MCE - Macintosh Computer Expo

iPhoto ‘09 Tips and Tricks

The latest version of iPhoto is brimming with a plethora of goodies for photographers of all skill levels. In this session, Derrick Story will show you a dozen techniques that will improve your efficiency while working with your pictures. A little Faces, a little Places, and lots more.

How to Set Up an iPhoto Referenced Library

As any active photographer knows, you can quickly fill up your Mac’s hard drive with thousands of high resolution photos. But there’s an alternative. By setting up a referenced library on a separate hard drive, you can enjoy iPhoto on your Mac without exceeding its capacity. Plus, you can point other applications to these “master” files, such as Aperture, Lightroom, and Bridge. In fact, you can have one set of photos serve as the source files for all of these programs… at the same time! Derrick Story shows you how.

Backup - You do don’t you?

Learn how Apple has streamlined backing up in Leopard and now Snow Leopard with Time Machine. But, is this enough? Not really. I’ll show you options beyond Time Machine and why you should implement them sooner rather than later. We will also have a quick look at recovering from a disaster such as a hard drive failure or accidental file deletion.

Keep Your Mac purring

Computer maintenance has come a long way in the last few years. Join me and find out which commercial or shareware utilities are best for you. See what changes Apple has made to maintenance with Snow Leopard and find out why tune-ups are not just for cars.

The latest version of Mac OS X, version 10.6 Snow Leopard, will only
have been out for a short time by the time MCE rolls around. Join Mac
experts and fellow NCMUG members Tom Negrino and Dori Smith as they evaluate whether or not you should upgrade to Snow Leopard, show off the cool new features, and show you how you can be more productive with the operating system and the changes in Apple’s included applications.

iMovie ‘09 makes it easy to manage, edit, and share video. The new version is also surprisingly powerful, with features that let you reduce camera shake, add picture-in-picture effects, create cutaways, and even do green-screening — just like your TV weather forecaster.

No one knows iMovie better than Jim Heid, the author of the world’s top-selling book on Apple’s iLife suite. Join him for a tip-packed guided tour of iMovie’s editing features. Learn how to manage and edit video efficiently, how to create gorgeous photo montages from your iPhoto library, how to share your creations on YouTube or DVD, and much, much more

Every business has a website these days. There’s simply no better way to promote your products and services to your current and future customers. Having a website is essential, and keeping the content fresh is just as important. But with prices for having a site designed and updated climbing every day, who can afford it?

Photographers, restaurant owners, contractors and anyone else looking to promote their business online will benefit from this discussion.

Join Ian Schray as he discusses best practices for creating and maintaining your web site using Freeway, the award-winning web design app for the Mac.

Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch are powerful devices out of the box, but both are capable of so much more. In this session, you’ll learn how to find their hidden features, protect your personal information, share with friends online, and which apps can help keep your life organized, turn your iPhone into a musical instrument, set your inner artist free, and even turn your iPod touch into an Internet phone.

On the TV show “CSI” we see them recover amazing evidence from computers. But what happens in the real world? What does this mean to me and the privacy of the personal information on my computer? I will discuss where data exists on your MAC (You WILL be surprised!), as well as MAC tools to help you keep your data private.

Social networks are much more than hangouts for teens, they are also great for serious uses, professional development, building your business, keeping up to date with family or current events. I’ll cover how to use effectively use Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to get more out of your life, your career, and your business.

Been using Office 2008 for Mac for a while now, but haven’t had time yet to explore some of the its new or advanced features? Interested in seeing what’s in Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, but haven’t had time to even check it out yet? Whether you are an experienced writer, an accomplished presenter, an avid e-mail user, or a real number cruncher, this presentation will give you a solid overview of what is in Office 2008 for Mac, with an emphasis on the new and advanced features including Publishing Layout View in Word, Custom Themes in PowerPoint, new calendar features in Entourage and the Formula Builder tool in Excel. There will also be time for ample Q&A.

Attendees Will Learn: This presentation will include a quick introduction to each of the applications in the Office 2008 suite, and demonstrations and explanations of many advanced features (or advanced uses of more basic features), including styles and bibliographies in Word; SmartArt in PowerPoint; calendars improvements in Entourage; and charts in Excel.