Links to cool, interesting and useful information for user group members.
- compiled by The MUG Center <http://www.mugcenter.com>
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
2006-04-06

Adding radio streams to iTunes
Not satisfied with the 753 radio streams offered by iTunes? Here's how to add some of your own.

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2006/02/itunesstreams/index.php? lsrc=mac911blog

How to salvage OS X when fonts go awry
For weeks I have had Font issues. I must have either made some mistake or chosen the wrong option with Font Book, but a number of apps that relied on specific system fonts were beginning to regularly crash, or display awkward...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060323201534331&lsrc=osxh

A script to use the Dashboard as a screensaver
There are a lot of widgets on my Dashboard that display some information that I'm interested in (such as weather, RSS feeds, application updates, daily comic etc.), but that aren't so important that I'm actually going to...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060226133500135&lsrc=osxh

Dock on Top
The single handiest modification I've made to my Mac UI lately: moving the Dock to the top of the screen. "Heretic!" I hear you exclaim.

http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/03/dock_on_top.html? CMP=OTC-13IV03560550&ATT=Dock+on+Top

A script to convert an iWeb site into a template
I created this Python script to automatically convert a site in iWeb into a template, and install it in the iWeb application.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060225091102170&lsrc=osxh

Create Keynote or PowerPoint slides from image folder
I was looking for a way to do what should be a very simple thing: create a presentation from a folder or selection of images, with a separate image on each slide in full size.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060305235205688&lsrc=osxh

Print documents in booklet form
I print quite a few documents, and even when I do them double sided, I've found myself wanting a more compact form. I found the solution in a short PDF Services script.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060224131250942&lsrc=osxh

Effecting multiple iMovie clips
Applying one iMovie transition or effect after another can be tedious. You can avoid that tedium by working in bulk.
http://video.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2006/03/imoviemulti/index.php? lsrc=mac911blog

TMO Quick Tip - Removing iTunes Artwork
For some, iTunes art work is a great feature. For others, it's just taking up hard drive space. If you want to remove album cover artwork, you can delete the graphic files from iTunes with just a couple of mouse clicks.
http://www.macobserver.com/tip/2006/03/31.1.shtml

Use headphones as a microphone on some Macs
I used my bud headphones from my third generation iPod. Plugged them into a late model eMac's sound-in port, opened the Amadeus application, and was able to record audio with decent quality.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060316211636523&lsrc=osxh
Set custom auto-away messages and timeout in iChat
iChat currently has an automatic auto-away feature that automatically sets your status to away upon being idle for 45 minutes. However, there isn't any apparent way of customizing the auto-away message.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060301185035270&lsrc=osxh

Mac 911: Target Disk Mode vs. FireWire networking
There's more than one way to access another Mac's drive via FireWire. All you need do is choose.

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2006/03/firewirenet/index.php? lsrc=mwrss