The MUG Event Calendar for February 9: Macworld’s Dan Frakes, Apple’s Dave Marra Times Two, Bento 2, Backing Up Your Mac and More
This week’s MUG Event Calendar features two well-known speakers and more than a few new software demos.
Macworld Senior Editor Dan Frakes will present to a group in Oregon, while Apple Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra will deliver two MUG presentations in Pennsylvania. FileMaker’s Bento 2 will be the featured presentation groups in Michigan and Rhode Island, and backing up your Mac, always a favorite topic, will be featured at groups in Scotland and New Jersey.
Other topics on this week’s schedule include the iPod touch, iLife’ 09 and iWork ’09, Office applications, tax software, and more.
Want to see your group’s activites listed here? Just email them to The MUG Center.They’ll be included on The MUG Event Calendar and in our weekly Briefing.
The week’s complete listings include:
| Monday |
| Monday | 9-Feb | Portland Macintosh Users Group – Macworld Senior Editor Dan Frakes will present "About Mac Gems and Things Apple" |
| Macintosh Computer Club of Calgary (Canada) – Round Table Q&A | ||
| Wellington Macintosh Users Group (New Zealand) – TBA | ||
| Triangle Macintosh Users Group – Some Quickies…and the TMUG iMac Give Away | ||
| San Gabriel Valley Macintosh Users Group – iWork ’09 and iLife ’09 | ||
| Tuesday | 10-Feb | Maryland Apple Core – Photography with a Scanner |
| Gateway Area Macintosh Users Group – Mail Rules and Creation of Calendar and Photo Albums from iPhoto | ||
| South Suburban Macintosh Users Group – iPhone | ||
| Charlotte Apple Computer Club – Thoroughly Entertained: The Mac Media Jukebox | ||
| Bellarine Mac User Group (Australia) – Making the most of iTunes on your Mac | ||
| Apple PIE – Macworld 2009 and Bonjour | ||
| MacPower Macintosh Users Group – Tax Preparation Headaches? We Feel Your Pain | ||
| Corvallis Macintosh Users Group – Keynote ’09 | ||
| Ashland Macintosh Users Group – FileMaker Database Software: Manage Projects, People & Assets | ||
| Princeton Macintosh Users’ Group – Highlights from the Consumer Electronics Show | ||
| Santa Fe Macintosh Users Group – TBA | ||
| Wednesday | 11-Feb | Hershey Apple Core – Apple Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra |
| Apple CIDER -Automator | ||
| San Diego Macintosh Users Group – iLife ’09 | ||
| Glasgow Macintosh Users Group (Scotland) – Backing Up Your Mac | ||
| Whatcom Macintosh Users Group – New Macs and Hardware | ||
| North Florida Macintosh Users Group – TBA | ||
| Victoria Macintosh Users Group (Canada) – TBA | ||
| Thursday | 12-Feb | Cambria Computer Club – Report on the 2009 Macworld Conference and Expo, a slideshow overview of the iBank personal finance application, a demonstration of the new Fujitsu SnapScan portable scanner and a discussion of some basic troubleshooting actions |
| Oxford Macintosh Users Group (United Kingdom) – OfficeMac 2008, iWork ’09, Neo Office and Open Office | ||
| Tidwater Area Macintosh Users Group – Image Capture, Sherlock/Spotlight, Stickies | ||
| East Bay Macintosh Users Group – MemoryMiner | ||
| Rhode Island Macintosh Users Group – Bento 2 | ||
| Florida Macintosh Users Group – Tax Preparation Software | ||
| MacPeople – TBA | ||
| The Michigan Apple – TBA | ||
| Friday | 13-Feb | Club Mac (Australia) – MyNetPhone – a VoIP Solution |
| Long Island Macintosh Users Group – Podcast Creation | ||
| Atlantic City Macintosh Users Group – Backing Up Your Mac | ||
| Club Mac of Monterey – How to Design A Free Google Website | ||
| Saturday | 14-Feb | Main Line Macintosh Users Group – Apple Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra |
| Macintosh Association of Central New Jersey – Special Meeting at The Apple Store in Bridgewater Mall | ||
| Charlotte MacWorkshop – "What we love about our Apple products" | ||
| Macintosh Association of Central New Jersey – TBA | ||
| Las Vegas Macintosh Users Group – Upgrading Your Printer | ||
| Mac Mavericks – Disk First Aid | ||
| MACinAWE – Page Layout and Beyond | ||
| MacWaves – The iPod touch: Toy or Tool? | ||
| Apple Corps of Dallas – TBA | ||
| Huntsville Macintosh Users Group – TBA | ||
| Sunday | 15-Feb | MacGroup-Detroit – Making Databases with Bento 2 |
| Double Click – "iLife ’09: the Latest and Greatest from Apple’s iLife Applications" |