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Navigation Contact RSS News M.U.D.Forum User login Username: * Password: * Request new password	Home Monthly Meeting Minutes Submitted by mudsterus on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 00:23. M.U.D. Group Meeting at the Hocekssin branch of the Brandywine Library was held July 28th, 2010. In the News: Apple's Announcement(s) - Antenna Fix For White iPhone 4?‎ - iBatteries - Apple Magic Trackpad - Apple releases Safari 5.0.1 with Extensions - New iMacs‎! Huge news for Jail Breakers! - Apple Loses control over Apps! iPAD Corner: calibre: The one stop solution for all your e-book needs. Comprehensive e-book software DEMO: see calibre in action iPAD Owner: Elite of Geek? Publishers frustrated as Apple blocks iPad subscriptions Presentation(s): Apple Announces 12-Core Mac Pro and 27-inch IPS Cinema Display http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/12-core-mac-pro-and-27-inch-ips-c... Motorola Buys Full-Page Slam Ad Against Apple http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=1... Apple Releases Safari 5.0.1 With Extensions Gallery http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/28/apple_releases_safari_5_0_... http://extensions.apple.com Find Any File http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/ Shop 4 Tech http://www.shop4tech.com Suction Clip http://www.suctionclip.com Discussion: Readers Are Abandoning Print, Yet Don't Trust the Web M.U.D. Group Meeting at the Hocekssin branch of the Brandywine Library was held June 23rd, 2010. In the News: Apple's Announcement(s) - The Hot new iPhone 4 - The Apple Store App - The new Mac mini - Safari 5 - iPhone 4 upgrade options according to cnet iPAD Corner: Is the iPad killing the tablet market? iPAD printing Tablet Rumors iPAD WiFi Issues O'Reilly DRM-Free Ebooks (3 Packs) iPad Anti-Fingerprint, Anti-Glare - Matte Finishing Screen Protector from HandHeld.com only 30 Sec. iPAD Stand Presentation(s): Wi-Fire The Wi-Fire is a range-extending USB device that enables access to a WiFi connection from three times the range of your internal wireless adapter. Discussion: iOS4 Walkthru: iOS4 Jailbreak Utility "Redsn0w Apple to Debut iAds on July1 iPAD sales over One Million! Topics from the M.U.D.List Safari reader Safari Extensions Wireless Oligopoly Is Smother of Invention M.U.D. Group Meeting at the Hocekssin branch of the Brandywine Library was held May 26th, 2010. In the News: Apple's Latest Announcement(s) - The new Macbook Pro - The new Macbook - iPhone OS 4 - Walmart to cut iPhone price Presentation(s): The New MacBook Pro Appholes Discussion: - Apple versus Adobe - HTML 5 vs Flash http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/03/26/lack.of.flash.support.frustrates.... Mighty Mouse woes Magic Mouse Electronic Frontier foundation - discussion of facebook settings Topics from the M.U.D.List: Drops-offs and wifi If you hold the Option key down and click the Wi-Fi icon in the Menu bar you will get an expanded view that shows the encryption type & other good information. WPA2 personal can be at home and at the shore house with no issues. Starbucks and Barnes & Noble what is the wireless encryption? http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/ipad-wifi/ iMac Fan Control FoxConn Factory M.U.D. Group Meeting at the Hocekssin branch of the Brandywine Library was held April 28th, 2010. Links & Things: iMac Fan Control: http://www.derman.com/iMac-Fan-Control MacBook Pro Fan Control: http://www.derman.com/MacBook-Pro-Fan-Control WinX DVD Ripper for Mac: http://www.winxdvd.com/giveaway Opera for iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/opera-mini-web-browser/id363729560 Online Font Converter: http://onlinefontconverter.com Discussion: - Siri for the iPhone - Games for the iPhone - Games for the iPAD Topics from the M.U.D.List iPhone 4.0 OS M.ud Group Meeting at the Hocekssin branch of the Brandywine Library was held March 24th, 2010. The discussion primarily