings you, with
an automated voice providing Caller
ID and the name the caller spoke. You
then have the option of how to handle
the call, including sending the caller
to voicemail while you listen to them
record a message. (This was one of
those crazy features that made the
service stand out when it was in testing as GrandCentral, before Google
purchased the firm developing it. It’s
like having an old-fashioned answering machine on your mobile phone.)
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Google Voice has an option I use frequently to avoid toll charges from my
home landline number, which we have
set for limited service. Both my father
and my wife’s parents live just far
enough away within our state that we
either have to make cell calls (less
comfortable in the home) or pay long
distance toll charges.
Instead, I bring up the Google Voice
Web site, click the Call button, enter
the phone number I want to call (or
select it from the contacts list), and
select my home line from the Phone to
Ring pop-up menu. (You can also initiate calls by dialing your own number,
accessing the voicemail options, and
entering the number to call.)
My phone rings, and because this
counts as an inbound call, I don’t pay
toll charges; when I pick up, Google
dials the other end and connects the
call. This also works well when you’re
somewhere you can’t make a toll call
from and it’s preferable or cheaper
than using your cell phone.
still subtracting from my recipient’s
message totals – unless they have
unlimited messaging plans – but it’s a
way to reduce my costs.
I also make use of Google Voice’s free
text messaging. In the United States,
both the sender and recipient of a text
message are dinged for the same message, which is even more ridiculous
since the nominal cost is, at most, a
tiny fraction of a cent. (See “When
iPhone Pushes, Text Message Fees
Fall7,” 9 April 2009.)
Google Voice is so far available only in
the United States. Google’s response to
those who try to sign up elsewhere is:
“We’re not yet open for users outside
the U.S., but are planning to expand
our service to additional countries in
the future.” 
I have a 200 SMS plan ($5 per month)
from AT&T, and when I have occasionally gone over that amount, I pay
10 cents per message for the privilege.
Using Google Voice for my half of the
communication reduces my cost, as I
don’t use the feature to forward SMS
to my cell phone; instead, the messages are sent to me via email and I
reply via the Web app or Web site. I’m
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FS-3, by iPort, an iPod In-Wall System
by Bill Catambay
Overview
With the immense popularity of the Apple iPod, iPod users
everywhere are continuously looking for improved ways for
using their iPods, whether it's music on-the-go using a
portable or car stereo, or improved sound and control in the
home. iPort adds a unique entry into the iPod market by way
of Free-Standing (FS) in-wall systems that provide elegant
iPod integration into home entertainment systems.
iPort makes five models of the FS series. All models provide
drop-in charging of the iPod as well as one-touch syncing
with iTunes, and include a connection box that connects the
iPort with your stereo system and Mac (or PC). The FS-2
adds integrated IR remote control and push buttons on the
iPort for next/previous track and volume control. The FS-3
includes an advanced connection box, supports balanced
audio, and includes wall plates to support runs up to 500
feet. The FS-4 adds an RS-232 interface to support integration with media-system controllers. The FS-5 adds balanced
video for runs up to 250 feet, with compatible wall-plates.
The iPort FS systems are available in black and white. This
review is for the white FS-3.
NOTE: Since the publication of this review, iPort has condensed their FS series digital media systems down to two
models, the FS-21 and FS-22, and apparently sold off the
remaining models to Sonance (who offers the FS-3 in this
review as FS-3W).
Features
• iPod Charger
• Sync to iTunes
• Built-in Pre-amp
• Balanced Audio
Included
• iPort FS-3
• Foam insert
• Velcro strap
• Universal iPod Cradle
• IR remote control input
• iPort Control Buttons
• Internal iPod speaker cable
• iPod back plate
• Carry strap
Out of the Box
When you first open the box to reveal all of the components
to the FS-3, you may be a little overwhelmed. It's not like
opening a box containing an iPod stereo system, where you
simply plug the system into an AC jack, plop your iPod in the
dock, and start listening to music.
When purchasing an iPort FS-3, you will want to go through
an authorized dealer and have them install the system for you.
I'm not aware of the installation charges, as I did a mockinstall of the system for this review. There is a decent amount
of in-wall wiring required, as well as mounting of the two
wall plates. This is by no means a trivial installation. If you are
proficient with in-house wiring, you may find the task to be a
fun challenge.
iPort FS-3 iPod docking station
The primary component
of the FS-3 is the iPod
docking station (pictured
right). This is where you
will plug in your iPod.
For this review, I placed
the docking station in my
kitchen. The docking station is connected to the
connection box (pictured
below). Provided the connection box is properly
powered (uses an AC
adapter plug), it provides the docking station with the power
to constantly charge your iPod.
FS-3 Advanced Connection Box
The advanced connection
box pictured above is the
hub of the FS-3. This box
connects to your home
entertainment system via
Ethernet, to the iPod
docking station via USB,
and to AC power via a
power adapter.
Ethernet Wall Switch
The Ethernet wall switch
(pictured right) would be
located near where you
will locate the iPod docking station. There is a
behind-the-wall Ethernet
jack on the back of this
switch that is used to
connect this wall switch
to the RCA wall switch
(the latter which would
be located near your home entertainment system).
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FS-3, by iPort, an iPod In-Wall System
RCA Wall Switch
Use RCA cables to connect the RCA wall switch to the RCA
output on your home entertainment system. Once everything
is installed and plugged in, you are ready to rock and roll.
In Use
I located the iPod docking station in my kitchen, and with my
mock-install, I ran an ethernet cable from the kitchen to the
stereo in my living room, along my floor (true installation
would have the ethernet cable secluded behind your walls). I
powered on the docking station, plugged in my iPod, turned
on my stereo, and begin playing various songs. It was quite
amazing to listen to my music through my entertainment system. From classical to Rock and Roll, I was extremely pleased
with the quality of playback. Granted, your mileage will vary
depending upon the quality of your home stereo system, but
the FS-3 did a great job of piping the music across my house.
Controlling your iPod and controlling your home stereo are
two separate tasks. The FS-3 does come with an infrared
remote control input, so you could purchase a remote control
to help ease the burden of walking to your docking station.
According to iPort, the FS-3 is primarily designed for installation in situations where you are using home audio systems
installed by a professional custom installer. The FS-3 would
generally feed into an audio distribution system and then be
routed to different rooms via other audio systems (a distributed audio box with multiple zones, for instance) throughout
the house and controlled locally with IR or control panels
located in each room. The cost of wiring your home as such
could be quite high.
If you happen to have a wireless Airport Extreme to Airport
Express system, your music could be sent directly from the
computer to the audio system connected to the Airport
Express, and so you wouldn't really need something like the
FS-3. Simularly, if you have a high-powered iPod stereo dock,
such as the Klipsch iGroove, you may be perfectly satisfied
with the sound quality, and therefore would not see a need for
the expense of hooking up the FS-3. However, in an environment without wireless connectivity to the audio system, and if
you are looking for a better solution than a single room iPod
stereo system, the iPort FS-3 allows simple connections to a
home entertainment/audio system to integrate the iPod (and
all it's music). The FS-3 and higher represent ideal product
solutions for large, custom installation solutions that are distributing audio throughout the house, enabling long runs
between the iPod docked in an iPort and the audio equipment
where the connections are made from wallplate to amplifiers
and such.
Overall, although at first overwhelmed with the set up of the
system, I was quite pleased with the final results, and can
imagine this solution being the pinnacle of a music lover's
dream. Had I arranged for professional installation from the
get-go, I would have never been bothered with the set up
issues, and would simply be sinking back in my easy chair
enjoying my iPod music through my home entertainment system.
