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3/31/2006
Ask Dave Taylor!
"How do I copy music onto my Mac from my husband's iPod?" ...Actually, this is a common problem with iPods, believe it or not, even those where you buy a new computer and want to 'pair' your iPod with your new computer: by design, Apple iPods bond with a single Macintosh or PC, and every other computer is then only granted 'read only' access, just as you've found." Read More... 3/30/2006
Use Automator to manage workspaces
Giles Turnbull said "Owen Linzmayer doesn't like the way Login Items cannot be temporarily disabled or skipped in OS X; either you load all of the ones you have set up in the Accounts Prefs, or hold down shift during login and don't load any of them. This can be troublesome if you're out on the road and don't want to load up all the stuff needed to operate peripherals that aren't connected. Well, Owen has a point there, but as soon as I read his complaint a simple solution popped into my head." 3/29/2006
Installing, Upgrading, Backing Up, and Restoring Mac OS X
From "Mac OS X Help Line, Tiger Edition: This chapter covers the initial installation and setup of Mac OS X Tiger, either as a fresh installation, or as an upgrade from a previous version. Detailed instructions are given to help you set your Mac up just how you want it. 3/26/2006
3/24/2006
Owen Speaks Out...
"Mac Reference Guide, Owen Linzmayer, again risks the slings and arrows of Apple's most ardent admirers with another look at how Tiger rubs him wrong. Take a look at 'Ten More Things I Hate About Mac OS X' to see if you recognize any of your own pet peeves." 3/20/2006
Final Cut Pro Power Tip: Creating a Compressor Droplet
"Apple's Compressor application makes compressing video files easy, but Larry Jordan knows a way to hurry up that process. Create a 'droplet' with your favorite formatting, and you can compress a file with drag-and-drop speed." Final Cut Pro Power Tip: Changing the Default Transition
"There's nothing wrong with the default video transition in Final Cut Pro, except that it's too long. Boring! Larry Jordan shows you how to change the default into your favorite transition and make it accessible with a keyboard shortcut." 3/16/2006
Save Apple Trailers
"I don't know about the rest of you but lots of times I've found that waiting for an apple trailer to load takes far too long, especially when I want to watch one of them right now. I found a way to save these files to a computer, so they can be watched whenever you want to! I realize there have been a lot of hacks to do this, but I think this might be a little easier than the rest since its all common sense." 3/15/2006
Mac OS X Website Builder Face-Off
"In this article , we're going to take a sweeping look at RapidWeaver, Sandvox, and iWeb, in an attempt to fathom their differences and drive a wedge between their feature sets. Can one of them do it all? Or are they slightly different tools, each suited to building different kinds of websites?" 3/12/2006
What Exactly Is Photocasting and How Does it Work?
"Photocasting is one of the biggest new features in iPhoto 6 and it offers a great new way to share your photos with family and friends. But how do you publish a photocast and make certain that anyone with a Mac or PC can view it in spite of the problems reported with some RSS readers? Ryan Faas has all the answers." Personal Information Managers (PIMs) on the Mac for the PC Switcher
"Personal Information Managers (PIMs) rank high on most users' lists of software they use every day. If you're switching to a Mac, you might be worried about the availability of productivity software. Microsoft's Entourage for the Mac works a lot like Outlook on Windows, with only a few subtle differences. There are other games in town as well, in both the commercial and freeware category. Paul Ferrill looks at a number of options for anyone making the switch from the PC to the Mac." 3/09/2006
Mac OS X Unix 101: Working With File Content
"This chapter is all about file content and what you can do with it from the Unix command line. Several projects are featured that will show you how to search the file system for specific content, view files, process them, and compress them." 3/06/2006
How to use Apple's Remote Desktop For Presentation, Instruction, and Collaboration
Take a look at the Third Article from the "Mac OS X Server 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickPro Guide" "Yes, Apple Remote Desktop offers more than just observation and management tools. Ryan Faas gives the skinny on how non-IT Mac users and professionals can use Remote Desktop's least-known features for teaching, presentations, and collaboration." Create Your Own Comic Strip with Comic Life
We recently started previewing a book from Peachpit called "Mac Design Out of the Box". It's a great little book for the new user, with all kind of tips and tutorials. You'll find a short article from it posted here. The article description is as follows: "If you take a lot of pictures, you might be getting tired of the same old layouts, and chances are your relatives are getting bored looking at them, too! Bryan Hoff shows you a whole new way to show off your snapshots with Comic Life. Turn your life into a comic strip that everyone will have fun reading!" |
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