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Princeton Macintosh Users’ Group
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The Princeton Macintosh Users' Group (PMUG) is an Apple tech enthusiasts club in Princeton, NJ. Members share talents, interests, and skills to help others.
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Our popular Q&A meeting returns again! Have your Apple & general tech questions answered by PMUG’s President Aric Pedersen during our Tuesday, December 9 meeting. Non-member audience “seats” available. Learn more:
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#QandA #QuestionsAndAnswers #continuouslineDrawing #singleLineSketch
Member Q and A / A continuous line drawing of word bubbles. Three have question marks, and flow towards a large fourth bubble which has an explanation point - Illustration by Michael Blank
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Thank you Aric Pedersen for giving us interesting holiday Mac and tech gift suggestions! PMUG members may now log into the Members’ Area to watch the recorded Zoom presentation, and download a list of presentation links.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Get practical, fun, and unique holiday gift suggestions when PMUG President Aric Pedersen presents our annual Holiday Gift Guide at this Tuesday's PMUG meeting. Non-member audience “seats” are available. Find out more at: bit.ly/478mhod

#techGifts #holidayGifts #holidayGiftGuide
Holiday Gift Guide with Aric Pedersen * This Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 7 p.m., Online Zoom Meeting * Princeton Macintosh Users' Group * pmug-nj.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Affinity has combined its separate photo, illustration, and publishing programs into a single APP called “Affinity.” It's free.

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#affinityPhoto #affinityDesigner #affinityPublisher
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October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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OpenAI today released its ChatGPT Atlas Web browser. It lets you examine and report on Website contents with SideChat, search, edit your selected text with CursorChat, and perform Website actions with Agent mode.

chatgpt.com/atlas

#ChatGPT #agenticAI #webBrowser
OpenAI’s AI-powered browser, ChatGPT Atlas, is here
ChatGPT is the “beating heart of Atlas,” according to employees on the livestream.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Thank you @islandinthenet.com for telling us how to secure our digital life in today's day and age. PMUG members may now log into the Members’ Area to watch the recorded Zoom presentation.
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October 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Learn how to protect your digital life with newer, simpler, and more secure options than traditional passwords when @islandinthenet.com presents at PMUG’s Tuesday, October 14th meeting. Learn more:
bit.ly/4nHUKQt

#passkeys #2FA #MFA #onlineSecurity #macSecurity
The Truth About Passwords, Passkeys, and Authentication, with Khürt Williams / This Tuesday, October 14, 2025 @ 7 p.m. • Online Zoom Meeting • Princeton Macintosh Users’ Group • pmug-nj.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Thank you Aric Pedersen for showing us the many new features coming in macOS Tahoe! PMUG members may now log into the Members’ Area to watch the recorded Zoom presentation, and download a list of presentation links.
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September 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Get a sneak peek of macOS Tahoe's new features when PMUG President Aric Pedersen shows Apple's new operating system at our online meeting this Tuesday. He will also show VirtualBuddy virtualization software. Non-member audience “seats” available. Find out more at: bit.ly/45IyvSt
#macOS #mac
macOS 26 Tahoe screen, courtesy of Aric Pedersen
September 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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#kobo #ebooks #instapaper
Instapaper is now on Rakuten Kobo e-readers - Good e-Reader
Instapaper is now available on Kobo e-readers with a new software update.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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No meetings will be held in July or August. We hope you will join us for our September meeting.

#continuouslineDrawing #singleLineSketch
A continuous line drawing of a Kobo e-book reader atop three stacked books — two of which have bookmarks. In the background of the books and Kobo are two concentric yellow/orange circles representing the Summer sun. The text ‘PMUG is on Summer Vacation’ in cursive type is off to the right side. - Illustration by Michael Blank
July 31, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Thank you Aric Pedersen for your informative answers to all the questions sent in and asked during the meeting. PMUG members may now log into the Members’ Area to watch the recorded Zoom presentation, and download a list of links to the items mentioned.
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June 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Do you have questions about Apple products, Mac OS or iOS, or are looking for general tech recommendations? Come to our Tues., June 10 online meeting for our popular Q&A discussion. Learn more: bit.ly/3H9qZr4
#QandA #QuestionsAndAnswers #continuouslineDrawing #singleLineSketch
Member Q and A / A continuous line drawing of word bubbles. Three have question marks, and circle an inner fourth bubble which has an explanation point - Illustration by Michael Blank
June 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Thank you Aric Pedersen for teaching us how to get retro video games up and running again on the Mac!

Members may now log into the Members’ Area to watch the recorded Zoom presentation, and download a list of links to the items mentioned.
bit.ly/4iCdZat
May 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Pocket — the post and bookmark saving/sharing service — will soon shut down.

getpocket.com/farewell

#pocket #bookmarks
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May 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Playing videogames from different platforms and eras on today’s Mac will be the topic when PMUG President Aric Pedersen talks at our Tuesday, May 13 online meeting. Non-member audience “seats” are available. Find out more at: bit.ly/439o4XY

#retroGaming #retroGames #mac
Game screens, console game cartridges, and game instruction manuals for Pac-Man (Atari 2600,) Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega GENESIS,) and The New Tetris (Nintendo 64) / How to Play Retro Games on your Modern Mac * This Tuesday: May 13, 2025 @ 7 p.m. * Online Zoom Meeting * Princeton Macintosh Users' Group * pmug-nj.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Thank you Aric Pedersen for your interesting presentation on the ins-and-outs of voice synthesis and dictation programs on the Mac.

PMUG members may now log into the Members’ Area to watch the recorded Zoom presentation, and download a list of links to the items mentioned.
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May 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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I discovered the Somewhere on Earth Podcast (@soeptech.bsky.social) relatively recently. It follows tech and society, and is the spiritual successor to BBC Digital Planet — Gareth Mitchell from DP even hosts the show!

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#techAndSociety #tech #techPodcast #podcast
Home - Somewhere On Earth Productions
SOMEWHERE ON EARTH PRODUCTIONS: We are here to connect technology and business to people and new possibilities.
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May 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Learn how text to speech and speech to text on the Mac can help you when PMUG President Aric Pedersen talks at our Tuesday, April 8 online meeting. Find out more at: bit.ly/42j4hE0

#textToSpeech #speechToText #mac #onlineMeeting #continuouslineDrawing #continuousline
The text 'Text to Speech' in a monoline script font appears above and is connected to a continuous line drawing of lips. The lips end with a line connected to the text below of 'and Speech to Text on the Mac.' - Illustration by Michael Blank
April 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM