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January 2012

Key articles.....

Mac 101: Dealing with the Doc— page 3

The Future of Mac Networking— page 6

System Preferences: General, Desktop & Screen Saver— page 7

Next Meeting - January 14th, 2014: 7 PMEducational Opportunities Using Mac & iPad

– Presented by Angie Yoder

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Future

OS X

Key articles.....

Creating greeting cards in Pages— page 2

Budapest and the Danube from a Viking longship — pages 4 & 5

Photo notes see pg. 4

we missed many of our members. This time of year many were travel‑ing to see friends and relatives, and some were a little under the weather, but for those of us that could attend there was plenty of food and enough time to enjoy it with fellow members. In the last year Apple has released

major new and upgraded products and services; in late December the new Mac Pro was announced as shipping, completing the expecta‑tions of the WWDC announcements in June. We know that Apple won’t stop there. Just this past week I read

about a new and larger iPhone 6 and two new iPads, both possibly larger then the current iPad. It is with this in mind that as I look forward to the coming year. I believe our programs and workshops will again serve us well by providing our members with the information we need to become more familiar with our new and old Apple toys. While both Burt and Phil will be working hard to keep our programs and workshops up to date, we will still need more presenters. In the past few months, we have been fortunate to have several guest presenters, but we would like to see more of our members get involved. If you think you would like to help in this way, please don’t hesitate to contact Burt, Phil, or any of the Board of Directors. At our regular meeting on the 10th of January, Ms. Angie Yoder will be presenting “Educational Oppor‑tunities Using Mac and iPad.” And, at our workshop on the 18th of Janu‑ary, our own N.C. Sizemore with be presenting “Converting Film to DVD” and Brian Voge with show us how to use Camtasia. All in all a busy schedule. Hope to see you all at our next meeting.

–Bobby Adams, President

A message from the prez—On the Apple front, progress contin‑ues. By the time you read this news‑letter the holidays will have passed, but I hope each and everyone of you had a Merry Christmas and are look‑ing forward to a Happy New Year. Our Christmas Party was nice, but

Dedicated to the memory of Judy Rankin

IPad on— pg. 2

ice

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Create an Email Greeting Card Using Pages by Phil Davis

If you are an Apple Mail user you have probably noticed an option on the toolbar to “Show Stationary”. If you have been adventurous you may have even tried it. If so you will have noticed a few pre-built templates that have a picture, background decorations, and space for your own text. But, if you are like me, none of these tem‑plates are really what you are looking for so you start looking for ways to create your own. Unfortunately Apple doesn’t make it easy. Sure, you can create an email message and select “Save As Stationery” from the File menu, but your custom template won’t let you modify the text without wiping out your initial content. It is possible to manually edit the template files, but these files are buried deep in your user library and require a few tricks. I will describe how to do this in a future tip, but for now let me describe how to create a card using Pages.

Create the CardStep 1. Find an image that you want to use for your card. For my Christmas –card I found an image of a snow covered cabin amongst some snow covered trees — a typical Florida scene.

Step 2. Open a blank document in Pages. Choose the Blank Landscape template.

Step 3. Add a rectangle shape and adjust it to fill the page. You will want to change the background color later to complement the colors in your image.

Step 4. Paste your image into the blank docu‑ment. Select the background rectangle and use the style format box to change the color. I used a gradient that picked up the image col‑ors. You can also select the image and use the style format to add a shadow.

Step 5. Add a text box to contain your greet‑ing. Move the box around to where you want it and use the format tools to change the font, font color, font size as needed. Add a second text box to contain your signature (or closing

message).

Step 6. Use Select all ( A) and Copy ( C) to capture everything to the clipboard.

Create the Email

Step 7. Open a new message in Apple Mail. Paste the contents of the clipboard ( V) into the body of the message. You can change the background color of the message and center the pasted image using the editing tools.

Step 8. Add your addresses and title and send your card on it’s way. If sending to more than one person remember to use the BCC feature of Apple Mail as a courtesy.

Here is the end result:

Now, that wasn’t so hard, was it!

Mavericks Keychain AccessBy Jeremy HoltKeychain Access is a very handy utility. It intui‑tively saves all your passwords in one location any time you log into a secure site and/or ac‑count. Appropriately, your passwords are es‑sentially keys and OS X Keychain Access is…well, a keychain. Forgetting your system admin password is equivalent to losing your keys, but resetting a password is very easy thanks to OS X’s new Recovery partition — steps I explain in article #889. However, doing this does not change the default password that you’ve forgotten. Be‑cause of this, you will be prompted to enter a keychain password each time an application requires authentication that your (old) keychain would normally provide. There is a solution to resolving this and it re‑quires deleting the login keychain. Though not a very intuitive process in previous versions of OS X, Mavericks makes it much more clear for basic users. If you don’t remember your original pass‑word, you’ll need to delete the keychain. De‑leting a keychain also deletes all the password data saved in that keychain. This shouldn’t be a major concern, assuming that you remember all your passwords for your various accounts. 1. In Keychain Access, choose Preferences from the Keychain Access menu. 2. If available, click the Reset My Default Keychain button. This will remove the login keychain and create a new one with the pass‑word provided. 3. If Reset My Default Keychain is not avail‑able, choose Keychain List from the Edit menu. 4. Delete the “login” keychain.The next time you log in to the account, you can save your current password in a keychain.

