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We’ll post our meeting time and location as soon as the information is available.

Enjoy your summer!

Join us on Wednesday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Golisano Hall, Room 103 on the Hartwick College campus in Oneonta, NY for the June meeting of MUG ONE.

Rafael Sason will demo how to easily manage your business (large or small) on a Mac with Intuit QuickBooks 2010 for Mac. You can organize your finances, track money going in and out of your business, and spot areas where you can save. Stay on top of it all with important information all in one place.

We’ll also have more about the iPad, tips and tricks, and all things Mac.

As always, the meeting will begin with a question and answer session and end with a door prize drawing for current members and refreshments for all.

The MUG ONE lending library will be available for members, with materials due back at our September meeting. This will be a great opportunity to borrow a book or DVD for summer learning.

Meetings are free of charge and everyone is welcome. For more information, email us at info@mugone.com

*MUG ONE members can get a 20% discount off the retail price $199.95 for QuickBooks 2010 for Mac through May 31. See the latest issue of Newsbreak for the discount code (member version only).*

Join us on Wednesday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Golisano Hall, Room 103 on the Hartwick College campus in Oneonta, NY for a very special meeting of MUG ONE.
Apple Senior Systems Engineer David M. Marra will be on hand to introduce Apple’s innovative new iPad. Here’s his program description:

Discover iPad – A magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price

Designed to be thin and light enough to take anywhere, iPad is the best way to experience the web, email, photos, and video. With a large, high-resolution display, an incredibly responsive Multi-Touch screen and an amazingly powerful Apple-designed chip, iPad isn’t just the best device of its kind, it’s a whole new kind of device. Come learn all about iPad at MUG ONE’s May 5 meeting!
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As a Senior Systems Engineer for Apple, Dave Marra has conducted thousands of technology presentations, keynote addresses and workshops for schools, Mac and PC user groups, businesses and other professional organizations across the United States and Canada. Certified as both an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator and an Apple Certified Systems Administrator, his specialty areas include digital multimedia, internet technologies, accessibility and Mac/PC integration. For more information about Dave, please visit his web site at www.marrathon.com.

As always, the meeting will begin with a question and answer session and end with a door prize drawing for current members and refreshments for all. The MUG ONE lending library will be available for members.

Meetings are free of charge and everyone is welcome. For more information, email us at info@mugone.com

Keith Robisch’s MUG ONE Handbrake presentation (PDF)

Aperture How-To – Apple online video tutorials on moving from iPhoto to Aperture, organizing by Faces, organizing by Places, adjustment presets and more.

Keith Robisch will demo Handbrake and VLC, two free, open source programs that let you rip (convert) the DVDs you own for viewing on an iPhone, iPod or Mac. VLC is a media player that is used in conjunction with Handbrake so you can extract the video and audio files from a DVD. Ripping is the copying of the files from an audio and/or video source, such as audio CDs and DVDs, so you can use them on MP3 players. iTunes can rip songs from audio CDs but not videos.

Elsa Travisano will then give an introduction to Aperture 3, Apple’s high-end photo editing and management software. Whether you’re a pro photographer or an iPhoto user with a big library of photos to manage, Aperture 3 has a lot to offer. Find out if it’s right for you.

As always, the meeting will begin with a question and answer session and end with a door prize drawing for current members and refreshments for all. The MUG ONE lending library will be available for members.

Meetings are free of charge and everyone is welcome. For more information, email us at info@mugone.com

Announcing Peachpit Photo Club

We are thrilled to announce Peachpit Photo Club! On the third Tuesday of every month, from 8 to 9 p.m. EST (5 to 6 p.m. PST), join us for a webcast featuring your favorite digital photographers, such as Scott Kelby, Chase Jarvis, Chris Orwig, Joe McNally, David duChemin, and many more!

The debut Peachpit Photo Club features Scott Kelby on Tuesday, March 16 at 8 p.m. EST! During this live webcast, photographer and bestselling author Scott Kelby will present some of his work, provide you with some insight and inspiration, and answer your burning questions!

To keep the creative juices flowing, Photo Club members will receive a fun assignment at the end of the session. Members can complete the assignment on their own, or team up with others in their area. Either way, once the assignment is completed, Photo Club members can upload their work toFlickr where your friends at Peachpit, and some of our photography authors, will help critique your work. And of course, there will be a chance for prizes!

Space is limited.

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TaxACT, an inexpensive online service for filing your tax return

Verizon’s USB modem for Mobile Broadband

Take Control of Easy Mac Backups from Take Control Ebooks

SuperDuper! backup software

Carbon Copy Cloner backup software

DropBox for synching files among multiple computers (an iPod touch/iPhone app is also available)

Apple’s Time Machine, included in OS 10.5 Leopard and OS 10.6 Snow Leopard

The Paranoid Person’s Guide to Backing Up Your iTunes Purchases by Macworld’s Chris Breen

It’s that time of year again (tax time, that is)…

Terry Helser will demonstrate TaxACT, the online service for filing your federal tax return. The basic edition is free, and low-cost editions for state and deluxe federal returns are also available. Terry will also demo the solution that finally gave him internet access at his very rural home – Verizon’s USB modem for Mobile Broadband.

Elsa Travisano will then cover the basics of Backing Up Your Mac. Everyone needs to do it, but too many of us forget or simply don’t know how. Elsa will talk about what you need (hardware and software) to make backing up easy, painless and, best of all, automatic. One lucky door prize winner will go home with a copy of Take Control of Easy Mac Backups, courtesy of Adam Engst and Take Control Ebooks.

As always, the meeting will begin with a question and answer session and end with a door prize drawing for current members and refreshments for all. The MUG ONE lending library will be available for members.

Meetings are free of charge and everyone is welcome. For more information, email us at info@mugone.com

Dust off those old LP albums and cassettes!

Brian Foley and Tom Slavinsky will show how easy it is to digitize your record or cassette collection, using most any cassette deck or turntable, simple cables and inexpensive (or even free) software.

As an added bonus, Sven Anderson will give an introduction to Apple’s newly announced iPad tablet computer.

As always, the meeting will begin with a question and answer session and end with a door prize drawing for current members and refreshments for all. The MUG ONE lending library will be available for members.

Meetings are free of charge and everyone is welcome. For more information, email us at info@mugone.com