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2. grounds and accentuate the crisp image in the 5 strokes The hiaher the value the foreground The Pre sets are further modi fied through the use of eight sliders that con trol image features and two general controls that turn the original colours off or on and determine pencil stroke thickness As you can tell from the pictures shown here of only 6 of the 27 Presets the program does a fairly good job of making a picture taken with a camera look as if it were drawn with pencil or pencil crayons The program operates automatically and re quires the use of no tools except an eraser for amp touch up work Everything else including colour intensity and a lot of other arcane as pects are controlled through the sliders found in the Drawing palette see below right As with all of the other AKVIS programs there is a sophisticated Text palette that makes it easy to watermark or title your finished image see below centre Text can be placed any where on the image in any size or colour using any font in your computer and can have a background glow set in a different colour Although this program may appear to resem ble AKVIS Sketch reviewed in a recent issue of the DoubleClick it is actually very different from Sketch in that it tends to reduce photos to a single element Sketch is fine for render ing photographed landscapes and seascapes into chalk drawings but AKVIS Draw
3. TO T Te 9 HATA fi en J E a aes SA ice ER PAR te a 7 me m Tae Te MacintostUsers East The relationship between money and happiness is very tenuous the relationship between personal bonds and happiness is incredibly strong So joining a club that meets once a month produces the same happiness gain as doubling your income It s all about the number of people you associate with and how intimately you associate with them David Brooks in The Social Animal A Story of How Success Happens 2014 MaUsE Executive e President Michael Shaw ducati860 gmail com Vice President lan Winton Secretary amp Apple Liaison Marcel Dufresne mardufresne rogers com o Treasurer Ken Jansen Director Stan Wild Director Jim Danaby Director Brian Elston MaUsE Contact Information The MaUsE c o Michael Shaw 237 Huntingwood Drive Oshawa Ontario Canada L1J 7C6 WWW MAUSS GE DoubleClick Produced and Edited by Michael Shaw Photographs by Irma Shaw Don t forget to pay your MaUsE Membership fee Still only 45 per year From The Editor What you are looking at is the April 2014 edition of the MaUsE DoubleClick the online publication of the Macintosh Users East MaUsE a motley collection of mostly harmless cranks who reside in Southern Ontario with their motley collection of old and new Macinto
4. opened System Preferences and headed over to the Accessibility Pane where the option has lived for years Unfortunately the old check box for assistive devices was gone and none of the new op tions seemed applicable Without the ability to grant Dragon Dictate access to OS X s underlying control functions it would not run With so very many people using the same Dragon Dictate software and running the same system as have on my computer knew that the answer to this problem would be easy to find Thankfully after a bit of searching found the answer online posted by another Mac user with Mavericks He reported that Apple had simply moved the accessibility option to the Security Preference Pane You ll find it in System Preferences gt Security amp Privacy gt Privacy gt Accessibil ity Unlike previous versions of OS X which used a universal check box in an all or nothing approach the new functionality in Mavericks allows users to individually choose which applications can gain con trol of the system to perform their various scripted functions Dragon Dictate requires Accessibility to be Allow Dragon Dictate to control your computer in the Privacy pane of Security amp Privacy preferences More Info eoon lt gt Show all Security amp Privacy General FileVault Firewall P wa Location Services 4 Contacts Allow the apps below to control your computer iL X5
5. For specific international information contact Chester Creek at www chestercreek com Contributed by Stanley G Wild The Old English Gentleman CHESTER amp CREEK_ Innovative keyboards mice and accessories for all ages Chester Creek Technologies Inc is a designer and manufac turer of specialty computer keyboards mice and accessories lo cated in Duluth Minnesota Chester Creek Technologies began with the idea to create a line of functional and fun keyboards and mice for children and those with special needs Today Chester Creek offers over a dozen keyboards and nearly as many mice not to mention the many other computer accessories that they have added over the years What started as a kid friendly group of products has expanded into the assistive technology niche and Chester Creek is now known for their high visibility key boards as well In addition to our VisionBoard Black our Vision Board2 white and yellow and our ReaderBoard they are now offering a wireless VisionBoard in black or white for greater flexibility These keyboards feature large print and high contrast color schemes which can greatly increase visibility for a number of conditions For instance our VisionBoard Yellow has been in credibly beneficial for many individuals suffering from macular degeneration S Mainly Mac Spring Cleaning Desktops 80 00 Laptops 70 00 We ll professionally clean both inside and outside of your compu
