GreerMUG Meeting Highlights -- January 2006

Introduction of all the board members.

Member Dock
Matt "with no e" Nadeja presented the "Member Dock" that has featured resources each month. Our January resource was, OS X Tiger 10.4 by Robin Williams (not the actor). if you didn't have time to check out this really helpful guide to Tiger you can view a chapter online. Also the Member Dock provides members and friends of Greer Mug with a place to leave a question that will be read and followed up either at the end of the meetings or through an email.



Safari Tip:

Send URL in an email:
 How often do you send or receive links to web pages in your emails? You see a cool web page, you want to share it with a friend or family member, so you do something like this... You go to your browser's address bar, highlight the url, and copy that to the clipboard. Then you start up Mail, fill in the recipient and the subject, and then paste the link into the body of the email so you can send it. Click, click, click, click, click, click... well, you get the idea.

Here's a faster way! Back in Safari click the leftmost icon in your browser’s address bar - this selects the entire url. Then use this keyboard shortcut: Shift -Command(Apple Key) - i
In one step this shortcut opens Mail, starts a new email, inserts the subject, and inserts the link into the body of the email.
All you have to do is fill in the recipient, add a personal note, and send!


Send URL the entire web page:
Hey, what if you could send whole web page? Then use this keyboard shortcut: Command(Apple Key)-i
Once again a new email is automatically started for you, only this time a copy of the web page is inserted into the email.
OS X Tiger Tip: Dictionary on Command
 How many of us know that every Mac ships with a dictionary? AND that it's always available? Want to take advantage of that?
Place your cursor in a word and use this keyboard shortcut: Control-Command(Apple Key)-D
A dictionary window pops up and Presto! you’ve got the definition.

Power Tips with Screenshots



New enhancements to iLife:

iPhoto
In iLife '06, iPhoto a new feature called PhotoCasting as well as the ability to do full-screen edits.
You'll also be able to order calendars and greeting cards from within iPhoto.

Watch an online tour of iPhoto.
iMovie
In iMovie Apple has added wide screen support, new video effects, new audio effects, real-time titling, and new Apple-designed themes.

Watch an online tour of iMovie.

iDVD
iDVD now has wide screen support for your wide-screen TV. New themes, too.

Watch an online tour of iDVD.

GarageBand 3
GarageBand 3 includes a few features that let you can create your own podcasts! A built-in Speech Enhancer optimizes the sound of your voice and simulates a professional microphone, even when you’re not using one. And a dynamic “ducking” effect automatically reduces music volume when you speak, so your listeners always hear the talk above the tunes.
Garageband also now features iChat Interview Recording. Use iChat and GarageBand together to record a talk show-style podcast. GarageBand lets you record remote guests from an audio or video iChat conference. Just start chatting and GarageBand simultaneously records the audio — one track for each guest, complete with buddy name and icon, so you know who’s saying what and when. And if you’re using iSight cameras to record the action, GarageBand takes a photo snapshot of each guest every time he or she speaks. That’s pretty cool.

Watch an online tour of GarageBand 3.

iWeb
Know what else is cool? There's a new iLife application! iWeb takes all your iLife media and easily publishes it to your .Mac homepage. iWeb will be our Feature Presentation at our February meeting.

Watch an online tour of iWeb.

iTunes
iTunes now offers streaming audio to up to 3 airports. More videos and TV shows are available through iTunes including classic shows like Saturday Night Live.

Special Thanks!!!
Mr. Alan Schmitz who volunteered his time and skills to create the GreerMUG logo. We are very thankful to Alan who worked under a very short deadline so that we could get our logo in time for our first meeting. Great job and thanks again!

January GreerMug Monthly Winner
Congratulations to Carol McKinney, the winner of our iWork 05 drawing!