Meetings 2013

Meetings are usually held in the comfortable Headington Baptist Church,78 Old High Street, Headington, Oxford OX3 9HW. How to find the Headington Baptist Church including parking suggestions and access details … occasionally we hold meetings in other venues – please be sure you check the email list and web site before each meeting.

Meetings usually include a raffle – get your ticket at the beginning, and listen out for the draw. Previous prizes have included various Software, Flash memory sticks and iPod accessories. There is a small £2 entry fee for meetings: this helps to cover the cost of the venue, and – more importantly – helps towards the prize you might win!

The usual start time 19:30. There is a general pre-meeting gathering, from about 19:00, for general discussion, problem solving and Apple/Mac/iPhone/iPad/iPod AppleTV chat.


Tuesday 8 January	Our regular: New Year resolutions, your new Mac, or iOS or iPod, what are they for how to use and protect them.sucurity and securing your data.
Tuesday 12 February	Communicating voice and sharing screens: iChat, Messaging, FaceTime, Skype, ScreenSharing and Log Me In.
Tuesday 19 February	OxMUG Committee meeting
Tuesday 12 March	Maps, mapping cycling, photography and GeoCaching. A great treat this month, three diverse presentations on maps and mapping, John will start with an introduction: what maps are and what they are for. Followed by an overview of iOS and Mac mapping apps as well as a look at dedicated GPS devices. Peter will talk about iOS mapping for long-distance cycling/navigating using iPhone and dedicated GPS devices as well as showing analysis routes and specialised mapping apps for photo location. Neil will talk about his use of ViewRanger, how to download maps mainly for use on the iPad and his passion for GeoCaching, plus how he & Mrs Neil go iPad exploring, aka car mooching, on the way home.
Tuesday 9 April	Fix-it, with OxMUG Tonight we will have an open house, come along and we will interactively try to fix your problems. Help you get the most out of your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Show use your problems and we may have a solution, there isa lot of free software out there that can be extremely useful, utilities and single use apps to make you more productive. So bring along your iPad iPhone or Mac and we will attempt to fix. It may not be possible in the context of the short OxMUG meeting to resolve some hardware problems that may require spare-parts, but we can point you to someone or somewhere you can get help.
Tuesday 14 May	OSX tips and tricks Come along and learn something new, an easer way to do something complicated, there is usually a way to make life easier.
Tuesday 21 May	OxMUG Committee meeting
Tuesday 11 June	iOS tips and tricks And iPhone - 5S or 6 when Retina iPad Mini? Tonight an open discussion
Tuesday 9 July	TBC
Tuesday 13 August	iPunting Our regular summer punting/dunking social from Bardwell Boathouse up the river Cherwell to the Victoria Arms in Marston. See the OxMUG members mailing list for details
Tuesday 10 September	TBC
Tuesday 17 September	OxMUG Committee meeting
Tuesday 8 October	TBC
Tuesday 12 November	TBC
Tuesday 19 November	OxMUG Committee meeting
Tuesday 10 December	OxMUG AGM and winter social

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Mac Help Tips

Thanks to Peachpit press for these excerpts, click the headings below

Add a Saved Search to the Sidebar

When you save a Spotlight search as a smart folder, you have the option of adding it to the sidebar with other predefined searches. Click the Save button near the top of the New Smart Folder window. In the dialog that appears, click the Add To Sidebar checkbox to instruct Mac OS X to add an alias of the folder to the sidebar.

When a Dock Item Jumps Up and Down

At some point you might see a Dock item jumping up and down, over and over, as if it's trying to get your attention. It is. The jumping indicates that a particular application needs you. Click the jumping icon, and that application will "come forward." Then you'll probably see a message on the screen, such as "Do you want to save this document?" or "This application couldn't do what you wanted." Just do whatever the application wants you to do. This jumping action is different from the "bouncing" you'll see when an icon starts to open. The bounce is little; the jump is big. It's actually kind of cute.

Print as a PDF

The print capability in Mac OS X is useful even if you don't have a printer, or you don't want to make a paper copy of something. Because the Portable Document Format (PDF) is deeply ingrained into the operating system, you can "print" a document to a PDF file. This feature is great for saving receipts of online orders or articles to read later when you may not have an Internet connection. Choose File > Print, click the PDF button, and choose Save as PDF. Specify the file location and any desired metadata or security options, and then click Save to save the PDF to disk.