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If you've been longing to get into a discussion with your fellow Mac enthusiasts, we've got the place: the new Gold Coast Mac listserver.

You can sign up directly from the website, without having to know any complicated set-up commands.

Simply visit the signup page, read the rules for using the service, click "Agree", and send the resulting e-mail. It's just that easy!

We're continuing to sell iPad raffle tickets! Get your chance at taking home a cool new iPad. You must be a current member to buy a ticket so make sure your membership is current. Ipad

We have quite a line-up for this month's meeting. We'll look at alternate browsers, controlling your computer from another location, the redesigned Mobile Me and a new spin on Apptalk with iPad Apptalk.

Our Questions and Answers session starts at 6 PM. If you arrive early you'll get a chance at a guru all to yourself.

At 6:30 PM Esver Camacho will lead the Beginner's class. Bring your questions and we'll guide you to a better understanding of your Mac.

At 7 PM Doug Noble will introduce us to alternate browsers. If Safari has problems with some websites then we can always have another browser ready to go. He'll show FireFox, Google's Chrome and Opera as viable alternatives.

Firefox, Chrome and Opera Next, Esver Camacho will show the redesigned Mobile Me. Apple's service got a facelift and we're going to explore what's new and what's not working. Mobile Me

Bill Villberg will show us how to remotely control our home or office computer no matter where you are. Using LogMeIn you can connect to your computer from another computer and work as if you were right there. The service is free but if you pay more you get additional features. http://www.logmein.com/

Finally, Marylin Rey will take AppTalk in a slightly different direction. She'll be showing some very cool applications just for the iPad! If you win the iPad in our raffle you too can use them so pay attention. Apps for Ipad

We'd love to see what you do on your Mac so please let me know if you'd like to do a demo and we'll help you set it up. Come ready to learn and have fun. Don't forget to bring a friend and share the joy.

Are you a fan of our iPhone/iTouch App Talk sessions (aka the Jim and Ron Show)? Check out their new App Talk Blog http://gcmcapptalk.blogspot.com and leave a comment, it will be appreciated. Look forward to another exciting round of App Talk this month.

Our April meeting will also include a roundup of Offsite Backup Solutions by Doug Noble, including Carbonite, Mozy and others.

We were delighted to have one of our relatively new members, Amy Sear, give an extremely informed discussion on using Garageband to edit audio. And Esver demonstrated Intuit's Quickbooks 2010, the premier solution for small business accounting. We were unfortunately pre-empted from using the auditorium by the Women's Film Festival, but enjoyed the laid back comfort of the Planetarium instead.

We have a fantastic program in store for you this Wednesday.

Our Questions and Answers session starts at 6 PM. If you arrive early you'll get a chance at a guru all to yourself.

At 6:30 PM Esver Camacho will lead the Beginner's class. This month we'll look at iCal, Apple's calendar program. You'll learn how to set up reminders and to do's, set up more than one calendar for the different hats you wear, subscribe to other people's calendars or publish your own.

At 7 PM our main event begins.

AndrÉ Perwin will start off by cluing you in to our Twitter, Facebook and Ning accounts. If you want to know about upcoming meetings and other GCMac related events you can subscribe (free) to follow us.

James Lee of Tropical Software is going to show us the newest version of his note-taking (life organizing) program: TopXNotes. It's is a full-featured personal information manager for Mac OS X. It provides complete control over the look of your notes, including font, size, style, alignment, color, and text background color. TopXNotes can help you organize all the bits of information you collect in your life into meaningful Groups (like folders) and Categories (similar to tags) to make them easy to find when you need them. Their exclusive QuickNote(tm) feature makes your most frequently used notes available no matter what application you are using. www.tropic4.com

Doug Noble will be showing us how he uses CopyPaste Pro. It's like Time Machine for your clipboard. Anything you copy is saved and available in a clip browser. You can even edit the clips. A new feature shortens URLs (web addresses) in the clipboard instantly. www.scriptsoftware.com/copypaste/

The Ron Bernstein and Jim Allen show continues this month showing their favorite iPhone and iPod Touch apps.

