www.hkmug.org.hk & www.facebook.com/HKMUG March 2014 March 11 Meeting: At Kowloon Cricket Club • Annual General Meeting • PuzzleBox • 3Doodler (3D Doodler) • iSubtitle • Dropshades • $50 Coupon for New Members! • Plus Possible Lucky Draw! March 2014 2 About HKMUG

The Hong Kong User Group (HKMUG) is a non-profit making organization aiming at the mutual support and assistance among users. The HKMUG is the longest-serving user group in Hong Kong that is fully supported and recognized by Apple Computer International Ltd (Hong Kong). Our major communication between members is through the BBS with a 100Mb connection. We also organize a monthly gathering on every second Tuesday of the month and invite vendors to show us the latest Mac hardware and in town. Please visit our website to learn about more benefits for you when you become our member.

關於HKMUG 我們HKMUG是香港歷史最悠久的註冊Mac用家團體。和世界各地不少MUG一 樣，HKMUG以促進Mac用家交流及推廣Mac使用風氣為己任。除了能免費使用我們接駁 到100MB寬頻的電子通訊站，下載共享軟體及其他會員作交流外，我們每個月的第二個 星期二晚上還舉行聚會，邀請嘉賓介紹Mac界最新軟硬體。

For the latest information, please visit our web site or email to us at: 有關本會活動最新消息，請瀏覽本會網頁或電郵本會執委: web: http://www.hkmug.org.hk/ email: [email protected] To join us, please fill in our application form ( PDF ). 加入本會，只需填妥參加表格（PDF）。

Copyright © 1997-2013 Hong Kong Macintosh User Group. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without the express written consent of Hong Kong Macintosh User Group is prohibited March 2014 3 HKMUG Meeting Date & Venue 聚會日期及場地 11th March, Tuesday 三月十一日 星期二 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm (Demos to be started at 8:00pm)

Fincher Room Kowloon Cricket Club 10 Cox’s Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon (Jordan MTR B2 Exit) 場地設置無線上網，歡迎各位帶同 MacBook, MacBook Pro, 九龍木球會 - Fincher Room iPhone, iPod touch 或 iPad參加! Wireless network available at the 九龍尖沙咀覺士道10號 meeting venue. MacBook, MacBook Pro, (佐敦地鐵站B2出口) iPhone, iPod touch & iPad are welcome!

Noted: All mobile phones must be in silent mode. No mobile usage is allowed inside the club’s indoor area. Loitering, exploring or using other areas and facilities of the Club is Free of Charge for KCC members prohibited, except wash rooms & outdoor area of the club. HKMUG Members : HK$30 for now! Next Monthly Meeting Guests: HK$70 $0 8th April, Tuesday 四月八日 星期二 March 2014 4 Venue of Monthly Meeting 每月聚會地點

Jordan MTR B2 exit 佐敦地鐵站 B2 出口

Kowloon Cricket Club 10 Cox’s Road 九龍木球會 P 覺士道10號

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三月十一日 聚會 March 11 Meeting AGM iSubtitle

The HKMUG Annual Gen- A cool tool for adding subtitle tracks to your movies. And unlike eral Meeting will be at the others, it will work on your AppleTV wihtout having to burn the March meeting. Would you titles into the video file! like to serve? Do you have ideas for demos, meetings, or even radical changes for the group? Dropshades NOTE that membership fees will be discussed! Be sure to some Sound-reactive technology along and SPEAK UP! squeezed into sunbglasses for a 3Doodler (3D Doodler) special party flair. One thing is sure - it will get you noticed... Billed as the world’s first 3D printing pen, the 3Doodler looks like a lot of fun! But is it really much different from an older hot glue gun? KoolPuck Come along Another wireless charging pad, but and find out. this time it looks great! But the big question is not whether it works, but Puzzlebox whether it is really useful...

