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The wait is over, but does it
live up to the hype?
MacNews - May 2005
Tiger rocks!
by Terry White
I
Now you iChat with up to 3 other folks via Video or up to 10
people via audio only.
’ve been looking forward to Mac OS X 10.4 a.k.a. “Tiger” for several months
now. Ever since Steve Jobs gave a sneak peek at last year’s Macworld Expo. Of
course with any operating system update or software update you start looking at
the feature list to see what’s in it for you? I was no different and right off the bat I
could see some things that I would take advantage of such as iChat AV’s multiple user
video and audio chat, Dashboard and the New RSS Reader built into Safari. What
I often forget about are the dozens if not hundreds of little things that never make it
onto a marketing brochure. These little system wide improvements just make your dayto-day computing that much easier. Spotlight, Apple’s new searching capability is also
EXTREMELY powerful. More powerful than it looks at first glance and it’s integrated
nicely throughout the system. Another hit is QuickTime 7 and especially QuickTime 7
Pro ($29.99).
As with any upgrade, there are bound to be a few rough spots and Tiger is no
different. There will always be the need to get a compatibility update for some of your
apps and hardware. The good news is that most of these updates are free and
were readily available the day Tiger shipped. Some even offered new features to
take advantage of Tiger such as my favorite DVD cataloging program, “Delicious
Library.” Delicious Library added a Dashboard Widget and Spotlight integration
at no additional charge. These are features that other companies probably would
have charged for in a major update. Although I’ve been a MS Entourage user
for years, I’m VERY TEMPTED to switch to the new Mail app built into Tiger.
Because Spotlight is integrated into it, you can find any email you’re looking for in
a matter of seconds. The search in Entourage is probably its weakest feature. It’s
painfully slow. Mail also handles sending HTML emails very nicely with its Safari
integration and it has slick features for dealing with incoming picture attachments.
Because of the way Entourage stores mail in a database, it’s not compatible with
Spotlight. So far my upgrades have gone extremely well. No major problems to report
and the one app that I need that isn’t compatible yet should be by the middle to the
end of this month. It’s the Cisco VPN client that I use to access my network at work.
So I kept one Mac on Panther until that update comes out.
I’ve already gotten very used to Tiger and would not want to go back to Panther.
Panther was great, don’t get me wrong. It’s just that Tiger offers more than enough to
keep me happy and now I’m used to the features that I would not want to be without.
Although I haven’t experienced any issues related to Tiger, Apple is rumored to be
working on the 10.4.1 update to quickly fix some minor problems that some users have
reported. So for those of you who never buy a dot 0 system/app, you won’t have
to wait long.
Tips and Tricks
I’ve been learning lots of new tips and tricks about Tiger. So Tiger will keep my
“Tip of the Day” http://macgroup.org/tipoftheday fueled for several weeks to come. I
will also show several tips at our May meeting which is dedicated to Tiger.
Apple definitely has another hit on their hands!
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MacNews - May 2005
SOHO Business Cards v1.0.1
Author: Greg Sharp ([email protected])
F
or a business to succeed a good
public image is vital and for potential customers first impressions can
make or break your chances for closing the deal. Gaining new clients takes
effort so a professional looking business
card is a great first step. Having a design
that stands out from the crowd is a no
brainer and that is where SOHO Business Cards comes in. No longer do you
need to find a graphics studio to get print
ready artwork, SOHO Business Cards
does everything for you.
Chronos the makers of SOHO
Business Cards recommend a minimum
system requirement is a G3 or higher
running 10.2 or later. The basic install
to produce professional quality business
cards with a simple well laid out interface.
Unlike word processors which normally
only handle a few business card paper
types SOHO Business Cards comes
with extensive support for a huge variety,
yet still allows for custom layouts to satisfy
those one off designs that creative types
love.
SOHO Business Cards is all you
need to create one of a kind business
card designs (including CD Business
Cards). One step tools let you draw
vector shapes, add graphics, arrange and
align objects, rotate objects and add
special effects. You can even store your
favorite graphics, text and shapes in the
occupies 30 MB (1.2 GB for full clip art
collection) and comes as a multi CD set.
