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A podcast from the April 2008 meeting of the Lawrence Apple Users Group. This month’s meeting revolved around using software to manage finances on your Macintosh.

The meeting opened up with introductions, recent Apple news, opening questions followed by a presentation from Dave Greenbuam on how to utilize your Mac to keep track of your personal finances. The slides from the meeting are available in either PDF or Keynote formats.

The meeting concluded with our monthly door prize, which included Leopard: This Missing Manual from O’Reily Media as well as Stox courtesy of Prosoft Engineering.

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