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Latest Site News:

15 May 2010

 
May General Membership Meeting:

A comparison between MS Office, iWork and Open Office.

There will be an iPad at the meeting for review!

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

26 April 2010

 

April eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

17 April 2010

 
April General Membership Meeting:

Will Fisher from GINA (Geographic Information Network of Alaska) will be on hand to talk about GINA, who they are and what they do.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

25 March 2010

 

March eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

20 March 2010

 
March General Membership Meeting:

Dave from ComputerWerks will be on hand to talk about printers. Come learn everything you need to know to get the most out of your printer!

Helpful sites to know when troubleshooting your computer.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

25 February 2010

 

February eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

20 February 2010

 
February General Membership Meeting:

Will Fisher from GINA (Geographic Information Network of Alaska) will be on hand to talk about GINA, who they are and what they do.

Apple's Keynote with Steve Jobs that introduced the iPad!

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

25 January 2010

 

January eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

16 January 2010

 
January General Membership Meeting:

The Most Important Apple Products of the Decade.

Hard Drive basics and maintenance.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

14 December 2009

 

December eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

12 December 2008

 
Note - Second Saturday for the month of December!

Annual Christmas Potluck! Please bring a dish to share.
Yearly Officer Elections.
Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

23 November 2009

 

November eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

21 November 2009

 
November General Membership Meeting:

My favorite... Centric Meeting. Members please come with ideas to share:

  1. My favorite iPhone application
  2. My favorite Dashboard Widget
  3. My favorite Application

Book reports. Various topics/short subjects.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

17 October 2009

 
October General Membership Meeting:

Taking video with digital cameras.

A Focus on Focus.

Book reports. Various topics/short subjects.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

31 August 2009

 

August eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

19 September 2009

 
September General Membership Meeting:

The Apple Macintosh User Group meeting has moved to Community Covenant Church.

iLife 09 continued - iDVD, GarageBand.

Snow Leopard Highlights.

Book reports. Various topics/short subjects.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

28 September 2009

 

September eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

16 May 2009

 

May General Membership Meeting:
An overview of Blogs, Wikis and Forums.
iLife '09 - Using the New Features to Your Advantage:
       Act 2: iMovie, Garageband and iDVD

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

25 April 2009

 

April General Membership Meeting:
NOTE: 4th Saturday of the Month!

iLife '09 - Using the New Features to Your Advantage:
       Act I: iPhoto & iMovie

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

21 March 2009

 

March General Membership Meeting:

Website Development presentations.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

23 February 2009

 

February eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

21 February 2009

 

February General Membership Meeting:

Apple's iPod touch plus other models.

Apple's iWork demo.

Troubleshooting: Members come prepared to share two examples of troubleshooting incidents that they resolved.

Quick tips: Members share Quick tips and where to get Mac help.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

17 February 2009

 

Special Presentation: The World is the New Classroom - Apple Presentation

You are all invited to join us for this Apple presentation on Thursday 2/19 at 9:30am in the Board of Regent's Conference Room (Butrovich 109). Come and learn how mobile technology solutions from Apple can create a 21st century learning environment...details on the attached flyer.

19 January 2009

 

January eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

17 January 2009

 

Digital TV answers and solutions.

YouTube video sharing website.

Mactracker Mac information software.

Apple's iPhoto.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

5 January 2009

 

January eBoard Meeting at the Cookie Jar, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

13 December 2008

 
Note - Second Saturday for the month of December!

Annual Christmas Potluck! Please bring a dish to share.
Yearly Officer Elections.
iChat & Bonjour

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

24 November 2008

 

November eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

15 November 2008

 

All Google Meeting!

Google Earth.
Google Calendar.
Google Applications.
Google Books.
Google Searching best practices as well as other Google services (gMail, gPhone, new browser Chrome) and privacy issues.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

27 October 2008

 

October eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

18 October 2008

 

ACS Mobile Internet.

