The "Getting Ready For Leopard" presentation that was given at the last MacPeople meeting has been posted in the downloads section of on our website in PDF form and is available for download. You should also consider watching the Leopard "Guided Tour" video that has been posted to Apple's website as well as checking out the specifications page to ensure your computer can run Leopard.

Leopard is officially released on Friday, October 26th at 6pm. You can order a copy now on Apple.com or save $20 by ordering from Amazon.com or other retailers. The Apple Retail Stores will be having special Leopard "Launch Parties" from 6-10pm and giving away free T-shirts to the first 500 guests along with possibly other prizes.

FileMaker SIG Meeting:
October 20, 2007 10:00 -12:00
The next meeting of the FileMaker Special Interest Group will be Saturday, October 20, 2007 from 10:00 am - Noon in the Austin Michael Suite located at 2772 NW 43rd Street, Suite B in the Meridian Center. Need Directions?

10:00-10:10: SIG Business
10:10-11:00: FileMaker Overview
- databases
- field types
- modes
- layouts
- views
- scripts
- questions & answers
11:00-11:10 Ten Minute Break
11:10-12:00: Sending events to Apple iCal from FileMaker Pro
- importing data from a text file
- using the "Replace Field Contents" command
- using the "Case" function
- using an "OnOpen" script
- trapping for script errors
- performing an AppleScript within FileMaker
- using the "Loop" script step
- questions & answers

MacPeople Meeting:
October 11, 2007 6:00 - 9:00
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, October 11, 2007 from 6:00-9:00 pm in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg, room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions?

6:00-6:45 - Q&A
6:45-6:50 - MacPeople announcements
6:50-7:00 - Break
7:00-7:20 - Mac OS-X 10.5 Leopard preview - We'll highlight the next Mac OS to be released before the November MacPeople meeting.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/
7:30-7:50 - iDVD How to - Dan Spiess goes through how to create a DVD of your home movies or slide shows via iDVD
http://www.apple.com/ilife/idvd/
7:50-8:10 - Filemaker database introduction - Dean Johnson
http://www.filemaker.com/
8:10-8:20 - Raffle
iPod Nano with video - 8GB Black ($199 value)
Avenir novel writing application ($29.95 value)
Apple Hat (priceless)
Apple Pen (priceless)
Take Control eBook (value varies)
8:20-8:40 - MacPeople shoot out: Avenir vs. Jer's novel writing applications - Bill Rose
http://returnself.com/
http://www.jerssoftwarehut.com/
8:40-9:00 - El Gato Eye TV - Bill Rose
http://www.elgato.com/