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October 2000
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The Contents
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HMUG Business
and Information
Apple Ambassador’s Report............................ 16
Calendar of Events ............................................ 3
Minutes of the Business Meetings ..................... 4
Membership Application ................................ 34
Officers and Volunteers .................................. 31
Submissions to the Newsletter ........................ 31
Submission Specifications .............................. 32
Treasurer’s Report ........................................... 5
We Invite You to Join Us! ................................ 33
Reviews and Articles
A Review of Adobe Photoshop 5.0
Limited Edition ................................................. 6
SingleReel ........................................................ 8
Macintosh Web Site
Promotion Tool .............................................. 10
Microsoft Thinks Different ............................. 11
VirusBarrier ................................................... 14
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2000 Calendar
of Events
Business Meeting ............................November 11
Informal Meeting ..........................No Meeting*
Business Meeting ............................. December 9
Informal Meeting ..........................No Meeting*
2001 Calendar
of Events
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Business Meeting ................................January 13
Informal Meeting ..............................January 27
Business Meeting ..............................February 10
Informal Meeting ............................February 24
Election of Officers on March 10
Business Meeting ................................. March 10
Informal Meeting ............................... March 24
Membership must be renewed before the
first of April
Business Meeting .................................... April 14
Informal Meeting .................................. April 28
Business Meeting ..................................... May 12
Informal Meeting ................................... May 27
Business Meeting ...................................... June 9
Informal Meeting .................................. June 23
Business Meeting ......................................July 14
Informal Meeting ....................................July 28
IEEE Computer Fair in August?
Business Meeting ................................. August 11
Informal Meeting ............................... August 25
Business Meeting ............................. September 8
Informal Meeting ......................... September 22
Business Meeting ............................... October 13
Informal Meeting ............................. October 27
* During the holidays, the Informal Meetings are canceled. The November newsletter is delivered at the
Business Meeting in December. The December newsletter will be combined with the January newsletter
and delivered to the January Informal Meeting.
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Minutes of the
Business Meeting
October 14, 2000
There were 21 members present. No visitors.
WebMaster Report
Nothing major except for some OS 10 postings.
Need updates on current issues.
Ambassador’s Report
AppleWorks 6 template site is available. (See Apple
Ambassador’s Report).
QuickTime 5 is coming out. De-install QuickTime 4
beforehand to avoid error.
Since both modems that were won by members
have been returned to HMUG, they will be raffled off
again. One modem was never claimed and the other
was returned by Gene Turner. Adobe Live Motion
will be added to new raffle.
Old Business
New club computer was discussed and voted to buy
by members. We will be purchasing a new G3
Powerbook from MacResources at $2,263 plus a
$200 rebate.
Ray Applebaum suggested donations to be given to
club to help defray cost of computer. Donations are
tax deductible.
Boaz Project
Will not need as many volunteers now. The teachers
are more competent with Macs. New projects will
be worked on between October and November.
Janice said she may have a presentation of the
students projects for the December meeting.
Flashes:
Bob: Randomly losing attachments with Outlook
express. Check to see if AppleDouble is selected for
encoding so that it is PC-compatible. May need to
add file extensions to file name.
John: wondered about AOL’s recommendation of
not compressing files attached to email. Geoff said
that he does it all the time.
Outlook Express encodes everything whether needed
or not.
If you are checking a file by sending it to yourself, CC
yourself so that the file will go to the server and back
to your computer.
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Treasurer’s Report
Transaction Detail Report - September 2000
Balance (Beginning of the Month) ................................................................................. $ 3,620.70
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Date
Description
Memo
Category
Amount
09-04-00 ... John McDonald ........ Printing .............................. Newsletter ........................ $
-45.36
09-04-00 ... John McDonald ........ Brochures .......................... Publicity ............................ $
-24.84
09-11-00 ... Deposit..................... Dues x 2 ............................ Dues ................................. $
50.00
09-11-00 ... Deposit..................... Raffle ................................. Misc. Income .................... #
97.00
09-29-00 ... Regions Bank .......... Maintenance Fees, etc...... Back Charges .................. $
-10.41
09-29-00 ... Regions Bank .......... Bank Charges Offset ......... Earnings Credit ................ $
10.41
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Balance (End of the Month) ............................................................................................ $ 3,697.50
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Total Inflows ...................................................................................................................... $
157.41
Total Outflows .................................................................................................................... $
-80.61
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Net Total ............................................................................................................................ $
76.80
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Vernon: Need a complete copy of a mail list on AOL
3.0. Go to address folder and see if the list is
available. Try making a clipping by dragging the list
onto desktop. Try copy and paste between 3.0 and
5.0. And finally, try dragging the list onto FileMaker
to create a database.
Sometimes ebay pages are read from cache and
other times refreshes by going back to ebay. Marius
stated that nothing is wrong with Netscape setup,
but rather expiration dates for the page set by the
webmaster.
Is there an equivalent PC version of
GraphicConverter? No—based on email from creator to John. GIMP available for download at
GIMP.org may work.
No electronic postage for the Mac is available yet.
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Eudora can be used with Comcast. Larry recently
set up a customer. However, Comcast does not
support Eudora, only Outlook Express.