Old Mac review. Please bring an old working mac: 80's or 90's vintage.

More Mac os X 10.5 Leopard new features.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

22 September 2008

 

September eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

20 September 2008

 

The Apple Macintosh User Group meeting has moved to Community Covenant Church.

Review of a few productivity software including Microsoft's Office, Apple's iWork, and Open Office.

More Mac os X 10.5 Leopard new features.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

25 August 2008

 

August eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

1 May 2008

 

April eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

19 April 2008

 

The Apple Macintosh User Group meeting has moved to Community Covenant Church.

Apple's celebrated iPhone.

QuickTime VR (Virtual Reality).

HD Videoc. What is HD video. HD video cameras will be demonstrated. A short video will be shot during the meeting, edited with Final Cut Studio, Premiere and iMovie, and output to a QuickTime video.

More Mac os X 10.5 Leopard new features.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

20 March 2008

 

March eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

15 March 2008

 

The Apple Macintosh User Group meeting has moved to Community Covenant Church.

Windows on an Mac. Windows Vista and XP on a Mac via Boot Camp and Parallels.

Mac os X 10.5 Leopard Review.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

18 February 2008

 

February eBoard Meeting at the Gulliver's Books Cafe, 5:30 pm. All members welcome.

16 February 2008

 

The Apple Macintosh User Group meeting has moved to Community Covenant Church This new location has wireless Internet and more seating room!

Directions: Turn off of Airport Rd. onto Wilbur towards Denali State Bank, then take an immediate right onto McCullam Ave. Drive to the end - the church is on the right. The address is 2136 McCullam Ave.

Hard drive basics such as size and speed and what thoes numbers mean. Plus various methods of connecting them to your computer.

How to transfer photographs from a camera to your computer, including alternative storage locations such as USB Drives, Memory Cards, and Transfer to CD/DVD's and iPods.

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

19 January 2008

 

Photo editing demonstration with: GraphicConverter and iPhoto.
The new Leopard Mac OSX operating system. A show and tell of selected features by Eric Muehling

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

17 December 2007

 

December eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

15 December 2007

 

Annual Christmas Potluck! Please bring a dish to share.
Yearly Officer Elections.
Outcry Mini-Auction - Bring those miscellaneous like new small ticket computer related gizmos laying around your house you don't use anymore. Split the proceeds 50/50 with the club if your feeling the holiday sprit!

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

26 November 2007

 

November eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

17 November 2007

 

Gadgets and Gizmos! A pre-holiday look at some of the latest technology toys. Members are encouraged to bring in items they would like to share. If you have an item you would like to present, let know so that he can make necessary plans.

iPhone named 'gadget of the year' by Stuff!

Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

26 October 2007

 

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has pounced! Apple has a guided tour, and a page of 300 new features.

For a very interesting and in-depth look at Leopard, try this series of articles by AppleInsider:

22 October 2007

 

October eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

20 October 2007

 

Understanding and setting up home wireless networks. Demostrated with a Linksys and Apple Airport Extereme.
And Mactracker, the ultimate database of every Apple Macintosh model.
Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

24 September 2007

 

September eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

15 September 2007

 

Apple's new iWeb from iLife '08.
And tips for creating your own website online using free templates.
Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

25 August 2007

 

August eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

19 May 2007

 

Apple's new multimedia product, Apple TV, presented by John Tragis.
Adobe Dreamweaver by our own Jo Swarner.
Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

23 April 2007

 

April eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

21 April 2007

 

NOTE: MOVED TO ROOM 102

Adobe Dreamweaver by our own Jo Swarner. Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

26 March 2007

 

March eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

17 March 2007

 

Address Book - There is here than meets the eye, and Airport Express - Disk Jockey in your living room. Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

26 February 2007

 

February eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

17 February 2007

 

February General Membership Meeting. A review of computer troubleshooting concepts from the guys at Mac Haus.

