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May Meeting - May 9, 2008. See the extended Calendar!
The Q&A will start promptly at 7 and run to 7:30 PM.

May's main presentation will be the sixth presentation by Dave Marra since 2001. So get ready! It’s time for “the Dave Marra Experience” again! This month’s program is, “Introducing Mac OS X v. 10.5 Leopard!”

Packed with over 300 amazing new innovations, Mac OS X v. 10.5 “Leopard” features a completely new desktop and Finder environment, making it even easier to quickly browse and locate your files; Quick Look, to view the contents of your documents without opening them; Time Machine, a revolutionary automated file backup and recovery utility; Spaces, an exciting new way to keep your Mac clutter-free and organized; Dashboard with Web Clip, to create your very own Dashboard widgets; iChat, for high-quality video and audio conferencing, remote screen sharing, slideshow and presentation delivery; along with significantly updated versions of Spotlight, Safari, iCal, Automator, Mail and much, much more! Discover Leopard today.
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About Dave Marra
As a Senior Systems Engineer for Apple, Dave Marra has conducted more than 500 technology presentations, keynote addresses and workshops for schools, Mac and PC user groups, businesses and other professional organizations across the United States and Canada. His specialty areas include digital multimedia, internet technologies and Mac/PC integration. For more information about Dave, please visit his web site at www.marrathon.com.

Of course the meeting will start with our popular Q&A sessions: Bradley in the main room and the MacBasics across the hall. Following Dave Marra’s main presentation we’ll hold our regular raffle. (There will be no SIGs at this meeting.)

You won’t want to miss Dave’s dynamic presentation or anything else at this month’s meeting, so mark your calendar, and be there!
You’re Invited to the MacBasics SIG
No, that’s not an error or new SIG. There’s been a name change.
The Beginners SIG is now the MacBasics SIG. In order to meet the needs of a wider range of members and not put off those with more than beginning skills, we’ve changed not only the name but also the focus of our SIG. We will still cover applications like AppleWorks and simple procedures like setting up your first Mac, file systems and using utilities, but we’ve also matured, as much of Apple’s software and hardware has. We plan to delve into Apple’s iLife and iWork suites to give you, the users, some working knowledge of these two very important application sets. We will also continue to try to show you how to integrate your Mac and its software into your daily life. So come on down. We'll be where we’ve always been, doing what we’ve always done, but with a new slant and a new name.

The SIG meeting is broken into two sessions. The first is from 7:00 to 7:30PM, during which we will have our own basic level question and answer session. We’ll break for the featured presentation and raffle and come back for the main portion of our SIG meeting from 8:30 to 10 o’clock. This month we'll just have the Q&A part, no regular session.

Of course before our MacBasics main demonstration we'll have our own novice Q&A session across the hall, while Bradley's dealing with the more complicated problems in the main room. It's possible that the usual leader of the MacBasics SIG maybe late as he'd like to attend the genealogy meeting. (see below)
The DTP/Photoshop SIG, is lead by Brian Revere. This month the SIG will not be meeting.
The Multimedia SIG, lead by Albert Zygier, is on hold for the month.
In the meanwhile, LIMac is introducing a new group on Genealogy. Specifically members Martin Vogel and Walt Mathews are seeking interest from other members regarding their interest in forming a official Special Interest Group discussing the genealogy software Reunion from Leister Productions. They have been creating genealogy applications for more than 15 years. Their latest version, called Reunion 9, was released last summer. Read this review from MacWorld May 2007 magazine. Genealogy research has grown tremendously in the last 10 years, much of it has to do with the ease of researching on the Internet. The major public genealogy magazine, Family Tree, has increased its circulation tenfold in the last ten years. See also MacGenealogy.org.

Normally the group meets at 8:30 PM at the rear of the meeting room, re-split after the general meeting, but for May the meeting is suspended.
LIMac will be happy to offer a extra monthly presentation to be held at the Apple Store at the Walt Whitman mall on the
Tuesday following the general meetings evening. We will alternate monthly between the Multimedia SIG and the
DTP/Photoshop SIG. The Photoshop SIG Extra meeting will concentrate on Apple software, not a problem for the
Multimedia SIG which has always concentrated on Apple’s iMovie and Final Cut Express/Pro. The meeting will run two
hours from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Because of renovations - LIMac will not be able to have our special SIG meeting there
until further notice. Watch this space for info about future 2008 extra SIG meetings.

Apple’s 2nd New York City area flagship store opened in Manhattan at 767 Fifth Ave. at E 59th Street.
Read about this site’s storied past. Also check out photos from our local Smith Haven Mall Apple Store Grand Opening.
Board meetings schedule The executive board meetings of LIMac are open to any interested member to attend in a
non-voting manner. There are no secrets here. There is an updated picture for the 2007 board.
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