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1. So keep this differences in mind especially when considering pricing Toner Cartridges One of the negative considerations in buying a color laser printer is the cost of toner cartridges The P1606dn only uses one cartridge that is sufficient to print 2100 pages with each cartridge This LaserJet includes starter cartridges that probably have half the usual amount of toner than standard ones Manufacturers like to save money by not giving consumers full toners when they buy their machines Full cartridges for the P1606dn series are about 78 These are list prices You can find discounts for these online Compare this cost with over 100 for inkjets that only have a cycle of about 500 pages compared to the laser s 2100 Check out this table for comparing toner prices between the 2 models Price Per Page P1606dn CP2025dn Continued on Page 12 REVIEW Apple iPad 2 By Irv Haas The Review Guru ne of Apple s most wildly successful products That shipping time has now been reduced to 2 3 has been the iPad Since its introduction last weeks For retail stores the iPad 2 is only available at year users have complained about omissions in the the Apple Store Best Buy Walmart amp Sam s Club but device Most of these issues have been addressed in don t expect to find them in stock the Apple iPad 2 The best way to find one locally is to arrive at the For the same price as last year s models Apple has Appl2. Please send articles to the editor for that month Bob is the editor next month ApplePickers accepts a mem ber s classified ad free of charge once every 6 months Business ads are also accepted Email pr applepickers org for more information or visit our website www applepickers org Advertisement rates are as follows Business card size 3 x 2 5 60 per 6 months Quarter page size 3 75 x 5 100 per 6 months All advertisement requests must be approved by the board prior to inclusion in the newsletter Full color or grayscale ads have the same price We request that your ad be camera ready art 300dpi_ is preferred Email ads to either newsletter editor New Information ApplePickers Message Boards Come and join us at the ApplePickers new Message Boards Ask questions read other ApplePickers mem ber s postings See gossip and news and special an nouncements The ApplePickers Message Boards are a valuable and useful member benefit Free subscrip tions for ApplePickers members To join point your browser of choice to www applepickers org and click on the Forum tab on the top of the website If you need an account or lost your password please E mail Bob van Lier at bobv applepickers org As a new benefit to members we offer the ability to have your own applepickers org e mail address If you are interested in setting up an ApplePickers e mail address for yourself please send an e mail request to Bo
3. MAY 2011 ApplePickers MACINTOSH USER GROUP MAY Program UNLEASH YOUR INNER PHOTOGRAPHER You know how to turn on your camera point it and push the button Now learn how artists create photographs Main Meetings MAY 11th _ Business Meetings are now 4 Virtual See Website Forums Quick Find Index General club information Page 2 Apple Digital A V Adapter Page 3 Import YouTube DVD to Mac Page 4 HP LaserJet P1606dn Page 5 Printer continued Page 6 iPad 2 Page 7 iPad 2 continued Page 8 iPad 2 continued Page 9 Non Designer s Book Page 10 Remotely Control Mac Book Page 11 Printer continued Member App Page 12 ApplePickers Main Meeting We meet the second Wednesday of each month 6 30 7 00 p m social time main meeting 7 00 8 45 p m at the Fishers Library 5 Municipal Dr just north of 116th St in Fishers Visitors are always welcome to come and join us Fishers Library F Y Ppa a ne T 165 ApplePicker s Business Meeting Mac The business meeting is held via the ApplePickers Virtual Business Meeting forum topic Any member is welcome to post in that topic stating their opinions on what the club should be doing The third Monday of each month Apple Represen tative Greg Willmore hosts the Mac Programmer s SIG You should email Greg for specific information willmore apple com Location varies Final Cut Pro User Group The INDYFCPUG meets
4. ailable light for optimum LCD display e AirPlay enables you to stream your movies photos or music directly to your HDTV or speakers e AirPrint makes it possible to enable your iPad to print wirelessly to your AirPrint enabled printer e Accelerometer lets you view your iPad in landscape or portrait mode simply by turning it Certain games also use this technology Activation Although Apple stores will do the activation for you this is a simple procedure you can do on your own The iPad like the iPods use iTunes for total control Just connect the included dock connector to your iPad and the USB end to your Mac or PC and follow the instructions Within iTunes you need to mark which functions you want to sync iTunes will then automatically sync those functions Many apps will still not work until you manually input your passwords These are not automatically transferred Although this sounds like a simple procedure it is plan on an hour or more to download Apple latest iTunes and iPad software IOS 4 Once completed you can use your iPad normally Evaluation As a first time iPad user the iPad 2 was a revelation Most of the operations were very intuitive especially if you are used to an iPod with a video screen Enlarging text or moving to different apps from home seemed quite natural Using the iPad was like opening Pandora s box Just check out the variety of apps available gives you a rough idea You ca
5. at you will have some signal loss due to the resolution difference between your Apple device and your HDTV The loss comes not from the adapter but the limitations of the Apple device itself Try the cable and see if it works well with your device If not you can always return it to the dealer for a refund You won t find a better guarantee than that The key caveat is that resolution is reduced up to 720p Although the images are fine just don t expect those great 1080p images that your HDTV set is capable of The adapter costs 39 To keep the cost low Apple expects you to pick up the tab for noth cables Evaluation As indicated above the cable worked perfectly just plug in and go Although the images looked good don t expect them to fill our your HDTV screen In landscape mode the image will fill up about 2 3 of your TV screen When watching movies however they will be full Import YouTube DVD to Your Mac By UG InfoManager C occas Software has solved the problem of capturing YouTube videos with CosmoPod for Mac OS X CosmoPod is a one click simple extension to Apple Safari browser that helps you saving and converting internet media content to your Mac iPhone AppleTV or iPod From Hong Kong comes the latest release of CosmoPod CosmoPod 4 2 1 is an intuitive Safari extension that lets you download Flash videos from all popular websites like YouTube Vimeo DailyMotion etc CosmoPod can automatically conv
6. b van Lier and give us the address you wish to have and whether you just want a forwarding account or a regular e mail account a ApplePi MACINTOSH USER GROUP Review Apple Digital A V Adapter By Irv Haas The Review Guru f you are looking for a way to display the images screen Don t expect razor sharpness since you are of your iPad iPhone or iPod touch on your HDTV not working with the full resolution of the TV Digital look no further than the Apple Digital A V Adapter Copy movies from Blu ray sets work best There is a noticeable loss of contrast and slight fuzzy picture This small adapter plugs between your HDTV and but is certainly not objectionable Watching movies your Apple device Just plug in an HDMI cable downloaded from the Internet will not fare as well not included of course and a dock connector to Sharpness is dramatically reduced USB also not included and you will be viewing your content on that big new TV screen No other Be advised that Apple offers 3 cables to work with configuration is necessary your TV this one and a VGA for older devices and a composite adapter for older HDTV sets The new One of the additional key benefits is that by Digital A V Adapter is the one you need if you have plugging in the dock connector you can also charge an HDTV and sync your device as well Conclusion The Digital A V Adapter worked just fine Connect the cables and you re ready to go Just be aware th
7. e Store at 8 a m when they open and stand released its successor with a thinner design front in line The arrived shipments from the previous and back cameras and a faster processor business day are then sold at that time until they are sold out Don t expect to visit the Apple Store later There are now 18 different configurations You now in the day and find your iPad configuration Sales can select Wi Fi or 3G cellular models from AT amp T or have been that hot Verizon You also have a color choice between a black and white frame Prices range from 499 to 829 depending on the configuration Sc cS a 499 599 699 Features e Front and Rear Cameras o Rear camera lets you shoot HD video 220p up to 30 frames per second with audio still camera with 5X digital ZOOM Sales o Front camera lets you shoot VGA up to 30 fps with audio VGA quality still With the introduction of the iPad 2 on March 11 camera demand has outstripped supply Apple originally had an estimated shipping time from 4 5 weeks after e Faster processor with a 1GHZ dual core A5 placing an order at it s online store custom designed chip j Furi fee eee ete e Memory ranges from 16MB or 32MB or 64MB of flash storage e Battery provides up to 10 hours of operation e Super fast graphics lets you run faster games and apps thanks to the A5 chip e Multi touch display let your fingers do the walking e Ambient Light Sensor Reads av
