Next Meeting: March 10, 2011

MacPeople Meeting:
Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:00 - 9:00

The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, March 10, 2011, from 6:00-9:00 pm in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg., room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions?

6:00 - 6:15 - Mac 101 - The Dock - Corey
At the request of the members, we’re continuing our new Mac 101 Series - Corey will spend 15 minutes discussing the basics of the Dock. Be sure to arrive promptly at 6:00 so you won’t miss this presentation.
6:15 - 6:50 - Question and Answer
6:50 - 7:00 - Announcements
7:00 - 7:10 - Break
7:10 - 7:30 - Dashboard Widgets and Mac Maintenance - John F.
John explains how to use the dashboard including how it can be used to perform some basic Mac maintenance tasks.
http://www.giantmike.com/widgets/Maintidget.html
7:30 - 8:00 - XMarks - Rick
Rick explains how you can use this free service to sync your bookmarks across different computers, browsers and platforms. He’ll also explain the features that are available for premium subscribers.
http://www.xmarks.com/
8:00 - 8:10 - Raffle
Seagate Expansion 250GB Portable Hard Drive
Mac at Work by David Sparks (Autographed)
TuneUp Digital Music Management for iTunes
ESET CyberSecurity
Stump iPad Stand
ThinSkin iPhone Film
8:10 - 8:30 - Scanner Overview - Katie
Katie will give an overview of the various options for using scanners with your Mac and how different types of scanners work for different projects.
8:30 - 9:00 - Apple’s Latest Announcements - Katie
Apple’s been busy this last month with updates to the MacBook Pro line, a new iPad, iOS version 4.3 and a new data transfer technology called Thunderbolt. Katie will explain all the new developments.