Summary
The iPort FS-3 is a free-standing (FS) digital media system
that provides audio connections between your iPod and your
home entertainment system. The FS-3 is an elegant, albeit a
bit expensive, integrated solution that let's you distribute playback of your iTunes library throughout your house.
Installation is not trivial, and likely requires hiring a pro,
which increases the cost of this solution. If you have the funds
to spend, and don't already have an Aiport Extreme to Airport
Extreme system that you use to play your iTunes library, the
FS-3 is an incredible way to maximize your iTunes music listening pleasure.
Pros
• Elegant iPod integration to home entertainment system
• Enjoy high quality playback of your iTunes library
• iPod charging
• In-wall wiring helps reduce clutter
Cons
• Not an easy installation process (really requires professional installation)
• Expensive
• Not a viable solution if you already have an Airport
Extreme system
• May be overkill if you already have a decent iPod stereo
system
Price: $500
Rating: 4 out of 5 Mice 
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Our meeting in August was well attended; so well so that I was happy to see six
new faces in attendance. These were new
members, and soon-to-join members.
I’m not sure, but this might be a record
for the club. Welcome to all of you!
Many user group clubs are feeling the
pressure of so much available information on the Internet and even at Apple’s
stores, that new Mac owners don’t feel
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today’s environment. So it’s a tribute to
the hard work of many of our board
members that people are willing to join
us to make a stronger club.
A special thanks to Jerry Bonvisuto for
his September Back to Basics presentation on iMovie. iMovie can be
mystifying to someone using it for the
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Review: BearExtender n3
by Tom Ebersold, CMC member
I have an iBook G4 as my
laptop computer that I wanted to use at a location other
than the desk where I keep
my iMac desktop computer.
However, the internal
Airport antenna on the
iBook is so inadequate I
found myself tied to the
desk if I wanted to use the
Internet. Even moving 10 ft.
away to a couch in the same
room caused a drop in signal strength from full to half
bars. Moving to the next
room, perhaps 20 feet away
resulted in a signal too weak
to be effective. I had similar poor luck when I took the computer on a weekend vacation. While in a McDonald’s,
Airport registered a two-bar signal, but could not connect to
the Internet.
In doing an Internet search for an external wi-fi antenna, I
came across Bear Extender n3, which is labeled as a wi-fi
radio transmitter with a maximum 0.7-watt amplifier. I read
the reviews on the site, reviewed the technical specifications, and decided it was worth spending $44.97 (plus $5
shipping) to purchase it.
Using my home as a test base, I had full signal strength both
on the couch and in the next room. I live in a condo and I
picked up the wi-fi networks of about 15 neighbors, including one who lives about 100 feet away from me. I took my
computer outside to the ground level, about 100 feet from
my unit, and got a useable signal from my modem, which
is located on the third floor. The signal registered about 65
percent strength at which a3 Mb document downloaded
fairly quickly from the Internet, and I was able to view websites without any frustrations about speed. As I walked out
of line of sight of the modem, the signal dropped to 33 percent, which was too poor to use, but it did not matter
because I already identified a place with a good signal
where I could work.
nal. In a different room in the
hotel, and in the hotel lobby, I
ran into a roadblock. Even
with BearExtender, I got a
signal too weak for effective
use. I was able to load a webpage, but it stopped
downloading a 2.5 Mb file
for a restaurant menu after
about 20 percent of the file
downloaded. I would tend to
blame that more on the
hotel’s wi-fi system than
BearExtender.
Overall, I am happy I purchased this product because I
can now use my iBook with the Internet in varied locations,
particularly working outside on a beautiful day. As
BearExtender is the only wi-fi antenna I tried, I have no
basis for comparing it to other products.
The software for BearExtender is loaded on a flash drive, so
it can be installed onto computers that do not have a
CD/DVD player. Using instructions from the web site, it
took me two tries to get it loaded and running properly.
Whether that was a software glitch or my own inexperience
with the product I cannot say. I use the 3-foot USB cable so
I can clip the antenna to the lid of my computer. It also
comes with a 4-inch flexible metal cable.
Full technical specifications are on the web site, but
the company says BearExtender is USB 1.1 and
2.0 compatible, and Mac OS 10.3 Panther, 10.4
Tiger, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.6 Snow Leopard compatible. There is a list of non-compatible products
on the website, such as the “clamshell” iBook.
The website is http://www.bearextender.com/ 
On a trip this past week, I used the computer with
BearExtender in a hotel. With Airport, I could not even get
a signal in my room. With BearExtender, I got a strong sigConnecticut Macintosh Connection
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How to Improve Lighting in Photoshop Elements/Photoshop
by Pat Tasher & Barbara Gibson, Ausom News
For the Beginner – Improve Lighting. After you have
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C
increase contrast.
Levels. This option usually offers the best control of lighting. Go to Enhance >
D
Lighting > Levels (D). In
the dialogue box, check
J
Preview to see changes
to the image as you make
them. The histogram
F shows the “spread” of
E
G
tones from black (E) to
white (F). The midK
H
tones (neutral grey)
are shown at (G). This
diagram shows over exposure – correct this by moving the
black slider (E) to the right until it the touches the histogram (K). Move the white slider (F) to the left until it also
touches the histogram, then move the mid-tones slider to
fine tune the result. If the image is as you want it click OK.
If there is a “glare” in your image, you can often lessen this
by moving the white slider in the Output Level (H) slightly
to the left. The Channel option can give further adjustments
in one colour at a time (not recommended for beginners).
What’s New in Photoshop Elements? Very little, when
you look at tools currently available in Elements 6! However,
there are a number of additional features that make the
manipulation of images automatic. These include:
• Recompose: Aids altering the aspect of a photo (e.g. landscape to portrait view) whilst retaining all the main features,
and removing unwanted features (no cloning necessary!).
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• Photomerge: In addition to the Group, Faces and Panorama
merges that are available in PE 6, PE 8 offers Photomerge
Exposure to blend exposures when combining two or more
images, and Scene Cleaner to better merge multiple shots.
• Smart Brushes: allows painting and multiple changes without degradation of the original image.
• Actions: Allows you to save a series of steps for future use.
• Surface Blur: Has been added to the blur menu, allowing
blurring whilst retaining sharp edges.
There are a number of additions to themes and artwork in
Photo Projects, and navigation to functions such as email
and galleries has been improved.
Conclusion: For simple photo enhancement PE 6 will fill
most requirements; for those who enjoy the adventure of
“Photoshopping,” the additions may make upgrading
worthwhile!
Clipping Paths (PS/CS only). A path is vector based, i.e.,
it consists of bounding lines described by a series of mathematical formulae and not as a map of pixels with a location
and colour value for each pixel. Any contour or shape
drawn using one or more of the pen tools is, by definition,
a path. A clipping path is a closed path isolating a part of an
image (a selection). The area outside the path can be deleted to give the selection on a transparent background. The
selection can be further edited or transferred to another file.
To create a clipping path:
1. Open the file containing the future selection. As two layers
are required to make a clipping path, have both the Layers
and the Paths palette open (tear off one and relocate it on
the desktop, then the other can be opened).
2. Select the Pen tool in the Tool Bar and then choose either
the Pen Tool, Freeform Pen Tool or a pre-set tool in the
Options Bar. Make sure that “Paths” is selected in the
Shape Layers/ Paths/ Fill Pixels block.
