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9/29/2006
Burn Your New iTunes Movies to DVD (and Protect Your Other iTunes Purchases)
From Macdevcenter.com: "How much money have you spent at the iTunes store? And what do you have to show for it? An iPod full of music? TV shows? Those new games and movies? Too many people forget how much money they've put into their digital media. And when bad things happen--house fires, computer theft, iPod loss--they're not always prepared to be able to recover those digital assets." Read More... Apple Remote Desktop
Part 1: How You Can Plan a Remote Desktop Installation: "Most users recognize the power of Apple Remote Desktop for observing and controlling remote Macs and Mac OS X Server, but that is only a small fraction of the features and capabilities offered by this powerful tool. In this first article in a five-part series, Ryan Faas shows you how much more Remote Desktop can be used to accomplish; and how to plan, configure, and deploy Apple Remote Desktop efficiently and effectively in a Mac network." Apple Remote Desktop
Part 2: Interacting with Users: "After you have Apple Remote Desktop installed, you can use it to interact with users by text chat or one-way messages and alerts. Find out how to respond to user problems, observe one or more remote computers, and take control of Mac workstations remotely to improve security, enhance classrooms, and improve teacher/student interaction or help desk operations. It's all part of Ryan Faas' series on learning how to use" Apple Remote Desktop
Part 3: Gathering Information about Remote Computers: "Having accurate information about the computers in your company can be critical for any number of tasks. General inventory, purchasing decisions, software license compliance, tracking usage patterns, theft identification, upgrade planning, and update deploying rely on knowing as much as possible about the computer you manage. Constantly keeping track of that kind of information is typically a daunting challenge unless you make use of Apple Remote Desktop's vast reporting capabilities. In this third installment of Ryan Faas' Apple Remote Desktop 3 in-depth series, find out how easy it can be to have detailed and current reports on everything you need to know." Apple Remote Desktop
Part 4: Deploying Software, Files, and System Changes: "Deploying small but critical updates and making minor changes to every computer across a network can be a daunting task. In the fourth installment of his series on Apple Remote Desktop, Ryan Faas shows you how to harness Remote Desktop to make installing anything from new fonts, to rolling out a complete list of Mac OS X and application updates, to making simple or complex configuration changes across every Mac in your network almost effortless." Apple Remote Desktop
Part 5: Automating Remote Desktop: "Once you know how to use Apple Remote Desktop to manage workstations, deploy software, interact with users, and generate detailed inventory and system reports, you might think that's the extent of this powerful tool. But Apple has given Remote Desktop even more power and flexibility by making it completely scriptable and including easy-to-use scheduling and automation features. In this final article covering Apple Remote Desktop 3, Ryan Faas shows you how to schedule individual tasks and create automated workflows from combinations of tasks and reports, and provides an introduction to further programming Remote Desktop using AppleScript and the Mac OS X Automator utility." O'Reilly Releases "Programming Python, Third Edition"
Sebastopol, CA--You can tell a Pythonista by the astonishment he or she displays when viewing code in other languages, generally followed by the exclamation, "Why does it have to be so complicated?" If that's not evidence enough, look for comp.lang.python among his bookmarks. But the surest sign (short of asking) is the book he clutches in his hands. Your true Pythonista will keep the latest edition of "Programming Python" (Lutz, O'Reilly, US $58.99) within reach. No other resource explains the Python language syntax and programming techniques so thoroughly, or in as clear and concise a manner. The new third edition of "Programming Python" has been updated to reflect current best practices and the abundance of changes introduced with the latest version of the language, Python 2.5. "There have been important changes in both the Python language and Python practice in the past five years which necessitated an update," says author Mark Lutz. "For instance, language features such as nested function scopes, string methods, and list comprehensions clean up a lot of code and have been incorporated throughout. I also updated many of the examples to be more feature-rich, and added new materials on topics such as the new email and XML packages, SQL and ZODB databases, PIL imaging tools, and so on, to make the book more practical. Many of these changes reflect feedback from the Python classes I teach." The book is written for people who already know the fundamentals of the Python language, but want to learn how to apply it to real programming tasks such as GUIs, databases, and the Internet. This book picks up where "Learning Python" leaves off, and gives the other half of the Python story: what you can do with it after you learn it. If you're interested in Python programming, this O'Reilly classic needs to be within arm's reach. You won't find it sitting unused on a Pythonista's bookshelf. The wealth of practical advice, snippets of code, and patterns of program design can all be put into use on a daily basis, making the lives of Python programmers easier and more productive. For more information about the book, including table of contents, index, author bio, and samples - Go Here 9/18/2006
A Briefing on Syncing
From the O'Reilly Network: "The idea behind synchronizing, or syncing, is simple: take information you collect on one device, like the calendars and contact lists you keep on your laptop or mobile phone, and combine it with similar information on other devices, like your desktop Mac or your iPod, so that the two sets of information match." Read More... |
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