| 2006-02-25
WebWatch |
| 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 |
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Convert videos for iPod directly in iTunes
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| How to boot an Intel Mac from an external drive |
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Listen to the sounds of network traffic
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| Upgrading RAM: FAQs |
| Modify graphics in iWeb templates |
| Create fully customized iWeb templates |
| Avoid a security vulnerability in Safari |
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Boot Intel Macs from iPods and FireWire drives
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| MacBook Pro Reviewer's Notebook |
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2005-01-21
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Links to cool, interesting and useful information for user group members.
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Record preference settings for easier future rebuilds I wish to offer a specific hint that I created for Microsoft Office preferences and tailored to preferences for other applications.
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Using PDF Services, revisited
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This hint reminded me that PDF Services might not be getting the attention or respect they deserve. So here's a simple yet very effective tip that makes saving PDFs fun!
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Use the Finder to search iChat transcripts
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I do a lot of chatting using iChat, and I save all of my iChat transcripts to disk by checking "Automatically save chat transcripts" in the Messages Preference of iChat.
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Internet sharing through Firewire and Ethernet ports
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This may be obvious to some, but it wasn't for me, so maybe it will help somebody. I was recently needing to share the Airport connection from my PowerBook with another Mac.
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Use iTunes to trim music and sound files
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As mentioned by Devin Lane over in this thread in the MacNN forums, you can use iTunes to trim off the beginning or end of a music or sound file -- permanently.
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Keeping it Together
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| If, like me, you're fearful of losing your iPod shuffle's cap, I've got a solution for you. |
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Install old Keynote themes in new Keynote
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| The new version of Keynote adds 10 new themes, all of them very nicely designed. However, probably in the interest of symmetry (20 total themes), two themes have been left behind... |
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Scroll Safari's bookmark list a page at a time
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After seeing the Scroll Mail's message list a page at a time hint, I tried the same thing in Safari's bookmarks (where I've always been annoyed and perplexed that you couldn't use page up and page down) and found that it work...
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Speed up Firefox for broadband connections
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| forevergeek.com has a useful guide on speeding up Firefox for broadband users. Basically, after getting to the hidden config settings, you set the browser to request more data that it usually does. |
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Beach Ball, Begone!
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| Don't let the spinning beach ball turn your Safari surfing into a slog. |
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Share both iTunes and internet via Airport Express
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| This tip explains some not-altogether-straightforward trickery involved to share one's iTunes library, connection to AirPort Express speakers, and internet connection together. |
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| Change location automatically based on network |
| It always bothered me that when I went from one place to another (work, home, friend's house) that I had to manually choose from my pre- configured Locations from the Apple menu. |
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Burn DivX/AVI movies to CD
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| If you want to burn your DivX/AVI movies to CD-R (not DVD) to play in a DivX DVD player, then use Toast, but select DVD-ROM (UDF) in the Data tab. |
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