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Links to cool, interesting and useful information for user group members.
2006-04-06
Adding radio streams to iTunes
How to salvage OS X when fonts go awry
A script to use the Dashboard as a screensaver
Dock on Top
A script to convert an iWeb site into a template
Create Keynote or PowerPoint slides from image folder

Go To Web Watch 2006-04-06

Print documents in booklet form
Effecting multiple iMovie clips
TMO Quick Tip - Removing iTunes Artwork
Use headphones as a microphone on some Macs
Set custom auto-away messages and timeout in iChat
Mac 911: Target Disk Mode vs. FireWire networking
2006-02-25
Mac 911: Bending iWeb to your will
Easiest Way to Prepare Movies for Your iPod
Set some hidden preferences in iPhoto 6
Reduce iWeb and Pages disk space utilization
How to boot an Intel Mac from an external drive
Upgrading RAM: FAQs
Create fully customized iWeb templates
Boot Intel Macs from iPods and FireWire drives

Go To Web Watch 2006-02-25

Use iWeb as a NetNewsWire Weblog Editor
Make iWeb create text instead of images
iPhoto postcards
Convert videos for iPod directly in iTunes
Listen to the sounds of network traffic
Modify graphics in iWeb templates
Avoid a security vulnerability in Safari
MacBook Pro Reviewer's Notebook
2006-01-27
Putting Google Video onto Your iPod
Modify one iWeb site on more than one Mac
Create clickable URLs in iCal events
Removing the Classic environment from a Mac OS X system
TMO Quick Tips - Avoiding Stuffit's Corrupt Zip Files
Quickly lock your screen
Stream live EyeTV video to EyeHome
Find the missing Keynote 2 animations in Keynote 3

Go To Web Watch 2006-01-27

Play unplayable AVI/WMV files
Mac 911: Alternate volume booting
How to send .Mac mail when SMTP is blocked
Pages is a Kinder, Gentler Way to Deal with .Doc Files
Easy access to the .Mac iDisk web interface
Subscribe to non-.Mac photocasts in iPhoto
Apple announces PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.67/1.5GHz) Memory Slot Repair Extension Program
Stream Sirius satellite radio via VLC
2005-12-21
Create a list of login (startup) items' paths
Secrets of the Preview icon in Get Info windows
Save open tabs in Safari into a bookmarks folder
How to join existing tracks in iTunes
Re-download podcasts without subscribing again
Create a 'password safe' for online passwords
Prevent CD and DVD disks from becoming stuck

Go To Web Watch 2005-12-21

Speed up save and open dialog boxes
Change screenshot format in Tiger
View two different Spotlight searches at once
Play DVDs from any region
A possible fix for unplayable Windows Media files
A possible way to save a corrupted drive or partition
2005-10-26
A simple but effective Mac speed-up tip
HOW TO make a glowing Apple keyboard
Modify iPhoto web page button names
slashdot - automatated tivo to ipod video
Mac OS X Hints: Control Expos with your voice Computer! Activate Expos! Or Dashboard, for that matter, all via your voice.
Restore missing iTunes artwork to an iPod
Use an alternative to the EyeHome software
Secure remote access to a Mac from Windows
A Guide to the best video for your iPod here's a web site that serves as a guide to video for ipods.

Go To Web Watch 2005-10-26

Change Apple's installers to update non-boot volumes
The Web pro's tool kit
Create a Safari toolbar button for the bookmark manager
Editors' Notes: On the merits of partitioning
Use higher resolution MPEG4s on the iPod Video
Mac 911: Resurrecting uncooperative CD/DVD drives
How to rip a dvd to ipod video format using Handbrake.
Comparing Three AC Adapters
2005-10-24
Quickly share home video via iChat
Make iTunes treat an MP3 podcast as a regular MP3
Automatically add lyrics to the entire iTunes Library
Mini Media Mac: mini PVR with EyeTV and ConvertX
Mac OS X Hints: Silence the volume-changing beep
Convert an iTunes Podcast file into a standard MP3 file

Go To Web Watch 2005-10-24

Easily mute QuickTime Player movies
Secrets: Whip up a widget
Make any folder a burn folder
Play Ogg Vorbis files in iTunes 5 / QuickTime 7
how-to: automatically download and convert tv for your ipod
Vary the iMovie 4 maximum clip size
2005-09
Create a free 'light' QuickTime Pro Player
MacBasics 30: Getting 'Smart' with Spotlight
Extract a PICT version of any Keynote slide
Find missing FireWire devices
10.4: Two ways to bypass Spotlight 'find-as-you-type'
View larger version of recent iChat buddy's picture
Create overlapping events in iCal's Day and Week views
Vodcast video tips

