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Thanks to our Ambassador, Gary Hubbard, we have the latest copy of the Apple User Groups newsletter, by clicking here.

March 2008 SMUG News

John Wood gave an excellent Presentation of the differences in iLife '06 vs. iLive '08, get it in PDF (8.5 Meg)
Missed the meeting? Too slow with a pen to get those url's? Here you go.

Bwana: a man page reader http://bruji.com/bwana/
Audio recording and editing programs: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
http://www.freeverse.com/apps/app/?id=5012
http://www.hairersoft.com/Welcome.html
Tutorials for iLife apps and Pages: http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/
http://www.apple.com/iwork/tutorials/#pages


February 2008 SMUG News

What's that you say? You missed last night's meeting? Well fear not.
Here is John Wood's Presentation in PDF (5.4 Meg)

January 2008 SMUG News

What's that you say? You missed last night's meeting? Well fear not.
Here are a few web sites to check out.
For Mac applications try http://osx.iusethis.com/
Looking for software updates? Try http://www.macupdate.com/
You missed Michael Johnston's review of MacWorld?
Get caught up at http://www.apple.com/hotnews/
Or check out Michael's site at http://www.iphonealley.com/
Want a really great deal on some shareware? You'll need to act quick.
Only 4 hours left on this offer. http://www.macheist.com/

November SMUG News

300 Plus new features in Leopard, click here.

In case you missed the Anti-Theft Presentation by Janus Rose, here are some links:

Physical Restraint
http://www.securitykit.com/

Computrace LoJack
http://www.mactech.com/news/?p=1008591
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/08/19/digilife-lojack-laotops-cx_daa_0819digilife.html 8/19/2005 Prior to Apple version

MacPhoneHome info
http://www.pcphonehome.com/macphonehome.html

Undercover info
http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/faq.php
http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/recovery.html

Theft Sensor
http://www.orbicule.com/theftsensor/
http://www.orbicule.com/theftsensor/theftSensor.mov

IAlertU info
http://www.slappingturtle.com/home/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkAtRfA1UXc
http://mac.majorgeeks.com/download5696.html
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/theft/hack-attack-turn-your-macbooks-isight-into-a-ftp-backed-up-security-camera-207605.php

DIY Hacks
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006120918170984
http://lifehacker.com/software/theft/hack-attack-turn-your-macbooks-isight-into-a-ftp-backed-up-security-camera-207605.php
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/12/12/make-intruders-say-cheese/

October SMUG News

Apple has web apps for the iPhone right here.
View the October issue of MacLife with 25 iPhone Power Tips
Take special note of #3 that lists iPhone Alley by SMUG's own Michael Johnston.
Here's 5 More iPhone Tricks, that are also great.
Apple couldn't fit the 124-page manual into the compact iPhone box, but you can download it as a PDF. Get it here.

September SMUG News

I found a few places for wallpaper, so now I guess I'll need a new iPhone or iPod Clear so I can have Cool Wallpaper.
Here are the links, (be careful, children shouldn't be looking at some of these):
http://sciphone.net/gallery2/main.php?m=t
http://www.thememyphone.com/
http://www.320by480.com/
http://www.freeiphonewallpapers.com/
http://www.iphone-wallpapers.us/
Of course, where did I start out?
At SMUG's Own Michael Johnston site http://www.iphonealley.com/

April SMUG News

The March/April 2007 issue of Layers Magazine
still shows the same Scott Kelby's top 10 web sites, but here are a few more.
If you have any links you'd like to add, send them to me.

 1. Creative Bits
 2. Dave Cross Online
 3. Jack Nack on Adobe
 4. Nikonians
 5. Terry's Tech Blog
 6. Digital Shot
 7. The Photoshop Blog
 8. Quark Vs. InDesign
 9. The Online Photographer
10. Creative Guy
11. Lightroom-News.com
12. Daily Tips To Improve Your Photography
13. Moose Peterson's News Blog
14. Photoshop Insider
15. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips