January 11th General Meeting
January 7, 2012
Wednesday, January 11th @ 7:00 pm at East High School
7:00 pm CIDER Club Introduction - Dennis Wurster (5 min)
7:05 pm Apple News - Steve Rea, Dennis Wurster, Kevin Kondo (10 min)
7:15 pm Know Your Software: How to share one Mac with your family & How to manage multiple Macs at home by Steve Rea (15 min)
7:30 pm Know Your Hardware: Three different phone numbers: Frontier land-line, AT&T iPhone and Google Voice. I want to keep my iPhone number. I don’t want to merge the numbers. The process is to port my landline number to my Google Voice account via a cheap mobile phone. George Fekete explains (15 min)
7:45 pm Know Your Internet: Avoid public Wi-Fi pitfalls by Dennis Wurster (15 min)
8:00 pm Brief business meeting — call to order and vote on approval of proposed changes to CIDER bylaws; Bob Taylor presiding (10 min)
8:10 pm BREAK - (15 min)
8:25 pm Dash with CASH! – Five minute auction with cash only
8:30 pm Keynote: Killer news & information iPad apps. This is a demo of what you can do with an iPad including news aggregators like Flip and Pulse; TED (just released); Biblion – chronicling the 1939 World’s Fair; Beatles Yellow Submarine; Popular Science; latest weather apps (Weather Underground) presented by Kevin Kondo (45 min)
9:15 pm Question & Answer Session - Steve Rea, Dennis Wurster, Kevin Kondo (15 min)
9:30 pm Wrap Up announcement, promote next month – Dennis Wurster
9:35 pm Meeting Ends
NOTE: Please bring small computer items that you are willing to donate to Apple CIDER for the Dash With CASH auction
Note: All times are approximate.
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Special CIDER Business Meeting
December 28, 2011
This message serves as official notice to the membership of Rochester Apple CIDER of a special business meeting of the organization. This special meeting will be held in conjunction with the regular January membership meeting of the club at 7:00 PM, January 11, 2012 in the Forum Room at East High School.
The purpose of this special meeting will be to seek approval by the CIDER membership of a revised set of bylaws for the organization. This is the sole item of business on the formal agenda; it is not anticipated that this will be a lengthy process, and the regular program planned for the evening will proceed thereafter.
The current set of CIDER bylaws, as amended April 14, 1999 by vote of the membership, are posted on the Bylaws page. The proposed set of revised bylaws, dated January 1, 2012, have been also posted on this site with all changes and updates to the existing bylaws indicated. Also, for the convenience of those wishing to understand the proposed changes, an Executive Summary has been posted that summarizes the changes and explains the rationale behind the proposal.
This proposal represents the hard work of many individuals over a lengthy peiod of time, and will be an important step in modernizing and simplifying our club operation. Please examine the proposed language prior to the meeting. In case you have any questions regarding the proposal or any clarification is needed, please contact the CIDER Board.
« Newer Posts — Older Posts »December 14, 2011 General Meeting
November 19, 2011
Know Your Software: iPhone 4S features Siri and AirPlay which lets you play games/movies/music wirelessly. With Real Racing 2 HD your iPhone or iPad is the steering wheel and up to three more iOS devices can join in & the action is wirelessly shown on your TV via AirPlay by Todd Bernhard
Know Your Hardware: What can you do with an Apple TV linked to a home network by Keith Jackson
Know Your Internet: Really useful Websites like Dealmac, Tidbits, Version Tracker by Dennis Wurster
Keynote: Understanding iCloud: what it does and does not do; getting started by Steve Rea
NOTE: Please bring small computer items that you are willing to donate to Apple CIDER for the Dash With CASH auction
« Newer Posts — Older Posts »All about iCloud: Common signup scenarios | Macworld
November 16, 2011
Thinking about moving to iCloud? Serenity Caldwell over at Macworld.com has outlined everything you need to know before you take the plunge.
All about iCloud: Common signup scenarios | Macworld.
« Newer Posts — Older Posts »CIDER Member Pens Article for International Audience
November 8, 2011
Long-time member Dennis Wurster put his descriptive skills into use and authored an article for tidbits.com, an Apple-focused website based in Ithaca, NY and run by noted publisher and recent CIDER guest speaker Adam Engst.
The article covers Square, a product that allows nearly anyone to take credit card payments via their mobile phone.
Dennis will also present on Square at CIDER’s next meeting on November 9 2011.
TidBITS: Square Provides Easy Alternative to Cash and Checks.
« Newer Posts — Older Posts »MagSafe Power Adapter Class Action
November 8, 2011
If you bought a MacBook or MacBook Pro from 2006-2009 and needed to buy a new AC adapter, you may be entitled to a settlement. Visit adaptersettlement.com for details.
« Newer Posts — Older Posts »General Meeting – November 9 @ 7:00 PM
November 6, 2011
East High School Forum Room.
Holiday Gifts for Mobile Devices: by Todd Bernhard
Holiday Gifts for Laptops: by Rufo Sanchez
Holiday Gifts for iMacs, Towers & Offices by Rick Harrison
IOS: iPod, iPad Hints & Applications: Free or Cheap applications for iPad by Keith Jackson
Laptops, MacPros & iMacs: Free, Cheap or Christmas Stuff by Steve Rea
Know Your Software: Square.com – Credit Cards processed on your iPhone – Dennis Wurster
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Steve Jobs – One Last Thing on PBS
October 29, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 10:00 PM, Broadcast channel 21, Cable 11 in Rochester, NY.
http://www.pbs.org/programs/steve-jobs-one-last-thing/
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Mac OS X Lion: Pogue’s Take – O’Reilly Media, Inc. Webcast
October 24, 2011
Want to hear what NY Times Technolgy columnist David Pogue thinks of Apple’s latest Mac OS release, 10.7 “Lion”? Use the link below to sign up to listen live to this FREE webcast. Event starts at 1pm EST on Wednesday, November 2nd.
Mac OS X Lion: Pogue’s Take – O’Reilly Media, Inc. Webcast.
« Newer Posts — Older Posts »60 Minutes with Steve Jobs Biographer – 10/23/2011
October 22, 2011
In depth interview with Walter Issacson about Steve Jobs on 60 Minutes, this Sunday 10/23/2011 @ 7 PM ET
Biographer: Jobs refused early and potentially life-saving surgery – CBS News.
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