The first ever
Regional Macintosh Gathering
for Southern California Mac users

Vendor Presentations — Free to all attendees

Software & hardware vendors have a lot to teach us about their products and each product's raison d'être. In these 2 hour presentations, you'll learn about the Mac issues that create the need for these products and how each product fulfills the need. You'll learn about background, issues, features, and such.

There is no charge for these presentations. We strongly encourage you to attend as they are a terrific opportunity to learn more about things you know or discover new solutions.

Note our security session, listed below, to be scheduled, and that we are also developing a session to teach about new printing technology such as Bluetooth, Rendezvous, and wireless, thanks to HP.

Saturday

Time

Presentation One

Presentation Two
10:00
'til
noon

iMovie & eZedia Plug-ins

Learn how easy it is to make your own digital movies with iMovie. In a few simple steps, learn how to import footage, create scenes, arrange clips and add special effects. Then quickly supercharge your movie with the latest iMovie enhancements from eZedia - eZeMatte, eZeScreen, eZeClip, and eZediaMotion.

Keep your data safe with Prosoft's Data Safety System
(10 - 11, repeated 11 - 12)

What is the most important thing on your computer? Your data. Prosoft will show how to protect your data and keep it safe with its Data Safety System. Prosoft will show you how to recover your data once your drive has been corrupted and how Data Rescue works to recover all your important data. Prosoft will go over the importance of backing up your data and show how easy it can be to backup with its Data Backup utility. Prosoft will also show you Data Recycler (labeled "the first must-have utility of 2003" by Ted Landau of MacFixIt), an undelete program to save you from accidental file deletion.

Keep your data safe with Prosoft's Data Safety System
(10-11 11 - 12)
12:15
'til
2:15

Maximize Your Time & Manage Your Business With AccountEdge

You will be taken on a guided tour of all areas of MYOB's award winning software, AccountEdge. Special attention will be given to that potentially intimidating job of setting it all up. After that you will see how to perform typical day-to-day tasks such as paying bills, invoicing customers, time tracking, inventory management, and designing your own unique forms. Your tour guides will be MYOB Certified Consultants, Nanci Lee and Debbie Koltun, winner of MYOB's Certified Consultant Of The Year Award and recipient of MYOB's first ever Certified Consultant Life Achievement Award.

The Complete StuffIt Compression Primer
And FUN (yes fun)

Whether you know it or not, chances are good that you're using file compression.
Do you need to know about compressing files? You do if you do email, have a website, archive files or jobs, or download files or apps from the internet.

Learn how StuffIt accelerates your everyday digital life by helping you email attachments that transfer faster, eliminates cross-platform hassles, automates digital distribution, and more!. Join Peter Tempel, Senior Tech Support Specialist, for an engaging discussion about compression, utilities, and OS X FUN.
That's right, fun! With Aladdin's new OS X Games suite, you'll play with your Mac and get hours of entertainment.
2:30
'til
4:30

Font Reserve

The official description will be posted Tuesday. Meanwhile, here's an idea of what you'll learn.
Before OS X the system put fonts in 1 place. In OS X, there are many more places where fonts reside. So how do you install them, manage them, and ensure that you're using the correct version of a font? This, and more, will be explained.

Micromat Discusses Macintosh troubleshooting

Do you want to get the optimal performance from your Macintosh and be sure that your data is safe? Join Micromat's Jeff Baudin and Christian Pickman as they discuss Macintosh troubleshooting and file system maintenance as well as things you can do to keep your Macintosh running its at peak performance.They will also demonstrate Drive 10 with a sneak preview into the soon-to-be released TechTool Pro 4 for Mac OS X.
4:45
'til
6:45

The reality of Mac Security; everything you should know about your Mac's security.

Mac OS X has many built-in security features to enhance both the desktop security (physical access when you or others are in front of your Mac) and to protect against Internet intruders. Do you know all of them and how to best use each one? Learn what Mac OS X has to offer to ensure your Mac stays secure. Learn about things OS X cannot do on its own, and what you can do to enhance the security features already present in the operating system.

This one hour presentation by Nicholas Raba, founder and author of SecureMac.com will include question and answer. Nick will be available in the MacScan booth afterwards to continue discussion on the topic and answer your questions.

iSync, therefore I know where I am

Wondering how to get your data from your Mac to your PDA or phone or iPod or vice versa? Want to sync data between two Macs. If this stuff has you confused, come get a handle on it all. Also learn how Apple's Backup plays a role in keeping your digital life together.

This session will run from 4:45 until about 6:00.

 

Sunday

Time

Presentation One

Presentation Two
10:00
'til
noon

Micromat Discusses Macintosh troubleshooting

Do you want to get the optimal performance from your Macintosh and be sure that your data is safe? Join Micromat's Jeff Baudin and Christian Pickman as they discuss Macintosh troubleshooting and file system maintenance as well as things you can do to keep your Macintosh running its at peak performance.They will also demonstrate Drive 10 with a sneak preview into the soon-to-be released TechTool Pro 4 for Mac OS X.

Keep your data safe with Prosoft's Data Safety System

What is the most important thing on your computer? Your data. Prosoft will show how to protect your data and keep it safe with its Data Safety System. Prosoft will show you how to recover your data once your drive has been corrupted and how Data Rescue works to recover all your important data. Prosoft will go over the importance of backing up your data and show how easy it can be to backup with its Data Backup utility. Prosoft will also show you Data Recycler (labeled "the first must-have utility of 2003" by Ted Landau of MacFixIt), an undelete program to save you from accidental file deletion.
12:15
'til
2:15

Font Reserve

The official description will be posted Monday. Meanwhile, here's an idea of what you'll learn.
Before OS X the system put fonts in 1 place. In OS X, there are many more places where fonts reside. So how do you install them, manage them, and ensure that you're using the correct version of a font? This, and more, will be explained.

Digital Media Made Quick & Easy: eZediaMX & eZediaQTI

Learn how to quickly and easily create digital portfolios, presentations, multimedia slide shows, interactive CD-ROM projects and rich internet content. Explore how eZediaMX makes multimedia authoring quick and easy, and how affordable interactive QuickTime authoring can be with eZediaQTI.
2:30
'til
4:30

Maximize Your Time & Manage Your Business With AccountEdge

You will be taken on a guided tour of all areas of MYOB's award winning software, AccountEdge. Special attention will be given to that potentially intimidating job of setting it all up. After that you will see how to perform typical day-to-day tasks such as paying bills, invoicing customers, time tracking, inventory management, and designing your own unique forms. Your tour guides will be MYOB Certified Consultants, Nanci Lee and Debbie Koltun, winner of MYOB's Certified Consultant Of The Year Award and recipient of MYOB's first ever Certified Consultant Life Achievement Award.

The Complete StuffIt Compression Primer
And FUN (yes fun)

Whether you know it or not, chances are good that you're using file compression.
Do you need to know about compressing files? You do if you do email, have a website, archive files or jobs, or download files or apps from the internet.
Learn how StuffIt accelerates your everyday digital life by helping you email attachments that transfer faster, eliminates cross-platform hassles, automates digital distribution, and more!. Join Peter Tempel, Senior Tech Support Specialist, for an engaging discussion about compression, utilities, and OS X FUN.
That's right, fun! With Aladdin's new OS X Games suite, you'll play with your Mac and get hours of entertainment.
4:45
'til
5:45

TBA

TBA


This page was last updated on Friday, March 5, 2004 at 8:51 PM.

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