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The President’s Corner by N.C. Sizemore

As I see it we have to ask people to join. They will be asking to before us a great join! All we have to do is get them to a opportunity to improve meeting. our already very good The June program will be a presentation by MUG. We have a new Dr. Roberto Putzeys on “How to Find Reliable meeting place with Medical Information on the Internet.” This will internet, storage, better be the first program in our new location, the parking, better kitchen Family Wellness Center, and will provide an and just better. excellent opportunity to try out our new We have a growing and enthusiastic Internet access. membership. We have members that are I am looking forward to Dr. Putzeysʼ program talented in many ways. We have a great web later this month on using the internet to find site. We have folks who have expressed reliable medical information. He asks that we interest in Special Interest Groups which we give him a list of ailments or problems that we are exploring. would like for him to research on line live as The MAC products are selling well and there part of the program. is an ever growing community of MAC users We will collect the requests and sort them so for us to recruit to our group. As we grow and that he can research the most often bring in more talented members we have a requested items. bigger knowledge base to draw on for more interesting and varied programs. If we work together and manage this opportunity well our meetings will be dynamite and our Next Meeting helpfulness to one another will be able to answer most any MAC question! Keep on Monday, June 22 @ 7 PM inviting MAC users to our meetings. If we do Family Wellness Center a good job with the programs we will not have

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OMUG MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

May 5, 2009 - Our last meeting at the Multi- Answers included fun, fellowship, education, Purpose Senior Center. The meeting was called to problem-solving, "members helping members", order by President NC Sizemore at 7:05 PM. Special Interest Groups (SIGS). Discussion followed concerning SIGS and enough members Announcements and Introductions were interested in a SIG for Digital Photography Welcome to all members and one first-time guest, to pursue it further. Burt Stephens, a friend of our Vice President, Phil Davis. * Phil could not attend tonight due to a Program conflict. * Membership renewal time is here! * Alan Speaker: James Lee, President - Tropical Gold has copies of the OMUG Software Library; Software, Inc., Atlantic Beach, Florida see him during our refreshment break. Topic: TopXNotes (say "Top Ten Notes"): A Club Business personal information manager for Mac and iPod. Company website: http://store.tropic4.com/Mac- Secretary's Report: April's minutes, included OS-X-Apps-1859.Category.html in the Mugshot, were approved as written. Highlights: TopXNotes organizes by Notes > Treasurer's Report: $1,055.32 as of May 1, Groups > Categories with many ways to search 2009. (Some dues were collected tonight, too.) for your stored information. Type, drag, or import Member Participation: Please submit to create your notes. Templates and samples are program suggestions to our Board. Have you included. Quick Notes provide quick access from invited a guest to our club meetings? Do you carry your desktop, and Auto-Link Recognition allows our business card to use if the occasion arises? you to open a URL from your notes. New Officers: Most officers were re-elected at Multi-view features allow display of more than one our last meeting. Thank you all for serving another note, and related or unrelated notes. year! Welcome Angie Wood as Secretary, and Preferences include auto-save, copies, spell-check, Shirley Steiner and Joan Espenship as our new password, encryption, and a Support menu Refreshments Team. includes updates and built-in Help. Thank-You Gifts: Sally Smyth and Bob and Q&A: works with Leopard * Cut & paste Carolyn Docteur were presented with $50 gift * .pdf, .tiff, .jpeg in next version * "Find" feature, cards for Red Lobster/Olive Garden as a token of not Spotlight-enabled * Cost is $35 but discounted our esteem for their service to OMUG. Grace price is $30 for OMUG members. Huffman, who is with us in the building every month and has looked after us very well, was also Tech Tips presented with a Thank You card and cash gift of F11: Once will clear your screen to your desktop, $25. a second time will bring all windows back that you Questions to Ponder: 1) Should member were working with. photos and bios be placed in the Members Only Command-i: Yields "Document Info" when viewing section of our website? Discussion followed, and photos in Preview (info may vary by Tiger/ the consensus was positive. 2) What is the purpose Leopard) of OMUG? www.ocalamug.org page 2 OCALA MACINTOSH USER GROUP NEWSLETTER VOLUME 130 - JUNE 2009

50/50 Drawing Winners Next meeting • TopXNotes (courtesy of James Lee): Mel Our new meeting schedule is the fourth Monday Brantley of the month- June 22, 2009. • $20: Brian Voge Our new location is the Family Wellness Center, 4817 NE 2nd Loop, Ocala. (Map and directions • $20: Mel Brantley are on our OMUG website). Bring your laptop if Member Discussion/ Q&A you wish! If you missed this meeting you missed two Dr. Roberto Putzeys will present "How To Find Member Giveaways; a working laser printer and Reliable Medical Information on the Internet". an Apple TV/Video System. * Alan Gold is looking for anyone who uses Quark 6+. * If you have a Attendance PC to donate, contact Ed Jaworoski.* In 35 members and 2 non-members/guests community Art News, Sally Smyth announced Meeting adjourned at 8:47 PM. that Gallery East moved from Six Gun Plaza to the Almeida Plaza in Belleview. * Judy Rankin Respectfuy submitted by: shared her invention, the Eggstra-Redneck Angie Wood, Secretary Laptop Cooler, but it was unclear whether she is (with much help om many others; Thank You!) taking orders for them.

TREASURER’S REPORT

Starting Balance 5/1/2009 $ 1,055.32

50-50 raffle $ 40

2009-2010 memberships $ 570

Rent (Senior Center) $ (65.51)

Refreshments $ (19.76)

Bank Checks $ (21.17)

Appreciation Gifts $ (125.00)

Ending Balance 5/31/2009 $ 610.00 $ (210.00) $ 1,433.88

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TIP OF THE MONTH

Really Empty the Trash with digital gibberish, ensuring that your deleted It’s simple to delete unwanted files using Mac OS data is gone for good. It may take a few moments X Leopard: Just drag the files onto the Trash icon longer, but it’s a good choice for deleting data in the Dock (or select them and type Command- you’re sure you don’t need — and don’t want Delete), then choose Empty Trash in the Finder anyone else to see. menu (or type Command-Shift-Delete). Alternately, you can double-click on the Trash icon to open it, then click on the Empty button. Emptying the Trash in this manner clears room on your Mac for other files. But the data hasn’t actually been removed from your computer — the space occupied by these files is simply available to be overwritten by new information. Until this happens, it may be possible for someone to use data recovery software to restore your “deleted” files. And if this information is sensitive or confidential, it could To delete your Trash securely, go to the Finder potentially end up in the wrong hands. menu and select Secure Empty Trash. A pop-up That’s why Mac OS X Leopard provides another will ask you to confirm that you want to option for deleting data: the Secure Empty Trash permanently erase the items in the Trash. Click command. Meant for those occasions when you OK, and these files will be gone forever. want to permanently and immediately delete Source: www.apple.com/pro/tips/ files, Secure Empty Trash overwrites your data

THE EGGSTRA-REDNECK LAPTOP COOLER

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INTERESTING SOFTWARE

MyWeather Mobile photos stored on iPod players. Dual platform, Although you can grab the weather on your supports multiple devices! iPhone or iPod Touch, having a stand-alone http://www.ugnn.com/2009/05/ program along that does it for you is ipod_access_photo.html indispensable. Have full, robust weather where iPhone Photos to Paintings ever you go. Here's a very nifty utility for you iPhone users -- http://www.ugnn.com/2009/05/ Gesture lets you create digital paintings from myweather_mobile.html your photos simply by dragging your finger over iPod Access Photo the photo. How cool is that iPod Access Photo 1.6 for Mac OSX and http://www.ugnn.com/2009/05/ Windows Vista/XP, from Findley Designs, looks iphone_photos_to_paint.html like a great solution for viewing and retrieving

Quote For The Day

“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” - Carl Sagan

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OMUG Board of Directors Assignments

N.C. Sizemore - President Sally Smyth, Shelley Sizemore - Asst. Secretary [email protected] 291-8778 Judy Rankin - Membership; Assistant Treasurer Phil Davis - Vice President Richard Rohde - Newsletter Editor [email protected] 369-8432 Al Sypher - Assistant Newsletter Editor Shirley Steiner, Joan Espinship - Refreshments Angie Wood - Secretary Virginia Baldwin - Sunshine Lady [email protected] unlisted Phil Davis - Webmaster Clint Jones - Treasurer [email protected] 351-9236

Dick Rohde - Member at Large [email protected] 861-0616

Judy Rankin - Member at Large [email protected] 821-2322

Bob Docteur - Member at Large [email protected] 624-0524

Tim Rankin - Past President; Ambassodor [email protected] 821-2322

Get Help Tim Rankin - General Mac problems [email protected] 821-2322 These volunteers will try to help you with your computer and software problems. Judy Rankin - PrintShop; Print Explosion You can add your name to this list if you are [email protected] 821-2322 willing to share your expertise with other OMUG members. Phil Davis - Web design; general Mac problems [email protected] 369-8432

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Family Wellness Center 4817 NE 2nd Loop Ocala, FL 34470 624-2337

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