NJMUG Meeting Archive:

July 2018 - December 2018
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December 18, 2018
Holiday Party & Raffle - Plex - Emby - Router Security

Come join us at our December monthly meeting where we'll be having our annual Holiday party with lots of fun, food and drinks for everyone! Plus we'll have some stuff to raffle off regardless of whether you've been naughty or nice!

Plus we'll be featuring the following presentations:

Bruce Mittelman will give a demonstration of Plex, the media server that allows you to aggregate all your personal media and access it anywhere you go and on any device you own.

Mark Astmann will give a demonstration of Emby, the media server designed to organize, play, and stream audio and video to a variety of devices.

Jerry Glacken will show you how to check how to check the security of your home router and see how vulnerable it is to attacks.


November 20, 2018
Google Home Hub - HP 2 in 1 Laptop - Group Facetime - Magical Mystery Tour

Bruce Mittelman will give a demonstration of the Google Home Hub, the device that lets you control all of your smart devices on one home display or with your voice.

Bruce will also give demonstration of the HP 2 in 1 laptop which offers the power of a laptop and the portability of a tablet.

Bruce will also show you how to use the new Apple Facetime group feature.

Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic.


October 16, 2018
macOS Mojave - Smart Photo Editor - Print Window - WriteItNow - WordReference - Alternatives To Cable TV

Bruce Mittelman will give a demonstration of Smart Photo Editor, the application designed to make it as easy as possible for users of all levels to achieve creative results with their photos.

Mark Astmann will give a presentation on macOS Mojave, Apple's newest revision of its Macintosh operating system. Featuring enhancements like Continuity Camera, Dark Mode, Desktop Stacks, Dynamic Desktops, Finder enhancements, Screenshot markup and improved OS and Safari security, come learn why you'll want to upgrade your Mac right away.

Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month's tour will feature "Alternatives To Cable TV".

Catherine Mascis will give a demonstration of WriteItNow, the novel writing software that allows you to write and store complete novels; keep background details of characters, events, locations and ideas; display charts of events and relationships; generate characters, names and ideas and much more. Catherine will also show the website WordReference.com, the online translation dictionary.


September 18, 2018
Smart Photo Editor - Apple "Gather Round" Announcements - Coursera - Magical Mystery Tour

We'll be having an open discussion of all of the new products announced at Apple's September 12th "Gather Round" event.

Bruce Mittelman will give a demonstration of Smart Photo Editor, the application designed to make it as easy as possible for users of all levels to achieve creative results with their photos.

Catherine Mascis will show Coursera.org, the online learning platform that features over 2000 courses developed by 140+ of the best colleges and universities in the world.

Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic.


August 21, 2018
SSD Installation - myFlipShade - Infrared Photography - WiFi Visualization - Top iOS Apps

Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month he will present "The Top iOS Apps of 2017".

Bruce Mittelman will give a live demonstration of how to install an SSD (Solid State Drive) in your MacBook and migrate your data from your original hard drive. Also Bruce will give a presentation on Infrared photography which uses infrared light to create images unlike anything you can accomplish with traditional image photography.

Mark Astmann will show the myFlipShade, an iPhone screen shield, privacy protector and stand all-in-one.

Jerry Glacken will host a discussion on WiFi and the wireless network data that constantly surrounds us. He'll show just what can be collected, privacy concerns, as well as ways that others can use this data for malicious purposes."


July 17, 2018
Best Free Software - Rub Book - Wyze Cam Pan - Tips & Tricks - Survey Results - BetterZip

Louis Perez will give another installment of his "Magical Mystery Tour of the Web" which focuses on interesting websites related to a specific topic. This month he will present "The Best Free Software of 2017".

Catherine Mascis will give a demonstration of the RUBbook, an infinitely reusable digital notebook that also allows you to sync your notes and work easily to cloud services.

Mark Astmann will give a presentation of the Wyze Cam Pan, a full-motion security camera with tons of features.

George Ajjan will give another installment of "Three Things To Know On Your Mac" in which he'll show interesting tips and tricks that anyone can use to improve their Macintosh workflows.

Jerry Glacken will give a presentation on archving formats and BetterZip. Plus, Jerry will discuss the results of the NJMUG survey conducted at last month's meeting.


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