6. Result Test Passed Test Selection Check Computer Suite of computer Memory Test Test availa Surface Sc Scan disk hr tor Bad hicks 3 ion SMART Check 8 check SMART parameters tor a hard drive Volume Structures Test a ium for directory corruphon 7 File Structures TERE fie tree integrity and structure Cua 15 2 437 20 ME TE ep Fi Files Results Frot a ms Contigunes Free 8 68 73 16 Caria Space Count 15 128 Free Spate Fragireeraancet 1 Fragman Fle Tet ine of File 191 g Tech Tool Pro 7 Winner Micromat graciously provided us with a licensed copy of TechTool Pro 7 to be used as a raffle prize at our March MaUsE Meeting Here is the happy winner at our March Meeting showing off his TechTool Pro 7 certificate Congratulations Bruce Stuck Address Random Values a Solid Bits Checkerboard Extended March C Memory Test Configuration Tesi available computer FRAM The Memory Tesi uses a carefully selected collection ef algorithms to thoroughly exercise the available free RAM in the computer in order to try to locate any problems RAM problems can be mtermittent and are sometimes temperature related SPD Serial Presence Detect Data gathers unique technical information for each individual memory module The information displayed in SPO Data may be uselul when attempting to locate a potentially Gerective
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8. Hard Drive space is the best way to get more out of your Mac i DATA BACKUP AND TRANSFER EN a We will do our best to recover those precious files from your computer to a new computer or an external drive OPERATING SYSTEM TUNEUP AND REINSTALL Sometimes computers just need a system refresh we can help SETUP YOUR BUSINESS ON MACS We ll help you migrate or setup your business or practice to a Mac based environment MAC IT SUPPORT EXPERTS We can help you get your Apple solutions and systems back on track 337 King Street West Oshawa ON 1 8 1 855 800 4817 service alarytech ca AWAY Vac TechTool Pro 7 6 D ucr TechTool Pro is an entire suite of powerful utilities designed to help solve hardware and software problems Techtool Pro can di From Micromat agnose disk errors perform routine volume maintenance repair TechTool Pro 7 is the latest version of the program and 7 damaged file structures and add emergency recovery capabili represents the culmination of over 20 years of experi ties The utilities are divided into two general categories Tests ence fixing Macintosh problems Remember way back and Tools The Tests are shown by default in the application win when Apple used to give out a copy of Micromat Tech g dow see below and the list of Tools can be accessed by clicking Tool Deluxe on an optical disk bundled with every new F on the Tools button in the upper right corner of the window Mac Since
9. Street Whitby Central Library Colborne Street Highway 2 King Street Scotia Bank Dundas Street West Center Street Byron Street MaUsE Meetings are held in Room 1 at the new Whitby Public Library on the south east corner of Henry and Dundas West in Whitby Ontario on the fourth Wednesday of each month except December July and August Meet ings start at 7 00 PM but there is an early session from 6 30 for people who wish to discuss hardware or software issues or problems Macintosh virus problem are discussion from 6 58 to 7 00 PM Go Pro Bundle From QuarkXPress Quark Software Inc announced a special and limited time offer to cre Qu ark ative professionals who want to up grade to QuarkXPress 10 Starting 1 April 2014 anyone who purchases QuarkXPress 10 as an upgrade or new full product will have the option to receive a bundle of tools for creative professionals worth more than 900 1000 The new Creative Pro offer from Quark includes Markzware ID2Q XTension Corel AfterShot Pro Lino type FontExplorer X Pro five professional Linotype OpenType Pro fonts and a copy of QuarkXPress 9 which allows users to open legacy files older than ver sion 7 To learn more about the details and how to purchase the Go Pro bundle please click this link QuarkXPress is used by millions of designers around the world There is a huge fan base out there and we want those designers to stay well equipped with the latest
10. access to many of the features under the Effect Filter and Picture are grayed out and a set of slider replaces the Tools palette With this feature active the user can manually adjust the brightness contrast satu ration gamma sharpness and levels of the image The effects of the changes made with the sliders appear immediately in the preview window Click on the Apply button to make changes take effect and return to the default image browser window Besides all of these powerful image editing tools GraphicConverter is a capable cataloging program with organizational scan browse and merge tools under the File menu that are similar to Adobe Bridge or iPhoto You can even export images as a movie or send them in an email directly from GC Ability to convert graphic files is especially impor tant to designers and developers who work on the internet There is a multitude of image formats each with its own unique codecs Careful consider ations of the processes involved are necessary to achieve the optimal on screen results with the smallest file transmission possible For designers who work with printed media it is important to opti mize an image in order to achieve the best quality and resolution as well as to prepare file type for further processing by some kind of professional publishing software Shown here on the right there is a partial list of the 80 formats that Graphic Con verter can convert and save images in For each o