3. Draw around the object to be selected.
4. Create a new, empty layer.
5. Press and hold the option key and place the cursor on the
division between the layers. The cursor changes shape and
clicking now places the traced path in the empty layer. The
thumbnail has moved to the right with a linking arrow to
show that it is linked to the layer below.
6. This clipping path can be saved by renaming the Work Path
(double click in the Work Path layer and type a new name
in the dialogue box). It can be converted to a selection border by converting to a normal selection. Click in the Load
As Selection icon at the bottom of the Paths palette.
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How to Improve Lighting and Other Tips in Photoshop Elements/Photoshop (con’t)
2 3
Masks - What, how and why. In traditional darkroom photography, a mask refers to a piece of card used to cover parts
of an image not required while exposing a print. In Photoshop
speak, a mask is an element that isolates or protects an area
allowing an effect to be restricted to the selected area or
applied to the area outside the selection. A selection refers to
any technique either isolating or protecting certain parts of the
image from an action. The simplest form is any selection made
using the ordinary tools e.g., lasso, rectangular marquee, and
most basic editing relies on a mask, the mask being a standard
selection outline expressed as a grayscale image. The anatomy
of the mask - 100% white areas are “selected” (100% transparent), non-selected parts (100% opaque) are 100% black and
partially selected pixels are shades of grey (parts of the mask
with intermediate degrees of transparency). A mask can be
inverted, 100% white being totally protected etc.
There are great advantages in being able to visualise the actual mask as an independent bitmap image. It can be edited,
effects can be applied and, in QuickMask, where the mask is
shown as a separate channel, the selection outline can be saved
permanently in the .psd file as an alpha channel. The 256
shades of gray in grayscale give a high level of control over the
transparency of the selection and the mask can actually show
the feather, not possible with the “Marching Ants” of the selection boundary which show no pixels less than 50% transparent.
Two PS functions allowing direct work on the mask are
QuickMask and Layer Masks.
Quickmask. Quickmask is a temporary mask made from an
active selection. The image and the mask can be viewed at the
same time or the mask can be
1
viewed independently. In this
image, No. 1 shows a selection
made with the elliptical marquee
2
tool at 0 feather and the
QuickMask mask of the selection, No.2 used the elliptical
Marquee with a feather of 50
pixels, the extent and gradation
of the feather is clearly shown in the mask.
Layer Masks: This image shows a Layer Mask added to one
layer in the Layers Palette.
1. The layer carrying the Layer Mask
2. This column, showing whether the Layer thumbnail, i.e.
the image on the layer, or the mask is selected, has been
omitted from later PS versions.
3. The layer thumbnail.
4. The actual mask, the surrounding border shows that it is
selected (active).
5. The “Create Layer Mask” button.
A Layer Mask, like the Adjustment
Layer function, allows non-destructive editing i.e., editing that leaves
the original image unaltered until
the added effects are approved and
actually applied to the image.
4
1
5
The Layer Mask command applies a grayscale mask to the
image on that layer. Painting on this mask sets the desired
transparency variations for the layer.
Adding a Layer Mask: Note: a Layer Mask cannot be added
to a background, only to a layer.
1. Click on the Add Layer Mask icon (see 5 in image above).
2. Go to Layer - Layer Mask.
3. This will show four choices:
■ Reveal All - the mask is white, is totally transparent and
hides no pixels. on the layer. Painting on the mask wish
black reveals the layer underneath.
■ Hide All - the mask is black, totally opaque and the
lower layer is revealed,as the layer carrying the mask is
hidden. Painting on the mask with white reveals the top
layer.
■ Reveal selection - with an active selection on the mask
bearing layer, the underlying layer is revealed within the
selection boundary. Painting with white adds to the
selection, with black subtracts. This makes very accurate selections possible.
■ Hide selection - the upper layer is revealed, the underlying layer is revealed outside the selection boundary.
Painting on the mask with white subtracts from the
selection, with black adds to it. To paint on the mask:
the mask thumbnail is selected by clicking (shows a
boundary) but the painting is done on the image. Painting
on the mask with a shade of gray makes the mask semitransparent. Layer > Layer Mask then gives the choice of
Delete or Apply. Masks can also be created as Vector
Masks where the shape of the mask is defined by vectors.
These are perfect for clean, crisp shapes created by shape
or pen tools. Vector paths give a hard edged, infinitely
scalable, shape based layer masks. Clipping Masks: With
a stack of layers, the mask for each layer is defined by the
bottom layer. This enables confining separate, individually editable layers to one mask shape. 
Note: for detailed descriptions of QuickMask, alpha channels,
etc., download a pdf of AUSOM News, February 2009 as well
as other past issues at: http://tiny.cc/x8nzu
Reprinted from the AUSOM (“Awesome”) Apple Users’
Society of Melbourne (Australia) web newsletter.
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Microsoft Entourage and Apple Time Machine
by Chris Hart, CMC secretary
Many Mac users still prefer Microsoft
Entourage as an email client. I’m one
of them. For me, I came to Entourage
via Claris Emailer. That was an email
client from Claris software in the 90s.
(Claris was once a division of Apple.)
MS essentially bought the Emailer
product and renamed it Outlook
Express for Mac. Later, that evolved
into Microsoft Entourage.
I have stayed with Entourage, despite
the improvements in Apple’s Mail app,
because I still don’t like the way Mail
behaves. It sometimes does things you
didn’t ask it to and generally it seems
to have a mind of its own. Entourage
does only what you tell it to. I also find
Entourage more customizable, so it
suits my style better. Plus, Mail has
this horrendous behavior with regard
to SMTP servers that drives me up a
wall. While Apple has improved this
problem in more recent versions, dealing with outgoing email servers is still
sometimes a pain in the butt.
I won’t deny that I’ve gone through
periods of difficulty with Entourage,
yet it’s still my email tool of choice.
That’s because I honestly think it’s the
best email client for Mac.
Many argue that the single database
storage system used by Entourage is a
problem waiting to happen. I won’t
deny that it’s a weakness (one which
MS is going to remove in the forthcoming Entourage 2011). Some folks
have sworn off using Entourage after
their database had become so corrupt
that they lost all of their messages. But
if those folks had made backups of
their computer, even once a week, they
wouldn’t have had much of a problem.
MS fervently maintains that Entourage
database problems are due to some
other problems with your computer
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(such as disk directory errors). In my
experience, this is frequently true, but
not in every case. I have definitely seen
database problems occur, even on a
completely healthy computer.
But these problems are rare and I can
live with them, as long as I have good
Entourage backups. Because of my
automatic backup system, I have been
able to roll back to an earlier version of
my Entourage database and get going
again, without too much trouble. The
advent of Time Machine has made this
even easier. In the past, my backups
were daily and only went back a few
days. But with Time Machine, I have
more options for restoration of older
Entourage databases.
But it’s important to note that Time
Machine backups of the Microsoft
User Data folder will not be valid if
Entourage is running at the time of the
backup. This is because the database is
open and subject to change during the
time of the backup.
My solution is to use an Automator
workflow that runs daily, which prepares an Entourage backup for Time
Machine purposes. I was actually
doing something similar before Time
Machine came along, where I used an
AppleScript that told Entourage and
the other MS Office apps to close once
a day. I had this script triggered 5 minutes before my scheduled daily
backup. This assured that the
Microsoft User Data folder would not
be changed while the backup was in
progress. This worked great.
With Time Machine, you can’t be
guaranteed that the backup which is
saved by the backup process will be
the one that was created immediately
after your script was triggered,
because Time Machine picks just one
backup from
each day to
save for the
preceding
week. My
solution is to
make a daily
duplicate of
the “Main
Identity”
folder.
