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How to Update OS X Software: Feb 8, 2016; This chapter from OS X Support Essentials 10.11 - Apple Pro Training Series: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X El Capitan shows you how to configure automatic software update settings, automatically update Apple-sourced software, and manually update Apple software.

How to use Apple's Remote Desktop For Presentation, Instruction, and Collaboration: Mar 3, 2006; 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.

How to Use Leopard’s Time Machine: Nov 21, 2007; If you’re the type of person who knows you need to back up your system, but just can’t ever get around to actually doing it, you’re going to love Leopard’s new Time Machine. Ryan Faas explains why.

How to Use TextEdit for Word Processing in OS X Mountain Lion: Sep 24, 2012; Although TextEdit can’t do all the fancy things a big word processor can, it’s excellent for many projects. In this chapter, Lynn Beighley shows you how to use TextEdit to write memos, letters, diaries, novels, grocery lists, memoirs, or any other text document.

How to Use the Dock in Mac OS X Tiger: Nov 23, 2005; The Dock is that strip of icons across the bottom of your screen, and you'll find it to be one of your most important tools. In this chapter you'll experiment with using the Dock, adding icons to it and takings icons out, resizing it, and more.

How to View Someone's Mac or iOS Device Remotely: Mar 16, 2015; Troubleshooting friends' or family members' computers is tricky when they’re far away, but thanks to OS X's built-in screen sharing capabilities, you can see exactly what they are is seeing on their Mac—or, with a little help from Yosemite—even on their iOS device. Mac expert Dan Moren, author of The Connected Apple Family: Discover the Rich Apple Ecosystem of the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, shows you that it doesn't have to be a frustrating process at all.

How to View YouTube Videos From Your iPhone: Sep 28, 2007; Scott Kelby and Terry White save you a trip to the computer by teaching you how to access your favorite YouTube content directly from your iPhone.

How to Work With a Project in Final Cut Express HD: Jan 5, 2007; In this 60-minute Apple-certified lesson, you'll learn how to open the Final Cut Express HD program, identify and work with the elements of your editing project, organize those elements, and begin working within the Final Cut Express editing interface.

How to Work with Open Directory in Leopard Part 1: Life Without NetInfo: Dec 21, 2007; In Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, one of the biggest and least-visible changes is the complete retirement of NetInfo and some of the related processes to streamline and improve user and group management. Ryan Faas explains what these changes mean and whether they will affect how you and your Mac interact with each other.

How to Work with Open Directory in Leopard Part 2: What's New for Open Directory Servers?: Dec 28, 2007; In Leopard and Leopard Server, Apple has updated Open Directory to allow for more flexible network design options, better integration with Windows networks running Active Directory, new managed preferences options, and a RADIUS server for secure wireless networking. Ryan Faas gives you the details and reveals how they affect your Mac network.

I Heart iMovie: Why Apple's iMovie HD Beats Windows XP Movie Maker 2: Aug 19, 2005; Apple's easy-to-use iMovie software turns your home movies into slick productions, often comparable to those of professional editors. Jeff Carlson explores the features that will make Windows users sick with envy.

iDVD: Putting it All Together: Jun 25, 2009; Jim Heid shows you how to create a DVD by choosing and customizing a menu design and adding the movies and photos you want to include on the DVD.

iLife Basics: Shooting Good Digital Snapshots and Putting Them in Your Mac: Jun 23, 2006; This lesson will demystify the way a computer can talk to (and control) a digital camera. It will give you some basic guidelines for handling your camera and creating impressive snapshots, as well as dealing with less-than-ideal lighting and subject orientation. It will also introduce you to iPhoto, the iLife tool for moving those photographs from camera to Mac, and ultimately organizing and sharing them.

iMovie 09 and iDVD for Mac OS X: Lighting: Jun 4, 2009; Learn how basic lighting works, and how to take advantage of it to ensure that the objects you’re shooting don’t turn out to be dark, talking blobs when you’re editing.

iMovie Beyond the Basics: Jun 21, 2011; iMovie includes many tools for dealing with special situations, as well as for improving what you've already shot. Jeff Carlson shows you how to use them.

iMovie HD: The Camera in Motion: Sep 30, 2005; One of the advantages of a small camera is that it easily moves with you. However, when you're shooting, motion can become a character in its own right. Slowly moving across a scene imparts a different feeling than quickly scanning your surroundings, for example. This chapter addresses the most common ways of moving the camera to add motion to your movie, including the number one rule: don't move.

Implementing an Open Dialog Box in OS X: Dec 14, 2001; Expert author Dan Parks Sydow covers the process of displaying and running the Open dialog box in a Mac OS environment.

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.