11. is best for removing all of the background clutter and distracting data from an image and re creating the subject in just a few bold strokes Draw might be the better choice for high impact il lustrations for a book or instruction manual Of all of the AKVIS programs Draw is proba bly the easiesty to use It makes a realistic looking drawing effect in just one click Just load your image into the program and adjust settings to generate an artwork AKVIS Draw creatively produces the pencil strokes The sliders invite experimentation and the 28 Presets provide a wide range of effects To create a Preset of your own adjust the parameters until you have a rendering that you are likely to want to use again type a suitable name for the pre set and press Save The new Preset will appear in the list of fac tory Presets AKVIS is a software development company focused on producing innovative digital imaging solutions with the primary emphasis on quality and simplicity of use The company s highly successful product family includes AirBrush ArtSuite ArtWork Chameleon Coloriage Decorator Draw Enhancer HDRFactory LightShop Magnifier MakeUp MultiBrush NatureArt Noise Buster OilPaint Refocus Retoucher Sketch and SmartMask The official web site www akvis com offers free 10 day demo copies manuals examples and tutorials for all of the software Contributed by Michael Shaw ds de S5 BB AKVIS Draw v 1 1 100_1596 JPG 204
12. is much less vulnerable than Safari Power Cycle Your Modem and Router You should know the proper sequence for restarting your inter net after a power failure You might want to this every few weeks to prevent or fix any Internet connectivity issues Resetting or re booting your modem can help straighten out a whole range of problems your modem might be having This is when you turn your modem off and turn it back on again allowing it to refresh itself it s just like giving your modem a good night s sleep Some modems have a button that does this but the sure fire way to reboot your modem is to turn it off at the wall wait for 30 seconds and then turn it back on again This article describes how you can power cycle or restart your Internet modem and router This will also come very handy where there s a power outage and your computer router modem shuts down 1 Shut down the computers 2 Switch off the modem followed by the router and also un plug their power cables 6 3 Wait for 30 seconds 4 Plug the power cords back into the modem and the router 5 First turn on your modem and wait for it to initialize let the lights become stable 6 Then switch on the router and wait for it to initialize let the lights become stable 7 Now turn on your computers and any other devices con nected to the network You should now be able to access the In ternet If your system starts up with a wa
13. legs on the bottom of the keyboard that can be flipped down to give you a choice of position that is the most comfortable for you to use The vision board takes up little more desk spade than my previous Apple keyboard Key Size Comparison The one inch square white keys are BIG approximately four times the size of standard keys they feature high contrast black letters numbers and symbols which are easy for me to read exactly what needed the escape key has been relocated immediately below the home and end keys a LED cap lock light is positioned medial to Mie right of the space bar aO The Chester Numerical Keypad at 5 25 x 7 25 x 1 25 approximately 50 larger than that the keypad of a regular keyboard it features the same big 1 keys as the Vi sionboard 2 and has all the features of a typical keypad including the key for divi sion the key for multiplication and 0 and 00 keys plus a it sounds a subtle click to confirm each keystroke The keypad sits snugly beside my Visionboard into which it plugs via one of its 2 USB ports When a combined in this way they take up approxi mately six more inches in width than a standard keyboard When the keyboard and the numeric keypad arrived at my home it was a simple plug and play situation USB connections were used no drivers to install and was ready to start using them lam enjoyin
14. of the Crestone Pro like to read at night sometimes in the middle of the night Turning on the bedside lamp tends to wake up my wife With the directed LED beam from the solar light this is much less of a problem It has a convenient loop that allows me to place it at whatever angle want don t have to reattach it every time turn a page The light is good enough that don t have to change the angle as go from the top of the page down just lie it on my chest and start reading The light is designed to endure the elements and withstand high tem peratures Setting it on the window sill to charge up will not harm the device even if it gets really hot Nokero lights are built with an impact resistant plastic so they are durable The lights are designed to en dure being dropped scraped squashed baked pinched bumped nicked kicked rained on snowed on hailed on and of course being handled by curious children This ABS plastic makes it shatterproof There is no need to worry if your bulb or charger gets rained on as they are rainproof But it is not completely waterproof so don t try Nia using it under water It is also designed to withstand exposure to snow but will last longer if not exposed to daily freezing and thawing The Crestone Pro comes with four wide angle light emitting diodes LED There are two light settings High and Low It will automatically switch off in bright light to further save the charge
