Moderated and reported by Jim Scheef Q – I have a PowerPC Macintosh that is new to me but is obviously not a new machine. It boots and runs just fine on OS X 10.5. It also has Mac OS 9.2 installed in another partition, so I set it to boot OS 9.2 and it hangs as soon as the desktop is displayed. … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2014
Recovery Partition, iOS Notifications – Apple SIG July 2014
In order to do maintenance on your main Mac hard drive, you may need to boot into the Recovery partition. This partition is hidden from view in Disk Utility, but you can boot into it by restarting your Mac and holding down the Option key. This will show you a list of bootable disks on your machine. … [Read more...]
Mobile Devices/Windows 8 SIG – June 2014
In June we answered a question on Microsoft accounts in Windows 8. In Windows 8, accounts are based on an e-mail address so that it is possible to sync information using the same account on different machines. This is done using the OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) cloud storage associated with the … [Read more...]
DACS Board Meeting for Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Called to order: 7:10PM Attendees: Dick Gingras, Andy Woodruff, Lisa Leifels, Jim Scheef, Bruce Preston, Bill Saturno, Bert Goff Minutes of previous meeting were accepted. Treasurer report Balance on hand 6/1/14 $3,546.22 INCOME Dues $105.00 Total … [Read more...]
President’s File – August 2014
I am writing this column while enjoying the beautiful summer weather outside on my deck and looking forward to my upcoming vacation. I am reminded of how tethered we are to our computers and the internet, even on vacations. Smartphones are ubiquitous and tablets are catching up. They are powerful … [Read more...]
How to Buy a High End Camera – July 2014
By Andrew Woodruff Kevin Rabito presented a review of camera types, features, and purchasing criteria. Kevin does professional photography on a part-time basis, and he is a former President of Candlewood Camera Club. The presentation continued beyond our usual ending time, mostly due to an … [Read more...]
APCUG 2014 Summer Virtual Technology Conference (VTC)
APCUG’s FREE 2014 Summer Virtual Technology Conference (VTC) will be held on Saturday, August 16, from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight time. The sessions are 50 minutes in length and offer attendees the opportunity to ask questions via a chat window. Videos from earlier conferences can be found … [Read more...]
Linux SIG Bits – July 2014 Report
By Dave Mawdsley July Meeting at the DACS Resource Center Tonight's meeting included two presentations: 1. "Getting SSH to Work Between Computers," a how-to presentation; and 2. "A Look at Fritzing," a presentation showing off the latest features of simple wiring displays with Fritzing. 1. … [Read more...]
Protecting Yourself, Your Computer and Your Identity
Date: Tuesday, August 5th, 7 p.m. Location: Danbury Hospital Auditorium By Bruce Preston It used to be so simple. In the ‘early days’ of DOS you booted from a floppy diskette in the A: drive. You then ran programs either from that diskette or replaced the media in the A: drive with a program … [Read more...]
July 15, 2014 Web Design SIG
Adding graphics and photos to your website will enhance the visual impact and design. But before uploading media it's important to prepare and optimize your files for web viewing. Image width/height in pixels, as well as file size should be considered to avoid long downloads, and badly prepped … [Read more...]