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Hacking iTunes: Programming iTunes on the Windows Platform: May 6, 2005; In his continuing series on hacking your iPod, Matthew David gives you the skinny on developing the plugins and extensities you need to make iTunes for Windows rock.

OnyX: Make OS X Spill the Beans: Apr 29, 2005; Why is OnyX like a Leatherman tool? Like the popular pocket set, OnyX is also a tool that contains many tools within. You can use OnyX's included tools to take advantage of OS X's built-in reporting functions, or just to do simple maintenance. Larry Loeb explains why OnyX has something for everyone.

Hacking Your iPod: Building Windows Solutions to Load Content onto Your iPod and iTunes: Mar 18, 2005; Like your iPod? But don't you wish it could do just one more thing? Stop complaining and start programming! Matthew David exposes you to the fundamentals of programming iTunes to store more on your iPod.

Shuffle That Data! Using Your iPod as a Data Repository: Mar 11, 2005; OK, so you've sprung for the iPod shuffle. You learned how to play Shuffle Roulette. (Random mode on! Click! Song. Click! Song. Click!) But you want more, more, more. The iPod shuffle can hold more than music; it can also hold your data. Larry Loeb looks at some of the tools that can help make your data synchronized and accessible.

Ten Questions with Larry Jordan, Award-Winning Producer, Director, and Editor: Feb 25, 2005; Find out what makes award-winning director, producer, and editor Larry Jordan tick (and get the skinny on his new book, Final Cut Pro HD Hands-on Training) in this interview.

Extending Your iPod for the Mac: Feb 18, 2005; Matthew David tells you how you can add more content to your iPod when you are running Mac, how you can extend the content on your iPod with third-party tools, and why you should really be using a Mac for your iPod.

Media Management, Part 1: Technologies for Corporate and Educational Applications: Feb 4, 2005; This article is part 1 of a two-part series in which we take a look at some of the media management technologies for corporate and educational applications. In part 2, we'll take a look at the scaled-down versions of these technologies emerging for the home market.

Absolutely the Last Article You Need To Read About Absolute References in Excel: Jan 7, 2005; Ever copy a formula you think is perfect and have surprising (and incorrect) results in the destination cells? You might be missing out on a feature of Excel that can make your spreadsheet work easier.

Dock vs. Sidebar: Which To Use?: Dec 3, 2004; Two ways to do the same thing? Not quite. Maria Langer clarifies the confusion and provides some tips for using these two Mac OS X 10.3 Panther features.

Faxing with Mac OS X Panther: Nov 24, 2004; A fax machine is hidden away inside your Macintosh. Whether you want to send faxes or receive them, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther has you covered.

Creating a Custom Screen Saver with iPhoto: Oct 22, 2004; Want to remember the Bridge of Sighs every time you boot up? If you've been collecting photos in iPhoto, you probably have hundreds of images of family, friends, vacations, and other subjects just sitting on your hard disk collecting digital dust. Why not use them to dress up your workspace by turning your favorites into a screen saver? With iPhoto 2 and Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, it's easy.

Wireless Networking with a Macintosh: Oct 22, 2004; The elegance built into Mac networking becomes evident when you design and configure a new wireless network. Apple assistant programs can guide you through the processes, or you can customize any of the network parameters as needed for your particular situation. Larry Loeb gives you the skinny on how the Mac can serve you well in a wireless network.

Securing Mac OS X: Oct 15, 2004; Macs are known for their superb security, but maintaining this security does take some work. In this article, you'll learn the strategies to keep the Macs you support secure.

Shopping at the iTunes Music Store: Oct 15, 2004; This sample of the book Macintosh iLife 04, The: An Interactive Guide to iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and GarageBand by Jim Heid takes you on a tour of Apple's popular online music store and offers some tips for improving your online experience.

Creating Custom Color Profiles in OS X: Oct 8, 2004; This sample chapter from the book Apple Pro Training Series: Color Management in Mac OS X by Joshua Weisberg explains how to use a variety of applications to create device profiles in order to get the best results and most predictability from color management.

Capturing Video on your Mac: Jul 16, 2004; You have 100 hours of favorite TV programs and movies sitting on the hard disk of your DVR. So how do you get some of them into your Macintosh and thence onto a DVD disk? "It'll cost a few bucks, but it's easy!" says author Dave Taylor.

Taking Your iPod Beyond Music: May 13, 2004; Avowed Windows lover Matthew David became enamored of a little white box full of favorite tunes. Now he has found that his Apple iPod can do even more than fill his life with music.

Import a CD into iTunes 4: Jan 1, 2004; iTunes 4 features the ability to import tracks from your audio CDs in AAC (Advanced Audio Encoding) format, which, when encoded at 128 kbps (kilobytes per second), produces a smaller, better-sounding file than an MP3 file encoded at 160 kbps.