2006-07-24 July iMeeting Agenda + follow-ups: S3, SuperDuper, CursorHighlighters

[fivespan]

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!

[fivespan]

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)

[ben schmidt]

Utilities to make the cursor easier to find

Potential 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, UB application, v2 $9.95
• PinPoint,               macchampion.com, pref. pane, $10 (free if visually impaired)
• Mouse Locator,      2point5fish.com UB pref. pane, free
• OmniDazzle,          omnigroup.com, application, $14.95
• Screen Crosshair,   ArtisSoftware.com, application, donationware
• Universal Access,   Apple.com/macosx/features/universalaccess, pref. pane, built-into OS X, free
• Cursor Enlargers:


• Mighty Mouse,       unsanity.com, pref. pane, not UB, $10
• Universal Access,   Apple.com/macosx/features/universalaccess, pref. pane, built-into OS X, free

...ben