Topic

Jason O’Grady

When

Friday, May 10th, 2013 @ 7:00pm

Who

Jason O’Grady

Where

Belhaven Ave. Middle School Media Center in Linwood

Jason returns to show us the latest in the world of iOS Apps, other neat stuff and perhaps forecast what’s in store for iOS 7 and maybe comment on his recent interest in the Android scene.

Jason D. O’Grady developed an affinity for Apple computers after using the original Lisa, and this affinity turned into a bona-fide obsession when he got the original 128 KB Macintosh in 1984.

He started writing one of the first Web sites about Apple (O’Grady’s PowerPage) in 1995 and is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging. He has been a frequent speaker at the Macworld Expo conference and a member of the conference faculty. He also co-founded the first dedicated PowerBook User Group (PPUG) in the United States.

Presentation topics may change so be sure to verify on the day of the meeting. Got questions you’d like to have answered? Feel free to post them as comments before the meeting so the presenters have a chance to prepare.

Topic

Photoshop CS6

When

Friday, April 12th, 2013 @ 7:00pm

Who

Sherry

Where

Belhaven Ave. Middle School Media Center in Linwood

Sherry will compare Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Lightroom and show how to avoid the WHOOPS and achieve the WOWs! She invites questions, comments and requests even in advance if you wish, by contacting her at sherry_london@yahoo.com

Sherry has donated the PhotoshopCS6: The Missing Manual by Lesa Snider as our raffle item for tonight’s presentation. Kitty informs us a free trial Photoshop CS6 can be downloaded to your Mac prior to the meeting.

Presentation topics may change so be sure to verify on the day of the meeting. Got questions you’d like to have answered? Feel free to post them as comments before the meeting so the presenters have a chance to prepare.

The latest incremental update to “Mountain Lion”, OS X 10.8.3, is now available via Software Update and direct download.

• About the OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3 Update
• OS X 10.8.3 Combo Updater

The 10.8.3 update is recommended for all OS X Mountain Lion users and includes features and fixes that improve the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including the following:

• The ability to redeem iTunes gift cards in the Mac App Store using your Mac’s built-in camera
• Boot Camp support for installing Windows 8
• Boot Camp support for Macs with a 3TB hard drive
• A fix for an issue that could cause a file URL to quit apps unexpectedly
• A fix for an issue that may cause Logic Pro to become unresponsive when using certain plug-ins
• A fix for an issue that may cause audio to stutter on 2011 iMacs
• Includes Safari 6.0.3

Topic

Keynote vs. PowerPoint

When

Friday, March 8th, 2013 @ 7:00pm

Who

Judy Branin

Where

Belhaven Ave. Middle School Media Center in Linwood

Judy will compare and contrast Apple’s Keynote with the venerable PowerPoint from Microsoft.

Presentation topics may change so be sure to verify on the day of the meeting. Got questions you’d like to have answered? Feel free to post them as comments before the meeting so the presenters have a chance to prepare.

OK, just got a new bogus email titled “Your Apple ID was used to sign in to FaceTime, iCloud, and iMessage on an iPhone 5″. On the surface it looks legit and is a pretty good copy of Apple’s standard “your account has been used to ” notification email. I was ->this<- close to actually clicking the link, except the email address given is not one I’ve ever used for an Apple ID. Doesn’t mean it couldn’t be legit, some low-life scum might conceivably have managed to set to an Apple ID using my email address. But it made me suspicious.

So I took my own advice and right mouse clicked on the Learn More link, chose Copy Link, then pasted it into an empty TextEdit document. And instead of a reasonable domain ending with .apple.com I instead saw http://some-random-domain.com/promet/safe/ where some-random-domain.com was some dentist’s web site that (a) appears not to have been updated in a few years and (2) has apparently been hijacked by some bozo. It turns out the link takes you to some Russian “cheap drugs” web site but it could also have been a bone fide attempt to grab my Apple ID and password.

IF YOU RECEIVE A MESSAGE STATING THAT YOUR APPLE ID ACCOUNT HAS BEEN USED DOUBLE CHECK THAT IT IS INDEED FROM APPLE BEFORE CLICKING ANYTHING IN IT or going through the trouble of changing your Apple ID password which it also suggests as Apple’s legitimate notice does (you can change it anyway but the fake email is not in itself an indication your account has been hacked, just that someone knows your email address.)