[DM-MUG] Tuesday's meeting

jim Lagnese dmmug@dmmug.org
Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:48:03 -0600


http://www.macwindows.com is very good for cross platform issues and
http://www.macsurfer.com is a good site that has links to other sites.

> From: Michael Edgington <mcedge2002@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:13:40 -0800 (PST)
> To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Tuesday's meeting
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I attended my first DMMUG meeting on Tuesday and I had
> a wonderful time. The presentation was very
> informative. I plan to attend as often as possible.
> 
> I have found a website that has a lot of information
> about the MAC. 
> 
> http://www.macosxhints.com/
> 
> I am not sure if this link is posted on the DMMUG
> website or not.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
> 
> 
> --- Ray Bowler <rbowler@mchsi.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> We had a capacity group at the meeting at CompUSA
>> Tues. evening. Matt
>> had a handout with the new products from Apple this
>> month. The new 
>> PowerBooks are terrific (so are the new iBooks).
>> Apple reposted OS
>> 10.2.8 and it seems to be working well now. Matt
>> pointed out that the
>> Apple laptop market share jumped rather dramatically
>> this last few 
>> months. Windows now has its own version of iTunes
>> with access to the
>> Apple Music Store. It also included a list of books
>> and references 
>> for Panther. There a several out there.
>> 
>> Matt then demonstrated some of the features of
>> Panther. It is faster
>> and has some nice features--including a fast switch
>> between users. 
>> The new finder should help people navigate more
>> smoothly (I surprised
>> myself by liking it). The neatest feature is Expose.
>> I had to see it 
>> to realize how much easier getting around will be.
>> No more hiding 
>> things and searching for a window or document. You
>> have to see it to
>> understand its power.
>> 
>> Mat pointed out that there maintenance of the system
>> consists of safe
>> boot, repair permissions and using Disk Warrior 3.
>> He demonstrated 
>> repairing permissions using the Disk Utility.
>> 
>> As we continue to have good programs and good
>> attendance this is a
>> great group for learning and sharing.
>> 
>> If you have questions or comments please feel free
>> to post to the list.
>> 
>> As usual be sure and tell the people at CompUSA that
>> you appreciate 
>> their hosting our meetings.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Ray Bowler
>> 
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