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Farrell uses iPad to review practice and race videos, which also include comments and suggestions added by Mason. Farrell’s support staff of coaches around the world uses the app to scrutinize her form, assess‑ing aerodynamics and providing feedback frame by frame. Her medical trainers look for fatigue, highlighting onscreen where muscles appear sore to help prevent injuries. And her sport psychologist evaluates body language at every turn to develop optimal race tactics. When Farrell decided to make her come‑back, she knew it would take a lot of time to train. Thanks to iPad, she can spend that time on the ice instead of in multiple meetings with her different coaches. As she prepares for the Team USA tryouts on December 27 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Farrell depends more on iPad every day. The reason is obvious, she says. “Speedskating is all about being effi‑cient.”

From Apple.com

In a sport where a thousandth of a second can decide victory, using the best training tools can mean the difference between

silver and gold. So when speedskater Bridie Farrell began planning her comeback after seven years away, her trainer Robyn Mason turned to iPad and the Dartfish Express app. It was exactly what Farrell needed to get back into championship form. “When I came back to skating, I wanted to use in‑depth video analysis for my training. Dartfish Express has made it easier than ever to break down every frame of each performance with my coaches,” says Farrell. Recording a skater’s performance used to be a production all its own. As Mason ex‑plains, “We’d have to lug around a laptop and camcorders, and so many wires and con‑nections. With iPad, you don’t need to worry about any of that. It’s so much easier, so much more accessible.”

Champion Speedskater Bridie Farrell is making a comeback. A world‑class speedster who took nearly a decade off from the sport, she's using new technology to prepare for her toughest competition yet.

"iPad is small, foolproof, and sleek. It's everything Apple, and I LOVE IT.” Bridie Farrell, Champion Speedskater

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Equipment & Software used:Nikon D7000 digital camera, 18–55mm lens, shot in Camera Raw, Photoshop Elements software running on a MacMEMBER’S SHOWCASE

This is not an article on how to do profes-sional quality photos. It shows what can be done while traveling without a tripod and by a novice using only the simplest Photoshop Elements tools. Techniques used were so basic almost anyone should be able to learn to use them. All were handheld. All photos in Budapest were shot from the sundeck (roof) of a moving boat. All were shot with the lens wide open with f stop varying depending on zoom used. Yes, I did make lots of daylight photos —maybe for another time — I haven’t had time to examine all of them even yet.

PHOTO SPECIFICS—#Cover— all I did was crop and sharpen.1/20 5000 ISO 50mm equal to 75 mm (my camera causes focal length to multiply by 1.5.The following are multiplied focal lengths:

#Cover— 1/20 5000, 75 mm#1— 1/15 2500, 52 mm#2— 1/80 5000, 27 mm#3— 1/60 6400, 27 mm #4— 1/8 5000, 255 mm#5— 1/40 5000, 54 mm#6— 1/13 6400 metered at ‑2 EV 123mm#7— 1/15 6400 105mm#8— 1/25 1250, 300 mm

The process I used was:1) Straighten tool as needed2) Resize while cropping or just resize3) Inspect and enhance as needed

• try auto smart fix, if OK go to step 4, if not—• undo• Adjust lighting – shadows, highlights and especially mid tone contrast4) Adjust sharpness5) Save As –  final file name of choice (I always put date exposed first and leave original file # last to make it easier to find original.

Mood can be altered greatly— (use #1 as example) by adjusting lighting

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87A hearty thank you to NC Sizemore for getting these beautiful shots to me from his recent trip to Europe. His support of MUGSHOT in this abbreviated issue was very much needed at a time where due to family health issues I could only devote a fraction of the hours I would normally spend on the January release. His photography skills clearly show his ability to capture scenes under limited light conditions while on a moving vessel. Kudos NC ! Thank you all, for your kind understanding. —Editor

Oh... and one last thing: I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad.Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague,like a breeze among flowers.        --Helen Keller

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OMUG MEETING MINUTES: No minutes for December due to no formal meetingMac Users Helping Mac Users—OMUG Tech Support Team volunteers will try to help with your computer and software problems. Please go to http://ocalamug.org/tech-team.html for a list of help topics and phone/email contacts for the following member volunteers: Bob Adams Philip Davis (email ONLY) Nancy Kirby Dr. Roberto Putzeys Tim Rankin Al Sypher Brian Voge

OMUG Assignments—

Fifty-Fifty Raffle– Tom LeeMembership– Nancy Kirby MUGSHOT Newsletter– Al SypherProgram Coordinator– Burt StephensRefreshments– Della Marteny and Ed JaworowskiWebmaster and Apple Ambassador– Philip Davis

OMUG Meeting Information—

The Ocala Mac User Group meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at:

St. George Anglican Cathedral–Parish Hall 5646 SE 28th St., Ocala, FL 34480 See www.ocalamug.org for a map

OMUG Board of Directors—President– Bobby Adams badams0993@gmail.com • 274.0177 Vice President– Marilyn Kennedy marilynkennedy2@mac.com • 854.1021 Secretary– Nancy Kirby nkirby1944@embarqmail.comTreasurer– Brian Voge voge.brian@gmail.com • 622-8581 Director– Tom Lee twleeper@embarqmail.com Director– Philip Davis davistech@gmail.com • 369-8432Director– Burt Stephens burtstephens@gmail.com • 873-6177 Director– Al Sypher aes@imageocala.com • 237-9501Past President– N.C. Sizemore ncsizemore@gmail.com • 291-8778

Disclaimer— The Apple logo is the property of Apple, Inc. All tradenames, trademarks, and registered trademarks used herein are the property of their respec-tive owners or companies. Content presented herein attributed to specific sources remains the property of the named sources. The information presented in this newsletter is for the personal enlightenment of OMUG members and friends, does not constitute an endorsement, and shall not to be used for commercial purposes. Reproduction of any material herein is expressly prohibited unless prior written permission is given by OMUG.

Happy New Year

A beautiful view of the Swiss countryside to help us ring in the New Year. Photo by NC Sizemore.