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Washington Apple Pi Events

• 35 Years of Washington Apple Pi

Vote in Washington Apple Pi's Board of Directors' election

• May 18: Clubhouse Saturday
• May 25: General Meeting, I didn't know Google Maps - Google Earth could do that! Such as: oil sands waste pond:

• June 22: General Meeting, Your Mac, your iPhone, your health
• Recent presentations: LassPass password management; Mountain Lion Security; Next 35 Years after Steve Jobs

* Note: in case of inclement weather, Pi activities follow the closure schedule of local school districts.

New address: Pi Clubhouse and SIG meetings will be held at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814, Room 30-31. Map

Pi News Briefs

• April 2013 Meeting
• PI Elections Underway
• January 2013 Pi Events
• November 2012 Pi Events
• New Podcast - Mountain Lion Security - September 2012 Meeting

Journal Highlights

Spring 2013:

• Apple v. Google (Pi comic)
• Getting help: Pi Clubhouse and TCS forum
• Using SuperDuper for backup insurance
• Smart phone alerts and the iPhone
• Review of Take Control of Using Mountain Lion
• My ordeal with a crashed hard drive
• Replacing a scanner with an iPad or iPhone
• Comparing Apple's Maps and Google Maps
• Split: slicing up very large files
• Buying a new iOS device? Size does matter!
• iTunes 11: the features Apple removed, and alternatives
• Awkward (Pi comic)

Of Interest

Need to change your E-mail preferences? Want to download a copy of the Washington Apple Pi Journal? Forgot your membership number? Forgot where you live? Want to send feedback to the evil overlords who run Washington Apple Pi? Want to talk to an expert on scripting? Need launder funds through Grand Cayman? You can find all but the last at the new connect.wap.org.

• Apple Warranty Audio Books
• Apple /// DVD-ROM now in the public domain.
• Journal showcase: select Washington Apple Pi Journals from our first three decades
• Tuesday Night Clinic: The Tuesday Night Clinic reopened to provide Macintosh support September 2010 with a new sponsor, day, and location. The MacReycleClinic (www.macrecycleclinic.org) is the new sponsor. The clinic moves to Monday evenings at the Marvin Memorial Church, 33 University Blvd. East in Silver Spring, MD. For information about tax deductible equipment donations: e-mail office@macrecycleclinic.org or contact them via reclamation@wap.org. More information on the MacRecycleClinic.
• Clubhouse Saturdays, a new way to aid members helping members.
• TCS User Guide: a guide in Adobe Acrobat format (2.7 megabytes) on how to use the Pi's forums, the TCS.
• Pi Mosaic: 172 square feet of Pi history.
• Washington Apple Pi Photo Contest III Winners | 2009 Winners | 2007 Winners
• Video tutorials on Web publishing, iChat instant messaging.
• Pi Store. Don't overlook our online store. You can purchase Pi Fillings CDs, and join or renew your Washington Apple Pi membership.
• Stay in touch. Staying informed is easy: sign up for the Pi Announce list, with low carbs, no fat, and no added sugar.
• Need a Mac-friendly dial-up service? Subscribe to our 56K Explorer service, complete with your own Web space and IMAP-compatible E-mail. You can either read about it here or you can see how to configure your system.
• Instructions for member Web sites: basic instructions for managing your Pi member Web site.

How to use your Mac: from the Journal

• Survey: The Road to Mountain Lion
• Change your Apple ID password. Now.
• Moving Files to Your iPad
• Are Web browsers smarter than users?
• TechTool Pro 6: Beyond Disk Utility
• Blackout: SOPA, PIPA, and sabotage
• WriteRoom: A minimalist writing tool
• Macintosh Aids for the Visually Challenged
• Lionspeak: Voice Synthesis in Mac OS X Lion 10.7
• Trojans Still Need a Horse
• Anatomy of a Scam
• Uniformity: an iPhone app for the Navy
• Theodolite for the iPhone
• iPad: Not a Netbook; It's Better
• Putting Video on Devices Using Handbrake
• Think You Need a Laptop? No, You Need an iMac
• Mac Security: Physical, Mental and Spiritual - Part I: Physical Security, Part II: Mental Security, and Part III: Spiritual Security. Because the electronic world is dangerous.

Revised May 18, 2013
Washington Apple Pi is an international user group, with a history spanning three decades to the dawn of personal computing. The “Pi” continues to serve users of the very first personal computers as well as users of the most modern, advanced systems through its meetings, magazine, computer bulletin board and Internet services.
URL: http://www.wap.org /default.html