STANFORD/PALO ALTO MACINTOSH USERS GROUP NEWSLETTER Vol. 13 No. 5 • May 2004 COMING IN AUGUST MAY’S PRESENTER WILL BE Pencil in this date Monday, August 2 Bill Atkinson’s unveils his New Book “WITHIN THE STONE” and be our presenter one again. Christian Pickman will be Introducing TechTool Pro 4, the next generation of the best-selling problem-solving utility for Macintosh. This latest version is Panther Compatible. The best utility for Macintosh just became better. TechTool Pro 4 is a completely new program, built from the ground up for Mac OS X. The program was completely created in Cocoa, ensuring maximum performance and stability in Mac OS X. The program also features a new, easy-to-use aqua interface and streamlined window for easy navigation. IN THIS ISSUE WITHIN THE STONE is the first book of photography Atkinson Coming in August...........................1 to showcase Atkinson’s avant-garde digital methods. Micromat Presenting.......................................1 This should be a very informative and exciting meeting and should not be missed. Come early for best seating. As Meeting Schedule for May .................................2 always visitors and friends are more than welcome at our meetings, and Bill Atkinson’s picture art is spectacular. SMUG June Meeting Elections .........................2 Cleaning Computer Peripherals.......................2 SMUG CD-Rom—Spring 2004 .......................3 Shareware—May Demo Items ........................4 iPod Guide Picks.............................................5 We Need Input .................................................6 Calendar of SMUG Events..............................7 SMUG new home page http://www.pa-smug.org 650–286–7539 Page 1 Smug Contacts smug May 3 SMUG Office Meeting Schedule 6:30 - 9:30 P.O. Box 20132 6:30 - 7:00 Questions and Answers Stanford CA, 94309 650 286-7539 7:00 - 7:30 Shareware — Bill Maxwell & Shareware Team 7:30 - 7:45 Break WEB Site ht t p : / w w w . p a - s m u g . o r g 7:45 - 9:00 Micromat — Christian Pickman Club Mailing List 9:00 Raffle sm u g u s e r g r o u p @ y a h o o g r o u p s . c o m BOARD OF DIRECTORS Please note Frank Smith, int. President (510) 477- 0969 SMUG Elections at June Meeting aq u a m a n 4 7 @ m a c . c o m Four SMUG officer’s seats are up for nomination and to be Tom Mathieu, Director voted on at our June Meeting. Treasurer (650) 494-7760 President tmathieu@p a - s m u g . o r g Vice President Two Board of Directors at Large. Lorrie Bleiler, Director (650) 948-1400 phone /fax Please make yourself available for one of these offices, even if [email protected] only for one year. Remember: No Officers, No Club. Jim Thornton Director [email protected] Cleaning Computer Peripherals Steve Bellamy Director Keep your peripherals happy by keeping them clean. Follow these (650) 854-5895 steps to extend the life of your monitor, mouse, keyboard, and printer. [email protected] MONITOR NON-BOARD OFFICER Vice President/vacant • Turn off computer. • Wipe monitor screen with monitor-cleaning, pre-moistened wipes, COMMITTEES or with monitor-cleaning solution or water sprayed onto Membership monitor/eye glass cloth. Never spray anything directly on the screen. Ilana Braun, Chair • When cleaning LCD screens, do not use alcohol- or ammonia- (650) 493-6197 ilanab@p a - s m u g . o r g based products as they can damage the surface. Use water sprayed onto monitor/eyeglass cloth or special LCD cleaner Scott Spencer Assistant smug _ [email protected] (such as Klear Screen) only. • Wipe monitor case and monitor cable with cloth dampened NEWSLETTER with water. Lorrie Bleiler, Director NOTE: Never open a monitor case! Monitors insides store high Editor/Designer voltage and can cause severe electrical shock. (650) 948-1400 phone /fax [email protected] ROLLER MOUSE John Schipper, Staff Writer • Turn off computer. (650) 493-8048 • Turn mouse upside-down. John Kaufmann, Distribution • Unscrew ball retaining ring and remove ball. (650) 494-0703 • Clean rollers with cotton swab dampened with water or rub [email protected] bing alcohol. Louis Bookbinder, News and Tips • Wash ball in warm water using dishwashing liquid. Rinse and dry. booky@p a - s m u g . o r g • Use compressed air to remove dust inside