OS X beta comments: Not feature complete. Similarities are somewhat annoying since OS X function
is different. Will be able to run old software in
Classic mode.
Brett recently upgraded to OS 9.0.4 and RamDoubler
9 is not functioning. Turn off Conflict Catcher to
make it work. Incompatibility between the two. (Ed
note: Turning of Conflict Catcher did work and then
I turned it back on. Voila both RamDoubler and
Conflict Catcher are now working together!)
Progam
Dan Sailers of the User Group Academy presented
his views on the role user groups can play in
shaping the future.
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A Review of Adobe
Photoshop 5.0
Limited Edition
by R. Gene Wiggins
Program Description
Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE is a software program
which as an art production tool allows you to do
photo retouching, image editing, and color painting. You can create original or composite artwork,
collages, or photo montages. It can be used in
animation to colorize images and produce audiovisual materials quickly and create new artwork
using the latest media and tools.
Program Features
Although this edition does not include all of the
features of the full version, the following limited set
of features are included:
• Channels
• Layer effects and advanced layer features
• Actions palette for automating tasks
• Color separations, CMYK editing, spot color, and
color management capabilities
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•
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•
Paths
Additional color modes
Guides and grids
Additional filters
Advanced selection capabilities
Advanced editing capabilities including multiple
undoes, tracking and listing recent changes to an
image, and 3-D transformations
• Type layers with re-editable text
• Assistants that simplify multi-step operations such
as exporting transparent images, resizing images, and creating contact sheets
• Expanded scratch space support
• Support for importing PDF files
• Printing to PostScript 3 printers
System Requirements
The recommended system requirements are as
follows:
• An Apple Power Macintosh computer
• Mac OS version 8.1 or later
• At least 32 MB or more of RAM
• A hard drive with at least 40 MB of free space
• A 24-bit video display card
• Adobe Photoshop LE performance improves with
more RAM, faster CPUs, and faster and larger
hard disk drives
Installation
The installation process is the standard one for
Macintosh computers.
Cost
The price for the LE version is $99.
Usership
This version is designed for artists, business people,
and hobbyists making their initial entry into digitalphoto design.
Learning Resources
The program comes with a user’s guide both in hard
copy and on the program CD (read with Acrobat
Reader). One can download a copy of the Adobe
Photoshop LE Classroom Book (220 pages) which
contain lessons designed to let the owner learn at
his own pace.
www.adobe.com/products/tips/
photoshople.html
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The lessons use a step-by-step approach to mastering the program. Some of the lessons include:
• A Quick Tour of Adobe Photoshop LE
• Getting to Know the Work Area
• Working with Selections
•• Layer Basics
•• Painting and Editing
•• Creating a CD Cover
•• Using Quick Masks
•• Advanced Layer Techniques
•• Basic Image Correction
•• Photo Retouching
•• Preparing Images for Web Publication
Comments
First, it is not the cost of the program that is the
investment which one must make in learning to
Photoshop LE, but the time and effort needed to practice
the program through trial and error and experimentation to become a skillful user.
Second, one will need to experiment with the various
tools and features in creating the outcome which one
desires. It is exciting to “play” with various effects and
features in creating the product that one desires. One can
get “hooked” on this program.
Third, the learning resources are very useful in
helping the beginner get started.
Fourth, it is a very good program for the person who
does not have the need, time, interest, or desire to
learn to use the “full version” of Photoshop.
If one is interested in getting started in art production, I recommend Photoshop LE.
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SingleReel
Free QuickTime video hosting on
SingleReel.com
by Kostya Vasilyev, Founder of SingleReel.com
kostya@singlereel.com
Easy, free hosting for everyone’s digital videos. A
directory to see each other’s work. Information on
how to get the best results. And a community to
make it fun.
In more detail:
• A categorized video clip directory.
• A free Streaming QuickTime Video server:
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•• Anyone can submit a video clip using easy to
use web pages.
•• A video clip can be listed in the directory, or
be private (locked with an access code).
•• A video clip can be included in another site by
using a special URL. Preserve the look of your
site, and off-load video hosting problems.
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•• Include a link to your site from our video
directory and build traffic.
•• Viewers can rate clips (1–5 stars) and post
comments.
•• Each author gets a summary page with list of
his/her clips, their access counts and ratings—easy to see which clip is most popular,
and find out what people are saying with just
one click.
•• Absolutely no restrictions on production values or clip topic (we only prohibit pornography). Share family videos, start a local “news
station,” promote your boyfriend’s band, show
your talents with short drama—whatever!
•• Create a “club,” with a members list, message
forums, and a customizable page with video
clips made by members—no HTML coding
required!
• The service is absolutely free.
• Finally, the URL is
http://www.singlereel.com
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Macintosh
Web Site Promotion Tool
with Over 30 Improvements
Germany, 12 October 2000 - Voget Selbach Enterprises (VSE) announced today the release of VSE Be
Found 2.1.
VSE Be Found is the first complete web site promotion tool for Macintosh computers, including a
search engine submitter, a ranking checker and a
link popularity tool. It also analyzes web pages and
optimizes them for a high search engine ranking.