15. open up the AutoCorrect Preference window shown on the next page AutoCorrectXT is the professional choice for typographers when it comes to as you type spell checking and Auto Corrections AutoCorrectXT supports an array of following spelling languages US English UK English Canadian English French German Reformed German Swiss German Dutch ltalian Spanish Portuguese Russian Norwegian Greek and Arabic The AutoCorrect Options window shown here at right is a very important part of the program but still easy to ignore unless needed This is where the user can customize how the program catches his or her most frequent spelling and typing errors The Options window shows a list of hundreds of commonly misspelled words along side their corrected spellings If the user types in any of these common mistakes AutoCorrect will instantly substitute the correct spelling before moving on to the next word If it turns out that the user is prone to making other unique or dialect specific errors they can be easily added to the list The Replace and With fields are used with the Add and Delete buttons to make it possible to personalize the AutoCorrect feature to make it watch for common and known errors but they also have another purpose The first two additions made to the AutoCorrect Options were to replace Quar with QuarkXPress and duca with ducati860 gmail com Now when type the first four letters of eith
16. relatively low price charging efficiency and use of stan dard batteries readily available throughout the world The competitive peer group by and large uses proprietary battery technology that can not be easily replaced and often has a higher price These lights are designed for people without access to reliable elec tricity no matter where they live was not sure how good this light would be Reading about it made me want to try it out was pleas antly surprised as it works way better than expected thought would use it only for emergencies power blackouts or when we are Camping but have found a lot more uses around the house Read about this light at the Nokero web site http store nokero com or watch it in action with some YouTube videos just type Nokero in the search field The light can be ordered on line from their Colorado store The Crestone Pro Solar Light Bulb N210C costs 20 ship ping Have a look at it and the other Nokero lights There should be something there that will suit your needs am looking forward to using it when camping this summer but until then am charging it up and using it every day am sure you will be able to find a lot of uses for this versatile light Submitted by Marcel Dufresne New From AKVIS 12 AKVIS Draw v 1 1 100_1596 JPG 2048x1536 Draw AKVIS Draw 1 1 a AKVIS has just released another Before wonderful new program for di
17. then Mac users have relied heavily on Mi Techtool Pro cromat utilities for Macintosh I believe that it was a com As you can see from the list of Tests the utility can be configured bination of two factors Tech Tool Pro being so good and Apple s Disk to either perform the entire suite of tests Check Computer or any Repair utility being so anemic Over the past two decades Apple has one of them independently of the others Depending on your proces greatly improved their Disk Utility and we all know that the new Macs sor speed and hard drive size free space and condition some tests are more stable and run better than ever but there is still a need fora can be quite lengthy general repair utility like Tech Tool Pro The Mac OS might be the most Memory Test checks the computer s available RAM advanced and elegant operating system and Apple might manufac e Surface Scan checks attached available hard drives for ture outstanding computers using quality hardware but sometimes physical bad blocks components fail Diagnosing a faulty memory module optimizing disk SMART Check checks the built in hard drive SMART parameters and file performance and detecting a failing drive often require the e Volume Structures checks all attached available Macintosh use of third party tools not included natively present within OS X For formatted volumes for directory corruption times like that Micromat has always been there for Mac users Te
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20. 8x1536 lw Use Text Suteki in Red Font Jazz LET 8 7 T Size 51 Stretch 100 Color Location Text 555 5 7 Outline co gt gt Glow B lw Original Colors 4 1 lw Original Colors Hatching Intensity Saturation Extra Detail Hatching Density Sensitivity Delete The parameter impacts on the completeness of the drawing The WN hiaher the value the more details Drawing lw Thick Strokes Level of Detail Hatching Intensity 37 B Saturation 3 B Extra Detail oo B 984 E Hatching Density y i Simplification Sensitivity 100 Dispersion Take Control eBooks Apple TV DoubleClick features an ebook from Take Control Books every month These ebooks have been pub lished in PDF format and cover issues related to Mac OS Because they are in PDF format these ebooks have a lot of advantages over the traditional paper books Electronic books are a new experi ence for many people but they provide you with a good deal of flexibility that isn t available with printed books With your purchase of the ebook you get expert advice on various topics but with an Apple perspective These are the same expert au thors of some best selling print books The down load is immediate and you don t have to leave your hou