Note: We had planned to have James Lee of Tropical Software, developer of TopXNotes, show us the latest improvements to this handy program, but he had to postpone due to a death in the family. He will be here at our February 2010 meeting.

Please note that this month the Museum is having a Halloween show in the auditorium where we normally meet. Instead they've moved us into another room. Just go towards the auditorium and follow the signs to the meeting place.

On to the program.

Apple is at it again introducing new hardware for us to salivate over. Join the discussion of the new iMac and its spacious 27" screen, the seven-hour battery life MacBook, the clever and gorgeous Magic Mouse, a faster Mac Mini (including a server version) and the upgraded Airport Extreme.
http://www.apple.com/imac
http://www.apple.com/macbook
http://www.apple.com/magicmouse
http://www.apple.com/macmini
http://www.apple.com/airportextreme

Our newest demo duo, Ron Bernstein and Jim Allen, will continue to show their favorite iPhone and iPod Touch apps in a segement they like to call "App Talk". http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/

We'll also be continuing our members' favorite applications section. This month we'll have, among others, Reunion 9 for Macintosh. If you've ever wanted to map out your family tree and document where all those yahoos in your family lineage came from this is the program for you. http://www.leisterpro.com/

We have other prizes and surprises so don't miss out.

Our Questions and Answers session starts at 6 PM. If you arrive early you'll get a chance at a guru all to yourself.

At 6:30 PM Esver Camacho will lead the Beginner's class. This month we'll go on a tour of the System Preferences - what is there and making changes can help you.

At 7 PM our main event begins. If you don't bring someone new to the meeting two things will happen: you will miss out on helping Gold Coast Mac grow and you will probably freeze to death since the museum get's very cold. So, bring a sweater and a friend. The more the merrier.

Also, make a note that next month we'll combine the November and December meetings and hold just one meeting on the FIRST Wednesday of December. That is, December 2.

They've also revamped their music and video cataloging application, iTunes. Let AndrÉ Perwin show you the new wish list and home sharing features. They've also improved the iPod syncing portion. In addition, we'll be discussing the new iPods introduced this month. http://www.apple.com/itunes/

We're introducing a new feature called the iPhone App of the Month. Ron Bernstein will kick it off with his personal favorite. We encourage you to share whatever application you find useful whether it's on your Mac or your iPhone. http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/

Come join us, meet old friends, bring a friend, and make new ones too!

Once there you'll be treated to a great program. Eddie Torres will offer a double play. First, he's going to show how he uses iPhoto and Facefook to share his pictures with the world. Even if you have an older version of iPhoto he'll show you a neat add-on to let you upload your photos to your Facebook account right from iPhoto. While on the subject of photos, he'll demo a piece of software that saved all his photos when he thought he had lost them. Ecamm's CardRaider is an inexpensive program but worth its weight in gold because it can rescue photos you may have deleted. It can even try to recover photos from damaged or reformatted memory cards.

What if you just like showing photos the old fashioned way? Well, Esver Camacho will show how to create a book and a calendar using your photos stored in iPhoto. Share your precious memories with a snazzy keepsake or put your mug for all to see month after month. Who says firemen, models and puppies are the only ones who get a calendar spread?

If you're into buying music from the iTunes music store and can't afford to buy your whole collection in one shot we'll show you how to create a wish list where you can buy a song or album with each present from grandma.

Finally, if you need to access your calendar from many places we'll show you how to synchronize your iCal calendar with your Google calendar.

As always, we welcome members to share what they know about their favorite programs and what they do on the Mac. You can take as little as five minutes or 30 minutes. Just e-mail Esver@mac.com to help you get set up.

Last month we somehow managed to forget to give away our second copy of the great film "Welcome to Macintosh - The documentary for the rest of us." We won't make that mistake twice. We have other prizes and surprises so don't miss out.

Our Questions and Answers session starts at 6 PM. If you arrive early you'll get a chance at a guru all to yourself.