I achieve this with an Automator workflow that runs once a day. It starts by
telling the MS apps to quit, then it makes
a Finder duplicate of the Main Identity
folder, to another folder inside of the
Microsoft
User
Data
folder.
(Alternatively, you could make the backup to another location – such as a
Dropbox folder, if your Dropbox
account has that kind of capacity.)
Creating a duplicate database
in this manner guarantees that
you have a valid Entourage
backup from every day of the
week. During each activation,
the older duplicate database is
replaced with a copy of the
newer database, but the older
duplicates remain within your
Time Machine backup.
I am making
available my
Automator
workflow
through the
link at the
end of this
article, for
you to use
on your own
computers.
Before it is
ready for use, you will need to make
a few customizations, then save it as
an iCal alarm item, which is how it is
triggered daily.
Start by double clicking the workflow
file to open it in Automator. Now
scroll down to the end and look for the
entry that says “Get Specified
Finder Items.” You will see that
my Main Identity folder is currently shown (I left it in place,
as an example for you). Look
at the hierarchy of the folders
listed, to familiarize yourself
with the location of the Main
Identity folder. You can now
remove my example, by
clicking on it once and then
clicking on the “Remove” button immediately below.
Now click on the “Add...” button, so
you can specify your own Main
Identity folder. You will be presented
with a file dialog box. Navigate to
this location: Your hard drive >
Users > Documents > Microsoft User
Data > Office 2008 Identities* >
Main Identity. Click once on Main
Identity and click the “Add” button.
You will see that your Main Identity
folder is now listed in the Get
Specified Finder Items folder in the
Automator workflow.
with a never-ending pile of Entourage
databases, which will eventually fill
your hard drive.)
*(If you are still using Entourage 2004,
you want to choose the folder “Office
2004 Identities”).
You will be immediately taken into iCal
and the calendar event that was created
will be highlighted. Click on the Edit
button and specify the time of day you
want the daily email backup to occur.
Remember that all of the MS apps
will quit when this backup occurs, so
select a time of day that you won’t be
too annoyed by this. Make sure you
enable the “repeat” option and set it to
“every day.”
Now scroll down further in the
Automator workflow and find the field
“Copy Finder Items.” You’ll see a
folder named “Email – Current” is
specified. Click on that, to activate the
selector menu. Choose the option
“Other...” This is where you will specify the destination for your daily
Entourage
database
duplicate.
Typically, I recommend keeping it
within the Microsoft User Data folder.
So you would follow a similar path to
the one above: Your hard drive > Users
> Documents > Microsoft User Data >
Office 2008 Identities (or 2004
Identities). Now click the “New
Folder” button in the lower left of the
file dialog box. Create a new folder to
serve as the destination for the daily
email backup. I suggest “Main Identity
Daily Backup.” Once you create the
folder, make sure it is selected and then
click on the “Open” button.
You’ll see that the folder you selected is
now listed in the box Copy Finder
Items. You’ll also notice that the checkbox next to “Replace existing files” is
enabled. This is good, as you want this
turned on. (Otherwise you will end up
Now save the automator workflow and
then immediately go to the File menu
again and choose “Save As Plug-in...”
In the field “Save Plug-in As:” you will
name the daily event that creates your
email backup. Make the name descriptive (such as “Email Backup Workflow
Daily”). Click on the selector next to
“Plug-in for” and choose iCal alarm.
You will notice that your calendar is
now littered with these email backups.
That’s good in the sense that you’re
now across the finish line and your
automatic Entourage email backups
have been automated. But, understandably, some of you will find these
calendar entries to be a blight in your
iCal. To fix this, I suggest creating a
new calendar in iCal and moving the
backup alarm task to that calendar.
To do that: in the lower left corner of the
iCal window, you will see a button with a
+ sign. Click on that and a new calendar
is created, which you are immediately
asked to name. (I suggest a short name
like “Email Backup”) Back in the calendar grid, look for the earliest occurrence
of the email backup event that you created a moment ago. Double click on it
and then click on the Edit button.
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Review: Roxio CD SpinDoctor6
by Tom Ebersold, CMC member
I purchased Roxio’s Toast 10
Titanium as part of a project to make
digital copies of my cassettes and
vinyl records. This review focuses on
Roxio CD SpinDoctor6, which is the
software used to make the conversion.
I took a week during December 2009 to make
digital copies of my cassettes and now I am
starting to work on converting my records. The
program creates AIFF audio files, which can be easily
imported into iTunes.
The first step is to make the connection between your cassette deck or turntable to your computer. I used the input line
on my iMac. For my cassette player, I needed to purchase a
wire that had two RCA cables at one end and a small headphone jack at the other end. I connected the tape deck
directly to the computer, bypassing my receiver.
For the turntable, I had to purchase a separate wire, one that
had a headphone jack at both ends. I happened to have one on
hand because I use it to connect devices to my car’s CD players. I also used a small-to-large converter plug on the wire
because my (old) receiver has a large size headphone output.
Once you have the wires connected and the music cued, you
are ready to start recording. The software
has a relatively short learning curve and
the manual is reasonably helpful. The
software walks you through the steps
needed to get going, including setting the
input sound to make sure you are recording at the proper level. When you record
something, it is easiest to record one side
or selected tracks at once and then create
the individual tracks.
An important feature of the program is
the ability to define tracks, which CD
SpinDoctor does both automatically and
manually. I found that the automatic feature does an extremely poor job of
identifying where a track begins, due to
the quiet spaces that are often present in
both audio and music files.
It falls to the user then to define those
tracks manually. This procedure is the
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most time consuming part of the process:
using the drag feature to
identify a particular track,
then listen to the beginning and end of the track
to make sure it is correctly
delineated, and then
naming the track. The
program has a feature
that can auto-define tracks
by linking to a website, but I
found it could rarely identify
a track and when it did, it was
not always correct.
With regard to sound quality, the program has the ability to
reduce noise (clicks, crackles and hisses), enhance sound,
and has a built-in equalizer. For my records, I used the noise
reducer and it did reduce clicks and crackles somewhat with
no noticeable loss of sound quality.
However, the program is missing an important feature: the
ability to adjust the speed of the recording. My cassettes and
my cassette deck were old, and some tapes played at a slower than normal speed, causing an upbeat track like “China
Grove” by the Doobie Brothers to sound more like a ballad.
Ultimately, I had to delete tracks like these because the
sound quality was so poor that it detracted from my enjoyment of the song.
When I went to make and print a CD
insert, I discovered one of the “ah ha”
features of purchasing a software bundle
like Toast Titanium. The two products
that create the printed matter “Disc
Catalog Maker” and “Disc Cover” are
limited versions of the full products.
Some might call them crippled.
When I tried to print a CD booklet using
“Disc Cover,” all I could find was a way
to print a disc label. This did not interest
me because I wanted to be able to see the
individual tracks while the CD was in my
player. I contacted the software developer, who replied and told me that this
feature was available only if I upgraded
to the standard version of the program,
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Review: Roxio CD SpinDoctor6
Microsoft Entourage and Apple Time Machine
which costs $19.95. This is a discount of $15 from the normal price
of $34.95. The upgrade to “Disc
Catalog Maker” is $19.99, which is a
discount of $10 from the $29.95 regular price.
