-2011-
November 2011
Marc Kerr introduced iCloud, with support by Bob George.
October 2011
Putting your questions to our resident Apple experts, by Marc Kerr and Bob George.
September 2011
Marc Kerr presented “Getting to grips with your Email”.
August 2011
The topic was Apple’s latest operating system, Lion, presented by Marc Kerr.
July 2011
The annual SMUG picnic was held in Lower Cascades Park at the Sycamore Shelter.
June 2011
Marc Kerr reported on Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco.
May 2011
Marc Kerr gave an overview of iPad 2, including its ability to do full video-out with a VGA adapter.
April 2011
Robert George presented "Security: How to protect your Mac and yourself".
March 2011
SMUG’s President, Darrin Myers, presented “Getting More from Older Macs - Upgrading, Speeding up, Expanding Productivity, slimming down, repurposing”.
February 8
Marc Kerr presented highlights of the 2011 MacWorld Expo and also introduced the new "Mac App Store": How to use it,
what it means for Software distribution channels, and what it means for the future of Software Prices.
January 11
Despite deep snow, Marc Kerr presented, and a sizable audience showed up to hear, an introduction to Office 2011 for Macs.
-2010-
December 14
Marc Kerr, SMUG President and IU Mac Specialist, together with Apple Certified Technologist Darrin Myers, from Élan Technologies, discussed and demoed some Mac gifts and gadgets for the holidays. Darrin also gave an overview of iLife '11 (the slideshow is available in the Past Meeting Handouts page).
November 9
Top Ten Mac Myths Busted: Darrin Myers, Apple Certified Technologist from Elan Technologies in Bloomington, discussed the top 10 Mac myths - and why savvy Mac users shouldn't fall for them (the slideshow is available in the Past Meeting Handouts page).
October 12
Brian Hawkins, Creative/Brand Manager for Smithville Telephone, gave a presentation on the social and professional aspects of web-based social media and discussed how to use them for personal, business and career networking.
September 14
Bob DeVoe (SMUG’s Webmaster) presented the ins and outs of web page creation using iWeb, a program in Apple’s iLife suite.
August 10
Marc Kerr continued his June presentation Online Security, a Few Tips, this time covering File Vault and other techniques for securing Macs and their data from theft or loss (Notes of Marc’s presentation are available in the Past Meeting Handouts page).
July 13
Our annual picnic took place, from 5:30 to 8:00 PM at the Sycamore Shelter in Lower Cascades Park. SMUG provided soft drinks, food to grill (hamburgers, veggieburgers, etc.), and all the fixings. Others brought appetizers, main course items and deserts to share.
June 8
Marc Kerr’s talk, Staying Safe on the Internet, presented tools and techniques to avoid trojans, spam, viruses, and other malicious intrusions that can disrupt your computer and damage your data (Notes of Marc’s presentation are available in the Past Meeting Handouts page).
May 11
Jim Knowlton and Marc Kerr illustrated Mac tools and techniques that apply the Getting Things Done philosophy to organize your life.
April 14
The announced presenter, Jason Bruder, Apple Systems Engineer, was unable to come at the last minute, so Mark Kerr stepped in to introduce the iPad.
March 10
The presentation was cancelled due to illness.
February 17
Marc Kerr introduced a number of recent products that were unveiled at MacWorld 2010.
January 13
Marc Kerr and Bob DeVoe presented applications for safeguarding data on hard drives: Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner, Retrospect, SMART Utility, and SoftRAID.
