Next Meeting: August 19, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010 Filed in: Meetings
MacPeople Meeting:
Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:00 - 9:00
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, August 19, 2010, 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?
Please note that we are meeting on the 3rd Thursday this month due to a scheduling conflict with the room.
6:00 - 7:00 - Question and Answer
7:00 - 7:10 - Announcements and Break
7:10 - 7:40 Migrating to a New Mac - John
John explains to us what happened when his 5 year old PowerPC PowerBook died on the eve of a vacation and the steps he used to get back up and running as quickly as possible.
7:40 - 8:00 K-9 Web Protection - Dean
Den demos software that will help keep children safe while browsing the web.
http://www1.k9webprotection.com/
8:00 - 8:10 Raffle
Magic Trackpad
Battery Charger
iTunes Gift Card
Other Items To Be Announced
8:10 - 8:30 Show and Tell
A Member favorite...show us your favorite Apple related goodies. Is it an iOS Application, a Mac App or just a tech gadget? Nothing fancy here, just 3-5 minutes on what you like and why you like it.
8:30-9:00 VirtualBox - Carl
Carl continues his series on free open source software. This time he shoes you how to run windows on your Mac in a virtualized environment for free.
http://www.virtualbox.org/
Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:00 - 9:00
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, August 19, 2010, 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?
Please note that we are meeting on the 3rd Thursday this month due to a scheduling conflict with the room.
6:00 - 7:00 - Question and Answer
7:00 - 7:10 - Announcements and Break
7:10 - 7:40 Migrating to a New Mac - John
John explains to us what happened when his 5 year old PowerPC PowerBook died on the eve of a vacation and the steps he used to get back up and running as quickly as possible.
7:40 - 8:00 K-9 Web Protection - Dean
Den demos software that will help keep children safe while browsing the web.
http://www1.k9webprotection.com/
8:00 - 8:10 Raffle
Magic Trackpad
Battery Charger
iTunes Gift Card
Other Items To Be Announced
8:10 - 8:30 Show and Tell
A Member favorite...show us your favorite Apple related goodies. Is it an iOS Application, a Mac App or just a tech gadget? Nothing fancy here, just 3-5 minutes on what you like and why you like it.
8:30-9:00 VirtualBox - Carl
Carl continues his series on free open source software. This time he shoes you how to run windows on your Mac in a virtualized environment for free.
http://www.virtualbox.org/
