Meetings 2012

Meetings are usually held in the comfortable Physics lecture theatre in the Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road Oxford OX1 3RH. It's on the corner of Keble Road and Banbury Road at the top of St Giles where there is usually plenty of parking … 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, please make sure you arrive in good time as the building is secure and has controlled access which means we all need to go in at the same time. There is a general pre-meeting gathering, from about 19:00, for general discussion, problem solving and Apple/Mac/iPhone/iPod chat.


10 January	New Year resolutions, your new Mac, or iOS or iPod, what are they for how to protect them.
14 February	iCloud, a look at what it can do for you, including a look at iTunes Match the paid-for extra providing all your music in 256bit quality even the CDs you've ripped at home.
21 February	OxMUG Committee meeting
13 March	Provisional: Photoshop
10 April	Provisional: Automator Ross & others will put it through it's paces
8 May	Provisional: iWork, how to use Pages, Numbers and Keynote
15 May	OxMUG Committee meeting
12 June	TBC
10 July	TBC
Saturday 21 July	The OxMUG Summer BBQ, – TBC
14 August	iPunting / iDunking for some 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
11 September	TBC
18 September	OxMUG Committee meeting
9 October	TBC
13 November	TBC
20 November	OxMUG Committee meeting
11 December	OxMUG AGM and winter social

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Meetings are held at the Denys Wilkinson Building in Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH Google map

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.

The Command Line: the OxMUG team will show what can be done quickly and efficiently on the command line, what System Logs can tell you and how AppleJack might get you out of a tight corner.

Apple's iOS – the iPad, iPhone and iPod – an in-depth look at the iOS, the iPad and other iOS devices, a discussion on must-have Apps for iOS, more details to follow, please check back here..

Feedback on useing the Personal Hotspot on an iPhone.