Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Exploring iPhoto, the Mac's built in photo manager including:

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

(Those who purchased their iPad at Charlotte Street Computers, please Enter the Discount CODE on your receipt to attend this class for FREE. Call 828-225-6600 if your Receipt does not have a CODE.)

Learn the basics of the iPad:

• Syncing with iTunes
• Downloading Apps and Books
• Browsing with Safari
• Multitasking
• Creating Folders
• Email / Editing Text
• Working with Photos
• Using Airplay with Apple TV or Airport Express

Every Wednesday- 12:15pm – 1:15pm

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Explore the basics of the Mac. Topics covered will be:

• The Apple Menu
• The "Go" Menu
• Spotlight (Find your Stuff)
• The Finder, the Dock and Applications Folder (10.6) / LaunchPad (10.7)
• System Preferences / App Preferences
• Exposé (10.6) / Mission Control (10.7)
• Safari
• Time Machine

Time: 12:15 to 1pm

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

By popular request, we are adding "iWork Essentials" on the second Tuesday of each month. Learn the time saving tips to help more productive in the 3 apps of the iWork Suite: Pages, Number & Keynote. The class includes topics such as:

• Common Essentials of all three Apps:
• Inspector
  
• Media
• Share Menu
• Preferences
  
• Pages Tips
• Numbers Tips
  
• Keynote Tips
  

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

By popular request, we are bringing back "Garageband" on the fifth Tuesday of the month. This will occur every 2 or 3 months.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

With more than 750 million active membersFacebook Business pages are boasting click through rates of 6.4% compared to the online national average of 2.2%.

Join award winning instructor Gary Crossey and discover how to connect with your target market with our one-day fast paced Facebook for Business seminar. Gary originally developed Facebook for Business Asheville community more than four years ago and has taught this class to hundreds of Businesses - with amazing results (read the student comments).

Learn how to use the Facebook Business tools to create quantify connections with your customers. Discern how to track your online trends by using the Total Page and Content Consumption Calculator, while improving your page ranking with the Link-Through Analyzer. The class will also include helpful tips on how to post content to your Facebook Business page, connect with your customer base and run a successful Facebook business page.

Take home our Facebook for Business Tracking Spreadsheet with all the tracking formulas to better equip you to reach your customer base with a successful Social Networking message and strong presence.

The FACEBOOK FOR BUSINESS class is ONLY taught at Charlotte Street Computers, Asheville NC.

FREE Article - What to say on Facebook

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Adobe Photoshop Class Level 3 

Learn how to manage and work with complex documents with Adobe Photoshop CS5. With a concentration on using filters and actions within Photoshop, and the best practices for creating masks, styles and Industry standard color correction. One-Day Intensive classes are designed for experienced computer users; concepts are presented in an accelerated format.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

With Paul Gaeta aka Panther God

Syllabus:

1) How to group tracks
2) Grouping effect chains, saving them
3) Using Macros to Automate grouped effects
4) Compression in Live
4) Sidechaining, in mixing and as a creative tool
5) Using the Gate effect
6) Using the Spectrum analyzer
7) Using the Vocoder effect
8) Keith McMillen QuNeo Demo


In this class you will delve deeper into Ableton Live, a highly flexible and fun to use audio software and get a taste of one of the most innovative new midi controllers ever made!  Considered by many to be the most user friendly software, Live is suitable for beginners and experts alike, and is the most widely used performance software available in the Music world.  Live is highly customizable allowing users to painlessly set up their own recording studio environment all within their computer.  Although primarily used for more electronic compositions and DJ performances, one can easily replace their four track with Live for more traditional singer songwriter tracking (think Pro Tools), while being one step away from some of the most powerful sound design tools on the planet. Basic familiarity with Ableton Live is encouraged but not required.Instructor Bio: 

Paul Gaeta, aka Panther God is an electronic musician and DJ with over 11 years experience.  Named “Best of Electronica” by the Miami New Times, after releasing his debut EP 7 Songs, Paul has since gone on to release a number of highly acclaimed solo and collaborative records as Junc Ops, PG-13, Panther God, and now Portugal By Day (forthcoming.)  A patient and caring teacher, Paul has a background in public school eduction, and has helped many a young electronic musician achieve their dreams in software such as Apple Logic Pro and Ableton Live.  He has shared the stage with everyone from Bonobo to EPROM, and has been featured on records alongiside Luke Vibert and Caural.  Paul also works for Keith McMillen, a midi controller company out of California making cutting edge controllers such as the soon to be released QuNeo.