22 January 2007

 

January eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

20 January 2007

 

January General Membership Meeting. A review of a few popular open source projects including: Open Office, GIMP, Inkscape, and others. Also, how these types of programs can improve your computing experience and save you money in the process.

18 December 2006

 

December eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

16 December 2006

 

December General Membership Meeting. Yearly Board elections: come give a voice to your club! Holiday potluck with a brunch theme. Drinks provided. Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

27 November 2006

 

December eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

18 November 2006

 

November General Membership Meeting. Digital Scrapbooking with iRemember. Presented by Doug. iChat, the under-hyped tool on your Mac. Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

23 October 2006

 

October eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

21 October 2006

 

October General Membership Meeting. All you need to know about buying and Selling on eBay. Presented by Brad Acord. Bring an unusual 'Treasures' you may have aquired via eBay. Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

25 September 2006

 

September eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

16 September 2006

 

September General Membership Meeting. GOT iPod? The down and dirty on the Tool. Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

28 August 2006

 

August eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

June, July, August 2006

 

Summer Break! Do not forget to visit the member forums for help and information!

Also, Apple Mousse's calendar is now online. This is a great way to keep up with any happenings that may come up this summer. You can view it at:

http://ical.mac.com/amug/AppleMousse

Or better yet, subscribe to the calendar via your iCal program. Start iCal. From the Calendar menu, choose Subscribe. Copy/Paste the following into the dialog:

webcal://ical.mac.com/amug/AppleMousse.ics

Click on the 'Subscribe' button. Next, in the 'Subscribing' dialog, turn on 'Refresh', and choose either 'every day', or 'every week', and un-check 'Remove Alarms', as you desire. Click 'OK'.

20 May 2006

 

May General Membership Meeting. How to keep your Mac healthy over the summer! Bring your experiences with various maintenance and back up software. Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

24 April 2006

 

April eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

15 April 2006

 

April General Membership Meeting. Take a look at the new portable printers, their editing features, and "permanent inks". Bring your digital image and enter the drawing for a limited number of prints we'll be making with the Epson PictureMate. Celebrate Apple's 30th Birthday with cake instead of donuts. Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

18 March 2006

 

March General Membership Meeting. How to register an Internet Domain Name. Overview on registation and hosting. Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

27 February 2006

 

February eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

18 February 2006

 

February General Membership Meeting. Podcasting Session #2: Overview of Podcasting followed by a step by step demo; Continuation of January meeting's topic. Plus the usual ask-it-basket.

30 January 2006

 

January eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

21 January 2006

 

January General Membership Meeting. Podcasting: Overview followed by a step by step demo. And the usual ask-it-basket.

2 January 2006

 

January eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

17 December 2005

 

December General Membership Meeting. Topics - Yearly Board Elections and an discussion of new and upcomming Apple software and hardware offerings and the usual ask-it-basket.

21 November 2005

 

The forums are back. Unfortunately, all previous posts and accounts were not recreated. You will need to reproduce your account if you had one before. Changes to the forum security to prevent spamming require that you create an account and login to read, reply and post. Please note that you are free to use any id when creating your account, but if you use your real name, it may help those who may try to answer your questions.

Apologies for the down time and lost accounts.

Enter the Forums

28 November 2005

 

November eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

19 November 2005

 

November General Membership Meeting. Topics - Review of the new version of Apple's Backup 3 and an discussion of new and upcomming Apple software and hardware offerings.

25 October 2005

 

Apple Mousse's calendar is now online. You can view it at:

http://ical.mac.com/amug/AppleMousse

Or better yet, subscribe to the calendar via your iCal program. Start iCal. From the Calendar menu, choose Subscribe. Copy/Paste the following into the dialog:

webcal://ical.mac.com/amug/AppleMousse.ics

Click on the 'Subscribe' button. Next, in the 'Subscribing' dialog, turn on 'Refresh', and choose either 'every day', or 'every week', and un-check 'Remove Alarms', as you desire. Click 'OK'.

