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If you are looking for a Macintosh User Group near you, be sure to visit the Apple User Group Locator on the Apple web site. It will allow you to search by state, country and specialty. If you want to surf a list of the most active user groups in the world, finding out what [...]

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Final Cut Pro User Group Network Announces SuperBooth at NAB in Las Vegas

The Final Cut Pro User Group Network (FCPUG) “SuperBooth”, part of NABShow 2009, will offer a full 4 day schedule of free immersive sessions with Final Cut Studio, Adobe and digital filmmaking Gurus who will answer questions, demo user-driven production and postproduction workflows, and screen content created with Final Cut Studio and other Macintosh based [...]

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Make Your Mac User Group a Stop on the “Welcome to Macintosh” User Group Tour

The producers of Welcome to Macintosh, “‘The documentary for the rest of us.’ the first documentary of its kind to mix history, criticism and an unapologetic revelry of all things Apple into a movie experience,” have extended a special offer to Mac User Groups everywhere to make their creation part of your upcoming meetings.

By [...]

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Adobe User Group Breakfast Video Now Available

As anticipation builds for the upcoming WWDC announcements, it is time to take a trip down memory lane…the whole way back to January and the sold-out Adobe User Group Breakfast. Can’t remember all of the details of the products shown? Just want a refresher? No problem. In late January we released the audio of the [...]

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New Pages Resource Available to Mac User Groups

Hartley Jim Jackson of the Northern Vermont Macintosh User Group has authored an impressive 125-page eBook, Exploring Pages ’08 with Pages ’08, and is offering it to Mac User Group leaders and members for free.

The book covers all aspects of Pages, from word processing to page layout and beyond, including working with images drawing, [...]

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The MacReviewCast’s Tim Verpoorten Offers User Group Newsletter Articles

Tim Verpoorten of the excellent MacReviewCast is extending his support to Mac User Groups by offering original articles for their newsletters.

Tim is authoring a monthly article on some of the best Mac freeware that he’s found and covered on the show, and is making it available to Mac User Groups for free.

There are two ways [...]

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Use MacVoices’ Macworld Expo Coverage for Your Group’s Meetings

If your group is doing a Macworld wrap-up meeting this month, or if you’re just looking for some fodder for discussion of new and interesting products, consider using one or more of MacVoices’ Expo-themed interviews as a basis for or supplement to your presentation.

MacVoices recently completed deliver of 63 different Expo-floor interviews, presentations and panel [...]

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Adobe User Group Breakfast Audio Available on MacVoices

Didn’t make it to Macworld Expo? Couldn’t get in to the sold-out Adobe User Group Breakfast? Can’t remember all of the details of the products shown? No problem. MacVoices has published the audio of the event so you can enjoy the informative and entertaining presentations by Terry White, Dave Helmly and Mike Downey.

Broken down into [...]

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Excerpts from the “The Mac OS X Lexicon” Available for User Group Publications

Take Control: The Mac OS X Lexicon is the most recent effort from author Sharon Zardetto. Now, Mac User Groups can share some of Sharon’s work in their publications.

Sharon is offering “The X-Lex,” excerpts from her book, for MUG publication reprint, each for a limited time. These short articles define and explain terminology from the [...]

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Audio of the First User Groups 2.0 Virtual Conference Available

The audio of the discussion at the first User Groups 2.0 Virtual Conference is now available for listening and download.

The MUG Center‘s first gathering of user group leaders to discuss the state of the MUG community, exchange ideas and look to the future was held on October 29, and keynoted by James Lee [...]

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