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1. some good enough to receive awards I have no doubt have been built and maintained with RapidWeaver and will continue to be built and maintained with RapidWeaver 3 5 a free upgrade to licensed users of RapidWeaver 3 2 To learn more about Mike Swope go here http www maccompanion com info aboutus html mikeswope MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 69 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 RosettaStone Natural Language Approach to Learning Online version reviewed by Robert Pritchett Rosett Language Learning tone SUCCESS Fairfield Language Technologies 135 W Market St Harrisonburg VA 22801 USA 1 800 788 0822 1 540 432 6166 http www rosettastone com QuickStart http www rosettastone com online info html Demo http www2 rosettastone com en individuals languages Released Online 50 USD per month per language 90 for 3 months or 150 for 6 months 329 USD for the boxed version 6 month money back guarantee For anyone wanting to learn another non computer language Requirements Minimum Mac OS 9 2 or later PowerPC G3 or later 128 MB RAM 100 MB hard drive space CD ROM drive headset mic USB oe why ty A gt port Recommended mac OS X 10 2 or later Windows 98 or later Pentium 350 MHz chip or later and 16 bit soundcard Other requirements same as Mac Recommended Windows XP Macromedia s Shockwave plugin Strengths Not intended as a grammar learning process It is a vocabula
2. Cover designed by James Meister Table of Contents Masthead Letter from the CEO Nothing s Perfect Letter From the Editor After MacWorld 2005 According to Hoyle Cross Platform Software Development from a Macintosh Perspective Runtime Revolution __ The Mac Attack Mac Tips Tricks and Hints It s Electrifying Power Strips Surge Protectors and Uninterruptible Power Supplies The Mac Night Owl The Secret of Improving Rosetta s Performance Music and the Mac Getting Plugged In With Audio Effects Mac Pro Podcast Video Podcast Basics Shooting for Vidcast Mac ReviewCast Best of the Best Freeware for the Mac Musings From Mars Some Bloggers Jump The Gun By Labeling iTunes 6 0 2 Spyware Practical Strategies Anything Worth Doing doc_Babad s Macintosh Tips A Macintosh Tip or Three Views from the Ivory Tower MacWorld Expo And Beyond Book Reviews Adobe Acrobat 7 Tips and Tricks The 150 Best Creating Web Sites The Missing Manual Insider Threat Protecting the Enterprise from Sabotage Spying and Theft Looking Good in Print Sixth Edition OS X for Hackers at heart The Apple of Every Hacker s Eye QuickTime Pro Explained MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 2 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 O XN gt om aa 10 14 Hardware Reviews 56 Kodak EasyShare P880 Zoom Digital Camera and EasyShare Photo PrinterSOO_ gt Z gt Z o gt 56 Software Reviews 61 The Prnt Shop 24 ke ee ee et te
3. MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 35 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 you d balance a group of tracks to increase an album s overall volume without boosting all the tracks to the same volume Chris Breen s Mac 911 via TMUG Insider Pleasanton CA Hints and Tips November 2005 S888 SSSSSSSssssssssssss Make Easy PDFs from Web Pages Web pages change from time to time and in the past one could capture a whole web page using Internet Explorer for archiving the content Now an almost magical way is to use Acrobat Pro 7 With Acrobat Pro active go to File gt Create PDF gt from Web Page and paste in the URL Acrobat makes a PDF of the web page but that is not all If there is a link on that PDF to another page click on it and you now created another page in your original PDF Cool Lynn Rybarczyk Hints and Tips January 2006 S 88 SSSSSSSSsssssssssss LCD Spring Cleaning Time to get out those lint free cloths and go to work on your computer both externally especially your fingerprint laden LCD display How to Clean the LCD 1 Turn off the computer or display You may need to turn off the computer in order to turn off some Apple displays 2 Dampen a clean soft lint free cloth or paper with water only 3 Wipe the screen Do not spray liquid directly on the screen You may also use a mild glass cleaner that contains no alcohol or ammonia While there are many commercial products available that will work without dama
4. The complete lack of Introductory materials especially on the naming conventions used and an graphically illustrated overview of the program were disappointing belying the publishers claim that the book can be used by beginners All other books of tips I ve read have identified both the convention for example for naming PC vs Macintosh shortcuts and even the intent of sidebar information with respect to the main text Kudos and more Kudos Before I embark on the items in this book that disturbed me its kudo time Contained below is a more or less terse identification of the tips or book sections I found most useful Indeed this book fostered by my skills at Acrobating around but also my physical health Print Settings Tip 46 Pages 106 contains some of the clearest descriptions on how to work with prints settings I ve yet to read There seem to be as many choices in Acrobat 7 as in GraphicConverter both applications serving to give you better control over print output Conducting Searches in PDF Documents Tip 11 page 24 no wonder wild card searches didn t work for me they are not supposed to Tips 12 14 on other aspects of searching are also well worth the readers time Using PDF Maker in MS Word Installing Acrobat 7 on you Macintosh you have the option of adding the ability to convert your office documents to PDF from within the application This is useful but I found that using Macintosh OS X s feature of print t
5. a contact form a page from which users download files an iFrame page a movie album etc Blog Like photo galleries blogs are becoming increasingly popular A blog short for web log is a personal log in which people publish their thoughts about whatever they wish Naturally everyone has an opinion but blogging can be cathartic and a great deal of fun to boot I might even say addictive It s hard to resist expressing your opinion to the world where someone of like mind may read and respond RapidWeaver s Blog Page Style is just one way to publish a great looking blog easily As with many of RapidWeaver s features users have great control over their blog pages User can create categories and assign them to individual entries Entries are automatically dated and are listed on the page most recent first Users may also add links to selected text in their blog and add images too RapidWeaver s blog pages also support RSS 2 0 and PodCasts as well As one might expect PodCasts link up to the user s Tunes library Both RSS feeds and PodCasting are advanced features and welcome inclusions in RapidWeaver s blog page style The resourceful RapidWeaver user may find alternative uses for blogs such as posting a chronological listing of reviews and articles as I ve done Contact Form Selecting this Page Style automatically creates a PHP based contact form The Contact Form Page Style is surprisingly powerful supporting six different field types and all
6. 2 GB DDR SDRAM running under Macintosh OS X OS X 10 4 4 S888 SSSSSSSssssssssssss Keyboards Are Disgusting Infectious keyboards this gives bugs a new meaning http hardware slashdot org hardware 06 01 18 1330244 shtml Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 18 2006 fredr1k writes A test carried out by Pegasus Lab on account for Swedish magazine PC For alla showed that a normal PC keyboard was infected by more bacteria than a normal toilet seat More specific it contained 33000 bacteria per square centimeter compared to 130 on an ordinary toilet seat The tests also showed occurrence of up to 3100 fungi per square centimeter Also note that unless you read Swedish you still have plausible deniability when asked to Windex yours 88SSSSssssssssssssssss Lost for Words Say you re typing in the Tiger version of a text centric Apple application such as TextEdit Mail iChat or Stickies and you can t conjure up the complete word you re looking for Just type the first couple of letters in the word and press the escape key A list of words that begin with the letters you ve typed appears Select the one you want and it replaces the letters you ve typed Scott Mahrer No added information available S888 SSSSSSSSsssssssssss Save Those Serial Numbers I recently had to do a complete restore of my laptop hard drive and thank goodness all of my data files were backed up to DVD Howev
7. 21 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 e Progressive footage encodes better than interlaced Most of you out there might not need to worry about this 99 of consumer DV cameras shoot standard NTSC North American standard or PAL for those of you in Europe footage which is interlaced Interlacing is the method most standard televisions use you are watching 2 fields made up of odd and even lines This is done very quickly by the TV It draws the even lines first and then the odd ones Progressive footage is not interlaced itis made up of a sequence of full images A buzzword lately is cameras that shoot 24P 24 frames per second of progressive footage which emulates the frame rate and look of a film camera All that being said progressive footage looks better on a computer screen which is not interlaced like a television and is easier on the encoder especially if you only have 24 frames per second as opposed to the more standard 29 97 frames per second NTSC specification e Handheld footage does not encode as well as locked down footage Put that camera on a tripod I believe this is the first rule of kicking your home movies up a notch When you encode video and are concerned with quality and file size locked down works so much better A video encoder looks at the information in one frame of video as it compares to the next If there is a static background the encoder can use the same information as in the pre
8. I have now leaned to use it in a manner not obvious from Christian gt p sie o P A a gt Spices Condiments Rubs and More Grunenberg Devon Technologies notes and user information When I gt BD Stews Casseroles aiid Cires download recipes I collect them willy nilly into a recipes to file folder Stocks and Broths After working with each recipe as necessary to format it either in id lo a Acrobat or MS Word the dozens of recipes are ready to be organized and gt 3 Tuna Favorites filed Finally groups of related recipes need to be transferred to a gt B jap to Gobble Up 0 3 A 2 A gt Vea particular nested folder in my mmmRecipes files gt Vegetable and Tofu Dishes Mostly a gt Vegetable Pancakes Latkes Fritters Ve 4 gt 4 gt O O O Spinach 1 of 88 selected 53 19 GB available Y Spinach a 4 Files amp Folders All Words M Case Insensitive Recipes to INDEX Only Files _ Any Word _ Package Contents _ Only Folders Phrase Invisible Files Folders _ File Contents s Wildcards _ Operators 1 found 5 done Burekas Jewish Spinach Pastry doc 1 14 06 4 58 14 PM 31 KB Now Christian if I could only drop files directly into EasyFind folder icon instead of having to locate the preferred found folder by control clicking in via the Macintosh finder By Harry doc Babad S 88SSSSSSSSssssssssssss When OS Updates Go Bad MacFixit Bug of the Month It happens when you least
9. Install which replaces your OS with an entirely fresh one Then install the Mac OS X combo updater and the next time Apple releases an update don t check email surf the Web render video play Tunes music or do anything else while you re installing it Just let the updater run that will minimize the chances of an installation failure From MacAddict February 2006 8 SSSsssssssssssssssss Hints about Toast Jam and iTunes Making Copies with Toast amp Jam Backing up audio CDs with iTunes is a tedious process You need to rip them as AIFF files by going to iTunes Importing preference pane and changing the Import Using setting to AIFF Encoder and then burn the resulting files back to a CD R OS X s Disk Utility won t let you create an image of an audio disc However Toast makes duplicating audio CDs easy by letting you copy an audio CD directly from one optical drive to another If you have multiple burners just choose the drive you want to copy from in the Read From pop up menu and choose the drive you want to record with in the pop up menu that appears at the bottom of the Toast window Then click on the Record button and watch as Toast copies your disc Toast also gives you the option of saving audio CDs as disk images instead of copying them directly to blank CDs ideal if you have only one burner or if you plan to make multiple copies of a disc You can also mount these images and they will p
10. Internet Protocol My only gripe with the book began early on with a number of insider threat studies that were page after page of Conclusion and Analysis headings instead of giving real titles to each of these findings It struck me as funny that the bolded heading begins How Bad Is It Great content but the editors could have done some serious title tweaking in Chapter 1 They carried that into the table of contents as well and it ran for two or so pages that way They did a better job later with case studies following a topic source details analysis format but even there they could have separated the subtitles by adding more case study titles between the topic source details analysis format If these nits don t bother you keep reading I hope they clean that up in the next rev Justice department folks seem to drop into a nobody can be trusted mind set where everyone they meet is guilty until proven innocent because of all the experiences they have had solving crimes The rest of us shrug it off because we don t have the bandwidth to devote our attention to this line of thinking We tend to trust everyone until proven guilty This book takes the stance of experiential this is the way it is mentality so those of us who are in a mental state of denial can see that they told you so with a host of bad examples The book is divided into 4 parts with the first walking us through how bad the threat really
11. LY 61 RosettaStone Natural Language Approach to Learning Online version CC 70 DCC ULI SPY IA IU AAN 74 Toon Boom Studio V3 2D Animation __ gt S 76 macCompanion Qualitative Rating System Guidelines 78 macCompanion BOOK REVIEW Qualitative GUIDELINE CRITERIA _ _ oS o o 79 macCompanion HARDWARE Qualitative REVIEW GUIDELINES gt o o 79 macCompanion SOFTWARE Qualitative REVIEW GUIDELINES __ gt gt S o 80 Advertisements 81 DigitaMediaTraining za 81 macCompanion Media Kit 83 Statistical AMA YSISO ad A IS A e E A A E RS A 83 Advertising with macCompanion_____ gt gt 84 SWEA O ee a a ce ec Se ee a ea I Ce a 84 PDF Ad Rates sz 84 Rate Table 85 Affiliations __ _ oZ OO 86 Sponsorships SS 86 MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 3 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Masthead Publisher Robert L Pritchett Editor in Chief Robert L Pritchett Consultants Harry doc Babad Ted Bade Assistant Editors Julie M Willingham Web Masters Derek Meier James Meister Contacts webmaster maccompanion com feedback maccompanion com Correspondence Robert Pritchett CEO of MPN LLC 1952 Thayer Drive Richland WA 99352 USA 1 509 210 0217 1 888 684 2161 rpritchett maccompanion com This month s Authors Alphabetical Listing Harry doc Babad Ted Bade Christopher Duncan Dr Eric Flesher Jonathan Hoyle Daphne Kalfon Robert Pritchett Dennis Sellers Leland Scott Steve Stanger Gene Steinberg Mike Swope Tim Verpoorten Ap
12. Level 2 digs deeper into useful vocabulary depending on the location and environment I found the process quite enjoyable and I even learned a few words I didn t know before I can guess Level 3 must be advanced but that means I will need to get the CDs to go through that level I have linked a page of comparisons between this app and other similar in function apps Click on the text button to hide the text Click on the button again to see the text Click on the picture button to hide the pictures Click on the button again to see the pictures ms Spanish LEV Level 2 Arabic Chinese Mandarin Danish Dutch English UK English US Farsi French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Latin Pashto Polish Portuguese Russian English US Level 1 Unit 1 Lesson 1 The Rosetta Stone Online QuickStart Help ContactUs To Purchase Sustantivos y preposiciones Verbos el tiempo presente Adjetivos descriptivos Los n meros 1 10 Singular y plural sustantivos y Los n meros y la hora Preguntas y respuestas ser y estar Comidas comiendo y bebiendo Laropa llevar ropa complementos Qui n qu d nde cu l palabras Repaso Primera Parte Chick the Preview button on the right of the Preview Exercise toggle to switch from an Exercise to a Preview Click on the Exercise button left again to resume the Exercise Clic
13. SMIL and Virtual Reality QTVR and a short list of Questions and Answers before going into 43 pages of the Glossary of Terms By getting this eBook I now have a much better understanding of what I can and cannot do with QuickTime Pro Much better MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 52 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Skype Me reviewed by Robert Pritchett SYNGRESS Authors Michael Gough http www skypetips com Slaman Abdul Baset Joshua Brashars Larry Chaffin Michael Cross Dan Douglass Michael Sweeney Bill Campbell http skypetips internetvisitation org web_pages skype_me html Syngress Publishing Booksites http www syngress com catalog pid 3360 35 USD 49 CND 20 GBP 31 EU Published December 2005 Pages 432 ISBN 1597490326 Requirements A desire to communicate over the Internet by voice Strengths This is basically the user s manual for Skype Cross platform Weaknesses None found Skype http skype com Skype Me By the authors listed above is pretty much a user s manual for running Skype The author also has a website SkypeTips http www skypetips com More can be found about Skype at http www skypejournal com When we are doing the Mac ReviewCast we use Skype and edit it with Audio Hijack Pro Be aware that Skype does not use the Voice over IP standards but uses a proprietary peer to peer coding scheme instead of SIP or other Internet telephony standards If that doesn
14. This is breath takingly beautiful you have to check it out for yourself I love changing my desktop pictures I m amazed at the wonderful photography out there and how great it looks on my iMac s desktop This program gives me the best photos out there for my desktop It s called Pic A POD http www troz net Pic a POD It downloads the picture of the day from your choice of three sites National Geographic Astronomy and Earth Science Set your desktop picture to one of the downloaded photos Schedule downloads to update automatically Change the desktop picture periodically Download photos of the day for any selected date Mini view to free up desktop space Picture Browser amp Viewer to scan through all downloads Themes allow you to select a color scheme or design your own I love great looking desktops and this program will do it for me DesInstaller http krugazor free fr software desinstaller DesInstaller php The DesInstaller is a simple tool that reads the receipts generated when you install a pkg file with Apple s Installer Every file installed by this package is removed even if it has been modified and archived if you ask the DesInstaller to If you decide to use a reinstaller you will get a tar archive for portability and a shell script with a command extension to be double clickable Mr Tides http homepage mac com augusth MrTides This program is based roughly on XTide 2 8 by Dave Flater The XTide web page is
15. You have invested a significant amount of money on your computer and peripherals Have you ever given any thought to what lies between your computer and your electrical outlet Don t worry if you haven t many people never do There are many different levels of surge protection and power conditioning available my goal this month is to make sure your computer and important data is protected from power surges spikes sags and complete power failures Lets take a look at the different devices that are available how they work and what they do or don t do to protect your computer A Power Strip is simply an extension cord with multiple outlets Almost all come with some form of simple surge protection A Surge Protector is the one piece of standard equipment you should have when you put together a computer system A Surge Protector lets you plug multiple components into one outlet The important function of a Surge Protector power strip is protecting the electronics in your computer from surges What are surges A power surge put simply is an increase in voltage above the designated level in a flow of electricity In normal household and office wiring here the United States the standard voltage is 120 volts If the voltage rises above 120 volts you have a problem and a surge protector helps to prevent that problem from damaging your computer and other electrical equipment There are two terms used for when the voltage increases A surge is
16. a great source for tide program information It provides tide and current predictions in a wide variety of formats Graphs text listings and calendars can be generated or a tide clock can be provided on your desktop MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 24 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Beware of Molecules http totlandweb info While Beware of Molecules is primarily a tool for calculating the weight of a chemical compound with a given chemical formula we all know that such formulae are not always easy to remember and to be honest who remembers the formulae or proper chemical names of things like nicotine caffeine or paracetamol Therefore Beware of Molecules 4 0 contains a database of not only what names ties to what formula but also where applicable multiple names for the same compound or different compounds with the same empirical formula The presence of a given compound name is only required for name lt gt formula translation and not for correct calculation of the molecular weight This reference is automatically updated from Totland Software s server although this is optional tickr for flickr http www stuffonfire com P tickr help tickr for flickr 1s a way to enjoy photos from flickr as they slowly glide down or across one of the coveted spaces on the edge side of your desktop You can search for photos by tag by title and description or by user and tickr will scroll the photos until flickr runs out of photos t
17. an increase lasts three nanoseconds billionths of a second or more And a spike is when the increase only lasts for one or two nanoseconds If the surge or spike voltage is high enough it can inflict some heavy duty damage on electrical equipment A surge or spike actually heats up the wiring in equipment sometimes causing a part or component to burn out Even if increased voltage doesn t immediately break your machine repeated surges or spikes will put extra strain on the components wearing them down over time A standard Surge Protector passes the electrical current along from the outlet to a number devices plugged into the power strip If the voltage from the outlet surges or spikes the surge protector diverts the extra electricity into the outlet s grounding wire MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 14 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 As a backup most Surge Protectors also have a built in fuse or circuit breaker If the current increases above the acceptable level the heat caused by the resistance burns out the fuse or the spike or surge will trip the circuit breaker thereby cutting off the circuit The fuse only works once as it is destroyed in the process Better to burn out your Surge Protector then your Mac Most circuit breaker based Surge Protectors can be reset Keep in mind that surge protection circuitry can burn out with one large surge or spike This is why it s a good idea to get a protector with an indicator light that
