Saginaw Macintosh Users Group

http://psd.tutsplus.com
Psdtuts+ is a blog/Photoshop site made to house and showcase some of the best Photoshop tutorials around. Submitted by Jerry Brasseur (SMUG).

http://www.photoshopcafe.com/lightroom/index.html
Lightroom 3 was recently released. If it’s your software of choice – use this site to learn to use it efficiently. Take some time on this site to check out other tutorials.

http://www.gazelle.com/
We strongly support the Delta College effort – Computers for Schools in Kenya. However, use this site if you’d like to sell your gadget. Shipping is free and they even send you a box.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3828
Is your gadget an iPhone? Read this support article.

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/06/removing-duplicates-from-your-iphoto-library/
Is your iPhoto library HUGE and you know you have duplicate images? You’re not the only one in this situation. I was when I found this article and tried the application mentioned. It worked successfully.

http://dictionary.reference.com
http://thesaurus.com
http://www.confusingwords.com/
The first two sites are just what they say – dictionary and thesaurus. The third one is so helpful. Browsing this site will affect your word usage, or is it effect???

http://theanimalrescuesite.com
The Animal Rescue Site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific need — providing food for some of the eight million unwanted animals given to shelters in the U.S. every year. Over four million animals are put to death every year in the U.S. alone because they are abandoned and unwanted. Sign up for a free email reminder to visit the site daily. Each click provides food for these animals. Then check the bar graph at the bottom of the page to see your you and others are helping. Submitted by Mary Bovee (SMUG).

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20004983-263.html?tag=nl.e795
Having a problem with your internet connection? Read some troubleshooting ideas in this article.

http://db.tidbits.com/article/11282?rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tidbits_main+%28TidBITS%3A+Mac+News+for+the+Rest+of+Us%29
You have a Facebook account – be proactive – be knowledgeable regarding your privacy.

http://www.macworld.com/article/151437/2010/05/reclaimprivacy_facebook.html?lsrc=nl_mwweek_h_cbstories
Another interesting article on Facebook security. Click on http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/. Try their bookmark – follow the directions. Remember, ultimately you are in control of what information you provide and therefore your privacy.

http://www.adorama.com/ALC/Category.aspx?alias=AdoramaTV&utm_source=ET&utm_medium=Email
Become a better photographer with tutorials available from Adorama. Better yet, check out their entire site here: http://www.adorama.com/alc/

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
This site deserves an encore. Check out this fascinating place without the travel to – D.C.’s interactive museum. Submitted by Nancy & Lee Pavlik (SMUG & MIAMUG).

http://www.macworld.com/article/151286/2010/05/clipboardmanagers.html?lsrc=nl_mwweek_h_cbstories
OS X clipboard leaves much to be desired. Read about some third-party applications that you may enjoy using.

http://www.google.com/squared
Here’s a tool you’ll find helpful. It’s simple – you enter a term and Google returns a spreadsheet-like chart of results information. Quick demo – search ‘dogs’. Cool, huh!

http://www.everymac.com/
Here you’ll find a complete guide to every Mac and iPod. There’s technical, configuration and pricing information and the ability to compare Macs. Submitted by Jerry Brasseur (SMUG).

http://www.nixle.com/
Receive trusted public safety alerts directly from your police department and other local agencies by email or text message. No cost! Try it – before you need it.

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/
If baseball is your sport and visiting ballparks in on your bucket list, take a look at this site for a ton of information – past and present.

http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2010/04/5_things_i_love_5_things_i_hate_about_the_ipad_1.htmlAre you thinking of an iPad purchase? – read what this blogger loves and hates about the iPad.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20001799-260.html?tag=nl.e703
It’s been all over the news about the new iPhone being found in the bar. Read this cnet article about what we’ll be enjoying on the iPhone to be released to the rest of us in June.

http://www.neatorama.com/
http://www.neatorama.com/best/
Just a neat site! Enjoyable reading on lots of topics. Submitted by Mike Lang (SMUG).  Mike also suggested you take a look at this fascinating article on gizmodo. http://gizmodo.com/5511236/the-thrill-of-flying-the-sr+71-blackbird

