PLCC MAC Special Interest Group
(MAC SIG)

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PLCC Mac Group Meeting 2.16.09 Topic: Reunion Software, Genealogy Presented by Martha Dawson Handout: Distributed at the Meeting Genealogy Sites FREE: cyndislist.com – A large categorized and cross-referenced directory of sites for research hundreds of thousands of links. familysearch.org – Mormon site that offers a wealth of opportunities for leaning, research and filing ideas. It has books, histories turned in by others who have done research (be careful accepting others research), census indexes and free download of a basic program called PAF. U.S. and foreign records, census SSDI. rootsweb.com usgenweb.org Kitsap Regional Library (Heritage Quest) Jefferson County Library (Heritage Quest) LDS Church (call for hours) National Archives 5123 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115 www.archives.gov PAID: ancestry.com genealogy.com Jefferson County Genealogical Society (membership allows you to use their resources) Local genealogical societies in the areas where you are searching ************ Reunion Software leisterpro.com $99.00 Available at: leisterpro.com Apple Stores apple.com amazon.com

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Jan 19th Mac Group Meeting

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM in the Computer Class Room at the Bay Club

"We all use the Web and networks so this will be a very beneficial presentation
and will enhance our knowledge of the technical aspects of Net Security."

Below is the outline of the presentation: (Click!)

Network Security for the Common User

by Jim Manderscheid of Strait Up Mac

All PLCC Members are invited -- Mac or No-Mac
This topic is cross platform and the speaker is well versed in Windows OS as well as the Mac OS.

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The Mac SIG usually held on the first Thursday was cancelled for January 1st due to the holiday.

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Here is the announcement for the Dec 15 Mac Meeting: Back to Mac Basics-20 Things you should know PLCC Mac Group Meeting December 15, 2008, 6:00 PM at SBC, Computer Class Room Handout: Handout - 20 Things You Should Know In this meeting we will look at a number of basic OS X operation and programs that all Mac users, new and more experienced, might want to know. Bob Snow will be the presenter. Some of the ideas to be covered include taking images off the web, when and how should you repair permissions and verify the hard drive, setting your printer to do draft copies (saves ink), why set up smart mailboxes in Mail?, using tabs in your web browser, adding birthdays to your Address Book and iCAL, password protecting your Airport, adding another administrator account in System Preferences, and more. Topics 1-System Preferences, adding an additional administrator account 2-The Dock and Sidebar tricks 3-Disk Utility - Repairing Permissions and Verifying your disk 4-Printers-Setting up for draft printing, doing PDFs 5-Web Browsing (Safari and Firefox) -Tabbed Browsing, taking images off the web 6-Making partial screen prints 7-Command-T and Command - + and Command - - 8-Smart Mailboxes in Mail and Smart Albums in iPhoto 9-Password protecting your Airport 10-Essential Shortcut Keys 11-Making Aliases and temporary folders 12-Three or four views of the Hard Drive 13-Getting at the Dictionary 14-What are the "eyeball" and "gear" on the Finder window tool bar 15-Making Icon Previews on the Desktop 16-A quick move to the Trash Control-Click the icon Too see last year's program, click here!

If it is Saturday, it is time to take your Questions to the 10:30am Workshop at the Bay Club!

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Port Ludlow, WA 98365
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