18. as a primer for the desktop publisher and stays with the basics for turning electrons into print After 25 years this book is in its 6 printing There are two parts of the book divided into Design and Publication Elements of Design has 6 chapters on tooling architecting building blocks for graphics design Illustration as an art and working with photographs The Putting Your Knowledge to Work has 9 chapters on publishing advertising sales materials business communications response devices such as forms surveys and coupons Probably most important for me was the chapter on common pitfalls because Roger provides a plethora of wrong and right ways to do the work Of course that means redesign and then making the documents webable so he devotes tow more chapters to those areas before ending with an Appendix on prepress tips and techniques So if you would like to learn how to do newsletters catalogs tabloids ads forms and documents for both print and for the Internet this book is a great place to start MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 49 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 OS X for Hackers at heart The Apple of Every Hacker s Eye reviewed by Robert Pritchett SYNGRESS 4 FREE BOORLETS FREE i IT BOOKS AND CERTIFICATION SOFTWARE ea Owad and Bruce Potter O S A Authors Ken Caruso Chris Hurley Johnny Long Preston Norvell Tom http www syngress com for Hackers at Heart Booksite http www syngress com catalog p
19. booklet out of a PDF file which is known as pages imposition It is a useful tool to reduce the number of pages that has to be printed which lets you save a lot of paper A booklet is book that is bound in the middle Which means that a booklet has four pages printed on one sheet of paper two on each sides The bottom line is that you simply print your booklet staple it by the middle fold it in two and you have a book CocoaBooklet lets you use it as a PDF service This is only available for Mac OS X 10 2 4 and above Once you ve installed it try printing a document from your favorite browser or text editor or whatever On the print window you will find a button with a PDF icon in it if you click on this button you will have the opportunity of creating a PDF file but also to directly create a booklet These next two programs are from Peter Maurer we ve talked about him and them before but he seems to create such great freeware apps that you have to talk about them again and again MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 26 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Service Scrubber http www petermaurer de You all know about Mac s services menu right It s the list of services performed from the drop down menu under the name of the program you re running in the menubar Wouldn t the services menu be much more useful if it weren t overcrowded by services you never even thought of using With Service Scrubber you can e restructure the ser
20. confused with Toon Boom Solo for 3 000 USD http www toonboom com buy onlinestore customer home php Try before you buy by registering online to download at http www toonboom com products trial_dwn Requirements Macs G5 or later Mac OS X 10 3 9 or later 512 MB RAM 100 MB hard disk space 24 bit color display with 64 MB video RAM 1024x768 resolution Wacom Tablet recommended Wintel Pentium HI 800Mhz or higher processor Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP and the other requirements noted above for the Mac For professionals who like to make electronically generated animated cartoons Strengths Competes nicely with Flash and then some Weaknesses Works best with a Wacom tablet Forum http www toonboom com support forums toonBoomStudio Toon Boom was previously reviewed in September 2004 This is Toon Boom Studio V3 Other Reviews http www toonboom com company news reviews php Animation Links http www toonboom com company animationlinks php Toon Boom Studio V3 competes nicely with Flash for doing animated professional cartoons Last time we looked at this lip synching was big This time it is a Cutter tool that can animate locally or by region using pivot points And text can be added And the flow control has been improved for better interface activities The move is towards 3D with camera views a Free Transform tool and depth of field So there is a 2D drawing space and 3D scene mode MPN LLC 2006
21. fills the void for what can be done by providing us this book for less than Y the price of the app I discovered this book by tripping over his ribald White Trash Xmas QuickTime video at http homepage mac com kkirkster xmas that incidentally also has a link to a number of other shall we say interesting QuickTime videos but his one might be fun to watch too http homepage mac com kkirkster G5_Secrets index html Anyway you get a sense of where his funny bone is located and what can be done using just QuickTime Pro and not Flash The PDF based book is not just password protected but not editable so I could not add a sure would be nice if Table of Contents or Index I was itching to add the TOC Kirk Krueger begins by explaining why he wrote the book adds QuickTime history video protocols QuickTime basics and lots of screenshots showing detailed menu items preferences and settings He also treats a lot of print to various video codecs about 29 which I found to be valuable because he takes time with each one and offers links for digging deeper into these and other 3 party codecs before stepping off into H 264 and Sound Codec Options He then discusses interoperability with Roxio s Toast touches on AIFF System 7 Sound muLaw AAC encoding movie properties windows and movie screenshots and other QuickTime 7 additions MIDI text manipulation skins Applescripts Webification and postering optimization working with
22. grid lines on top of the project so you don t loose it once you add a graphic There is also a Snap Grid feature to make the items align themselves One thing I feel that Print Shop really needs is a printed manual Don t get me wrong this program is very easy to use but there are people who are icon challenged and who aren t patient enough to wait for the little info flag to pop up It would be nice to sit back and read over the manual A PDF version comes with the package but I find reading a PDF manual really tough and find a printed manual a real benefit Speaking with their Customer support people I found that including a manual is a problem because the program has been updated often enough that the manual would soon become obsolete The PDF manual is formatted to print nicely on standard paper and then placed in a ring binder You can t go wrong buying AA OB Untitled 2 Monthly Calendar PrintShop if you have a desire to e A 7 2 A aed LP EE LL ee create your own signs cards calendars or whatever It is easy to use comes with tons of graphics and layouts supports a wide variety of pre made labels cards papers and even supports direct CD printing It also integrates with the iApps making it easy to bring your personal materials into your projects It provides you with the tools necessary to manipulate the graphics and text you enter in a number of different ways enough to suit just about any level of
23. have grasped the vision of Skype and run with it What is even better is that it can interoperate with SIP and H 323 And there are instructions on how to handle security issues and in making firewalls proxy servers and NAT routers Skype ready The book has 5 parts in 15 chapters covering the expected start basics and uses taking 1t up a notch and using add ons and there are not a few hardware add ons like a telephony catalog almost getting into video and mobile using it in the enterprise firewall and network configurations customization and futurizing Skype enabled devices If you want to get into Skype this is a good place to start MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 54 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 YAHOO HACKS Tips amp Tools for Living on the Web Frontier reviewed by Robert Pritchett Baa ih bal computer books conferences online publishing HA C KS Diga amp Toots for dia cp db ira or Author Paul Bausch http www oreillynet com cs catalog view au 1200 Booksite http www ore1lly com catalog yahoohks index html 25 USD 35 CND 17 50 GBP 22 EU Published October 2005 Pages 489 ISBN 0596009453 Requirements A desire to know YAHOO Strengths Talks all about YAHOO Weaknesses None found ORELL YAHOO HACKS Tips amp Tools for Living on the Web Frontier by Paul Bausch is intended for those who have a real desire to tweak the heck out of YAHOO If you are into shortcu
24. http apulsoft ch freeports index php And finally for a very detailed listing of many or perhaps most going by how many there were available software plug ins visit this link http macmusic org softs softcat php lang EN 1d 7037 It lists the name of the plug in the developer which formats it is available in which OS it will work with cost and other assorted information And there are several ways of viewing the information on the page If for example you would like to see only the plug ins that are available in AU just click on AudioUnit near the top of the page and it will list only those plug ins I did that and what came up was a listing a mile long so the sky s the limit This article was a very broad overview of free or low cost effects plug ins Just try a few at a time otherwise it s easy to quickly become overwhelmed with the myriad of possibilities that they each offer And most importantly remember to have fun MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 20 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 M a MAC PRO PODCAST Mac Pro Podcast http www macpropodcast com Video Podcast Basics Shooting for Vidcast by Joseph Nilo Are you ready to join the glamorous world of video podcasting Do you find yourself with way too much free time getting too much sleep and seeing way too much of your friends and family Then video podcasting 1s right for you Here 1s an overview and some tips for getting your video po
25. http www oreillynet com cs catalog view au 836 Booksite http www oreilly com catalog creatingwstmm index html 30 USD 42 CND 21GBP 26 EU Published October 2005 Pages 559 ISBN 0596008422 Requirements A desire to go a little further beyond a vanity site Strengths Takes a cross platform approach to web design raed PaCS ORELO Weaknesses None found Oh you mean our own web page Yes there are still a lot of weaknesses there but we are working on 1t Creating Web Sites the Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald makes learning website design entertaining and enjoyable One of the great plusses in this book is that instead of having to bookmark pages in each chapter for online digging Matthew was kind enough to save them by chapter reference as the last Appendix in the book Like sophisticated websites non Mac or ones not tied to Apple s new iWeb technology this book has more than one part There are six divided into 17 chapters and Appendices with two more chapters These discuss prepping creating posting and tools HTML and Style Sheets graphics linking layout tools like tables and styles and a whole chapter dedicated to Frames Part 3 discusses how to generate traffic by attracting visitors tow way communications techniques and making money with Google Amazon and PayPal The 4 part gets into JavaScripting and DHTMLing using buttons and menus audio and video and the last chapter discusses bloggi
26. of RR DreamCard stacks are not applications in the true sense but rather documents that require the DreamCard player which is free to download and distribute In this way DreamCard is more like HyperCard than REALbasic DreamCard uses the same Transcript language and is cross platform via the free players available but lacks certain power features such as SSL and databasing capabilities Conclusion Runtime Revolution is an excellent environment for application development particularly for students and hobbyists Script writers will find themselves with the ability to generate cross platform applications with relative ease The 299 price is a bit high compared with similar IDE s but if you are willing to forgo the actual creation of an application you can purchase DreamCard for a third that price and distribute stacks instead Regardless of which direction you choose creating cross platform applications comes with ease with Runtime Revolution s line of products Non programmers and script writers will not find a better environment with which to work Coming Up Next Month AMPC Axiomatic Multi Platform C MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 13 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 i 2 ad ii pp The Mac Attack Mac Tips Tricks and Hints http themacattack us http www stevecom com sstanger maccompanion com It s Electrifying Power Strips Surge Protectors and Uninterruptible Power Supplies by Steve Stanger
27. of Unite the Tribes and The Career Programmer In addition to his seminars he s a popular speaker and frequent guest on radio shows across the country He s currently working to improve companies and careers nationwide through his work with the Campaign for American Excellence To contact Christopher visit http www PracticalStrategyConsulting com MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 32 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 doc_Babad s Macintosh Tips A Macintosh Tip or Three February 2006 Edition by Harry doc Babad Product and company names and logos in this review may be registered trademarks of their respective companies This month I continue sharing my occasional tip related finds with you Many but not all of the Tips I share come from Paul Taylor s Hints Tips column athttp www mac hints tips com and are used with his permission Where I use any tips for this column I acknowledge both their source and their contributors The tips for this month are a motley collection related to whatever caught my fancy Now I know that you would expect me as a scientist type to organize these tips on an orderly fashion No way Just check them out and enjoy Oh I almost forgot Unless otherwise noted all the tips and tidbits I share where appropriate work on my computer If I don t own the software but the tip sounds interesting F ll so note The software related tips were tested on a 1 GHz dual processor PowerPC G4 Macintosh with
28. others To check it out visit the link http mda smartelectronix com effects htm Another company called Nomad Factory also puts out free plug ins One is called Blue Tubes another called the Essential Studio Suite Rock Amp Legends and LIQUID Bundle There is also something called the Nomad Free Bundle which was recommended in particular and includes something called a sweeper tremolo and a phaser All the plug ins I ve mentioned here comes with user manuals as well Here s the link http www nomadfactory com downloads index html Another free AU plug in recommended by a GarageBand user 1s called Frohmage It s a resonant low pass filter made by a company called Ohmforce who by the way make other plug ins This plug in is actually listed somewhere on the macmusic org plug in page I ve mentioned at the end of this article but I wanted to make special mention of Frohmage since it was recommended Here s the direct link to it http macmusic org softs version php lang EN 1d 2042 There s a Swiss company called apulsoft which creates some of their own plug ins but it looks like mainly they port free plug ins to other platforms and standards so that both Mac and Windoze users can use them in whatever software program Cubase GarageBand Logic etc There s a link on their website which takes you to a page of free plug ins called Ports of Free Plugs Here s the direct link
29. presenting each Acrobat task as a stand alone unit If for example you want to find out how to search for a word or a phrase in a PDF file you can do just that at the same time picking up a couple of tips about refining your searches Organized in three major sections nput Output and Internal Acrobat Processes this self contained guide is all you need to get going fast with Acrobat 7 The Book Itself The author Donna Baker has assembled a collection of tips that show us what Acrobat 7 can do and how we can use as a productivity tool it in our daily computing efforts It was obvious to me that Acrobat could be used not only to read PDFs but also to edit them comment on them and compile comments from a group of readers but these were skills I was either lacking or used in a trial and error fashion Checkout the Table of Contents and tune into the books broad yet deep scope Table of Contents Getting Started Touching Up and Modifying a Document Organizing Searching and Cataloging Drawings and Layers Creating PDF Files Outside Acrobat Controlling Documents with Links and Buttons Creating PDF Files in Acrobat Bookmarking a Document Saving and Exporting Commenting and Marking Up Documents Printing Reviewing and Collaboration Enhancing PDF Accessibility Working with Multimedia Working with Acrobat Forms Becoming an Acrobat Power User Transforming a PDF Document Making Your Documents Secure p lt Ze 3 4 de
30. sound using that built in 32 MB memory The 1700 mAh Lithium ion battery can handle up to 285 shots before it needs to be recharged I m assuming that is without using the built in pop up flash The battery charger is one of those flip plug into the wall types that recharges at 3 hours so extra batteries will be needed and perhaps a couple of those 1 GB or 512 GB memory cards will do for a day s work MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 56 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 The unit does come with an external power port but for some reason the box doesn t come with the 30 USD 5 volt wallwart era AAA e Robert Pritchett s Collection Entire collection Sorted by Date Taken Ascending l xy Entire collection 48 W Last acquired Mon Jan 1 Y My Favorites yw Date taken pi 2006 47 ph 2005 1 gt El My Smart Albums My P880 0 gt My Albums y EasyShare Gallery Links gt My Gallery Home Fl Fun with My Favorites My Friends Albums Y My Saved Projects The camera is only half the story Okay maybe a third Digital photos need to be transferred either to print or to screen to be useful for instant gratification Transfer can be accomplished using the EasyShare app for both Macs and Windows systems Install EasyShare from the CD register and then download the update The included USB cable can be used to connect to a computer or the Dock insert can be used on top of an HP or other compatible photopri
31. styled text The fully configurable contact form requires PHP on the site host and will not work with Mac accounts PHP is a common feature on Unix and Linux based web hosts The blog page style is also advanced and supports Podcasts MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 66 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Once pages are built RapidWeaver can upload them to the specified FTP account making the pages available to the world However for those who wish to upload using an FTP application such as Transmit http www panic com transmit RapidWeaver also allows for local export for testing and uploading Of course we can t forget Apple s Mac Like Apple s Apps RapidWeaver is configured to work flawlessly with Mac accounts The only recorded feature that can t be used with a Mac site is the PHP Contact Form because Mac doesn t support PHP for its members For web designers who also work in print design and use QuarkXPress http www quark com products xpress or Adobe InDesign http www adobe com products indesign main html RapidWeaver s method will be familiar RapidWeaver uses Page and Site Inspectors to set page and site specific preferences and then publishes designer selected content including text and images to create pages and documents This means that the site s content can be anywhere on the designer s hard drive and RapidWeaver will publish it to the specified web host space Mac or FTP RapidWeaver like some other web develo
32. t Jiminy Cricket Disney s Pinocchio whispering that you should do good things and not bad It instead shows that bad things were done and folks were caught and suffered the consequences of their unwise actions If something feels wrong it probably is so don t do it Let your conscience be your guide Let this book be an awareness book in your organization and perhaps it will act as a deterrent to anyone who might be thinking bad thoughts about either taking advantage or trying to take down a company I like the word of wisdom that says that if you find yourself in a hole stop digging Fess up and keep the mistakes from getting worse than they already are Trust employees but verify after they have been screened MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 48 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Looking Good in Print Sixth Edition reviewed by Robert Pritchett PARAGLYPH PRESS Author Roger C Parker Paraglyph Press Inc 1238 East Cambridge Avenue Phoenix AZ 85006 602 749 8787 FAX 602 388 8192 http www paraglyphpress com Looking Good Booksite http www oreilly com catalog 193309706X i A Released December 25 2005 in Print Pages 352 pa 30 USD 42 CDN 17 GBP 26 Euro ISBN 193309706X Strengths Takes a cross platform approach to publication and uses good and bad examples to make its points Weaknesses None found Looking Good in Print Sixth Edition by Roger C Parker is intended
33. t bother you and you don t mind skyping instead of vonaging go for it Skype is one of those why didn t I think of it apps that went from obscurity to becoming purchased for an obscene amount I wish I could get that kind of money by eBay I ve been through 3 revs of Skype since it was made available for the Mac and the latest rev does video but not for the Mac yet as of this writing When I first Skyped I ran network analysis activities and end to end links were all literally over the map I figured there was a security issue and didn t understand fully the techno logy was based on this peer to peer relationship That may be a downer for Skype in the Enterprise IT managers would like to have a warm fuzzy about end to end communications and have some control over that process if possible The book addresses those concerns and many others as well The latest rev needs some work because the phone call audio ring sounds like it is under water and warbles accordingly at least on my Mac The folks on the other end of the virtual line have no problems communicating with me nor I with them I also have a Vonage system and up until I swapped out both the cable modem and the router I had unacceptable experiences with the Vonage system It s much better now MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 53 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 One thing I found intriguing is how Skype can be used remotely and there are a number of add ons as others
34. the email s he can just highlight and drag the bookmarks directly into Bookmarks It s that simple MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 36 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 ApplePRESS Diablo Valley MUG Concord CA Hints and Tips December 2005 S SSsssssssssssssssssss Spellchecking in Safari Did you know you could spell check in Safari as well What s that you say Why would I want to spell check someone else s webpage It s not FOR that silly Command semi colon runs spell check as usual Run it while in a text entry box on a webpage to check what YOU just wrote before you post it to that chat board TMUG Insider Pleasanton CA With Permission from Paul Taylor Hints and Tips January 2006 88S SSssssssssssssssss MacFixIt Troubleshooting Solutions for the Macintosh Printing Troubles My Mac s Printer Setup Utility is hosed I can t get anything to print I can t even get Printer Setup Utility to open so I can try to fix it I just need to start over but how do I do that As long as you have Mac as 10 4 there is an easy remedy to a _ your problem Tiger s Printer Setup Utility Applications gt Utilities has an option in the Printer Setup Utility menu 2 a o Sane called Reset Printing System that will completely wipe out ams e 7 a any and all printers and print settings This is definitely a last sani resort option because Cance Reser it forces you to set
