The Newsletter for Sonoma County’s Mac and Windows Users Aug/Sept 2009 Vol .1 No 8-9 Date: Saturday, 9/12/2009 Place: Sonoma Public Library Time: 9 am to 10:30a.m. 755 West Napa Street, Sonoma, CA Table of Contents User Group Benefits . 2 Password Protect Your iWorks Docs . 40. iTunes Basics - July Mac Meeting . 3 AddressBook and iCal Solutions . 40 Still Afraid of Social Networking? . 9 AirRadar Surveys Your Wireless Signals . 41 What Is Social Networking? . 10 Opinion On Java Vulnerability . 41 5 Cool Techniques for iMovie and iDVD . 16 Publishing Your Movie to Apple Devices . 43 iTunes and You by Chris Breen . 20 Reformatting Flash Drives . 43 Authors Are All A-Twitter . 36 Speed Up iPhoto . 37 Mac Q&A at 9 a.m. T Using Time Machine . 37 T FACEBOOK/TWITTER How Can I Make My Cursor Bigger . 39 Using Labels . 39 MYSPACE, ETC. Software Updates Tips ‘N Tricks . 39 SEE YOU Sept. 12th Invite a friend. Sonoma Valley Donating Used Computer Equipment Computer Group The URL listed is for the Computer Recycling Center. All of the info OFFICERS FOR 2008 - 2009 needed (and then some) is listed on the site. President Beth Pickering http://www.crc.org/ [email protected] Secretary Kathy Aanestad [email protected] Treasurer Joan Fabian [email protected] SVCG User Group Benefits & Discounts Newsletter Kathy Aanestad [email protected] O’REILLY Members-at-Large George Pick Members receive a 20% discount on O'Reilly books and conferences. [email protected] Contact Kathy for the code. Elizabeth Palmer [email protected] New Riders BOOKS Jackie Smith http://www.newriders.com [email protected] BECOME A NEW RIDERS CLUB MEMBER. You can save up to Dennis Astrubel 20% on all books every day at newriders.com simply by becoming a SVCG Evangelist Veda Lewis New Riders Club Member. Membership is free and easy. All you have [email protected] to do is answer a few, short questions in our ongoing, online survey, Webmaster Kathy Aanestad which you can access on any book page. Don't worry. [email protected] All of your information stays with us--we won't sell it or give it away BOARD MEETINGS to anyone. After you've filled out the profile, you'll save 20% automati- Open to all members. Call cally whenever you log on to http://www.newriders.com as a member. 935-6690 for further information. It's that easy! MEMBERSHIPS S.V.C.G. Annual Membership: $20. Note that you may use your User Group Coupon Code ON TOP of S.V.C.G. Family membership: $30 (re- your Club Member savings. Just remember to log in first when making siding at same address). Membership renewals are due and payable at the beginning of each a purchase and then enter the code at checkout as well! Contact Kathy year. for code. GENERAL MEETINGS S.V.C.G. meets second Saturday of each month at Sonoma Public Library, 755 West Napa Street; PEACHPIT HOURS: Mac: 9AM-10:30AM, Windows: 10:30AM-noon unless otherwise notified. Meetings free; guests welcome. ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION Sonoma Valley Computer Group Newsletter is pub- lished monthly by Sonoma Valley Computer Group. Desktop publishing services donated by: Kathy Aanestad. Call: (707) 935-6690, email aanestad@ vom.com. © 2009, SVCG. All rights reserved. Sponsored by our local ISP, DataProfessionals, on 19480-8th St. East. Sonoma Valley Computer Group Newsletter 2 http://www.vom.com/svcg/index.html JOIN THE PEACHPIT CLUB You can save 30% on all books every day at peachpit.com simply by becoming a Peachpit Club Member. Mem- bership is free and easy. All you have to do is answer a few, short questions in our ongoing, online survey, which you can access on any book page. Don't worry, all of your information is confidential and stays with us--we won't sell it or give it away to anyone. After you've filled out the survey, you'll save 30% automatically whenever you log on to http://www.peachpit.com as a member. It's that easy! USER GROUP COUPON CODE User group members should note that once you've become a Peachpit Club member, you may use your user group coupon code ON TOP of the permanent savings you earn as a member of the club. Just make sure you've logged onto the site before you make a purchase to ensure this permanent discount will be in effect, then enter coupon code (case-sensitive) at checkout! This coupon code is an exclusive offer that may not be used in con- junction with any other coupon codes. Contact Kathy for code information. NO AUGUST MEETING SEPTEMBER MEETING ☞ GUEST SPEAKER ☜ Want to learn about FACEBOOk, MySPACE, or TWITTER? Then September’s meeting is for you. Invite a friend. Guest speaker, Bruck Kolman, will take