centered around the up coming release of the iPAD. Emory and Dave told about their visit to Manyunk Brewing Co. to list to presentations on the iPAD. Adobe Defends Flash, Warns HTML5 Will Not Be Good For Web What is HTML5? iPadLot.com Windows 7 Phone carrier AT&T? Updates to follow... M.ud Group Meeting at the Hockessin Branch of the Brandywine Library Library was held January 27th, 2010 with snacks. New from Apple The iPad. The best way to experience the web, eMail, photos, and video on a handheld device. The Apple iPad has been Announced! The SteveNote: http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1001q3f8hhr/event iNTFS: http://www.saggiamente.com/blog/download/?did=2 FormulatePro: http://code.google.com/p/formulatepro Burn: http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net Snow Leopard Services: http://www.macworld.com/article/142419/2009/08/snowleopardservices.html Signing up for YouTube's HTML5 Beta using Safari: http://www.youtube.com/html5 FireFox 3.6 supports HTML5, but not YouTube's "flavor" of it: http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/01/youtube-html5 M.ud Group Meeting NCC Brandywine Hundred Branch Library Date: December-2009 In the News: - Chrome for Mac and Linux Beta - Chrome for Mac to get extensions Google Chrome is NOT supported on PowerPC architecture -Darn! Then Why did you let me install it? - Free Holiday Sampler in LP Format Presentation(s): Dragon Dictation for iPhone File App for PDF file transfer to iPhone Didn't work: http://cyberduck.ch/ Apple: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/cyberduck.html Other file transfer: (User beware) http://www.pure-mac.com/iphone/filetransfer.html http://www.macworld.com/appguide/article.html?article=135334 http://www.iphonefilez.com/ http://lifehacker.com/5047136/air-sharing-transfers-files-between-iphone... Apps Presentation: Seashore - http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ PixelNhance - http://www.5star-shareware.com/Mac/Graphics/pixelnhance-mac.html Imagewell - http://xtralean.com/IWOverview.html LiveQuartz - http://www.livequartz.com/ by Kurt Tappe Tuxpaint - http://tuxpaint.org/download/macosx/ by Betty Salmon-Wilk Discussion: Skype or not to Skype Topics from the M.U.D.List iphone jailbreak itunes Library Backup free Speech (Recognition) and more... * Droid the Verizon alternative to iPhone by Tom Richardson http://phones.verizonwireless.com/motorola/droid/?cmp=KNC-PaidSearch#/ho... Style over substance? M.ud Group Meeting NCC Brandywine Hundred Branch Library Date: November-2009 Presentation: Icon Conversion by Kurt Tappe GIMP Free image editor http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Download.html Icon Composer Part of Mac OS X Developer Tools Included on your OS X install DVD, or http://developer.apple.com/TOOLS/Xcode/ icns2icon Copies icon from .icns file to its Finder icon http://osxiconeditor.phatcode.net/icns2icon.html This transmission may contain information that is privileged G5 Apple Superdrive replacement. How to step-by-step. It's really easy! Instructions Blockade by David A. Styles and more... Parallels or not to Parallels by Betty-Salmon-Wilk M.ud Group Meeting Hockessin Library Date: September-2009 In the News: New iPod Touch Has an 802.11n Chip Comparing Apple and Microsoft Websites' Usability Presentation: How to make leopard more like Snow Leopard Make that old Leopard new again * Apply updates * Remove Printer drivers * Remove unused fonts * Monaco vs Menlo * Leopard is fast add more memory to speed up the old cat * Menu meters will allow you to monitor usage and see if you are experiencing overload. * Use Grandperspecive or OmniDisk to find out what files are taking up all your space (Meeting Minutes update, K.T.) * rule of thumb have atleast twice as much harddrive space free as you hav RAM installed in your computer. by Kurt Tappe QuickLook Plugins http://www.quicklookplugins.com/ Located in Library->Quicklook folder You can get these QL generators