Confessions of a Public Speaker

    Did you ever have to make a public speaking appearance?
Did you feel confident? Did you freeze up? Did you throw up
afterwards? If you speak publicly, you really need to know
how to effectively present ideas to anyone. What you need
is Confessions of a Public Speaker

http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/confessions-of-a-public-speaker/

Reference tracking for OSX

    How do you keep track of all those references, excerpts and
links? Reference Tracker is an indispensable tool for writers,
researchers or students. It creates documents that store all
the citations and references in an essay, research project,
or book and automatically creates formatted reference
lists in a variety of popular reference styles
to insert when needed.

http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/reference-tracking-for-osx/

Free Black Friday iPhone App

    Last Friday DealCatcher announced TGI Black Friday for iPhone
and iPod touch. Consumers now have a new mobile tool to save time
and money while holiday shopping this Black Friday. The app
allows users to browse over 8,000 deals from all the major
retail store's Black Friday ads. Users can create a personal
shopping list within the app to map out their Black Friday
shopping. They can also use the app to compare prices
with online stores and purchase select
items online avoiding the crowds.

http://bit.ly/8XkvA8

Software Updates: Apple LED Display iSight Firmware; Browsers

Apple has released a firmware update that corrects some problems associated with the iSight camera that is built into their LED cinema displays. Additionally, a couple of updates for Camino and FirefoxBeta have been released, so if you use those browsers it's worth updating.

Apple LED Cinema Display iSight Firmware 1.0

Periodically, the camera in the displays may not be detected by applications that use it (iChat, Photo Booth, etc), and this update addresses this issue. The update is a small 654KB update, and will download to the Utilities folder. From there, run the application and follow the on-screen instructions.

Camino 2.0

Camino 2.0 adds a variety of features to the browser. I used to use this browser exclusively before Apple introduced Safari (when it was called Chimera), and enjoyed it as the alternative to IE and Firefox for OS X. It's still a great browser, and this latest update improves on a number of its features. Go grab it if you're a Camino fan.

Firefox 3.6 Beta 3

Mozilla's latest version of Firefox Beta is available, which addresses some details with the previous beta including script and third-party plugin integration, as well as support for new fonts, and CSS, DOM, and HTML5 technologies.

MacSTAC November Meeting - This Thursday, Nov 19th, Vestal Library, 6:30 PM

As you may have observed, Apple has recently released a lot of new
hardware. Please try to attend to hear all about it, enjoy some good
company, and feast on delicious cookies, popcorn, and soft drinks.

In addition, we will have our annual Board of Directors Elections.
Please consider volunteering to become a board member. It really
doesn't take much time (one night a month), you'll be in the company
of some interesting Mac people, and your club will be better for your
participation, and you will have a say so on how we run the club. If
you are interested, or have questions, email me.

Regards,

Ben

10.6.2 update released

Apple has released the 10.6.2 update and combo update

Find the combo update for 10.6.0 and 10.6.1 at

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959

Keep mobile devices close

    Thanksgiving Shopping Period is the worst time for leaving
your mobile devices in the back of Cabs, warn NY Cab Drivers,
as 30,000 mobile phones are left in New York taxis every six months

http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/keep-mobile-devices-close/

Snow Leopard

Though users of older Intel-based Macs were led to believe they would have to spend $169 to migrate from Tiger to Snow Leopard, new reports state the $29 upgrade disc will work just fine.

In his review of Snow Leopard, Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal, Mossberg reveals that those who have been hesitant to upgrade their Mac will be able to take advantage of Snow Leopard's bargain price, without the need to install the intermediate Leopard operating system first.

"For owners of Intel-based Macs who are still using the older Tiger version of the Mac OS, Apple is officially making Snow Leopard available only in a "boxed set" that includes other software and costs $169," Mossberg said. "The reasoning is that these folks never paid the $129 back in 2007 to upgrade to Leopard. But here's a tip: Apple concedes that the $29 Snow Leopard upgrade will work properly on these Tiger-equipped Macs, so you can save the extra $140."

Wired also confirmed that they were able to upgrade a system directly from Tiger to Snow Leopard. In addition, it is possible to completely erase a hard drive and install Snow Leopard without a pre-existing operating system in place, enabling users to bypass the possible headaches of an upgrade and go with a clean install instead. Wired said many users upgrading from Tiger should probably consider backing up their files from Tiger and doing a clean install instead.

"Of course, the transition isn't guaranteed to be as smooth as it would be from Leopard to Snow Leopard," the report said of the Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade, "and that's because some older, Tiger-only third-party applications need to be upgraded to newer versions that work with Leopard or Snow Leopard."

Originally released in April 2005, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is more than a little long in the tooth at this point, especially considering the astounding success of its follow-up, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Start using the Internet wherever life takes you with TetherBerry - now almost 50% off

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TidBITS Problem Solving: Apple Acknowledges Guest Account Data Loss Bug

http://db.tidbits.com/article/10642