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Thoughts on Steve
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is no longer the same river … and he is no longer the same man.” — Heraclitus
As a professional news writer, I have spent much of the last five days thinking about — and writing about — the death of Steve Jobs. My friends [...]
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A No-Brainer Shortcut for Quickly Creating PDFs
…it sure would be nice to be able to save some time and some mouse clicks each time we want to create a PDF. This month’s tip gives the recipe for a shortcut to do just [...]
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A quick way to speed up Web surfing on all your computers
In every case I’ve seen so far, a quick, easy and free change in the DNS settings of their home Internet router fixes the problem. Switching the router from using the ISPs default DNS service to a faster, more efficient public DNS gives an immediate and noticeable improvement in browsing [...]
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Main Meeting Location – UCF Business Incubator
Location of the Main [...]
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One More Thing …
one thing Steve said that I haven’t so far heard anyone else really pick up on…
by Charles [...]
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 By Mark, on February 7th, 2011 We know this guy from the Macworld Expos and as columnist for Macworld magazine and the New York Times, and author of numerous how-to books on Apple products. He’ll be on NOVA on Wednesday:
NOVA
WMFE-HD – 2 - Wed, 2/09, 9:00 PM 1 hr
New, 2/09/2011, Science
Scientists and inventors reveal how they are using nature and biology as inspiration for the development of innovative new materials, including substances that possess the inherent ability to sense and respond to outside stimuli.
Credits: Donald R. Sadoway (Participant),David Pogue (Host), Chris Schmidt (Producer)
By Mark, on February 4th, 2011 Join Alastair, Jon and others for lunch at Kappy’s, 501 North Orlando Avenue in Maitland. Kappy’s will be a first for our informal FLMUG meetings, and it follows the morning’s Apple Seeds session. Apple Seeds is that part of FLMUG whereby the aforementioned Alastair and Jon fix up older Mac computers and then donate them to nonprofits, churches, and sometimes individuals. They work from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, and then go to lunch. This time it’s Kappy’s, at 2:30.
Do you have an old Mac to donate? As long as it’s a G3 or later, they’ll take it, as well as peripherals that work with those machines. Desktops, laptops, software, dark chocolate… they’re happy for all usable donations! Stop by before they close at 2:00, then join us for lunch.
Apple Seeds meets at the Altamonte Chapel, on 436 in Altamonte Springs, generally on the first and third Saturdays of each month. Stop by if you’d like to help or if you have donations. The Apple Seeds shop is in the northeast corner of the church’s office. See map below.
For more details on Kappy’s, see:
http://orlando.citysearch.com/profile/2358372/maitland_fl/kappy_s_sandwiches.html#profileTab-photos
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kappys-submarine-sandwiches-maitland
It is just a block north of Horatio in Maitland, on the west side, across the street from Publix, and across the street from the 7-11, right next to the railroad tracks.
 The Apple Seeds shop is in the upper-right-hand corner of the church’s office.
By Mark, on January 31st, 2011 Next meeting is Tuesday, February 1, at 7:30 pm.
Location:
ScanDesign
999 Douglas Avenue
Altamonte Springs
See:
http://www.meetup.com/mac-259/events/15918044/
Note: “IDC Building” is the old name. The new name is ScanDesign.
See you there!
By Mark, on January 27th, 2011 See:
http://www.meetup.com/Florida-Macintosh-Users-Group/events/16126008/
Stardust Video and Coffee is near the northwest corner of Corrine Drive and Winter Park Road, in Orlando.
By Mark, on January 27th, 2011 Check this out:
http://www.itwin.com/
(Thanks to Jef Walker.)
By Walt Sellers, on December 15th, 2010 The $49.99 bundle from MacUpdate is still on sale for the next 7 days. (Until about Dec 22)
http://www.mupromo.com/
By Walt Sellers, on November 7th, 2010 Mr. Wozniak will be speaking on the founding of Apple and the future of technology.
Admission is Free. Doors open at 7:00 pm, the speech begins at 8:00 pm.
Location: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Steven C. O’Connell Center (see website for driving-parking details) http://www.oconnellcenter.ufl.edu/
Arranged by the ACCENT speaking assocation. Details here: http://www.sg.ufl.edu/accent
By Mike Sullivan, on October 15th, 2010 This month’s tip from Mac-Aide.com: A No-Brainer Shortcut for Quickly Creating PDFs
We Mac users are used to the convenience of being able to quickly create a PDF from any Mac app that has a print function. Choosing one of the several standard options from the “PDF” drop-down menu of the Print dialog of any Mac app lets us do things that PC users need extra software to do — even with the new high-priced Windows 7 OS!
