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- compiled by The MUG Center <http://www.mugcenter.com>

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

2005-06-20

10.4: See where Safari downloads originated

A little nicety I noticed when getting info on a disk image on my desktop this morning. There is now a "Where from:" field under More Info when I download a file from Safari.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050517161414507

Install Quicktime 7 but keep Quicktime 6 Pro

If you have Quicktime 6 Pro, and want to upgrade to QuickTime 7 without losing your Pro features, you can.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050513210851715

Image titles in slideshows

If you'd like to add titles to the pictures that appear in your DVD or QuickTime slideshows, I have the answer.

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2005/05/slidetitles/index.php? lsrc=mac911blog

Combine feeds for RSS screensaver

I fell in love with Tiger's RSS Screensaver as soon as I saw it, but the fact that it couldn't use more than one feed at once annoyed me...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050516081636903

How to stream audio and video to a mobile phone

If any of you are interested in streaming your own video or audio handywork over the internet to your cell phone (be it a 2.5G phone or 3G phone), I've put together a little site with all you need to know.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050503211846423

Cascade all windows via a hidden menu option

I've never seen this before, so I'm guessing it's new with 10.4. In any program that has a 'Window' menu, you'll find "Bring All To Front." However, if you hold down the Option key after opening the menu, this become...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050519021838783

Another Safari/QuickTime save movie tip

After updating to Tiger I soon realised that I could no longer "save" those embeded movie I so cherish to collect even after updating to Quicktime Pro. And apparently, I'm not alone.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050519175249137

Forward iChat messages to a cell phone

While you can write an AppleScript to check iChat and page you with a message, there's an easier solution -- just let AIM handle it for you. Just go to the Mobile AIM page and set up "IM Forwarding."

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050523114055301&lsrc=osxh

Install Tiger from an iPod

I had an eMac that wouldn't take the Tiger DVD, so I've found this alternative (and rather simple) method to install Tiger on it...Turn your iPod into a bootable Tiger installation disk. Here's how:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050524104814419&lsrc=osxh

Unmount a volume at startup

I have a second disk inside my G4 desktop, but don't want users to see it when they log in. So I want to unmount it at system boot time. Here is one way; maybe someone will tell us a simpler way.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2005052804075538&lsrc=osxh

National Security Agency offers 'Apple Mac OS X Guide'

The National Security Agency has developed and distributed configuration guidance for Mac operating systems. "This guidance can be used by US government and other entities as a security baseline," according to the NSA. The guidance is dubbed the "Apple Mac OS X Guide."

http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/ national_security_agency_offers_apple_mac_os_x_guide/

Everything You Wanted to Know About Safari RSS, Part 1

Safari 2.0 stands tall among the Tiger highlights. In this three-part series, you'll learn everything you need to know to customize this browser for newsreading. Plus, you'll explore the technologies that power Safari RSS beneath that beautiful UI.

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/05/31/safari_rss.html

Give .icns files a copy-and-pastable icon

Usually, to change the icon of an application, folder, or drive, you can simply Get Info on the item in question, and cut and paste a different icon in there. But in order to do that, you have to have something that has the...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2005051604221464

Create separate tracks from Snapz Pro X videos

I don't know whether this is a hint at all and then, for a much too specialized topic. And of course, it's not perfectly programmed AppleScript...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=200505161007023

Add missing airports to Dashboard Flight Tracker

Have you found any missing airport codes from Flight Tracker in Dashboard? So did I, specifically MBS, our local international airport.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050518114908332

Reclaim drive space after an Archive and Install

I just installed Tiger yesterday and choose the "Save the previous system" install (thus, not a regular upgrade). After doing this, you may want to "reclaim" some space used by the "Previous System" folder.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050519092735773

Yet another Safari/QuickTime save movie tip

Since upgrading to Tiger, I've been unable to save QuickTime movies from Safari after watching them -- they appear as a 4KB movie file in the Finder, regardless of the movie's actual size.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050519205414140

Save web pages for offline viewing in Safari

I did a search about this and I have not found it on the database, so I thought it might be very useful to somebody. A while back I went into the forums to ask for a way to save web pages in Safari.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050523193719501&lsrc=osxh

Sort podcasts in iTunes chronologically

This barely qualifies as a hint since it is right in front of you, but it took me quite a while to realize.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050527111748836&lsrc=osxh

Use a Smart Folder for a better 'Recent apps'

The "Recent Items" list on the Apple menu is great, but it only shows (comfortably) as many items as the screen is high. "Recent Servers" is a folder in ~/Library so you could use that;