No, we’re not gone. We’re just on summer break due to the Hershey Public Library’s schedule, and our members’ vacation schedules. We’ll be back with a vengeance on September 8, 2010. Stay tuned for details!

The May 12 meeting of the Hershey Apple Core will take place starting at 6:30 PM at the Hershey Public Library.

If it is May in Hershey, it is time for our annual visit from Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus!

Bob will once again include the Hershey Apple Core as a stop on his Mid-Atlantic MUG tour, and we are honored to have him.

What to expect? Bob is hard at work on his latest offering, iPad For Dummies, so it isn’t hard to guess at least part of his presentation will be focused on Apple’s newest device.

Bob is also the author of a library full of Mac books, including iPhone For Dummies: Includes iPhone 3GS and Mac OS X Snow Leopard For Dummies. He is a frequent, favorite speaker at Mac User Groups, columnist for The Houston Chronicle and The Mac Observer and a member of the MacNotables panel.

We will also be taking Bob out for dinner as part of our regular Meeting-After-The-Meeting, so plan to join us and make it a full evening with Dr. Mac.

The April meeting of the Hershey Apple Core will be held on April 14 at the Hershey Public Library, starting at 6:30 PM.

There isn’t really much happening right now, right? Wrong! The iPad is here, and we’ll give you an up close and personal look at the iPad WiFi (the 3G isn’t available yet). How does it measure up as a video device? An ebook reader? A web device? A productivity tool? We could go on and on, but those are just some of the things we will talk about, along with the obvious question: should YOU buy an iPad?

We’ll also touch on the iPhone OS 4.0 announcements, answer all your questions in our infamous Question and Answer session, and share some fun at our Meeting-After-The-Meeting dinner.

You could stay home and do your taxes but what fun would that be? We will see on you April 14 to talk iPad.

Also, mark your calendars now for our May 12 meeting so you don’t miss Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus delivering his “State of the Mac” address live and in person at HAC, as part of his Mid-Atlantic MUG tour.

The March meeting of the Hershey Apple Core will be held on March 10 at the Hershey Public Library, starting at 6:30 PM.

Chuck Joiner and Joel Persing made it back from San Francisco and a successful and fun Macworld 2010, and will share their experiences in the conferences, on the show floor, at the parties and beyond. There were plenty of cool new products show and iPhone apps demonstrated. They will talk about what turned their heads, what they brought back with them, and what you should be looking to add to your arsenal of Mac and iPhone hardware and software.

Our meeting is also on iPad Pre-Order Eve Eve (yes, that’s a new holiday. Look it up.), and we’ll be talking about who is going to get one, which one to order, why you would want one, and all the latest news on Apple’s revolutionary device.

What would a HAC meeting be without our legendary Question-And-Answer Session, and the Meeting-After-The-Meeting dinner? Get there early, plan to stay late with all your HAC friends.

Sorry folks…there’s no meeting of the Hershey Apple Core in February. No, we didn’t prognosticate the weather (though that would have been a really great story to tell you).

Both Chuck and Joel will be in San Francisco for Macworld 2010, and in spite of the dozens of volunteers we had to lead the meeting, we just couldn’t make a choice.

We’ll be back on schedule in March with a report from the year’s biggest and best Mac event, the latest on Apple’s iPad and much more. See you then!

The next meeting of the Hershey Apple Core will be held on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at the Hershey Public Library, starting at 6:30 PM.

This month, we’ll take a look at the very best iPhone apps. With more than 100,000 choices in the iTunes App Store, it can be a challenge to decide which apps to invest in. We’ll show you some of our favorites in a wide variety of categories as well as a few iPone tips you may have missed. We’ll also be asking you to reveal your favorite apps and what they do for you.

What would a HAC meeting be without our always popular Question and Answer Session, and our Meeting-After-The-Meeting dinner at Fuddruckers? Come out and join us for our first meeting of the new year…and the new decade.

The next meeting of the Hershey Apple Core will be held on Wednesday, November 11 at the Hershey Public Library, starting at 6:30 PM.

“Tis the season to be giving (and receiving) gifts. What should you give? What do you want to get? What should you want to get? The December meeting of The Hershey Apple Core will not only give you some ideas, but also provide you with the opportunity to share yours as well. Have a gift that you think is worth giving or getting? Bring along your list.

We’ll also have our ever-popular Question & Answer session, and a special holiday version of the Meeting-After-The-Meeting at Fuddruckers where all of the HAC officers will be dressed as Santa Claus. (No, not really, but it will be fun anyway.)

Come celebrate the holidays the Mac way, with your friends at HAC.

The next meeting of the Hershey Apple Core will be held on Wednesday, November 11 at the Hershey Public Library, starting at 6:30 PM.

This month, we’ll take a look at a variety of cool pieces of hardware for Mac, iPhone and beyond. No, we’re not going to tell you, you’ll have to come and see, but rest assured that there will be something for everyone.

If all goes as planned, we’ll also demonstrate a new video conferencing and recording option that is available to anyone, live with a Mac luminary from the West. Want to know who? You’ll have to join us to find out.

All that, our always-popular Question and Answer session, and the Meeting-After-The-Meeting Dinner. What else are you going to do on a Wednesday night that will be half as much fun?

The next meeting of the Hershey Apple Core will be held on September 9 at the Hershey Public Library, starting at 6:30 PM.

Summer break is over and The Hershey Apple Core is hitting the ground running with a multi-topic meeting that has something for everyone.

We’ll take a look at Apple’s “It’s Only Rock & Roll, But We Like It” event, what was announced, and what it may mean to you. Then, we’ll show you a cool new way to find great applications for your Mac, as well as keep them up-to-date.

Finally, we’ll take a look at Apple’s new cat, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Even though it is billed as not having any new features, there are plenty of changes and enhancements that make it will worth the $30 upgrade. We’ll give you a tour.

You’ve been waiting all summer to ask, so we’ll also hold our ever-popular question-and-answer session, and, of coure, the Meeting-After-The-Meeting at Fuddruckers, so bring your appetite.

September’s here – time to kick your Mac habit back into high gear with HAC.

The next meeting of the Hershey Apple Core will be held on April 8 at the Hershey Public Library, starting at 6:30 PM.

During the discussions at our monthly meetings, we’re always surprised by the things we think everyone knows, but don’t know. Our April meeting is dedicated to showing some of those things…tips, hints, one-trick ponies, methods, products and services that everyone should know to get more out of their Apple hardware. Join Joel Persing for a look at ways to do things faster, better and easier, whether you knew you wanted to do them or not.

We’ll solve all your problems (OK, your *Mac* problems) in our Question and Answer Session, and have a ball at our meeting-after-the-meeting dinner at Fuddruckers. Join us for an evening of Mac fellowship and fun.