topics for Monday 18 June

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that Monday 18th is a 'double' session, everyone is welcome to attend both the morning and afternoon classes.  In the morning we will be talking iTunes, including podcasts, internet radio and adding music to your library.  In the afternoon we will revisit iPhoto and cover any other questions that arise, Q&A style.

As always I'm happy to change topics if I've chosen the wrong one, we can discuss on Monday morning.

Have a good weekend, see you Monday,

Sally

20 February 2012

How to find out how much storage is being used on your Mac by all your applications, photos, music and more.

1. Click on the Apple (top left hand corner of the screen)
2. Then About This Mac
3. and More Info
4. then click on Storage and you will see how much storage is being used. 

iTunes - adding particular songs to iTunes from a CD (not the whole CD).

1. Open iTunes.
2. Insert your audio CD into your computer.
3. Click on the CD name in the Source list. (This shows a list of songs on that CD).
4. Uncheck any songs you don't want to import to iTunes.
5. Click "Import CD".
6. iTunes will now copy the selected songs from the CD to your iTunes library.
7. Once all the songs are imported, click "Eject Disc".
8. Done!

Lifehacker and Mashable are useful if you are looking for new apps, information and reviews.


iTunes gift cards on sale - stay updated on which shops have iTunes cards on sale.


World Radio - listen to AM and FM from all over the world. Well worth the $10!


Apple ID visit here for info on setting up your Apple ID which is used for iTunes and iCloud.

13 February 2012 (part 2)

And we're back for part 2:


Making a collage for your Desktop Background - iPhoto doesn't "do" collages but this blog has a workaround using the book function in iPhoto.  (I will add this to the list for the week we cover iPhoto).

How to print in greyscale:

We also discussed search engines, in particular Google. DuckDuckGo is an alternative search engine which has a very clear no tracking and bubble policies (the bubble will make sense when you read the link!) and privacy policy.


And lastly, here is my suggested calendar for the rest of term 1.  It is open to change and subject to approval by SCCCC.

• 20 February - Basics
• 27 February - iPhoto
• 5 March - Pages/Microsoft Word for Mac/OpenOffice
• 12 March - Mail
• 19 March - iTunes
• 26 March - App Store, installing and uninstalling applications
• 2 April - (open to suggestions or for a recap of the term).

And that is it! See you next Monday.