35. witness In this case both reviews will be published Collaborative reviews are also allowed This means that two or more people can team up and work together on a review if so desired The authors need not agree with each other MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 78 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Table I macCompanion BOOK REVIEW Qualitative GUIDELINE CRITERIA Is the book logically organized and easy for you to read and understand Is the book suitable for the approximate computing skill levels of its target audience Is it properly focused Is the book well indexed making it easy to use as a problem solving Extremely Important tool Does it have appendices listing or summarizing elements of the book s subject matter Are there web links that allow the book s reader to get additional information on the subject matter Does the book cover the subject matter well Is it a me too book or shovelware hastily gathered and thrown together or does it break new ground Would you buy it Is the book appropriately illustrated and does it have enough illustrations The importance of this item is somewhat subjective For some reviews it could become Extremely Important Do the illustrations help illustrate the author s point Are they tied to the discussion in the text Important Are the illustrations big enough to see clearly or has the publisher reduced them in size to large icons Is the image resolution detai
36. your photos webPhoto 1s perfect for multi platform homes and businesses that have an iPhoto library they would like to share Features e Display the contents of your iPhoto library via a web interface e Automatically resizes images down for lower bandwidth users New e Choose which albums to display e Show or hide images associated to your iPhoto keywords e Create user accounts to protect your images e Require a login to view the photos in your site e Easily email users to inform them of new photos Xfolders http www kai heitkamp com If the finder is getting you frustrated you may enjoy this freeware application Xfolders adds to the functionality of the Finder by acing a little like that old Norton application called Norton Commander If you ever used it you ll know that it was a solid functional product That s what xfolder is doing for the Finder check it out That will do it for this month Hope you find a few freeware items that help you enjoy your Mac as much as I enjoy using mine MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 28 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Pc E En te from laws 3 Musings From Mars http www musingsfrommars org Some Bloggers Jump The Gun By Labeling Tunes 6 0 2 Spyware by Leland Scott Boing Boing Tunes update spies on your listening and sends it to Apple http www boingboing net 2006 01 1 1 itunes_update_spies_ html Update 1 19 06 Yes Boing Boing s first take on the new Tunes m
37. 6 ds 8 9 The book shows the reader how to use the document review process You can send on your comments to a group and digitally sign your documents Just create PDFs directly from applications such as Photoshop CS and MS Word convert PDF files to Word documents Use Adobe designer PC only to create single or complex interactive forms build buttons and links to connect documents and add movies flash files and sound to PDF documents MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 42 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 According to Adobe Acrobat allows you to transform PDF files into Intelligent Documents It is the simple way to create and share more secure and reliable Adobe PDF documents It is often difficult and time consuming to combine files from multiple applications and sources into one document and nearly impossible to maintain the formatting of the document throughout the review process With Adobe Acrobat 7 0 Standard software you can combine files from different sources into one organized PDF document Share the PDF document with reviewers who can read and comment on it but not alter it Then consolidate and compare comments to create a polished PDF document that includes tailored security features so you can distribute it confidently This only a part of what you can learn from Adobe Acrobat 7 Tips and Tricks The 150 Best The tip descriptions are well written easy to follow and clearly explained in terms of their functionality I shou
38. C 2006 macCompanion Page 18 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Here are a few plug ins from a very active and generous member of the Smartelectronix collective Bram s M exoscope this one is a realtime waveform display it allows you to see what your audio waveform looks like To the right side of the display there are several settings such as time amp four retrigger modes a waveform analyzer and more The documentation for this plug in 1s available in a zipfile or online Bouncy this one imitates a bouncing ball delay On Bram s page which I ve listed further below there s a link to a QuickTime demo of what this plug in does to a sound Very cool effect This one is also donationware should you wish to download it The AU version has had some features added to it such as a longer delay and it eats up fewer CPUs It comes with a few slider settings such as delay delay shape amp shape and such Bram s Cyanide 2 this one looks like fun It s a graphical wave shaper Also donationware It allows realtime shaping and distortion of audio anyway you like There s a graphic window with knobs on both sides one side being Pre the other side being Post The knobs control amp filter type and filter frequency The bottom window shows a preview of what you ve done along with another knob alongside the preview window which allows you to set how wet or dry you want it You can even save what you ve done in a bank as a p
39. MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 73 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 SecuritySpy reviewed by Robert Pritchett SECURITYSPY am ah Developer Ben Bird http www bensoftware com contact html http www bensoftware com Product site http www securityspy com Overview http www bensoftware com ss overview index html Released August 25 2005 Download 30 day try before you buy 1 5 MB http www bensoftware com ss download index html 50 USD single camera 125 USD up to 4 cameras 250 USD up to 8 cameras 500 USD unlimited http order kagi com cgi bin store cgi storeID UXT amp amp Requirements Mac OS X 10 2 or later G4 or later 256MB RAM QuickTime 5 or later 512 MB RAM for 4 or more cameras And video input devices or cameras KKK KY Strengths Designed for Mac OS X in mind Simple setup and installation intended for multiple monitoring devices that use Pan Tilt Zoom Weaknesses No audio capture yet Input Devices http www bensoftware com help devices html In December 2005 we did a review of a wireless security system as organized and paid for from Brickhouse Security at http www maccompanion com archives december2005 Hardware W atch 20this htm that uses the EvoCam software we also reviewed in that issue http www maccompanion com archives december2005 Software EvoCam htm Ben Bird has provided a camera monitoring system that he updated back in August 2005 called Security Spy a
40. Miyazaki http en wikipedia org wiki Hayao_Miyazaki And the art of Manga http en wikipedia org wiki Manga And Anime http en wikipedia org wiki Anime These Ghibli releases are excellent cartoons that rival anything that Disney Studio did years ago in fact Disney licensed a few to show in English and the other animation studios at the Big Carton Database http www bcdb com cartoons Pixar Animation Studios comes even closer http www pixar com The synergy between Pixar and Disney Studios should be worth seeing now that they are one But Joy of Tech could be more animated don t you think http www geekculture com oyoftech Or made into a movie After all they did do a book we reviewed a while ago Heck if Charles M Schulz could do it for Peanuts http en wikipedia org wiki Peanuts why not you See what 1s in the Toon Boom Showcase to see what has been done using Toon Boom http www toonboom com showcase There are hours of fun watching what others have created and given to Toon Boom Animation to well show off Here is the latest list of TV Productions that have been completed using Toon Boom animation http www toonboom com showcase pdf TV ProductionList pdf There are 12 pages For Feature Films there is a 5 page list http www toonboom com showcase pdf feature list pdf So go try before you buy and see what you can do with Toon Boom v3 The challenge is to see if you can do as well as Hayao Miyazaki I
41. Page 62 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 While there are still a lot of kiddy graphics in this package there are also a goodly amount of nicer photo quality ones to choose from You will find a wide variety of photographic quality images and scenes on the CD But if that isn t enough PrintShop is now integrated with iPhoto so you can bring in your own photo library to add to your projects When you choose to add a graphic you can choose to look at your iPhoto library When you do this you are presented with a menu of your iPhoto albums You can open an album then scroll down and select the image you want to work with A very nice feature You ll probably need to crop this image in some way so that it will S Effects fit into your project PrintShop offers easy to use handles to shrink gt i expand or rotate an image But you might want to do more with k 3 de A the image before using it PrintShop s Photo Workshop lets you crop the image into a number of interesting shapes or freehand olor Object adjust the image contract brightness and color fix flaws such as ET red eye or a scratch and even apply a number of Artistic effects to W Opacity the photo Everyone I tried worked to my satisfaction 1 00 ad j One project I found very useful is that of making a calendar In this instance we see another App integration You can choose to B import iCal events onto your new calendar Once on the calendar T
42. UI scripts Chapter 7 gets into securing Email for the Road Warrior and battery management The Appendix on hacking iPods could be a book all by itself If you really want to get geeky and get into the side of the Mac that is normally hidden here is a book on how to get there MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 51 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 QuickTime Pro Explained reviewed by Robert Pritchett Author Kirk Krueger 505 Fourth Street Apt 1 Seadrift TX 77983 kkirster mac com http homepage mac com kkirkster book Released September 2004 revised January 2006 12 USD PDF based password protected Download 14 3 MB zip file Pages 283 For users of or who want to purchase QuickTime Pro 7 A de A A Strengths Live Links Weaknesses Missing Table of Contents and Index QuickTime Pro Explained by Kirk Krueger should be part of the Missing Manual series The 12 USD price probably covers Kirk s Mac annual subscription account and he changes the password each week This version updates the information he originally provided If you want a hardcopy print out the 283 pages or ask your favorite publisher to contact Kirk so he can get it published with a cover I bet it will cost more than 12 USD however I have been frustrated trying to find out what I bought for 32 USD three times now from Apple as the registration screen doesn t change from QuickTime Player to QuickTime Pro I must have not been alone and Kirk
43. WYSIWYG table editor CSS does not replace tables for tabular information RapidWeaver 3 5 will also be released to run on Apple s Intel based Macs Did I mention that 3 5 will be a free upgrade to 3 2 users You can be absolutely certain that Steve Jobs and crew are watching developers like RealMac Software just as they always have The announcement of iWeb a new iApp at MacWorld SF 2006 confirms that Apple s watching what their customers and developers are doing iWeb however apparently requires a 99 year Mac account to publish its content iWeb after all is designed to publish the other iLife files music photos movies Until iWeb can publish by FTP to other standard web hosts RapidWeaver is the missing App from Apple s award winning iLife family RapidWeaver 3 2 earns 5 out of 5 It is a fine application It is powerful effective easy and fun to use It has few shortcomings It anticipates users needs and delivers on them in a surprisingly big way It could nearly replace Apple s Mac service And potentially some of the better known more expensive web design packages GoLive http www adobe com products golive main html Dreamweaver http www macromedia com software dreamweaver FrontPage http office microsoft com en us FX010858021033 aspx Freeway http www softpress com Most certainly they are now definitely overkill for small web sites Some superb web sites http www realmacsoftware com rapidweaver rwshowcase
44. accompanion com Email works best Well that s it for this issue Please come back again next month MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 86 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2
45. at would be nice to have directly from the camera for the Mac as it is for the Windows systems And I think that the dock connector needs some kind of dust cover I think Kodak could add a memory card 512 MB in the box but it would add another 110 USD or so to the basic package Buying this camera will require a card for anyone who is more than an occasional shutterbug What keeps this camera from being a true D SLR 1s that there is a processing gap between taking that first picture and the next unless you take advantage of the multi shot mode Same with the frame rate for video 1 3 fps a the picture in a picture showing the focus distance when between macro and infinity No it doesn t take the images that way it is just to sorta kinda show where the focus ring is in relation to the bigger picture pun intended e The options in the menu screens can keep us going through eye candy for some time e Oh and video movie mode I think that is a great feature for a 600 USD camera e And the threads for adding lenses Nice touch e Playback is great for video and seems to do well with the audio in and out e Image quality really is Kodak quality e Custom button settings e No redeye technology This is really a great plus e And that hood to keep the Flash and sun from interfering with the lens MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 59 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Accessories http www kodak com eknec PageQuerier jhtml
46. atch A readme is included with it Bram s SupaPhaser this one s a phaser plug in and touted as one of the best available As with the others it is donationware This one too comes with many settings for envelope and oscillator as well as pre phaser distort or saturate so you can get exactly the effect you re after Please remember that these plug ins take a lot of time and lots of hard work to create so please make a donation PayPal to the developer before you download any one plug in To view all the plug ins Bram has created learn more about the plug ins I ve mentioned make a donation s download news and more visit Bram s page at http bram smartelectronix com And here s the link to the smartelectronix collective where you can get more information about what they do news updates sign up for their free newsletter and check out the plug ins that have been created by their other members http www smartelectronix com Than there s a bundle of audio processing plug ins available from the people at http www digitalfishphones com called fish fillets It s a package of three effects and is a free download along with a downloadable manual with the one for Mac OS available for VST or as AudioUnits The three effects are Blockfish a versatile compressor Spitfish an easy to use de esser mainly to correct vocal tracks Floorfish a simple expander noise gate device You can vis
47. aver does not Weaknesses Works differently than other web development software so that getting started at first may confuse experienced web developers unless they are familiar with Apple s family of iApps Several oddities and unexpected gotchas See the next release as version 3 5 What IS RapidWeaver RapidWeaver is a template based web site development application modeled after Apple s award winning iApps Tunes iPhoto iDVD iChat so that it is somewhat familiar to Mac OS X users RapidWeaver produces valid XHTML 1 0 and Cascading Style Sheets CSS Level 1 and Level 2 web sites Both are modern web standards and becoming ever more popular with web designers and developers for the features and control they provide over a site s appearance and in some cases interactivity such as cascading menus RapidWeaver ships with 25 templates some are samples from 3rd party theme developers which must be installed before they can be used and 10 page styles with which to build web sites A few of the templates are identical except for minor differences but all templates are professionally designed like Apple s iDVD themes and provide superb results They range from a template resembling Apple s tabbed web site to multi colored sites If no one knew your site was a template no one would be the wiser The 10 page styles also offer some variety for different types of web pages including blog contact form file sharing photo album HTML and
48. board read and hear to use this training tool e To get started online pay the monthly fee get your license and be sure you get your assigned password Dynamic Immersion is a trademarked method of learning languages using ears mouth eyes and hands These are graphically represented with a speaker open book mic stand and keyboard onscreen Arabic Korean Chinese Mandarin Latin Danish Pashto Dutch Polish English US Portuguese BR English UK Russian Farsi Persian Spanish Latin America French Spanish Spain German Swahili Greek Swedish Hebrew Thai Hindi Turkish Indonesian Vietnamese Italian Welsh Japanese The Spanish levels 1 and 2 run through about 100 screens per lesson that combine these 4 methods of learning MO The Rosetta Stone Online 7 You can pick and choose which Quick Start Help ContactUs To Purchase process you want to learn from The default is the Full Immersion method using all the senses dy ra tor viure e em fe _ IY IRAE g ry rgice 4 XE Marara Digita ee 2 ayaa pe Exercise 3 Ai purgas dgilbesry jaca duldesr y ra Apra Ap D and AS dur y npa dgiltrany rea Apr Ape MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 71 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 You will not be bogged down in grammar traps but rather you will learn how to pass the beans and pick up speaking the language quickly without giving you a migraine Level 1 Quickly begins using sentences
49. browse the music store or have the ministore open which of course is on Apple s servers to begin with If I m missing something please enlighten me Just as a reminder here is the definition of spyware Any type of software that transmits information to an external server without the user s knowledge The phrase without the user s knowledge is key here It appears that there was much irresponsible jumping the gun by reporting iTunes as behaving in this very objectionable manner Read on Update later on 1 11 06 OK so I ve done my own research into this new iTunes feature now and my early suspicions were right on target As much as some people would like to believe it Apple has not pulled a fast one or become Big Brother or foisted this on me or any of the other b hit people have been writing on the Apple discussion groups and elsewhere on the web today What is it that makes people so suspicious of Apple here Could it be Microsoft s behavior As I ve argued before Microsoft is NOT or should not be considered the norm for how a technology company behaves Microsoft is a horrible aberration that through its huge success has set some very low new standards Apple is a profit making venture after all so it s not surprising that they would be trying to make money here But the amazing negative reaction I ve read from some squeaky wheels today is enough to make me very suspicio
50. creativity PrintShop is a terrific program and well worth the cost Users of the previous 1 x version for Mac OS X would do well to upgrade adding the App integration a number of graphical tools and the addition of layout tools to better manipulate your designs Anyone who would like an easy to use program for making a wide variety of printouts should consider 76 valei PrintShop version 2 MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 65 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 RealMac Software s Rapid Weaver 3 2 High Speed Template Based CSS Web Site Development Software reviewed by Mike Swope RealMac Software http www realmacsoftware com 35 USD Released December 2005 Target Audience General Macintosh users to professional web designers who want to build feature rich web sites quickly Strengths Resembles Apps in appearance Distributed with 25 themes out of the box Possible to create custom templates Produces high quality though canned web sites right out of the box Pre designed additional RapidWeaver templates and add on plugins available for purchase from several sites Users can also make their own templates if they are familiar with web programming and conventions No FTP software required Automatically checks for updates Incredibly easy to use Fun too If only every application were this powerful easy and pleasant to use Apple should acquire it Editor iWeb from Apple requires a Mac account RapidWe
51. ctelcommunications com about index html Michael Robak submitted MACINTEL to be trademarked http tarr uspto gov servlet tarr regser serial amp entry 78648143 and http tarr uspto gov servlet tarr regser serial amp entry 78648099 also in June 2005 and that is still live with a non final action mailed December 30 2005 MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 7 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 And there 1s even a discussion on Wikipedia about the transition to the new Intel chips at http en wikipedia org wik1 Apple_ Intel Transition Meanwhile I m calling the Intel Mac the Mactel Mac and I m not alone in calling it that anymore So for now computing systems still reflect humanity Not perfect but progressing And hopefully universally speaking we will spend more time with Yang than with Yin MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 8 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Letter From the Editor After MacWorld 2005 by Robert Pritchett Welcome to the February issue of macCompanion I think 2006 will be full of wonderful surprises besides the latest revelations that came from the Reality Distortion Field we see each year at MacWorld San Francisco Meanwhile take a look at what we love to talk about Covering the Articles Not everyone could attend MacWorld so we did the next best thing We did what we do best do reviews so you don t have to e In Nothings Perfect I discuss the issues regarding chip technology
52. d an external flash sync port speaker and below the 5 8X logo is the rubber flap that reveals the USB1 1 port not USB 2 0 and external power receptacle Oh and the tripod screw hole is moved to the left so that the dock port is centered on the camera Back to the front there is also a plastic ring that is a hood intended to keep flash or sun from interrupting the image capture Gotchas Why not USB 2 0 I have no idea why the P880 doesn t do USB 2 0 Probably for the same reason it doesn t do FireWire cost and licensing issues I personally think this is a major faux paux If I had designed this camera I would have reduced the button happy count and analog entry buttons to joystick functions and perhaps some screen touch technology That said the file transfer through a powered USB port didn t flinch once By reducing the button count the screen could then be upped another 1 2 inch and meet the current technical industry level of a 3 screen The current LCD technology artifacts with banding and dithering issues in playback mode Maybe move the EasyShare photo printer LCD screen to the P880 And what s with the RAW functionality not being available for the Mac anyway If we have Adobe CS 2 there is a plugin workaround for downloading RAW images so they can be tweaked http www adobe com products photoshop cameraraw html RAW images are unprocessed and can be tweaked to infinity without destroying the original I bet th