Go To Web Watch 2005-09

10.4: Control UPS via Energy Saver preferences panel
Mac OS X Hints: Quicker custom icons
What Is Automator (and Can It Make Your Life Easier)
Tricking out iTunes
Single use only, modifications prohibited
Mac OS X Hints: Build a better Safari
Google Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
2005-08-23
Create a 'parent directory' Toolbar button
Skip a few seconds forward/backward in iTunes
Mac OS X Hints: Spotlight set-up
Mac 911: Capturing streaming audio
Mac OS X Hints: Disable Dashboard
Digital Photography Hack: A Hands-Free Shooting Rig
Organize new albums across multiple hard drives
How to map F14, F15, and F16 to Expos, Dashboard, etc.
Mac 911: Full screen for free
Create gapless yet skippable music files for the iPod

Go To Web Watch 2005-08-23

Editors' Notes: Getting the boot, FireWire edition
How to multi-import audio files
Install and remove fonts without restarting apps
Turn your old Mac into a jukebox
Quickly free up RAM used by Dashboard widgets
Set Safari's RSS article length via keyboard shortcut
10.4: Make a UDF DVD for set-top DVD players in Finder
Do-It-Yourself Wi-Fi Antennas
Quickly find a song in the iTunes library
2005-07-22
Exporting Keynote 2 to PowerPoint
A fix for certain Classic apps not starting
Editors' Notes: How I learned to stop worrying and love IMAP
Use built-in screen capture tools on Widgets
Reduce iTunes skipping on an external drive
Possibly recover files from a damaged SIT archive

Go To Web Watch 2005-07-22

WHERE-TO Bonanza: 50 Great Summertime Web Sites for You & Your Mac mini
Export OPML out of Safari RSS
Log into iChat with Away status
Use older Sherlock to search by filename
Type in applications while Dashboard is active
Manual mount external drives in target disk mode
2005-06-20
10.4: See where Safari downloads originated
Install Quicktime 7 but keep Quicktime 6 Pro
Image titles in slideshows
Combine feeds for RSS screensaver
How to stream audio and video to a mobile phone
Cascade all windows via a hidden menu option
Another Safari/QuickTime save movie tip
Forward iChat messages to a cell phone
Install Tiger from an iPod
Unmount a volume at startup

Go To Web Watch 2005-06-20

National Security Agency offers 'Apple Mac OS X Guide'
Everything You Wanted to Know About Safari RSS, Part 1
Give .icns files a copy-and-pastable icon
Create separate tracks from Snapz Pro X videos
Add missing airports to Dashboard Flight Tracker
Reclaim drive space after an Archive and Install
Yet another Safari/QuickTime save movie tip
Save web pages for offline viewing in Safari
Sort podcasts in iTunes chronologically
Use a Smart Folder for a better 'Recent apps'
2005-05-20
Web smarts
Housecleaning Tips for Tiger
Tiger Tip #3: Using Tiger's RSS Screen Save
Everything You Need to Know to Install Tiger
Speed internet browsing via a local domain name server
Remove Classic cleanly
A script to resize windows to their vertical maximum
Change Safari's RSS update frequency
Show MacOSXHints on RSS screen saver
Convert any web page to audio via Automator
0 Cool Tiger Features You Might Not Have Heard About

Go To Web Watch 2005-05-20

Store a user's Home folder on a USB drive
See the RSS Visualizer screensaver in black
Save iTMS Music videos in iTunes 4.7.1
Fun with Audio Units
Enhancing Security and Privacy in Mac OS X Tiger
The cat's mustaches -- Of men and widgets
The smartness of Smart Folders
Build a Dashboard Widget
Auto-opening multiple bookmarks
Use Boolean (NOT, OR) searches in Spotlight
2005-04-25
Extend Safari's History to a full year
Send detailed email reminders via iCal and AppleScript
Multiple Burns
More on Multisession CDs
HDTV on Your Mac
Access and modify the list of 'remembered' AirPorts
Today@Playlist: iPod EQ and you
How to install additional fonts included with Mac OS X 10.3