21. AKVIS Draw J Ly AKVIS OilPaint wv OF Dragon Dictate 7 Google Earth LJ A Skype E Diagnostics amp Usage Besides granting universal access the Privacy tab in the Security and Privacy Preference Pane is where you set up which applications you want to be able to access your contacts Security and Privacy is where you set your preferences for your Firewall FileVault and Login security requirements Have a look at your Security and Privacy pane now The pane should show a locked padlock in the lower left corner If it is open click on it to lock it security amp Privacy If it is already locked leave it alone until you want to make changes In order to make changes you will need to click the closed lock and then log in with your ad ministrator password When you do this the lock will pop open and you will be able to make changes Make sure you remember to go back and lock it again to prevent other people from making further changes System Preferences is trying to unlock Security amp Privacy preferences Type your A password to allow this Name Michael Shaw Cancel Unlock am sure that all of us will encounter little mysterious events on our computers anomalies that confuse or distress Always remember that you are not alone and your situation is not unique There are millions of other Mac users out there using similar systems who have already had your problem and somebody has already
22. Each bulb has an integrated light sensor that detects how much light is in the room or outdoors This feature ensures your light runs only when it needs to The Crestone Pro produces 13 lumens on High good for 4 hours and 5 lumens on Low for 6 hours of continuous use The Nokero Crestone Pro is the most rugged version of the Nokero series of lights It has a camouflage design a larger solar panel and a rubber bumper which makes it ideal for outdoor uses like camping cooking or hiking The rechargeable AA battery lasts approximately 1 5 2 years good for more than 500 recharging cycles If you notice that the charge starts to run down too fast you can replace the one battery with any rechargeable AA NiMH 1 2 V battery or use any AA battery if you are not concerned with recharging To change out the battery in the Nokero Crestone light bulb you unscrew the plastic frosted dome and remove the battery from its enclosed compartment The back has a wide state of the art high quality solar panel that will fully charge the battery after exposure to about 6 hours of sunlight The solar panel will charge even when it s cloudy but it takes much longer and is much less efficient It is best charged in direct sunlight The swivel head and the top loop make this possible no matter what angle the sun is at This loop has a clamp that allows you to hang it outside for charging It also makes it very portable Once the sun has charged your device the gene
23. afe ways to remove ransomware malware J File Edit Vie About Safari Safari Extensions Preferences 7 Private 6 5 Reset Safari Se vices b Hide Safari 2H Hide Others HH Quit Safari 0 You can close the browser page show ing the FBI Cyber Department warning 150 times by clicking the Leave Page button each time when prompted by Sa fari You need to do this 150 times be cause the Javascript that makes up FBI ransomware spawns 150 iframes layers in a web page dynamically You can reset Safari from your Safari menu This will erase the ransomware page and warnings but will unfortunately wipe your entire browsing history saved names and passwords auto fill text and more Make sure that you check off all of the items in order to get a full reset Reset Safari Are you sure you want to reset Safari Select the items you want to reset and then click Reset You can t undo this operation ea O I l l l l l l l l l l l l Ra 7 W Clear history El Reset Top Sites W Reset all location warnings W Reset all website notification warnings 2 Remove all website data El Clear the Downloads window W Close all Safari windows ee eee ee ee Reset Se ee a a There is another solution Change your browser The Google Chrome browser for instance is not vulnerable to this type of attack and Firefox
24. antee in writing along with the packaging of their keyboards To me guarantees are an integral part of any hardware purchase would advise future purchasers to keep a back up record of the purchase date and the vendor from whom it was bought The cost of Chester Creek s Visionboard 2 US 69 95 the Numeric Keypad US 29 95 plus shipping For detailed information on their other products contact sales chestercreek com The full line of Chester Creek products can be obtained in Ontario through Special Needs Computers St Catherines Ontario www specialneedscomputers ca phone 1 877 724 4922 Some but not all of Chester Creek s products are also available in Canada through various on line vendors at competitive prices My word to the wise my experience is that buying on line through a reputable Cana dian vendor eliminates the hassle and extra cost of having to pay Canada s Customs Duty HST UPS s Brokerage fees as Cash On Delivery to UPS s ground service at the time your purchase is delivered to you Chester Creek s products are available in many countries of the world For readers outside of Canada and for Non Mac computer users here are the Vision Board 2 s Technical details e Operating Systems Windows 98SE and newer MAC OS 10 1 5 and newer e Safety FCC CE Approved and FCC CE Approved Big 1 keys 12 Oval F keys USB connectivity 6 Year Warranty for in home use