53. d in a timely fashion by e mail Did the supplied code work Did it require downloading more code to work properly Effectiveness Does the product crash your system or often quit unexpectedly Suitability Is the ReadMe file any good How about the installed Help files the included software manual or the online manual Is the software Extremely really designed for 1ts target audience Important Developer interaction Usually applies to shareware As a criterion this is relevant only if you make an actual and detailed contact Did the developer respond to questions and accept suggestions Accessibility Good public contact information such as address email phone website FAQs etc Help Desk competence If you contacted them did you get a good response Did they know less than you did Or were they so advanced that you couldn t understand them Would you buy the product Learning Curve You need to distinguish between professional products Important with longer learning curves and those designed for more casual users MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 80 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Advertisements DigitaMediaTraining MACCOMPANION TAKE 15 OFF ALL SOFTWARE TRAINING www digitalmediatraining com special maccom FREE VIDEO SAMPLES FREE TUTORIALS GREAT PRICES SOFTWARE DISCOUNT FINAL CUT PRO _ 0817 asas inside Editing with Final Cut Pro Series Check cut our test DVD tithes Easy to Use DVDs Sensati
54. dare you MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 77 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 macCompanion Qualitative Rating System Guidelines To help our staff focus on rating books hardware or software we have some simple guidelines Each product type has its own guidelines and qualitative criteria listed in separate tables Books Table 1 Hardware Table 2 and Software Table 3 macCompanion reviewers will use numbers ranging from 5 the best rating to the poorest rating in their overall evaluation of a product We are allowing 1 2 step ratings above 1 and below 5 as 1 1 5 2 2 5 3 3 5 4 4 5 and 5 We won t go below 1 or above 5 We do not break down the 1 2 steps in detail 5 Outstanding approximating perfection 4 Very Good an exceptional book or piece of hardware or software 3 Acceptable product that would be useful to its target audience 2 Some reservations This is not a product that I would normally add to my computing environment 1 Not ready for general distribution to the public The book author has a few good ideas Hardware or software does not work as expected kinder response or else it s not worth buying Note that when we are giving a product a low rating our reviewers are obligated to contact the developer or manufacturer usually not the distributor and seek help before finalizing their evaluation If we rate a product n as a 1 then another reviewer will need to verify the results like a 2
55. dcast up and running This article will be the first in a three part series check back in future columns for Editing for Vidcast and Encoding for Vidcast This article assumes you ve done some research on podcasting in general if you need some good places to start Apple s Podcasting forums http discussions apple com forum jspa forumID 1 107 Podcast Alley forums http www podcastalley com Podcast 411 podcast http www podcast41 1 com Podcaster Confessions Blog yes blatant self promotion here http www podcasterconfessions com My Podcaster Confessions blog has a series I ve been working on called Podcasting 101 The Guide that has some tips for you in the beginning stages of your podcasting venture Shoot We re assuming here that you ve got a video camera of some sort Mini DV cameras have become quite affordable You don t necessarily need the latest greatest HD camera to get your message across In the January issue of Mac Companion I wrote an article that highlighted some shooting and lighting basics on a budget Check it out Some tips to keep in mind as they relate to a video podcast e Closeups are more interesting that big wide shots Wide shots are for documentaries and westerns Keep in mind you re going to be in most cases encoding your video down to 320x240 and people will be watching your masterpiece in iTunes or on their 1Pods MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page
56. dow Apparently when this window is opened information about what music you like or at least have in you Tunes library is sent to Apple Not very nice Apple To prevent this from happening all you have to do is to close the mini store window Obviously people who found out about this were very annoyed Apple responded by releasing a newer version of iTunes 6 0 4 that displays a message box explaining what would happen if the mini store was left open It s nice to see that Apple was the first to release spyware for the Macintosh Apple s financial quarter Right after Macworld Expo Apple posted its first quarter financial report http www apple com pr library 2006 jan 1 8results html It is interesting to note that Apple reported its highest earnings in its history posting a revenue of 5 75 billion and a net quarterly profit of 565 million During this first quarter Apple shipped 1 254 000 Macs and 14 043 000 iPods Apple still sells more iPods then computers but they continue to innovate new computer design so I am not unhappy about it I am looking forward to trying out an Intel based Macintosh in the next couple of years It seems like they are going to be very exciting machines The Mac is a consumer machine I can t wait to hear what the Professional Macs will be like How much power How many processors How many new features I wonder what interesting buzz word will they pick to refer to them as Steve said the
57. duct Site http www mackiev com print shop html 60 USD upgrade from version 1 x is 40 USD Requirements Mac OS X 10 2 or later including Mac OS X 10 4 Tiger G3 350 MHz processor or faster 192 MB RAM 256 MB recommended 490 MB hard disk space 1 3 GB for full installation 800 x 600 screen resolution thousands of colors 1024 x 768 recommended CD ROM drive Experience needed Minimal for most projects Some graphics or design experience couldn t hurt but isn t really required Strengths Very easy to use offers lots of pre made projects for an easy start as well as guides to create unique ones Integrated with 1Apps Package includes lots of graphics to work with Weaknesses Finding just the right image can be tough No printed manual The Print Shop for Mac OS X version 2 for Mac OS X is the latest version of a program that has been around almost as long as printers have been attached to personal computers This version carries on the feature rich and easy to use tradition that has made PrintShop such a successful program Notable additions include integration with Apple s iApps and direct CD printing along with a slew of editing features for images PrintShop properly called The Print Shop is easily the most well known home printing application of all I was happy to hear that MacKiev brought a version to the MacOS X platform This program makes an easy task of creating a variety of graphical projects tha
58. e outrageously expensive MetaCard 995 Now along comes Runtime Revolution First of all Runtime Revolution is not just another HyperCard clone RR is a powerful development environment for creating and scripting cross platform applications Unlike HyperCard stacks created by RR are compiled into true applications You can however use RR to open and run old HyperCard stacks see below Best of all the applications you create can be targeted for Mac OS X Classic Mac OS along with various flavors of Windows Unix and Linux Though priced at a rather high 299 the software you create is royalty free MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 10 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 What is HyperCard 1 a What is HyperCard Introduction Buttons More Stacks Creating Stacks What s Next Above is a screenshot of Runtime Revolution opening the basic What is HyperCard stack that was installed with HyperCard 2 4 1 Note that this is an Aqua based Mac OS X window which faithfully represents the original HyperCard look and feel Creating Applications with Runtime Revolution The Runtime Revolution environment appears to be a cross between REALbasic and HyperCard You begin by creating a mainstack which you link to other cards Like REALbasic you can grab widgets from a palette to drag onto your window double click on it to set behavior etc Right clicking on a widget allows you to edit the associated script written in Revo
59. ell be RAM and most of the new iMacs tested so far appear to come with the default 512MB allotment What if it was increased to say 1GB Good question and I ll be interested in seeing the comparisons as testing of the new products continues Now in normal circumstances particularly if you stick with Apple s own applications that have been ported to Universal status and older apps with modest memory needs performance should be pretty decent with the stock configuration When it comes to Adobe Photoshop and other high powered software things get muddy Photoshop for example loads an entire image into memory large color illustrations for example could suck up RAM with abandon You might just want to open Mac OS X s Activity Monitor which is located in the Utilities folder and monitor the requirements of different applications as you move from one to the other This will help you decide whether to max out the memory of your new MaclIntel Now in the end you can t expect miracles Whether Rosetta runs at half the speed of the native processor or up to seventy percent as Transitive claims isn t all that significant in the scheme of things Mac OS X for Intel seems to be pretty snappy and it ll do its thing at a pretty good pace Sure Photoshop rendering functions won t be so swift but if you re upgrading from a very old Mac it ll still be a lot faster than what you re used to Bear that in mind when you look at the reviews of the MacIntel vers
60. emember working with now defunct Ungermann Bass equipment that had thick monthly reports we received as we were acting as a beta site for their network equipment thanks to the US taxpayer We were privy to the hardware and software issues because we were under Non Disclosure Agreements with the company I am under no such NDA with Apple for hardware today I think the holier than thou attitude by the naysayers needs to be tempered with some semblance of wisdom and a modicum of intelligence Take it from me I ve seen worse and if you have been in the computer industry for any length of time I m sure you can cite your war stories too So am I being an apologist Apple No I don t think so My experience has been that I have seen healthier fruit from them than from other hardware and software manufacturers and I like what I see By their fruits ye shall know them Many hardware issues can be brought to bear with workarounds A few issues cannot and that is why we see this forward march by the techno geeks to continually improve both their hardware and software products If engineers ruled no product would ever get out the door because they wouldn t stop tweaking True that is a generalization and perhaps denigrates ad marginalizes most engineers and we will probably see some rubber band slinging and negative feedback for saying it but this stereotype is a rule of thumb based on empirical evidence Someone like Steve Jobs ha
61. er trying to go back and reinstall all of the little applications that I had installed over the years proved to be a major chore Some of the programs were ones that I had purchased and others were freebies Normally I m quite good at keeping track of all of my serial numbers and such but I ve found that if the program and the serial number are not kept in the same place odds are they will never get back together again MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 33 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 There 1s a very simple way to keep them together under OS X Cut and paste the serial number into the spotlight comment But what if the file gets deleted you say Well here s what I do When I buy a program online P Il download it and it s packed into a single dmg or sitx file I ll click on it to select it and then press the Command I to get the properties window to open up and then just type in the serial number into the comment field and close the window Now back that file up to a CDR There you have it an archived program with the serial number ready to be restored whenever you need it Bob Hastings Hints and Tips December 2005 S 88 SSSSSSSSsssssssssss EasyFind Shareware Hint In the December 2005 macC Irevieweda 6606 mmmRecipes shareware product called EasyFind 3 8 1 I noted that is was a flexible and Benes ri DP a powerful way to expand or even bypass the finder s find functionality
62. er Non Disclosure Agreement NDA at the time And it was really a lot of fun discovering what I could and reporting on my findings So what is all the huff and puff about the How dare they nonsense with the recent revelation that the Intel Core Duo has a few glitches and gotcha s Those are not the fault of Apple I created a table of sorts that shows recent chip technologies and their lists of what the engineering departments call errata What I found to be rather interesting is that my machine apparently has a few gotcha s of its own with the G5 chip in it twenty four oopsies to be exact Even though it is flawed it works well Compared to the earlier Intel Pentiums or the AMD chipsets those flaws don t look so bad when compared with the errata Meanwhile the industry has been migrating from 32 bits to 64 bits and from 90 nm down to 65 nm circuits We see them doing more with less It is truly miraculous I grew up through the transistor age I currently work in a software firm and I know the revs we send out have their own character flaws Time energy and effort are expended between revs to clean up the code and our customers are delighted with the improvements as are we I m not privy to the current code issues associated with Mac OS X but I ve been very impressed with the outcome so far The competing OSes have a lot of catching up to do assuming they ever can Back on the chip issues I r
63. er than expected QuickTime The QuickTime Page Style overlaps Movie Album somewhat in that both allow users to publish QuickTime compatible movies to their web sites The QuickTime style however is used to publish a single movie with accompanying text rather than a group of movies and simple captions As with the Movie Album style users can set the QuickTime movie to autoplay HTML Code and Styled Text Page Styles These two page styles should not be underestimated HTML code allows programmers to completely insert HTML PHP and ASP code into the lt body gt of the published page packaged by the template selected in RapidWeaver When using HTML Code users must know the link to the pages and assets to which they link The HTML style is a code editor Styled Text allows users to similarly insert text photos etc into the lt body gt of the published page In the Styled Text style users control text and images on their page Control over images includes placement alternate text alignment filename scaling rotation and flipping Control over text includes standard HTML formatting such as alignment color size paragraph blockquote etc Curiously missing from Styled Text formatting is the ability to create a list For the most part 1f you can t accomplish what you need in the other Page Styles offered by RapidWeaver you can in one of these two Oddities amp Gotchas Some Trouble Getting Started I ve been building web sites for more tha
64. errata the inspiration derived from the Yin Y ang and Tai Chi symbology for the Universal Logo usage by Apple and their trademark submittal for MACTEL e Jonathan Hoyle talks about the cross platform development app Runtime Revolution e Gene Steinberg discusses what can be done to improve Rosetta performance e Daphne Kalfon gets plugged into audio effects and Garageband e Steve Stanger offers an electrifying article about power protection e Christopher Duncan says anything worth doing is worth doing well e Joseph Nilo gives us a view of Vidcasting e Tim Verpoorten offers us the best of the best freeware for the mac he discovered recently e Leland Scott fights back about Tunes being spyware e Harry Doc Babad provides some Mac tips from around the Internet e Ted Bade reports on MacWorld Expo and the future Than we have a few of our Book Reviews an article on the Kodak Prosumer 8 megapixel camera flash adapter and companion photo printer In the Software Reviews section Ted Bade reviewed The Print Shop and Mike Swope tells us a thing or two about the Web competitor RapidWeaver And we finish up with an article on the online Latin American Spanish version of RosettaStone a follow up article of our review of security system software we did in December on remote camera software this time one named SecuritySpy and present the Toon Boom Studio V3 drawing app designed to work with Wacom tablets After gomg through our revie
65. expect it something goes wrong while you re installing the latest Mac OS X update Perhaps the install simply fails during the process or you get a mysterious message saying the update wasn t complete Here s what to do to fix the problem MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 34 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 TRY AGAIN Run the updater again even 1f your system appears to work normally after the failed update all appropriate system components may not have been updated which may cause problems later on TRY TRY AGAIN If the above still results in a failed install try booting from an alternate startup volume and then run the updater you can use another Mac or an external hard drive with OS X installed to boot the problematic system in FireWire target disk mode Once booted from an alternate drive select the problematic volume in the Finder and press Command I Check the box marked Ignore Ownership Permissions On This Volume and run the updater once more FOURTH TIME S A CHARM That didn t work either Boot from the alternate startup volume again but before you install the update use a third party disk repair utility such as Alsoft s Disk Warrior 79 95 http www alsoft com or Prosoft s Drive Genius 99 www prosofteng com to rebuild the problematic volume s directory WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS If you experience more severe issues after the failed update try booting from the Mac OS X install disc run the installer and choose Archive And
66. f a Menu Bar Overview Even for a book used by those familiar with the ee program not showing an illustration of the menu bar and not cross referencing items to sad the illustration when menu bar items were used in tips is not very helpful to readers Page Display Reading Reviewing Search Security z gt File Edit View Document Comments Tools Advanced Window a ea El E y be a Search I Create PDF A Comment amp Markup Spelling i 100 Y Help Acrobat 7 Does OCR The OCR features of Acrobat are not identified in the index and the associated narratives in the book for this powerful tool were skimpy MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 44 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 My Nemesis Consolidating Edited PDFs None of the hints described a way to move text from partial and trimmed individual pages to combine them into a single page I found no way to copy materials from the second page of a cleaned up file to the blank space of the first Neither working with selected text or edit text features of the software worked To do this I needed to export to either MSW or RTF and then reconvert to stems te PDF I don t even know after much searching whether there is a tool available to do what I want ie Smile on my Mac s PDF2Pen Pro 2 3 1 http www smileonmymac com PDFpen almost gets me there In Closing The 150 tips provided by Ms Baker allow you to do those things and more Indeed its focus is
67. files e Test and evaluate the output of a document before sending it to your print provider e Set up and monitor a system of reviewing your shared documents Or e Add security to a document to control access and changes to the work Clearly the program s scope is wide which is probably why Adobe describes it as a tool for the new work In this book I have assembled a collection of tips that will show you what Acrobat can do and how you can integrate the power of the program into your daily work life As you read the tips consider how the information can help you do your job smarter and faster Review Introduction I have owned and made minor use of Acrobat since version since version 3 0 x using it as a more flexible substitute for the reader It has only been since version 6 0 x that I have become seriously interested in learning about the software s features The publisher s blurb on this book that follows is what motivated me to review this book Sure you know how to read PDFs with it but do you know how to add comments to documents or embed 3D objects in your PDFs or establish document level security settings With its staggering array of document enhancing features and supported formats Adobe Acrobat 7 offers a world of functionality just waiting to be tapped which means that figuring out how to do just one specific task with 1t can be somewhat daunting In these pages veteran author Donna Baker solves that problem by
68. g lists of software that works on both PowerPC and Mactel systems http www apple com universal applications http www macintouch com imacintel ubinaries html http www macupdate com macintel ph http www versiontracker com macintel Mac Universal As of this writing Apple shows 473 apps that have the Universal logo attached to Apple s own and other 3 party updated software And of course more can be found on Wikipedia at http en wikipedia org wiki Universal_ Binary Apple s previous fix is to use Rosetta http en wikipedia org wiki Rosetta_ 28software 29 as an interim project until software moves from emulation mode to native mode on the Mactel systems MACTEL History According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office MacTel Technology of Switzerland abandoned the trademark MACTEL back in 1993 http tarr uspto gov servlet tarr regser serial entry 74073332 and Macro Electronics International abandoned it in 1996 http tarr uspto gov servlet tarr regser serial amp centry 7373 1330 Apple submitted MACTEL to be trademarked http tarr uspto gov servlet tarr regser serial amp entry 78644706 as of June 2005 but as of this writing still has not been granted However a Priority Action was mailed December 29 2005 Consider Mactel to be trademarked by Apple http www wordspy com words Mactel asp and not to be confused with Mactel Communications in Canada http www ma
69. ging the plastics Apple has tested a product called Klear Screen made by Meridrew Enterprises and found it does not cause any harm to the plastics Packages of 12 Klear Screen sell for 9 or you can buy three packages for 23 http www smalldog com product 40942 atcontest More hints on other foci for bits of cleaning are to found in Paul s January Hints and tips column Small Dog Electronics www smalldog com Hints and Tips January 2006 S888 SSSSSSSSSsssssssssss Decompressing Classic SEA Compressed Files Remember sea Self extracting archives files from your old Classic days Still have some floating around but you don t want www mac hints tips com January 2006 Page to start Classic to open them You don t have to Just drag it to your StuffIt Expander icon Apple Pickers MUG Indianapolis IN Hints and Tips January 2006 S 88 SSSSSSSSsssssssssss Sharing Safari Bookmarks Occasionally you might be asked to share your Safari bookmarks with a friend or correspondent Perhaps you have a knack at developing a splendid list of things that are the envy of all It is particularly easy to share or copy bookmarks from Safari Here s how While in Safari click Show All Bookmarks Next highlight them and copy them to the clipboard with the familiar Command C copy Then while composing your email to your V paste and there your bookmarks will be ready for transmission When your friend receives
