DATE: Monday, July 24, 2006
TIME: 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
LOCATION: Nepean Sportsplex, Hall C
AGENDA:
1. Breen's Bungalow - a) iLife & b) iTunes
2. Mac Gems - ie. Cursor hi-lighters and Virtual Desktop Managers
3. Developers Conference Rumours
4. iTunes Toolbox - LeRoy Lees
5. Backup Strategies Part I of N - Audience Participation Required!
Looks like a full meeting!
Backup ideas:
Offsite storage: Amazon S3 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/104-8713542-8885541?redirect=true&node=16427261)
Software: SuperDuper (http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html)
Utilities to make the cursor easier to findPotential users: • visually-impaired computer owners
• users of large screens or of multiple screens
• presenters
• creators of recorded presentations - e.g. screencasts
Example software
- Mouseposé, Boinx.com (http://boinx.com/mousepose/), UB application, v2 $9.95
- PinPoint, macchampion.com (http://macchampion.com/pinpoint_features.shtml), pref. pane, $10 (free if visually impaired)
- Mouse Locator, 2point5fish.com (http://2point5fish.com) UB pref. pane, free
- OmniDazzle, omnigroup.com (http://omnigroup.com/applications/omnidazzle/), application, $14.95
- Screen Crosshair, ArtisSoftware.com (http://artissoftware.com/crosshair/), application, donationware
- Universal Access, Apple.com/macosx/features/universalaccess (http://apple.com/macosx/features/universalaccess), pref. pane, built-into OS X, free
- Cursor Enlargers:
- Mighty Mouse, unsanity.com (http://unsanity.com/haxies/mightymouse/), pref. pane, not UB, $10
- Universal Access, Apple.com/macosx/features/universalaccess (http://apple.com/macosx/features/universalaccess), pref. pane, built-into OS X, free
...ben