25. ations from a Mac iPhone or iPad using Keynote it s the perfect accompaniment for a road warrior heading into unfamiliar conference rooms Get all the details including a list of what you ll need to handle any hardware you may encounter In this 197 pages book you ll read about The one button press for jumping immediately to the main menu Hiding unwanted Apple TV apps that clutter your main screen Must know video navigation tricks also in the free Cheat Sheet Enabling subtitles for foreign language films or for the deaf Which is better Netflix or Hulu Navigating with audio VoiceOver Playing music from the Apple TV on every speaker in the house The obscure way to move photos from a computer to the Apple TV Two ways to show home movies on your TV screen Using your TV screen as a second monitor for your Mac 6 Essential items tfor giving a presentation via an Apple TV What you can do with Conference Room Display mode Improving AirPlay performance when playing games Setting up an Elgato EyeTV HD to record live TV for the Apple TV Everything you need to know about the Apple TV This ebook costs 10 00 normally but using the coupon will make a difference Check this ebook out and a lot others at www takecontrolbooks com Submitted by Marcel Dufresne _ Macintosh Users East Making New Friends Pen Pals Internet Style Delete forever spam WE One of the many ways in
26. ays and edits raster graphics files As the name implies it also has the ability to convert image files between different image formats GraphicConverter can import about 200 file types and export to about 80 file types Images can also be retouched edited and transformed right in the program using the Tools palette and a huge array of native GC Effects and Filters The GC program also supports most Adobe Photoshop plug ins including TWAIN The application features a batch processor slide show mode image preview browser and access to metadata com ments such as XMP Exif and IPTC When an image is opened in GC the default image window shown below gives the user a complete set of Tools for touch up and colour correction The Tools can also be used for crop ping the image drawing on it and typing text over the image any size position colour or font When the Tools palette is ac tive there is also a complete set of useful edit commands under the Picture Effects and Filter menus that will allow the user to As Pu a i control and change many aspects of the image Each of these commands opens up a dialog box where the user can set pa rameters or specify limits for the filter or effect As you can see from the pictures below the number of Effect and Picture vari ables GraphicConverter can control and set is very extensive All changes take place in real time in the application P
27. board means that must accept the fact that there are no speaker vol ume control keys on my new now adjacent numeric keypad It has taken patience and time for me to become accustomed to their not being available So be it The bottom line for me is that very much like and enjoy my new Chester Creek Visionboard and keypad would happily recommend it to people who have vision and or manual dexterity issues and who are seek ing to replace their existing keyboard with one which will enable them to regain the many pleasures of computing There are many keyboards available with large letters and symbols on the regular sized keys but could find only two North American companies Chester Creek and Greystone Digital BigkKeys Com pany that are offering keyboards with LARGE KEYS chose the Chester Creek keyboard over the BigKeys Company s product based on a number of factors 1 Visionboard 2 has more function keys 2 lt has a six year warranty 3 It is also available at a higher price in a wireless format and a Big Blu VisionBoard with Bluetooth 4 Amatching numerical keypad is available 5 Their products are more competitively priced Greystone Digital BigkKey Company manufacture their products in the USA and they offer a variety of keyboards with large keys which are warranted for five years Chester Creek are guaranteed for six years when used in home but they do not include that guar
28. ch Video Memory checks the video RAM Tool Pro 7 is now better than ever and fully 64 bit compatible File Structures checks for specific file type corruption TechTool Pro 7 Too Selection eDrive Create or remove the eDrive partition Volume Rebuild Rebuild and repair volume s directory File Optimization Defragment files on a volume Volume Optimization Consolidate free space on a wolume Volume Cloning Cloning olurnes ja Check Computer Configuration EEOAE e 8 Suite of computer tests Data Recovery Damaged volume or Trash data recovery b Securely delete data rom a volume Bh gil Test Selection as Check Computer Check Computer examines critical subsystems of the computer E Suite of computer tests and is recommended for periodic preventive maintenance _ Memory Test Volume Journaling Test available computer RAM _ Enable er disable File system journaling Surface Scan Model iMac Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme 2 8GHz 24 Disk Permissions l Scan disk surfaces for bad blocks Built August 2007 Location China SMART Check Check SMART parameters for a hard drive Verity or repair disk permissions Local Network List devices and services Volume Structures Test a volume for directory corruption Video Monitor calibration and iSight verification Video Me
