updated dates for the term

Hi everyone,


I've made a mistake with the dates for the rest of the term.  I conveniently cut the term short!


Web browsers and the internet: 21 May 
Pages/Word and printing: 28 May
iPhoto: 4 June
No class (public holiday): 11 June
Classes in AM and PM (topics TBA): 18 June
No class (last week of term): 25 June
General Meeting at Avoca Beach Bowling Club (no classes): 2 July
No class: 9 July


Term 3 commences Monday 16 July!

Useful info on web browsers and the internet

What is a web browser? The answer is in this short video:

Excellent infographic:

[Via: Online Schools]

Great tips for searching the internet using Google: http://internoobs.wonderhowto.com/blog/few-helpful-google-search-tips-0128565/

Monday 14 May

Thanks for such great morning and afternoon sessions, I hope you are enjoying them as much as me!


And thanks to Helen for prompting us discover the joys of a bigger cursor!!  Here's how:

• Open Systems Preferences
• select Universal Access
• then Mouse & Trackpad (or it might be just Mouse)
• Use the slider to move the Cursor size bigger and smaller, it will change as you slide making it easy to decide how big you need it!

Don't forget: Command + Q for quitting a program completely. 


Two websites which you may find useful:
My First Mac
Switching to Mac


Web browsers and the internet: 21 May 
Pages/Word and printing: 28 May
iPhoto: 4 June
No class (public holiday): 11 June
Classes in AM and PM (topics TBA): 18 June
No class (last week of term): 25 June


See you on Monday!

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.

Click to enlarge

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.