The MUG Event Calendar for April 9: Andy Ihnatko, Dave Marra, Dave Amidon and Arthur Maddalena of Apple, Steve Adler and Adam Pratt of Adobe, Freeverse Software, Noodlesoft, Chromatic Bytes and Much More
This busiest week of April on The MUG Event Calendar finds Mac User Groups around the world will hosting notable guests, informative programs and interesting demonstrations.
Dave Marra of Apple will be in New Jersey, Andy Ihnatko will visit a Colorado group, Apple Solutions Consultant Dave Amidon will present in Rhode Island, and Arthur Maddalena, a Lead Apple Store Genius will speak to two California groups. Steve Adler and Adam Pratt of Adobe will present to groups in New Jersey and Illinois, respectively, Freeverse Software will be in New York as will Noodlesoft and Chromatic Bytes, and digital artist John Derry is the featured guest at a group in Texas.
Among the many interesting presentations scheduled elsewhere are discussions of home theater with and without the Apple TV in California and Pennsylvania, the many things iPhoto can do in Oregon, hard drive utilities in Washington state, and Photoshop topics in Michigan and Pennsylvania. The future of broadband will be discussed in Australia and printer options and information will be talked about in Canada.
Is your group meeting this month? Get your topic listed on the MUG Event Calendar by emailing your meeting information to The MUG Center.
This week’s meetings include:
| Monday | 9-Apr | Mac2MUG – Tax software review by Tom Davis |
| Macintosh Computer Club of Calgary (Canada) – Printers – inkjet vs. laser, refilling, coming trends etc. and an overview of email, focusing on Apple’s Mail software | ||
| Maryland Apple Corps – Back to Basics, iWhat? – Part Two (Software that comes with your Mac) | ||
| Tuesday | 10-Apr | Princeton Macintosh Users Group – Apple Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra |
| Oxford Macintosh Users Group (United Kingdom) – £10 apps – we look at the best and essential apps for under about £10 | ||
| Washington, D.C. Acrobat User Group – Collaborative Editing and Review of Text and Graphics | ||
| MacinTech – DSL & Cable and Networks & Security | ||
| Gateway Area Macintosh Users Group – Running Windows/PC applications on your Intel Mac: a comparison of Boot Camp, Parallels and Crossover Office | ||
| Charlotte Apple Computer Club – Widget Workshop | ||
| AUSOM (Australia) – Multimedia SIG: Analog to Digital Video Conversion; Anthony Agius of MacTalk | ||
| Mount Dora Macintosh User Group – iTunes, iPods, the iTunes Store & Internet Radio | ||
| MacWitcha – To Be Announced | ||
| New Hampshire Seacoast Mac Users – Open Q&A | ||
| Corvallis Macintosh User Group – how to use iPhoto tools and shareware to manage images and libraries, as well as how to turn images into books, calendars, mugs and more | ||
| Wednesday | 11-Apr | Serious Macintosh Users Group – Apple’s New Products |
| Whatcomb Macintosh Users Group – Lee Mann, Renowned Northwest landscape photographer | ||
| Hershey Apple Core – Mac Media Center (without Apple TV) & Remote Controlling Your Mac | ||
| Thursday | 12-Apr | Colorado Macintosh User Group – Andy Ihnatko |
| Saskatoon Macintosh Users Group (Canada) – Taxtron | ||
| East Bay Macintosh Users Group – Roxio’s Toast Titanium 8 | ||
| MetroMac – Noodlesoft presents"Hazel" and Chromatic Bytes presents "ZeusDraw" | ||
| dBUG – Hard Drive Utilities | ||
| Seattle Xcoders – "dTrace 101" | ||
| Rhode Island Macintosh User Group – Apple Solutions Consultant Dave Amidon | ||
| Capitol Macintosh – CapMac Triple Play: My Favorite Mac Magic Tricks, VideoCue2 and a TBA | ||
| Portland Macintosh Users Group – Updating OS X – Live Demonstration | ||
| Saginaw Macintosh Users Group – Photoshop techniques from the Ben Willmore Seminar Tour | ||
| ApplePickers – Search Engines Options and Demonstration of Group’s Online Forums | ||
| MacApple Users of San Antonio – TBA | ||
| Laguna Woods Village Macintosh Club – Arthur Maddalena, Lead Apple Store Genius presents “iChat – not just idle chitchat†| ||
| Tidewater Macintosh Users Group – General Meeting | ||
| Friday | 13-Apr | Long Island Macintosh User Group – Freeverse Software presents Lineform |
| Atlantic City Macintosh Users Group – Social Networking | ||
| Macintosh Users of Central New Jersey – Steven Adler of Adobe | ||
| Saturday | 14-Apr | Northwest of Us – Adam Pratt of Adobe Demonstrates Adobe Creative Suite 3 |
| Southern California Macintosh Owners/Users Group – Arthur Maddelena, Lead Apple Store Genius presents: "Apple’s New TV: Worth Waiting For?" | ||
| Main Line Macintosh Users Group – Digital Magic with Photoshop | ||
| Apple Corps of Dallas – Digital Artist John Derry | ||
| AUSOM (Australia) – The Current Status and Future of Broadband | ||
| Mountain View Computer User Group – New OS Features – Leopard & Vista side by side (If Leopard is available.) | ||
| dBUG – iWeb Class | ||
| Sunday | 15-Apr | MacGroup-Detroit – Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium |
| Double-Click – “Photo Fixing on a Budget: Adobe Photoshop Elements†|