Apple Macintosh computer user group serving Inland Empire, Southern California

MUGSIE

Macintosh Users Group Serving the Inland Empire

Meetings: 7pm 3rd Tuesday of every month Janet Goeske Center 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside CA 92504

Upcoming Demos

	Solid State hard drives
	Next meeting May 19, 2009
	The latest solid-state hard drives contain no moving parts. That technology has arrived in the MacBook Air laptop, but it soon will be appearing in other computers. Look for these durable drives to be guaranteed for 10 years of operation!


	Upcoming
	June 16th
	Learn all about the Internet browsers available for Macs. Currently, there are 20 of them. Not all will be investigated, but we will pick out the best ones and tell you why
	Topics subject to change

Here's a compilation of various Mac commercials.

	Review of Eye-Fi-- Secure Digital card by Mugsie member Daniel Luck
	Review of Peggle the Game by Mugsie member Daniel Luck While watching MSNBC on TV, I noticed a review for Peggle computer game for Windows, Macintosh and iPods. They proclaimed Peggle as one of the “Top 5 most addictive games of all time”. What is Peggle? Peggle is a casual computer game that's a cross between pinball and pachinko (a Japanese gaming device used for amusement and prizes). The player shoots balls from the top of the screen (at various angles) and the ball goes down and hits various pegs. The object of the game is hit all the orange pegs before you run out of balls. To assist you is several guides such as who will give you hints and tips as well as special power-ups. The power-ups are activated by hitting the one of the green pegs. For example, Bjorn the Unicorn features a power-up that shows you the path of your ball. Once you hit all the orange pegs, you will be greeted with a rousing version of “Ode to Joy” and neat graphical effects like a rainbow and fireworks. Peggle is easy to pick up and play, but each level gets progressively more difficult. Peggle is a very addictive game. One feels a sense of accomplishment after completing each level or stage. Peggle is available for Windows, Macintosh and iPod platforms. For the Macintosh, the system requirements are fairly modest: Mac OS 10.3.9 or higher, 256MB of RAM and G4, G5 or Intel Processor. The game runs well on my Mac Mini (Core Solo) running 10.4.6. Trial download is available for download at PopCap Games. I enjoyed the game so much that I purchased a copy. Check it out for yourself! PopCap Games Peggle for Mac: http://www.popcap.com/games/mac/peggle MSNBC's Review of Peggle: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18221146/
	Tip of the Month If you're setting up another hard drive to use for "Time Machine" in Leopard, read this. It will save you some hours of grief. Formatting the drive for Mac OS X Journaled, you would think before using it on your Mac, is the 1st thing to do. Well, it isn't and this isn't well documented by Apple.
	Beware of Trojan Horse for Mac In case you're thinking that Macs are immune to malicious ware common with Windows machine, read this MacWorld article to educate yourself, just in case