February Meeting

We're meeting on Monday, February 15th at 6:30 PM at the Ralph and Betty Wilson Education Center. The entrance is not yet open so please use the temporary entrance!?
Our theme is Top Software Picks - We'll show you the best new Mac Software available.

MacCamp (Saginaw)?Saturday, February 13. It’s MACCAMP! It’s at STFD #1 from 10 am to 4 pm.
Come for the whole day and bring your lunch. SMUG will provide beverage and snacks. MacCamp needs participation to succeed and continue. Please try to spend the day or an hour or two – whatever your schedule permits. Everyone can learn something at MacCamp and everyone can help someone else at MacCamp. WE NEED YOU!
For location information, go to: http://smug1.com/meetings/

Write For The Club
Are you interested in being a guest writer for our Mac Group?  It's really simple.  All you need to do is write a simple review, share a program, hardware or new feature you learned on your Mac.  Email the text, attach pictures and we'll publish the article and links every month on the website and in the electronic newsletter for everyone to enjoy.  Email your content to info@tmugmichigan.com

Special Offer: 25% off Mailplane

Mailplane is the most productive way to use Gmail on your Mac:
• Save time using photo drag-and-drop to send attachments
• Personalize your messages with formatted signatures
• Easily switch between different Gmail accounts
• Never miss an important message with notifications
• Link Gmail conversations with Mac documents

The regular price is $24.95 (USD); however, the exclusive Apple user group special price is $18.71 (USD).
Download the 30-day free trial version to get started. http://mailplaneapp.com/
See your user group Ambassador for discount code. This worldwide offer is valid through May 31, 2010.

Special Offer: 33% off Mac3Composites Notebook Cases
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Mach 3 Composites is introducing their new Carbon Fiber case for your MacBook. It features a new hard shell, light-weight, low profile, checkpoint friendly case. These cases are hand-made and designed to help protect your Apple laptop. All case exteriors have a high gloss finish with 100% carbon fiber, interiors are padded, and covered with a high-quality soft liner. They come in four sizes to best fit your needs.

Retail prices range from $151.99 to $199.99 (USD), depending on your laptop size; Apple user group discounted prices range from $99.99 to $146.99 (USD). Shipping will begin in mid-February.
Give your MacBook piece of mind: www.mach3composites.com
See your user group Ambassador for discount code.
This worldwide offer is valid through May 30, 2010.

Special Offer: 20% off Pixelmator

Pixelmator is a beautifully designed, easy to use image editor built only for Mac OS 10.5.7+ machines that has everything needed to create, edit and enhance images. Outstanding features include:
• Image processing powered by Core Image and Open GL
• Over 20 tools that select, crop, slice, paint, retouch, measure and navigate
• Over 15 color correction tools
• Over 130 Core Image-powered filters
• Compatible with 100 file formats
• Layers-based image editing
• Quick access to iPhoto
• Automator actions, with drag-and-drop support
• Apple Fonts and Apple Color Picker palettes
• Send To Mail and iPhoto
• Prepare and export web images easily
• Languages: English, German, French, Japanese, Spanish and Italian!
The exclusive Apple user group member pricing for Pixelmator is $47.20 (USD), which is 20% off the regular price of $59.00 (USD).
See your user group Ambassador for discount code.
For more information and free demo:?www.pixelmator.com
This worldwide offer is valid through May 15, 2010.

Special Offer: 30% off all Take Control Ebooks

Whether you’re looking to upgrade to and get started with Snow Leopard or you want to set up a rock-solid backup strategy, there’s a Take Control ebook for you. There are also books offering expert advice on maintaining your Mac, troubleshooting, AirPort wireless networks, iWeb, GarageBand and more. Take Control ebooks are written by the most-trusted names in the Mac world and published by Adam and Tonya Engst of TidBITS.
An exclusive 30% off their already low prices is offered to Apple User Group members on all Take Control ebooks.

See your user group Ambassador for discount code.

Purchase Take Control books:?http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/

TidBITS?http://www.tidbits.com
This worldwide offer is valid through February 28, 2010.

Special Offer: 25% off Strider Software TypeStyler

TypeStyler is an extremely sophisticated, yet simple and intuitive, page layout and graphic design tool that allows users to create spectacular graphic designs by applying special effects and distortion to type and graphic images. The new version takes TypeStyler’s unequaled control over text shaping, styling, flow and layout even further by exploiting Apple’s latest technologies such as Unicode, Core Image, OpenGL, QuickTime and Quartz compositions.

User group members can buy TypeStyler, regularly $179.95 (US), for $134.95 (US), and TypeStyler Upgrade for $74.95 (US); both are 25% discounts.
See your user group Ambassador for the discount code.

Download a 60-day tryout and purchase at:?http://www.typestyler.com
This worldwide offer is valid through February 28, 2010.