Another reasonable turn out, especially as it's December. We had a much more lively question and answer session this time and so were able to devote a little more time to that. It was good to see a few "new" people asking the questions and also more people being prepared to chip in with an answer. Don't forget, it's far easier to investigate and answer a query if we have your Mac there…
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There’s never a dull moment at the Fareham meetings. Saturday mornings are never quite the same without meeting fellow Apple users over a cup of coffee and a fresh doughnut, discussing and chatting about our favorite computer company.
This Saturday was no different. Leopard was the hot topic kicking off the proceedings, those who had not yet made the leap learning about the experiences of those who could not wait! We had…
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This was our last meeting before Christmas in Dorchester, and we also wanted to celebrate the arrival of the iPhone and iTouch.
We were able to prevail upon the kindness of our Dorchester O2 shop (7 South Street) to stay open between 6pm and 7pm leaving us just a short half hour to set up the Colliton Club meeting for 7.30.
The O2 iPhone and iTouch "pre-meeting"…
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At the Bournemouth meeting on 20th November there were three good presentations - all by MUG members. The first was a very useful one even to experienced Mac users - Mick Burrell gave the reasons for making back-ups - with instructions on the best ways of doing them. He followed this with a brief demo on updating safely to Leopard.
Next was Euan Williams with his illustration (previously seen to better advantage at Lytchett, where…
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Back to our normal numbers this month and good to see two new members amongst the regulars.
Thanks to Lionel who came in with a tip on how to print accented characters and also to WAMUG's double act - Mark & Euan who between them put the new spreadsheet Numbers through its paces by using the new version of Keynote. Rather than baffle us all with complex formulae, Euan (who now professes to be…
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Three new members paying on the night on the strength of what went on - we must be getting something right!
We had two presentations which were linked and somewhat timely. With the launch of Leopard, it was very topical for people to have a talk on how to upgrade the operating system. Of course, part of this procedure is to make sure you have a good backup before you start so the first…
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This has been one of our best meetings so far. Three new members turned up to bring attendance to 15 with one apology. At least three Macs had Leopard installed, and we kicked off reasonably promptly with Apple's movie tutorials about Leopard features. The silence that followed was a trifle worrying, but it seems that this was more due to a spasm of wonder than any disapproval.
David Moon followed this up with…
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Once again we had a select band meeting at Solutions. The presentation was on MYOB - a very capable accounting system that is also available in a basic form that would suit most people doing their own accounts or just wanting to keep tabs on their finances. It was very ably presented by Craig Dunn who works for Stuart Magnus, a WAMUG member with an accountancy practice in Broadstone. Stuart showed some pictures of his very…
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Our first meeting under the new subscription system. We received a couple of apologees, but despite this managed to tempt fourteen members to a lively meeting.
We kicked off by viewing a couple of the latest Apple adverts, including the new iPod Touch, just to see how many of us have been tempted to date, which led onto discussions about the new iPhone (and who will be tempted when they go on sale…
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Another very good evening but look for comments from others - I am after all biassed!
Twenty one of us made the effort and were (hopefully!) rewarded by an explanation of how e-mail works its way around the internet and how our ISPs deal with it. We then moved on to how to set up Mail for use as your email client and briefly touched on the use of signatures, rules and finally…
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