Locate the selector next to “Calendar”
(it probably says “Home” by default)
and change it to the calendar you just
created a few seconds ago. Lastly, in
the left column of iCal, locate the calendar you just created. Click on the
checkbox next to it and you’ll see the
check mark goes away and the email
backup entries on your calendar will
become invisible. This allows you to
view your calendar without having to
look at all those email backup events.
Despite the discounts, it is irritating
to me as a user that after I purchased
what I thought was a complete product, I then discover that I need to
spend additional money to get what I
originally thought I bought.
Roxio CD SpinDoctor 6 costs $39.99
as a stand-alone product, or may be
purchased as part of the Toast
Titanium suite of programs for
$99.99. There may be a mail-in
rebate on Toast.
Other programs besides Disc Cover
and Disc Catalog Maker included
with Toast include Streamer for
watching television programs
online, Mac2Tivo for transferring
shows from your Mac to your Tivo,
as the name implies, and Toast
Titanium for burning CDs and
DVDs. I have not tried the last three
programs, so I cannot offer any
comment on them. 
(Optional step: If you have a backup
hard drive with not much more capacity than your primary drive, you may
want to add the “Main Identity” folder to Time Machine’s exemption list,
in the Time Machine settings. If your
backup drive is capacious, I would
skip this step.)
You’re now done with the email backup automation process and you can
enjoy the knowledge that your
Entourage database is being properly
backed up by Time Machine at least
once a day.
Should you ever need to roll back
your Entourage email to an earlier
version, you will need to follow a
short process: First, make sure all
Microsoft apps are closed (this is
important). Now, navigate to the folder where your daily email duplicate is
saved by the Automator workflow.
Second, go to the Time Machine
menu and select “Enter Time
Machine.” Find the day/date that you
want to restore from. Highlight the
files in this folder and click on the
Restore button. Time Machine will
ask you if you want to keep the originals, or the restored files. Select the
older, restored files. Time Machine
will perform the restore – which will
take a moment. Now, navigate to your
Main Identity folder and open it.
Highlight the files inside and drag
them to your desktop. Then drag into
this Main Identity folder the files that
were restored to the backup folder.
Lastly, restart your Mac.
Upon restart, when you launch
Entourage, you'll find that your database has been restored to the day and
date you selected. 
Email backup workflow link:
http://tinyurl.com/27bkudb
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Apple Store: Sydney
The Sydney, Australia Apple store: a
three-story playground. “Boy, was this
a busy place. One of my tour bus drivers remarked: You’d think everybody in
Sydney would have an Apple with all
the people that are always in there!’ ”
Submitted by Deena Quilty
November/December 2010
Chronicle
A Frustrating Date with the Most Popular Girl in Town
As I write this, it’s a day before the October 20 announcement
of Apple’s media gathering “Back to the Mac,” in which it’s
been hinted that they will talk about an update to OS X. Since
a lion’s head is featured in the announcement it looks as
though the next big cat to be used by Apple in it’s naming
structure will be the king himself, the lion.
It’s rumored that Apple will also introduce new hardware
updates such as a MacBook Air refresh, an iOS-type interface
with existing Macs, along with many other speculations. All
of this is designed to bring about more sales for the flagship
products: the Macintosh computer and some of its other iterations. And this brings me to what I wanted to talk about in
the first place: the Apple Store is getting too crowded.
It’s become a meeting place, a town center for meeting friends
and checking email. And an impossible place to see and touch
and learn about the Apple products you went there to get
informed about.
Two weeks ago I visited my local Apple Store to see if I could
compare the Mac Pro with an iMac. Only one Mac Pro was
Photo by Nial Kennedy
on display. And so many people of all ages were crowded
around all of the products that it was near impossible to really concentrate on why I was there. It was also quite noisy.
Sure, lots of Apple employees were on hand to answer questions but it wasn’t the old inviting feel that it once had. Maybe
more space is needed, or a different layout. It reminded me of
shopping during the after-Thanksgiving holiday rush. I can
just imagine how frustrating it will be to go there when the big
holiday rush actually starts.
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Trojan Horse OS X
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Android and Mac
pages 4-5
Keeping Your
Entourage
Attachments
Under Control
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Book Review:
QuickStart Guides,
iPhoto 9
page 8
Hardware Review:
Otterbox “Commuter”
for iPad
page 9
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Trojan Horse OS X/Koobface.A Affects Mac OS X
from our friends at the Intego Mac Security Blog
Memo:
Trojan Horse OS X/
Koobface.A affects
OS X Mac – Koobface
Variant Spreads via
Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Malware: OSX/Koobface.A
Risk:
Low
Description: Intego has discovered a
Mac version of the Koobface worm,
which spreads via social networks such
as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.
Intego’s Virus Monitoring Center has
been examining this malware for some
time, and given the low level of risk, has
not publicly issued information about it.
Since other reports have been made
public about this malware, Intego has
decided to publish this security memo.
Reports have circulated discussing a
Trojan horse, but without understanding
either the scope or the functioning of
this malware. This threat is a Mac OS X
version of the Koobface worm, which is
served as part of a multi-platform attack
via a malicious Java applet. The malware itself is made up of a number of
elements, though in order to simplify,
we will use the term “Trojan horse” to
describe it. (Technically, it propagates as
a worm, is installed via a Trojan Horse,
and installs a rootkit, backdoor, command and control, and other elements.)
Users first encounter this malware via
links on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter,
but links can and do exist from other web
sites as well. They are taken to malicious
web sites in order to view videos, and
these sites attempt to load a Java applet.
Users are alerted to this via the standard
Mac OS X Java security alert.
Clicking Show Details displays information about the certificate that is
attempting to be authorized:
Potentially, if it installs correctly, it
functions the same as the Koobface
worm running on Windows. It runs a
local web server and an IRC server,
acts as part of a botnet, acts as a DNS
changer, and can activate a number of
other functions, either through files initially installed or other files
downloaded subsequently. It spreads
by posting messages on Facebook,
MySpace and Twitter, usually trying to
get people to click a link to view some
sort of video.
Users can deny or allow the applet
access to their computers. If they click
Deny, the applet will not run, and no
infection will occur. If they click
Allow, however, the applet will run,
and will attempt to download files
from one or more remote servers. At
this point, VirusBarrier X6’s AntiSpyware feature, if activated, will
alert users to an outgoing connection
by Java. If this occurs, click Deny to
block the connection.
While this is an especially malicious
piece of malware, the current Mac
OS X implementation is flawed, and
the threat is therefore low. However,
Mac users should be aware that this
threat exists, and that it is likely to
be operative in the future, so this
Koobface Trojan horse may become
an issue for Macs.
If files are downloaded, they are stored
in an invisible folder (.jnana) in the current user’s home folder. These files
include elements designed to infect
Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. The
Java applet should also download an
installer that will then launch and
attempt to install the malware. While
Intego has evidence of several infections in the wild, we are not currently
able to go beyond this step, as either
the malicious malware has bugs preventing it from running correctly, or the
servers it contacts are not active or are
not serving the correct files.
Means of protection: The first step is
for users who see the Java alert dialog
shown above to click Deny; the Java
applet will not run, and the malware
will not be installed. Second, if a user
sees an Installer window display spontaneously, without the user having
double-clicked an installation package,
they should quit the installer. Intego
VirusBarrier X6 and X5 detect and
eradicate this malware, which they
identify as OSX/Koobface.A, with
their current threat filters. 
From our friends at the
Intego Mac Security Blog
http://blog.intego.com/.