The PDF button is tucked neatly into the bottom-left corner of every Print dialog of every Mac app, but it’s surprising how many people don’t know about it or use it. In fact, one of the most common questions I get from new Mac users (and some long-time Mac users!) is, “What software do I need to be able to create a PDF on the Mac?”
The answer, of course, is that the software you need is already built-in to Mac OS X, and has been since Mac OS X 10.0 first shipped nearly a decade ago. See this screenshot if you have trouble finding it on your system.
For those of us who do know about and use the “Print to PDF” function in Mac OS X, it sure would be nice to be able to save some time and some mouse clicks each time we want to create a PDF. This month’s tip gives the recipe for a shortcut to do just that, also using built-in features of Mac OS X.
First, the setup, which you need to do only once for each Mac you want the shortcut to work with:
- In Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, click on the Apple icon in the menubar, then choose “System Preferences…”
- In System Preferences, click on Keyboard
- In Keyboard Preferences, click on Keyboard Shortcuts tab, and then select “Application Shortcuts” on the left-hand list.
- Click once on “All Applications” in the right-hand list, then click the little “+” symbol at the bottom of the right-hand list to add a new shortcut for all applications. See this link if you need help with this step.
- In the dialog box, type “Save as PDF…” (without the quotes) in the Menu Title field.
- In the Keyboard Shortcut field, HOLD DOWN the Command key (shown with a ⌘ symbol on your Apple keyboard), and then type the letter P.
- Click Add.
- Close System Preferences.
Setup is done!
Now, whenever you want to save a document or the Web page, e-mail or any other type of file you’re viewing in any Mac app as a PDF, simply type ⌘+P (meaning, hold down the Command key [⌘] while you type the letter ‘P’) TWICE.
The first time you hit ⌘+P, the print dialog will come up, as it does in all Mac apps when you press ⌘+P; the second press of ⌘+P will invoke your special keyboard shortcut, which will force the “Save as PDF…” function to execute.
All that’s left for you to do is choose a file name and destination for the PDF file, and press Return. Hint: to jump instantly to the Dekstop as the file save location, press ⌘-D while in any File Save or File Open dialog.
While you’re at it, be sure to check out the other neat things you can do with PDFs from the Print dialog box in any Mac app. For example, you can instantly create a PDF and slap it into a new e-mail message, ready to address and send in a few seconds. Or, you can create an Encrypted PDF, which will require a password to open by you or anyone else you send it to — a great way to send sensitive documents over an insecure medium like e-mail.
Enjoy your new-found efficiency and amaze your Windows-using friends with this month’s tip!
Mike
Mac-Aide.com
By Mark, on September 17th, 2010 Join us for our first “restaurant meeting” Saturday, September 18, at Bruegger’s Bagels! For the next few months, FLMUG will have formal meetings every other month, on the even-numbered months. On the odd-numbered months, we’ll have an informal get-together at a local restaurant, either for lunch or dinner. This meeting will usually be associated with an activity in which FLMUG members will be interested.
This Saturday morning, our Apple Seeds team — Alastair Burton and Jon Ramer — will be fixing up older Macintosh computers for donating to the community. For more on the Apple Seeds activity, see the article on page one of the FLMUG newsletter for December, 2008.
Anyone is welcomed to stop by Apple Seeds to donate older Macs (but not older than a G3 iMac), to arrange for the pickup of a Mac for a nonprofit organization, church or individual, or just to check out the operation. They are usually there from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on the first and third Saturdays of each month.
This Saturday will be a kind of “open house” for Apple Seeds, as the entire Meetup community is invited to swing by before our lunch event at 2:00. Bruegger’s Bagels is a short walk from the Apple Seeds shop, which is the northeast corner of the office building of the Altamonte Chapel, on 436. To park at Apple Seeds, enter from Forest Avenue. If you can’t make it to Apple Seeds, stop by for lunch.
And feel free to get back to us if you have suggestions for other restaurant meetups.
See you Saturday!
By Walt Sellers, on September 17th, 2010 The winners were announced on September 16th.
The Edison-2 took the top spot and $5 million 1st prize. The car used a gas motor (using E85 Ethanol) but only weighed 850 pounds. The car achieved the 100 MPGe (Miles Per Gallon “equivalent” to gasoline.) The team is based in Virginia and plans to manufacture the car for sale.
One car achieved 187 MPGe.
Currently, the national fuel average for new U.S. cars is 32 miles per gallon
Link: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/09/ultra-light-cars-reap-rewards-of-x-prize.html
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