SOHO Business Cards provides
easy access to all the tools you need
built in Scrapbook Drawer for easy reuse.
SOHO Business Cards comes with
over 13,000 commercial quality graphics including 300 d.p.i. high resolution
photos, vector clip art in E.P.S. format
and 50 Postscript fonts from Bitstream.
Templates & content are sorted into categories.
I was very impressed by SOHO
Business Cards integration with iPhoto,
which gives you access to your personal
photos to use as backgrounds, graphic
objects e.t.c. Your iPhoto collection,
along with the installed graphics can
be browsed within the program which
even includes a built in search function.
Another snazzy feature
was its ability to use
over 150 smart fields
to automatically place
information from the
Mac OS X Address
Book directly into your
business cards plus
there are smart fields for
almost everything including logos, initials, one
line addresses and more
all with powerful text
options. To fully understand and utilize these
features it is a good
idea to first read the
documentation available
through the Help Menu.
You can easily switch
from one profile to
another for those who wear many hats
within an organization making it very easy
MacNews - May 2005 to customize what details are published
on your business cards.
Making business cards is a simple
3 step process. First, you choose one
of the default template designs or you
can create your own, next you customize your card with your name, details and
logo (which you can customize using the
built in design tools) and finally you can
print your masterpiece to virtually any
business card stock using an inkjet or laser
printer. The built in printer calibration feature ensures your card stock is perfectly
aligned and allows for full bleed print-
ing. For larger runs customers may like to
submit their design to an online commercial printer via SOHO Business Cards
and have cards delivered to your door.
For a business in the current environment of constant change the ability to produce business cards on demand is essential.
I’ve had hundreds of cards printed commercially in the past that became useless
when phone numbers changed, fax lines
were added or removed, e.t.c. A product like this would have been a godsend
at those times.
The only bug I found was a slight
interface quirk where by a scroll bar in the
image browser was hidden till I resized
its window, however this interface glitch
was very minor.
SOHO Business Cards does one
thing and it does it well via a simple
Apple like GUI. I realize this product is
probably a waste of time for Photoshop/
InDesign Gurus but for the rest of us this
one trick pony has a place in any small
business’s armory of business tools.
Pros (simple, professional results,
intuitive toolset, lots of options both for
design and output)
Cons (optional graphics takes install
to over 1 GB which is a lot A custom
install option to select only specific categories would be nice)
Rating: 4/5
Customers can purchase from
CHRONOS’s site at www.chronosnet.com/Products/sohobc_product.html
from US$29.99
Test Computer specs (iMac G4 Flat
Panel, 800 Mhz processor speed, 768
MB RAM, 60 GB HD, Mac OS version 10.3.8)
© Greg Sharp & the Australian Mac
Users Group 2005
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MacNews - May 2005
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by Terry White
M
any of us have Wireless (WiFi) networks established in
our homes and businesses.
Public Wi-Fi networks are popping up
all over the place and life is good. You
can take your notebook computer with
you from room-to-room or even outside
on the deck/patio. I have two wireless
networks setup. One for my cable connection and one for my DSL line (used to
host web servers and as a backup in case
my cable connection goes down). Both
networks use AirPort Base Stations in
addition to Ethernet routers. I password
protected the wireless network on the
DSL line a long time ago because there
was no reason to leave it open. However, I always kept my main network
(the one on the Cable modem) OPEN.
Why? No real reason really. Occasionally friends come over and connect during
their visits and I didn’t want to have to
bother giving them a password or helping
them configure their notebook.
Then I read this article (thanks to my
New RSS feeds in Safari) about Hackers
that drive around and Exploit Wireless
Networks. http://www.clickondetroit.
com/technology/4447812/detail.html?rss
=det&psp=technology
It made me really think about my
setup and although I was never really too
concerned about someone hacking into
my computers (Macs are pretty secure),
I was more concerned about someone
using my network to do things like sending SPAM. Think about it! Someone
pulls up in front your house, connects
to your OPEN wireless network and
sends a few thousand emails and guess
what?
