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CapMac October General Meeting - Keeping Your Mac Healthy

Thursday, October 9 , 2003
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

CapMac Director-at-Large Tom Straus explains how to keep your Macintosh happy, healthy, and productive with commercial tools like Alsoft's Disk Warrior, Symantec's Norton Utilities, ProSoft's Data Rescue, as well as free and shareware utilities like Super Get Info and Cocktail.

Tom is a longtime Macintosh user and a member of the Apple Consultants Network, a group of over 1,000 independent technical experts in the setup, use, and maintenance of Apple and related third-party products and solutions.

Tom has extensive experience with Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X and brings a wealth of knowledge about how to approach symptoms in a systematic and logical process using a variety of tools, including many you can download yourself from Version Tracker.

Remember when general maintenance on your Mac just meant rebuilding the desktop now and then? Wondering what "repairing permissions" is all about and what it can fix? Does your Mac seem slower than it used to be? Find out what kind of regular routines will keep your Mac performing up to its potential.

Tom will also cover troubleshooting your Mac when it doesn't behave as expected and demonstrate tools you may not be aware of which provide handy shortcuts to fixing annoying symptoms. It's sure to be an enlightening evening of learning how to give your Mac useful regular care and calmly approach those rare situations that cause panic (like a blinking question mark at startup!)

We will also provide updates on our Tutor-A-Teacher program which is now up and running, and a new contest to design CapMac web badges and banners for member web sites which will feature great prizes from Adobe including new copies of Acrobat Standard Edition and GoLive, and an Apple iSight camera!

Apple's Support Site
MacFixit
Macintouch
Mac OS X Hints

Alsoft - Disk Warrior
BareBones - Super Get Info
Symantec - Norton Utilities
ProSoft - Data Rescue

Plus, questions and answers, our monthly raffle, the nicest Mac friends you could ever hope to meet, and more!

Members and non-members alike are welcome to attend. Don't miss it!

7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
UT Pharmacy Bldg, Room 3.106
University St, between 24th & Dean Keeton (view map)
Contact Person -
512 502-8294

Location: The CapMac General Meeting is generally held on the second Thursday of every month. We are fortunate to have an excellent meeting space in the UT Pharmacy Building in a tiered auditorium style classroom equipped with state of the art audio and video projection and internet access. There's even power outlets for your PowerBook or iBook!

Getting there: The UT Pharmacy Building is located on University Avenue near the intersection of West 26th Street (which becomes Dean Keeton St. as it passes by the UT Law School). View a map of the vicinity and get driving directions here. The white square in the graphic below shows the location of the Pharmacy Building.

map to Pharmacy Building

Click here for a more detailed map.

Ample parking is now available just two blocks away in a new multilevel garage (PG4) recently constructed by the University. The garage is located at the corner of 27th Street and University Avenue, with the entrance on 27th Street. Cost is 3.00 for the whole evening.

Get driving directions to the garage and learn about their payment process here. Other parking options are available around campus.

The next CapMac Board of Directors meeting is on Wednesday, November 5, 2003.

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Schlotzsky's Flagship Deli
218 South Lamar, Austin

Contact Person -
CapMac Treasurer/Membership Coordinator
512 502-8294

The Board of Directors meeting is generally held on the first Wednesday of each month and is open to all members.

Directions are available from the Schlotzsky's web site. Bring your appetite and AirPort enabled PowerBook or iBook - Schlotzsky's has free wireless internet access!

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