New to Version 2.1
The new version 2.1 can now open up to 9 simultaneous connections to submit a web page to the
search engines making it nearly twice as fast the
previous version and saving more time. The new
version features over 30 interface enhancements
and bug fixes, including speed improvements in
various areas and an updated web page analysis.
In short: VSE Be Found 2.1 submits much faster and
saves even more time.
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Pricing
VSE Be Found is available in two editions:
• VSE Be Found Lite, $19.95
• VSE Be Found Professional, $89.95
VSE Be Found Lite is a limited version of VSE Be
Found. It doesn’t have the ranking checker, the link
popularity checker and it submits to only 10 search
engines.
Download and Distribution
VSE Be Found is a shareware product. It can be
included free of charge on shareware CD-ROMs
and computer magazines.
http://vse-online.com/submit-website/
index.html
http://vse-online.com/submit-website/
download.html
http://vse-download.com/Progs/BEFOUND.hqx (1490 KB)
Contact
Johannes Selbach Voget Selbach Enterprises
selbach@vse-online.com
Koenigsberger Strasse 28, D-56235 RansbachBaumbach, Germany ❑
Microsoft
Thinks Different
Business Week:
October 30, 2000
Technology & You
Office 2001 for Mac is smarter and
simpler than its Windows
counterpart
by Stephen H. Wildstrom
tech&you@businessweek.com
In their fight against a court-ordered breakup,
Microsoft executives argue that building Windows
and applications such as Office under the same roof
helps consumers by producing better programs. If
so, why is some of the very best software coming out
of Redmond these days written for the Macintosh,
even though Apple Computer (AAPL) treats Microsoft
(MSFT) like any other company developing software for the Mac’s own operating system?
The latest evidence is Office 2001, the new Mac
version of the venerable suite composed of a word
processor, spreadsheet, and other programs. Espe-
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cially in ease of use, it easily outshines its Windows
counterpart, Office 2000.
Why is the Mac software better? I think the main
reason is that while the two versions of Office are
superficially similar, they are designed for different
markets. While many individuals buy Office for
Windows, the purchasers who count are corporate
information technology managers, so the product
is tailored to their needs. This leads to tons of
collaborative features designed for centralized installation, configuration, and manageability on corporate computer systems. The next version of Office
is even more corporate-centric, with some features
that work only if a Windows 2000 server is available
on the network.
Mac Office buyers, in contrast, tend to be individuals and small businesses working on a single computer or tiny network. The clearest illustration of
the difference is the one completely new component of Mac Office: Entourage, which is a good
contact manager and the best email program I have
ever used. In a sense, it’s the first Mac version of
Outlook, but it trades many ponderous Outlook
gimmicks for simplicity. It can’t automatically log
every contact with anyone in your address book.
Programs you can add yourself use the limited
features of AppleScript instead of Outlook’s powerful, and virus-prone, Visual Basic. And Entourage
lacks Outlook’s confusing customizable views.
Palm Reader
Instead, Entourage has features for real people.
The mail editor uses Word’s terrific spelling checker.
It intelligently offers to complete addresses as you
type in names. Simple but powerful rules made it
easy for me, for example, to show messages from
BUSINESS WEEK colleagues in red. And Entourage
synchronizes contacts and calendar entries directly
with Palm handhelds, the first Microsoft application to do so without help from a third-party product.
As relatively mature applications, Word and Excel
did not undergo any dramatic transformation in the
new version. But there is a nifty feature. Instead of
the jumble of toolbars to control text formatting,
page layout, and other features, you get a single
“formatting palette” that floats on your desktop and
morphs automatically to bring up the controls you
need. When you are editing text, it shows you
controls for things such as typeface, size, and style.
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Click on an image in your docuTech Support for Small Business
ment, and the controls automatically change to allow you to Superior Technical Support
Flat Rate Preventative
at Home or Office
Maintenance
resize the picture and alter how
• Increased Productivity
• On Site Support
text wraps around it. The tradi• Reduced Costs
• In Shop Support
tional toolbars remain an op• Custom–Tailored Program
• FREE Pickup & Delivery
tion. PowerPoint gets the
• Flexible Scheduling
overdue enhancement of a • FREE Diagnostic & Review
• Includes All Tech Support
three-pane window that allows • Flat Rates on Select Items
Industry Partnerships
Hardware – Software
you to view the slide you are
& Hardware Sales
Installation & Service
working on, the list of all slides, • Apple Computer
• Custom–Built Computers
Sales Agent
and your speaker’s notes—all
• RAM & Hard Drive Upgrades
on the same screen. ❑
• Hewlett–Packard
• Video & Sound Cards
Authorized Partner
Not Cheap
• Printers, Scanners & more
• Netopia
Select Access Net Partner
The one major component of
• Local Area Networks
Office 2000 Professional lacking in the Mac version is the
Access database manager. But
Access is more of a development environment for tapping
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productivity tool for average
folks. Instead, Office provides
good links to Apple’s own data-
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base manager, FileMaker, which is less powerful
but easier to use.
As much as I like Office 2001 for the Mac, it isn’t the
Office Lite of my dreams. Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint remain stuffed with features that neither I nor just about anyone I know are ever likely
to use. At $450 for a single copy ($270 as an
upgrade from Office 98), it is awfully expensive.