I t would look
like it came
from YOU, to
your ISP. Technically it did come
from your house! It doesn’t take a genius to
figure out smtp.comcast.net. That thought
was enough to get me up out of my chair
and go outside and test just how far my
wireless network would reach. I decided
that if it didn’t reach to the street, then I
wasn’t going to worry about it.
CanaryWireless - The Digital Hotspotter - Think like a Hacker!
My co-workers bought me a gift
last year called The Digital Hotspotter.
https://www.canarywireless.com/shop/
shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=1&cat=Wi
%2DFi+Detectors
This neat little device is designed to
be used by travelers to check to see if
there is a public wireless network without having to dig out your notebook
computer. Although I REALLY LIKE
WiFi Finder by Kensington that only displays a light to tell you if a network is
present or not. This one actually tells you
the network name, whether or not if it’s
SECURE or OPEN, the signal strength
AND the channel. All you have to do is
press the only button on the device and
it will start scanning. It will stop on the
first network it finds and display the info
about it (it’s almost instantaneous). Press
the button again and it will search for the
next network. It will even find networks
that aren’t broadcasting a name (SSID).
It will simply display “CLOAKED”. I
was just never in a location before now
that I didn’t already know if a wireless
network existed and needed one. This
was a perfect opportunity to use it as
I didn’t want to walk around outside
with my PowerBook. So I picked up
my Hotspotter and walked to the street
and pressed the button. GASP! there
they were, both my networks. I even
walked across the street and both were
broadcasting loud and clear. Keeping in
mind that one was Secure. When I got
across the street, I even picked up two
additional networks that belonged to my
neighbors, one was secure and the other
one wasn’t!
I had to run an errand that would
take me about 6 miles from home. So I
decided to take the Digital Hotspotter
with me. At each stop sign and light I
IT, I didn’t use it much. Don’t get me
wrong, this one blows away the lame
pressed the button. More often than not,
I picked up a network or two. Half of
MacNews - May 2005 the networks I picked up were Secure
and half WERE NOT Secured. They
were wide Open. It was funny even
seeing some of the names of the networks
like: “Linksys”, “Default”, “RickandSue”,
“Bob”, etc. It was obvious that many
of the Open networks (routers) were
plugged in and never changed from their
default settings (Default name, OPEN
with no password). I was also amazed
by the shear number of wireless networks
out there in residential areas.
When I got home I immediately
fired up the AirPort Admin Utility and
enabled security on all of my AirPort Base
Stations.
WEP (Wired Equivalency
Privacy) vs. WPA (Wi-Fi
Protected Access)
If you have a choice go with WPA
security. It’s more secure than WEP. However, don’t think of WEP as unsecured.
Although WEP can be hacked, it takes
the right tools (which are freely available
on the net) and the casual hacker will
just move on to one of the many networks that are Open. WEP is better than
no security at all. Also if your network
card(s) support 128 Bit Encryption, go
with that as well for WEP security. All
AirPort cards support both WPA and
WEP. Your choices are really only limited by your Wireless router (if it’s not
an AirPort Base Station) and your other
network devices, such as Window’s PCs,
network cameras, gaming devices, etc. that
will connect to your wireless network all
need to support whichever wireless protection method you enable. Also keep in
mind that enabling Wireless security has
no effect on your computers that are connected via Ethernet. They will not require
passwords to get on the network.
http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/wpa-vs-wep.php
Create a Closed Network
Or Only Allowing Known
Computers To Connect
Another way to secure your network is to create a “Closed Network”
your router may use different terminology. This basically stops
broadcasting the wireless
network name (SSID). So
you would have to go to
your AirPort menu and
choose “Other...” and key
in the network name and
password manually. This
makes it harder for hackers
because they would not only have to
guess the password, but the name of the
network as well and the casual hacker/
bandwidth thief wouldn’t even know
that there was a network there because
it won’t show up automatically in their
network menu/AirPort menu. Even my
Digital Hotspotter will only display the
word “Cloaked” when it sees a hidden
network. It knows a network is there, but
doesn’t know the name of it.