The Puzzlebox Orbit is a brain-controlled helicopter. Operated with an EEG headset, users can fly the Orbit by focusing their concentration and clearing their BONUS! mind. Come and measure your Attend our monthly meeting, join HKMUG brain activity and see if you can and receive a $50 coupon from New Vision! fly the helicopter - or crash it.:-) March 2014 6 HKMUG - What you might have missed… 11 February What you might have missed when exceeded will trigger a warning. Data can be stored in iCloud – February 11, 2014 for multi-computer access if iFinance is also installed on computer. The cost for the App is HK$15 and it’s a 5 if you need to stick to a Cycloramic Studio 360 Panorama – is a new way to budget. Limitations: cannot integrate different currencies in the take panorama pictures or videos hands free same account, or with your actual bank account. with iPhone 5/5S. Put the iPhone on a flat surface and press GO and the iPhone rotates MagicPlan – helps you make a floor plan of a room simply 360 degrees while taking multiple images and by taking photos of a room. Add rooms together to get a house stitching them together to form a panoramic plan. For best results the room should photo. At HK$15 this app is a must for pan- be empty. The photos must capture orama fans and deserves a 5. corners, doors, windows and projec- tions. Insert one actual measurement v-Downloader – allows download and viewing of videos from in the plan and the whole plan will be the any site of the internet over WiFi or 3G. Downloaded videos to scale. The format can be pdf, can be transferred to your computer via jpg or dxf and publish as an in- iTunes file sharing. A 5 surely. teractive floor plan on the web. A definite 5 for this magic app. iFinance Mobile – keeps track of your expenses on your A sister app is the MagicPlan iDevice, and at the end of the month, or week, or year, lets you CSI which does the same for a know how much you have spent on food, en- crime scene. tertainment, travel etc. You can set up different accounts each containing title, date, cost and EtreCheck – a free App to display your computer profile with category. You can also preset a limit, which any irregularities shown in red. March 2014 7 HKMUG - What you might have missed…

Disk Space – three free apps are compared to find how the disk space is used. Disk Inventory X displays the different file types of your hard disk. It works OK but slightly slow. Grand Perspective does the same in a faster way. JDisk Report displays the info in a pie chart which might be difficult to comprehend. So the verdict is to try out all three 5 point apps and rely on your personal prefer- ence. Only free apps are listed as it is felt that you should not have to pay for such information.

Lucky Draw / Giveaway

As there were still some 30th Mac Anniversary mugs left, they were given to those who did not attend the last meeting. Being Chinese New Year each of those present also received a Lucky Red Packet sponsored by Edward

Don’t miss the meeting on Tuesday, 11 March! March 2014 8 Freshly Squeezed Reviews – Emergency Kit

Emergency Kit (Although, I have dictated a couple of this year’s articles directly into the iPhone and was able to gather a bunch of Due to recent events that would make for graphics, as needed, for inclusion!) a riveting feature film (the part of Frank Petrie will be played by Jack Black), I spent iPad – Gaming, TV/movie/podcast viewing and an inordinate amount of 2013 in hospital all reading. The screen real estate (Air or Mini) and rehab. But I learned that I could still is perfect for viewing and much more pleasurable carry on socially and professionally with a for reading, be it a book or any of your news apps bit of advanced planning. I know the topic (including video reports). is a tad ghoulish but you’ll be glad should MacBook – If you need to do any heavy lifting, an you ever find yourself in this situation. Air fits the bill perfectly. (I was pleasantly surprised how much heavy lifting I could accomplish from a hospital bed.) FIRST: What Do You Hope To Do?