And it comes equipped with that annoying paperclip assistant—though the assistant is easy to banish permanently.
Still, with both a Mac and a Windows PC at my desk,
I find that Office 2001 is causing me to spend more
and more time at the Mac, especially to use Entourage instead of Outlook. I hope the Windows Office
team takes a close look at what their Mac colleagues have done—before Court of Appeals judges
get suspicious.
For a collection of past columns and online-only
reviews of technology products, go to Technology &
You at
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/
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VirusBarrier
The New Generation Antivirus
for the Macintosh
Intego, the leader in Internet security software for
Macintosh, announces the release of VirusBarrier
1.0, the new antivirus solution for Mac. This new
product is the perfect companion to NetBarrier, the
first personal firewall for Macintosh, which was
presented at the 1999 Macworld Expo in New York.
While the Internet is the leading source of information today, it is also the main source of computer
viruses. With the sharp increase in the use of the
Internet and other computer networks, Macintosh
users receive more files from unknown sources
than ever before. VirusBarrier is the perfect solution for Macintosh protection: it identifies, eradicates, and, above all, stops viruses dead in their
tracks.
Intego’s new antivirus program contains many innovations:
A User-Friendly Interface
Intego has focused on making VirusBarrier easy to
use, and you can scan your Macintosh, or any disk
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or volume, with just one click. Another unique
feature is verbal status messages.
Constant Monitoring
of all of your Mac’s access points (Internet, CDROMs, email, networks...).
The number of viruses is increasing every day, and
many different types of viruses can attack your
computer (polymorphic viruses, Trojan horses,
worms, macro viruses, etc.). Users need a high
level of protection so they can safely download files
from the Internet, receive emails and share documents across networks. - Automatic update of virus
definitions via the Internet
Intego’s NetUpdate technology, included in
VirusBarrier, allows users to automatically update
the program over the Internet. This key function is
essential for an antivirus program and allows users
to have the latest protection. The program can be
set to check for new versions monthly, weekly and
even daily.
Extremely Fast File Analysis
VirusBarrier was fully written in native PowerPC
code. This optimizes file analysis speed so that
VirusBarrier does not slow down your computer.
No False Alarms
Intego has designed VirusBarrier to be non-intrusive. The program will not set off annoying alerts
that have nothing to do with real virus infection.
VirusBarrier is more reliable, since it does not
worry you with useless alerts and questions.
Unique Functions
VirusBarrier is the first antivirus for the Mac that
can analyze and disinfect open files, or files currently in use, providing an additional level of protection.
The MSRP is $69.95 in the US and Euro 74,95 in
Europe.
About Intego
Intego is an i-security software company that develops and sells Internet security solutions for the Mac.
Its flagship product, NetBarrier, presented at the
1999 Macworld Expo in New York, is the first
personal firewall for Mac OS. Intego has just extended its “Barrier” line of products with
VirusBarrier, an antivirus program. This highly
dynamic, privately-held company has its headquarters in France, and a well-established American
branch in Miami, Florida.
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Apple Ambassador’s
Report
by Keith Putnam
For special offers mentioned in this article, or to
request evaluation software, contact me via email at
AppleAmb@hiwaay.net
or at my daytime phone number: 256-890-4549.
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Apple User Group Bulletin
——excerpts from
AppleWorks 6 Templates Galore
Templates are really cool. No need to redesign the
proverbial wheel, templates give you a helping
hand—a quick way to get started developing letterhead for your small business, to do lists for the
home or office, a student database for your classroom, or a host of other projects you use AppleWorks
6 to accomplish.
Even more templates are coming your way from the
AppleWorks User
Group (AWUG). On a monthly basis, the AWUG will
add more templates to the existing online library of
AppleWorks templates, extending its utility and the
breadth of sample documents available for you to
use.
http://www.apple.com/enews/2000/
features/appleworks/templates2.html
Apple in the Movies: Fall 2000
Look for Apple products in the following fall films:
October
• Bamboozled, October 6
• Get Carter, October 6
• Bounce, October 13
• Lost Souls, October 13
• Bedazzled, October 27
November
• Charlie’s Angels, November 3
• Little Nicky, November 10
• The 6th Day, November 17
• Unbreakable, November 22
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December
• Proof of Life, date TBD
• What Women Want, December 15
• Tailor of Panama, date TBD
MUG Store Deals: Refurbished
iMacs, iBooks & Cubes + New G4s
The Mug Store has factory refurbished Ruby and
Indigo iMac DVs (450
64/20 GB/DVD/56K) for only $1069. These iMacs
only went through the refurbishing program because they were loaned by Apple for use at a
national event and are basically as good as new.
Also exciting is a brand new shipment of refurbished CUBES. Normally refurbished units take
many months after introduction to be available. But
the Mug Store has ’em as an exclusive—only $1549.
We also have refurbished iBooks starting at $1199,
Graphite iBooks
(G3/366 64/6/6CD) for $1279, and G3/500
PowerBooks (128/12/DVD) for just $2888.