8. ert downloaded files to an Apple device friendly format tag them and add them to iTunes so it s all there ready format your next sync Best of all it s one click simple Additionally you can convert most video already on your hard drive with a simple drag and drop and CosmoPod is also a great tool to import your DVD collection to your Mac iTunes AppleTV and iPhone e CosmoPod supports the most popular web video formats FLV DivX WMV MMS RM RTSP e Convert files already on your disk and DVDs by dropping them onto CosmoPod window e Beautiful H 264 encoding for all your needs Mac iPod iPhone amp AppleTV e Works with Elgato turbo 264 and turbo 264 HD e Set iTunes movie tags directly from CosmoPod e Automatically detects HD Videos on YouTube e Extract audio tracks from most video files and convert it to m4a e Growl Integration e CosmoPod perfectly blends into Safari It s just like an extra Download window for your media What s new in this version e Selectable file extensions for converted files m4v mp4 e Dragging VIDEO_TS folders now start the DVD import wizard e Adds mA4v file extensions to droppable file types e Growl framework updated to 1 2 1 e New DVD Import section in user manual e Drop zone window overlay bug has been fixed System Requirements Mac OS 10 4 or later Safari 4 or later Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel CosmoPod 4 2 1 is shipping today for the sweet
9. is printer but losing color capabilities Both printers do duplex 2 sided printing just by clicking on the Print menu button You have a box that says 2 Sided You can either click on that box for duplex or leave it blank for single page printing Speed Considerations The speed factor would determine the price of each printer you should purchase The HP P1606dn could offer the best compromise between speed and price With its monthly duty cycle of up to 8000 pages this could be perfect for a small or home business Remember to keep speed considerations in line with pricing The rated speed of theP1606dn of 26 ppm was very close to the manufacturer s estimates but not exact much like car MPG statistics For comparison compared my previous color laser printer the CP2025dn with the new P1606dn printer Check out these differences with speed in seconds Pend P1606dn CP 2025dn Rated Speed Up to zed oh Up to a ppm 3 Page Data o o 5 Page Date One reason for the slower speed with the CP20205dn is that this laser printer has to perform more tasks since it involves a total of 4 cartridges compared with the P1606n s single cartridge As you can see the rated speeds are close approximations but you should not go by them as absolute When purchasing a printer use the print speeds as guidelines nothing more HP Auto On Auto Off Technology This is one of the first printers with HP s Auto On Auto Off techn
10. is heartbroken that his or her MacBook refuses to obey commands issued across the room A writes waited a long time to get a laptop and finally decided on a MacBook only to find out after purchase that the new MacBook does not support the Apple Remote for use with Keynote Do you have any recommendations for a remote that will work well with the MacBook and Keynote Regrettably you waited a little too long as MacBooks released at and after late 2009 the polycarbonate model not the MacBook Pro don t carry an IR port and therefore don t work with Apple s remote But you re not completely out of luck If you have an iPhone iPod touch or iPad and a Wi Fi connection you can use one of a handful of remote control apps to control your Mac I ve used Air Mouse Pro HippoRemote Rowmote Pro and Snatch and they re all capable of controlling a Keynote presentation over Wi Fi Apple also sells the 99 cent Keynote Remote app but I ve found that with iOS 4 1 it doesn t always reliably link my iPhone and iPod touch to my Mac Those are all fine solutions if you re able to join a Wi Fi network but if you can t you have to turn to other wireless avenues One of those avenues is a dedicated hardware remote that works in league with a USB receiver that you plug into your Mac Kensingon Logitech and Targus make such devices They cost around 40 Bluetooth is another way to go The venerable Salling Clicker allows you to remote
