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Summary of February 2013 Meeting

The latest update to Java, how it impacts different versions of  OS X, and Java Preferences was the main focus of the meeting. We talked about more features in Preview, ie Screen Capture, reducing PDF file sizes. Other areas of Security were also discussed, and we had our usual Q&A with good discussion.

Deb provided us with some information from her trip to FETC…

Let Me Google That For You - http://lmgtfy.com

Group Shot, make your family pictures perfect, download the app - http://fur.ly/9b7k

Institute of Play - http://www.instituteofplay.org

Institute of Play, You Tube Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqMiNDyxmPk

Upright JiJi (rotating the Penguin) - http://www.mindresearch.net/media/edu/demoFolder/demo/games/UprightJiJi/uprightjiji.html

Higher or Lower (the card game) - http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/higher-or-lower.html

Apple Support “101″

There are great support articles on the Apple Support site under the title “1o1″, ie Mac 101: Preview, Mac 101: Desktop, or Mac 101: Using a scanner, just to name a few.

You can get to the Apple Support site at this link…

http://www.apple.com/support/

Then type 101 into the Search box and press your return key, or click this link…

http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.home.search&locale=en_US&q=101

Using Dictation

With Dictation, you can use your voice instead of typing text. No setup or special training is required.

Your system and device must support this feature.

The question was asked at the November meeting regarding a list of “commands” that can be spoken, a list of those commands is included in this article…

MAC OS dictation - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5449

Additional information for iOS devices…

iOS dictation - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5176

iPad Support

Here is a link from Apple on iPad support. Click on any of the items in the left column that is of interest to you will be presented with additional information…

http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/

If you have some resources of your own please add them in a comment to this post.

Links from October ’12 meeting

Apple Maps mess in pictures

Apple Cat names for OS X

Which Mac computers can use AirDrop

Why your Mac may not sleep

Viewing Conversations in Apple Mail (Mountain Lion)

Preview Power

Nice article from MacWorld about Preview that Kent showed off at a recent meeting.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2010521/the-hidden-powers-of-mountain-lions-preview.html

Some Links from the September ’12 Meeting

Checking your version of Flash installed…

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html

Check your browser plugins, provided by Mozilla…

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/