During our monthly meetings, many HELPFUL HINTS handouts are generated.
Here's the growing collection of our handouts.
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	How to Get that Dead iPod Repaired or Recycled Ted Whipp's article in the WindsorStar highlights what to do with a dead iPod and (perhaps) more…[reprinted with permission]
	Digital Photography Workflow Paul Rouseau has pulled together a handout called "Creating a Workflow for Taking and Editing Digital Photos" where he covers: Before you take Your Pictures Taking the Picture Post Production and Editing
	An Introduction to Automator Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) introduced Automator, which lets users string together preinstalled script steps (Actions) into a sequence (Workflow) that can be run and saved. ...the advantage for the user is that there's no need to know a scripting language in order to write and run a custom sequence. An Introduction to Automator~ Paul Rousseau and Gwen Baker, March 2006
	Taking Your Data For A Drive: A Guide to USB Flash Drives ...A World in the Palm of Your Hand. As media files are becoming more robust and heavy in size, portable devices that store them are getting smaller physically while storing a massive amount of information..... A public article by Walter L. Mora , Editorial Staff, TigerDirect.com
	Taking Great Photos Requires Composition! Suitable composition is essential for effective image design. Experienced photographers will often break the rules to make a point or create a mood. Before breaking the rules, you should know and practice the basics. After that, you can begin to experiment. ... This handout was prepared for Applespice by club member and professional photographer, Neil St Clair. Neil's breath-taking presentation on these key concepts was real hit at the Feb 2006 meeting.
	Preview ~Using the native Mac Preview Program to Perfect Your Pictures Preview is an easy to use yet powerful part of OS X Tiger.  It’s a quick and fun way to do basic first level photo editing. ~ Paul Rousseau, Feb 2006
	Cat Tricks - January 2005 Emptying the Trash, the secret spot for the Dock Menu, and adding EJECT CD to your top menu bar.....
	Where Do Old Computers Go? Todd Pepper, Manager of the Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority presented the options and often ugly after-life of old technology. View his informative presentation, saved here for you as a fast-loading PDF file..
	Your Mac won't start up in Mac OS X Nothing can be more frustrating than turning on your Mac only to find that it won't start up. Instead of seeing the Finder, you see a blue or gray screen, an icon of a broken folder, a kernel panic, a flashing question mark, or a computer that just sits there. What can you do? Don't worry. It's usually just a simple issue you can fix yourself. http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n106464
	Shortcut Keys for OS X (panther) Gareth Lucier updated the essential list of keyboard shortcuts for the this versions of OS X.
	Shortcut Keys for OS X (aqua) Apple has put out a technical support paper which exhaustively lists all known OS X keyboarding shortcuts....( 7 pages) [original web page at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75459] Gareth Lucier has graciously listed the essential OS X keyboard short cuts in just 2 pages. Either list will help reduce your "mousing".
	How to Network Your Macs Together Do you have two or more Macs that you would like to connect? Do your Macs have floppy drives, USB ports, CD players and burners but not all in one machine? Are you running OS 7.6, 8.1, 8.6, 9.2, and OS X? No need to worry all of these different things can work together when properly networked. Learn how to get the best out of all of your Mac, old and new. Produced for October 2002 AppleSPICE meeting by Chris Blais
	Start Up Keys Need to modify functions at startup?... the knowledgeable folks on TidBITS Talk have pointed out the standards and even more startup modifiers as well.
	Apple Keyboard Shortcuts A nifty handout of ALL the basic shortcut you wish you could remember when you need them most! Produced for April 2001 AppleSPICE meeting by Gareth Lucier
	What is DSL? MNSi, our local Internet Service Provider (ISP), provided this primer on DSL... what it is, what it isn't, what's needed, how it works, security issues...etc. DSL or Digital Subscriber Line is a technology for delivering high speed data services over regular copper phone lines. There are several different types of DSL service ....
	Networking Want to learn more about networking Macs and Windows together? If so read this article by Chris Blais!