MacWest Annual Barbeque

MACWEST NEWSLETTER!
AUGUST 2009
MacWest Memo
MacWest Annual Barbeque
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August Barbeque
Come and join us for our Annual
MacWest Barbeque. Because of
construction at the Centre and the
request for a different venue we will
be having the Barbeque at Bear
Creek Park. Come and enjoy an
evening of food and conversation
with other MacWest members and
guests. Bring your lawn chairs or
blankets and sit back and relax as
your executive prepares your food.
The BBQ will start at 7:00pm. Enter
the park at the park access on 88th
Ave. And follow the road around the
parking lot for the Surrey Arts
Centre and look for our sign.
For updates on the BBQ and so
that we can plan for the appropriate
number of people please visit the
website and sign in. http://
macwest.org/mw2/
Table of Contents
Page 1…….upcoming meetings
Page 4……..Ask Terry
Page 7……..Podcast Review
Page 8……...Calendar
COMING UP # SEPT. 9TH PHOTOGRAPHY WITH LES RASKEWICZ
Les Raskewicz is a member of Clear
Focus Camera Club of Maple Ridge and
will be sharing some of his photography
tips with us. He uses Photoshop to edit his
photos, so if you would like to find out a bit
about Photoshop you won!t want to miss
this meeting. Les also has knowledge
about cameras so please feel free to ask
questions about cameras if you are
!
considering buying a digital camera or
upgrading from the camera you have.
See some of the work by the members of
Clear Focus Camera Club at their website.
http://www.clearfocus.ca/
Les will be joined by Keith Rajala who has
attended MacWest meetings and also has
some of his pictures featured on the site.
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MACWEST MEMO!
AUGUST 2009
MacWest
April 2009
The
MacWest Memo
The Newsletter of the MacWest Computer Society
A Macintosh™ User Group
Computer Society
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Phil Beall!......................President/meeting director!................................604 942"5965!.............pbeall1@mac.com
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Bob Pierreroy!..............Vice President!.....................................................
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Robert Scales!...............Treasurer/Membership!.......................................604 916"3606!.............rscales@shaw.ca
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Brooks Gowanlock!......Secretary!..............................................................!....................................
Rebecca Kozol!.............MacWest Memo/Communications!...................604 467"2826!.............rkozol@mac.com
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Dale Marcell!................Web Services Director/Program Director!
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MacWest Executive ITH
Donald Loftis! ..............Meeting Audio Director!....................................604 520"3034!.............choochoo351@shaw.ca
Terry Lawrence!............Director at Large!................................................604 594"0342!.............terrylawrence@shaw.ca
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A PDF version is available at the MacWest
Website http://macwest.org/mw2/. If you would
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email Rebecca Kozol
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This MacWest Memo is produced on an MacBook Pro, using
iWork Pages
...........and the fine print
Because this newsletter is intended to describe and comment on various activities, as well as
hardware and software products, it is important we clear the air on certain matters. In cases
where we refer to products identified by trade names, most, if not all, such products are claimed
by companies using them as legally protected trademarks by the companies that make the
products. It is not our intent to use any of these names generically, and the reader is cautioned
to investigate a claimed trademark before using it for any purpose except to refer to the product
to which it is attached. In particular Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple
Computer Inc.
Disclaimer
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with an interest in using the Macintosh computer system.The views expressed in this newsletter
are not necessarily those of the MacWest Computer Society or its executive, and
the MacWest Memo assumes no responsibility for the content
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APRIL 8TH: GOOGLE APP’S
MACWEST MEMO!
AUGUST 2009
ASK TERRY
Setting up Mail on the
iPhone.
Question: I can't seem to get
my Shaw mail account to work
on my iPhone Mail program. It
has the same settings as Mail
on my iMac. "I can send and
receive from the iPhone if I am
at home, but not on the road.
My cell company is Fido. Do
you have any idea what the
problem might be?
Under Outgoing Mail Server
SMTP, put
shawmail.vc.shawcable.net.
mail.uniserve.com, but very few
people are using Uniserve in
the lower mainland.
The iPhone will try to sent
through Shaw first, then the
alternate SMPT $outgoing%
servers if Shaw isn't available.
Now, under Other SMTP
Servers, click on Add Server
and put gprs.fido.ca. If you are
using Rogers instead of Fido,
check with them and see what Terry
they are using for a SMTP
server name on the iPhone.
Safari wants to "Change
The server port is 25. It will
All".
probably already say that. That Question: I downloaded an
enables the iPhone to send
Answer: Normally, with Shaw,
update for Safari this morning. "
messages through the Fido cell Later, when my wife was using
your incoming and outgoing
network, as opposed to using a Safari she was asked "Do you
servers are both
WiFi network like your home
shawmail.vc.shawcable.net. At
want to change your keys". "
home the iPhone will default to wireless.