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Android and Mac: We Can Co-Exist
by Kevin Boudreau, CMC member
To echo a regular comment made by
ically) from mid September
the panel on the Your Mac Life webthrough mid October. So much of a
cast, for Android to succeed, the
cell phone user’s experience is
iPhone does not have to fail. This is
based on where you use your
the spirit with which I write this artiphone the most, and for me the
cle. I’ve demo’d an iPhone exactly
Verizon experience was better. I
four times in the past six months,
dropped too many calls with the
taking advantage of AT&T’s 30-day
iPhone. There were times recently
trial and the industry-wide number
and even in the past when I have
portability. I’ve used the 3GS and
not been able to make a call with
the 4 models. Each time I came
Verizon; I had to redial. However, it
away with the impression that hardis my belief that Verizon simply
ware-wise and as a functioning
hangs on to its calls better. I’d
mobile unit, it is the best device I’ve
rather have to dial twice and keep
ever used. I found the external
that meaningful conversation going
speaker outstanding and even sooththan to connect on the first try and
Image via www.devilsheep.com
ing as I listened to white noise from
have it disconnect unexpectedly.
the Ambiance app at bedtime ($2.99
and worth its weight in gold). Furthermore, I appreciated the
In the Mac community (not referring to our CMC here), hacktiered data plans that AT&T began offering on June 7th. While
ing or “jailbreaking” is often frowned upon by iPhone owners.
they don’t create value for pro users, they do offer an entry into
Even after the Library of Congress released a statement supthe smartphone market for those who are frugal or who don’t
porting the legality of such modifications earlier in the year,
see a need for an abundance of mobile data. Honestly, the $15
Apple countered back saying that such behavior could harm
for 200 MB plan is what got me started on this journey back in
and potentially render useless (a.k.a. “brick”) your iPhone.
June. Before that, I had only tried a Blackberry for a day or two
What irritates me about how Apple has handled the iPhone
before returning it. While today I see the value in a $25 to $30
since day one is the way they want to administrate our pera month data plan, AT&T’s revised plans provided a door into
sonal experience with it. Though I dabbled in Mac in late
this new world for me.
1990s and fondly recall using my high school’s Mac lab, I
have only been a full time Mac user since 2004. Aside from
Ultimately, I craved to do more with my phone. I didn’t want
the coolness of it and the community aspect, what has always
to be limited to the software Apple authorized me to install.
impressed me the most about being a customer is that I get to
Those 300,000 apps are a great statistic, but I was upset about
choose my own adventure. Other than Apple supplying the
this big brother mentality. Though there are Mac applications
hardware and the operating system, I can install the applicalike Missing Sync that can do a Wi-Fi sync for the iPhone and
tions that I want to make my Mac work for me. I cherish the
other smartphones, essentially the iPhone user experience is a
plethora of low-cost and even free apps that have made this
computer-controlled endeavor. You are supposed to plug in
experience so valuable. I delight in the fact that many small
your iPhone to sync, to update software, to backup, and so on.
developers are not just trying to push a product, but also
Why can’t the phone be the CEO of our smartphone experienhance our communal fellowship.
ence? That just bugged me.
Taking all of that into consideration, an Android phone is
I live beneath Rattlesnake Mountain, which stretches across
worth your consideration the next time you are looking for a
the Farmington/Plainville line. Certain spots are not known for
smartphone. Quite simply put, it just fits in with the openness
optimal reception. The intersection of Scott Swamp Rd. and
that I believe Macintosh ownership is meant to epitomize. For
Main St. is one where I’ve found Verizon and AT&T to each
those of you who are not very familiar with Android, here are
have issues. Ultimately, I decided to go with Verizon and one
a couple of important guideposts. Android is not a phone, but
of their best selling Android phones, the Droid Incredible by
a mobile operating system developed by Google. Several manHTC. I had purchased and returned the iPhone four times. One
ufacturers from HTC, to Motorola, Samsung, and LG put out
could argue that I am simply going back to the “old familiar”
Android phones. There are definitely haves and have nots that
because I have mostly been a Verizon customer since 1999.
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However, I tested Verizon and AT&T intensely (but unscientif-
“With Android and Mac,
two worlds have collided
and we have a match.”
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Android and Mac: We Can Co-Exist
have been released to market thus far, drawing the criticism
that Google and Android had better be careful so they don’t
become the “Windows of the smartphone world.” Point well
taken, but I would respond that shoppers should read the
reviews and stay away from models like the LG Ally and
Motorola Devour that carriers are selling for well under $100.
The MyTouch 3G Slide and G2 for T-Mobile, Aria for AT&T,
EVO for Sprint, and Incredible, Droid 2, and Droid X for
Verizon are the kingmakers of the U.S. Android market right
now. Newer models of this caliber will be released by the time
you read this article. They are all viable alternatives to, but not
necessarily “better” than the iPhone. Surely, the Android experience is not as Mac-centric.
I didn’t care about the fact that on paper, my HTC Droid
Incredible may have better specs than the iPhone. I need to
make this phone work for me; it had to fit my lifestyle and
more specifically, my Mac lifestyle. It took me about three
days, but I’ve even been able to make this phone replace the
iPod functionality of my iPhone – a deal breaker in my book.
Generally speaking, this would be possible with any of the
models I have just listed. Right out of the box, my Incredible
would sync with my Gmail and Google Apps e-mail account,
contacts and calendar. I could have simply left it this way,
because Address Book and iCal will sync with Google.
However, I needed a slightly more advanced solution because
Address Book does not sync contact groups with Google. I
narrowed my choices of a 3rd party application down to
Missing Sync for Android, or SyncMate. Missing Sync performs wireless (or wired) syncs of contacts, notes, calendar
and even photos and music between your Mac and an Android
phone (contacts and calendar then sync to Google from the
phone). SyncMate syncs contact and calendar data to Google,
but can also sync music and photos between your Mac and
your phone. Both applications were $40, however SyncMate
allows you to keep a limited version that allows for manual but
not automatic syncing. Since I had no issues with my phone
syncing to Google, I purchased Missing Sync. When Wi-Fi is
enabled on my MacBook and on my Android, data syncs every
hour – wirelessly.
The most popular application and (sister Android app) for
syncing music and photos is Double Twist, which has been
acclaimed as “iTunes for your Android.” It has the ability to
sync your (non-DRM protected) songs directly from iTunes
and has similarly convenient access to your iPhoto library. I
choose to manage my music and photo syncing from Missing
Sync; I paid for it so I may as well get my money’s worth.
Podcasts, oh how I love podcasts. Don’t laugh, but I am primarily a podcast only and no TV kind of guy. DoubleTwist
offers limited syncing of podcasts, but I desired an option that
would allow me to manage all of these episodes from my
Android phone and have no dependence on my MacBook. I
was nervous about buying the $6.99 DoggCatcher Android
app on my first day with the phone, however, it was well worth
it. This app lets me manage audio and video podcasts along
with RSS news feeds, directly from my Incredible. I am the
pilot; I am the CEO; I am in control of this ship. I operate from
the phone’s cockpit.
My joyous journey with the Android would not be possible
without the modifications that I made to the phone (and can
easily be made on most Android models). Jailbreaking in
Android is known as “rooting” the phone. This is actually
encouraged in the Android community. Google’s App Store
(Marketplace) in fact sells apps than will only work on rooted
Android devices. Try getting that from the iTunes Store!
