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Welcome to caféMac. Sonoma Valley's Premier Macintosh Service Center & Store.


Contact Jim Witous at 707-287-4651 or jim@cafemac.net


Class Schedule

All classes are from 4:00pm - 5:00 pm (60 minutes with Q&A afterwards)

$20 per person. Please call 707-287-4651 to reserve your spot. Walk-ins welcome.

Classes are taught using Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and iLife ’09 (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand) and iWork ’09 (Keynote, Pages and Numbers). If you have a previous version of Mac OS (10.4 Tiger, 10.3 Panther, 10.2 Jaguar) and iLife, you may want to upgrade your system and applications to take full advantage of all the new features offered in Leopard.

Monday
June 29, 2009

Switching from Windows - NEW
Go beyond making phone calls and learn to surf the web, get email, find directions with Maps and download new programs from the App Store. You might have a Mac at home, a PC at work, and an iPhone or iPod touch. How do you keep them all in sync? With MobileMe, your email (Mail), contacts (Address Book), and calendar (iCal) stay the same wherever you check them, no matter what device you use.

Tuesday
June 30, 2009

Pages '09
Part of iWork, learn the basics from choosing from a template, creating outlines and personalizing your documents. Pages is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout tool. It allows you to be a writer one minute and a designer the next, always with a perfect document in the works. Discover how easy it is the share with other on Macs and PCs with the new iWork.com and other exporting options.

Wednesday
July 1, 2009

Internet & Email
Safari, Mail, Address Book, iChat (video-conferencing), AirPort (wireless networks). Parental controls for web browsing and email.

Thursday
July 2, 2009

iWeb '09 Basics
Designing a website may seem difficult, but with iWeb, it’s easily within your reach. Create your site using themes. Customize it with photos, movies, text, and widgets. Then publish to MobileMe or any other hosting service.

Monday
July 6, 2009

iWeb '09 Intermediate
Ready to learn more? Have you made a website with iWeb and need help publishing or use a File Transfer Protocol (FTP)? Manage multiple websites in iWeb with ease. Use the iWeb site organizer to reorganize, rename, or delete individual pages or entire websites.

Tuesday
July 7, 2009

Keynote '09
Create your presentation in Keynote, and you’ll be a hard act to follow. Powerful yet easy-to-use tools and dazzling effects put the show in slideshow.

Wednesday
July 8, 2009

Mac & Leopard Basics
Grab a front-row seat for a walkthrough of the top attractions in Mac OS X Leopard. See how the biggest system update in Mac history can help you love your Mac even more.

Thursday
July 9, 2009

iMovie '09 Basics - NEW
Maybe you want to throw together a few video clips. Maybe you have more time and want to fine-tune every edit. Or maybe you just want to flip through clips the way you flip through album covers in iTunes. iMovie lets you do it all — then share it all.

Monday
July 13, 2009

iMovie '09 Intermediate - NEW
Movie makes it easy to add all the elements of a great movie, choose cinema-quality transitions, apply some effects, go full screen and enhance your video travelogues with eye-catching, animated travel maps. Once you’ve finished your masterpiece, it’s time to share it with YouTube, MobileMe or iDVD.

Tuesday
July 14, 2009

Switching from Windows
You bought your new Mac for a reason, and even though it supposed to be easy you need a little help. Join us for a fun and simple lesson on all the basics of a Mac compared to how it's done on a PC. Miss having a right click? Don't know where your settings are? Can't figure out how to get your old files to work? This is the workshop for you.

Wednesday
July 15, 2009

iPhoto '09 Basics
Part of iWork, learn the basics from choosing from a template, creating outlines and personalizing your documents. Pages is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout tool. It allows you to be a writer one minute and a designer the next, always with a perfect document in the works. Discover how easy it is the share with other on Macs and PCs with the new iWork.com and other exporting options.

Thursday
July 16, 2009

GarageBand '09 Basics - NEW
Welcome to the school of rock. A Mac-sized practice space. Your own recording studio. If you want to learn to play an instrument, write music, or record a song, GarageBand can help whether you’re a rookie or a rock star.

Monday
July 20, 2009

GarageBand '09 Intermediate - NEW
Now that you know where to plug in your amp, it's time to rock! Go beyond the loops and start creating you own masterpiece. Learn how to print sheet music and send your music to your friends.

Tuesday
July 21, 2009

Social Networking
Social networking has encouraged new ways to communicate and share information. Social networking websites are being used regularly by millions of people of all ages. Come and see why Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter can help you keep in touch with family, friends, coworkers and customers.

Wednesday
July 22, 2009

Internet & Email
Safari, Mail, Address Book, iChat (video-conferencing), AirPort (wireless networks). Parental controls for web browsing and email.

Thursday
July 23, 2009

Photoshop Elements Basics
Make your photos look their best, share them in creative ways, and easily find and view them. Learn how to perform more advanced retouching and enhancing thanks to easy image selection and adjustment tools, amazing compositing capabilities, and more. Share your stories in creative ways in scrapbook pages, greeting cards, photo books, and personal online albums. And find and view all your photos with ease.

Monday
July 27, 2009

iPhone & MobileMe
Go beyond making phone calls and learn to surf the web, get email, find directions with Maps and download new programs from the App Store. You might have a Mac at home, a PC at work, and an iPhone or iPod touch. How do you keep them all in sync? With MobileMe, your email (Mail), contacts (Address Book), and calendar (iCal) stay the same wherever you check them, no matter what device you use.

Monday
July 28, 2009

Pages '09
Part of iWork, learn the basics from choosing from a template, creating outlines and personalizing your documents. Pages is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout tool. It allows you to be a writer one minute and a designer the next, always with a perfect document in the works. Discover how easy it is the share with other on Macs and PCs with the new iWork.com and other exporting options.

Tuesday
July 29, 2009

Mac & Leopard Basics
Grab a front-row seat for a walkthrough of the top attractions in Mac OS X Leopard. See how the biggest system update in Mac history can help you love your Mac even more.

Wednesday
July 30, 2009

iWeb '09 Basics
Designing a website may seem difficult, but with iWeb, it’s easily within your reach. Create your site using themes. Customize it with photos, movies, text, and widgets. Then publish to MobileMe or any other hosting service.

Monday
August 3, 2009

iWeb '09 Intermediate
Ready to learn more? Have you made a website with iWeb and need help publishing or use a File Transfer Protocol (FTP)? Manage multiple websites in iWeb with ease. Use the iWeb site organizer to reorganize, rename, or delete individual pages or entire websites.

Wednesday
August 5, 2009

iPhoto '09 Basics
Part of iWork, learn the basics from choosing from a template, creating outlines and personalizing your documents. Pages is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout tool. It allows you to be a writer one minute and a designer the next, always with a perfect document in the works. Discover how easy it is the share with other on Macs and PCs with the new iWork.com and other exporting options.