At 6:30 PM Esver Camacho will lead the Beginner's class. If you have something you want to learn this is your chance to have your own semi-private tutor. If there are no requests we'll show you how to organize your bookmarks (favorites) in either Safari or FireFox.

At 7 PM our main event begins. If you don't bring someone new to the meeting two things will happen: you will miss out on helping Gold Coast Mac grow and you will probably freeze to death since the museum get's very cold. So, bring a sweater and a friend. The more the merrier.

Our second night at the movies happens Wednesday night. We're screening part two of the film entitled "Welcome to Macintosh - The documentary for the rest of us." (See June meeting for full description).

"Welcome to Macintosh - The documentary for the rest of us." is the first documentary of its kind to mix history, criticism and an unapologetic revelry of all things Apple into a movie experience. The film explores the early years of Apple, the many challenges Apple has faced, and what the future may hold for the company and it's products. Ex-Apple employees, engineers and community members offer insight on the company's innovations, failures, cultural impact and what the future may be like beyond the reign of its co-founder Steve Jobs. Interviews include notable Apple personalities Andy Hertzfeld, co-creator of the original Macintosh, Guy Kawasaki, long time Mac evangelist, Leander Kahney, author of the book "Cult of Mac", Jim Reekes, creator of the Macintosh start-up sound and Ron Wayne, original co-founder of the Apple Computer Company.

Two lucky people will each have a copy to take home! Plus, they've sent some other great give-aways.
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Welcome to Macintosh

Did you catch all the news from Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference? A new, faster iPhone, the latest version of the software for current iPhone and iPod Touch owners, new laptops and Snow Leopard (the next version of Mac OS X). Charlie Carlon will fill us in on all the great stuff Apple recently announced.

If you want your presence to be known on the web and you want to do it with style don't pass up Ron Bernstein's iWeb '09 demo. As part of Apple's iLife suite that comes with every Mac you too can make web pages that look like a professional was sitting by your side. Check out what's new in the latest version.

AndrÉ Perwin will help demystify Apple's Keychain security software. If you wanted to put your passwords and other information someplace safe you would do well to pay attention. And, it's free! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keychain_(Mac_OS)

If you missed the nice integration the old iMovie had with iDVD then don't fret. Apple's latest incarnation of iMovie '09 has brought it back so you can set up Chapter Markers in iMovie and then move right on over to iDVD. Esver Camacho will show how these two programs work together to help you share the memories. http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/ http://www.apple.com/ilife/idvd/

At the April Photoshop SIG hosted once again by Ron Bernstein, Eddie Torres presented an extremely in-depth and fascinating talk on "What Photographers need to know about LCD Monitors". The PDF Presentation is available here.

And at the Hardware SIG hosted by Charlie Carlon, yours truly turned an MSI Wind Netbook into a full fledged "nano Mac" complete with Leopard 10.5, with Charlie's careful guidance. It's waaaay coool!

February Meeting: The new iLife '09 is out and we've started showing you what's included. Is it worth the upgrade? We'll let you decide. This month we start with iPhoto '09. Esver Camacho showed all the cool new features. And if you've been looking for an inexpensive replacement for Microsoft Office Dale LeCornu showed us his pick: Butler Office Pro - text, spreadsheets, create presentations, drawings, formulas and databases.

Our Questions and Answers session started at 6 PM. As always, arriving early pays off, you get a chance at a guru all to yourself.

At 6:30 PM Esver Camacho lead the Beginner's class, followed by a demo of the highlights of Pages '09. Apple's word processor/page layout program At 7 PM our main meeting started. We had a presentation on Adobe's Creative Suite 4 Production Premium. Adobe showed you the tools you can use to really shine - After Effects, Preiere and how they work with Final Cut pro.

Another special guest, Nicole Martinez (Apple Certified Instructor, Editor, Filmmaker, Composer), showed us how to create graphics and mattes in Photoshop for use in Final Cut Pro.

Snacks and cofee were in adundance, as well as door prizes for all.

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