AEA Macintosh User Group Meetings
Lunchtime meetings are usually held on the third Thursday of every odd month from 11:30 - 12:30. Meetings are usually held in A3/Dining Room A or B. Meetings feature presentations by Aerospace Macintosh specialists, general forums on popular software subjects, and demonstrations by major vendors. Flyers and e-mail announcing the meeting are sent out a week before the event. Meeting topic suggestions and requests are always welcome.


Date Time Place Guest/Topic Notes
July 17, 2008 11:30 am A3/Dining Room A WWDC 2008 Highlights with Ron Ustach, Apple, Inc.  
May 15, 2008 11:30 am A3/Dining Room A Belkin TuneStudio http://www.belkin.com/tunestudio/
March 20, 2008 11:30 am A1/1082 Drobo by Data Robotics, Inc.

http://www.drobo.com

January 24, 2008 11:30 am A1/1082 MacWorld Announcements  
November 15, 2007 11:30 am A3/Dining Room B Member Favorite Shareware/Freeware Handout.pdf
September 20, 2007 11:30 am A6/1404 Latest from Apple News by by Tim White and Ron Ustach, Apple, Inc. Discussed recent updates on iLife, iWork, iPods, iMacs, and other news.
July 19, 2007 11:30 am A3/Dining Room B Videos We viewed video from Photoshop World and MacWorld (complete with tips) and shared some of our favorite YouTube Mac-related flicks.
May 17, 2007 11:30 am A3/Dining Room B Converting DVDs to iPod (and AppleTV) Demos of Handbreak, an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows and MacTheRipper, a free DVD ripper (extractor) for Mac OS X
March 15, 2007 11:30 am A3/Dining Room B Review of Online and Retail Photo Developers Comparison of different photo developers (both
online and retail stores). The companies reviewed where:

Apple iPhoto
Shutterfly
Snapfish
Costco
Yahoo!Photo
Kodak Gallery
CVS
Paul's Photo
Epson PictureMate Deluxe Viewer photo printer (in our Library)
January 18, 2007 11:30 am A3/Dining Room B

MacWorld SF 2007 Overview by Tim White and Ron Ustach, Apple, Inc.

 
November 16, 2006 11:30 am A1/1082

Using Webcams by John Coggi

LanDesk Q&A by Maryann Trozzo

LanDesk Q&A (pdf)

Webcam presentation (pdf)

September 21, 2006 11:30 am A3/Dining Room A Parallels Demo and WWDC Overview by Ron Ustach and Tim White

Parallels Software

WWDC Highlights

August 30, 2006 7:30 pm Knob Hill Community Center, Redondo Beach Taming Mac OS X Tiger by Matt Neuberg Matt Neuberg's website
July 20, 2006 11:30 am A3/Dining Room A Adobe InDesign Tips & Tricks by Jenny Jacobs, graphic artist from the Hyder Group Hyder Group website
May 18, 2006 11:30 am A3/ Dining Room A VoIP by AMUG Officers Presentation and Handouts (zip)
March 16, 2006 11:30 am A1/1082 Unix Tips and Tricks by Ron Ustach Presentation
January 19, 2006 11:30 am A3/Dining Room A Overview of MacWorld SF 2006 MacWorld SF 2006 News
November 17, 2005 11:30 am A3/Dining Room A

Demo of Blender by Terence Yeoh

Member Show & Tell

Blender Official Site
September 15, 2005 11:30 am Off-site Visit Manhattan Village Mall Apple Store Manhattan Village Apple Store Retail Website
July 21, 2005 11:30 am A1/1082

Movie Contest Results

Mac Mini and VPN

by Mark Looper

Meeting Notes (pdf)
May 19, 2005 11:30 am A3/Dining Room A

Photo to Movie

Mac OS X 10.4.x

Meeting Notes (pdf)

Photo to Movie (website)

Mac OS X 10.4.x (website)

March 17, 2005 11:30 am A1/1082 RSS, Web Blogs, and Podcasts  
January 20, 2005 11:30 am A3/Dining Room A

Wiki's & Rsync by Sam Gasster

MacWorld Update by Maryann Trozzo

Wiki's & Rsync Presentation (pdf)

Wiki website (Aeronet only)

Gasster's Mac-tip site (Aeronet only)

MacWorld SF 2005

May 20, 2004 11:30 am A3/Dining Room A Google is Your Friend: How to Help Yourself to Self Support by Ann Mazuk

Remote Access Update by Max Asato

Presentation (pdf)

March 18, 2004 11:30 am A3/Dining Room A Indispensable OS X/ Unix Tools

Presentation (pdf)

January 22, 2004 11:30 am A3/Dining Room A MacWorld Update from Ron & Monika, Apple Computers

Agenda (pdf)

Q&A:

DVD-R Compatibility Help Site

November 20, 2003 12 noon A6/1404

Mark Looper - Tips & Tricks on popular Mac OS X apps used at Aerospace

Rob Chismar - iMovie demo

Agenda (pdf)

Mac OS X Tips (pdf)

The 3 AMUGRZ movie (8 mb)

October 8, 2003 11 am Paulikas Mall AEA October Festival Festival Details
September 18, 2003 11:30am A1/1082

Remote Access using CISCO VPN by Max Asato

Making Music Videos by Rob Chismar

July 17, 2003 11:30am A3/Dining Room B

iChat, iSight and Backup Software

Download Presentation (pdf - 1.3MB
May 15, 2003 11:30am A6/1404

iTunes 4 and new iPod by Catherine Venturini

Cell Phone Technology by John Coggi

iTunes and iPod (pdf - 1.3MB)

Cell Phone Technology (pdf - 14.3MB)

April 3, 2003 11:30am A3/Dining Room B

Corporate Mac Support Policy Briefing by Susan McCormack

Policy presentation (pdf)
March 20, 2003 11:30am A1/1082

X11 and Fink by Thomas Yengst

Intel Qx3 Microscope by Sam Gasster

Besides general club announcements we will be discussing X11, Fink, and the x-windows environment on the Mac. Also a demo of the Intel Qx3 digital Microscope running under OS X will be shown.

General meeting notes (pdf)

X11 and Fink Presentation (pdf)

January 16, 2003 11:30am A3/Dining Room B Ron Ustach, Apple Ron will discuss Apple's recent announcements from MacWorld!
November 11, 2002 11:30am A3/2226 Mike Riley, Adobe Mike Riley from Adobe will come show us a demo of Adobe's Photoshop Elements and more!
September 9, 2002 11:30am A3/2226 All AMUG Officers AMUG benefits, Dazzle & iMovie demo, plus a look into Jaguar!Download Presentation
July 8, 2002 11:30am A3/2226 John Coggi (GHTD) and Ann Mazuk (DMSP) AMUGs own John Coggi and Ann Mazuk will discuss their transition from OS 9 to OS X.
Download PowerPoint Charts
May 13, 2002 11:30am A3/2226 Ron Ustach (Apple), Randy Beezley (CIRD) Ron Ustach will discuss the latest from Apple and the WWDC conference and Randy Beezley will discuss the usage of Macs at Aerospace. We will also take care of some general club matters including elections of unfilled officer positions.
Apr 23, 2002 10am - 2pm A3 Cafeteria Apple Science and Engineering Computer Exhibit The most current software and hardware, including the new G4 iMac, will be featured. The corporation's SOAP (Satellite Orbit Analysis Program) software and other programs from outside vendors will be included in the exhibit.
Feb 25, 2002 11:30am A3/2226 Ron Ustach, Apple Computer He will be demoing iPhoto on the big screen and giving us an update on MacOS X. He is hoping to bring a new iMac and some good prizes.


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