Another security method that most
wireless routers support is the ability
to only allow certain MAC (Media
Access Control) addresses to connect
to your network. Each computer’s network/AirPort card has a unique MAC
address (found in the Network System
Prefs called either AirPort ID or Ethernet
ID). You could key in the MAC address
for each of your Macs/PCs into your
Router’s list and your Router would only
allow those computers to connect.
Robbing your Bandwidth
Another reason to secure your
wireless network is to simply keep your
neighbors off of it! If my wireless network
reaches to the street, then it probably
reaches to homes on either side of me.
All they would need to do is fire up
their computer and connect to my network (before I secured it) and surf at my
expense. Imagine if they start downloading large files while I’m trying to do the
same thing. My connection would slow
to a crawl.
All of this may sound like a pain, but
keep in mind that once it’s setup (a matter
of a few minutes), your Mac can remember the wireless network password in it’s
keychain. So you would only have to key
it in once when you choose it from the
AirPort Menu, not each time you connect. Well worth it for a little more peace
of mind. Remember you can use any one
or combination of the above techniques
depending upon how secure you want
to be.
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MacNews - May 2005
NoteBook 2.0
by Chita Hunter
for the Mac, has been further designed
for integration with iApp applications.
With Address Book, entries can be
dragged and dropped directly from your
OS X Address Book as a card or as a
link Apple Computer Inc., to gain quick
access to this information. If a need arises
to check info, e-Mail or iChat, selecting
from this newly created pop-up menu
entry will give you instant access.
and iPod, the changes will reflect in those
apps as well.
I use NoteBook for everything: meeting notes, project logging and tracking,
MacNews articles, etc. NoteBook put a
big smile on my face when it enhanced
it’s Voice Annotation function to include
the ability to record full meetings and lectures. With the added feature of built-in
tracking during the recording/note taking
If you’re an iCal and iPod calendar
user, there’s the ability to Publish Action
Items to iCal and iPod to stay updated
and on time while on the go with your
computer, and to keep from getting lost
in your music or audiobooks while in your
iPod zone. A problem which no iPod
user has, right? Yeah, right.
As these items are modified in NoteBook 2.0, upon your next sync with iCal
process, this function helps pinpoint
playback from any point in the recording. Previously only the internal mic would
work with Voice Annotation, now any
external input device will work.
OK, here’s the really good part.
This audio can transfer into iTunes and
download to iPod. Basically allowing the
creation of your own audio file, with no
muss, to listen to over (and over) again
on your iPod (just in case you missed a
I
n the July 2004 issue of MacNews,
I reviewed a brand new application,
NoteBook by Circus Ponies. The last
time I mentioned that I was going to do
an update on NoteBook, it was a farce.
I really wanted time to present and celebrate MacGroup-Detroit’s 18th Anniversary and salute Terry.
Well this time, it’s for real.
Circus Ponies http://www.circusponies.com/ has come out with NoteBook
release 2.0, just full of new, really exciting
additions and features. And, unlike some
newly released upgrades of late, this
upgrade doesn’t cost previous license-ees
a thing.
Yes, Circus Ponies showed great
love to licensed users of their product
and gave us a freebie. With NoteBook
2.0 being free to some don’t think that
this upgrade is minimal or of the old
adage, “You get what you pay for.” In
this case, the user end of the spectrum got
more than a lions share of a bargain.
To start off, NoteBook 2.0, an
application written specifically and only
MacNews - May 2005 step or two at that very important meeting. Too Cool!
Listening to it’s users throughout version 1, NoteBook has now added a Customizable Toolbar and Contents Card to
the window, for easy navigation throughout and macro-view of where you are.
