Presented by Wil Nelson
When: 1 - 3:30pm, Saturday May 10, 2008
Where: dBug Resource Center
Have you ever come to a dBug meeting and thought it was too advanced? Maybe you're new to using a Macintosh computer, or feel like you just need to learn the basics? This course is designed for the very beginner who would like a jump start on using the Macintosh.
Get a grand tour of Mac OS X from dBug guru Wil Nelson. Learn about the Mouse, Keyboard, Windows, Finder, Desktop, Menu Bar, Dock, Applications, Files, Folders, and System Preferences. Learn how to customize the Finder and Applications to make your work go smoother, learn about keyboard shortcuts to speed your work or web browsing. Learn how to drag and drop files and folders with accuracy, make an alias, duplicate a file, install an application, and more.
Click this link for details.
dBug April Main Meeting
dBug's resident database expert and FileMaker SIG Leader, Bruce Robertson gave us an in-depth look at Bento. Bento is a personal database application created by the developers of FileMaker, but with simplicity and design reminiscent of iTunes, iPhoto, and Pages.
Bruce showed us how Bento can be used as a single place to view and edit all of our data including Address Book contacts, iCal events, and anything else worth keeping track of. We got a look at the built-in templates created by designers and saw how they work. Bruce also showed how to customize the existing layouts and even extend our Address Book contacts with custom details. There is a free demo of Bento available for download and Bruce recommends taking a look at the online demos as well.
After the Bento presentation, Mike Grueter showed a brand-new program just released this month called Dialectic. Dialectic makes it easy to dial your phone (mobile, landline, and VoIP) using your Mac, and it interacts with Address Book to make that more useful too.
Our big raffle included two copies of Bento and two copies of Dialectic among other things. Check the next issue of MacNews for more details about this meeting.
April MacNews Released
The latest issue of dBug's MacNews is hot off the presses! This issue includes information about upcoming classes and our Main meeting this month, an article about controlling iTunes via the keyboard, and more. Click here to download the PDF...
If you missed an issue, check out our MacNews archives.
