Use iTunes 11 The Right Way With These Tips And Tricks [Feature] | Cult of Mac
December 12, 2012
iTunes 11 just came out, and if you’ve upgraded, you know that it has changed many of the familiar features and moved many of them to different places. Let’s take a look at the different ways to use iTunes 11 the right way, with the following tips and tricks.
via Use iTunes 11 The Right Way With These Tips And Tricks [Feature] | Cult of Mac.
Is iTunes Plus gone? iTunes 11 offers DRM-free audio re-downloads | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog
December 12, 2012
No need to pay any more for iTunes Plus to upgrade your 128k MP3’s to the better quality 256k AAC. Using iTunes download from the Cloud now!
T-Shirts!
December 9, 2012
The CIDER Board has approve a T-Shirt for the picnic in July.
This is the design we’re working on.
At the June meeting, we’ll have a sign-up sheet with sizes to order, at $10 each.
If you can’t make the meeting, send an e-mail to acider@mac.com.
How to turn a cassette tape into MP3s | How To – CNET
December 8, 2012
One of the best and easiest to understand articles I’ve seen on how to convert cassette tapes to MP3s using free software available on the internet.
How to turn a cassette tape into MP3s | How To – CNET.
January 11th General Meeting
December 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.
What you need to know about the Flashback trojan | Macworld
December 7, 2012
We’ve entered a new era in Mac security, but there’s no need to panic.
What you need to know about the Flashback trojan | Macworld.
Publish your iWeb site on Dropbox | Macworld
December 5, 2012
Now that MobileMe is on the way out, Hints reader vincent860524 wanted to be prepared for its eventual demise. Specifically, he wanted to figure out an alternative way to publish his iWeb projects online. His solution: Store his sites on Dropbox
Publish your iWeb site on Dropbox | Macworld.
General Meeting – February 8, 2012
December 1, 2012
7:00 pm CIDER Club Introduction – Dennis Wurster (5 min)
7:05 pm Apple News – Steve Rea, Dennis Wurster, Todd Bernhard (10 min)
7:15 pm Know Your Software: CrashPLAN – free computer backup software that backs up personal files. Easily back up your photos, videos, financial records and more with just a few clicks. CrashPlan is free onsite backup, allowing you to back up to other computers and attached external hard drives. presented by Dennis Wurster
7:30 pm Know Your IOS: GoodReader has earned its accolades by the way it handles huge PDF and TXT files, manuals, large books, magazines, and renderings of 100 mb and more with great speed. The ability to mark-up PDFs opens up new doors to GoodReader users who can now use typewriter text boxes, sticky notes, lines, arrows, and freehand drawings on top of a PDF file. presented by Rick Harrison (15 min)
7:45 pm Election Preview: Discussion of the need for officers and board members for the coming election. Volunteers needed by Keith Jackson of the nominating committee (10 min)
8:00 pm BREAK – (20 min)
8:20 pm Dash with CASH! – Five minute auction with cash only – Lyle Tague
8:30 pm Keynote: Reports from CES and MacWorld An in-depth look at all the announcements and new products that showed up at both CES and MacWorld for our Apple expert Todd Berhnard who attended both shows. He will have plenty of visuals & samples. (45 min)
9:15 pm Question & Answer Session – Steve Rea, Dennis Wurster, Todd Berhnard (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
Apple CIDER officers needed: The new year for officers is coming up. Apple CIDER is looking for board members, a VP of Programming, Secretary, VP of Public Relations and Website coordinator. We need your help in keeping CIDER vital. You do not need to be a computer expert to help the organization function. Please consider volunteering. Contact kjackso1@rochester.rr.com.
Steve Jobs – One Last Thing on PBS
December 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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The Joy of Tech – new Lion Gestures
December 23, 2011
The Joy of Tech comic… throwing a banana cream pie in the face of technology..