usually free from 3rd party vendors You will need to restart the finder for the to work(logot & log back in again to restart the finder) by Kurt Tappe PhoneView by Betty-Salmon-Wilk iPhone MMS - Has anyone in the group found this to be true of their phone? Welcome New Members: Monica & William Montgomery! M.ud Group Meeting Hockessin Library Date: August-2009 In the News: Mac OS X 10.5.8 Update released 08/05/2009 The list of fixes for Leopard are as follows: Upgrades Safari to version 4.0.2. Improves the accuracy of full history search in Safari 4. Resolves an issue in which certain resolutions might not appear in the Display pane in System Preferences. Dragging an Aperture image into Automator now invokes an Aperture action instead of incorrectly invoking an iPhoto action. Resolves an issue that could prevent importing of large photo and movie files from digital cameras. Improves overall Bluetooth reliability with external devices, USB webcams and printers. Addresses an issue that could cause extended startup times. Improves iCal reliability with MobileMe Sync and CalDav. Addresses data reliability issues with iDisk and MobileMe. Improves overall reliability with AFP. Improves overall reliability with Managed Client. Improves compatibility and reliability for joining AirPort networks. Improves Sync Service reliability. Includes additional RAW image support for several third-party cameras. Improves compatibility with some external USB hard drives. Includes latest security fixes. Outlook to replace Entourage in Office 2008 Presentation: iMove 09 by Frank Powell TheMudList - new user sign up by David A. Styles M.ud Group Meeting Hockessin Library Date: 28-JUL-2009 In the News: iPhone 3Gs Part 1 iPhone 3Gs Part 2 a. Apple Takes 91% Luxury Laptop Market b. Rumor - S.J. Approves Tablet for 2010 Release c. Apple vs. PC - Never Been Clearer Discussion: iPhone 3Gs Review Mobile Me - Secure my iPhone (with Demo if Internet working) iPhone 3.0 - Multiplayer Game Demo (Asphalt 4) - [Issue is this has to be a small group demo as no video hook-up for iPhone/iPod Touch] M.ud Group Meeting Hockessin Library Date: 28-APR-2009 News: Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update Safari 4 beta Apple said building $1 billion server farm Demonstration/Presentation(s): Kurt Tappe: Mac OS X System/Disk Utilities Windows 7 and VMWare Emory Bolton: tune Ranger David A. Styles: Bamboo Unboxing a Bamboo Tablet Installing Bamboo Pressure Sensitivity Changing Pen nibs Wacom Tablet Fast Drawing a Character Betty Salmon-Wilks: Spot Light Searching NotLight v1.4 a simple Spot Light Substitute M.ud Group Meeting Hockessin Library Date: 28-APR-2009 Participants: Kurt Tappe Presenter and David A. Styles secretary/webmaster and the usual suspects... Demonstration/Presentation(s): iTunes Hidden Features: iTunes Tricks iTunes 8 Disk Space Management iTunes Tricks Browsers(How Many can you name? Safari Safari downloading OmniWeb 5 is now free Firefox - about:config may void your warranty! SeaMonkey Chrome (Google) Google Chrome for Mac is in development and a team of engineers is working hard to bring it to you as soon as possible Camino Shiira iCab Opera 9.6 Flock Disk Management tools: Disk Space Management M.ud Group Meeting Hockessin Library Date: 10-MAR-2009 Participants: Kurt Tappe Presenter and David A. Styles secretary/webmaster and the usual suspects... In The News: (2/24/09) Happy Birthday Steve Jobs Meet the New iMac Kindle App for iPhone http://www.maclife.com Apple netBook? No Twitter update for you... Topics: New Apple Products iMac Mac mini Mac Pro netBook? Dilbert loves his iPhone Discussion: Living for a week with an iPhone as your only internet...what works, what doesn't To netBook or not to netBook! The Onion News Network Sony Releases a P.O.S. click this site and it's articles at you own risk - rude/crude/lude language Demonstration/Presentation: Kindle 2: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device brought in by Tom Richardson