Instructor Bio:

Paul Gaeta is an electronic musician and DJ with over 11 years experience.  Named “Best of Electronica” by the Miami New Times, after releasing his debut EP 7 Songs, Paul has since gone on to release a number of highly acclaimed solo and collaborative records as Junc Ops, PG-13, Panther God, and now Portugal By Day (forthcoming.)  A patient and caring teacher, Paul has a background in public school eduction, and has helped many a young electronic musician achieve their dreams in software such as Apple Logic Pro and Ableton Live.  He has shared the stage with everyone from Bonobo to EPROM, and has been featured on records alongiside Luke Vibert and Caural.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Adobe Photoshop Touch Class

Creativity Anywhere. The New Adobe Photoshop touch app lets you combine and work with images on your IPAD and Android tablet.

Discover the creative power of Photoshop Touch with our fun one-day class. With 12 hands on demos, learn how to access and store images on the Adobe Creative Cloud, combine images with amazing blend effects. Discern how to work with layers, the wrap tool and painting with light. Find out how to correct underexposed images with a Flashlight (supercool).

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Google Doc's - Working in the Cloud 

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Easy to use tips for Protecting your Windows 7 PC - students are encouraged to bring their laptop with Windows 7 installed for the class. 

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Adobe Photoshop Level 4 

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

ONE-DAY InDesign Class

Learn Adobe InDesign quickly with hands on projects. Taught with Adobe InDesign CS5, the course covers InDesign's rudimentary page layout tools and may be applied to CS4 and previous versions of Adobe InDesign. 

PLEASE BRING YOUR LAPTOP with CS4 or above installed and activated. 

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

WordPress Level 2

Tips for maintaining your website

WordPress has become one of the most reliable CMS (content management system) for publishing content online. WordPress provides you with the tools to easily manage and publish your content online. However, WordPress does need a little TLC maintenance. Join Gary Crossey and discover how to keep your WordPress website up to date, secure, backed-up and optimized for successful ranking on the Search Engines. With many helpful tips on how to increase traffic to your website and blog. 

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

SEO - Search Engine Optimization

With this one-day intensive class, students will comprehend the newest effective methods for optimizing any active web page. With a focus on Keywords, Meta Descriptions, Tags, Page Titles and other Meta tag commands. Students will review several example websites that feature common SEO mistakes, with presented solutions that would improve the site overall ranking. Learn how to submit your URL to Google. Read and understand web visitor stats, site maps and how to increase traffic to your website. This class is best suited for business websites; marketing specializes, and web designers - with a focus on WordPress Search Engine Optimization that may be applied to any CMS or static website. No Text Book Required.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Adobe InDesign Level 2 - Master Pages

Master Pages provides you with the tools to create layout designs to many page at one time. Discover how to best use the new Adobe InDesign CS5.5 Master Page tools . Learn how to create Automatic Page Numbers, Multiple layers and stacking order. Discern how to release Master Pages items. With many time saving tips on how to use Mini Bridge, The GAP tool and the auto fitting image setting. Take home class project files.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Adobe Bridge

Never lose an important file again. Discover how Bridge can help you import, sort and locate all your digital files. Learn how Bridge’s time saving tools can improve your Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator workflow.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Google Calendar 

Discover the power of Google Calendar with Gary Crossey - Learn how to create, share and customize your calendar entries. With emphasis on how to create personal and business calendars, as well as Track Events, Record Information and Keep Up To Date with your projects.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Adobe InDesign Level 3 

You can work up to 400% faster by using Adobe InDesign Styles. Discover how to create, apply, modify and control - characters, paragraphs, objects and tables styles within your InDesign projects

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

WordPress Level 1 is a great class for all WordPress users or people who are interested in learning more about what WordPress can do.

During the class students will see demos on:

• Installing WordPress Themes
• Plug-in’s vs. Widget’s
• How to search for plug-ins
• Recommended Plug-ins
• How to Insert Images
• How to Format Content
• How to Publish Content
• How to use a Page
• How to use a Post
• Plus many Time Saving Tips

One of our most popular classes – WordPress Introduction – Asheville NC. Class is suitable for Apple (Mac) and Windows (PC) users.
Instructor: Gary Crossey / Cost: $30

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

By popular request, we are bringing back "iMovie" on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Learn the time saving tips to help bring your home movies to life. The class includes topics such as:

• Importing Video Footage
• Add "Moving" Photos
• Overlay Music Tracks and Sound Effects.
• Edit Volume of Sound Tracks
• Adding Transitions, Titles and Special Effects.
• Exporting your movie
  

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Adobe InDesign Level 4 

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Whether you are a fully-fledged After Effects® user or are just starting to experiment with creating sophisticated 2D and 3D time-based motion graphics, animation and visual effects, this series of classes has something to help increase your core knowledge of Affect Effects.