My only issue with the Toolbar is it’s
color and size, light gray and tiny. My
computer screen is normally a distance of
NoteBook 2.0 has also enhanced
the way it can create web pages.
There is an added option to create
a “Sidebar” to the web pages (HTML)
uploaded. This option will take the table
of contents of the NoteBook and create
active links to the left while having the
destination displayed on the right. Like
creating frames in a web authoring program and exactly as the NoteBook Help
3 feet or more away from me to keep my
eyes in good health. At this distance, the
icons are a little difficult to discern. But,
while hovering over each icon, a pop-up
will appear explaining what the icon is,
so production isn’t stopped, just slowed
a little until one gets familiar with where
everything is.
One very nice new feature is the
Point and Click Linking system, which
allows linking across a NoteBook’s pages
or across individual NoteBooks. This feature is very helpful when information is
housed elsewhere and the need is to get
to it quickly and back to where you were,
without fumbling back and forth.
previews information.
This is just a very small sampling of
the new features in NoteBook 2.0. It
seems as though every element in the
program has been updated to create a
better application. At the asking price of
$49.95, I still think it’s a great bargain and
find it’s indexing and search capabilities
superior to most programs.
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MacNews - May 2005
Tips and Tricks
by Phyllis Evans
[email protected]
A
tip of the hat to the good
people at Kensington. I wrote
last month about my new little
Kensington Optical Wireless Mini PocketMouse and it’s broken battery cover.
Well, I’m happy to say that the Kensington people were true to their word and
sent me a replacement. I really expected a
refurbished mouse, but they surprised me
with a new one, complete with blister
pack. While the mouse may not be to
everyone’s liking, you can’t argue with a
company that treats customers that well.
Thank you, Kensington! I will be back.
OS X 10.4 — Tiger
Some have had no problems
upgrading to Tiger, others have had major
problems. While I can’t say my upgrades
were trouble free, I guess they could have
been worse. If you haven’t upgraded
yet but plan to do so, do a full mirror
backup first! My iBook upgrade went
pretty well, but the iMac was a different story. That it wouldn’t restart with my
backup drives connected was the biggest
problem, and there were lots of petty
things that added up to a mess. After 24
hours of repairing permissions and running
various disk utilities, I finally threw in the
towel, wiped the drive, restored from one
of my backups (yes, I did two — just to
play it safe), and started over with a new
archive and install. For whatever reason,
it worked this time. Some things, like
StickyBrain, had to be updated. Others
like Stuffit just needed to be reinstalled.
The biggest remaining problem was trying
to sync my Palm with iCal and Address
Book. I finally gave up and went back to
using Missing Sync.
Of the new features, Spotlight and
Automator are the most valuable to me.
Spotlight found an email address that
was buried in a single 5-year-old document. And Automator — the first time
you need to sequentially rename a folder
full of files, you’ll be sold.
I have mixed emotions about the
changes to Mail. The new Smart Folders
feature is really great for organizing, but
I’ve run into display problems with some
text attachments. It’s as if the text is in an
embedded window that needs to scroll,
only the scroll bar is missing. It should be
fixed in a coming update. In the meantime,
I’ve discovered that selecting “Plain Text
Alternative” from the View > Message
menu does show the text.
Podcasts
Podcasting is really growing. And
for those who are not familiar with it, you
don’t need an iPod to listen to a podcast.
iTunes or any MP3 player will do nicely.
Podcasts are simply independently produced radio-type broadcasts that can be
downloaded from the net in MP3
or AAC format. I’ve been listening to
Leo Laporte this way for a few months,
but now he’s assembled the old Screen
Savers group to do a new weekly hourlong podcast, The Week In Tech (TWIT).
They started to call it Return of the Screen
Savers (ROTSS) but those lovely folks at
G4 TV didn’t like it. Check it out at the
new website at: http://twit.tv/
Mike Wendland has also been
doing a new podcast, with our own
Bill Carver doing short segments. He
has also added a Free Press podcast, or
as they call it, a Freepcast. Check it out
at: http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm4067_20050506.htm
Maybe it’s time for MacGroup to
start thinking about a podcast. Maybe
midway between meetings, with the
latest tech news and meeting reminders.
