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8th May 2009
Posted: May 9th, 2009
SEAL met as normal in May but we don’t have a report from this meeting, sorry!
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10th April 2009
Posted: April 17th, 2009
Robert and David gave a presentation showing two uses for the audio recording program Wiretap Studio which was included in the recent Mac Heist 3 bundle.
Robert showed how the Recording Sessions feature can be used to set up scheduled recordings of Internet radio broadcasts.
Dave then demonstrated recording albums from a Mini Disc player and then splitting and editing tracks using the built-in editor for export into iTunes.
Also at this meeting Malcolm described a somewhat hidden feature of MobileMe which allows you to make the contents of your iDisk available off-line and automatically sync changes when you later connect. The process is described in the Apple support article Creating a copy of your iDisk. Darren told us about Burn, a useful free DVD and CD burning program.
As an aside, several members mentioned how much they enjoyed watching (and listening to) the talks on all manner of topics found at ted.com.
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13th March 2009
Posted: March 16th, 2009
Nigel started the meeting with a demonstration of Apple’s recently released Safari 4 beta showing the new features including “Top Sites”, full-text history search, cover flow (for bookmarks and history) and the new tab design.
We then went on the discuss Apple’s recent announcements and releases, the iPod Shuffle 3G and updates to the iMac, Mac mini and Mac Pro.
Mick had received a replacement for his faulty Mac Book Pro (see February’s meeting report) and SEAL’s old Amiga hands helped him install the Amiga emulator E-UAE including an Intel native build and the HiToro GUI. The end result was impressive, running very fast and looking great on the Mac Book Pro’s high resolution screen.
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13th February 2009
Posted: February 14th, 2009
At this meeting we had a bit of a throw back to our days as an Amiga club as Mick was installing the Amiga emulator E-UAE (an Intel build is also available) on his new MacBook Pro. After getting most of the emulation working, Mick started to have some problems with his MacBook Pro crashing with display corruption and a Kernel Panic. As this was happening consistently he’s going to have to return it to Apple for service.
Other discussions among members during the evening covered iLife ‘09 (in particular iWeb) and Aperture 2.
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CT Solutions Special Event 29th January 2009
Posted: January 31st, 2009
CT Solutions invited SEAL members to a private event at their store in the Meadows centre, Chelmsford.
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Charlotte from CT Solutions introduces the event.
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Sue talks with one of CT Solutions’ staff.
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Chris from Apple gives a demonstration of Aperture 2 and iLife ‘09.
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Charlotte from CT Solutions and Robert from SEAL who organised the event.
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Charlotte presents John with his prize of a Crumpler bag.
As members arrived they were able to look around the store where most of Apple’s current product range was on display along with many interesting accessories and pieces of software.
Once everyone had arrived, Charlotte from CT introduced the event and covered the role of Apple Premium Resellers.
Chris Thompson from Apple then gave us a very interesting presentation. He started with Aperture 2, Apple’s professional photo editing and management application. Chris is a keen amateur photographer and this showed in his enthusiasm for the application. iLife ‘09 has just been released so Chris was able to give us a quick preview of Garage Band and iPhoto. In Garage Band he concentrated on the new features for guitar players and the artist lessons. In iPhoto face detection and recognition was the main focus.
After the presenation there was some more time browse the available products and get help and advice from CT’s team of advisors.
This was a really interesting event and we thank CT Solutions for inviting us.
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