NEWSLETTER OF THE LONG ISLAND MACINTOSH USERS GROUP
October’s Meeting
LIMac Inc.
P.O. Box 2048
Seaford, NY
11783-0180
President
Bill Medlow
archbill@optonline.com
Vice President
Donald Hennessy
aboutlimac@aol.com
Treasurer
Max Rechtman
maxlimac@gmail.com
Secretary
Bernie Flicker
twoflick@optonline.net
The LIMac Forum:
Editors/Graphics
Mo Lebowitz
Loretta Lebowitz
moleb@aol.com
moleb@optonline.net
Board of Directors:
Geoff Broadhurst
George Canellis
Al Choy
Bradley Dichter
(Technical Director)
Fred R. Fertik
Richard Hickerson
Rick Matteson
(Program Coordinator)
Scott Randell
Harold Silvers
The Forum is published
monthly by LlMac. All
contents, except where
noted, are copyright
©2006 by LIMac.
Opinions expressed are the
views of the authors and do
not necessarily reflect those
of LIMac. Contents may be
reprinted for non-com-
mercial use, with due
acknowledgment to LIMac.
The LIMac Forum is an
independent publication
and has not been author-
ized, sponsored or other-
wise approved by Apple
Computer, Inc.
LIMac was estab-
lished in 1984, when
the Mac was intro-
duced. Annual dues
for membership is
$36. First meeting is
free. For information,
contact any of the
following:
Membership
Donald Hennessy
(516) 541-3186
aboutlimac@aol.com
Technical Advice
Bradley Dichter
(631) 348-4772
bdichter@optonline.net
Program
Coordinator
Rick Matteson
rgmlimac
@optonline.net
Photoshop SIG
Brian Revere
(516) 997-5370
brevere@optonline.net
MacBasic SIG
Geoff Broadhurst
gahoof@optonline.net
Multimedia SIG
Al Zygier
azygier@nyc.rr.com
Produced using:
Tex-Edit Plus,
TextSpresso,
Adobe’s InDesign,
Photoshop, Illustrator,
and Acrobat.
Adam C. Engst, the pub-
lisher of TidBITS and the
Take Control ebook series,
will be taking us on a tour
through the most useful
new features in Apple’s
iPhoto , part of iLife
’. He’ll look at iPhoto’s
new full-screen editing mode;
editing capabilities; photocasting; cards and
calendars; iWeb integration; and improvements
to books, printing, and smart albums. And
because Adam doesn’t work for Apple, he’ll even
show us where the iPhoto team has continued
to drop the ball, missing the opportunity for
new features that would be useful for all iPhoto
users. He and his wife, Tonya, will also update
the group on their Take Control ebook series,
which are available to LIMac members at % off,
and raffle off copies of Adam’s “iPhoto : Visual
QuickStart Guide” and a complete CD library of
all Take Control ebooks. 0
–Rick Matteson
September’s Meeting
OCTOBER 2006 www.limac.org
September’s Door Prize Winner.
Everyone who came to the meeting in
September was given one free door prize ticket,
and the winner was Bradley Dichter who, in
fitting with our nighttime astronomy theme,
won a twin-pack of night lights. 0
At our September meeting, we enjoyed a
fabulous presentation by one of our long time
members, Sam Storch. Sam is a Professor
of Astronomy at several colleges, including
Nassau Community College. He is also the
administrator of the Hubble Planetarium
( Ave. L, Brooklyn, NY). He has a broad
knowledge of astronomy software for the Mac
including software that will run quite well on
older Macs running OS . and .x.
Sam’s program was entitled, The Universe
From Your Mac. He arted by discussing the
mo popular program today which is Starry
Night Pro. There are many versions of Starry
Night depending on your needs and budget.
People always say, “you had to be there,” well,
in this case you really did. Words can not
describe what this application can show you.
You can choose any ar, planet, the moon, or
any cluer of ars, zoom in on the obje or
objes and see close up details. It will also
display the known information about the
obje. Sam also showed us similar programs,
one called Voyager 4, and the other – a free
program called Stellarium. Starry Night Pro
version 4.5 is recommended for its relatively low
syem requirements. It will work well with
OS X 10.2 or better, and with moderately old
hardware such as a 500 MHz iMac. Sam also
pointed out that the newer versions are not
really necessary for mo users, because ver-
sion 4.5 will do ju about anything you might
want. Voyager is very good if you want to use
it to control a telescope. For a free program,
Stellarium was very impressive, and it also does
not require more than a 500 MHz iMac.
Next, Sam discussed some application
that had very specific uses. Such as:
| Deep Space Explorer, which is good for
zooming in on things. It performed surpris-
ingly fast.
| Where is M? – it gives you an idea where
things are.
| HourWorld, a time zone program.
| InterCal shows dates on different calendars.
Everyone had a great time. We all were
really impressed with his knowledge of
aronomy, and of all the available software. I
would say I speak for all who attended, that we
will look forward to him treating us to another
presentation.
–Scott Randell
OCTOBER
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General meeting time schedule:
Meetings are held at The New York Institute of Technology,
Building 300 (Anna Rubin Hall), Old Westbury. Long Island.
Meetings start promptly at 7:00 p.m.
Bradley Q&A 7:00–7:30 p.m. Beginner’s Q&A 7:00–7:30 p.m.
Featured presentation 7:30–8:20 p.m.
followed by announcements/raffle drawing
SIG (Special Interest Group) meetings 8:30–10:00 p.m.
Photoshop SIG: How to Use Photoshop’s Sharpening Tools: What’s the
difference between Sharpen, Sharpen Edges, Sharpen More, Unsharp
Mask and the newest Smart Sharpen?
Multimedia SIG: Al Zygier will show “From iMovie to Final Cut Pro review”!
MacBasics SIG: We’ll continue delving into OS X and look at some of the
small applications and utilities which
come with the OS and will include brief
demonstrations of Address Book, Calculator,
Dictionary, DVD Player, iCal, iChat, Image
Capture, Stickies and TextEdit.
| In bad weather, call (516) 686-7789.
| The next LIMac board meeting
will be at the Plainedge Library,
(516) 735-4133, on Wednesday,
October 18th, at 8 p.m.
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