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SEAL on Google+
Posted: May 15th, 2012
SEAL now has a Google Plus page so Google+ users can add us to their circles. We plan to post meeting reports, links to software and hardware mentioned at meetings and important items of Mac news (such as security updates). The Google+ page will allow you to comment on our posts too.
SEAL on Google+
Meeting Report: 11th May 2012
Posted: May 12th, 2012
We discussed recent Apple-related news including Apple’s recent excellent financial results, the changes from the latest Mountain Lion developer preview and Google Drive.
John gave us a demonstration of the Do Not Track Plus extension for Safari (Chrome and Firefox versions also available) which reports and blocks Ad companies and Social Networks tracking you on the web.
Several members brought their Macs along to get assistance during the Workshop, this included and iMac that wouldn’t boot and help playing a Video CD (we suggested using VLC which worked well).
Also mentioned during the meeting were:
Launchpad-Control
TED Talk on Memory
Website Updates
Posted: May 7th, 2012
We’ve made some changes to this web site to remove some obsolete features and bring information up-to-date:
- Updated the contact e-mail addresses.
- Updated the meeting dates for 2012/13.
- Removed the forums link, comment option on news items and mailing list details as we weren’t using them. A new method of allowing comments and interaction is coming soon.
Look out for further changes and improvements soon.
Meeting Report: 13th April 2012
Posted: April 15th, 2012
We started the meeting with our usual discussion of the month’s Apple news which included the Beta of PhotoShop CS6, Filemaker 12 and the Flashback Trojan (including Apple’s recently released Java update which deals with it).
Dave gave us a demo of Google Plus, we may be using it for Club communication in future.
A new member attended this meeting and accidentally left behind the contact details we gave her. If you read this, please contact Robert at secretary@seal-apple.co.uk.
Meeting Report: 9th March 2012
Posted: April 5th, 2012
At this meeting there were several exciting Apple announcements to discuss including the new iPad, iPhoto for iPad and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
We then took a look at the beta of the new Messages application which will be replacing iChat in Mountain Lion.
David told us about Quicksilver, a free app that allows you to launch applications and documents, search and much more from the keyboard. It’s an alternative to Alfred which has been mentioned at previous meetings.
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