11. ly control your Mac with a variety of Bluetooth capable mobile phones regrettably the iPhone isn t one of them And of course if you don t plan to stroll around during your presentation you could control it with a small Bluetooth keyboard such as Apple s 69 Wireless Keyboard Hippo Remote by RoboHippo LLC oocooaoiga alelo lehe pnc0o00s o mS Application for Membership Membership has its benefits An ApplePickers membership offers the following benefits plus many more e The ability to view and post on our message boards e The ability to have your own email address ___ applepickers org e The ability to place a free ad every 6 months e The ability to participate in all club raffles and auctions Beth Weber store Manager 96th and Meridian Store 9561 Starbucks Coffee Company Coffee Master 9545 N Meridian St Indianapolis IN 46240 317 816 6279 Direct Line 509561 retail starbucks com Wivw starbucks com scareers Name Additional Family Members Address City Phone Email Required ___ New Member Single Family 25 ___ Renewal 25 prefer to receive my newsletter via email notice download via web As an email attachment Mail your application along with a check for 25 made payable to ApplePickers to ApplePickers PO Box 20136 Indianapolis IN 46220 HP Printer Continued from Page 6 The P1606dn is more expensive simply because the toner cartridges fo
12. n use the iPad exclusively as a game device by downloading nothing but games The 9 7 screen makes it ideal for game graphics unlike the smaller iPod touch Besides games there are many utility apps for such items as GPS functions currency exchange weather info calculator functions airport arrivals just to name a few The speed for Safari was very quick if you need it for Web browsing bought an iPad expressly for use as asecond computer when other family members are using my desktop However in the process discovered many other uses such as checking email or surfing the Web anywhere in the house much like a laptop without the additional expense Specifications Size 9 5 h x 7 31 w x 34 d 4 d Weight 1 33 Ibs What s Included 1 Apple iPad 2 2 Dock connector to USB 3 Battery charger Conclusion Does the Apple iPad 2 live up to its hype After using it for 2 weeks have to concur Besides using it for Internet browsing my original purpose I find it convenient to be able to check my email contacts share my photos amp videos anywhere in the house Prac The iPad is more practical for these tasks due to the size of the screen especially when compared to the iPod touch Apple has made a device that makes it intuitively simple to navigate If you need documentation forget about finding in Checking out an iPad in a retail store will give you the box The only pri
13. nce After creating good content Robin then reminds us of the basic design principles she taught in her last Non Designer s book contrast repetition alignment and proximity Finally she takes the time to dispel a long litany of misconceptions about how to present For example she quickly dismisses the idea that handouts somehow distract your audience instead it actually keeps them focused on your presentation instead of furiously taking notes Each of her misconceptions is based on some basic fact of presentations which people took to an extreme This is simply a must have book The checklists at the end are well worth the price of the book in and of themselves Pros All the tips and tricks to a great presentation written in an easy to follow and understand guide Cons It s not mandatory reading for anyone who buys a projector It really should be as countless hours of productivity would be gained in corporate America Five out of Five Dogcows Permission is granted for republication so long as Dave Greenbaum www clickheretech com is attributed and a link or copy of the republication is sent Originally published and written for the Lawrence Apple Users Group 2 0 http www laugks org news and published by the author at http www S conter HEFAFE POL DAIGA clickheretech com Cete re content E lasy Page 10 Remotely Control a MacBook By Christopher Breen Macworld com eader A Hart