Adobe® After Effects® Level 1 - An introduction.

Learn with hands-on-projects how to create a project and import project content. Find out how to create compositions and control layers, create text animation and dissolve transition effects with basic keyframes.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Working with Google Documents 

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Basic Photoshop Class 

Learn Photoshop quickly with hands on projects. Taught with Adobe Photoshop CS5, the course covers Photoshop’s rudimentary page layout tools and may be applied to previous versions of Photoshop. Class lesson will cover accessing Photoshop tools and palettes, effective document set-up, image resolutions and how to save and export digital images for use on the web and in print. Learn how to successfully use layers in Photoshop. One-Day Intensive classes are designed for experienced computer users; concepts are presented in an accelerated format.

PLEASE BRING YOUR LAPTOP with Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 or lower installed and activate. 

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Ten Reason to Use Gmail

1. Less Spam
2. Inbox – Conversation
3. Space / Storage
4. Chat
5. Search
6. Secure
7. On The Go
8. Call Phone
9. Priority Inbox
10. Easy to use Gmail Features
    1. Contacts
    2. Tasks
    3. Compose Email

If you would like to follow along with the class samples - please bring a laptop and have access to your gmail account. Charlotte Street Computers has a guest network that you may access the internet during the class. 

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Adobe Photoshop Class - Level 2 

Unlock the mystery of combining type and images in Adobe Photoshop CS5, while Exploring Photoshop typesetting capabilities and image modification tools. With hands on projects and real world examples, learn how to quickly control type with appealing special effects and typesetting tools. Create complex image selections; make common photo corrections and image touch-ups.

One-Day Intensive classes are designed for experienced computer users; concepts are presented in an accelerated format. At a minimum, students will need basic Photoshop skills equal to those gained in Photoshop Level 1.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Google Doc's - Working in the Cloud 

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Google Chrome

Discover a new way to work online with Google Chrome - the interface may look simple, but their are many hidden tools that will improve your online experience. Recommended for all Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Documents users.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

The iPAD could transform the way you work. No matter what your business, there are a set of powerful iPAD Apps special developed for you. Combined with wireless connectivity, iPad connects you seamlessly with your customers and client base - with access to your calendars, email, customer information, office documents, sales reports, note taking, video meetings, interactive presentations, shipping information, inventory levels... you name it, and  iPAD is there to help.  With a powerful 10-hour battery, instant-on power, 3G and Bluetooth capabilities makes the iPAD a reliable Business Workhorse. Join Irish Guy; Gary Crossey for iPAD for Business with a review of the most popular iPAD apps for business, and workflow tips for getting the most out of your iPAD.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Google SketchUp Level 2

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

• Discover the power of multiple artwork boards
• Grasp the Pen Tool
• Learn about Custom Brushes
• Create transparency with complex gradients
• Modify typefaces for logo design
• Working with layers

Learn Adobe Illustrator qucikly with this fun, face-paced class taught by Gary Crossey. 

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Whether you are a fully-fledged After Effects® user or are just starting to experiment with creating sophisticated 2D and 3D time-based motion graphics, animation and visual effects, this series of classes has something to help increase your core knowledge of Affect Effects.

Adobe® After Effects® Level 2 - Green Screen and Text Animation.

The two most popular After Effects features come together in one class, Green Screen and Text Animation. Learn how to Key out the background with the Academy Award-winning Keylight effect, discovering the three methods (manual, animated presents or expressions) for creating text animations, and when to use them.  

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Since 2002, Charlotte Street Computers has been providing Mac and PC repair to the wonderful people of Asheville and the greater Buncombe County area.  Some of the services we offer our customers include hardware repairs and upgrades, software installation and updating, tutoring, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, and remote assistance.

Google Calendar 

Discover the power of Google Calendar with Gary Crossey - Learn how to create, share and customize your calendar entries. With emphasis on how to create personal and business calendars, as well as Track Events, Record Information and Keep Up To Date with your projects.