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2009 December 07 - MacNews

Speaking of Notes – iPhone Musical Concert on 12/9/09

On December 7, 2009, in Mac, by Chita Hunter
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Mobile Phone Concert shows iPhone's Musical Range

The iPhone's potential as a musical instrument is on display at the University of Michigan this week with a concert by the Michigan Mobile Phone Ensemble.
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_7732/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=PHNOuDcH

iPhone as a musical instrument
http://www.ns.umich.edu/podcast/video2.php?id=1181

December 9, 2009 8pm
The Premiere Final Projects Concert 
Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan 
http://mopho.eecs.umich.edu/


 

Taking advantage of Notes

On December 7, 2009, in Address Book, iCal, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Mail, MobileMe, by Terry White
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I run into friends and family that use Macs all the time and it seems that whenever I mention Notes in passing, I always get a blank stare. Apparently a lot of Mac users miss the fact that since Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, the Mail app has "Notes". This was one of the many features that I looked forward to when I upgraded from Tiger to Leopard. I use notes all the time instead of my old system of little stickies all over the wall, writing on the back of an envelope and other paper methods that were a mess. 

 

Where is this Notes thing that you speak of?

I can understand why most people that aren't looking for Notes in Mail don't discover them. Apple didn't really do anything to make them stand out in the Mail app. As a matter of fact they're in a place that you wouldn't think to look. They are in the sidebar under the "REMINDERS". To make things a little worse the entire Reminders section won't be there until you create your first Note or ToDo. 

Notes is under Reminders in Mail

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