Figure out what goals you wish to accomplish. Do you want to SECOND: What Accessories Do You Need To Pull keep friends and colleagues apprised of you situation? Would you This Off Successfully? rather just carry on with your social life without missing a beat? Or Power Charger – Job One is locating power! Outlets are few would you simply like to watch TV shows, movies or ? and far between in the rooms. And, seemingly by law, ALWAYS Read? Maybe (GULP!) work? purposely out of reach! Therefore, your first and foremost acces- Whatever your pleasure is, it will dictate which piece(s) of hardware sory is a power charger, without question. A friend of mine, who best to pack. Also, whatever you want to work if will also travels extensively, turned me onto a series guide your choices. of incredibly powerful, reasonably priced chargers. I chose the New Trent iCarrier on iPhone – Text messaging, surfing and mail can be handled easily. Amazon. I was able to charge my iPhone Just make sure that your data and/or texting plans cover your needs. 5C approximately five times from a single March 2014 9 MacFreshly 911 Squeezed - Solutions Reviews to your – most Emergency vexing MacKit problems

charge, which is brilliant as you don’t want to bother your nurses article, as well, with my 11” MacBook Air. or CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistants) with constantly plugging I followed my audio podcasts, BBC News and wrote the article for and unplugging your device(s). an earlier SCO Monthly on my iPhone 5C. I’ve tweeted, texted and All that you require is the attending plug/unplug your charger once Skyped. I sent links to app updates to my mail account for when I every several days. I reduced my reliance on the staff a tad further returned home. Kept in touch with family and friends. Researched by having visiting friends, family members and myself if possible, medications, symptoms and treatments. plug the charger into the outlet mid-afternoon. Let it charge all af- Sadly, there was no iPad in this equation. Bad timing, I fear. I sold ternoon and evening, then have the CNA unplug it before bedtime. my iPad 3 at the end of October to generate more funds for an iPad Keeps me juiced and them happy and out of their hair! Mini Retina purchase in late November. But my body was sent to Connection Needs – Do you need a thirty-pin or Lightning con- hospital, even though my heart was in line at the . But nector? Do you need an AC adapter for the charger or any of your I would have been extremely happy camper! device(s)? Plus, if your hospital doesn’t have Wi-Fi, you’ll need the necessary knowledge to turn your iPhone into a HotSpot. one last thing As a final note, I know that many of EarPods – And in the likely event that you are sharing a room, you already have a travel kit assem- best bring along your EarPods. If not only for the privacy/good bled and are thinking, “I’ll just use neighbor policy, then for the better quality of sound alone. that as my hospital goto.” I suggest My Experience that you prune it down even further. For even though they lob off bits in After watching reruns of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ for the third time, hospital, things such as electronics I kicked on Hulu PLUS and began watching the TV shows that I tend to grow legs. had missed during my stay. And, my beloved podcasts (BTW, have you ever caught ScreenCastsOnline? Ripping!). And I wrote this Go figure. ©2014 Frank Petrie March 2014 10 Hardware Reviews – Flygrip Gravity & Bartender Flygrip Gravity Bartender menu manager

I’ve been a fan of the Flygrip since Macworld 2012 Bartender is a nifty Mac utility that does one simple thing but does it VERY and it’s one of those accessories I couldn’t live without. well: keeps your menu bar clean. With so many programs such as Time Simply put, it allows you to hold your mobile device Machine, Google Drive, and Dropbox wanting to put icons in the menu better, text with one hand, and generally avoid phone bar, the bar gets quite crowded. Not all programs allow you to disable fatigue.In particular, I love it when traveling because the menu icon and some are handy, you just don’t need them that often. when I use the grip, my phone stays in my hand in a Bartender allows you to complete hide the item or put the item in the public place and isn’t as easily snatched away. Bartender submenu as well as allow the icon to come to the front when The Flygrip gravity is a continuation of that great tradition and adds a a notification occurs such as a new item in your Dropbox or a new tweet magnetic clasp to close the grip rather than relying on a mechanical switch from your Twitter client. In addition to clicking on the menu bar, you t hat tended to loosen up over time as the oils in your hand erode the can toggle the menu items with a hot key. Finally I can see how much plastic.The magnetic clip is easier to close and I expect it to last longer. battery is left without visually sorting through over a dozen icons. Some see menu items as a badge of honor, I find them a necessary evil to be The Gravity is also longer and can use three fingers to stabilize the device avoided if possible which makes sense as our devices become bigger and need a slightly

different center of gravity. The pricing is a bit off at $15 and support is a bit unreliable but the product is rock solid and simply works. For those of us on smaller , screen Although of no interest to me, the Gravity comes in a variety of colors real estate is essential and Bartender allows you to keep easy access via and designs for that special “bling” factor, but for me I went for basic the menu bar to key items without cluttering up your screen. faux carbon fiber design.

