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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

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

2005-04-25

Extend Safari's History to a full year

I've always wanted a longer History record in Safari, and since last November I've had it. If you go into the Safari prefs file and change the following lines, I think you'll get a full year of History recording...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050320135057447

Send detailed email reminders via iCal and AppleScript

My iCal mail script, called fittingly iCalMail [44KB download] lets you automatically email people at certain times.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050317193912605

Multiple Burns

Want to burn multiple times to a CD-R? Here's how:

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2005/03/multiburn/index.php

More on Multisession CDs

Here's another helpful tool for creating multisession CDs.

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2005/03/multisession2/index.php

HDTV on Your Mac

Even though the Mac is a little late to the HDTV party, you can roll your own setup for not too much time or money. Erica Sadun shows you how.

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/29/hdtv.html

Access and modify the list of 'remembered' AirPorts

I finally figured out where Apple stores the list of access points which it asked you if you wanted to remember or not.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2005041222354677

Today@Playlist: iPod EQ and you

Confused by how EQ settings are implemented on your iPod? Here's the dope.

http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2005/04/eqandyou/ index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0405

How to install additional fonts included with Mac OS X 10.3

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301033

How To: Smart Playlists

Many people have found out about Smart Playlists in iTunes and used them. But others have not, and even those who have found them don't really know how to put them to best use.

http://www.themacmind.com/modules.php?
op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=692

Movies Made Easy in iPhoto 5

One of the best features in the current crop of consumer digital still cameras is their ability to capture high-quality video. iPhoto 5 is in step with this evolution and provides a great environment for taking those snippets and creating real movies. Derrick Story shows you how.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/22/iphoto_movies.html

17 Things You Might Not Know You Could Do with iWork

If you've installed iWork on your hard drive but haven't had a chance to really dig into it yet, maybe this article will inspire you to do so. Giles Turnbull takes you on a romp through this production suite showing you lots of fun and useful things to do with it.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/04/12/iwork.html

An easier way to use the iPod Shuffle in disk mode

Not sure if this is a "hint" or a known feature, but I've found it very, very useful however. I want to use my Shuffle primarily to play music, and occasionally to transfer files (i.e. as a USB disk).

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050322190512975

Flummoxed by iPhoto
If your iPhoto 5 rendered slideshows are too bulky, you may be choosing the "wrong" slideshow.

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2005/04/iphotoflum/index.php

iChat with my phone

I can use iChat to send SMS messages to my phone, and my phone can send an SMS message back to my iChat.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6846

Access music in iTunes without adding to library

I have been trying to find a way to access music in iTunes without adding it to the library for a while now.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050413022159670

Use a transparent tab in Safari 1.3 to see other windows

I don't have a whole lot of screen real estate, so I like to use tabbed browsing while keeping a single Safari window open at full size. The problem is that this makes it difficult to get at documents behind the browser.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050418015445258