70. hem all at once People who primarily use Macs for home use web browsing and email probably won t have a problem all the Apps will work fine on the new Macs The investors feel Apple is doing well since the stock price sky rocketed around the MacWorld Expo reaching another all time high Apple s Market cap grew to surpass Dell the leading manufacturer of Windows based PCs So these are pretty good times from Apple Did you really really want an iPod Did you hear about what happened to a couple of people who bought iPods from Wal Mart According to an article posted on ABCNews com http abcnews go com Technology story id 1450350 one person opened their 1Pod present to find it filled with a meat product That is to say it is suspected that somebody took the iPod and replaced it with some meat I also heard a story of an iPod being replaced by a pack of batteries to simulate its weight The article said that a Wal Mart spokes person said they would provide a replacement iPod when they could Nothing was said about what was done with the meat I just hope it wasn t Spam While there is a part of me that wonders if these stories are true there is another part of me that has absolutely no problem believing them We can just hope that the people who stole these iPods and ruined a person s surprise got ones that fail very quickly Recognized by The Queen You may or may not know that the guy behind many of Apple s great des
71. her people have feelings too and they re just as important as yours are When you strive for excellence in a group environment some will be unhappy because they feel that you re making them look bad or perhaps are raising the bar and forcing them to perform at a higher level of effort than they care to offer Does this mean that you must therefore lower your own standards Don t be silly However it does point out that you should always be aware of the consequences of your actions and wherever possible approach your work in a manner that is considerate of others Although there are many ways to do this start by including them in the glory that your high standards will naturally bring even if they did little to help It might be just what they need to see the point of giving it their best Witnessing such a transformation in people can be a rewarding experience MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 31 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Most of all however you need to realize that life will not conveniently deliver the pot of gold to your door while you sit on your posterior watching old reruns of I Love Lucy If you want something better in any area of your life you have to give it your all Learn to ignore those who would cool your jets and go for it anyway Only when you shake off the limitations in your own mind can you reach for the stars Remember anything worth doing is worth doing to extremes Christopher Duncan is the best selling author
72. her requirements same as the Mac For those who want to be professional Comes with EasyShare P880 camera lithium ion rechargeable battery charger dock insert lens cap and hood neck strap USB and A V cables CD ROM with EasyShare software manual Specs http www kodak com eknec PageQuerier jhtml pq path 9 19 7372 7373 7375 amp pq locale en_US Features http www kodak com eknec PageQuerier jhtml pq path 9 19 7372 7373 7374 amp pq locale en_US EasyShare System http www kodak com eknec PageQuerier jhtml pq path 9 19 37 amp pq locale en_US Sharing http www kodak com eknec PageQuerier jhtml pq path 1 1 amp pq locale en US Strengths First lower cost 8 megapixel D SLR Some internal image editing including RAW Handles color balance well Kodak quality prints Weaknesses No FireWire port RAW editing not available for the Mac USB port is not USB 2 0 Delays between shots as it processes the shots LCD imaging response could be better External power supply not included Other Reviews http www dcresource com reviews Kodak p880 review index shtml http www dpreview com reviews kodakp850 http www steves digicams com 2005_reviews kodak_500_printer html The Kodak EasyShare P880 plastic cased digital camera with built in 32MB without the memory card can do 2 RAW shots or one TIFF shot at 8 Megapixels MP or 56 or so shots at 8 MPs Fine quality It also does about 15 seconds of video with
73. iance issues to worry about e no language barriers if it s not yet available in your language the chances are it will be soon e available on all major computing platforms e the first office suite to comply with the OASIS OpenDocument format e the source code for the software is freely available under a full OSI certified license e the software looks and feels familiar and is instantly usable by anyone who has used a competitive product e it s easy to change to OpenOffice org the software reads all major competitors files e OpenOffice org is supported by a global community of friendly volunteers only too happy to provide assistance to newcomers and advanced users alike What s in OpenOffice org WRITER is OpenOffice org s word processor Use CALC to bring your numbers under control This powerful spreadsheet has all the tools you need to calculate analyze summarize and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics IMPRESS is the fastest most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations DRAW will produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations and special effects New to Version 2 BASE enables you to manipulate database data seamlessly within OpenOffice org Create and modify tables forms queries and reports either using your own database or Base s own built in HSQL database engine CocoaBooklet http www iconus ch fabien cocoabooklet This program lets you create a
74. id 3430 THE APPLE OF EVERY HACKER S EVE 50 USD 70 CND 28 GBP 43 EU and downloadable as an eBook Redincireer Apple ane CH 1 Published December 12 2005 ERA le EFE Pages 512 ISBN 1597490407 Requirements A desire to hack Mac OS X dira if 1h a OS X for Hackers at heart The Apple of Every Hacker s Eye is a compilation of articles brought together into one book on hacking Mac OS X by the authors listed above Strengths Presents behind the scenes information not printed anywhere else that I know of Weaknesses I found one page that had unintended white space due to a printing error where the orphaned sentence went to the following page without error but I didn t nick Syngress for this one I make it a point to get our own reviewers to use Mac OS X instead of OS X when writing but here is a book that drops the Mac part and that bothered me And I found a page that split a sentence between two pages about half way down but that is a printing issue and I m sure will be addressed in the next rev The book is organized into 7 chapters on network administration automation using it in a Microsoft environment wardriving and penetration testing tricks that look cool and road warrioring The Appendix has about 50 pages devoted to hacking various iPods and going back and forth between Macs and Windows systems Each chapter follows the Syngress format for ending with a Summary Solutions Fa
75. igns is Jonathan Ive He was responsible for the iMac and the iPod design among other things In my opinion the design of these devices attract more attention then the functionality and ease of use So Mr Ive s designs have had a lot to do with Apple s success Recently Mr Ive who was born in London England and is obviously a British citizen was honored by the Queen of England According to an article found on the BBC news site he was awarded the title of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire CBE http news bbc co uk 1 hi technology 4569912 stm Mr Ive has won a number of awards and recognitions for his design work especially with Apple I just think it is nice that his country actually felt that his contributions were noteworthy enough to warrant an award of this magnitude Well done Mr Jonathan Ive Various interesting things from MacWorld Expo I always enjoy watching the Apple Expo Keynote presentation although usually it has been via the Internet Steve Jobs puts on a great presentation which is entertaining The presentation in January was no different Microsoft Corporation made a five year commitment to develop Microsoft Office for Mac OS X Roz Ho the head of the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit came on stage with Steve to announce not only this commitment but to indicate that they were working on converting the current version of Office to universal code Universal code is capable of being compiled
76. ing multi level document security or with collaborating in a review using PDFs so although interesting those tips were wasted on me However that shouldn t stop you from checking them out because as you Acrobat associated needs grow this book will become all the more valuable to you When appropriate the instructions in the book were tested on a 1 GHz dual processor PowerPC G4 Macintosh with 2 GB DDR SDRAM running under OS X 10 4 4 Product and company names and logos in this review may be registered trademarks of their respective companies Author s Introduction Adobe Acrobat has become a workhorse program Whether you are a graphic designer or a Web designer whether you work with business systems or run a small office Acrobat can assist you in a wide range of tasks and it handles information and content in mind boggling ways Acrobat isn t like ordinary software in that you can t define its purpose in a single word as you can with a spreadsheet word processing or image manipulation program It s not that simple Successful users of Acrobat understand both the program s capabilities and what Acrobat can do for them MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 41 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 For example did you know that with Acrobat 7 Professional you could e Create a multimedia presentation e Create a complex document that incorporates a range of other types of material such as spreadsheets or Web pages along with PDF
77. ings of freeware and at the end of each month we ll combine all the weekly picks and present them here on macCompanion Think of it as the best of the best list Rip to iPod http www dougscripts com itunes scripts scriptsOs php page 1 riptoipod It rips each enabled check marked CD track to iTunes and immediately copies it to iPod deletes the file and removes the track from the iTunes library giving the appearance of seamless CD to iPod importing You can also change your encoder on the fly and your Preferences set encoder will be restored after the rip Works in OS 9 and OS X The latest version allows you to select one of two or more loaded CDs one of two or more mounted iPods iSquint http www isquint org readme php I ve talked about iSquint before but it s such a great program for anyone with a video iPod that I have to mention it again iSquint is an iPod video conversion app It s up to 5 times faster than Apple s method works well with AVIs and MPEGs and it s free It s also really easy Just drag in your file and click Start You can also choose TV or iPod sizes set your quality or even go all out by playing in the Advanced drawer On a 1 5GHz G4 iSquint can convert most video files to iPod screen sized videos in real time Depending on a few factors a 20 minute video will take up anywhere from 50 150MB of disk space Homebrew Formulator http brew reboritull com Are you a home brewmaster Maybe you ve wanted t
78. inistore was to accuse Apple of foisting spyware on its customers I originally called the author of that story an idiot actually a paranoid idiot I now admit to doing a little gun jumping myself Just goes to show how sensitive consumers are to perceived privacy transgressions even a company with as good a record as Apple and also how sensitive some idiots like me are to perceived unfair criticisms of Apple As it played out it turns out that Apple wasn t as sensitive to the privacy issue as it could have been but they quickly made a few changes to make amends And all is now well again in the land of Pod Boing Boing has since published an update that almost completely clears Apple Here then is the rest of what I wrote on 1 1 1 in reaction to Boing Boing s original article minus the name calling iTunes is a web based application that knows what you ve played because you clicked on a store link Duh It s like Amazon knowing you like printers because you looked at a few or in its very lame way like Walmart s recent foray into enhanced shopping by offering people who looked at Rev King s speech video the clearly related Planet of the Apes series Writer likes this are either idiots or they re being paid by Microsoft to keep an eye out for potential targets of Apple FUD Everyone who s checked into this clearly indicates that no network traffic is going from your machine to Apple s other than when you
79. int a you can edit the text to make it easier to read The iCal import 3 100 includes the times of an appointment which you might not want to see on say a monthly calendar In addition to the regular cards calendars and signs Print Shop can help you put together many other useful items Those I found interesting include gift tags you might need some if you already don t have a supple acquired from various charity organizations CD DVD labels including direct printing on a printable CD blank if you have the equipment to do that and printing of booklets All very useful and fun to create MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 63 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Import from iTunes Artist Moya Brennan Source LimeWire My Top Rated New Age Pamela Williams Purchased Recently Played Rippington Rock Schrittmacher Ron steeleye space cd Steeleye Span Steve Cole Album Two Horizons streams Tangerine Dream Teds Fav Holiday E o e ls RR I le E E I 20 E Time by Elo Top 25 Most Played Two Horizons untitled playlist 7 Include Album Info v Album Playlist Title Y Album Artist l Total CD Time Include Track Info Y Track Number Track Artist Track Duration Moya Brennan Two Horizons q 2 Sao E pi gt bai e N gt Se St cess 3 33 r Bz ia TFE 3 S i iZ Y Preserve My Layout F Open iTunes Cancel If you use iTunes to
80. ion of the iMac Remember that the comparisons are usually being done against current hardware so you have to be realistic as to how those results will impact you MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 16 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 As I said the Intel based Macs are among those rare personal computers that will continue to become faster over time as more and more developers make Universal versions of their software and continue to optimize their code Already well over 300 applications have made the voyage and more are added every single day It won t be long before the total will exceed 1 000 However the sprawling productivity applications with ancient code bases will require lots and lots of work to bring across the finish line Quark Inc has already done a lot of the heavy lifting which is why a public beta of a Universal version of QuarkXPress 7 0 will be available real soon However I don t expect to see native versions of Adobe s Creative Suite until this fall at the earliest if then Adobe not only has to update its software in Universal form but it ll need to be compatible with the forthcoming Windows Vista and what that may require is anyone s guess at this point Microsoft will no doubt face a similar dilemma Months and months of work and one only hopes that next version of Office will also sport a generous selection of new features to justify the upgrade price you re going to pay For now however if you re interested in b
81. is based on the human tendency of catch me if you can since society no longer seems to fear god or feels no shame in breaking commandments Okay I Il say it we live in a godless society and this book shows the consequences of that mindset without saying that directly We live in a very cruel unforgiving world The 2 chapter gets into the technology aspects of how high tech crime is done Part II discusses the threats at the state and local government levels with instances in chapter 3 while chapter 4 does the same at the federal level Pat II does this in chapters 5 6 and 7 for commercial banking and financial sectors and government subcontractors Part IV finishes the book with profiles in chapter 8 chapter 9 discusses the technologies that can be used to control the threat and the last chapter discusses survivability risk analysis and education of employees regarding the threats MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 47 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 The book is kind of a bitter pill to swallow because there are so many high profile instances that are cataloged in all sectors of society regarding what can go wrong that adversely affects the enterprise The good part I guess is that you indeed should feel paranoid and feel that someone is watching over your shoulder at work because they are and the electronic paper trail will catch up with you if you are doing anything untoward or potentially damaging to your company The book isn
82. it the website for more info news and updates on the latest changes installation and known issues bugs http www dig1talfishphones com main php item 24subltem 5 Than there s a company called Waves which specializes in the development of audio signal processing software Please note that the plug ins here are not free They range in price anywhere from 150 to the most expensive at 700 with most falling somewhere in between and include things like EQ compression noise gate dynamics processor de esser chorus phaser flanger and much more MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 19 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 For more info visit their website http www waves com From a company called Luxonix a plug in called the LFX 1310 It is freeware available for OS X VST and AU check the website for those particulars It s a three pronged effects generator which apparently allows you to increase the number of effects you can use in GarageBand from two to six To download it visit the website at http www luxonix com home en Under the Downloads column you ll find the LFX 1310 listing which will take you to its download window Next from maxim digital audio is a bundle of free audio effects plug ins that you can download all in one go They are available as AU and VST plugins The AU plug ins bundle includes things like amp simulation detune delay compressor limiter gate Leslie 3D panner and vocoder among
83. k on the record button to open the record and playback buttons Click on the microphone icon to record your own voice Click on the speaker to play the recording and compare it to that of the native speaker There is a 44 page Users Guide online that can be downloaded that discusses much more than we do here The online version is responsive using a broadband connection Each lesson checks back home to see that I m legitimate and that is the only slowdown I experienced Apparently there is a timeout and an error will appear if the connection doesn t sense any activity for a while That is a great security feature and I m glad that it have a short fuse MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 72 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Anyway I really do recommend Ciela a Store Oe ae RosettaStone I picked Spanish AA gpa umn eer because I speak the language so I could do this review I m impressed with what I found knowing what I know of the language They made learning fun oE LO y vO BO a Ll pa i w hohe This screenshot is part of the audio portion of this program where the native speaker does his or her thing and than I repeat by clicking the lower portion The radio buttons are for normal and slower pronunciation I can now begin to pick any of the other languages and begin learning them for 50 USD per month Try the demo and then go knock yourself out Comprende
84. l As I worked with the materials provided in the book I kept almost forgetting that Acrobat is more of a graphics than a text tool so powerful are it s text associated features I do most of my reviewing of technical material on MS Word documents and am always frustrated by the obscurity generated when a group of folks get to review a complex doc document in track changes mode By allowing reviewers to work on a PDF copy of the document that needs checking who does what is easier to identify and deal with I am disappointed that Ms Baker did not address exporting comments to a word document on a Macintosh I m doing this the hard way one comment at a time This is another example of the benign neglect of our favorite platform by this author Discomforts I recognize that Donna Baker s book is not aimed at beginners nor is it a treatise on learning how to use the software However even those of us with some knowledge of the basic functions of Acrobat 7 appear to have been short changed buy the terseness of some of the tip related information 3D Dealing with Acrobat Preferences This book is aimed at readers with some Accessibility experience in using Acrobat 7 but that is no excuse for the author discussing the large number of available preference options pages 17 18 and elsewhere without showing a mea detailed screen view of the preference panel that shows the list of accessible Convert From POF preferences IA ona Lack o
85. l Saturday Night Live SNL skits I couldn t wait to visit and listen to what they had There are many classic skits available I found a number that I just must have Even watching the 30 second demo of them had me laughing What a great idea Apple In addition to the skits they have the best of a specific artist sets available as well If you are a fan of SNL especially the earlier years take a look at what they offer For people who would like to have access to radio on their iPods Apple has release a new set of ear buds that include a radio receiver The iPod will sport a radio menu that will let you tune into stations and set pre set stations for quick tuning Interesting toy for your eyes One announcement that caught my eye excuse the pun was a pair of video glasses that you can plug into a video iPod to watch the video with There was little information about the glasses but I think it is a really cool idea A portable viewer Check out the image and their promo by visiting http myvu mmcis com My only concern about these video glasses is that people will be stupid and wear something like this as they walk or even gulp drive Please keep your attention on the road Apple Spyware Oooo those sneaky Apple people It was rumored then confirmed that Apple installed a spyware like feature in version 6 if iTunes version 6 0 2 to be exact When you run this new version there is a mini ITMS opened on the bottom of the win
86. lay back in Tunes as if they were physical audio CDs And when burning audio CDs Tunes creates a plain vanilla disc If you d like to create an enhanced audio CD that also includes pictures and text or if you want to fashion a disc that includes CDText information such as the album and song title that appears in the display of compatible players a tool such as Toast is necessary Convert and Restore LPs and Tapes You can use iTunes to rip CDs but not to record audio from a computer s audio input port With CD Spin Doctor a program included with Toast and with Roxio s Boom Box you can record your old LPs and tapes to your Mac The program can recognize gaps between songs and automatically segments albums into tracks for you It can also remove pops and crackles Breen s Mac 911 via TMUG Insider Pleasanton CA With Permission from Paul Taylor Hints and Tips November 2005 Normalizing Track and Album Volumes iTunes includes the Sound Check feature that balances the volume of tracks so they more closely match one another This isn t always a desirable effect because audio engineers purposely master recordings so that some tracks are quieter than others and when you impose Sound Check you lose the balance between soft and loud recordings on an album Jam lets you balance normalize tracks either individually or in groups you d balance them individually to give tracks from different CDs the same volume or