29. d it be used to practice a new lan guage It couldn t hurt After all you will have the printed words there to look at while the audio is being read You could also just practice reading the words And remember children pick up new languages very quickly when they are young OR 1 Azores Portugal Bahamas have a couple of points to add to the review First this is not a small app It is about 1 4 GB Depending on your device it will take up a considerable amount of space Secondly there are some in app pur chases that can be made in terms of expansion packs There are cur rently five packs with more to come in the near future These are in the form of games to play such as puzzles and more specific items on certain areas such as major cities One thing would like this app to add would be a search field You are stuck swiping through a lot of lists if you are trying to find something in particular It may not be pos sible to add this function to the app but would welcome it Even the list of features is hard to manoeuvre through At first thought the list was alphabetical but this is not always the case You get Acapulco Aconcagua Martial Eagle Apricots Black browed Albatross Elk Cot ton and Alligator listed one after the other Antigua and Barbuda CAPITAL CITY St John s f 26 C Rain When the British colonised Antigua and Barbuda in the 17th century they s
30. dblock com and get ready to see a lot less ad vertisement and a lot more content on your screen Contributed by Michal Shaw More Big News for QuarkXPress 10 Users AutoCorrectXT For QuarkXPress 10 Since Quark released the QXP10 1 update a few weeks ago QuarkxX Press has been a better behaved application In last month s issue wrote extensively about how the update was being received The up date fixed some severe performance issues and offered Quark users many nice new features including dynamic guides that appear when items are created or manipulated on a page the ability to export lay outs as images and larger zoom up to 8 000 One aspect of the program that was not addressed was the awkward way in my opin ion that Quark handles spell checking One feature I ve used in just about every version of QuarkXPress prior to QXP10 is the ability to check and auto correct spelling dynam ically as type Quark by itself does not provide this function but the ability to spell check dynamically familiar to users of MS Word is available in a scathingly brilliant spell checking XTension that got from from AthenaSoft used AutoCorrectXT 3 5 it with QXP 8 and 9 and have been waiting impatiently for AthenaSoft to come up with a version of their execllent XTension that works with QXP 10 As the name implies AutoCorrectXT 4 0 is an XTension for QuarkX Press that adds an auto correct feature The way it works dynami ca
31. ed above there is a root a j level Folder with a big gray X named System at the root level on your hard drive and there is a Library in it as well Don t touch it The Library in your System Folder contains resources ote and other stuff that your computer needs to work prop PEER EAE E eee eae 09 Submitted by Michael Shaw GraphicConverter 9 1 From LemkeSott _ am afraid that this is going to be more of a celebration of Graphic Converter than a review Of all of the programs have ever used on Apple computers GraphicConverter is very likely the one that have used most consistently and the longest Although could be using just about anything to manipulate images for the DoubleClick the program actually use is Graphic Converter have been a registered user for as long as can remember GC has been a favourite of Mac users since 1992 and came bundled on Apple computers when we bought our very first Mac the Performa 6200 about twenty years ago Graphic Converter runs on both the classic Mac OS and Mac OS X and is maintained by Germany based LemkeSotft Incredibly the program has existed as shareware ever since its conception and still continues as shareware now in 2014 as Graphic Converter 9 1 You can download a copy from the GC website or purchase GC online directly from the Apple App Store Basically GraphicConverter is software that displ
32. er long word and hit the space bar the fills in the rest of the word This same method i X Ten can be used to set up acronyms or nick names to instantly ex pand into the lengthy phrases or sentences that they stand for If the user decides for whatever reason to let the acronym or Short form stand the action is easily curtailed The AutoCorrect comes with a handy floating menu showing the options that you need to select Just hover over the auto corrected word and you can see a button for the context menu shown above Clicking on the button reveals the con text menu where you might manage options for that particular word or re move it from the AutoCorrect replacement list w Change Back To duca j Remove from AutoCorrect List AutoCorrect Options You can also add words to the user dictionary These words are ignored while spell checking The words are added as belonging to the currently used language These words persist in your AutoCorrect preferences so that they can be used across sessions The words in the custom dictionary can be added or removed from the Edit custom Dictionaries dialog If it becomes necessary to work in other languages there are over a dozen for eign language dictionaries on the AthenaSoft website that are available to download The AutoFormat options allow the user to apply bullets and numbering As soon as you type an asterisk or a Quark recognized number format Aut