us throug the steps and show us how, for example, set up a Facebook account. SVCG ( Plugged into Technology ; Sonoma Valley Computer Group Newsletter 3 http://www.vom.com/svcg/index.html This is your August - September newsletter. Note: There will be NO August SVCG meeting. We’re taking a break! SVCG will resume September 12th. We are very excited to present our guest speaker, Bruce Kolman, who will talk about Social Networking - FACEBOOK, TWITTER, MYSPACE, and more. Bring your questions. See you September 12th. Mark your calendars and remember — invite a friend. YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE Sonoma Valley Computer Group Membership Application/Renewal Form New Applicant ___ Renewal ___ Platform: __Mac __PC Name: ______________________________ __WinXP __Win98 Address: ____________________________ __WinVIsta __OS Leopard __OS Tiger __OS X ____________________________________ __Linux Home Phone: _________________________ Work Phone: _________________________ Computer Make/Model: ___________________ E-mail Address: _______________________ Send __ $20 (individual) __ $30 (family) check to: How did you hear about SVCG? __class ___club member ___newspaper ____newsletter Sonoma Valley Computer Group User Level: __ Novice __ Intermediate POB 649 __ Advanced __ Expert El Verano, CA 95433 ___ I give permission to use this info in the club roster which is for members only Sonoma Valley Computer Group Newsletter 4 http://www.vom.com/svcg/index.html GUEST COLUMNIST MAC RADIO, ON YOUR IPOD/IPHONE by Bruce Kolman I have a 50 minute com- The Typical Mac User focuses on how- mute from Windsor to to’s for beginners as well as novice users, Sonoma every day. Since while The Power Mac User podcast of- I had long since given fers how to’s for more advanced users. up on the radio, my iPod There are several podcasts that have one has become my ever con- or two hosts covering “all things Apple”. stant traveling compan- Some of the best of these include the ion. When Apple added Mac Core and The Mac Cast. The Mac podcasts to iTunes, I was Roundtable is a rotating collection of saved. Since I have a va- podcasters that meet online via Skype riety of interests I have which offers a wide range of opinions on been able to find pod- current goings on in the Mac world. Most casts to fill every day of of these are not professional broadcast- the week, both ways. ers, but fellow enthusiasts who have harnessed the power of their Macs and I am first and foremost an produce these shows every week. They Apple enthusiast and have are all informative and entertaining. been since my Apple IIc. While some fathers and sons talked sports, my father and I talked Macs (and sports). I must say that my favorite of all these There is a plethora of Mac related podcasts, some pro- podcasts is MacBreak Weekly. It is duced right here in Sonoma County. If you like hearing produced by Leo Laporte (aka The Tech your Mac information as well as reading about it in Mac- Guy on am radio), right here in Peta- world or Mac Life, I have some podcasts for you. Most luma. It features Leo, Andy Ihnatko, of these shows cover both the Macintosh world as well Scott Bourne, and Alex Lindsay talking as iPod/iPhone topics including both hardware and soft- about the weeks Mac news, as well as ware. You can listen on your computer, iPod or iPhone. offering software and hardware picks of The advantage is that unless you scour the blogs your- the week. This show is very well pro- self, you can’t get your information any faster. Maga- duced and most reminds me of those zines come out monthly, while these shows are produce Mac conversations with my father, and weekly. Both Macworld and Mac Life offer fine pod- now my mother who has become quite casts with news and reviews of all things Apple, however the geek in her own right. Leo also pro- there are a variety of podcasts that can cover your need duces several other podcasts on a va- for Mac information. riety of tech topics on the TWIT (This Week in Technology). You can find out The quick and dirty news roundup can be found on more about these shows at www.twit. Mac OS Ken. Ken Ray reads the news from around the tv. Scott and Andy also host a podcast blogosphere in an entertaining and concise fashion. This called MYDL, or Managing Your Digital podcast is actually released five times a week. He also Life (www.mydl.me).This podcast fo- has a weekly paid program, Mac OS Ken Day 6, which cuses mostly on what to do with all of is a longer form program with interviews and more in- your digital media files. Topics include depth reviews.