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Meeting Report: February 12th 2010

Updated: February 16th, 2010

The meeting started with our usual discussion of the latest Mac related news. The hot topic was of course Apple’s iPad announcement. As expected members were very excited about the device and there was much discussion about its features and how it will affect the market for laptops, netbooks and other devices. Other news items discussed included:

• Aperture 3 – the latest version of Apple’s pro photography application.
• Apple’s relationship with Google and rumours that they might change the default search provider on iPhones to Bing.
• Bumptop – a 3D desktop which has just released a Mac version.
• MagicPrefs – a free utility which adds flexibility to the Magic Mouse.

During the workshop portion of the meeting members discussed various Mac problems and gave hints and tips. Alan was looking for recommendations for how to deal with a large number of duplicates in his iTunes library.

Robert gave a demonstration of the Image Capture application included with Mac OS X. The new Snow Leopard version is a big improvement over previous releases and can be used with a wide variety of scanners and most digital cameras without installing drivers from their manufacturers. Despite some hardware problems with his scanner and camera, Robert showed some of the useful scanning features including automatic cropping and various image adjustment options.

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