Feedback for term 1

Hello everyone,


Please follow the link to the online feedback/survey form.  Your responses will help us to plan for next term to ensure that we are learning what we want to learn and enjoying ourselves in the process!  If you have any trouble with the form, please email me sallyturbitt@gmail.com


See you Monday.


SCCCC Mac Beginners and User Groups feedback form

a bit of housekeeping

Hello all,


Just to confirm, the dates for the next few weeks are as follows:


26 March - review of iPhoto plus iTunes and whatever else we need to discuss.
2 April - SCCCC meeting at Avoca Bowling Club. Guest speaker to be confirmed.
9 April - no classes (Easter Monday)
16 April - no classes (Sally away)
23 April - first classes for term 2.


I will be sending out a feedback form to you all this week and will also add it here on the blog.  This will help me plan for next term.


You will see that I have added a page to this blog for "Interesting Websites". You will see it listed next to home.

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12 March 2012

Retrieving a forgotten password from Keychain.


Mail
Mail Assistant for setting up Mail to receive your webmail (Bigpond, Optus, TPG, Hotmail, Yahoo mail, Gmail).  Just follow the instructions.
Setting up Smart Mailboxes.


Pages
I am still searching for an answer to the text box problem in Pages but in the meantime...

Downloading movies from YouTube
Instead of Wondershare, perhaps try YouTube Downloader. Its a free app which seems to work well.  Be aware that you can only download non-copyrighted or personal videos.


Free audio books and e-books
CCProse on YouTube - audio recordings of classic literature accompanied by synchronised text on the screen.
Librivox - listen to free audiobooks, download them to your iPod or iPad or help Librivox by recording a chapter.
Project Gutenberg -  thousands of free ebooks in multiple formats.
And you can now download audiobooks from Gosford Library!


Facebook
Facebook privacy and account settings change regularly. So if you are on Facebook, you need to check your settings every few months or when you hear about changes Facebook has made.  Make sure all your settings allow FRIENDS ONLY to see your information, no-one else.  This is the simplest way to make sure you are (relatively) safe on Facebook.  This video walks you through each page (it does not have any audio).

info for Monday 12 March morning class

Hello all,

Monday is nearly upon us again.  I've given some thought to having an iPhoto class again on Monday but I need to some more time to learn how to use the newest version of iPhoto so I can help everyone.

So Monday 12 March will be Mail, the Mac email application.  How to use it, how to set up Mail to use other accounts you may have and anything else you can throw at me!

The Pages/Microsoft Word/OpenOffice class will be slotted in at the end of the term if there is enough interest.

• 20 February - Basics
• 27 February - iPhoto
• 5 March - Pages/Microsoft Word for Mac/OpenOffice
• 12 March - Mail
• 19 March - iTunes
• 26 March - App Store OR Pages/Microsoft Word/OpenOffice
• 2 April - iPhoto.

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.

more on the "filter bubble"

Just a little more information on the "filter bubble".  This TED talk clearly explains how these filters work and what they mean for your information and connection with the world.  Enjoy.


(You might want to take a look at all TED, some fantastic talks about just about any subject you can think of).

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.