14. nted item in the box is a card a feel for the device But you won t realize its true telling you to activate your iPad by connecting it worth until you use it on a permanent basis One with iTunes If you need more information Apple year ago people were saying who needs a tablet offers a 198 page lpad User Guide online at this site computer Current sales have answered that htt manuals info apple com en US ipad 2 user question Apple has sold 7 8 million iPads and that quide pdf number keeps growing The Non Designer s Presentation Book By Dave G dgreenbaum gmail com calldrdave Ro Williams has produced an outstanding sequel to her famous book The Non Designer s Design Book this time focusing on using presentation software such as PowerPoint and Keynote Instead of explaining all the programs functions she outlines pardon the pun exactly what makes a good presentation This isn t just a do s and dont s but a structured path to making a presentation that will not only educate but also keep your audience awake and alive Presentation Boor Principles for effective presentation design She first focuses on the content of your presentation clarity relevance animation and plot Good presentations start with good content Fortunately she saves us all from those boring stand up meetings where the presenter simply reads the slides Slides should serve as a way to move the speech and engage the audie
15. ology that automatically turns the power of the printer on or off In previous models the printer would automatically go to sleep mode to save power Now the printer turns itself off after a few minutes of inactivity and powers itself back on when attempting to print Setup This was a very simple process Unpack printer 2 Plug in AC power cord 3 4 Insert CD Follow instructions on CD VI Plug in USB cable Keep in mind that there is no manual as it exists only on the CD The only printed information is on an Installation Guide This 12 page document asks you which setup you require Mac or PC With this printer HP has introduced HP Smart Install that lets you install your printer just by connecting a USB cable and power cord No CD installation is required Macs however still need to install the drivers on the CD Very easy to follow For wireless installation you need to purchase an Ethernet bridge to print wirelessly The only drawback of this printer is that wireless printing is not included as standard Once completed it will automatically set your Print amp Fax section in System Preferences and you ll be ready to print wirelessly Quality of Printouts compared the printouts of both the P1606dn and the CP2025dn Print quality was very similar if you look at them at a glance Between the two laserjets the P1606dn had slightly better contrast although the difference was minimal
16. price of 8 90 Euro 12 USD It is a free update for all CosmoPod 4 licensees CosmoPod 3 and ealier users can upgrade for 3 90 Euro 5 USD Ococoamug Software CosmoPod 4 2 1 http www cocoamug com cosmopod index htm Download CosmoPod cosmopod 4 2 1 dmg http www cocoamug com cosmopod cosmopod 4 2 1 dmg YouTube Get a Mac Collection mp4 i YouTube High tide or Low Tide mp4 YouTube Get a Mac ad with Gisele bundchen fiv EJ Review HP LaserJet Professional P1606dn By Irv Haas The Review Guru f you re tired of paying for low volume inks and slow print speeds you may want to consider the HP LaserJet Professional P1606dn anew model for 2011 Laser printers have always printed nice clean text but were often slow The P1606dn is a real speed demon compared to previous models find that my first page comes out of this LaserJet at just about 6 seconds Can your printer inkjet or laser do that Let s take a closer look at this printer to evaluate if this one worth purchasing It includes both USB and network ports To make this a wireless printer you need to buy additional hardware LaserJet Comparison Check out the differences between the new P1606dn series and a previous model the CP2025dn T P1606dn CP2025dn MSRP Price 229 99 499 99 179 99 349 99 2 sided Yes Yes Wireless Ys No No oftrays 1 2 As you can see you are picking up speed with th
17. r this printer do not have the higher toner volume compared to the CP2025dn To keep costs down HP has included an introductory cartridge which probably has half the toner of what a standard cartridge includes HP does not reveal the specific quantity included in an introductory cartridge Conclusion The HP P1606dn is a high speed quality printer If you need just a few pages per month this one may not be for you since a less expensive laser would work just as well for you My only complaint with this printer is that for the money involved it should have had wireless printing capability included You can always add this functionality with additional hardware but the cost may be prohibitive if you are spending close to 200 for this printer But if you have a home business with high printing needs this model is certainly one to consider Auction Items We have only one for May the HP 1606dn Printer Page 12
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