Jailbreaking my Android phone took all of five minutes, thanks
to a free, Mac rooting application called Unrevoked3. Safetywise and security-wise, this put me in a much stronger
position. While I was grateful that my iPhone could be backed
up every time I connected it to iTunes, why in the Nutmeg state
do I need to plug in my phone with a wire to back up? My rooted Android afforded me the opportunity to purchase Titanium
Backup, a $6.99 app that allows me to back up my apps, data,
and app preferences to the removable SD card in my phone.
Oh happy day! For my final act, I removed the Verizon-ized
version of the Android OS from my phone and installed a customized OS (known as a ROM) that allowed me full control
over my device. The major benefits I have reaped so far
include being able to install the real Skype app (free calls over
Wi-Fi), and have no Verizon apps. A backup is no good unless
you can restore from it; I was able to restore all existing apps,
etc. using Titanium Backup.
Simply because I love Android more than iPhone does not
mean I am not loyal to Cupertino. I plan on buying an iPad
for the spring semester because three of my courses are offering iPad-compatible textbooks. When you are buying a
phone in the future, test out the options as I did. Take four or
five weeks. You can keep your number throughout the
process. I’ve been accused of looking at the world through
rose-colored or even tea party glasses before, but, for me, a
well executed Android phone is what the iPhone should have
been. With Android and Mac, two worlds have collided and
we have a match. 
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Keeping Your Entourage Attachments Under Control
by Chris Hart, CMC secretary
For many years, Microsoft’s Entourage
email app for Mac had a restriction that
was not stated in the documentation, but
could abruptly cause the application to
become inept. That limitation was a
maximum storage capacity of 2 gigabytes. Once you reached this limit,
through an accumulation of messages,
Entourage became helpless.
I must note that the process below
involves removing email attachments
that you no longer need. These
steps will permanently remove the
files associated with the emails you
have saved. The messages themselves
will not be deleted; only their attachments. Which attachments are
removed is entirely under your control.
Long-time Entourage users, who send
and receive many attachments, will likely have run into this wall. And due to
Microsoft never foreseeing the possibility that a user would grow their database
to such a size, they did not program in a
system for handling this event. No
warning or error messages would
appear and many Entourage users were
left scratching their heads when they
found themselves unable to send or
receive new emails.
If you don’t have an automatic backup system in place on your Mac, do not proceed
further until you do so. I would hate for
something to go awry with your Entourage
when you don’t have a safety net.
There was a period of time when I did
lots of service calls that involved getting
Entourage on its feet again. In recent
years, however, this has not been an
issue. In fact, I have seen some
Entourage 2004 and 2008 databases
beyond 10 gigabytes in size. While this
is not a good practice, amazingly, it
doesn’t bust Entourage.
However, a large database does slow the
application down dramatically. Therefore,
it’s in your best interest to keep your
Entourage database under control. This is
of greatest importance to those who send
and receive large email attachments on a
regular basis.
Below, I outline the steps for trimming
your Entourage database, I must point
out that this information is specifically
for users of Entourage 2004 and 2008.
The earlier versions and the new
Outlook 2011 (replacement for
Entourage on the Mac) work differently
and this information does not apply.
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If you don’t normally store copies of
your valuable attachments elsewhere on
your Mac, I would suggest either following the optional steps I outline in the
sidebar “Saving Attachments,” or not
moving forward with this Entourage
housecleaning. If you’re the type of person who is very attached to their
attachments (pun intended), perhaps it’s
best for your sanity to just leave your
Entourage the way it is. In that case, you
should stop reading at this point.
When doing Entourage housecleaning, I
recommend starting with the Sent Items
folder. Because all the files you have
personally sent as email attachments,
are almost certainly still residing in your
Sent folder.
So the very first step is to click on the
Sent Items folder icon in the left column
of Entourage. Now look to the right,
where Entourage lists the message you
have sent. Look for a column with a
header name that says “Size.” If you
don’t see that, then do this: Go to the
“View” menu at the top of your screen,
move down to the option “Preview
Pane” and from the sub-menu choose
“None.” If the Preview Pane option is
grayed out, continue to the next step.
Look in the list of messages for a column named
Size. If you still don’t see it,
then click on the “View” menu
at the very top menu bar, move down to
the option “Columns” and in the submenu, put a checkmark next to “Size.”
This will enable the size column, which
specifies the size of each email in your
sent folder.
At this point there are two approaches
you can take to this trimming process.
One is to focus your attention on the
largest attachments. The second is to
concern yourself with the oldest messages that also have attachments.
Personally, I usually use method one,
because it’s the easiest way to focus on
the largest offenders.
First, let’s make sure that if you have
any attachments of value to you, that
they are saved to the Finder. In the case
of the Sent Items folder, this typically
will not be necessary, because most
folks keep in their Finder the original
copies of files that they send as email
attachments. If that is not you, then you
should see the sidebar box on page 7
“Saving Attachments Of Value.” You
may wish to refer to thet sidebar when
you start doing housecleaning on the
other folders in your Entourage.
continued on page 7
Saving Attachments
Of Value
Method One - Deleting The
Largest Attachments:
Again, we are starting with the Sent
Items folder. To sort the largest messages together, click on the word
“Size” at the top of the Size column.
This forces the list of messages to be
sorted from largest to smallest. If you
now scroll all the way to the top of
the list, you should see the largest
size numbers grouped together. If
you don’t, click on the heading
“Size” again to re-sort the list.
Now, click once on the largest message listed. Then, scroll down the list
of messages and look for smaller emails.
I usually delete all attachments from messages that are 1 MB (megabyte), or
greater, in size. Find the end of the range
that you want to specify and then hold the
Shift key on the keyboard. Now, click on
the message at the end of the range you
want to choose.
You should see that Entourage has now
highlighted a range of messages. In the bottom left corner of the Entourage window,
you can see an indication of how many
messages you have selected. (For example
it might say “3500 items, 2000 selected”) I
would suggest selecting no more than
roughly 1000 items at any one time. Doing
so can cause Entourage to choke.
Once you have chosen the range of messages that meet your criteria and won’t
be too excessive for Entourage to handle
in one step, you can tell Entourage to
commence with the deletion process.
Click on the “Message” menu at the top
of the screen and choose the option
“Remove All Attachments.”
Entourage is now stripping the file attachments from the email messages you
specified. Note that this process can take a
while. Anywhere from seconds to many
minutes. Exactly how much time
Entourage requires will depend on how
many messages you selected and how
large the attachments were. Note that you
will not be able to use Entourage at this
time. Allow the task to finish and do not
ask Entourage to Quit or Force Quit.
Repeat this process for your other email
folders in Entourage, using the same sorting process outlined above.
Method Two – Deleting The
Attachments From Older Messages:
This method is ideal if you would like to
keep recent attachments – say, those from
the last 6 months – but get rid of the old
ones. We are starting with the Sent Items
folder, so click on that in the left column
of Entourage.
Now, sort the messages according to their
age by clicking on the word “Date” at the
top of the date column. If they were not
sorted in the order you expected, click on
the word Date again, to reverse the sort
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Entourage offers a function that
makes easy the process of saving
email attachments to a folder in
the Finder. This is handy, if you
feel that the file attachments you
have in Entourage may be unique
and you could potentially need
them in the future.
Note that this method saves the
attachments in a wholesale fashion – putting them all in one
folder. If you want detailed folder
and file names for your email
attachments, you’ll have to go
through the messages in your
Entourage email folders one-byone and save the files.
To use the quicker method, find
the messages whose attachments
you want to save. It’s best if you
group them together by either
using the Size sorting method, or
the Date sorting method, both outlined in the main article.