Production should not have to fall on
Terry’s shoulders. I know for a fact that
we do have a few DJs and radio savvy
types among us. How about it, gang?
Anyone else interested in this? Let me
know what you think. We’ve always
been leaders among the user groups, so
why stop now. See you at the meeting.
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FRESHLY SQUEEZED REVIEWS
by Frank Petrie
Product: Font Sight v1.0
Company: Stone Design
http://www.stone.com/FontSight/
Requirements: Power Macintosh with Mac
OS 10.2.0 or newer
Price: $ 19.00 USD
Test Rig: PowerBook 1.33Ghz/768G
Review Date: 07 May 2005
“ Geez, we were
easily amused. “
R
emember the days when you
HAD to print out WYSISWYG
hard copies of your fonts so you
could choose which would be best for
your project? We’ve evolved a bit since
then. How about the ‘Ooohs and Aaahs’
for apps that had a WYSIWYG Font
Menu? Geez, we were easily amused.
But the grail is global WYSIWYG,
not just for certain apps. I present Font
Sight from Stone Design, “self-installing
program that adds a new “FontSight™”
menu to native OS X Cocoa apps that submenu of your various groupings. More
contains each font on your computer in time saved.
it’s very own typeface. Selecting a typeAnd fear not. You can preview and
face changes selected text (and in the print your fonts at any size, if you feel the
case of Create, selected objects) to that need for a hard copy after all.
new face, preserving size and weights as
THE PITS
possible.”
Yeah, there’s Apple’s Font Palette
By default, FS does not install in
and Font Book, plus numerous higher applications without the “Format” or
end packages, but a WYSIWYG menu “Font” menu in the Main menu. Accordwithin the app itself is just so much faster. ing to Stone, this is usually what you
Or is it?
want, but you can override this behavior
to install FS in any Cocoa app with a
THE JUICE
provided Terminal command. It would be
Download the .dmg and launch the nice for dweebs such as myself if this was
installer. (Hold onto the .dmg file. If for made as part of a GUI-type installation.
some reason you decide against buying
FontSight, you’ll need it to run the unin- THE RIND
staller.) Once done, all of your Cocoa
Nada.
apps will provide you with a FontSight
menu with all of your fonts displayed in THE PULP
WYSIWYG. But that’s not all.
A one trick pony form the minds
It will also display any variations of at Stone Design. A powerful and indisa given font in a submenu (i.e., bold, italic, pensable one trick pony. Logical and
heavy, regular, etc.). Plus, at the to, is a pragmatic. And it has that fresh lemony
scent, too!
Why something like this wasn’t
included in Tiger is besides me. But it
fits in nicely. And while you’re at Stone
Designs, check out their other products.
Some neat stuff/
RATING: 9 out of 10
©2005 Frank Petrie - Freelance writer, Macsimum
News contributing editor, Curmudgeon
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MacNews - May 2005
Dear Fellow MacGroup Member,
My name is Leonard Mazerov and I want to
remind you that two very significant things have happened to MacGroup Detroit over the past couple of
months. One: we celebrated our 18th Anniversary.
(Gee, a lot of folks haven’t stayed married that
long.)* And two: we became a non-profit
corporation—a so-called 501(C)3 identity under the rules of the IRS.
Both items took a long time to
happen. The 18 year anniversary took
—you guessed it—18 years. The
non-profit corporation status seemed
to take that long. Wow! What a
papermill that generated! Needless
to say, every member I’ve spoken
with, was pleased wsith these two
major accomplishments.
Now, in addition to the benefits
spelled out in a recent MAC NEWS
report with regard to the 501(C)3 status,
we can also embark on some serious plans for
the future of MAC GROUP—all of which will
cost money. And with new growth, there is a neverending money battle. Our group has always been a
leader in new ideas as well as the acquisition of current
and exciting equipment. And while we have been able
to keep our membership and renewal dues (our primary
source of income) relatively constant, it is now time that
MacGroup started paying over-budget expenses
instead of depending upon our president,
Terry White, to cover them out of his own
pocket.