And that’s not all. Check out the free accessories
we’re giving away on all the latest G4s, iMacs,
PowerBooks, iBooks and the Cube. We’ve got new
G4/400s starting at only $1249—we don’t think
that can be beat anywhere.
http://www.applemugstore.com/
Login: G4
Password: cube
WebPrint Plus Discount
WebPrint Plus allows you—on the fly—to easily
gather, save and/or print selections of text from web
sites and virtually any program on your Mac.
Print anything from a single character to multiple
pages of text. Avoid dealing with strange browser
printing problems, having to print unnecessary
information, or guessing the number of pages to
print in multiple page documents. WebPrint Plus
allows you—on the fly—to add time-date stamps,
a URL stamp, and comments to your selections as
well as select discontinuous chunks of text to be
printed/saved.
WebPrint Plus saves you time by accelerating printing and saves you money by dramatically reducing
paper and ink/toner usage.
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Special MUG price for 90 days: $19.95. (The regular price is $24.95).
http://order.kagi.com/?L8T1
A Presidential and Stately Offer
Ken Winograd, author of past Macintosh shareware
games such as Hang2000 and Brickles Deluxe, has
just released two new educational word-guessing
games called Presidents3000 and States3000.
In Presidents3000, you’ll learn many interesting
facts about all the Presidents, Vice Presidents and
First Ladies. In States3000, you’ll learn about all the
States, State Capitals, State Birds, State Trees, State
Flowers and State Nicknames. Both of these games
include colorful, nonviolent graphics, digitized
sounds and synthesized speech. Each game retails
for $20, but Ken has offered a special discount for
Macintosh User Group Members that permits the
purchase of both programs for $25 total.
http://www.winograd.com/macug2.html
Kari Kärnä Software Special
Kari Kärnä DESIGNER is a vast and practical collection of templates for different types of documents—
from calling cards to brochures, newspaper and
magazine ads. Also available is a series of simple
step-by-step, self-training programs for all the most
popular formats, like FreeHand, Illustrator, CorelDraw, Photoshop, even PowerPoint and Word. DESIGNER brings professional document production
to every business, department, franchisee, newspaper and magazine advertiser. This virtual advertising agency is now available on CD and will soon be
ready for downloading.
http://www.europrint.fi/english
(click on Special Prices for Mac/PC User Groups)
Mac User Group Pricing
• one self-training CD: $60 USD (Normally $70) +
handling
• two self-training CDs: $120 USD (Normally $140)
+ handling
• DESIGNER 300 Broschurebank: $340 USD (Normally $360) + handling
Copyright 2000 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple permits reproduction of the
contents of Apple User Group Bulletin for publicity and promotional purposes. Apple,
AppleScript, ColorSync, Mac, and Macintosh are registered trademarks, and the Apple
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Mac News
The following is excerpts from a newsletter.
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For quick cleanups of the stuff you pick up from the
Internet, iClean can’t be beat! Conveniently located
on your desktop, it’s easy to use iClean as part of
your everyday Mac regimen. Quickly remove “cookies”, cache files, histories and more in one simple
step.
New: Faster, Easier Searches
Spring Cleaning has had a major overhaul to make
it easier and faster to use. Now you have more
options when searching for the useless files you
want to be rid of. You’ll find the new Spring Cleaning
3.5 is the most powerful, easy to use version yet!
Spring Cleaning does even more to keep your
computer clean. Here’s what’s included in your
copy of Spring Cleaning:
• MacUninstaller completely uninstalls old software applications and files fast.
• Internet Cache Remover sweeps away Internet
cookies and cache.
• Duplicates Remover finds duplicate fonts and
files so you can remove them.
• Document Finder finds files of the same type so
you can remove them if their application is gone.
• File Checker looks for damaged files and helps
reduce crashes and freezes.
• Orphan Adopter reassigns orphaned files to new
parent applications so you can use these files.
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• Orphaned Prefs Remover helps clean out unneeded preferences when the application is no
longer in your system.
• Alias Fixer repairs invalid aliases and reassigns
them to a new files.
• Font Remover helps organize fonts on your computer.
• Help Remover searches out those old help files
you don’t use anymore, you’ll save tons of space
here alone.
• Empty Folder Remover gets rid of empty folders
that you stumble over.
• Storage Items Remover trashes files you had in
storage.
• Fat App Slimmer eliminates excess application
code you don’t need because your system doesn’t
run it.
And using Restore, you get the security of knowing
that if you delete something that’s truly vital to your
computer, you can restore it back to its original
location in just one step.
As always, we back our products with a no questions
asked 30-day money back full refund policy. So,
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Power User - Apple Pro Keyboard
Does SO Work - 9/12
Apple claims that its new Pro Keyboard isn’t completely compatible with older USB Macs—specifically that the Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute, and
Eject keys fail to function with these Macs. Technically, this claim is true—if you attempt to use the
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Apple Pro Keyboard with a Mac configured with a
default installation of the Mac OS, those keys won’t
work.
However, if you replace the USB Device Extension
(found inside the Extensions folder in the System
Folder) with an updated version of this extension,
the four keys work as they should. To get the
updated extension you must download the USB
DDK 1.4.3f3 image from Apple’s FTP site, mount the
image, remove the original USB Device Extension
file from your Extensions folder, and replace it with
USB Device Extension file found inside Apple Extensions folder on the image you just mounted. When
you restart your Mac, the Pro Keyboard should
work flawlessly.
