Help & Informational Files


		Jerry Brasseur's Popcorn Presentation
	Download the pdf document of Jerry's wonderful presentation of Popcorn3. (2.2MB file) Once it's downloaded in your browser, save it to your hard drive for personal use.
		Mary Nesset's "Understanding Downloads"
	Download the QuickTime Movie (1.5MB file) of Mary's "Understanding Downloading" presentation. To view the movie, simply click on the page to move from one slide to the next. To download the .mov file to your computer, right-click (or control-click) and choose "Save as QuickTime Movie". For a full description of the content of this presentation, please go to this website.
		Cameron Welch's Burning CD's pdf
		Download the pdf document that Cameron Welch provided from his presentation to our group in May, 2008. Please note that this pdf docuent is a 1.4 mb download. Downloading with a broadband connection should not be a problem. However, if you are on dialup, it might take you awhile to completely download the file.
		Eric Blomberg's Troubleshooting Guides
		Download the pdf document that Eric Blomberg used last month for his presentation on Basic Troubleshooting. Please note that this pdf document is a 5mb download. If you are on dialup, this download might take as long as 35 minutes. Downloading with a broadband connection will not be a problem for you.
		This link will download Eric's keyboard shortcuts pdf document. It is an 84k document, which will be easily downloaded by all.
		Eric also provided the following links to download other useful software: Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components: http://perian.org/ Skype (alternative video conferencing to iChat &AIM): http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24474 Paintbrush - 1.1 (very simple paint app -great for kids) http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32559 Google Earth (combines satellite imagery, maps, google search): http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28838 iAlertU (fun security alarm): http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29578 CoconutBattery (battery information tool): http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27425 To get additional widgets: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/ Adium (free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more): Adium - Download Flip4Mac (to play WMP etc): http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28842 VLC (to play DIVX and just about any video): http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738 Handbrake (to convert movies to iPod): http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21117 Place to find free and shareware applications (like games): http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/
		Keyboard Strokes and Shortcuts
		Several members were questioning the availability of a list of keyboard strokes and shortcuts at our March meeting. Larry Watters found the following Dashboard Widget that provides just that. Click on the following link to download your own version. (You must be running Tiger for this Widget to work.) http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/reference/xcuts.html
		For those of you using earlier version of OS X, the following pdf document (compliments of Dave Polaschek - http://betternerds.com/ http://davespicks.com/) gives a text version of many of the most important keyboard strokes and shortcuts. This is a 176kb download: Mackeys.pdf
		Getting Rid of an Old Computer? Wipe the Drive First . . .
		There has been a request to write out the directions that were given at the March SMUG meeting for wiping a computer's drive before getting rid of it. So here goes: You will have to first boot from the CD that came with your computer or from an attached external drive. Once there, open up the Disk Utility Application (it's usually found under one of the menu items appearing at the top of your screen). Select the drive you want to erase Here is what the Disk Utility window looks like:

		Next, click on the button named "Security Options". That will bring up the following dialog box:

		Choose "Zero Out Data" Click OK to go back to the previous dialog box. Then, click on the "Erase" button This will totally erase your entire hard drive You may want to install the operating system that came with your computer for future use.