The official journal of the Wellington Macintosh Society Inc Volume 28.08 – August 2011 Come to one of our meetings Steve Jobs Resigns Wellington Monday, 29 August as Apple CEO 7.10pm – 9.30pm Subject: iTunes as home entertainment hub Kapiti Monday, 5 September 7.10pm – 9.30pm Subject: iTunes as home entertainment hub Final Cut Studio Monday, 19 September Time Cinema (see presidents report for full details) 7pm – 9.30pm Help Desk* Saturday 10 September (see presidents report for full details) The surprise news that Steve Jobs had resigned as CEO of Apple doesn’t change the company’s approach or future. But it’s still the end of a remarkable era guided by a singular vision. See See page 2 for more story on page 5. details of meetings Where to find us *Please register by emailing Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are held at [email protected] Turnbull House, 11 Bowen Street, Wellington. Kapiti meetings are held at the Kapiti Uniting Church, Raumati Road, Raumati. INSIDE The President writes p2 Mac 911 p6 Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO p5 TidBits p7 CAPITAL APPLE – AUGUST 2011 PAGE 1 The president writes ... If anyone wants an but we expect that some people introduction to using the Mac, will need to be organised into please contact me at groups of two or three. <[email protected]> and Attendance is free for WelMac we will see if we can find members, but advance someone willing to help you registration is required. If you individually at home, or we may would like to attend, please resume Mac Basics meetings if contact David Empson (see end David Empson several people register interest. of article for details) or Malcolm [email protected] Our bimonthly help desks are ( D o n ) N i c c o l a good opportunity for an <[email protected]> or 04 Hi folks. individual tutorial on a subject of 905 8409. Registrations will be your choice. accepted up to the Wednesday Wellington Meeting prior to the meeting. The next main meeting in Final Cut Studio Meeting We particularly need to know Wellington will be held on The next Final Cut Studio what subject(s) you would like to Monday 29 August at Turnbull meeting will start at 7 pm on cover, and we may not be able to House, from 7.10 pm. Monday 19 September, at the cater to all requests. We will start the meeting with Time Cinema, 191 Sutherland Rd, Please let us know if you want a Q&A session, then break for Lyall Bay. This meeting is likely to bring your own computer. You supper, then have the main topic. to be of interest to many will need to bring any necessary Tonight’s topic is iTunes as a members even if you aren’t power cables or adapters, and if home entertainment hub, involved with video editing. required, mouse, keyboard and including remote control from an There is a cost of $10 per head screen. iPhone/iPad, home sharing, for this meeting, which must be If you need to bring a printer, Apple TV and Airport Express. paid in advance. Contact please take additional care with G r a e m e M o f f a t t it: many printers require special Kapiti Area Meeting <[email protected]> to handling when being moved, to The Kapiti meeting will start at register for the meeting. avoid leaking ink or toner. 7.10 pm on Monday 5 September, Meeting details were not at the Kapiti Uniting Parish, 27 available in time for the Apple News Raumati Rd. newsletter and will be The topic will be the same as announced later via e-mail. The Upcoming products? for the Wellington meeting: normal pattern is to have a guest The next batch of iPhone and iTunes as a home entertainment speaker followed by a movie. A iPod models is due in late hub. light supper will be provided. September or October, together If you would like to receive e- with iOS 5 and iCloud. The next mail announcements about Kapiti Help Desk iPad models should be expected upcoming Kapiti meetings, The next Help Desk will be around March 2012. please contact Hamish Turnbull held on Saturday 10 September, We should see a Mac Pro <[email protected]>. from 1 pm to 4 pm, at the Kapiti update before the end of the year. Uniting Parish, 27 Raumati Rd. We could also see MacBook Pro Mac Basics The help desk is a hands-on updates in that timeframe, and We are no longer running a tutorial where we can cater to a they may be a radical change regular Mac Basics meeting due range of topics. Depending on from the current models: I expect to lack of demand. the number of attendees, we may the optical drive will be be able to have individual tutors, eliminated from most models CAPITAL APPLE – AUGUST 2011 PAGE 2 The president writes ... and we will more options for Apple has updated their application, Lion reopens all solid state drives. printer and scanner compatibility windows that were open when listing to include Lion details: the application was quit. OS X Lion http://support.apple.com/kb/ Auto Save and Versions is a ht3669 major change in thinking, and a Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) has been point of confusion is that only available for about a month, and Early Experiences some applications have been early adopters have been For established Mac users, updated to use this. Overall I reporting on their experiences. Lion has several changes in the think I like this one, or will do I’m not running Lion yet on a user interface which will take a once I get comfortable with it. regular basis, but I have done a little work to get familiar with. I This deserves an article of its few demos and experimented think Apple needs to improve own, but it will have to wait with it to gain some familiarity. some of these and we may see until next month. changes in later versions of Lion Application Compatibility if enough people send 10.7.1 Update The main issue preventing me constructive feedback via http:// Apple has already released a from moving to Lion is that I www.apple.com/feedback. small 10.7.1 update to fix some have several applications which I haven’t found any “must bugs. This update differs from are not compatible with Lion. In have” features yet which will Apple’s normal pattern in that it the last month, many push me into running Lion. There didn’t fix any security issues, applications I use have been are quite a few features I like and and there wasn’t a updated to fix Lion issues, but for will be looking forward to using, corresponding Security Update some I will need to pay to such as Mission Control, Auto for Snow Leopard. 10.7.2 should upgrade to later versions which Save and Versions, local Time be released by early October, and officially support Lion. Machine backups, and being able will have a more substantial set I also have several older to resize windows from any edge. of changes. PowerPC-only applications The main usability issues I’ve If you have already upgraded which will never work on Lion, noticed are in the areas of to Lion, you can get the 10.7.1 due to Lion not including the scrolling (reversed direction, update via Software Update Rosetta code translation changes to the scroll bars, hidden (about 16 MB). You can also mechanism. The main one for me scroll bars by default if you have download the update manually in this category is my e-mail a trackpad), more grey instead of from http://support.apple.com/ software, Eudora. colour, poor contrast between downloads/ (about 80 MB). My current plan is to keep available and unavailable toolbar If you bought the latest testing and upgrading items. MacBook Air or Mac Mini applications, then once I’m Finder’s new default sidebar models, note that they have a happy with everything else I’ll and default window view (“All special build of the 10.7.1 update, migrate from Eudora to another e- My Files” search instead of home so make sure you get the right mail client, then upgrade my folder) can mostly be changed via one if you download it manually. main system to Lion (after taking settings. Lion on the App Store was a full backup, of course). Mail’s layout has changed but updated to 10.7.1 about a week can easily be set to look similar to after the 10.7.1 was available via A useful web site which lists earlier versions. Software Update. Those who Lion compatibility for The Restore feature is likely to upgrade to Lion later (or applications: bug some people, but changes to download the installer again for http://roaringapps.com/ workflow should resolve this. By any reason) will start from a default, when you launch an recent minor version, reducing CAPITAL APPLE – AUGUST 2011 PAGE 3 the number and size of setup to transfer your documents, subsequent updates that need to Upgrading from 10.5 or preferences and applications to be installed. earlier the new Mac. This will support If you want to be able to If you want to upgrade an old Macs running Tiger (10.4) or downgrade to a previous minor existing Intel Mac from Tiger later (possibly also 10.3).