- Working for Apples: A Windows Administrator's Guide to Serving Macs
- Dec 9, 2005
- Are you Mac-savvy? Many Windows administrators and technicians have never had to support Macs on their networks, so the idea of suddenly having a handful of Mac workstations might seem really challenging. Luckily for you, it's an easier task than you probably think. Ryan Faas gives you a simple guide to supporting Mac workstations and Mac users within your Windows network.
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- Can't We All Just Get Along? Easy Ways To Integrate Mac and Windows Servers
- Dec 1, 2005
- Life used to be simple: Your company was a Mac shop or a Windows shop. These days, the line between the two platforms is blurring, with many organizations using servers and workstations of both platforms for various functionalities. Ryan Faas explains some simple ways for system administrators to reduce the headaches of a multiplatform business.
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- Creating a Newsletter Template in Apple iWork
- Dec 1, 2005
- In this chapter we'll begin building a template for the organization's newsletter. Using placeholder text and images we'll design a look and feel for the publication and create a file that can be used and easily modified each time we publish the newsletter.
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- Customizing iDVD Themes
- Dec 1, 2005
- Want to break free of the iDVD pre-set themes and create your own disc menu screen for your DVD masterpiece? From choosing background music to creating your own screen layout, Jaemi Loeb will help you take the best of what iDVD has to offer and make it distinctly yours.
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- Mastering Master Slides in Keynote 2 for Mac OS X
- Dec 1, 2005
- The entire look of your presentation is dependent on the master slides, which are part of the presentation's theme. Master slides are templates for each of the different kinds of slides in your presentation. In this chapter, you'll learn about the different master slide types, as well as how to apply master slides to your presentation's slides and change master slides.
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- Drag-and-Drop Editing in Final Cut Pro 5
- Nov 23, 2005
- Final Cut Pro's flexibility allows an editor to work with different styles of editing. There's one time-saving editing style that's easy yet extremely powerful at the same time: drag-and-drop editing. This method involves dragging a clip directly to the Timeline to make an edit. This chapter will help you become familiar with this handy feature.
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- 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.
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- Yes! You Can Use Your GPS with Your Mac!
- Nov 18, 2005
- Helicopter pilot and wanderer Maria Langer avoids getting lost by employing a very modern technology: GPS navigation. But for a while she was stuck using it with her Windows PC. Learn how she works navigational magic these days, with some readily available freeware and shareware that take advantage of GPS capabilities, but on the Mac.
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- Creating a Podcast
- Nov 11, 2005
- So, you fancy yourself an amateur DJ, or an amateur talk show host. Podcasting offers you the opportunity to self-publish radio shows on the internet. This chapter explains both the legal and technological requirements of podcasting, and how you can get started creating your own podcasts.
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- GarageBand for Audiophiles (and Audio files)
- Nov 11, 2005
- Jaemi Loeb offers tips for professional-quality digital editing (copy/paste, filtering, and DSP's) of pre-recorded audio files using GarageBand 2 (part of iLife '05).
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- Make Your Own iTunes-Style Interface with Eye Candy
- Nov 11, 2005
- With Eye Candy: Impact, Photoshop just got easier. Impact is a sweet suite of filters and a must-have for serious Photoshop users. Whether you're a graphic designer, a digital photographer, or a Web content creator, Impact will make your designs pop. In this tutorial, Bryan Hoff shows you how to build an iTunes-like interface using Impact and Photoshop's layer styles.
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- Using Network Services in Mac OS X
- Nov 4, 2005
- This chapter explains why you need a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server and a domain name system (DNS) server. You'll also learn how to configure DHCP services on Mac OS X Server to provide address, lease and renewal, and directory information. You will then change settings on the client computer to access Internet Protocol (IP) information via DHCP.
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- Mac Word Processing for the Windows Switcher
- Oct 28, 2005
- Not everyone is crazy about Microsoft Word, but if you're used to it, you may find that the world gets tricky if you have to switch from a Windows PC to a Mac. What's available on Mac but gives you the power and functionality of Word? A surprising variety of programs. Paul Ferrill examines the Apple products, the freebies, and the newbies.
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- Selecting a Secure Enterprise OS: Don't Make the First Step the Wrong Step
- Oct 28, 2005
- It's pretty common to focus on functionality when choosing an operating system, particularly for businesses with specific technical needs. But Bruce Potter warns that making your selection without paying due attention to the operating system's security issues may hit hard in the long term.
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- Robin Williams Introduces You to Mac OS X
- Oct 21, 2005
- Tiger is the latest and greatest version of the Mac OS X operating system. But even though it's the latest and greatest, it's still Mac OS X. In this chapter, you'll become familiar with Mac basics as beloved author Robin Williams shows you how to use the Finder, Dock, contextual menus, and keyboard shortcuts.
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- Multicast ASR: The Fastest Way to Manage Mac OS X Deployments
- Oct 14, 2005
- Think installing Mac OS X and a suite of applications, documents, and settings on a single Mac takes all day? Imagine doing it on ten or a hundred or a thousand Macs! Fortunately, tools like Apple Software Restore and NetInstall have allowed administrators to do it a little bit faster, and now Apple has provided an even more amazing tool that gives administrators the ability to roll out hundreds of custom Mac OS X installs in a couple of hours!
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- Presets and Preferences in Final Cut Pro for Mac OS X
- Oct 6, 2005
- Final Cut Pro's designers have carefully organized the tools you use to configure settings and preferences. The goal of this organization is to make it much easier for editors using the most common hardware and video formats to configure FCPโand much more difficult for users to unintentionally modify individual settings within a preset configuration. This chapter covers in detail the various preferences and customization options that are available in Final Cut Pro.
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- Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps: iMovie
- Oct 6, 2005
- There isn't much more boring than an unedited movie, and home movies are no exception. This chapter will help you learn to edit your home movies with iMovie HD.
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- 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.
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- Which Mac mini to Buy (and Where to Buy It)
- Sep 30, 2005
- Haven't bought your Mac mini yet? Sure, there are only two models to choose from, but there are still a handful of choices to make about specific components you can buy. In this chapter, David Coursey describes the two Mac mini models and all the options available from Apple to help you decide what's best for your needs. He also outlines four ways to buy your Mac mini and the pros and cons of each.
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