mouse housing. S H A R E W A R E • Reassemble mouse. Owen Saxton • Wipe exterior of mouse and mouse cable with water-dampened cloth. (650) 966-1775 • Tip: Smooth-surface mouse-pads, rather than fabric-textured [email protected] mouse-pads, reduce the amount of buildup on the rollers. WEB SITE Optical Mouse James W. Higgins, • Turn off computer. Webmaster/Secretary • Turn mouse upside-down. [email protected] Continued on page 5 Page 2 SMUG SPRING CD-ROM NEW CONTENTS Movie Canvas 1.4.1 MacSSH 2.1fc3 (Cls) Audio & Music Photo Album Builder X 1.3 Mozilla X 1.7b * CocoModX 0.3.2 PhotoReviewer 1.2 Mozilla 1.2.1 (Cls) Griffin Final Vinyl 1.1.2 VLC Media Player 0.7.1a MT-NewsWatcher X 3.4 * iTuner 2.1 ZeboPhoto 1.4.2 (Cls MT-NewsWatcher 3.1 (Cls) Jacket 0.4.6 ZeboPhoto X 1.4.2 Netscape X 7.1 LED Spectrum Analyser 2.0.3 Netscape Communicator? 7.0.2 (Cls) StreamRipperX 1.0.5 Productivity Cashbox 0.30 Netscape MRJ Plugin X 1.0.1 Comm Circus Ponies NoteBook Demo 1.2 Netscape MRJ Plugin 1.0b5 (Cls) FormsToGo X 2.1.1 CocoAspell 1.4.1 Niftytelnet SSH 1.1r3 (Cls) FormsToGo 2.1.1 (Cls) CopyWrite 2.0.2 OmniWeb 5.0b3 * GNUMail 1.1.2 HP48 1.2 Opera 7.50p3 * GyazMail 1.1.9 iBank 1.3.2 Opera 6.0b1 (Cls) * IPNetSentryX 1.2c1 iMOnTime 2.0.7 Outlook Express 5.0.3 (Cls) NetShred 2.1fc1 (Cls) iStock 1.3a11 RealOne Player 9.0 NetShred X 3.3 Notabene 2.6 RealPlayer 8 6.0 (Cls) PixNewsFREE 1.0 (Cbn) NotePad 2.0.1 Thunderbird 0.5 * PixNewsLite 1.0.5 (Cls) OnTimers 1.2 Windows Media Player X 9 PixNewsLite X 1.0.5 Windows Media Player 7.1.3 (Cls) * Utilities PixNewsPro 1.0.4 (Cls) Others PixNewsPro X 1.0.4 aBook2Pod 1.1.1 Cache Out X 4.0 BBEdit Lite 6.1.2 (Cls & Cbn) Reconnector 2.1 (Cls) BBTidy 1.0b10 Reconnector X 2.1.1 Check Preference Files 1.6.9 Clean Text 3.2 (Cls) DarkSide of the Mac 5.0.6 (Cls) Rendezvous Browser 1.5 Extension Overload 5.9.9 (Cls) Ridge 2.11r1 Clean Text X 3.2 Disk Inventory X 0.8 MacTracker X 2.1.1 * WebDesktop 2.2 MacTracker 2.1.1 (Cls) * Zoe 0.5.7 DMG Maker 2.0.5 DVDBackup 1.3 Mariner LE 3.1.4 (Cls) Design & Graphics GUI Tar 1.0 MP3 Rage 5.8 (Cbn) GIMP v2.0pre4 iCal Backup 1.0.1 SoundApp 2.7.3 (Cls) Iconizer Pro 1.9.8 (Cls) InforMac 0.03b2 SoundJam MP Free 2.5.3 (Cls) Iconizer Pro X 2.0.6 iPodRip 3.0.5 Tex-Edit Plus X 4.6.7 * iDraw 1.3.1 MacTheRipper 1.5.5a Tex-Edit Plus 4.1.3 (Cls) MorphX 2.7.1 Photorescue 2.0 textSOAP 3.3 (Cbn) Photorescue Wizard 2.0 Development Utilities RsyncX 2.0c Adobe Reader 6.0.1 MacCVSClient 1.8.1 SafariSorter 2.7 Revolution 2.2rc2 (Cls) Acrobat Reader 5.1 (Cbn) ADBProbe 1.0.3 (Cls) Revolution X 2.2rc2 STOCK CONTENTS Graphics Aladdin DropStuff 6.0.1 Fun and Games GIFBuilder for OSX 1.0 Aladdin Expander? 6.0.1 Eyeballs 3.1 GifBuilder 1.0 (Cls) Andrew’s Disk Copy Scripts 2.1.1 Goldberg X 2.4 * AntiWordService 2.0.1 Interface Goldberg 2.4 (Cls) * Default Folder X 1.9.3 * Application Enhancer 1.4.1 GraphicConverter X 5.0.1 * Default Folder 3.1.5 (Cls) BackgroundSaver 1.2.6 GraphicConverter 5.0.1 (Cls) * FinderPop 1.9.2 (Cls) ClearDock 1.2.4 Jade 1.2 (Cls) PopChar Lite 2.7.2 (Cls) LoginWindow Manager 1.0.2 PrintToPDF 2.4.4 (Cls) Menu Master 1.1 Internet SCSIProbe 5.2 (Cls) SpaceTime 1.0 AOL Instant Messenger 4.7 (Cbn) * ShrinkWrap? 2.1 (Cls) XMenu 1.1 Better Telnet 2.0b4 (Cls) Sleeper 3.5 (Cls) Camino 0.7.0 Snitch 2.6.7b2 (Cls) Kitchen Sink Eudora X 6.1b4 * TechTool Lite 3.0.4 (Cls) A Cook`s Books 8.6.4 Eudora 6.1b4 (Cls) * TinkerTool 3.2.1 * Angle Logic Primer 1.0 (Cls) Fetch 4.0.3 EquinoX 5.0 Firefox 0.8 * * New or updated since the previous JanusNode 2.0.6 iCab X 2.9.7 CDOQ Knowledgetank 1.0.1 iCab 2.9.7 (Cls) SETI@home X 3.0.8Panorama Interarchy 7.0.1 * Multimedia Interarchy 6.3 (Cls) * DVD Controller 2.1 Internet Explorer X 5.2.3 iPhoto Buddy 1.1.8 Internet Explorer 5.1.7 (Cls) Page 3 Shareware News network. This application displays all available known ser- May vices as well as allowing you to add your own services. Demo ITEMS Requires OSX 10.2+. Free. Demo by Bill Maxwell WebDesktop 2.2 VLC Media Player 0.7.1a WebDesktop allows you to view a web page layered over your desktop picture, with optional periodic The VideoLAN Client (vlc) is a multi-platform multimedia refreshing. player. It can read DVDs, VCDs, MPEG and DivX files Requires OSX 10.2+ and Safari 1.0+.