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Title: 2008-04-28 April iMeeting
Post by: fivespan on April 16, 2008, 09:17:02 PM
Hi All, -- DRAFT AGENDA --

This month we will have a full meeting (no surprise there). Get there early to get a good seat.


We will also have a meeting format review
- How long should the break be?
- What other collaboration options would you like to try?
   * Questions in advance with answers

See you there.

Paul Timmins
Meeting Coordinator
MUGOO
Title: Mac Tip -- Using Password Assistant to generate passwords
Post by: ben schmidt on April 28, 2008, 08:11:40 PM
Your Mac can automatically generate passwords, or report on the quality of a password you're using.

This Password Assistant feature is buried in the Utilities/Keychain Access.app
There are no doubt other ways to to get to this assistant, but here is one way:

1) Open the Keychain Access.app
   (Located in the Utilities folder, within the Applications folder)

2) Select Change Password for Keychain... from under the Edit menu

3) Click on the key icon in the window that appears

4) The Password Assistant window will now be open.

Using the Password Assistant:

a) By default it's set to show 'memorable passwords'
    If you slide the slider, the memorable password will increase in length, as
    will the horizontal 'thermometer' indicating the quality/strength of your password.

b) You can also change to "Letters & Numbers", "Numbers Only", etc.

c) When you're happy you can copy the Suggested password, close the Password Assistant window, and press Cancel on the "New Password for Keychain..." window.


Title: Reminder re: Macupdate and Macheist shareware promo's
Post by: ben schmidt on April 28, 2008, 08:25:09 PM
Macupdate.com (which together with Versiontracker.com/macosx are two excellent sites for OS X shareware and commercial software updates) has this promotion ending:

mupromo.com (http://mupromo.com)  <-- last day, 10 apps, at least two of which, Parallels and Sound Studio, sell for more than the $US 65 bundle price.

In addition, Macheist has it's bundle for just $49:

Macheist.com (http://macheist.com) <-- $US 49
Title: Re: 2008-04-28 April iMeeting
Post by: glenesharp on April 30, 2008, 06:48:31 PM
Here is a link to the presentation on Getting Things Done.
http://www.glensharp.com/blog/?p=107 (http://www.glensharp.com/blog/?p=107)