87. ld note the more complex the action described by a tip the more carefully you will need to study it I know its an oxymoron but there s no free lunch For example you ll learn how to e Use the document review process to send comments to a workgroup Tip 120 e Sign your documents digitally and make them secure Tip 142 e Create PDFs straight from Adobe s Creative Suite applications like Photoshop CS Tip 25 e Convert PDF files to Microsoft Word documents and back again Tip 42 e Use Adobe Designer to create simple or complex interactive forms Tip 72 e Build buttons and links to connect multiple documents Tip 96 e Add movies Flash files and sound to your PDF documents Tip 126 This is not a beginner s book It presumes you are familiar with the basic Acrobat program Book Level and how to use it I wish Ms Baker would do a beginner book I d jump at the chance to W Beginning learn Acrobat 7 correctly le termediate O Advanced Looking Deeper into the Book The book was obviously written by an author completely versed in using Acrobat 7 on a Windows machine The good part of this despite for the most part instructions that could be used by the rest of use most hand I tried could be duplicated on my Macintosh The bad part was that the Macintosh and Windows interface in Acrobat 7 differ sufficiently at the more detailed levels that I needed more than a bit of trial and error to learn new hints then I would have liked
88. lector allows you to input computer type monitor processor type hard drive and other variables The UPS selector provided by the company APC http www apc com does include current Mac models The results will give you a pretty good idea on what kind of UPS you need for your specific computer set up Better Surge Protectors and UPS will come with some sort of guarantee of their performance If you re shopping for more expensive units look for a product that comes with a guarantee on your computer If the unit fails to protect your computer from a power surge the company will actually replace your computer This isn t total insurance you can still loose your data but it is a good indication of the manufacturer s confidence in their product Remember NO surge protector is 100 percent effective If you have any questions or comments about this Article please feel free to email me at sstanger maccompanion com For more information about this topic and other Mac tips I invite you to listen to my weekly podcast The Mac Attack MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 15 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 The Mac Night Owl http www macnightowl com Copyright O 2006 Making The Impossible Inc The Secret of Improving Rosetta s Performance by Gene Steinberg Way back when when the first Power Macs hit the streets I found performance with older Mac apps to be perfectly awful It seemed as if I had gone back two generations in chip design f
89. led enough for the reader to make use of it Is there a website associated with the book that keeps it from becoming rapidly obsolete Does it link to other sites for further references or more in depth treatment of the subject matter Table II macCompanion HARDWARE Qualitative REVIEW GUIDELINES Hardware and software installation Were the instructions complete and easy to understand Was the hardware plug amp play or were software drivers necessary Software considerations Are any unique Macintosh drivers provided if needed Or are they available only on the manufacturer s website Remember that in OS X Apple has provided a significant number of drivers for peripheral devices as part of its operating system Extremely Important Does it do what it claims to do in a way that does not interfere with your other computing activities Is a warranty offered Is the warranty period and items it covers clear protective and suited to your needs Is a warranty even needed Is 1t worth the cost Important Is the product easy to use without extra training MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 79 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Table III macCompanion SOFTWARE Qualitative REVIEW GUIDELINES Ease of Installation Did the software auto install successfully Were there extra software setup steps involved For example Was a registration code required Was the code easy to find in the physical package or was it supplie
90. lution s Transcript language an extension of HyperTalk Script authors will find it easier to build applications with RR than with virtually anything else out there Revolution is a much more powerful programming environment than any of its HyperCard like predecessors For example SQL database support is available with a point and click Database Query Builder which is used to wrap SQL commands Yet you can still include older HyperCard functionality like XCMD s and XFCN s on the Mac OS version MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 11 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 r Revolution File Edit Tools Object Text Development View Window Help ey A D amp a aa A DOD O Inspector Script MessageBox Group EditGroup Select Grouped Messages Errors Rev Online Documentation 606 Untitled 3 button Tab Menu ID 1005 w a u sa B z x Basic Properties Avengers Fantastic Four Superman 1e Name Tab Menu sr Tool Tip Wonder Woman M Visible Aquaman Disabled Display name J Robin Tabs One tab per line i Justice League Avengers Fantastic Four gt a Cancel gt To test its ease of use I decided to create a project without reading any of the documentation other than the online help I began with the project I built for REALbasic last month as my model As you can see from the screenshot above it was very intuitive to drag controls and images onto the screen I did
91. macCompanion Page 76 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 And then there is the Cut Out tutorial on their website that is divided up into 7 QuickTime videos Apparently the main differences between Studio and Solo besides the 2 600 USD price difference is that Solo has afew more high tech drawing tools and special FX Features Comparison Harmony Opus functions Networking Capabilities Multi user Multi user File Management Advanced A I m nowhere proficient earners Advanced alli P tal Drawing Advanced Basic enough yet to even consider High tech drawing tools Vas the Solo version but inona IK glue wouldn t it be nice to play Animation Libraries re use Yes 53 with the high tech tools And Interactive X Sheet Yes TO HDTV and Film Timeline Advanced J Lip Sync Yes PET Ink amp Paint Advanced dvani a Inspiration Scene Planning Advanced Ac 3 Compositing Advanced Aam Pve been watching Hayao E a ve Special FX Advanced Advanced ae ee s magnificent Multi format output TV HDTV THHOTV animated cartoon Film Video Film Video backgrounds Web on Turner Classic Thursday nights Hayao Miyazaki sets the standard in sophisticated quality cartooning and turning Manga usually one shot pics into Anime cartoon video For your own inspiration why not check these links out Here is the link to Ghibli Studio information http en wikipedia org wiki Studio_Ghibli The master animator Hayao
92. make CDs of your mixes or ITMS purchases you can use PrintShop to easily integrate with iTunes and bring track title and artist information First you have to make the actual CD then create a CD label in PrintShop Use the import from iTunes feature to pull in the information If you choose to include the cover art you can easily drag it from iTunes and drop it onto your project PrintShop offers a number of ways to manipulate images clip art and text once it is part of your project There are palettes that let you add effects to images or text such as drop shadow radiant glow adding a color to or behind an object and being able to easily control the opacity and tint of an object The controls for doing this are easy to use and include many options Once you select an effect such as radiant glow a control window opens up letting you apply different radiant or turning the feature off if you decide not to use it All the manipulation controls are very easy to use and intuitive MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 64 Grid Snap to M Grid Y Gi ideline Rulers To Front Guidelines Yy Align Vertical T de A Align Horizontal Layer Fj a Stretch Gi Flip Center El Rotate February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 If you are a person who likes things to line up on your paper you will enjoy the addition of several layout tools in this version They have added rulers grids and guidelines You can even move the
93. n 10 years including familiarity with Cascading Style Sheets or CSS but I couldn t just jump right in with RapidWeaver Getting Started in fact was not rapid at all I could view the themes and insert a page into the RapidWeaver console but I couldn t apply a theme to the page or so I thought I finally broke down and read the RapidWeaver Getting Started guide PDF Like I tell my children you have to read the instructions RTFM Read The Freakin Manual They aren t provided for nothing So read RapidWeaver s Getting Started guide You ll be glad you did RapidWeaver resembles the Apps more than I first realized Don t make it harder than it really is Links System Clipboard amp Blog Page Style As I was rebuilding my personal freelance web site I discovered that any HTML link that I had copied to the System clipboard was automatically applied when I began typing text in a blog page as if I had selected that text and pasted the link in the link dialogue box Eerie I also learned that when copying and pasting links w text in blog pages the links are removed and must be reset Both are bothersome if doing much copying and pasting at all in blogs MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 68 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Page Styles Must be selected when first creating a page and cannot be changed afterward The only way to correct the erroneous page style is to delete the page that has been created and create it again with the correct
94. nd this is rev 1 2 The diagram shown here provides a way to do multiple camera monitoring Its other strength is the ability to remotely control pan tilt and zoom PTZ if the cameras you have installed have those abilities And each camera can be in either active or passive mode SecuritySpy also allows for remoting in using Safari and Bonjour It can also be set to handle motion detection and compresses input for storage and does the FTP upload thing too as well as Email notification a ji o analog _ analog pi soe bo ad a i D R video processor A D video converter If for whatever reason the system fails SecuritySpy will auto restart Analog cety cameras This version also works with the Firewire QuickTime Streaming Server Firewire 5 QTSS for doing both multicast USB or unicast o E E FireWire webcam ho webcam Ti mo USB Webcam ey A Ethernet Another computer Ga running SecuritiySpy Network camera MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 74 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 There are a number of cameras that are compatible with SecuritySpy but it is optimized for working with the iSight unit now part of the newer iMacs For multiple camera viewing this sample is what you may be able to see depending on how many units you use as input devices And this is the sample Camera Status window 800 a PE Ben Bird has provided an excellent online e Idle pura Doors TL MD on Ac
95. new Laptops were now being called MacBooks This makes sense since the PowerPC chip is not part of the fray Here is an idea for Apple Make the first Intel based Macs include bi processors By this I mean include both the PowerPC for running all those old Apps and an Intel processor for the advantages of this new and powerful technology This would make a lot of people happy I wonder if they will be able to innovate a way to make this happen MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 39 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 I wonder where this is going Near the end of January Disney purchased Pixar you know the guys who brought us Toy Story and many more animated greats for 7 5 billion dollars There had been a lot of talk on the Internet about what was going to happen when Pixar s original deal with Disney was over Well that time is near the next movie they were to release was the last of the deal You might know that Steve Jobs was the majority shareholder in Pixar owning just over 50 of the stock I imagine he made a few buck on the deal According to an article posted on the MSNBC site http www msnbc msn com id 1 1003466 According to the article the two top people at Pixar John Lasseter Pixar s Executive VP and Ed Catmull Pixar s President would be picked up by Disney Mr Lasseter will become the chief creative officer of the animation studios and principal creative adviser at Walt Disney Imagineering While Mr Catmull bec
96. ng The Appendices are split between an HTML Quick Reference and the website references How visitor friendly is your website This book provides just enough to flesh things out MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 46 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Insider Threat Protecting the Enterprise from Sabotage Spying and Theft reviewed by Robert Pritchett 4 FREE BOOKLETS 7 PARE i Insider Authors Dr Eric Cole http www oreillynet com cs catalog view au 2038 Th t SYNGRESS Sandra Ring http www oreillynet com cs catalog view au 2040 a PROTECTING THE ENTERPRISE FROM Syngress Publishing Pa ds http www syneress com catalog pid 3410 oo A DES http www oreilly com catalog 1597490482 index html TN 35 USD 49 CND 20 GBP 3 EU O T Ce Published December 2005 as Pages 424 ISBN 1 Strengths Empirical evidence of where the real security threat lies Hr de He A gt Weaknesses Some print formatting issues Insider Threat Protecting the Enterprise from Sabotage Spying and Theft by Dr Eric Cole and Sandra Ring is an empirical evidence book that tells stories of for instances regarding inside threats to private and public business environments It isn t just a tell all book that is designed to put you in trust no one mode but rather it shows what can be done to minimize risk related to such activities Oh and in this book IP stands for Intellectual Property not
97. ning com special maccom REST PRICES AND DISCOUNTS Panasonic AG DYX100 MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 81 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 http www digitaltraining com special maccom MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 82 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 macCompanion Media Kit We are the Macintosh Professional Network MPN Limited Liability Corporation LLC MPN LLC continues to evolve ever since its creation in 1996 as a way to reach out to those who use computers for a living in an effort to make their lives easier and their work both enjoyable and profitable Besides consulting efforts we also provide monthly book hardware and software reviews at macCompanion We offer ways and means for folks to get comfortable using the Macintosh created by the Apple Corporation in the multibillion dollar computer industry We know that bad software doesn t live long in the Mac environment On the other hand good computer equipment and software becomes great as the word spreads and we are very good at helping to spread it Our suggestions over the years have also helped improve many successful products in use today Through kind and gentle efforts we have been able to help many people move to better tools of the trade so they can be more productive in their work Besides our website we also create macCompanion as a freely available PDF based monthly It averages about 100 pages per month July 2004 is the first year anniversa
98. not see an immediate way to create a group box around the radio buttons as there is in REAL basic but I imagine that there is a way to do it I didn t get much further than building the screens before needing to sit down and learn the Transcript scripting language HyperTalk programmers of old will find very little trouble getting up to speed with 1t as would modern AppleScript programmers Being a 4GL 4 generation language Transcript is substantially the same as HyperTalk and quite different than the Basic programming language I found keeping the documentation nearby essential Even more useful was a very old HyperTalk book I happened to still have around Runtime Revolution vs REA Lbasic Runtime Revolution is not as powerful as REALbasic but it is written to be as intuitive and as user friendly as possible Those who have not been trained in a formal programming language will without question find that Runtime Revolution is the best fastest way to create cross platform applications On the other hand those versed in the Basic programming language will likely find REALbasic preferable At RR s price point of 299 you can purchase REALbasic Professional making the choice essentially a toss up MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 12 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 What about REALbasic s 99 Standard non Pro edition Runtime Revolution has an answer to that as well for that same price they offer DreamCard a light version
99. nough to be used by children and professionals alike First released in 1987 HyperCard allowed users to mix text graphics and sound and put them together in index card like arrangements Scrollbars buttons and icons allowed you to link to other cards or to return home Created by Bill Atkinson author of MacPaint HyperCard was programmed with a simple language called HyperTalk The user could create HyperCard documents called stacks which could be run on any Macintosh since HyperCard was bundled free with the OS It created a huge following with stacks of every kind being created by fascinated users The Worldwide Web format is very similar to and likely influenced by HyperCard Unfortunately HyperCard is an example of one of Apple s biggest missed opportunities Apple stopped bundling the full version with the Mac operating system in 1992 giving away only the player Those wishing to create stacks had to purchase it from Apple for 99 Apple also showed no signs of interest or support despite its huge following The last major upgrade was version 2 0 in 1990 Updates thereafter came fewer and farther between and grudgingly at that The final version was version 2 4 released in 1998 Of course a user base of that size is not easily ignored and other solutions became available SuperCard was the first HyperCard clone adding more advanced color capabilities There were others including HyperStudio the open source initiative FreeCard and th
100. nter that uses PictBridge The P880 is designed to work best with the HP EasyShare 500 Online printing can be had for 15 cents for 4x6 1 for 5x7 4 for 8x10 18 for 16x20 or 23 for 20x30 Button centric The P880 has something like 16 buttons on the sides back and top as well as menu options visible using the color LCD display If you have smallish hands and are right handed this will feel a little more comfortable than for someone who is left handed and or ham fisted Viewing can be accomplished using either the viewfinder or the LCD display The viewfinder has better optical functionality than the LCD display MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 57 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 The manually operated lens is a wide angle 24 140 mm version that can go out to 5 8X or with the internal advanced digital zoom can be extended electronically to 11 6X There is an LED sensor on the front that responds to low light and acts as the time delayed blinker A button for switching between the electronic viewfinder EVE or the LCD is a left handed function On the back is the 2 5 6 4 cm with 5 brightness levels for indoor outdoor use There is a left handed analog Diopter dial that requires some manual dexterity intended to adjust sharpness of the viewfinder Also on the left side are 4 buttons that interoperate with the LCD screen can be used to control flash exposure ISO and white balance The top left side buttons are zoom and focus The hot
101. o PDF seemed not only faster but also seemed to be freer of occasional glitches such as damage to the Adobe PDF Printer file MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 43 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Creating s PDF from a Clipboard Image Tip 35 Page 79 Something else I did not know what fun Accessing PDF Accessibility Chapter 7 This too often neglected area is well treated in the book and integrates Acrobat s abilities to those provided my the Macintosh operating system as File Edn View Mio Comments Toots Advanced Window Heip ra y Anach a File is eh Met Ju Working with Acrobat Forms Chapter 8 Although I have yet to need ae this feature I ve marked the book so that when a need arises I will use Ms Bd Sawai tocaran fr One MA Baker s tips as a starting point gt 2 Digital Signatures Security Recognize Text Using OCA Compare Documents From my perspective as somewhat experienced user of Acrobat 7 Chapters 9 Transforming a PDF Document and Chapter 10 Touching Up and Modifying a Document were the most useful chapters of Tips and Tricks Although by trial and error I had learned to use about half of these features it was great to read about their uses in a systematic way Chapter 10 focuses on advanced editing features that are less intuitive then those described in Chapter 9 Last but not least as a professional peer reviewer Chapter 14 on Commenting and Marking Documents was helpfu
102. o show you In many cases this is a really really really long time iFile http www aliencrypt com page3 quick_convert html Using Drag and Drop Files FILE makes file format conversions easy and simple You can convert single or multiple files at once into the following formats Microsoft Word doc Rich Text Format RTF RTFD Simple Text TXT HTML Documents HTML Web Archives and XML Documents and the upcoming version 1 4 will have Adding simple and fast Graphic conversions PNG JPEG GIF Tiff PSD and some more FrontRow Enabler http www andrewescobar com frontrow Thanks to an update from Apple Front Row can now be easily installed on any Mac running 10 4 4 Tiger While you previous had to rely on quirky hacks Front Row can now be added to Tiger with full support including keyboard shortcut and sound preferences The website has the download for Frontrow and the enabler just go to the URL and follow the directions Gimp gimp app sourceforge net If you never tried The Gimp then you re in for a real treat It s a Photoshop type program that s easy to use and multi platformed The best thing about it is it s free Download it and give it a try if you re not running Photoshop MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 25 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Open Office http www openoffice org As the name suggests OpenOffice org 1s the most open office suite available e nocommercial licenses or software compl
103. o try your hand at brewing your own beer This app is for you Homebrew Formulator is an application for creating and managing beer recipes on Mac OS X It is a Filemaker runtime application so it has a powerful database driving its capabilities Some features include Creation of full mash partial mash and extract beer recipes Beer list sortable by recipe name beer style or date brewed Beer styles from the most current BJCP Style Guidelines There are tons more features that would make any brewmaster salivate MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 23 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Next we look at a unique and beautiful program called Celestia http celestia sourceforge net It s a free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions Unlike most planetarium software Celestia doesn t confine you to the surface of the Earth You can travel throughout the solar system to any of over 100 000 stars or even beyond the galaxy All movement in Celestia 1s seamless the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across A point and go to interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit Celestia is expandable Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars planets moons asteroids comets and spacecraft If that s not enough you can download dozens of easy to install add ons with more objects