She clicked "Don't change". "
You can also add an"Other
using your local wireless
In times past I have clicked
network if you have one. When SMTP Server"for
"Change keys". " Will clicking
pop.telus.net if you want. Also "Don't change" cause a
on the road with the iPhone,
it's a bit di#erent, because you port 25. That enables you to
problem?
send messages through a WiFi
are connecting to the Shaw
mail server through the Fido or network using Telus instead of Answer: No. I always click on
Rogers cell network instead of Shaw as their service provider. "Change All", but, if you click
You would need to enter the
through Shaw's service.
on "Don't Change", nothing
appropriate password for the
bad will happen. It just asks you
local wireless network to join it, again later, next time it needs
First, go to the Settings icon
and then the Mail, Contacts, & of course, but the iPhone will
to access a password. The new
then be configured to use
Calendar settings. If you don't
version of Safari just wants
whichever local service
already have an email account
permission to access your older
set up, click on Add Account. If provider you are connected to. Safari keychain passwords
You could even put one for
you already have one set up,
just click on it to see the
setting. Either way, enter your
Periwinkle Consulting Services
Periwinkle
usual email address,
$whatever%@shaw.ca. Enter your
Terry Lawrence
name in the name field, and call
Certified Apple
the account whatever you want
Product Professional
& your name is fine.
Macintosh setup, lessons,
Under Incoming Mail Server
troubleshooting, & help.
Host Name, put pop.shaw.ca
periwinkle@shaw.ca 604-594-0342 periwinkle@s
instead of the usual
shawmail.vc.shawcable.net
Periwinkle Consulting Services
Periwinkle
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Terry LawrencePAGE 4
Certified Apple
Product Professional
MACWEST MEMO!
AUGUST 2009
ASK TERRY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
pertaining to various websites you need
to enter passwords in such as
Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail. The
Keychain application, which retains
and guards those passwords, doesn't
recognize the new version of Safari as
an authorized user of those passwords,
and wants you to verify that it is OK to
allow the new version to access the
older Safari passwords.
Terry
IPHOTO TIPS AND TRICKS
iPhoto Diet: Whenever you edit photos, such as cropping or making color and contrast adjustments, iPhoto
keeps a copy of the original in the Photo Library so you can choose to revert back to the original later. A
convenient feature, but at the cost of using a lot of storage space. iPhoto Diet is an AppleScript droplet that
slims down your Photo Library by moving unwanted duplicates to the Trash. Just drop your iPhoto Library
"located in the Pictures folder, in your Home folder# on top of the iPhoto Diet droplet. Find it at
www.VersionTracker.com.
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AUGUST 2009
PODCAST REVIEW BY PHIL BEALL
This month I decided to have a look at the Podcasts in the iTunes U section. There are 100!s of
Universities and Colleges from all over the world to pick from. I!ve highlighted just a few of them
here.
Einstein & the Mind of God
The Banff Centre
Today, Einstein is famous for his discoveries
For 75 years, the impact of the inspiring
about space and time that changed the way we mountain location, the creative atmosphere, the
see the world. But in his day, he was also
diverse group of participants from many
famous for humanitarian passions that
backgrounds and disciplines, and the strong
interacted in
support from the
intriguing ways
Centre staff have
with his scientific
combined to make a
imagination. Delve
powerful experience
into Einstein!s
that is intellectually,
Jewish identity
physically, and
and his
emotionally
passionate
stimulating.
engagement
http://
around issues of
deimos3.apple.com/
war and race.
WebObjects/
There are 12
Core.woa/Browse/
interviews of
banffcentre.ca.
Einstein here.
1698973432.01698973434
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/
Core.woa/Browse/americanpublicmedia.org.
Engineering Lecture Series
1354027634.01364067368
Enjoy three stimulating lectures that move
research to real-world applications. From the
KQED Public Broadcasting
future of health care
Quest broadcasts a half-hour weekly HD
and tissue
television program,
engineering to the
weekly radio
engineering feat of
segments, daily web
the Tacoma Narrows
content and
Bridge to the
education guides.
development of the
They focused on
first composite jet,
nine content areas:
get the whole story
astronomy, biology,
on these
chemistry,
groundbreaking
engineering,
developments.
environment,
http://
geology, health,
deimos3.apple.com/
physics and weather.
WebObjects/
There are 30
Core.woa/Browse/researchchannel.org.
interesting podcasts so far.
1445136778.01445136784
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/
Core.woa/Browse/kqed.org.
1366667554.01366667559.1997639845?
i=1317485246
dose of Apple News,
Rumors and
info from
Apple Gazette.com.
This is 300
audio podcasts about
different
things going
on at Apple.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=218401571
the latest Mac news, topics and rumors.
Throw in a good dose of helpful tips and
the listener questions and feedback and you
have the MacCast. The last 25 out of 260
are in the iTunes store.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=74374416
MACWEST
MEMO!
Macworld Video
AUGUST 2009
Weekly video tips from Apple experts.
There are 50 short videos here with lots of
interesting tips and information.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=207054170
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August 12th, 2009
MacWest Barbeque at Bear Creek Park
September 9th, 2009
Photography with Les Raskewicz
September 16th, 2009
First Byte Meeting - Bring your
questions and laptops
$99
October 14th, 2009
Regular Meeting - Topic TBA
October 21st
First Byte Meeting
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