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Meeting Report: 10th September 2010
Posted: September 22nd, 2010
We started the meeting with a discussion covering Apple’s recent announcements of the new iPod shuffle, iPod nano, iPod touch and Apple TV.
John then gave us an interesting presentation on OpenMeta, a standard for tagging files that can be used across applications. OpenMeta tags stay with files when they are moved about and don’t rely on a central database. Tags can be read and written by multiple applications and also work in Spotlight searches (using the tag: identifier). A list of the applications currently supporting OpenMeta is available.
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Meeting Report: 13th August 2010
Posted: August 15th, 2010
This meeting kicked off with a lively news section where members disucssed Apple’s recent hardware releases, the Magic Trackpad, battery charger and, upgraded iMacs and Mac Pros.
We then had a discussion about malware especially highlighting recent news stories about the possibility of malware on smartphone operatings systems like iOS.
To round the meeting off Dave gave a demonstration of Safari extensions, a feature which has been added in version 5 of Apple’s browser. Extensions allow developers to a features to Safari in various ways. Dave told us what extensions can do and showed some examples of the ones already available. He also gave a brief overview of how extensions are developed.
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Meeting Report: 9th July 2010
Posted: August 13th, 2010
In our news section members discussed the iPhone 4 reception issues and Apple’s response along with the new, redesigned, Mac Mini.
The rest of the meeting was an extended workshop covering issues members wanted to discuss.
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Meeting Report: 11th June 2010
Posted: June 12th, 2010
Two members brought their new iPads to this first SEAL meeting after the UK release so members got the chance to play with Apple’s latest.
We discussed the latest news including Apple’s iPhone 4 announcement and the recent release of Safari 5. Also mentioned were the winners of the Apple Design Awards for iOS (iPhone and iPad) apps and the Ars Design Awards run by Ars Technica for Mac Applications.
Dave brought along his G5 iMac which has recently succumbed we suspect due to the capacitor plague after 5 years of service. Dave opened up the computer so members could see it’s design and construction and also see the failed capactiors.
Robert gave an introduction to AppleScript presentation covering the basics of Apple’s scripting language and some of the uses it can be put to. He demonstrated some of his own scripts and showed members how they could find out more. Websites for more information on AppleScript include:
AppleScript, the language of automation (recommended by Apple)
MacScripter with tutorials and lots of example AppleScripts
Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes
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Meeting Report: 14th May 2010
Posted: May 17th, 2010
The undoubted star of this meeting was Sonia’s iPad which she had imported from America. Sonia gave a detailed demonstration of Apple’s new tablet including the new iPad versions of the iWork applications: Pages, Keynote and Numbers. Using the VGA adaptor accessory we were able to project slideshows and presentations (although sadly it can’t display the user interface). Sonia also had a number of third party games and apps installed which proved very popular with members.
From the number of members who had already placed an order and those who were wowed by their hands-on impressions with the device we expect to see quite a few iPads at the June meeting!
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