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iWeb '08

iLife ’08, a major update to Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications, delivers significant upgrades to iPhoto, iWeb, GarageBand and iDVD, plus a completely reinvented iMovie that offers a revolutionary new way to enjoy, edit and share your video.

Can't wait? Jump to: http://www.apple.com/ilife/iweb/

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Pages '08

Enjoy Hillary's professional presentation of new Pages '08.
Start with one of over 140 templates to write beautiful letters, resumes, reports, business plans, and more. And create media-rich newsletters, brochures, and flyers with point-and-click ease.

HIGHLIGHTS • Streamlined word processing • Powerful page layout • Change tracking • Advanced image tools • More than 140 Apple-designed templates, including 80 new templates • Import from and export to Microsoft Word and other formats.

• Pages ’08 also opens AppleWorks word processing documents, as well as files saved in Rich Text Format (RTF). It imports a wide assortment of audio (AAC, AIFF, and MP3), image (EPS, JPEG, PNG, PDF, PSD), video (MOV), and other media types. • Requires Mac OS X version 10.4.10 or later.

Can't wait? Jump to: http://www.apple.com/iwork/pages/

Or enroll in one of Hillary's computer classes at the Pacific Grove Adult School.

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iPhoto '08

Experience Hillary's powerful presentation of the new iPhoto '08.
• Organize by Events • .Mac Web Gallery • Powerful Editing Tools • Unified Search • Theme-Based Home Printing • New Photo Books & Calendars.

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Presentation of "Printfolio", a neat little layout suite of programs

(Postponed from August 10)
Printfolio is composed of the following modules: desktop publishing, business card creator, CD/DVD label maker, and mailings (labels, envelopes, and postcards). Ron can also do a quick look at Entourage to follow up on last month’s meeting which presented other email programs.

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Video streaming of the Apple Special Event which was staged this week by Steve Jobs.

During the Apple Special Event staged this week by Steve Jobs, he showed off all the new hardware and software for about 1 hour 15 mins. Hardware and software was highlighted and applauded.

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Email programs Show-and-Tell

Presentation of an extended video demonstration of the iPhone. Followed by demonstration of "Mail" and "Eudora" email programs.

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My Favorite Web Sites

Besides our Q & A session, we will have a "show-and-tell" session with people showing their favorite web sites. Come with the URL of your favorite!

Also see: Links of Favoriate URLs presented at the June CMoM meeting

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Tips and Hints

This meeting will include the regular monthly question and answer period followed by useful tips to help members use Mac computers and Apple and third party software.

NOTE: An improved sound system has been put into place for benefit of Club members.

Also see: Lists of useful Mac OS Tips and Hints presented at this club meeting which includes key strokes and shortcuts.

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Help forums and Apple/Mac discussions sites

An introduction to a variety of "help forums" and "Apple/Mac discussions sites". We will go online with the new Internet connection in the Canterbury Woods auditorium and demonstrate how to utilize these online resources. This is an effective way to receive help with many kinds of questions and problems.

Also CLICK here to see: Source URLs of Forums & Discussion Groups

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Demos of "Notebook" & "El Gato"

Ron Brunet and Eric Frith will demonstrate software and hardware

"Notebook" is an information organizing tool with lots of neat options.

"EyeTV" is an analog TV tuner with a built-in MPEG encoder. It lets you watch live TV on your Mac or schedule recordings, which you can easily archive to DVD or your video iPod.

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Backing up your Mac

Backup strategies: various tecniques for automatically, or routinely and easily, backing up documents, folders, or even your entire hard drive. Discussion about how to make a clone of the primary hard drive which, if possible, may be bootable in an emergency

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CMoM bus to MacWorld Expo & meeting upon return

Club Mac will again sponsor a “field trip” to the Mac World Expo in San Francisco on Friday, January 12th. In order to reserve a bus we need to have all the signups and money in hand by the end of the our Dec. 8th meeting.

Given the cost of gas and parking in SF, the price of $30 for club members and $40 for guests is quite reasonable. If you are not currently a member and would like to participate this would be a good time to join (membership is only $20 for the year).

We will leave from the Pacific Grove Adult School at 8 am and be back by 6 pm. As usual, our January CMoM general meeting at 7 pm that evening will include pizza and beverages for the travelers and members attending the meeting. We will then share what we saw and learned in San Francisco.

Let us know that you want to go (email is fine for sign up), but be certain we have your payment by Dec. 8th (no pay: no seat). Send your check to Club Mac of Monterey at P.O. Box 2107, Monterey, CA 93942 or bring your money to the December 8th meeting.

For more information, visit: http://www.macworldexpo.com/live/20/

For a FREE Exhibit Hall Guess Pass to the MacWorld Expo, visit
http://eshop.macsales.com/Macworld/?source=tnd1286mw2007pass
at the OWC website and download the PDF with a priority code.