From the monthly archives:

March 2010

The Invisible Web

March 31, 2010

I think you will be surprised to know that Google and other Search engines on the Web index less that 1% of the available info!!!
The figures are attention grabbers – the size of the open web is 167 terabytes. The Invisible Web is estimated at 91,000 terabytes. Check this out – the US Library [...]

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Disk of the Month Archives are here!

March 31, 2010

At last the HDD with all the current and previous material has arrived.
And the April issue is certainly a ‘must have’ – It’s actually a 2 DVD set on iLife and iWork with a treasure trove of added goodies.
A PDF file is available for download by going HERE
I personally feel this is by far [...]

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Tale of the ‘Missing’ Delete Key

March 30, 2010

Windows PCs have two distinct keys for deleting text in different directions – delete and backspace. But on some Macs, there’s no sign of anything called “delete”. What gives? Read more —>

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Beware of Cheap Printers!

March 30, 2010

A few cases have come to notice lately on ‘bargain’ printers being around the stores. BEWARE!! Most are older models being ‘cleared out’, BUT for those of us on Snow Leopard the reality is that those printers may not have drivers for 10.6.x.
One case to illustrate – a local store is selling a [...]

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Software Updates

March 30, 2010

With the impending release of the iPad (April 3 in the USA – rest of us later in April) I am expecting that quite a number of our programs will be updated.
As previously posted Snow Leopard has been updated to 10.6.3 and iMovie was updated to 8.0.6 late last week. I think we will see [...]

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Leopard Updated (Security)

March 30, 2010

Although there will be no further overall software updates, Apple continues to keep security of the system in mind and has today released a Security update for Leopard (10.5.x)
Security Update 2010-002 (Leopard-Client)
Security Update 2010-002 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this [...]

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Snow Leopard Updated to 10.6.3

March 30, 2010

Apple on Monday released Mac OS X 10.6.3, the latest software update to its Snow Leopard operating system, bringing improvements in the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X and addressing compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications
The Combo Updater is 783MB and will be available at the next Club Meeting on April 13th.
The ‘standard’ updater is also [...]

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MEETING LOCATION

March 17, 2010

Our meetings and workshops are held in the computer classrooms of St. Margaret Mary’s School – entrance from Crowle Street. See the map below:

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MAGIC PREFS

March 15, 2010

Those of you who have a MagicMouse, you know some of the limitations. MagicPrefs is a FREE menubar and preference pane application for OSX that eliminates many of those limits. It adds functions like Middle Click , Hold Down Both Mouse Buttons , Spaces , Expose, Dashboard etc.
Also featured is a real-time display of the [...]

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Sneak Peek at the next D.O.T.M’s.

March 15, 2010

Available for download are 2 PDF files describing the contents of the next 2 Disk of the Month offerings.
Both are DVD’s this time around.
Disk 1 contains good stuff on the iLife and iWork suites. Download HERE
Disk 2 contains Mac OS X How to Guides – Download HERE

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