I think the time has come to say
enough of all that. If we want to be
recognized as a “professional” organization, then let’s be professional!
The question then becomes how,
as a member, can I help? I say, let’s
you and I and every member make
a tax deductible donation to MAC
GROUP so we can continue our
growth and expansion in the world of
Apple computers and ancillary equipment. We will all benefit and that’s the
way it should be.
So then, take out your check book now
and make a tax deductible donatyion to the address
shown below. Thanks. MacGroup-Detroit, Inc. P.O.
Box 760399 Lathrup Village, MI 48076-0399.
See Leonard’s message via QuickTime at http://macgroup.org/movs/donatetomgd.mov
MacGroup-Detroit Donation Form
Date ______________________
Name __________________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________________
City _________________________ State ______ Zip ___________________
Phone _________________________ Donation Amount $______________
❑ Check ❑ Visa ❑ MasterCard Credit Card #:______________________Expiration Date: ________
Signature: ___________________________________________________________________
Mail to: MacGroup-Detroit, Inc. • PO Box 760399 • Lathrup Village, MI 48076-0399
*Please check with your tax preparrer to make sure that your donation can be deducted from your taxes!
MacNews - May 2005 13
MacGroup-Detroit Volunteer Help Lines For Members ONLY!
Name
Loretta Sangeorzan
Ralph Marontate
Can Help With
Contact via
Clarisworks, MS Word 5.1, Beginners- 810-225-9820
graphics
Adobe FrameMaker, Photoshop,
248-354-3252
Mary Grey
General
248-645-9740
Chita Hunter
Adobe, Microsoft & QuarkXPress
[email protected]
Chuck Freedman
Mac hardware and OS thru OSX, Gen- [email protected]
eral Mac support, General DTP, DVD
Authoring, Cross Platform connectivity.
Jerry McBride
Mon.-Sat. 4-9pm
Utilities, MS Word 5, PageMaker 6, [email protected]
810-887-3330
Illustrator 6, Freehand 5.5, Clarisworks 4,
Painter 3.1, many other graphic programs
OS X, iPhoto, iTunes, Golive, Photoshop 7 h p a r s o n s @ c o m c a s t . n e t e-mail checked daily.
(photo editing only)
248-435-7438
by telephone most evenings before 9pm or
weekends
Mac questions in general, Adobe Prod- http://macgroup.org/ibbs
anytime
ucts, Digital Video, Networking
Howard Parsons
Terry White
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Apple Events
5
anytime
Thursday
Friday
6
1
2
8
9
12
7
13
Charlie H Sanders
19
26
14
15
Jo Ann Braxton
20
Robert Overmyer
Metri Duley
4
10
L Jubomir Jojich
11
Janet G Kincannon
16
17
18
23
24
25
Glenn G Grace
Orie Carter
David Achey
21
Ken & Ilene Rehse
Rick Lepsetz
27
3
Victoria L Cardwell
Barbara L Allison-Simpson Peter E Simler
MacGroup
Meeting
Digital Video with
After Effects
Saturday
Do a backup today
June
2005
Bill Sanders
Marilyn Krol
Jo Ann Johnson
Don Dubois
Richard Cavaler
Mon., Tue., Wed. evenings
Mon.-Fri. 10 am - 7
pm
anytime
Robert Spencer
Anne Moore
Happy Birthday to
those members
whose names
appear above:
Dr. Kent Voigt
Eric B Fretz
Doreen Dickerson
Hours Available
Tue., Fri., Sat., Sun.