Double twist Safari 4 Facebook comes to MUD Join Now! Misc: Weekly MugInfo Manager - http://www.user-groups.net/info/ Mac Hints & Tips for March 2009 now available! - http://www.mac-hints-tips.com Get a Mac! - http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/ M.ud Group Meeting Hockessin Library Date: 17-FEB-2009 Participants: Kurt Tappe Presenter and David A. Styles secretary/webmaster and the usual suspects... In the News: Feb. 2 - Mac OS X makes the grade in new computer science course SPRINGBOARD MEDIA http://www.maclife.com - 10 Reasons your small business should run Macs - one example is Sea Shell City a company located in fenwick Island, Delaware. They use ($1395/multiple user http://www.shopkeeper.com/) for its point-of-sale software, and MYOB for accounting. Topics: iPhone http://gizmodo.com/5117888/the-only-10-games-your-iphone-needs http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/how-to-spot-a-good-iphone-ga... http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/02/15/time-apple-dock-connector-usb Discussion: http://www.apple.com/macpro/technology/graphics.html Impact of graphics card & how to select for best performance Slots - What is the difference between PCI-X & PCI-E? Profiler only says PCI Different types of AGP? Does Monitor size matter? How many MB? Demonstration/Presentation: Upgrade from Dual G4 to Dual G5 Migration Utility - Tiger to Lepoard Misc: Weekly MugInfo Manager - http://www.user-groups.net/info/ Mac Hints & Tips for January 2009 now available! - http://www.mac-hints-tips.com Get a Mac! - http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/ Unboxing: http://www.applegazette.com/mac/new-17-inch-macbook-pro-unboxing-pics/ What a pain it is to upgrade the RAM (10 screws of 3 different sizes): http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3419 Software of Interest: A Consumer’s Guide to Apple Rumors A Few Good Beta testers need for WordPress Google Earth 5 for Mac http://earth.google.com Removing Google Earth 5’s Spyware sudo rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist sudo rm /Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist sudo touch ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist sudo touch /Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist sudo chmod 000 ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist sudo chmod 000 /Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Google sudo mkdir ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google sudo mkdir ~/Library/Google sudo chmod 000 ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google sudo chmod 000 ~/Library/Google M.ud Group Meeting Hockessin Library Date: 20-JAN-2009 Participants: Kurt Tappe Presenter and David A. Styles secretary/webmaster. Meeting list of topics iWork http://www.apple.com/iwork/ iLife http://www.apple.com/ilife/ Discussion: Christmas Gift Issues Without Macworld, how will Apple create the buzz? Demonstrations: I am using Pages ’08 v.3.0.2 to create a template for the monthly meeting minutes. I have used Microsoft Word for many years and it is a struggle to use Pages to create these meeting minutes. Apple has chosen to subtly change how things work to differentiate it from Microsoft Word. Safari on my PowerPC has also begun to crawl and I am not sure if it’s my connection through Comcast or the application. Maybe it’s time to move on to FireFox and Verizon fios. Rumors: Netbooks? What secrets will Apple reveal at Macworld 2009? Software of Interest: http://www.videolan.org/ http://handbrake.fr/ Games of Note: http://www.ninjakiwi.com/images/stories/Games/bloonstd3.swf http://kevin.spleck.net/smack_the_penguin/ » Login to post comments	Recent blog posts Special Offers M.U.D.Links M.U.D.Forum The M.U.D.List S.ite Log more M.U.D.Links /. Slashdot AAPL Apple Apple Blog AppleInsider cult of mac gCycle Hint&Tips Mac Net Journal MacNN Macsimum MacSurfer Mud Blog O'Reilly Media TidBits Wired
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