- Expanding Your Mac's Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Options
- Jul 8, 2005
- Because Mac users are largely overlooked when it comes to getting new products from software producers, most of them (happily) missed the Napster fallout. Plenty of safer (and legal) options are now available for Mac peer-to-peer sharing; Anne Zieger covers the possibilities you should be considering.
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- iWork: Apple's Alternative to Microsoft Office?
- Jun 10, 2005
- Want an alternative to Microsoft Office? Apple thinks that it has the contender. Matthew David gives you a first-hand look at Apple's new iWork software: a presentation tool (Keynote 2) and a document design application (Pages). Does iWork cut the mustard, or is it just an imitation? Check it out.
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- Permissions Part 2: Using the Mac OS X Graphical Interface
- Jun 10, 2005
- Do we need simple Unix skills in OS X to this very day? Even though OS X is graphically based, you sometimes need to punch out command-line instructions to get things done. Larry Loeb continues his series on permissions by looking at using the GUI tools of OS X (version 10.3.9) to manipulate important file attributes.
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- Repairing Permissions in Mac OS X Using Unix Commands: Part I
- May 27, 2005
- In this first article in a series on permissions, Larry Loeb looks at ways files work in Mac OS X, focusing on file permissions. This time around, you'll use the Terminal utility to manipulate these permissions directly.
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- Publishing Your Photos on the Web with iPhoto
- May 20, 2005
- Armed with a digital camera, a .Mac account, and iPhoto, you can easily publish your photos online. Maria Langer shows you two different ways to accomplish the task, and both of them are really easy. And fun. Did we mention fun?
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- Ten Questions with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickStart Guide Author Maria Langer
- May 12, 2005
- Maria Langer gives us the scoop on her new book Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickStart Guide in this interview. Find out what makes the Visual QuickStart Guide the premier book for getting started with Tiger.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Unix for Mac OS X Tiger: How to Get Help
- Jan 6, 2005
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Mac OS X Client General Security Practices
- Aug 8, 2003
- In order to make Mac OS X more user friendly, security measures had to be sacrificed by the manufacturers. Learn how to improve the security on your system without completely abandoning usability.
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- Understanding Mac OS X: In Depth
- May 9, 2003
- There are multiple ways to look at Mac OS X and take it apart. In this sample chapter, Ted Landau looks at the major ways to "take apart" Mac OS X.
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- Configuring Your OS X Unix Environment
- Apr 4, 2003
- Learn how to customize your OS X environment, including the shell prompt, shortcuts, installation of new software, and vi, by changing your configuration files, environment variables, and tbe path.
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- OS X File Management
- Dec 27, 2002
- This sample chapter shows the Finder's main uses, from viewing the contents of your disks to burning CDs.
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