104. omes the president of the combined Pixar and Disney animation studios Nice positions for both of these creative geniuses I truly hope they don t get lost in the shuffle The other interesting news is that Steve Jobs gets a position on Disney s Board of Directors This places him in an interesting place because his position with Apple might make it hard for him to make certain decisions with Disney fairly am sure we will hear more about this as time goes on I just hope that they don t stop making create Pixar animations Well that s all for now Have a great February and keep on using your Mac MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 40 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Book Reviews Adobe Acrobat 7 Tips and Tricks The 150 Best reviewed by Harry doc Babad Book Series Adobe Acrobat Author Donna L Baker Adobe Acrobat 7 Adobe Press Distributed by Peachpit Press http www adobepress com title 0321305302 Released January 24 2005 A Pages 416 TI PS and AN TRICKS Audience Macintosh and PC users of Acrobat 7 with a reasonable knowledge the PDF genre and of Acrobat s first level core features Despite the publisher claim to the contrary this is not a book for beginner users of the product pa 7 Major Strengths 150 great tips that kept me running upstairs to my computer to try them out Weakness if any I haven t had a need to create forms web pages to do high resolution printing ensur
105. ommended by people who have used them and I m thankful for their input on this topic I myself have used a few audio effects plug ins but I tend to concentrate my efforts more on the music itself What I do tend to use more are virtual instrument plug ins Those are different at least in my eyes to effects plug ins because they perform a different function Effects plug ins have an effect of some kind on the actual audio performing such common functions as reverb delay compression chorus flange gate EQ filtering and such Virtual instrument plug ins on the other hand are software applications that emulate an actual instrument like a guitar drums saxophone vintage synthesizer etc As with the effects plug ins they usually come with a certain number of factory presets but you can also create your own presets patches by manipulating the parameters it comes with For this column I ll concentrate on the audio effects plug ins which all except for one I mention are free or donationware First and coming highly recommended is Smartelectronix a collective of people all over the globe who create many unusual but useful music or audio effects plug ins They pride themselves on making music software that goes against what is considered current or the norm in the music software world At the same time the music software they produce is of a high quality and is available for free or at the very least is affordable MPN LL
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107. onalized as you see fit Next the Help Me Design method presents graphics and layout options to choose from as you build your project Finally there is the Start from Scratch option that leaves you to your own devices with a blank layout The Quick Start option is great when you need something quick Remember using a canned greeting card or whatever is no worse then buying one from a store The recipient need not know 1t was a canned card They will think you created it yourself Then of course you could always use the Help Me Design option No matter what type of project you build or how much help you ask for you will make use of the extensive library of graphics and clip art that comes with the PrintShop package There is a lot of stuff to choose from on the CD You might even spend more time looking for just the right piece of clip art they you will building the project The Print Shop package could really use a booklet showing thumbnails of all the graphics Don t get me wrong the graphics available with the package are organized well Mac OS X Tiger users can even take advantage of Spotlight to find an image When you put together a project the PrintShop gives you options for filtering images say by showing only those related to a particular holiday or of a particular style Since I am ore visually oriented I would rather have a list of thumbnails then try a word search but that is just me MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion
108. ore is hidden this data is not sent to the Tunes Music Store Come on people Until Apple starts behaving like Microsoft let s continue to give them the benefit of the doubt that they aren t And let s try to remember that Tunes is free software that provides us with the best digital jukebox anywhere and aside from the music store which you can easily avoid has no advertising at all There are plenty of targets for legitimate complaints about spyware and there are many Windows users who are just dying to discover some that run on a Macintosh Well let me tell you Tunes ain t spyware MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 30 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Practical SLateuy Consular 2 Practical Strategies http www PracticalStrategyConsulting com Anything Worth Doing by Christopher Duncan All my life I ve heard the same things over and over again Calm down Mellow out Eat your vegetables Okay maybe that last one doesn t fit the trend but I can assure you I ve heard just about every other variation on this theme that there is Apparently I tend to make the cattle nervous That s fine by me as I think cows are just a bit too laid back to begin with This probably has something to do with why they re such a popular entr Be that as it may it s widely known among my friends that I came factory equipped with a two speed motor on and off Although some are willing to pay extra for the models with all those nif
109. our with a minimum 2 hour base fee You will then need to send us proofs etc in JPEG or GIF formats MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 84 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Rate Table Page Size 8 1 2 x 11 No bleed Style Size Fractional Size Centimeter 1 16th Page 40 USD 1 5 8 x 2 1 4 in 1 625 x 4 1 x 5 7 cm 2 25 1n 1 8th Page Horizontal 50 USD 3 1 2 x 2 1 4 in 3 5 x 2 25 8 9x 5 7 cm in 1 8th Page Vertical 5 7 x 8 9 cm 1 4th Page Vertical 8 9 x 12 1 cm 1 2 Page Horizontal 7 1 4x 4 3 4 in 18 4x 12 1 cm 2 3rd Page Vertical 4 3 4 x 9 71 8 in MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 85 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Affiliations We do affiliations and work with those who have made arrangements with online affiliate systems or we deal directly with you if you have created code and have a contract we can sign Sponsorships We also accept sponsorships Please let us know if you would like to sponsor macCompanion And we also accept donations by those who feel our services are value added If you are as excited about our macCompanion readership as we are please download the contractual terms and conditions documentation that are online in PDF format or we can send them to you as an attachment We d enjoy having an ongoing working relationship with you too Robert Pritchett Owner of MPN LLC Publisher of macCompanion 1952 Thayer Drive Richland WA 99354 1 509 210 0217 mailto rpritchett maccompanion com http www m
110. owing users to completely customize the information they receive from this form The Contact Form Page Style supports text fields text areas checkboxes popup menus radio buttons and even attachments Users may also specify which fields are required to successfully submit the form At creation the Contact Form contains the following fields Name Email Subject and Message When customized the final contact form may contain as many of the six types of fields as desired In fact this page style is so flexible and easy to use I ve used it to create a reservation form and contact form for another web site than my own and just used the code produced by Rapid Weaver in the other site s design My forms were completed in just minutes with this approach The manual approach would have taken easily twice as long MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 67 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 File Sharing Sometimes users have the need to share files with the public To do this RapidWeaver offers the File Sharing Page Style which works similarly to the Blog Page Style Users simply enter a Title and Description and select the file to be uploaded When the site is next published to the web server the page and shared files are uploaded automatically ready to be shared Movie Album For those who make movies on their Macs and want to share them this Page Style is ideal Any QuickTime compatible movie can be used in the Album but RapidWeaver looks first in the user
111. page style A minor irritation Perhaps the Page Style should be changed in the inspector and the lt body gt content for that page automatically deleted leaving the Inspector settings untouched so the user can begin again as easily as possible Contact Form Fields Though the Contact Form is fully customizable 1t is not easy to change the order of choices for Popup Menus They are listed in the order they are entered and clicking and dragging them does not rearrange them So far as I have determined there isn t any way to rearrange the options effectively The options must be deleted and recreated in the desired order It would work well to be able to click and drag the options to rearrange their order the method used for similar interfaces throughout RapidWeaver Images Images are an important element of all web sites Generally RapidWeaver does a fair job of handling them However information about images is missing from Rapid Weaver s online help Which formats does RapidWeaver support import and convert to JPG or PNG as specified in the Page Inspector Though RapidWeaver will correctly display EPS images visually in Edit mode when previewed or published only a text link is present No image at all A simple list of file formats that RapidWeaver will display AND repurpose for display in a web page would be helpful In addition it would be helpful if users of RapidWeaver had greater control over the quality of the final images a la Freewa
112. plication Service Provider http www stephousehosting com Thanks to Daniel Counsell of Realmac Software Development http www realmacsoftware com who graced these pages and our website with newer rating stars Our special thanks to all those who have allowed us to review their products And to our readers who make this effort possible MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 4 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Letter from the CEO Nothing s Perfect by Robert Pritchett As much as we d like things to be working correctly or at least not be broken out of the box stuff happens In the Apple environment we ve seen this with each new rev or product that gets squeezed out of Cupertino and it is a wonder and purely magical when those things work as well as they do as the engineers who know better wring their hands and take some antacids to calm their troubled nerves as product finally goes golden and gets out the door They have a pretty good idea where the gotcha s are but due to pressures from marketing and sales product goes out as good as it can get based on time constraints and resources At least Apple doesn t always fall into the trap of making its customers be the beta testers I know because I was a beta tester for a while for the first renditions of Mac OS X before the first official release Each rev that comes out gets better and seems to be more streamlined while at the same time adding new or improved features I was und
113. pment software most notably Freeway http www softpress com uses Inspectors to set page and site preferences The Page Inspector has 4 panes Users can alter many aspects of each page individually including filename menu name folder path image format Original JPG or PNG whether to display the page in the site menu or not output Default Tidied or Optimized encoding Unicode or Western Title Slogan Copyright Sidebar content change settings within the selected theme insert meta tag information anything the user desires upload selected assets not necessarily displayed in the page and enter custom CSS code or link to other CSS page s and enter JavaScript code The Site Inspector similarly controls default aspects of pages in the site page inspector settings override Site Inspector settings Like the Page Inspector the Site Inspector has 4 panes Users set default Site Title Slogan Copyright statement index page filename enable site logo and favicon specify page extension output format Default Tidied or Optimized image format Original JPG or PNG default sidebar content default meta tags whether to preview on the local machine and or in RapidWeaver even processing PHP in RapidWeaver preview mode and publishing preferences Page Styles When a page is first added to a RapidWeaver site the user must decide what kind of page the page will be For example the user must choose to make the page a blog a photo album
114. pq locale en_US zpq path 7376 Look for the telephoto lens and lens adapter and external P20 Zoom flash and Photo Printers Maximum print size is 30 x 40 75 x 140 cm by the P880 but these small printers obviously don t handle that size I was given a 150 USD external flash prototype P20 to look at It requires 2 AA penligh batteries to run it s intelligent flash system LCD display The light can rotate upwards by 4 60 75 and 90 degrees Recycling is 10 seconds between flashes Light distance goes out to 30 feet 9 1 m and 33 feet 10 m at wide and telephoto With ISO 200 the range doubles How The unit has a motor inside that works with the auto zoom feature Manual mode is available You ought to hear the purring when the P880 is in auto mode and the flash is are in auto mode http www kodak com eknec PageQuerier jhtml pg path 261 amp pq locale en US The other item that came to me for review was the 200 USD EasyShare Photo Printer 500 http www kodak com eknec PageQuerier jhtml jsessionid IH1SQYKERH YHNFW4FAKHWEEW 1 YUEEF4L4 path 7418 amp Submit x 23 amp Submit y l4 amp pq locale en_US amp requestid 15910 It prints permanent waterproof pictures and can be used with or without a computer It has a 3 5 CD screen for reviewing before printing using Perfect Touch technology and also has Bluetooth enabled and Wi Fi capable and can take all kinds of memory cards using one of three slots It can also do 4 print
115. rom the PowerPC to the 68030 and that was being generous So when another emulation scheme was announced Rosetta which allows Intel based Macs to run PowerPC software you had reason to be concerned Although they are being coy on the details Apple s Rosetta technology 1s based on QuickTransit an emulation method from Transitive Corporation When I taped an interview with Transitive CEO Bob Wiederhold for this week s episode of The Tech Night Owl LIVE I had to forgive him if he danced around a few key details because of the company s deal with Apple But here are the basics When you launch a PowerPC application on a MacIntel Rosetta translates chunks of code into memory The code is reused as needed when various application features are run How much memory Well in general according to Wiederhold their technology will exact a 50 overhead So as an example if a PowerPC app needs 128MB to run another 64MB will be required for emulation You ll need to think about this overhead carefully when you decide how much memory you need to get the best performance for your new MaclIntel Now Transitive s own presentation materials on their technology estimates that Rosetta will run at sixty to seventy percent of full processor speed The tests published so far by Macworld and others are less optimistic putting the speed hit at fifty percent So why the disparity Is Transitive fudging its numbers just a little bit Well the magic bullet may very w
116. ry builder Weaknesses No headset with mic included I found that the app interfered with my browser scroll function Other Reviews http webreprints djreprints com 13 16660399537 html http learn spanish software review toptenreviews com rosetta stone review html Comparisons for Spanish learning software http learn spanish software review toptenreviews com Reviewed with Safari 2 0 3 Fairfield Language Technologies has done such a good job that they are now partnered with Berlitz and also won a contract with the American Military to teach languages Want to know why they are successful Perhaps we can explain why here At the moment there are 27 languages to choose from Twenty nine if you count British English and Spanish spoken in Spain as separate from American English and Latin American Spanish MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 70 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 There are two methods for getting started One is the buy the box packages and the other is online But wait You can sample how RosettaStone works by going to the Demo link above Just know that there is no 6 month money back guarantee for online learning like there is with the boxed versions There can be 3 or more learning levels per language however 1f you want level 3 you will need to get the CDs The boxed versions also have Personal HomeSchool also contains teacher s instructional materials and Classroom e You must be able to key
117. ry of this labor of love The macCompanion staff is an all volunteer team of writers and reviewers from many parts of the globe and they also have a great wealth of knowledge and experience in their backgrounds That base of talent also continues to keep growing as the Macintosh Professional Network expands Statistical Analysis We are very excited about our site statistics The multilingual capable macCompanion website is close to 2 million page views a month and readership continues to increase rapidly through our whisper campaign We continue to get greater visibility every day Many of the various 35 computer operating systems with many moving towards the Mac OS X environment 115 online search engines 269 countries and domains and 319 online robots have discovered us and continue to do so So far over 201 other websites have also linked to us Many of our readers have made our site one of their favorites While nearly 70 of our readership stops by for a quick visit via RSS feeds over 23 spend between 1 2 to 1 hours at a time going through over 250 different pages on our site mostly archives Many of those who quickly drop by come to get the monthly PDFed issue of macCompanion Over 35GB of bandwidth was used in December 2005 alone for download purposes Previous months have averaged around 20GB Trend analysis indicates that will continue to increase MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 83 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Ad
118. s Movie folder The user can use any movie found there or navigate to any other drive and use whatever QuickTime compatible movie file they wish Users may add as many movies as they desire Movies are not altered by RapidWeaver so movies must be ready for the web when inserted into the Movie Album RapidWeaver publishes all the movies in an album format On the live Movie Album page clicking a movie opens that movie into a popup window Users can add a Page Title and description text to explain the album They can also select which frame to display in the album and set movies to autoplay Photo Album Photo galleries are becoming increasingly more popular due to increasing availability and falling prices of digital cameras This page style links up directly to the user s local iPhoto galleries but allows for great control over the output on the web site including image quality output HTML or Flash slideshow image size captions thumbnail layout and navigation text typically Home Previous and Next Only one photo album can be selected per Photo Album page So if users have more than one album in iPhoto they wish to post with RapidWeaver the user will have to create that many Photo Album pages and select a different album for each page This can be cumbersome if the user will be posting very many photo albums Of course 1t also takes some time to process and upload these images Oh and the Flash slideshow is pretty slick too and processes fast
119. s digicams com 2005_reviews z740_printerdock html One thing is for sure the printer cartridge is a dye sublimation transfer system designed to work with Kodak paper only so those color and paper kits are critical for running these printers Believe me you will not like the results using non Kodak paper designed for this printer I was unable to give this a full workout the ink cartridge went low before the paper ran out but when the paper light and cartridge lights are on this unit will not perform Supplies are critical for performance have to give back this camera printer system because it is a 30 day loan Is the P880 a dream camera If you want a D SLR camera for a lower Prosumer price this may just fit the bill Professionals may snicker but the camera and film companies are moving away from the film process and bringing it home making it more affordable for the casual camera buff This one really would meet my needs if the gotchas list were resolved I found EasyShare worked much better with the camera to the computer to the printer than directly between the camera and the printer This is an exciting time to be dabbling with camera equipment Kudos to Kodak for thinking of the Mac MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 60 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Software Reviews The Print Shop reviewed by Ted Bade mackiev com MacK iev info mackiev com or printshop Omackiev com http www mackiev com Pro
120. s to raise the bar while still pushing product to generate revenues Remember when he was hired back by Apple he went into Apple s R amp D and cancelled a lot of promising products Somebody had to ride herd on the cats We see the results today I m looking forward to new and improved products from both Apple and Intel Aren t you MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 5 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Chip Errata in Perspective I ve provided some research finding regarding recent chip technologies inspired by the ebb and flow of chip talk online by folks on Slashdot and Geek com http apple slashdot org apple 06 01 24 1537231 shtml ChipGeek http geek com news geeknews 2006Jan bch20060123034350 htm Chip Errat Source a AMD 123 http www amd com us Athlon 64 en assets content_type white_papers_and_tech_docs 25759 pdf AMD http www rojakpot com freebog aspx sort date Opteron 123 K7 K8 Freescale http www freescale com files 32bit doc errata MPC7410CE pdf MPC7410C 7 E Apple G4 Freescale http www freescale com files 32bit doc errata MPC7457CE pdf MPC7457C 36 E Apple G4 IBM PPC http www 970FX 24 306 1bm com chips techlib techlib nsf techdocs 79B6E24422AA1012872 Apple G5 56E93006C957E file 970fx_errata_dd3 x_v1 6 pdf Intel J http www intel com products mobiletechnology docs performance_brie Centrino l f pdf Intel Core http download intel com design mobile datashts 30922101 pdf Duo Apple 34 http www in
121. shoe in the middle is for the P20 external flash The right sided buttons on the top are the Program favorite shortcut settings for capture and review and Drive shutter controls for bursting exposure and time lapse and mic Towards the front is the multifunction shutter on off demo button that controls picture taking And the mode dial offers 11 functions from audio to video I set it to auto mostly The other letters and images allow for tweaking picture taking and settings The other buttons on the right side back are the analog Command dial that acts more like a course adjustment for aperture shutter exposure and flash and requires some right handed horizontal manual dexterity to operate Below it is the Set button for the Command dial Below that is the AE AF button that temporarily locks selected functions To the left of the Command dial is the Status button labeled as 1 that toggles levels on the displays The Review button gets used heavily but the joystick may be used even more except perhaps for the Delete or menu buttons The Menu button opens options for capture review share favorites and setup The last button is used as the Share button and it can tag images for printing Emailing and saving as favorites MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 58 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Sides and Bottom On the right is the memory card access and on the right bottom is the battery compartment On the left side is the other way to ad