You can find the USB DDK 1.4.3f3 image here:
ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/
Development_Kits/Mac_OS_USB/
USB_DDK_1.4.3f3.im g.sea.hqx
Note: Keep the old USB Device Extension somewhere safe in case the updated version of this
extension causes problems.
Intermediate - Podium CoolPad 9/13
If you’ve been receiving Daily Tips for a while, you
know that I find Road Tools’ CoolPad and iCoolPad
indispensable products. If you haven’t been receiving Daily Tips for a while, you probably don’t realize
that the CoolPad and iCoolPad are small plastic
pads you place under a laptop that offer the following benefits: Allow you to swivel your PowerBook
thanks to their “lazy-Susan” design; increase the
cooling airspace beneath the PowerBook and the
surface it sits above; and grip the surface beneath
the pad (an airplane’s rickety tray table, for example) like nobody’s business.
Now that you’re in the know, you should also know
that Road Tools has just released the latest in the
CoolPad family: the Podium CoolPad. The Podium
CoolPad offers all the advantages listed above but
adds this unique feature: You can increase the
incline of the back of the PowerBook through the
use of the stackable, Lego-like pieces that are
included with the Podium CoolPad (when you’re
not using the pieces you can clip them onto the
Podium CoolPad, so you don’t need to worry about
losing them). Boosting the back of the PowerBook
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makes it darned easy to use your PowerBook while
it’s perched on a lectern and makes running
PowerBook-based presentations a breeze.
The Podium CoolPad costs $30 and is worth checking out. You can do so at
http://www.roadtools.com
Intermediate - Resetting Your
Printer Connection - 9/14
If you have a LocalTalk printer attached to your
Ethernet network via some variety of LocalTalk-toEthernet adapter—Farallon’s iPrint LT, for example—and the printer suddenly fails to appear in
the Chooser, try this: Unplug the power connector
to the adapter to reset the adapter. On rare occasions, these adapters can become confused and
will refuse to establish a viable connection between
your network and the printer. Resetting the adapter
by depriving it of power for a short time often clears
this connection.
Intermediate - Revisiting
Command-Tab - 9/15
Readers of Macworld magazine know that I write
Macworld’s Mac 911, a troubleshooting and tips
column. In the current October 2000 issue, I
offered a variety of solutions for changing the default keyboard shortcut for switching from one
application to another—Command-Tab. A number
of readers pointed out that I neglected to mention a
built-in solution to this problem (reader Tim Golobic
takes the prize for being the first to bring this to my
attention). Here’s that solution:
Go to Apple’s Help Center (Command-? in the
Finder), search for “application switcher,” look for
the link that reads “Switching between open programs,” and scroll down to find the “Help me
modify the keyboard shortcuts” link. A series of
questions will appear that will help you modify the
application switching shortcut.
Intermediate - SimpleSound Redux
- 9/18
In a recent Mac 911 column I mentioned that you
could gain more recording time from SimpleSound
by selecting New from the File menu rather than
clicking SimpleSound’s Add button. A reader later
questioned why, when he added these longer sounds
to his System file, they didn’t appear as alert sounds.
Here’s why, and how to fix it:
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When SimpleSound records longer sounds it saves
them as AIFC files rather than System 7 Sounds—
the sound format used by the Mac for alert sounds.
To turn these AIFC files into System 7 sounds you
must convert them. You can do so with QuickTime
Player Pro or with Norman Franke’s SoundApp.
Available at
http://www.macdownload.com
Intermediate - Faulty Equation 9/19
If you’ve attempted to use the equation editor found
in AppleWorks 5 and AppleWorks 6 and are presented with an error that tells you the installed
Symbol font is not the correct one, there is a way to
put things right.
Remove the Symbol font from the Fonts folder
inside your System Folder and perform a custom
installation of the AppleWorks installer. Specifically
you need to install the Equation Editor (which
contains a compatible version of the Symbol font),
which is part of the Writing Tools.
Intermediate - Keep it Confidential
- 9/20
Many of us are overloaded with passwords, user
names, and serial numbers—for email accounts,
access to web sites, access to ftp servers, etc.
Although you can use Apple’s Keychain to store
some of this information, a more comprehensive
solution is Alco Blom’s Web Confidential. This $20
shareware utility allows you to organize, store, and
encrypt not only such common electronic data as
passwords and user names, but PIN and ATM numbers as well.
You can find your copy at
http://www.macdownload.com
Intermediate - Final Cut Pro
Dropped Frames - 9/21
You can experience dropped frames while running
Final Cut Pro on a monitor set to a refresh rate of
60Hz. Although you can fix this problem by selecting a refresh rate of 75Hz, you’ll get better playback
performance with a refresh rate of 85Hz
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Intermediate - Final Cut Pro
Dropped Frames II - 9/22
If you receive a dropped frames message when
playing back rendered clips in Final Cut Pro you
may need to replace the QTM Reader plug-in.
