REDWOOD COAST MACINTOSH USERS GROUP

NEWSLETTERS

The already published MacTidings newsletters are listed here. The first four are published as PostCard self-viewing applications. These files are compressed and will usually self expand (after downloading) simply by double clicking on the PostCard icon. If this fails, then use Aladdin's StuffIt Expander. Be sure to check the Aladdin Systems' web site for the latest version. If you have trouble printing a newsletter, try increasing memory of the PostCard application, using the Get Info window of that application.

Unfortunately, the software used to generate PostCard files is no longer being supported, i.e., it is not being updated to be compatible with the latest versions of Mac OS. We have therefore changed, starting with the September issue, to a more universal file format called a Portable Document Format. A newsletter file in this format is identifiable by the extension .pdf and is opened by using an Acrobat Reader application. If you do not have this application on your system, it is available as a free download from Adobe Systems. By clicking on the DOWNLOAD link, your browser should download the file, launch the Reader and open the file over your browser window. You may read, search or print the .pdf file from the Reader. If this sequence of events does not happen, your browser preferences may have to be changed; contact the webmaster (ildrbdvy@mcn.org) for help in doing this.

MacTidings

• Mac OS X
  A user looks at the latest operating system
• Favorite Web Sites
  Online Banking
  Search for a new dog
• More Agony of Upgrades
  One user's experience with hardware and software upgrades
• Holiday return address labels
  A step by step guide for using AppleWorks to make these

• Business Cards
  Use AppleWorks to make your own
• Map Web Sites
  Eleven sites for obtaining great maps
• Digital Cameras
  More digital than film cameras are sold today
• Bargain Web Sites
  Nine web sites for the bargain hunter
• PriceWatch.com
  Another bargain web site for computer hardware
• Hardware Review
  Trimedia Reader by VST Technologies
• A neat trick and a wonderful freebie
  Copying a CD
  Pando calendar

• Pick Up function of AppleWorks/paint
  Use Pick Up to create decorative text items
• Review of Stuffit Delux 6.0
  The latest version of a valuable compression utility
• Installing Mac OS X
  If your going to OS X, you had better read this!
• Trixie brings Jim and Ellen Heid
  More on OS X from the expertise of Jim Heid
• Upgrade: More agonizing than usual
  Pat Rasmussen's insights on installing OS X
• President's Page
  News and reflections from Irene

• How to use tabs and tab stops like a pro. Plus neat little nuances such as the differences between hard and soft returns, how you generate them, and why you might need them.
• Helpful web sites for summertime travel
• The latest info on Laurie Bird, our Tennessee representative for RCMUG
• Some information on selecting a USB hub - a bridge that we are all going to have to cross sooner or later.

• More on setting tab stops and how to use tab fills.
• More of Joanne's favorate web sites, covering everthing from benefical aractnids to wine and cheese match ups.
• Instant Messaging - another internet communications system
• Web site address for obtaining downloads of software built for Mac OS X
• Thoughts and observations for from our editor