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Permission is granted for republication. Originally published and written for the Lawrence Apple Users’ Group 2.0 http://www.laugks.org and published by Dave Greenbaum at http://www.clickheretech.com March 2014 11 Benefits for HKMUG Members BBS If you mail back the application form to us, please enclosed your membership fee by crossed cheque payable to “Hong Kong All members are entitled to use our Electronic Bulletin Board Macintosh User Group.” System (BBS) for FREE. You can get a free email account, 50MB of online storage, hundreds of shareware, freeware, software updates Every member is entitled to a membership kit that includes a free and hardware drivers, and tech-support by mutual help among CD-ROM. It contains the FirstClass Client software for logging members in a friendly and easy-to-use environment. into our BBS.

DISCOUNTS Membership Fee

Special discounts are offered to our members by various local The annual (12 months) membership fee is HK$300 vendors. Occasional special discounts are also offered during our The annual (12 months) senior citizen / student membership fee is monthly meetings and through our newsletter. HK$200 (*Photocopy of proof of eligibility required)

However, the easiest way to become our member is to come to our MONTHLY MEETING monthly meeting to fill in the application form and pay the annual membership fee at our reception counter. Then you can enjoy Every second Tuesday of the month, our monthly meeting will be the discount on the entry fee to our Monthly Meeting and get the held with demos and experience sharing by vendors and members, membership kit at the spot! or even tutorials on the latest software. You can even win special souvenirs that you cannot buy in stores! Members can enjoy almost 60%-off discount on entrance fee!

JOIN US

To join us, just fill in our application form. March 2014 12

HKMUG 會員福利 電子通訊站 立刻加入 免費使用我們的電子通訊站(BBS)是我們每位會 歡迎您！要加入本會，您只需填妥參加表格。 員的必然福利。在BBS上，會員可以擁有自己的 若您選擇把表格郵寄給我們，請連同支票（抬 電郵戶口、50MB線上儲存空間、數以百計的免 頭請寫「香港蘋果用戶協會」或「Hong Kong 費及共享軟件、軟件昇級及硬件驅動程件等、以 Macintosh User Group」）一併寄回。 及BBS上眾多討論區中用Mac老手的經驗交流， 保證能提供最貼身的技術支援服務。 會費 折扣優惠 每年會費（十二個月）為HK$300。長者及學生 均享優惠會費，每年（十二個月）為HK$200。 我們的特約經銷商為我們的會員提供購物優惠， （請連同表格寄上證明文件影印本。） 在每月聚會及透過我們的月報還會提供特別優惠 計畫！ 每位會員會獲得一張會員證，以便從特約 每位會員均可免費獲得一枚本會光碟，內有用作 商號取得購物優惠時使用。 登入本會電子通訊站的FirstClass Client軟件。 其實最方便快捷的方法是來參加我們的每月聚 每月聚會 會，即場填妥表格及繳交會費，便可即時享用會 每個月的第二個星期二晚上均是我們聚會之時。 員優惠入場費及獲取登入電子通訊站的戶口資料 每月聚會中，我們會邀請各經銷商或熱心會員為 和光碟。 我們示範最新的軟硬件、分享用Mac經驗甚至開 班教授最新軟件用法。我們也會在月會中舉辦 抽獎。獎品更經常包括在市面不能買到的Mac紀 念品！會員參與每月聚會均可享有入場費五折 優惠！