24 October 2005

 

October eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

15 October 2005

 

October General Membership Meeting. Topic - iWork '05. Review of the new version of Keynote and an introduction to the new Apple software offering Pages.

17 September 2005

 

September General Membership Meeting. Topics: OS 10.4 Tiger's Dashboard. And Review of the new version of Dragon Burn.

22 August 2005

 

August eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

June, July, August 2005

 

Summer Break! Up on deck for next season, iWork '05 and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Visit the member forums for help and information.

21 May 2005

 

May General Membership Meeting. iLife 05! Round III, with more on iPhoto 5, iMovie HD, iDVD 5, iTunes 4.7, GarageBand 2.

25 April 2005

 

April eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

16 April 2005

 

April General Membership Meeting. iLife 05! Round II, with more on iPhoto 5, iMovie HD, iDVD 5, iTunes 4.7, GarageBand 2.

28 March 2005

 

March eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

19 March 2005

 

March General Membership Meeting. iLife 05! With iPhoto 5, iMovie HD, iDVD 5, iTunes 4.7, GarageBand 2.

28 February 2005

 

February eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 6:00 pm. All members welcome.

19 February 2005

 

February General Membership Meeting. .Mac, what is it, and what you can do with it, including: Mail, iDisk, Homepage, Backup, and syncing your Calendar, Address Book and Bookmarks, and more!

27 January 2005

 

January eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 6:00 pm. All members welcome.

15 January 2005

 

January General Membership Meeting. iPod Redux. All you need to know about your new sidekick. Interface with: iTunes, iSync, Addressbook and more!

27 December 2004

 

December eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 6:00 pm. All members welcome.

29 November 2004

 

November eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 5:45 pm. All members welcome.

20 November 2004

 

November General Membership Meeting. Troubleshooting your Mac with Tech Tool Pro and Disk Guardian. Bring your questions!

25 October 2004

 

October eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 6:00 pm. All members welcome.

16 October 2004

 

October General Membership Meeting. A over view and demo of Apple's iPod music player / PDA. Visit http://http://www.apple.com/ipod/ for more info.

18 September 2004

 

September General Membership Meeting. A rep from 4D will be appearing at the meeting to demo the 4D line of products, including the award wining 4th Dimension Application & Database Development Tools and 4D WebSTAR Internet & Mail Servers. As the 4D Database Server is a cross platform product that can run on Macs/Windows, please invite any friends who may be interested. Product discounts will be available to members. Visit http://www.4d.com for more info.

23 August 2004

 

eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 6:00 pm. All members welcome.

26 April 2004

 

April eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 6:00 pm. All members welcome.

17 April 2004

 

April Meeting info: Explorations in Syncing your Mac and The New Faces of Poratable Storage.

Meeting Starts at 10:00 am, come get up to speed on the newest stuff for your Mac!

22 March 2004

 

March eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 6:00 pm. All members welcome.

20 March 2004

 

March Meeting info: Geographic Information Systems and Software. Presentation of the Fairbanks North Star Borough's Internet based GIS System by guest speaker Tom Duncan, FNSB GIS Coordinator. Followed by a demonstration of ArcExplorer by ESRI, a free GIS viewing program for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Unix.

For those who will be bringing a laptop to the meeting, they can visit:

http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/download4.html#macintosh

To download and install ArcExplorer to be ready to follow along during the presentation.

Websites referenced in the demo:

http://gis.co.fairbanks.ak.us

http://www.geographynetwork.com

8 March 2004

 

AppleMousse.org website updated with Guestbook, and backend code improvment.

23 February 2004

 

February eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 6:00 pm. All members welcome.

21 February 2004

 

February Meeting info: Mac OS X Utilties and Ask-It-Mac questions

17 January 2004

 

January Meeting info: Canceled

10 January 2004

 

New AppleMousse.org website released with and Electronic Bulletin Board, ListServ and more..

28 December 2003

 

December eBoard Meeting at the Hot Tamale, 6:00 pm. All members welcome.