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The Midlands Macintosh User Group is a non-profit user group run for and by Apple fanatics in the West Midlands, UK. We meet monthly throughout the year covering a wide variety of topics. Our meetings are fun and informal with good refreshments, a main presentation and raffle.

iBooks & Lion vs Snow Leopard

Tue, 31/01/2012 - 18:30 - 21:00

We'll take a look at iBooks, and go through making your own iBook with iBooks Author. If you've made one yourself, why not bring it along to show others. 

Then we'll have an open discussion about Lion, pros and cons, reasons to upgrade and stick with Snow Leopard and more. Everyone is invited to participate here!
 
Pizza and refreshments will be provided for attendees.
 
If you're planning on coming, please can you register at MMUG Jan2012 so we can bring enough cheesy dough.

 
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Birmingham Science Park Aston (BSPA)
Holt Street
Birmingham B7 4BB
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Change the login window background and text

Automator LogoThese scripts make changes to your loginwindow preference file. If the file doesn't exist it will be created.

This preference is set for the computer (all users) as it effects the login window we all see when we log in. The preferences are stored in a plist file /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist

You could use terminal commands to add these things yourself - the scripts just add a confirmation dialog box and make it easier for novice users.

For the picture script the image needs to be a jpeg and needs to be stored in a public folder as the system needs access to the file before a user logs in.

The picture will be squished or stretched to fit on the screen.

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Locking the Screen on Mac OS X 10.6

I'm often asked by teachers, IT folks and mac switchers "How can the screen be locked on a mac?"

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