- 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 FCP—and 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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- A Java Programmer's Introduction to Objective-C: Memory Management
- Sep 23, 2005
- Developers continue to debate the question of memory management solutions. Which is best? Although Objective-C's retain/release runs smoother and faster than Java's garbage collection, it places a much larger burden on the developer and introduces a much larger risk of memory leaks. In the first of a series of articles that detail the important differences between Java and Objective-C, Marcus Zarra compares and contrasts memory management in Java and Cocoa/Objective-C.
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- Getting Power and Performance from Your Virtual PC
- Sep 23, 2005
- What are those icons on the bottom of the Virtual PC window? How can I make Windows run more efficiently on my Virtual PC? Is there any way to tune it? How do I exchange data between the iMac and the emulated PC? John Traenkenschuh has the answers.
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- Making a Slideshow with iPhoto 5
- Sep 23, 2005
- iPhoto 5 includes some pretty exciting tools for creating a slideshow to show off your vacation photos or a display a presentation for work. This chapter includes detailed instructions and helpful tips to help you get started on a slideshow.
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- Upgrade to Tiger Without Getting Bitten
- Sep 23, 2005
- Just now upgrading to Tiger? Before you do, follow these guidelines from Jaemi Loeb to ensure a painless, stress-free upgrade and get up to speed on the newest coolest features in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, including Dashboard, Spotlight, and Automator.
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- Working with Word in Mac OS X
- Sep 23, 2005
- This chapter introduces the features specific to Word for the Mac, including tracking changes, editing tools, and print features.
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- A Windows User’s Intro to the Mac Mini
- Sep 16, 2005
- If the Apple Mac Mini has you curious about adding this to your setup or switching from a PC, you'll want to read up on Paul Ferrill's journey back into the world of Apple after a long hiatus. Here you'll get a personal tour of some features of OS X Tiger, to compare them to similar Windows functions.
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- 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.
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- Creating a Photo Book with iPhoto
- Aug 5, 2005
- In addition to being a great writer and pilot, Maria Langer is a terrific photojournalist. Well, maybe not. She's actually really good at taking digital pictures and using the easy steps she covers in this article to assemble those images into impressive photo books. Want to create picture books of your own with that professional look? Just follow along.
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- Make Your Own Start-up Screens in Mac OS X
- Jul 29, 2005
Want a custom banner screen to show up during your startup process? Mac OS X offers a simple way: If you change a few lines of a text file, the OS will make simple message displays for you at startup. Larry Loeb takes you through the process step-by-step.
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- Setting Up Macintosh & Windows File Sharing
- Jul 29, 2005
- Although she's a Mac fanatic, Maria Langer can't completely abandon PCs; after all, she writes about them. So that she can capture screenshots or create files on her PC and transfer them to her Mac (or vice versa) she enables file sharing in both directions. Follow her straightforward instructions in this article to make all of your computers play nicely.
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- My Life, Your Life, Apple iLife '05
- Jul 22, 2005
- With iLife '05, Apple bundles a suite of tools for the creative and the imaginative. If you want to flex your creative muscles, join Matthew David to see how iLife can work in your life.
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- Programming for the Mac: Introducing AppleScript
- Jul 22, 2005
- Do you want to make the most of your Mac applications? Like all operating systems, the Mac has many different levels of programming, and more than 80 percent of all applications built for OS X leverage AppleScript as an automation tool. In this introductory article, Matthew David tells you how you can best leverage AppleScript for your Mac applications.
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- Throw Out Your Fax Machine. All You Need is a Little Tiger.
- Jul 22, 2005
- A fax machine is hidden away inside your Macintosh. Whether you want to send faxes or receive them, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger has you covered.
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- Widget Watch: Dashboard Widgets To Download Now
- Jul 15, 2005
- Maria Langer has dredged through the more than 200 widgets for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, finding the top 10 (plus one extra) that she recommends adding to your Dashboard.
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