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2006-02-25

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Mac 911: Bending iWeb to your will

Use iWeb as a NetNewsWire Weblog Editor

Easiest Way to Prepare Movies for Your iPod

Make iWeb create text instead of images

Set some hidden preferences in iPhoto 6

iPhoto postcards

Reduce iWeb and Pages disk space utilization

Convert videos for iPod directly in iTunes

How to boot an Intel Mac from an external drive

Listen to the sounds of network traffic

Upgrading RAM: FAQs

Modify graphics in iWeb templates

Create fully customized iWeb templates

Avoid a security vulnerability in Safari

Boot Intel Macs from iPods and FireWire drives

MacBook Pro Reviewer's Notebook

2004-11-22

Networking with a Windows PC

This article provides an overview of options for connecting a Macintosh to a PC or other computer on the same network. In this article a "PC" is a computer using Microsoft Windows with an AMD or Intel microprocessor.

Override QuickTime Player's maximum playback volume

Override QuickTime Player's maximum playback volumelistening to a QuickTime movie with headphones and the volume isn't loud enough, even with the system volume maxed out and QT set to maximum. And with the system sound maxed, every other system sound blasts in ...

Add speed control to imported audiobooks on 4G iPods

A great new feature in fourth-generationd iPods is a category specifically for Audiobooks, which allows you to speed up or down the rate at which the book is read.

Mac Modding Shortcuts

Make repetitive tasks simpler and maximize ergonomic efficiency with this excerpted chapter from Erica Sadun's Modding Mac OS X. Neat, concise, and easy-to-use, this excerpt helps you add, remove, and change keyboard shortcuts to meet your personal computing needs. Keep your hands on the keyboard and give that mouse a rest.

iChat AV FAQ

iChat, iChat AV frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Perfect iTunes EQ Settings

Demystify the EQ sliders in iTunes

Backing up your music files in iTunessd 4

Learn how to back up songs that are in your iTunes library.

Configure Mail for Gmaiil POP access

Google recently started introducing free POP3 and SMTP e-mail access access to GMail users.

Merge two or more photos into one with iPhoto

This is a pretty simple hint, but it came in handy and I thought it was worth mentioning. I was recently looking for a quick way to merge two photos together in iPhoto.

Working Mac: The Keychain's Hidden Powers Passwords, serial numbers, ATM codes --

we're all swimming in a sea of information that's secret (or should be). Make it easy to remember, and someone may swipe it. Make it hard to guess, and you may forget it yourself. Mac OS X has the answer: the Keychain

Record any video stream to disk using VLC

It's now possible to save to disk any video stream VLC 8.0 can handle. For the first time with a Mac (as far as I know), it's like having a Save option in my Windows Media Player!

iTunes and QuickTime movies with audio content

You can drag .mov files (probably any file that QuickTime handles) onto your iTunes playlist. If an audio track exists it will appear in your playlist and you can play it, encode it, etc.

Read the NSA's OS X Security Guide

This flew across slashdot a couple days ago, but I don't see it here. NSA (the USA's National Security Agency) has posted the 'Apple Mac OS X v10.3.x "Panther" Security Configuration Guide' [3.1MB PDF] on their site.

Quick Word bulleted list shortcuts

Over in this thread in the forums, reader winwintoo points out a few tricks for creating easier bulleted and lettered lists in Word.

Create dynamic bookmarks with Firefox and Del.icio.us

It may be obvious, but I found this useful. Using FireFox's live bookmarks and Del.icio.us's RSS feeds, you can create a dynamic bookmark bar. Just make sure you use tags when saving your bookmarks.