Go To Web Watch 2005-04-25

How To: Smart Playlists
Movies Made Easy in iPhoto 5
17 Things You Might Not Know You Could Do with iWork
An easier way to use the iPod Shuffle in disk mode
Flummoxed by iPhoto
iChat with my phone
Access music in iTunes without adding to library
Use a transparent tab in Safari 1.3 to see other windows
2005-03-21
Faking From
Return of the Clones
End of Life Macs
The Inside Wire: Force Quit under the hood
Exploring the Mac OS X Firewall
Persnickety Pages and Printers
Build a Simple MP3 Player for Your Site

Go To Web Watch 2005-03-21

Restore the 1152x864 resolution in 10.3
Optimize zoom options for web development
Play AAC Files with TiVo Desktop 1.9 via fast LAME
Send iCal alarms to other people's email addresses
An easy way to access multiple iPhoto5 libraries
Recover a dead hard drive using dd
Combine Keynote2 audio/video tracks via QuickTime Pro
2005-02-23
Capture multiple monitor screenshots
Use the iWork tour as an advanced Keynote tutorials
Convert Real Audio files to MP3s
Use AAC files for iCal alarm sounds
Control multiple screen names in iChat via Address Book
Use advanced font settings in iPhoto 5 books
Implement two-finger scrolling on some older laptops
Use Pages to create quick thumbnails

Go To Web Watch 2005-02-23

MacBasics 5: Calibrating your monitor
Keyboard Shopping for GarageBand
iDVD 5's Burning Secret
Show and hide multiple iCal calendars
Why Does Windows Still Suck?
Password protect the iPhoto image library
Duplicate bulleted lists in Keynote using Preview
Save webpage content with links via Pages
2005-01-21
Links to cool, interesting and useful information for user group members.
Using PDF Services, revisited
Use the Finder to search iChat transcripts
Internet sharing through Firewire and Ethernet ports
Use iTunes to trim music and sound files
Keeping it Together
Install old Keynote themes in new Keynote

Go To Web Watch 2005-01-21

Scroll Safari's bookmark list a page at a time
Speed up Firefox for broadband connections
Beach Ball, Begone!
Share both iTunes and internet via Airport Express
Change location automatically based on network
Burn DivX/AVI movies to CD
2004-12-22
Remotely control AirPort Express with a laptop
A way to restore and maximize iPod battery life
Mount a trashed hard drive using Target Disk mode
Use Disk Warrior on a 'too new for CD boot' Mac
How to create a secure (HTTPS) OS X webserver
Your Mac won't start up in Mac OS X
A quick introduction to WiFi Security
Compare typefaces with Expose and Font Book

Go To Web Watch 2004-12-22

Is there a way to locate the source of email blockage between you and a message recipient?
Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3: Starting up in Safe Mode
Using Disk Utility and fsck for file system maintenance in Mac OS X
Lost iTunes Library, Found iPod
A Practical Use for .Mac Slides
Delete image files via Preview
Homemade Dot-Mac: Remote Control
Reduce the file size of iPhoto slideshows
2004-11-22
Networking with a Windows PC
Override QuickTime Player's maximum playback volume
Add speed control to imported audiobooks on 4G iPods
Mac Modding Shortcuts
iChat AV FAQ
Perfect iTunes EQ Settings
Backing up your music files in iTunessd 4
Configure Mail for Gmaiil POP access

Go To Web Watch 2004-11-22

Merge two or more photos into one with iPhoto
Working Mac: The Keychain's Hidden Powers Passwords, serial numbers, ATM codes --
Record any video stream to disk using VLC
iTunes and QuickTime movies with audio content
Read the NSA's OS X Security Guide
Quick Word bulleted list shortcuts
Create dynamic bookmarks with Firefox and Del.icio.us
2004-10-25
The Inside Wire: Mixed messages
Airport Express, iTunes streaming, and Comcast
How to use FireWire target disk mode
Use Airport Express as ethernet to wireless bridge
Use RAM disks for a VirtualPC speed gain
How-To: Podcasting
Screen Spanning iMac
Save space in the dock with Office 2004

Go To Web Watch 2004-10-25

Colorize the sidebar in Finder windows
Warning - the Find box can delete source folders!
Easily create n-up PDFs
Change the .mac disk/email ratio
Stream TV with a DVR, iChat USB CAM and iChat AV
How to open .pps files with Keynote
Use iMovie like a VCR with UI scripting
Send long SMS with Address Book via Bluetooth