SANTA FE MAC USER GROUP NEWSLETTER June 2005

GENERAL MEETING: (NEW!)Thursday, July 7th, 2005

• LOCATION: (NEW!)Santa Fe Community College: Jemez Room

• To obtain a map to the meeting: http://www.santafemug.org/map/

TIME OF EVENTS:

..............................BEGINNERS SIG: 5:30 PM

Hosted by Giuseppe Quinn will host the Beginners SIG. This SIG is for those members new to the world of Mac computers. He will answer all your questions and demonstrate tips/tricks.

................................ADVANCE SIG: 6:15 PM

Hosted by Brett Goldberg, is designed for the more experienced user however, everyone is welcome. Here you will find the answers to those OS and hardware related questions.

Note: *SIG stands for Special Interest Group

.....................GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING: 7:00PM

Reserved for general interest items concerning the SFMUG.

SIG* reports are presented during this time period.

.............. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRESENTATION: This month Steve Zappe, Vint Miller & Giuseppe will be presentating a joint venture featuring varied segments on useful tidbits. We will be covering an introduction to spotlight, what happens when Apple switches to Intel, and other stuff and the coolest new thing, Podcasting.

Don't forget that next month's presenter is Robin Williams covering Tiger in more detail

***Editor's Note: Do you design websites? Create slideshows, music or movies,? Do you edit photos, write books, or design homes? Are you plotting the stars, working out the cure for cancer or hunger? Are you putting the final touches on your free energy invention? No matter what you use your Mac for, sharing how you do it will inspire others to new levels of whatever they us their Mac for.

Let one of the SFMUG Board members know and we'll help you tell your story to the group.

...................... RAFFLE

The big raffle item for the July meeting is a complete iLife '05 Install DVD, which includes iPhoto 5, iMovie HD, iDVD 5, GarageBand 2, and iTunes 4.7! A $79 retail value in exchange for a single lucky $2 raffle ticket! Other raffle items include a 128 MB USB Flash drive, a couple of iTunes gift certificates, and a ZipCord 50" retractable RJ-45 Network (Ethernet) cable for your laptop when there isn't a wireless network around.

Ed. Of all the duties connected with the SFMUG, the raffle chairman is always under a lot of pressure to provide interesting gifts to be raffled. Steve Zappe works hard throughout each month to find worthwhile material for the raffle and we all appreciate his contribution.

Your purchase of raffle tickets allows this organization to raise necessary funds in support of our outreach programs.

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THE GRAPHICS AND FINE ARTS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

The Santa Fe Mac User Group sponsors the G&FA SIG, which is hosted by Baillio's Warehouse Store, 3294 Cerrillos Rd. on the corner of Richards and Cerrillos, in Santa Fe, NM 87507. It meets between 10:00AM and Noon on each first Saturday

The July presentation, by Giuseppe Quinn & Bob Everett, discusses the use of Photoshop Actions to save time by automating repetitive tasks.

Suggestions for, or offers to make a presentation are most welcome. Contact SIG coordinator pro tem Bob Everett at everett@skystudio-online.com.

Everyone welcome! Come one, come all!

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Advisory Board and Tom Piper, vendor relations.

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O'Reilly News for User Group Members

June 2, 2005

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***An Introduction to Tiger Terminal

Now that you've had a chance to enjoy all of the GUI goodies in Mac OS X 10.4, you might be ready to check out what's happening with the Terminal app. This article will introduce you to Tiger's Terminal app and CLI (command-line interface).

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/05/20/terminal1.html

***20 Cool Tiger Features You Might Not Have Heard About

Even though Tiger has been out for a while now, many of its major features have nuances that haven't received much press--and there are a zillion minor tweaks to discuss. Scott Knaster takes you on a tour of clever, and sometimes even obscure Tiger goodies.

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/05/13/tiger_tips.html

***Consumer Camera Time-Lapse Movies

Pocket digicams are great for still photos, and some of them even record quality video. But you can push the envelope even further with these devices. Here's how two photo novices created their first time-lapse production.

http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/05/18/timelapse.html

***Search Engines Know More Than You Think

Learn how Google's personalized web search and Yahoo's Mindset work and how they take searching to a whole new level.

http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=268282

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This is take from a training sheet made available to Apple Ambassadors by Apple regarding the "MacIntel" announcement:

At the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, Apple announced plans to transition Macs to using Intel processors beginning in 2006. Following are some talking points provided by Apple to address questions customers may have about this transition:

• Apple plans to be delivering Macs using Intel microprocessors by this time next year (June 2006).

• Apple is encouraging its developers to create Universal versions of their applications that will run on Macs with either PowerPC or Intel processors. We believe that most developers will do this, and continue to create versions of their software for the large installed base of PowerPC Macs. For example, Adobe and Microsoft have already announced that they will create Universal versions of their applications.

• Mac OS X will only run on Macs. Apple has no plans to sell Mac OS X software to run on PCs.

• Apple has no plans to sell or support Windows.

• Macs improve every year. It’s just a fact of life in technology. If a customer always waits to buy a better computer a year from now, they will never own a computer. Today’s Macs are the best Macs ever, and future versions of the Mac OS, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite and many other applications will continue to support Macs sold today.