To do so, download QTM Reader 1.2.6 from
http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/
artnum/n11843
Quit Final Cut Pro if it’s running, open Final Cut’s
Plugins folder and remove the old QTM Reader
plug-in. Store this plug-in in a safe place in case you
need it later. Move the new QTM Reader plug-in into
this Plugins folder.
Launch Final Cut Pro and play back your rendered
sequences. If you continue to get the dropped
frames message, try rerendering these sequences.
Intermediate - Stayin’ Alive - 9/25
If you have an “always on” Internet connection that
requires a “keep alive” application—such connections might include cable and Virtual Private
Networks (VPN)—to maintain a connection to the
Internet, you’ll be interested in this workaround.
When Apple’s Software Update control panel does
its job it quits running applications—including
these “keep alive” programs. When the “keep alive”
application dies, so too does the Internet connection and Software Update can’t complete its mission. The workaround is to open the Software
Update control panel and click the Update Now
button to receive a list of files that need to be
updated. Once you have that list, quit Software
Update and venture out to Apple’s Software Update
site
http://www.apple.com/swupdates
and manually download the files you desire.
Intermediate - Silent Modem Under
Mac OS X Beta - 9/26
Your modem will work but make no noise when
connecting to the Web if you’re running Mac OX
Beta with a beige Power Mac G3, a Blue and White
Power Mac G3, or a Power Mac G4.
Intermediate - Let’s Go Get Stoned 9/27
Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Designs, has been
creating applications for the NeXT operating system
for over ten years. His company has recently re-
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leased a suite of applications that those of you with
the Mac OS X Beta might find interesting.
The Stone Super Seven Suite includes a page layout
application, a program for posting pictures to the
Web, an application for converting PostScript files
to PDF format, and a time tracker. The suite is fully
functional until January 1, 2001.
You can find your copy at:
http://www.stone.com/NewDownload.html
Intermediate - Mac OS X Needs a
Master - 9/28
If you’re installing Mac OS X Beta on a Mac that has
two IDE drives set up in a Master/Slave configuration, you must install OS X on the master drive. If
you attempt to install the OS X Beta on a slave drive,
the Mac will stop responding at the end of the
installation.
Intermediate - The Mother of All
Easter Eggs - 9/29
Micromat has a knack for including remarkably
inventive Easter Eggs in its products. TechTool Pro
3 is no exception. While the fun is in the finding, I’m
not sure how anyone would ferret out this hidden
goodie without a broad hint, so said broad hint I
shall provide.
To discover the key for unlocking this secret select
About TechTool Pro from the Apple menu and scroll
down the list of credits. As you pan down the list
keep an eye on the first letter of each name in that
list. If you string together a collection of these first
initials you’ll find your way in.
Intermediate - No Sound on Cube 10/2
Applications running in the Classic environment
under Mac OS X Beta on a Power Mac G4 Cube
produce no sound. Native system sounds will play as
will sounds that are part of native OS X applications.
Intermediate - Use the Cable - 10/3
If you’ve purchased a G4 Cube and intend to attach
a VGA monitor or a projector with a VGA connector
directly to the Cube, you might want to rummage
around in the accessory box that shipped with your
Cube. This box should contain a VGA-to-VGA connector that will allow you to successfully attach a
VGA monitor or projector to your Cube.
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Intermediate - iOrganize - 10/4
Looking for some applications you can run with the
Mac OS X beta? If so, give Bruno Blondeau’s $15
shareware utility, iOrganize, at try. iOrganize includes a NotePad module that allows you to group
notes by category (plus it allows you to import
standard NotePad files); ContactPad, an easy to use
address book; and AliasPad, a place to clump
aliases for easy application- and file launching.
Bruno offers both the standard iOrganize 3.0 for
those running the Classic Mac OS and the carbonized iOrganize 3.1b1 for those exploring OS X beta.
You can find your copy at:
http://www.brunoblondeau.com/
iorganize/iorgdownload.htm
Intermediate - No DVD under Mac
OS X Beta - 10/6
If you were hoping to watch a DVD movie on your
Mac while running Mac OS X beta, forget it. If you
attempt to launch Apple DVD Player in the Classic
environment you’ll be told that the application has
unexpectedly quit. In order to make your Mac a
movie-playing machine, you must restart your Mac
in the Classic environment (Mac OS 9).
Intermediate - OS X Startup - 10/9
You’ll notice that when you boot from a volume
running OS 9 and hold down the Option key as the
Mac starts up, the Startup Manager on your iMac
(Slot loading), iBook, PowerBook (FireWire), or
Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) fails to reveal any OS
X disks. To start up in Mac OS X from OS 9 you
should instead open the System Disk control panel
(found on the OS X Public Beta CD), select the disk
you want to use, close the control panel, and reboot
your Mac.
Intermediate - OS X Beta
Installation Warning - 10/10
You might want to tuck this away in the back of your
mind before you install OS X Beta: To reinstall Mac
OS 9 on a volume that currently contains OS X Beta,
you must erase the OS X volume first. That means
that if you’ve installed OS X on a hard drive with no
partitions, you must initialize the drive—wiping
out all the data on that drive. If you’ve partitioned
a drive and installed OS X on one of those partitions you must erase that partition before reinstalling OS 9.