-2009-
December 9
As part of our annual Christmas party, Marc Kerr presented “The best Apple products to give and to wish for, especially Apple TV”
November 11
“Developing a Family History with Photographs” - presented by James Marusek
October 14
Snow Leopard (OS 10.6) - presented by Marc Kerr
September 9
“Scanning documents into Macs” - presented by Bob DeVoe
August 12
No meeting
July 8
Annual picnic at Lower Cascades Park
June 10
Live Highlights from the Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco - reported on site by Marc Kerr
May 13
“Combining Media using iMovie” - presented by Marc Kerr, based on his own race car movies
April 8
“New Features of iPhoto ’09 and iWeb ’09” - presented by Bob DeVoe
March 11
“B-TV Video Projects at Batchelor Middle School” - presented by Jeff Rudkin, B-TV director
February 11
“Social Networking and Online Communities - presented by Marc Kerr
January 14
“MacWorld 2009 in Review” - presented by Marc Kerr
-2008-
Dec 10
Open questions and answers; favorite web sites: moderated by Marc Kerr
Nov 12
"Share photos with iWeb & MobileMe", presented by Bob DeVoe (Notes of Bob’s presentation are available in the Past Meeting Handouts page)
Oct 8
“Build Your Own web Site with iWeb”, presented by Marc Kerr
Sep 10
“Which Macs’ for You?”, presented by Marc Kerr
Aug 13
“Making the Most of the iPhone G3”, presented by Marc Kerr
Jul 9
Annual picnic at Lower Cascades Park
Jun 11
Open forum about everything Mac, including Tiger and Leopard issues - moderated by Bob DeVoe
May 14
"The Face of Leopard" - presented by Bob DeVoe
Apr 9
“Internet Security”, presented by Marc Kerr
Mar 19
“Basic and Much Used Mac Software”, presented by Christopher Rollins and Bob DeVoe
Feb 13
" in AppleWorks and Send it to the Web" - presented by Bob Devoe
Jan 9
"Mac Leopard 10.5: "Time Machine and more Shortcuts" - presented by Christopher Rollins
-2007-
Dec 5
"Mac Leopard 10.5: First Installment- Shortcuts and Features" - presented by Christopher Rollins
Nov 14
"Protect against Mac Hard Drive Failures" - presented by Bob DeVoe (Notes of Bob’s presentation are available in the Past Meeting Handouts page)
Oct 10
"DVD Ripping and Digitizing - How to digitize DVD's into your Mac", presented by Christopher Rollins
Sep 12
“Color Management in the Mac” - presented by Bob DeVoe (Notes of Bob’s presentation are available in the Past Meeting Handouts page)
Aug 8
“Apple Computer Security: internet and more”, presented by Christopher Rollins and Marc Kerr
Jul 11
Annual Picnic at Lower Cascades Park
Jun 13
“Transferring large Files across the Internet”, presented by Bob DeVoe
May 9
“Apple TV and Airport Extreme”, presented by Christopher Rollins
Apr 11
"So Many Digital Photos", presented by Bob DeVoe (Notes of Bob’s presentation are available in the Past Meeting Handouts page)
- 2006-
Nov 8
Questions and answers about anything to do with Macintosh computers
Oct 11
"How Fonts are Organized in OSX", presented by Bob DeVoe
Apr 12
“A Taste of Apple's iPhoto 6 – Editing and Publishing Tools”,
presented by Bob DeVoe
Mar 8
“A Taste of Apple’s iPhoto 6 - Optimize importing and organizing photos”, presented by Bob DeVoe
Feb 8
Misc applications on OSX for fun and little profit
Jan 11
The small but mighty iPods: Nano, iPod Touch, or do the Shuffle? Show and tell on Apple's smallest music players.
- 2005 -
Dec 14
Apple Software: iWorks' Keynote - Create slideshows easily
Nov 9
Apple Software: iWorks' Pages - Word processing, layout and publishing with style for letters, newsletters and things in between
Oct 12
Software review: OmniGraffle - diagrams, charts and maps oh my! Diagramming has never been such fun
Sept 14
Software Review: OmniOutliner - making lists and outlines, the way it should be. ... or as The Omni Group says: "... draft to-do lists, create agendas, manage tasks, track expenses, take notes, plan events, write screenplays...and just about anything else you can think of."
Aug 10
SMUG picnic at Lower Cascades Park
Jul 13
Backup Your Hard Drive - and How, presented by Bob DeVoe
Jun 8
Hello Tiger: What makes the latest version of Mac OS X purrrrrrrr
May 11
Web Publishing: Getting your stuff online for $30 or less
Apr 13
Network Security on the Mac: John Johnson presents tips for protecting your home network
Mar 9
How to use the Security Features in Mac OSX - Bob DeVoe tells how to secure your Mac with passwords, virus checkers, and other Applications
Feb 9
AirPort Express: Lyle Turner presents big Wireless in a small package
Jan 12
OSX Utilities - What's in the Utilities Folder, presented by Bob DeVoe