122. sizes one of 4 x 6 inch 10 2x15 2 cm two of 2 1x3 3 inch 5 4x8 5 cm four of 2x3 inch 5 1x7 6 cm or nine of 1 3x2 inch 3 4x5 1 cm and uses 4 color modes and one picture can be printed in 1 minute Color and paper kits can be had for 25 40 or 47 USD for 40 pack 80 pack or 160 pack Unlike the P880 it comes with a Voltage adapter It also comes with a USB cable paper tray and 10 page starter kit If the 25 kit is ordered that makes prints be 62 5 cents each or if the 47 kit is ordered that drops the price to 29 3 cents each Online print services begin at 15 cents for a 4x6 so you figure 1t out 1f 1t 1s worth the effort privacy security or not Why does the printer take 60 seconds per print Probably because it send the paper through yellow red magenta and blue cyan passes before it coats the print with the waterproofing material XtraLife Images can be loaded either from the camera directly or via one of three memory card slots CF SD MMC Memory Stick xD or SDIO or from a computer via USB1 1 cable ports There is no Dock port on the printer And if the printer is out of 4x6 paper or the color cartridge is low forget trying to transfer It also needs about 5 inches 12 7 cm of space behind it so the paper can do its 4 pass function Don t le the cables drape behind the unit or the paper will jam You probably would be better off going with the Printer Dock instead because it will recharge the batteries http www steve
123. st Track and Frequently Asked Questions Some of the hacks have extra credit for digging deeper Some don t In the first chapter the authors show how to run a headless Mac use Apple remote Desktop VNC SSH and the Serial Console before getting into using the Mac as a router for host static and dynamic rioting and even using an app named Zebra and also using Mac OS X as a RADIUS server Chapter 2 walks through how to use Automator and AppleScripting the UNIX commands and Bash and bringing all three together Chapter 3 boldly walks us into Microsoftlandia Topics covered are NFS NTLM MS Remote Desktop Client Rdesktop VNC and terminal talking with Windows Chapter 4 opens up with KisMAC and other wardriving and WLAN tools MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 50 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Chapter 5 gets us back to the Mac and guides us through compiling and porting Open Source software using DarwinPorts and Fink and also goes through a list of security tools based on categories of attacking and defending cryptoing evasion footprinting monitoring password cracking programming and scanning It also gets into using Ethereal and Nessus and running CD based Linux distros with Virtual PC I found this chapter to be very interesting as it dealt with security issues Chapter 6 devotes itself to PowerBook stunts such as screensavers widgets the Apple Motion Sensor VNC and remote Desktopping Gestures Sogudi and G
124. t can be printed everything from simple note cards to greeting cards to signs and poster to pamphlets and newsletters and even complex calendars sporting photo quality images from your iPhoto library People often don t take PrintShop as a serious adult program because it supplies much in the way of lower end and or kiddy ish graphics which are incorporated in its examples This doesn t mean that better images cannot be used with the program or that it cannot be used for more serious projects Still it has the air of a program designed for kids or those with little ability to deal with a computer Not necessarily a bad thing since PrintShop is so very easy to use MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 61 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 New Project Setup Assistant Select a New Project ntshop the e hn Q Cancel When you first run PrintShop you are presented with a Project Manager which is your doorway to putting together a project As you can see there are 20 starting points including a blank one that you can build into whatever suits your needs Selecting any one of these starting points brings your through a series of questions designed to build the foundations of your project The first step is to decide how much help you want with the project There are three levels of assistance from PrintShop First there is Quick Start which presents pre defined projects that you can either use as is or pers
125. tel com design mobile specupdt 309222 htm Mactel Intel Lo http support intel com support processors pentium ppiie Pentium pee http people freebsd org fsmp SMP smpwebdoc html The Yin amp Yang of Ubinaries Technically speaking an ubinary is an uncompressed binary http maillist perforce com pipermail perforce user 2003 January 010379 html Pm calling a Ubinary a special kind of software fruit that Apple has logoized with Universal Binary symbology lifted or rather inspired from the Oriental Yin Y ang Tai Chi environment http www chinesefortunecalendar com VinYano htm Summer Solstic Winter Solstice h Autumnal 3 2 Equinox 4 Summer Solstice 13 15 MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion 23 24 33 36 19 Winter Solstice http fly cc fer hr shlede ying yang html The Yin is the passive dark cold downward weak dark side and the Yang is the bright active upward expanding strong side Think of it as the flow of energy Universal Binaries are software upgrades that indicate compatibility with both PowerPC chips and Mactel systems Apple created the Universal trademark for software that just works http developer apple com softwarelicensing agreements maclogo html which is really both the Mac OS X trademark symbol and the Universal symbol combined as one gif in the Universal Logo program U n ive rsa IN Apple MacInTouch MacUpdate and VersionTracker have i J been keepin
126. tells you whether or not it s functioning properly Anything that has a Microprocessor in it should be plugged into a surge protector That means not only your computer equipment but also home entertainment components for example Devices with microprocessors in them are very sensitive to changes in voltage I would suggest staying away from the 5 to 10 power strips They only offer very basic protection if any You will get better protection for 15 to 25 US These Surge Protectors will have better ratings Another surge spike protection device is a Surge Station These are large surge protectors that offer superior voltage protection and advanced line conditioning You can get one of these units for as little 30 US or you can spend upward of 100 for more advanced models The next device Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS is a battery back up for your computer If the power goes out your computer will continue to run feeding off the stored battery power This will give you a few minutes to save your work and shut down your computer A UPS generally protects a computer against surges spikes sags and total power failures These units tend to cost from 30 US if you can find a deal sale or rebate to a few 100 dollars or more depending on the type of equipment you want to protect UPS come in all different sizes one of the best ways to find what UPS is right for your computer set up is to use a website that offers a UPS selector The se
127. tive detailed User Manual HA TL o on ee http www bensoftware com ss manual that Outside door Idle CT on Passive steps through each function and shows that Security Spy distinguishes between video devices network devices and cameras There is an option for scheduling monitoring activities and Ben has even been kind enough to include a Mac OS X Dashboard widget http www bensoftware com ss manual index htmlfwidget and Java applet Is that all No the software is also designed to act as a video web server When I was working as part of a VoIP lab back in Connecticut I was privileged to look at such systems for the non Mac environments We now have these available for the latest Macintosh environments The current version does not support audio input like the EvoCam does but if that doesn t bother you get it I understand Ben is working on the audio for the next rev and upgrades so far have been free MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 75 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Toon Boom Studio V3 2D Animation reviewed by Robert Pritchett TOONI ies STUDIO l d D AMNMMATON COPrTwane y ToonBoom Animation Inc 7 rue Laurier East Montreal Quebec Canada H2T 1E4 514 278 8666 Fax 514 278 2666 info toonboom com http www toonboom com main Product Site http www toonboom com products toonBoomsStudio Released July 6 2005 400 USD 219 Euro Not to be
128. to run on both PowerPC and Intel Macs Intel also came on the stage to begin the release of the news about the new Intel based Macs Continuing with his joke about the Burning Bunny men Paul Otellini CEO of Intel came on stage wearing a clean room suit and was blasted with a fire extinguisher He handed over a processor die plate and told Steve that Intel was ready Then Steve followed by saying that Apple was ready and thus were introduced the new Intel based Macs Intel seems to be having a lot of fun with this whole project a sign that I hope indicates this will be a great benefit to all concerned MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 38 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Apple announced the release of new versions of both iLife and Work At the Keynote Steve Jobs demoed some of the more interesting changes iPhoto will now let you create cards and calendars along with photo albums As with the photo albums you can either print them yourself or have them professionally printed through the iPhoto interface Also added to iPhoto is the ability to create an RSS like feed of photos so that friends will automatically get your latest photos Added to Garageband is a feature that lets you create and distribute Podcasts There are several such solutions for this if you are interested so buying iLife isn t necessary Last month I spoke about my desire to buy older TV shows for use on my video iPod Steve Jobs announced that the ITMS would now sel
129. to strengthen your Acrobat habits one tip at a time In this book 150 of the best of the best tips and tricks are described in clear and easy language and illustrations using primarily screen shots that clearly show what should be done its straightforward particularly if you are a PC user As a Macintosh user I was more challenged by the tips but all I tried worked If the scope of the book meets you needs you can do a lot worse that buying and exploring the Acrobat 7 tips in this book Rating 4 0 Author Bios Donna L Baker has worked as an information development consultant for many years She has expertise in online and Web training and design motion graphics design and interactive knowledge products She writes eleven magazine articles each year on graphics applications monthly articles can be found in the online magazine WindoWatch and several have been featured by StudyWeb and CreativePro Web sites Donna is the author of Course Builder for Dreamweaver f x and Design and Acrobat 5 The Professional User s Guide Ms Baker has authored a book called Adobe Acrobat 7 in the Office which offers a raft of Adobe Acrobat Microsoft Office some of which are reflected in her tips and hints book MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 45 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Creating Web Sites The Missing Manual reviewed by Robert Pritchett computer books conferences online publishing O REILLY Creating Web Sites Author Matthew MacDonald
130. tting keys customizing YAHOO Mail creating apps using web services knowing how to properly un register an account from YAHOO do mash ups and remixes blogging tracking and feeding with Flicker and RSS listing sites and get into YAHOO Groups and fine tune searches than this is your book Paul Bausch divided the book into six short chapters categorized into searching using services communicating using web services such as Perl PHP5 Python VBScript ColdFuson XSLT java Ruby and REBOL running applications and webmastering Of course the author didn t do this all on his own He had help from at least 13 others in order to come up with 100 Tips and techniques for mastering YAHOO If you want to come up to speed quickly and want to get geeky with YAHOO this book fits the bill MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 55 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Hardware Reviews Kodak EasyShare P880 Zoom Digital Camera and EasyShare Photo Printer 500 reviewed by Robert Pritchett Kodak Eastman Kodak Company Rochester New York 14650 http www kodak com Product site http www kodak com eknec PageQuerier html pq locale en_US amp pq path 7373 Released August 2 2005 600 USD Requirements Macintosh G3 or later Mac OS X 10 2 8 or later 128 MB RAM Safari 200 MB hard drive space CD ROM drive USB port 800x600 display Windows system Windows 98 or later 233 MHz processor 64 MB RAM Internet Explorer 5 or later ot
131. ty gears in between to me they re just a waste of time My personal motto 1s quite simple Anything worth doing is worth doing to extremes Of course this means that folks continually shake their heads at my antics and wonder aloud if I ll ever grow up and learn moderation I m guessing that the two are related since pursuing your goals with passion is in many minds the hallmark of adolescence If that s the case then you can bet that I will forever play my music too loud drive too fast and dive into any endeavor I undertake with everything I ve got I m used to having people question my conviction that the only way to burn is white hot For some reason many have been brought up to believe that extremes are a bad thing and that moderation is the key to life Personally I have no clue as to what the meaning of life may be but I do know one thing Excellence by definition is an extreme And I believe that excellence is without a doubt a good thing In fairness being a creature of extremes is not entirely without its risks Hitting the wall at 100 miles an hour is a bit more of an exciting event than making contact at 20 and trust me that s just not the sort of excitement that most of us want However does this mean that we should never go full throttle Of course not It simply indicates that if you throw yourself heart body and soul into your pursuits you d darned well better know how to steer Another thing to keep in mind 1s that ot
132. up your printers from scratch but doing so we should fix your issues Professional troubleshooters call this the In your case where the Printer Setup Utility won t even open shotgun approach try holding down Option while launching Printer Setup Utility This brings up the Reset Printing System option immediately If you re not using Tiger yet try Fixamac Software s Printer Setup Repair 5 0 3 for Tiger and 4 4 2 for Panther Shareware 19 95 download from http www fixamacsoftware com software psr MacAddict January 2006 That s all folks MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 37 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Views from the Ivory Tower MacWorld Expo And Beyond by Ted Bade January was quite a month for Apple You probably heard the big news that the Intel Based Macs would be released before promised In case you haven t Apple released a new laptop Now called the MacBook It is an Intel based Macintosh laptop The name change is related to the fact that they are no longer sporting PowerPC chips and as Steve Jobs said at the Keynote 1ts time for a change in name The new flat panel Macs now will now sport an Intel processor as well My only concern about the change of processor the same one I had when they switched from the 68K family to the PowerPC family is how well will it support all the software I have in my collection There are several packages I use on a regular basis and I don t want to have to replace t
133. us about who s starting the bitching and why All it takes is a few minutes with the iTunes ministore to a realize that it can easily be turned off and b could actually provide some benefits to using iTunes MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 29 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 You don t have to venture far to find friends of mine who know how much I loathe advertising Beer commercials on stock cars and life insurance companies on hockey players uniforms and feminine deodorant pads on buses are truly invasive and disturbing But an application that shows me other music by the artist I happen to be listening to is hardly Big Brother at work It s got the same potential as that freeware PearLyrics and many similar freeware that s sprung up this year which try to find artwork and lyrics for the music you re listening to Geez Also people seemed to be sure that Apple was pulling a Microsoft by continuing to eavesdrop on our musical taste even after we closed the ministore But a quick perusal of the Apple website today would clear that up for anyone who might be worried Rather than getting all emotional and nasty try using your thinking cap next time and you would have found as I did after one search from the Apple support site this technical note which among other things says plainly iTunes sends data about the song selected in your library to the iTunes Music Store to provide relevant recommendations When the MiniSt
134. uying a new 1Mac or ordering the MacBook Pro you ll want to approach the process realistically Don t shortchange yourself on RAM especially if you have a bunch of PowerPC applications that will keep Rosetta real busy MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 17 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 rey Daphae Kalfoa e 2006 IoMY MAC Music and the Mac http www ilovemymacthesong com Getting Plugged In With Audio Effects by Daphne Kalfon To start off I should give a quick explanation of what a plug in 1s for those who are new to the whole concept A plug in is additional software that can be utilized by many different kinds of software It s an easy way to add features to an existing application or host software application Examples of plug ins that you may already be aware of are Macromedia s Flash and Apple s QuickTime These are plug ins that make surfing the net a more fun enjoyable experience because they allow you to view animation music video and more Plug ins also come in various formats A few common formats are for example Steinberg s Virtual Studio Technology or VST Apple s Audio Unit or AU and Micro oft s DirectX or DX Apparently there are also plug ins known as wrapper plug ins they are called that because they allow you to run one type of plug in as another so for example you can run VST plug ins as Audio Units and such I should also mention that most of the plug ins I talk about here have been rec
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136. vices menu e change service keyboard shortcuts e disable services Textpander http www petermaurer de We ve talked about this before and I just can t tell you how productive you can be when you learn to use Textpander Haven t you always wanted to type more efficiently and more accurately Textpander listens to what you type and inserts text snippets on the fly whenever you enter their corresponding predefined abbreviations Things you can do with Textpander e insert standard greetings text fragments and signatures including formatted text and pictures e insert the current date and time in any format you prefer e use editor independent code templates and have Textpander position the cursor just where it needs to be e type special characters without having to launch any special characters palette e have Textpander correct typos automatically e import text snippets from other typing utilities e Textpander is controlled from its own preference pane inside your System Preferences Being designed for easy handling Textpander blends in perfectly with your operating system MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 27 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Webphoto http www io0nize org Have you ever wished you could easily put your iPhoto library online With webPhoto you can webPhoto is a Java web application that reads your iPhoto Library and presents an interface similar to iPhoto via a web browser so that anyone on any platform can view
137. vious frame to make the same bit of information in the next and the next etc This efficiency makes the encoder happy and results in better quality and smaller file SIZES Some other things that can choke an encoder other than shaky footage are pictures with lots and lots of information trees blowing in the wind moving water etc So get out there and shoot Video podcasting I believe is a revolution and a new generation of video content It s quite exciting to be a part of the next wave of media It s your opportunity to be seen as well as heard Next Episode Editing for Vidcast For more information on multimedia in the Macintosh platform check out my weekly Mac Pro Podcast vidcast at www macpropodcast com And for more information on the art and business of podcasting complete with tutorials drop by Podcaster Confessions www podcasterconfessions com MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 22 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 Mac ReviewCast http www surfbits com Best of the Best Freeware for the Mac by Tim Verpoorten This was a month of freeware updates that contained many applications that added the universal binary version to its download list But like always there are still many freeware applications that are either new releases or updated with new features We ll look at these applications and try to point you at only the best of the freeware As always the Mac ReviewCast podcast will have my weekly list
138. ws why not stop by our website and visit our affiliates and buy a few things so we can keep giving you macCompanion for free And keep spreading the word about us We would like to see over 3 million page views per month It should come as no surprise that we love you and what you do for us Thank you MPN LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 9 February 2006 Volume 4 Issue 2 According to Hoyle Cross Platform Software Development from a Macintosh Perspective Runtime Revolution by Jonathan Hoyle jhoyle maccompanion com Last September we began our series on cross platform software development for the Macintosh http www maccompanion com archives september2005 Columns According to Hoyle 1 htm Over these past several months we have examined many varied cross platform frameworks and development environments e Ot http www maccompanion com archives october2005 Columns AccordingtoHoyle htm e wx Widgets http www maccompanion com archives november2005 Columns AccordingtoHoyle htm e CPLAT http www maccompanion com archives december2005 Columns A ccordingtoHoyle htm e REALbasic http www maccompanion com archives january2006 Columns AccordingtoHoyle htm This month we examine Runtime Revolution the easy to use cross platform application development environment http www runrev com Runtime Revolution History amp Overview Runtime Revolution traces its pedigree back to HyperCard Apple s killer programming environment simple e
139. y http www softpress com Incredible Potential No Better Web Design Deal for 34 95 RapidWeaver has great potential and a talented and productive development team In the time that 3 2 was released for review and I had downloaded it and completed this review RealMac Software developed 3 5 with new features more templates and more announced at MacWorld 06 Elapsed time 6 weeks Holy smokes RealMac stretches their 34 95 license for RapidWeaver to its absolute limit You won t get more bang for your buck anywhere else And I haven t but mentioned that experienced CSS web developers can create their own templates without too much difficulty RealMac Software previewed RapidWeaver 3 5 a free upgrade for 3 2 owners at MacWorld on December 10th Though it is still 60 days or so to release RapidWeaver 3 5 looks very promising Not only does 3 5 dispense with most if not all of the aforementioned weaknesses it also offers new functionality Of course RealMac Software has been mum about many of these but they let a few slip through that I can publish with their blessing The Blogs and photo pages will incorporate perma link or permanent links so links to Rapid Weaver blogs and photos don t grow stale in search engines The link panel will now also list blog entries and photos so that users can easily link to them from other pages in their RapidWeaver site Blog archive and category pages will also be themed RapidWeaver 3 5 will also offer a

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