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2/25/2006
RapidWeaver: Rapid Web Site Design for Everyone from Preteens to Pros > One Giant Leap
"Need a site for your business or a blog for your rants? Bryan Hoff shows you how RapidWeaver makes Web site creation fast, painless, and fun! It's powerful enough for professionals, yet easy enough for kids to use, too."
 


Before you install Tiger...
Read this Installing, Upgrading, Backing Up, and Restoring Mac OS X
From "Mac OS X Help Line, Tiger Edition"
 


iTunes Tips
Playing Music and More in iTunes > Browsing Through Your Library
From "iTunes 6 and iPod for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide"
 


Use Apple Remote Desktop to Install and Update All Your Macs (Without Leaving Your Desk)
"Deployments and rollouts can be a real hassle for administrators and technical staff because they often involve going to every workstation to install the new software or to change the configuration on each computer. In this second of three articles focusing on the often-overlooked capabilities of Apple Remote Desktop, Ryan Faas shows you how you can leverage Remote Desktop to take some of the pain out of software rollouts and workstation deployments."
 


2/21/2006
Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book
Paraglyph Press Publishes Unique Guide on Apple's Powerful Tiger Server

Scottsdale AZ--As more and more computer users move over to the Mac, networks that connect up Macs (and even Macs and PCs) are growing rapidly. Apple's powerful and flexible Tiger Server, Apple's latest version of their Mac server software, has become the networking software of choice for Mac network administrators around the world. Paraglyph's new "Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book" (U.S. $34.99,420 pp, ISBN 1-933097-14-0) shows network administrators and Mac users how to quickly get the most out of Mac networking with Tiger Server. Written by Charles Edge, a noted Mac networking expert, the book provides hundreds of tips and techniques for setting up, running, fine tuning, and maintaining a well designed network.

"Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book" is designed to be the essential guide for all Mac users and system administrators who want to get the most out of Mac networking with Tiger Server. It provides detailed tips and techniques on installing and maintaining Apple's Mac Tiger Server software for optimum performance. This invaluable resource also features troubleshooting tips to help users avoid network problems. Numerous time-saving tips are provided to help web server administrators save time and reduce aggravation. Expert techniques are presented for planning and installing Tiger Server, using management utilities, working with Directory and Windows Services, sharing files, setting up network and printing services as well as web and mail severs, setting up and managing VPNs, and much more. Each chapter also provides helpful "From the Trenches" advice that can save anyone working with Tiger Server from making costly mistakes.

Keith Weiskamp, President of Paraglyph Press, says: "This book is certainly a goldmine of insider knowledge about how Tiger Server operates and how reliable networks can be setup with Apple's powerful server software. Information like this is difficult to find and Charles Edge really knows how to make Mac networks operate as they should."
 


2/16/2006
Digitizing VHS Tapes with EyeTV
"By digitizing your old VHS tapes, you can move them from taking up precious shelf space to more readily available disk space. In this article, I'll show you a hack that lets you archive full-quality digital recordings from EyeTV to offline media, but still play them back easily in EyeTV."
Go to MacDevCenter.com to read more.
 


Mac OS X Trojan Alert
Deep Thought: Mac OS X Trojan Alert: This is NOT a Drill!
 


2/14/2006
iLife 06 Tips
Jim Heid's Mac iLife 06 Site: iTunes, iPod, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, iWeb
 


2/13/2006
Stop Counting Macs! Use Apple Remote Desktop And Never Do Inventory Again > Review of the Apple Remote Desktop Basics
"You probably know that Apple Remote Desktop lets you observe and control Macs across your network, but did you know that it can also count, inventory, and keep track of them for you? In this first of three articles covering the often untapped possibilities of Remote Desktop, Ryan Faas shows you the ways you can use it to significantly improve inventory processes, monitor network performance, remain alert to changes in workstations that might be signs of theft, and prepare customized reports easily on the state of the Macs in your network in preparation for an upgrade."
From: Mac OS X Help Line, Tiger Edition
 


2/08/2006
Xcode for the Rest of Us
Apple's Developer Tools are not just for the propeller-head set. There are applications and utilities within that can make you more productive, solve tough problems faster, and--dare we say?--put a measure of control into your workday. Shelley Weiner shows you some very practical Xcode tools with a focus on PackageMaker.
 


Mac OS X Screenshot Secrets
by David Battino
 


No Starch Press Sponsors CodeCon 2006, One of the Few True Hacker Conferences
Press release-
February 8, 2006, San Francisco -For the fourth year in a row, No Starch Press will sponsor CodeCon (www.codecon.org), internationally recognized as the premier showcase of cutting-edge software development. Being held February 10-12 at StudioZ in San Francisco's South of Market district, CodeCon gives programmers a forum for demonstrating their work and keeping abreast of what's going on in their community.

CodeCon's program offers a prescient look at the direction of technology in the digital era and features hacker projects and presentations by active developers of real-world applications with working code. All presentations are given by one of the developers involved and are accompanied by a functional demo.

Tickets will be $85 at the door. StudioZ is located at 314 11th Street, and more information and directions are available at www.studioz.tv.

ABOUT CODECON Founded in 2002 by Bram Cohen and Len Sassaman, this marks CodeCon's fifth year in existence. The show is known for offering an excellent, low-cost opportunity for programmers to meet and discuss the cutting-edge techniques being developed by the most creative members of their profession.
 


 

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