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The official journal of the Wellington Macintosh Society Inc Volume 27.6 – June 2010 Come to one of our meetings Apple Redesigns the Mac Mini Wellington Apple has released a major redesign The new Mac Mini has an HDMI Monday, 28 June of the Mac Mini. It now has an connector (replacing Mini DVI on 7.10pm – 9.30pm aluminium body which is lower earlier models). This allows it to be profile but somewhat wider and connected directly to a modern flat- Subject: “Taking the Terror out of TradeMe” deeper than the previous model (same screen TV with a standard HDMI footprint as a Time Capsule or Apple cable, rather than requiring multiple TV). The power supply is now cables or additional adapters. The Kapiti integrated into the computer, using a HDMI connector can deliver both Monday, 5 July standard “figure 8” power connector. video and sound to the TV. This 7.10pm – 9.30pm Counting the lack of separate power increases the appeal of using a Mac Subject: “Taking the adapter, the new model is 20% smaller Mini as a media computer attached to Terror out of TradeMe” in volume than the previous one. your TV. Power consumption is reduced: less Mac Basics* than 10 Watts when idle, up to 85 Continued on page 7 Monday, 12 July Watts under heavy load. 7pm – 9.30pm Subject: The Internet Final Cut Studio Monday, 19 July Turnbull House Help Desk* Saturday 17 July, from 1 pm to 4 pm, at the Kapiti Uniting Parish See page 2 for more details of meetings Where to find us Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are held at *Please register by emailing Turnbull House, 11 Bowen Street, Wellington. Kapiti meetings are held at [email protected] the Kapiti Uniting Church, Raumati Road, Raumati. President writes p2 PDF2Office for iWork v1.0: INSIDE Apple Extends Safari 5 with Reader, Converting to Editable HTML5, Performance p4 Text p6 CAPITAL APPLE – JUNE 2010 PAGE 1 The president writes ... If you would like to receive e- will need to be organised into mail announcements about groups of two or three. upcoming Kapiti meetings, Attendance is free for WelMac please contact Hamish Turnbull members, but advance <[email protected]>. registration is required. If you would like to attend, please Mac Basics Meeting contact David Empson (see end The next Mac Basics meeting of article for details) or Malcolm David Empson will start at 7 pm on Monday 12 ( D o n ) N i c c o l [email protected] July, in the Small Gallery on the <[email protected]> or 04 first floor of Turnbull House. 905 8409. Registrations will be Hi, folks! This month we will be accepted up to the Wednesday covering the third of the three prior to the meeting. Wellington Meeting main topics: using the Mac to We particularly need to know Our next main meeting in access the Internet for eMail, web what subject(s) you would like to Wellington will start at 7.10 pm browsing, iChat or Skype. cover, and we may not be able to on Monday 28 June 2010, in the Please register if you wish to cater to all requests. Anteroom on the ground level of attend this meeting, by e-mailing Please let us know if you want Turnbull House, 11 Bowen Street, [email protected]. to bring your own computer. You Wellington. will need to bring any necessary As this is our midwinter Final Cut Studio power cables or adapters, and if meeting we are varying the We are running a regular required, mouse, keyboard and structure this month. special interest group on using screen. The meeting will start with a Final Cut Studio for video editing. If you need to bring a printer, short question & answer session. The next Final Cut Studio please take additional care with This will be followed by the main meeting will start at 7 pm on it: many printers require special topic: “Taking the Terror out of Monday 19 July, in the Small handling when being moved, to TradeMe”. Gabrielle Appleton Gallery on the first floor of avoid leaking ink or toner. will demonstrate what is Turnbull House. involved in buying or selling Please register if you wish to General News items, and other aspects of using attend this meeting, by e-mailing TradeMe. [email protected]. Safari 5.0 and 4.1 The meeting will conclude As detailed elsewhere in this with an extended supper and Kapiti Help Desk issue, Apple has released version opportunity to socialise with We will run a help desk in the 5.0 of Safari, for Leopard and other members. Kapiti area next month. Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5 The Help Desk will be held on and 10.6). They have also Kapiti Area Meeting Saturday 17 July, from 1 pm to 4 released a 4.1 update for Tiger The next Kapiti meeting will pm, at the Kapiti Uniting Parish, (10.4). start at 7.10 pm on Monday 5 July 27 Raumati Rd. There have been some teething 2010, at the Kapiti Uniting Parish, The help desk is a hands-on problems with some web sites 27 Raumati Rd. tutorial where we can cater to a being incompatible with Safari 5, The meeting will include a range of topics. Depending on which should be fixed reasonably brief Q&A session and extended the number of attendees, we may promptly. Much of this is due to supper. The main topic will be be able to have individual tutors, the usual issue with poorly “Taking the Terror out of but we expect that some people written web sites checking for TradeMe”. specific versions of a web CAPITAL APPLE – JUNE 2010 PAGE 2 The president writes ... browser and not coping with a GB or 32 GB of storage. Apple is Bluetooth keyboard, and version change, so it may be up continuing to sell an 8 GB iPhone wallpaper on the home screen). to the web site to fix the problem 3GS, and you may be able to find The multitasking feature at their end. a bargain on the 16 GB and 32 GB allows specially written If you have already installed iPhone 3GS while stocks last, or applications a limited capability Safari 5 and discover that an get one second hand from people of running in the background important web site you use is no upgrading to the new model. while the user is doing longer operating correctly, try The iPhone 4 has a redesigned something else. Some examples running a different web browser body with flat glass back, slightly are continuing a file download, such as Firefox. I also know of a thinner overall. The screen has and playing music from sources way to install a copy of Safari 4 double the resolution of previous other than the iPod/Music and its support files alongside models: the pixels are so small application. Safari 5, which could be useful as that they cannot be seen by If you have lots of a temporary measure. Contact someone with normal eyesight. applications, you can now me for details. It also has a better camera with organise them into folders on the flash and support for HD video home screen. Mac OS X 10.6.4 recording, adds a forward facing Apple’s free iBooks application The 10.6.4 update for Snow camera for video chats, and has is available (requires iOS 4), Leopard is available. Download improved performance and which is a very nice book and size ranges from about 350 MB to battery life. PDF reader for the iPhone. There 920 MB depending on which Mac The included FaceTime is a good selection of free books model you have and which software for video chats is available for it, but paid selection previous updates have been currently limited to use on WiFi are likely to be limited in New installed. The main changes are networks and to another iPhone Zealand until local licensing and bug fixes and security fixes. 4, but more options should open distribution issues are resolved. Note that the Mac OS X 10.6.4 up quickly. There are many security fixes update will also install Safari 5. included in iOS 4, and it will be There is a corresponding iOS 4 required by some new or Security Update 2010-004 for The new operating system for updated applications, so it is a Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5), which the iPhone and iPod Touch has good idea to install it. The update is 233 MB. been released, and is now is up to 390 MB. Apple has stopped releasing officially called “iOS”. I expect Apple will release a security updates for Tiger (10.4), It is a free update for most similar sized 3.1.4 update shortly but is still releasing Tiger updates devices, but is not supported on for older devices which fixes for Safari (which fix some the original iPhone (which was bugs and security issues. security issues) and iTunes. not officially available in New Note that iOS 4 is not yet Zealand), nor the first generation available for the iPad. The iPad iPhone 4 iPod Touch (September 2007 to version is due in September. The next iPhone model has September 2008). been released in the US and will If you have an iPhone 3G or That’s all, folks! be available in New Zealand by second generation iPod Touch David Empson September. New Zealand pricing (September 2008 to September is unknown at this point but I’m 2009, including the current 8 GB If you wish to contact me, it’s best to estimating it will be slightly more iPod Touch), it will be able to run email [email protected].