Click on the first of the messages, then find the last of the
messages and hold the Shift key
on the keyboard while you click
on it. You have now selected a
range of messages. To save their
file attachments, go to the
Message menu at the top of the
screen and choose the option
“Save All Attachments.”
Entourage will now ask you to
specify the Finder folder where you
want the attachments saved. I suggest creating a new folder for these
attachments, because they can really clutter up an existing folder.
Note that once you start this
process, it can take a considerable
amount of time – depending on
how many messages you chose
and how large the attachments are.
Entourage will be unresponsive
during this time. Be patient and let
Entourage finish the task.
Entourage Size column example
Entourage Message selection example
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Book Review: Quickstart Guides, iPhoto ‘09
by David Greenbaum
Like other Visual Quickstart Guides,
the version for iPhoto ‘09 is not a manual but a detailed and complete how-to
guide. Instead of covering every feature, the book covers those features
you’d be most interested in, and the
author doesn’t disappoint. Rather than
answering the question “What does this
do?” the book answers the questions
about “How do I do this?”
even the more complex topics to be succinctly and deftly handled in just a few
paragraphs. Personally, I’ve always had
problems getting pictures to print correctly on photo paper and after reading
the short page on “Printing Standard
Prints” and the “Troubleshooting” guide,
I realized what I was doing wrong, and
no longer have a stack for recycling each
time I want a simple 4 x 6.
The book covers topics in detail in a
logical progression of how a new user
would approach it, and features chapters on installation, importing and
managing photos, working with the
Faces and Places feature, slideshows,
editing, publishing, and printing photos. As a bonus, the book also
contains a great appendix on photography techniques to make anyone a
better photographer.
The troubleshooting chapter in particular is an outstanding guide on figuring
out what to do when iPhoto acts quirky.
It helps you with those functions that
should work, but due to current bugs in
iPhoto, don’t. You won’t find this
detailed guide anywhere, so serious
iPhoto users should buy it for this reason alone!
Within each topic, details are covered
one page at a time with copious screenshots (hence the Visual part of the title),
making for a quick read without too
much fluff and superfluous information
(the Quickstart part of the title). Adam
Engst’s excellent writing style enabled
Although I consider myself an intermediate iPhoto user, I still found quite a bit
of value from this book. I clearly don’t
use the full potential of iPhoto, and
know more about how to use certain
functions to my advantage rather than
learning for the sake of learning. Both
beginner and intermediate users will
find just what they need in this book.
Rarely can a book walk that line of not
talking down to intermediate users and
not talking over the heads of a beginning
user. Here is proof you can do both. 
Pros:
Covers the most useful topics within iPhoto in a quick,
easy to understand format
with great tips and tricks
along the way.
Cons: Absolutely none
Rating: Five out of Five Dogcows
Originally published and written for
the Lawrence Apple Users’ Group 2.0
http://www.laugks.org/news and
published by Dave Greenbaum at
http://www.clickheretech.com
CMC October Meeting Candids
Photos
by John Scott
CMC Photographer
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Hardware Review: Otterbox Commuter for iPad
by David Greenbaum
The name Otterbox is synonymous
with quality protection for your
portable devices, so having a line of
cases for the iPad is a welcome
addition to their family.
Generally, Otterbox cases come in
the “Defender” line and the
“Commuter” line. While the
Defender is the ultimate in protection, the Commuter is an excellent
balance of price, performance,
and bulk.
The Otterbox Commuter for the
iPad is similar to other Commuter
products in the Otterbox product
line. It combines a silicone wraparound with a hard plastic support
and a plastic screen overlay; three
different forms of protection for
your iPad when most vendors provide only one.
The Commuter added a slight bit of
bulk to the side and back of the iPad,
but was within the normal dimensions
of other silicone cases. I was easily able
to fit it in most iPad sleeves. Given the
large size of the iPad, a structural support in back is important to prevent
screen cracking due to flexing.
The Commuter’s matte finish makes the
case much easier to grab and much less
likely to slip out of your fingers.
Holding my iPad in this case was comfortable and natural. Unlike other
silicone cases that didn’t quite fit, the
Otterbox always has a tight custom fit.
Pros: Light yet sturdy protection
Cons: None
Rating: Five out of Five Dogcows.
I’m a big fan of the Defender Case, but
not everyone wants that level of protection (or price tag). For those looking for
the perfect balance of price, style, and
protection, the Otterbox Commuter for
iPad delivers! 
Originally published and written for
the Lawrence Apple Users’ Group 2.0
http://www.laugks.org/news and
published by Dave Greenbaum at
http://www.clickheretech.com
Photo: the “Commuter” by Otterbox . Inset:
the “Defender” is the ultimate in protection
Keeping Your Entourage Attachments Under Control
order. Now scroll in the list of messages to the most recent message you
are willing to remove attachments from
(such as one that is 3, 6, or 12 months
old). Now scroll all the way to the bottom of the list, to the oldest messages.
Hold down the Shift key on the keyboard and click on the oldest message.
You’ll see that Entourage has highlighted the range of messages you
specified. To find out just how many
messages that is, look at the bottom left
corner of the Entourage window. Look
for the indicator that says something
like “3500 items, 2000 selected.” I
would suggest selecting no more than
roughly 1000 items at any one time.
Otherwise Entourage may choke.
Now that you’ve selected range of messages you want to remove attachments
from, click on the “Message” menu at
the top of the screen and choose the
option “Remove All Attachments.”
Entourage starts removing the file
attachments from the email messages
selected. Note that this process can
take a while (anywhere from seconds
to many minutes). You should not try to
use Entourage while this process is
happening. Allow the task to complete
and do not ask Entourage to Quit or
Force Quit.
Repeat these steps for your other
Entourage message folders, including
the Inbox.
Remember, these steps only delete
attachments, not the messages themselves. I must also note that you will
find that some messages will not
respond to the “Remove All
Attachments” command and will
remain a large size (no matter how
many times you choose that command). These are typically messages
with embedded content, which
Entourage doesn’t explicitly recognize
as attachments. There is no way to trim
the size of these messages. You must
either ignore them, or delete them
entirely from Entourage. 
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Wednesday, Dec. 15th
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Farmington, CT
Annual Holiday Meeting
and iPad Raffle
Come and celebrate the holidays with
your Apple friends! We’ll have food and
drinks and lots of fun. Even better, we’ll
have special guests via video conference,
Adam Engst of Tidbits and Chuck Joiner
of MacVoices. Adam is also well known
as the editor of several books devoted to
the Mac, and along with his wife Tonya,
the mastermind behind the Take Control
series of eBooks. Chuck is perhaps the
most prolific podcaster in the Mac community, as producer and host of several
shows, including MacNotables, MacJury,
MacVoices and MacVoices TV.
Adam and Chuck are both experts in their
fields and they will discuss the state of the
Mac and their own technology endeavors. Not only will you get a chance to
enjoy some engaging conversation, but
you’ll also have an opportunity to ask
your questions before the night is through.
Find out more about about our guests at:
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Tickets are $5 each or 5 for
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this CMC membersonly raffle. Note: Your
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We’ll have food, drinks, special iPad
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Chuck Joiner of MacVoices!
Thanks, Rick!
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We’d like to thank our October presenter, Rick
Hancock, for opening our eyes to the “Future of
Social Journalism.” Rick touched on many subjects – from the tools that can help anyone be a
journalist, to the insight of using social network
pathways. Although Rick’s presentation was
geared toward the future, he also spent a few
humorous moments enlightening all of us with a
look at the past. Thanks, Rick!

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