Typical Monthly Meeting Agenda
- Introduction of guests, new members
- Main Speaker
- Break with refreshments
- Tech Tips, Demonstrations
- Q&A
Our monthly meetings and workshops will keep you covered on the latest developments in the Macintosh world. We've had many interesting past meetings too—take a look!
Current meeting details may be found on the main page.
2012 Meetings
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 10 | Phil Davis | Organizing Your (Digital) Life, |
| Feb 14 | Bob Adams | Using a Mac to Trace Your Family History |
| Mar 13 | Tim Rankin | Digital IR Photography |
| Apr 10 | Selwyn Julien | Features of iPhoto |
| Dr. Angeline Yoder | How iPad is Changing Education | |
| May 08 | Bob Adams | The New iPad |
| — | Election of Officers | |
| — | Tech Tips / Q&A | |
| Jun 12 | Roberto Putzys; J.P. Leemans | Features of iMovie |
| Jul 10 | Phil Davis | Features of iCloud |
| Aug 14 | Burt Stephens | Batteries for Your Laptop and Other Mobile Devices |
| Sep 10 | TBD | TBD |
| Oct 09 | TBD | TBD |
| Nov 13 | TBD | TBD |
| Dec 10 | — | Christmas Party |
2012 Workshops
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 21 | Phil Davis | Keep It Simple |
| Feb 18 | Phil Davis | Finding Stuff |
| Mar 13 | Phil Davis | Useful Tools; Sandvox |
| Apr 21 | Brian Voge | Free Apps from Google and Other Sources |
| May 19 | N.C. Sizemore | Creating a Photo Book with iPhoto |
| Jun, Jul, Aug | — | NO WORKSHOP |
| Sep 15 | TBD | TBD |
| Oct 20 | TBD | TBD |
| Nov 17 | TBD | TBD |
| Dec | — | NO WORKSHOP |
Past Meetings
- Healthy Ocala, Bob Holloran
- iPad vs Macbook Pro, Bob Adams, OMUG Member
- Running Windows programs on a Mac, Jon Parshal, Codeweavers; Phil Davis, OMUG Webmaster
- Using Macs in Public Education: Experimental Use of the iPad, Don Raymond, Dr. NH Jones Elementary School
- Using Facebook, NC Sizemore; iPad1 vs iPad2, Bob Adams
- June 14, 2011 – Going Paperless, Katie Floyd, President MacPeople
- July 12, 2011 – Overview of Garageband and Creative Writing on the Mac, Jim Rietz, President VMUG
- August 9, 2011 – Intro to Lion, Phil Davis, OMUG Webmaster
- September 13, 2011 – Speech Recognition and Synthesis; Integrating Keynote and iLife Components, Burt Stephens, OMUG Member
- October 11, 2011 – Taming the Lion, Phil Davis
- Nov 08, 2011 – Bogus E-mails and Scams, NC Sizemore, OMUG Member, and others
- Dec 13, 2011 – Christmas Party
Past Workshops
- Mac Basics
- Mac Essentials
- Files, Mail, Address Book
- iCal, google calendar, google phone
- Mac Maintenance; Mac Backup
- Cloud Computing: using Dropbox, Evernote, GoogleDocs, and other on-line applications
- Using iWork Pages
- Using iPhoto 11
- Sep 17, 2011 – Basics, Q&A, Organize Your Mac (Phil Davis)
- Oct 15, 2011 -Basics, Q&A, Photoshop Elements (Tim Rankin)
- Nov 19, 2011- Basics, Q&A, Mac Essentials: Using OS X Tools (Phil Davis)
- Dec – no workshop
Past Meetings
- Healthy Ocala, Bob Holloran
- iPad vs Macbook Pro, Bob Adams, OMUG Member
- Running Windows programs on a Mac, Jon Parshal, Codeweavers; Phil Davis, OMUG Webmaster
- Using Macs in Public Education: Experimental Use of the iPad, Don Raymond, Dr. NH Jones Elementary School
- Using Facebook, NC Sizemore; iPad1 vs iPad2, Bob Adams
- June 14, 2011 – Going Paperless, Katie Floyd, President MacPeople
- July 12, 2011 – Overview of Garageband and Creative Writing on the Mac, Jim Rietz, President VMUG
- August 9, 2011 – Intro to Lion, Phil Davis, OMUG Webmaster
- September 13, 2011 – Speech Recognition and Synthesis; Integrating Keynote and iLife Components, Burt Stephens, OMUG Member
- October 11, 2011 – Taming the Lion, Phil Davis
- Nov 08, 2011 – Bogus E-mails and Scams, NC Sizemore, OMUG Member, and others
- Dec 13, 2011 – Christmas Party
Past Workshops
- Mac Basics
- Mac Essentials
- Files, Mail, Address Book
- iCal, google calendar, google phone
- Mac Maintenance; Mac Backup
- Cloud Computing: using Dropbox, Evernote, GoogleDocs, and other on-line applications
- Using iWork Pages
- Using iPhoto 11
- Sep 17, 2011 – Basics, Q&A, Organize Your Mac (Phil Davis)
- Oct 15, 2011 -Basics, Q&A, Photoshop Elements (Tim Rankin)
- Nov 19, 2011- Basics, Q&A, Mac Essentials: Using OS X Tools (Phil Davis)
- Dec – no workshop
Mac Workshops
These two-hour sessions provide in-depth tutorials on Mac basics, and Mac software. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops, but this is not required.
Starting in September 2011, The first part of each workshop will be geared toward new or beginning Mac users. The second part will cover intermediate and more advanced topics.
Also, starting in September 2011, non-OMUG members will be charged $5 per workshop. $5 will be deducted from OMUG dues, if the non-member decides to join OMUG.