22
Parker Woo
Claude M Oliver
Marc McGregor
28
Patrick Jeski
29
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MacNews - May 2005
This may be your LAST issue! Renewal Time
is approaching for some of you. Please take the time to fill
out the form below to avoid expiration of your membership privileges. We value your membership and the
membership of your friends
Membership Form
Date: _ ___________________
Name: _ __________________________________________
Company: ________________________________________
Address:__________________________________________
_ ________________________________________________
City
State
Zip
Day Phone:________________________________________
Evening Phone:____________________________________
Birth Date: _ _______________________
Special Computer Interest:__________________________
Model of Macintosh You Use Most: __________________
Email Address: ____________________________________
May we send you email? ❑ Yes ❑ No
Do you have Internet Access? . ❑ Yes ❑ No
❑ Cable Modem ❑ DSL ❑ Dial-up ❑ Other
I’m on ❑ Mac OS X 10.___ ❑ Mac OS 9 ❑ Other
How did you hear about MacGroup?_______________
Annual Membership
❑ New Individual Membership___________$40
❑ Family Membership__________________ $50
❑ Lifetime Membership_______________ $350
❑ Corporation Membership_____________ $60
❑ Renewal—Member ID#: _______ _ _____ $35
❑ Electronic Membership_ _____________ $25
(❑ $25 NON Reg., Fam. or Corp. Members)
❑ Public Domain Disk of the Month Subscription $36
_ ___________________________________
_ _______________ Total Enclosed ______
❑ Cash ❑ Check ❑ Visa ❑ MasterCard
Credit Card #: _ ___________________________________
Expiration Date: _____
Signature: ___________________________________________________________________
Return this form and check payable to: MacGroup-Detroit
PO Box 760399 • Lathrup Village MI 48076-0399
www.macgroup.org
Tired of Waiting
for your copy of
MacNews to arrive?
Check out MacNews on
line. Each month there
is an electronic version
of MacNews published
in Adobe Acrobat PDF
format. You can get your
copy of Mac News a week
before the meeting at
http://www.macgroup.org/
macnews.html or on the
MacGroup BBS
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MacNews
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Advertising
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computer-related services are
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Translate our current and future web sites into Spanish and Chinese
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We would need ongoing translation of e-mail enquires.
All of our pages are on the Mac OS Platform (GoLive and FileMaker Pro)
Please send me any pertinent information that you may have and for technical discussions you should contact Bill Carver.
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Phone: 800-521-6310
E-Mail: [email protected]
FOR SALE
Newgen Laser Printer Turbo PS/1200B
AppleTalk PostScript Laser Printer. Level 2 Image Enhancement technology.
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email - [email protected]
$100 or Best Offer - 313-865-8111
Are You Prepared for Brownouts or Blackouts?
Do you need battery backup power for your Mac or entire data center? Lorn and
JoAnn Olsen can help you find the right product (or trade-up) for your personal or
business needs. We are local APC (American Power Conversion) resellers and can
be reached via email: [email protected] or fax: 248-478-4302 or by phone 248-4784301.
Docking Station for a PowerBook G3 Lombard
Keep all your cables connected to the dock and then just plug in the PowerBook when
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email - [email protected]
$130 - 313-865-8111
camera-ready).
For any additional info, please email us at
[email protected]. Please submit all copy,
files, and payment to:
MacGroup-Detroit
PO Box 760399
Lathrup Village MI 48076-0399
The makings of MacNews
This publication was created entirely with Macintosh technology using the following products: Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesignCS, Photoshop; Apple’s
LaserWriter 360, and the Nikon Coolpix 880 and Olympus E20; CE Software’s
CalendarMaker; Microsoft Office X; various electronic clip art collections; and of
course, Mac OS X (PowerMac G4 and Cinema Display)
Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
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Upcoming
MacGroup Meetings:
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June 12, 2005
July 24, 2005
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We meet every 3rd or 4th Sunday of the Month....
Don’t miss our next Meeting!
May 15 • Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
June 12 • Digital Video with Adobe After Effects 6.5
July 24 • Special Guest Scott Kelby at the Holiday Inn Fairlane
See what topics we’ll cover in the coming months:
http://macgroup.org/upcoming.html
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