September 2011 Meeting Links
John discussed various ways to do backups
- Backup Solutions (3-page printable PDF of slides)
August 2011 Meeting Links
- Beth discussed her observations on Lion
- Lion Roars and Whines (a 1-page PDF)
March 2011 Meeting Links
- KeyCue shows keyboard shortcuts in a picture form
- MacUpdate often has good bargains
- iWindroid has mobile computing news
- TuneRanger unifies your iTunes music
Beth discussed eReaders. cnet News has a comparison article.
February 2011 Meeting Links
- Ubuntu alternative operating system
- rEFIt is a toolkit to help boot into multiple operating systems
- Google's Wonder Wheel is a different way to search
John discussed Pages and iWork
January 2011 Meeting Links
- Mac App Store is a one-stop shop for your Mac
- Evernote helps you remember everything
- AppCleaner gets rid of apps you no longer want
- MainMenu has maintenance tools
- Many people prefer Carbon Copy Cloner over Time Machine
December 2010 Meeting
The meeting topic was RSS - real simple syndication.
Beth's RSS Overview with examples and screenshots.
November 2010 Meeting
- Cloud services:
- Cloud Computing described at Wikipedia
- Google Docs
- video showing Google Docs in Plain English
- Finding services: Twitter Search or MacWorld
- Dropbox and Carbonite
- Safari Books OnLine
- Pandora Radio for customized online radio
- Speedtest for checking network connection speed
- Ubuntu is Linux that will run on older computers
- Apple's Photo Services for making calendars
March 2010 Meeting
We discussed Google Docs and started a collaborative project on what we like about Lancaster County. Email Beth for a link to that open document.
2008 Meetings
2007 Meetings
- Dave Marra's web site
- Beth's demo podcast created during a meeting:
2006 Meetings
2004 Meetings
- OS X Speech Recognition
- Apple Support including system updates
May 2003 Meeting
- LinkConverter was suggested as a way to get your AOL links into another browser. This program is for Mac OS and will probably launch Classic in OS X.
- Version Tracker is a good place to look for software
- We hope to have an article in the next newsletter about Universal Access and Easy Access features.
- Check out Keyboard Shortcuts for more OS Xthings for your brain to remember. It's often better to learn only those things you use. Command-shift-3 takes a picture of your screen (all Mac OSs).
March 2003 Meeting
- MacInTouch FireWire Guide and Discussion of the dangers of hot-swapping Summary: Consider high-quality cables for FireWire devices and be sure you plug in the cables the right way. Be especially careful with bus-powered devices.
Next Meetings
- January 18th at 7:15 pm
- February 15th at 7:15 pm
- March 21st at 7:15 pm
Important Info
- If school is canceled, there is no meeting!
- If the weather is iffy, the webmaster will post a note on the web site by 5pm the day of the meeting.
Downloads
- Brochure: PDF