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPad_User_Guide.pdf
Here’s iPad user guide, not included in box. Use GoodReader app to import to iPad

http://ipad.screensteps.com/
Step-by-step instructions on various topics.

http://www.squaretrade.com/pages/ipad-landing
An alternative to AppleCare – SquareTrade covers accidental drops and spills.

http://appshopper.com/
A review site for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch apps. Above iPad related sites submitted by Mike Lang (SMUG).

http://www.changedetection.com/
How many times have you wished you knew when new information was posted on a site that you use frequently? Example: http://smug1.com/ or http://www.miamug.com/ or http://tmugmichigan.com/. Try it! Monitor change on your computer club site and know when upcoming meeting information, etc. is posted. It’s FREE to use this and it’s simple.  It works! Submitted by Jerry Brasseur (SMUG).

http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/20-tips-for-ilife-and-iwork-09.html
Here’s a great link for you to pick up some tips & tricks for iLife and iWork ’09. Some good stuff here.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-20000133-2.html?tag=nl.e776
Here’s a comprehensive article discussing the issue of sharing LARGE files. Listed are sites, free and paid, that you should check out.

http://whenisgood.net/
http://doodle.com/
Scheduling and meeting or event, a family reunion or even making simple dinner plans with a group? It’s tough to get date input simultaneously from your participants. Try out these sites and pick the one you like best. Submitted by Randy Walker (SMUG and MIAMUG).

http://storyofstuff.org/bottledwater/
Annie Leonard from The Story of Stuff, released this 8 minute video to observe International Water Day (March 22, 2010). The Story of Bottled Water discusses ‘manufactured demand’ and presents some stunning facts about how pervasive our desire to drink from a bottle is. Read this! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/annie-leonard/the-story-of-bottled-wate_b_507942.html

http://shipgooder.com/
Compare shipping rates at this site. Enter the weight of package; ‘To’ and ‘From’ ZIP codes or city names. Find your best deal!

http://creativelive.com/courses/digitalphotography/
FREE COURSE: Fundamentals of Digital Photography! Begins on Wednesday, 4/7/10; weekly classes for 10 weeks. Enroll today and receive an email reminder the day of each class. Attend the class online or you may purchase the class and download to view on your own schedule.

http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-take-a-great-social-media-profile-picture-in-4-easy-steps
So you want to look ‘smashing’ in the profile picture on Facebook or elsewhere? Follow these directions and look better than you deserve!

http://www.feedbooks.com/

Discover and download thousands of public domain books. Categories include: Adventure, Biography, History, Thriller, and much, much more. Follow the directions on this site. I downloaded Stanza (for iPhone and desktop). It works – and it will for you too! Contributed by Jerry Brasseur (SMUG).

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/how-to-transfer-songs-from-ipod-to-computer.htm

HowStuffWorks has some interesting reading for you here. Learn about transferring songs from iPod to computer and more.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10456919-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt

Learn about what happens when you use the “Reset Safari” option in the “Safari” application menu.

http://mactips.info/2010/01/how-to-customise-date-and-time-on-your-mac?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mactips%2FPETA+%28Mac+Tips%29

So you’re not pleased with how the Date and Time appear  on your Mac? Do something about it!

http://www.macworld.com/article/146555/2010/02/whatisgooglewave.html?lsrc=nl_mwnws_h_crawl

Have you used Google Wave? Have you even heard of it? Read about this service Google has launched. It’s all about collaboration and real-time communication and really very interesting.

http://www.macworld.com/article/146533/2010/02/1password_dropbox.html?lsrc=nl_mwweek_h_cbstories

Read about how 1Password and Dropbox can work together to keep your life on a Mac in sync.

http://blog.lynda.com/2010/02/25/introducing-the-new-lynda-com-iphone-app/

Attention iPhone users – now you can access your learning on the go with the new, free lynda.com iPhone App.

http://www.macworld.com/article/146725/2010/02/internet_radio.html

Don’t miss out on the rich and free resource for music – radio. Learn how to capture it here.