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			The Virginia Macintosh Users Group (VMUG) has been providing Macintosh owners and users in the northern Virginia area with valuable services and support since 1990. Members trade information and advice, and network with other local Mac users at our monthly meetings, and through our communication forums. We invite you to be a guest at one of our meetings and discover how membership in our friendly group can help you get the most from your Mac. become a member
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			Two I's at Next VMUG Meeting September 13 Join us at the next VMUG meeting on Monday, September 13 at 6:30 PM for a presentation on uses and features in iMovie and iDVD. The meeting will be held at Kenmore Middle School, 200 S. Carlin Springs Road, Arlington, VA map  Note that this is trial location in the school's black box theater. Members will be asked to give feedback on this location to determine if we should meet here permanently or stay at the Moose Lodge. Apple Releases Safari 5 New Safari 5.0 was announced by Apple and is available for immediate download from the Apple web site, for both Mac and WIndows versions. The new browser update has some additional developer support, as well as enhancements for online reading, RSS, and better support for web standards. The web search box can now be customized for Bing, Google, or Yahoo searches. more info  Help Our Adopted School Help support Kenmore Middle School again this year by shopping at a Giant grocery store and designating your credits from your shopping club card to Kenmore.     Giant's A+ Bonus Bucks Program:     School code: 02003     sign up Your-Name@vmug.org VMUG is offering all our members their own VMUG email account on our new web server. Go to the members-only page to sign up. Select an email address (name@vmug.org) and password and send it to us. After your account is set up and activated, you will receive instructions and account information for your email software. Our email accounts have a web mail feature so you can receive and send from the web while on the road. The ability to have a sender's "black list" and "white list" for controlling spam, auto forwarding, and auto response features are also included. Time For A MUG Mug? Show the world your VMUG pride with VMUG merchandise. Mens & womens tee shirts, coffee mugs, bumper stickers, tote bags, and caps with the VMUG name and logo are all available at our online store. Browse the offerings and order one or as many items as you want. browse & shop	Product of the Month MAC OSX SNOW LEOPARD FOR DUMMIES By Bob LeVitus $16.49 This covers all the cool stuff and prepares you for the quirks. Learn when to shut down your Mac and when not to, how to use Time Machine. Also, learn about system updates, firewalls, troubleshooting, and other ways to keep your Mac safe, healthy. Also available for Kindle at $14.84.  buy it  Tool Tip: Add & Rearrange Menu Extras Shortcuts Menu Extras are those little icons on the right side of the menu bar. Rearrange Icons Hold down the Command key and     drag the icons to the positions     you want You cannot move the Spotlight or     Clock because they are not     menu extras. Delete An Icon Hold down the Commend key and     drag the icon off the menu bar Add 'Eject CD' Button Icon Open your hard drive window     from in the Finder Open System > Library >     CoreServices > Menu Extras Open 'Eject.menu' The icon appears in the menu bar Add other icons you may want     from the folder