by Mike | Apr 25, 2016 | Macstock News
Would your Apple User Group or other club like to attend Macstock this year? If so, Macstock Group Discounts are now available for groups of 5-14 or groups of 15+!
To request your Macstock Group Discount, please visit our Group Discounts Page and tell us a little about your group and how to reach you. All qualifying groups will be emailed a coupon code to buy Macstock tickets at a substantial discount!
Please note that you will be required to purchase all your Macstock tickets within a single transaction, so be sure to have your member information like food preferences and t-shirt sizes ready when ordering!
by Mike | Apr 24, 2016 | Macstock News
In addition to lunch on Saturday and Barry’s Midwest Mac BBQ Saturday night, when we added a second day this year, I wanted to put together a little continental breakfast for everyone on Sunday, but the feedback I’ve been getting tells me that most folks aren’t terribly interested in a continental breakfast, either because your hotels offer very similar breakfasts or you were looking for something a bit healthier than sweet cakes. Many of you were also worried you wouldn’t get to the conference center before the breakfast was over!
So with that in mind, I spoke with the great folks at MCC’s Luecht Conference Center and came up with a custom substitute that allows us to “pivot” a bit and switch over from a limited-serving-time continental breakfast to an all morning long “snack bar” instead! (more…)
by Mike | Feb 15, 2016 | Macstock News
Oh sure, we thought the speaker lineup was complete, but Macstock 2016’s speaker lineup has been officially upped by 1!
And that “1” is Mr. Tom Piper, vendor liaison for the Apple User Group Advisory Board. Tom had originally been scheduled to give a “brief” on Apple User Groups as he did at Macstock 2015, but as Macstock is very much a community-driven event, it’s only appropriate to give Tom a full speaking slot at this year’s conference, so I’ve made a couple small schedule changes to help make that happen!
Tom will be joining all the other awesome speakers headed your way at Macstock this year including returning speakers from Macstock 2015, Allison Sheridan, Chuck Joiner, Guy Serle, Julie Kuehl, Dave Ginsburg and Tim Robertson as well as many names new to Macstock’s stage, but almost certainly not new to you including Victor Cajiao, Dr. Robert Carter, Wally Cherwinski, Adam Christianson, Melissa Davis, Allison Hartley, Matt Hillyer, Don McAllister, Mike Schmitz, Kirschen Seah, and Jodi Spangler!
So that means we’re up to 18 speakers — and Macstock 2016 is the only place to hear them all!
Be sure to check out the talks scheduled so far to see what we have planned for you at Macstock 2016.
Hope everyone can make it!
Mike
by Mike | Feb 14, 2016 | Macstock News
Thanks to the suggestion of one of Macstock 2016’s attendees, Jeff W., we’ve created a couple retina wallpapers for your Mac!
Presented in glorious 2880 x 1800 Retina MacBook Pro resolution, you can choose from one of two designs to help keep up the excitement for this year’s conference as we all wait for July to get here!
Design One features a subtle photo collage from Macstock 2015* in the background, while Design Two features only the tie-dye background.
If you like them let me know!
Click to download the full sized wallpaper:
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Design One
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Design Two
* Select images within the photo collage are courtesy of Macstock 2015 & 2016 speaker, Allison Sheridan.
by Mike | Jan 30, 2016 | Macstock News
Macstock 2016 is coming fast and I’m so incredibly excited by the response to this year’s conference!
Since tickets sales opened for Macstock on January 1st, we’ve grown our lineup to a whopping 17 Speakers who will be giving some amazing talks this year covering all bases from STEM (Science and Technology in Education), to getting the most from apps like OmniFocus and Preview, to more advanced topics like Macs in the Enterprise!
But that’s only a sample of what you should expect to hear at Macstock 2016 because we’re featuring many of your favorite names from the Apple Community including returning speakers from Macstock 2015 like Allison Sheridan, Chuck Joiner, Guy Serle, Julie Kuehl, Dave Ginsburg and Tim Robertson!
We’ve also got many names new to Macstock, but almost certainly not new to you including Victor Cajiao, Dr. Robert Carter, Wally Cherwinski, Adam Christianson, Melissa Davis, Allison Hartley, Matt Hillyer, Don McAllister, Mike Schmitz, Kirschen Seah, and Jodi Spangler!
And the only place you’ll find all those great names together at one time this year is at Macstock! Be sure to check out the talks we have scheduled so far to see what we have planned for you at Macstock 2016. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed!
Thank you all for your support of Macstock 2016 and Barry’s Midwest Mac BBQ!
Mike
by Mike | Jun 27, 2015 | Macstock News, Speaker Notes
Below are the terminal commands covered in Mike’s 10 Terminal Tips for Mac Users talk at Macstock 2015!
Reveal Hidden files in the Finder:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killall Finder
Select Text in Quick Look:
defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool TRUE; killall Finder
Enable Key Repeat (Allison’s Twitter Question):
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
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Would your Apple User Group or other club like to attend Macstock this year? If so, Macstock Group Discounts are now available for groups of 5-14 or groups of 15+!
And that “1” is Mr. Tom Piper, vendor liaison for the Apple User Group Advisory Board. Tom had originally been scheduled to give a “brief” on Apple User Groups 
But that’s only a sample of what you should expect to hear at Macstock 2016 because we’re featuring many of your favorite names from the Apple Community including returning speakers from Macstock 2015 like Allison Sheridan, Chuck Joiner, Guy Serle, Julie Kuehl, Dave Ginsburg and Tim Robertson!