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.
MobileMe Transition
December 8, 2012
As many of you know MobileMe is scheduled to be shut down June 30th. In this morning’s article in the New York Times David Pogue suggested some ways to replace features that will no longer be available from Apple (iDisk, iWeb Publishing, and Gallery). Good advice, check it out.
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.
New CIDER bylaws (and a special offer)
December 6, 2012
At the January CIDER general meeting the membership voted to approve adoption of a new set of bylaws for the organization that had been proposed by the CIDER board. The text of the new bylaws can be viewed on the Bylaws page of this site, or a PDF version can be downloaded here:
AppleCIDER – Club Bylaws adopted 1-1-12.
One of the major changes represented by this action is creation of a new membership class, Joint Membership, in addition to the standard Individual Membership option. A joint membership in CIDER is purchasable by any two individuals residing at the same address, and will confer full membership rights in the club to both individuals.
Subsequent to adoption of the new bylaws, the CIDER board voted to establish the following dues schedule, effective immediately:
Individual membership (one voting member) : $30 / yr
Joint membership (two voting members): $40 / yr
In order to resolve the status of currently-held CIDER memberships, the board has decided to identify each current unexpired membership as an Individual membership, applying only to a single person. However, the board also voted to extend a SPECIAL OFFER to the membership, good for a limited time only: Any currently-held individual CIDER membership may be upgraded, at no cost, to a joint membership for the unexpired remainder of the membership term. To apply for this upgrade, simply contact the CIDER secretary (Steve Rea) and specify the qualified second individual that should share this membership.
PLEASE NOTE: This offer will be good until elections are held at our March meeting and new officers and directors are seated. If this offer applies to you, please act fast!
/The CIDER Board
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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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.
