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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
2006-02-25

Mac 911: Bending iWeb to your will
iWeb offers some beautiful template pages, but what if you'd like to create pages that don't fit the Welcome, About Me, Photos, Movie, Blog, or Podcast mold? Try a little something like this.

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2006/01/bendiweb/index.php?lsrc=mwrss

Easiest Way to Prepare Movies for Your iPod
iTunes 6 has a feature that enables you to convert your existing QuickTime videos to iPod-compatible movies. This is a great feature that a lot of folks don't know about. Previously, you either had to buy third party software or upgrade to QuickTime Pro to easily rip to this custom .m4v format.

http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/02/ easiest_way_to_prepare_movies.html?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550&ATT=Easiest+Way +to+Prepare+Movies+for+Your+iPod

Set some hidden preferences in iPhoto 6
One problem I've had since installing iPhoto 6 is that I don't have as much control of the zoom slider as I used to. That is, in iPhoto 5 I could zoom and make two photos appear side-by-side in the thumbnail view...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060127142531616&lsrc=osxh

Reduce iWeb and Pages disk space utilization
When you install iWeb as part of the iLife '06 upgrade, you'll get a huge 630MB application file. While this made sense (perhaps) for iDVD due to its movie themes (which now weigh in at 1.7GB, but are stored separately)...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006013021501519&lsrc=osxh

How to boot an Intel Mac from an external drive
If you've got an Intel Mac, the process for getting it to boot from an external FireWire drive is different than it is for a PowerPC Mac -- an Intel boot drive requires a different partition scheme than does a...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060202061257652&lsrc=osxh

Upgrading RAM: FAQs
When it comes to upgrading your Mac, RAM is the easy choice. It's inexpensive, it's relatively easy to install, and it can make a noticeable difference. But as a quick visit to just about any Mac forum will tell you, RAM upgrades can also be horrifically frustrating. Here's how to do it right.

http://www.macworld.com/2006/02/features/speedram/index.php?lsrc=mwrss

Create fully customized iWeb templates
I've written up extensive, easy to follow, instructions for a not-so- easy task. Everyone knows it is poosible to get into the iWeb template files and mess with them, and everyone knows what a nightmare the XML files are.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060208074338284&lsrc=osxh

Boot Intel Macs from iPods and FireWire drives
Curious about how to booting your Intel iMac from either a USB2.0 iPod or an external Firewire drive? It is possible, and here's how.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060216225428857&lsrc=osxh

Use iWeb as a NetNewsWire Weblog Editor
Thanks in part to this hint, I was able to build an AppleScript which creates a new iWeb blog entry from the currently-selected NetNewsWire (NNW) news item. Here's how.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060128141555462&lsrc=osxh

Make iWeb create text instead of images
On some systems, users have found that when they publish their iWeb web pages, the text comes out as one large image instead of text. It's been found that this is due to a version of Arial that appears to give iWeb indigestio...
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006012617091313&lsrc=osxh

iPhoto postcards
Playing with iPhoto printing is one of my favorite past times. This time, I went ahead with Apple's postcard offerings, hoping to finally find a reasonably priced, acceptable quality post card provider. I found it - but there are some things to keep in mind.
http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/02/iphoto_postcards.html? CMP=OTC-13IV03560550&ATT=iPhoto+postcards

Convert videos for iPod directly in iTunes
I noticed this when clicking through Apollo Pony video podcasts. Only about twenty of almost hundred transfered to my video iPod, because they used different codecs like Sorenson or MPEG1 Muxed. Well, now you can just...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060215070653382&lsrc=osxh
Listen to the sounds of network traffic
Although it seems this program has been around since 2004, it's still fascinating: Sound of Traffic

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060215145550381&lsrc=osxh

Modify graphics in iWeb templates
It is possible to modify the graphics in iWeb templates, but it is a bit labor-intensive.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006020408550250&lsrc=osxh

Avoid a security vulnerability in Safari
In a nutshell, a shell script can be written and then zipped in such a way that it will automatically expand and then execute on a user's machine. This shell script, could, of course do anything your user could do -- including, as an example, installing the Leap.A worm.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060222071126871&lsrc=osxh

MacBook Pro Reviewer's Notebook
After two weeks away from the office, I returned to a brewing storm: our first MacBook Pro models arrived just as I did...

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