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This is just one more reason to back up all your data
before installing OS X Beta.
Intermediate - CoolCam - 10/11
Looking for a more intuitive webcam application
for your Power Mac, PowerBook, iMac, or iBook?
Then take a peek at Evological’s $20 shareware
utility, CoolCam. Unlike other webcam applications
that employ dialog boxes for creating and editing
items, CoolCam is WYSIWYG—when applying text,
badges, clocks, and blurs you can see how they’ll
look floating on top of your live video feed.
If you’d like to get into the broadcasting business,
check out CoolCam at
http://www.macdownload.com
Intermediate - Not So Bright 10/12
If you’re running the Mac OS X Beta on a FireWire
PowerBook, you can press the F1 and F2 keys until
your fingers turn blue and these keys will have no
effect on the brightness of the PowerBook’s display
(as they would if you were running Mac OS 9).
Don’t worry about it—this is just one of those
things that makes Mac OS X Beta a beta. Apple plans
to fix this in the release version of OS X.
Intermediate - Free(ish) Games! 10/13
Now that the Supreme Court has refused to hear
Sony’s challenge to a lower-court ruling that
Connectix’s Virtual Game Station does not encroach
on Sony’s intellectual property rights, it’s time to
fully embrace Connectix’s PlayStation emulator.
An easy (and free!) way to do so is to download the
Virtual Game Station demo. This demo allows you
to play PlayStation games on compatible Macs (you
need a G3 or better Mac for VGS) for as long as you
like. However, the demo doesn’t allow you to save
games in progress, doesn’t support 2-player play,
doesn’t allow you to use a game pad, and doesn’t
come bundled with a free PlayStation game as does
the commercial version of VGS.
You can find your copy at:
http://www.connectix.com/
d o w n l o a d c e n t e r /
demos_trialware.html#CVGS
Power - Classic TCP/IP May Fail 10/16
User Applications that depend on TCP/IP running in
the Classic environment may fail due to a corrupted
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TCP/IP Preferences file (you’ll know this has occurred if you see messages in the Classic environment along the lines of “name servers not
responding” or “connection attempt failed”). If
this happens, Apple recommends the following:
Quit open applications in the Classic environment
as well as the Classic environment itself. Use Sherlock to locate the TCP/IP Preferences file on the
Classic volume, and drag this file to the Trash.
Now open the System Preferences application and
click Network. Click the Lock icon and enter the
administrator’s name and password. Change the
Configure DNS pop-up menu to Manually and click
the Apply button.
Intermediate - Escape Hatch 10/17
If you’ve failed to turn off the “Warn me if computer
was shut down improperly” option in the General
Controls control panel and the repair window
appears every time you restart your Mac after it
crashes, you can get out of this repair window by
pressing the Escape key on your Mac’s keyboard.
Because it’s hard to tell exactly when pressing this
key will do the most good, try pressing it repeatedly
when the repair window first appears. This not only
removes the window as quickly as possible, it
provides an avenue for you to take out your frustrations on the Mac for crashing in the first place.
Intermediate - Boo! - 10/18
If you’d like to hide your important files and folders
from nosy coworkers and family members, download a copy of Logan Murray’s $12 shareware utility,
Ghost 3.5. Ghost allows you to easily make files and
folders invisible and keep track of these items
through a Favorites window. Note that Ghost does
not offer encryption and the items it makes invisible
can be found and made visible with other programs
such as ResEdit.
You can find your copy at
http://www.macdownload.com
For previous tips and all other Macintosh
help, please go to:
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8020 Whitesburg Drive (see map inside). As you drive in,
go to the parking lot on your left. Ascend the steps and
enter the double doors. Turn left immediately and enter
the meeting hall.
Visitors are always welcome!
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Huntsville
Library
Membership Application
please check one
please check one
Individual membership ($25 per year)
Family membership ($30.00 per year)
St. Stephen’s
Episcopal
Church
New Member
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Mac Attack currently has
hundreds of megabytes of
share-ware, freeware, and
the HMUG library. HMUG’s
Mac Attack FirstClass™
Graphical User Interface
(GUI) Bulletin Board Service (BBS) System provides fast
access via a SupraExpress 33.6k bps V.42 bis NMP 2-5
modem generously donated by:
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When HMUG signs members up with HiWaay
Information Services (a local Internet Service
Provider), the fee for the first month is rebated to
HMUG. Would you like more information on HiWaay?
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The FirstClass client software is available on-line (see
our Web Site); how-ever, any standard communication package can be used.
Mac Attack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (256) 882-6573
Voice Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . (256) 882-2802
E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ghintze@aol.com
System Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoffrey Hintze
Newsl et ter
Enjoy our monthly user group newsletter, MacNews. Every issue is full of tips, articles, reviews
written by our members, and special vendor
offers. HMUG members can advertise to buy or
sell personal computer hardware and software
free. (our Newsletter Editor is John McDonald.)
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our next meeti n g!
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Please send this application with your check made out to “HMUG”
to the HMUG, c/o Membership; P.O. Box 7371; Huntsville, Al 35807
If you use this mailer, remember to staple your check
to the mailer, or tape the sides closed.
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