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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
2005-10-26

A simple but effective Mac speed-up tip
Here's a tip I was made aware of recently that I thought I'd share (though I'd like to take credit, I must give that to some Smart Friends of mine); it'll help speed up your Mac, and may reduce the appearance of the SPOD (the rainbow cursor)...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051117154624368

HOW TO make a glowing Apple keyboard
Here's a simple HOW TO on adding a LED to an Apple keyboard.

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/10/ how_to_make_a_glowing_apple_ke.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

Modify iPhoto web page button names
Ever export an album as a web page from iPhoto? When you do so, and as you click on the thumbnails to enlarge each image, you see and Up button to jump back to the thumbnail view. Would you rather see Home instead of Up?

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051023190001277&lsrc=osxh

slashdot - automatated tivo to ipod video

http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/10/30/1356226.shtml?tid=129&tid=176

Mac OS X Hints: Control Expos with your voice Computer! Activate Expos! Or Dashboard, for that matter, all via your voice.
Computer! Activate Expos! Or Dashboard, for that matter, all via your voice.

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2005/11/exposvoice/index.php? lsrc=mwrss

Restore missing iTunes artwork to an iPod
Problem: I loaded all of my files on my brand spankin' new iPod, but when I use the iPod, I can't see any of the artwork. When I plug the iPod into my Mac, I see the artwork in iTunes.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051101155642419&lsrc=osxh

Use an alternative to the EyeHome software
Since I updated to 10.4.3, the EyeHome software (v1.6) crashes all the time. Until an update is released, you can either downgrade to v1.5.2 (13.1MB download), or to use third-party program called Virtuoso MC-500 Media Center...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051107133321461&lsrc=osxh

Secure remote access to a Mac from Windows
I work at a large company that blocks all Internet ports, only allowing access to the web through a proxy server on ports 80 and 443. I have a fast connection at home and a nice shinny PowerBook sitting on my coffee table...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051102173302946&lsrc=osxh

A Guide to the best video for your iPod here's a web site that serves as a guide to video for ipods.

<http://www.podguide.tv/>

Change Apple's installers to update non-boot volumes
Some of Apple's software updates won't let you update any volume but the one with the boot system. This is limiting when you want to make a pristine system on a separate drive or partition.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051020225050145&lsrc=osxh

The Web pro's tool kit
The open-source revolution has produced plenty of powerful programs for the Mac. The Web is bursting with Mac resources that can help anyone who runs a Web site. Here are a few of the best.
http://www.macworld.com/2005/10/features/webtoolkit/index.php?lsrc=mwrss

Create a Safari toolbar button for the bookmark manager
If you set Safari's Home Page address (Safari: Preferences, General tab) to bookmarks://, you can display the Bookmark Manager by clicking the Home button in Safari's main toolbar.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051024192631707&lsrc=osxh

Editors' Notes: On the merits of partitioning
See how partitioning made a recent hard drive problem nothing more than a minor incident.

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/10/partitionsave/index.php? lsrc=mwrss
Use higher resolution MPEG4s on the iPod Video
While waiting for my iPod Video to ship to my place, I had been ripping DVDs using MacTheRipper and then HandBrake to convert the videos to H. 264. However, after receiving my iPod, I figured out something.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051028114426640&lsrc=osxh

Mac 911: Resurrecting uncooperative CD/DVD drives
Think fixing permissions after an OS update is unnecessary? OS X 10.4.3 might change your mind.

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2005/11/phoenixdrive/index.php? lsrc=mwrss

How to rip a dvd to ipod video format using Handbrake.

http://howto.diveintomark.org/ipod-dvd-ripping-guide/

Comparing Three AC Adapters
A laptop road warrior's best friend - or most bitter enemy - is his AC adapter. It's the second most vital thing you must carry; no adapter, and you start crying a few hours into the trip when your laptop goes down for the last time.

http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08312