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

Our topic this month will be “The Signs, Sounds and Highlights of Macworld 2011.”

Chuck Joiner and Joel Persing were both in San Francisco for the year’s biggest and best Apple event, and will talk about what they saw, who they met, and what products you need to know about. Chuck shot lots of video on the show floor, and some of the best will be shown to supplement the discussion. If you think you heard everything that happened in San Francisco…you didn’t. Joel and Chuck will get you up to speed.

We’ll also have our ever-popular question and answer session, the Meeting-After-The-Meeting Dinner and more. See you there!

The next meeting of the Hershey Apple Core will be on January 12 starting at 6:30 PM at the Hershey Public Library, Hershey PA.

HAC is back from the holidays and we’re all about apps. We’ll have a look at the new Mac App Store, what it brings to the table for all Mac users, and what the implications are for the future of app development and distribution.

All these easily-accessible apps mean that you will want to pay extra attention to your Mac app management. We’ll show you how to properly and completely uninstall apps both automatically and manually to make sure your Mac stays lean and mean.

We’ll also have a look at some of our favorite new apps for our iDevices – the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and invite you to bring along yours as well.

This meeting will also mark our first President’s Sale. No, we’re not selling Chuck (who would pay?). Bring any tech that you don’t need any longer (or that you got for Christmas and want to be relieved of) and put a “President Price” on it: $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100. Our usual caveats apply: please accurately represent the condition and functionality of what you bring, and all sales are between buyer and seller. HAC will just be there lurking in the background. Watching.

What would a HAC meeting be without our always-informative Question and Answer Session, and Meeting-After-The-Meeting Dinner? Nothing, so you can expect those too.

PLEASE NOTE: At this time of year we need to remind you that, in the event of challenging weather, we’ll make any call to cancel the meeting no later than 5 PM, or earlier if the Hershey Library opts to close. Check the web site or be sure you’re on our email list to get the notification directly.

Sorry folks but due to the legendary “circumstances beyond our control,” the December meeting of the Hershey Apple Core is cancelled.

We encourage you to use the extra evening to shop for the Apple and tech person, even if that’s you, or just to put your feet up, relax with your Mac, MacBook, iPhone or iPad and enjoy some holiday audio or video.

We will be back on January 12, 2011 to kick off the new year. Until then, Joel, Joe, Keith, Jim and Chuck wish you and yours the best of holiday seasons.

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

Joel will be showing off the latest and greatest updates to AutoCAD, along with how it is moving to the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad. There will be discussion of the new Apple TV, and Chuck will FaceTime in from BlogWorld in Las Vegas with at least one special guest to talk about the show and why it is worth the trip.

Of course, there will be our infamous Question and Answer session, the Meeting-After-The-Meeting dinner at Fuddruckers and more. All treats and no tricks at the October meeting of HAC.

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

This is our return-from-summer meeting…and what a summer it has been! So much to talk about from Apple and beyond. We will be covering a wide variety of topics, trying to be sure there is something for everyone, whether your focus is Mac, iPod, iPad, digital photography or something else.

Topics that we will get to will include, but are not limited to:

• Apple’s Special Event announcements – an (almost) all-new iPod line, new features in iOS, and a revamped Apple TV.

• A free training course for all you budding videographers who want to do more than play with iMovie

• Moving your email to the cloud…and loving it.

• Moving all your photos from those shoeboxes in your attic to your Mac – the hard way and the easy way (and yes, there is an easy way).

• A cool utility and free service that will sync all your passwords on all your Apple devices (yes, devices, not just Macs)

• Some new and cool iPhone and iPad apps

That’s where we will start. To find out where we end up, you’ll have to join us. But before you do, be sure to take a look at the hardware and software you’re not using. We are introducing a new feature at HAC meetings: The $5, $10 and $20 sale table. The rules are simple:

1. Bring in your *working* hardware or software, with a piece of paper describing what it is, what it does, confirm it functions, and any other details a prospective buyer might need to know. Include your name and some identifying aspect of your appearance (”the guy wearing the Windows t-shirt”) so the buyer can find you.

2. Put one of three prices on it: $5, $10 or $20.

3. Attendees will pick and choose, and hopefully we’ll all get to trade some gear at a good price. We do ask that you limit your sale items to four per meeting, and that you make a donation to the group of $1 for each item sold. You’re on the honor system for that one; we won’t hunt you down.

4. Please, folks…no junk. Old equipment: yes. Dated software: yes. Junk: no.

5. You’re responsible for taking unsold items home with you. If you leave it, you have donated it to the group.

Don’t worry…with all that, we will still be doing our infamous Question and Answer session, our Meeting-After-The-Meeting Dinner where we will all share our summer adventures, and more.

Start the fall of ‘10 off right with all your Mac friends at HAC. See you there!

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!