33. er packages Xe847 OX each with a set of Presets that appear as little thumb nail variations that can be ap plied to the open image Aspects like geometric adjustments distortion effects blur sharpen colour effect and adjustments and more can be visualized before being applied For some of the Core Image Filters there are aS many as two dozen very different possibilities To apply any one of them just click on the thumb nail and the Preview will update to incorporate it Layer View Winda Core Image Filters Pure Carbon ignette Vignette Etect The Xe847 Automatic filter that comes built into GraphicConverter is a magic filter package that performs a trick with the image ambient light the image appear more natural Really you have to go to the web site and read about it for yourself www xe847 com The Xe847 and Pure Carbon filters are sophisti cated commercial properties ine by LemkeSoft and also available for purchase as plug ins for GraphicConverter and for Adobe Photoshop So there you have it This application combines an image browser a graphic format converter and is a fan tastic image editor as well And all for the low low price of only 39 99 The program does so many that it comes with a 303 page users manual Check it out at the App Store or at www lemkesoft de EXPOSURE CONTROL AMBIENT LIGHT CONTROL CY SST Submitted by Michael Shaw C Reset Cancel
34. ers a variety of large key keyboards keyboards with bluetooth wireless or USB connectivity keyboards with white letters on black keys black letters on white keys or black letters on yellow keys and keyboards with keys that are colour coded to suite various learning needs all of which are guaranteed for six years Greystone Digital BigKey Company manufacture their products in the USA and they offer a variety of keyboards with large keys which are warranted for five years If all the other factors had been comparable Greystone Digital s Made in the USA origin would probably have influenced me in their direction 6 55 2 87 it shirt ZX civ BN M lt lt 7 shure carefully examined and compared the available information relating to both company s products and after a great deal of checking and weighing of the relative pros and cons my eventual choice of what to buy was a Chester Creek USB connection Visionboard 2 with black letters on white keys and and a companion Chester Numerical Key pad Both were designed for people who have vision and or dexter ity issues The Visionboard s keyboard is marginally larger that a regular keyboard approximately one inch wider and one inch deeper front to back actual dimensions 19 x 7 x 1 5 it is a full QWERTY keyboard although there is no built in numeric key pad It features two USB 2 0 side ports and 12 oval F keys There are two
35. et up tobacco plantations Then they realized that sugarcane would be far more profitable and started growing sugarcane instead In 1951 sugar workers decided to strike for better pay during that time they supplemented their diet with widdy widdy a sticky weed that is high in protein Widdy gt Lastly was able to change the temperature and mileage units to C and km rather than F and miles This is somewhat hidden in that you have to change the language used from English Imperial to British English Metric This app contains a beautifully illustrated 3D globe with multimedia features hundreds of facts about the world s cultures and regions in cluding live country facts The hard cover book sells for 20 This app with way more features sells for about 5 at the iTunes app store In vite your child into this magical world and fuel their future dreams Go to www barefootworldatlas com tpnav 1 to find out why it was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the top 25 apps for children in 2012 It is listed as appropriate for ages 4 and recommended for ages 9 10 would not wait that long to have my child play with it If they can t read take the opportunity to sit down with them and use the app together The pictures and animated drawings call out to you from the screen They each and every one are saying Pick Me Pick Me can foresee many hours spent checking out all the information found in this app Subm
36. ey were named Sys 8 00 C Preferences Info tem Users Applications Developer and Library dare you Library soe S Preferences 4 6 MB to double click your hard drive icon now and count the number of items in it bet Modified Today 1 08 PM the root level of your hard drive is full of miscellaneous crap that does not belong PETT Add lags there Check it out there should be no documents no applications no pictures stored at the root level All of that stuff should be properly filed in the appropriate Document and Application folders General More Info F Name amp Extension When my AutoCorrectXT installation activation failed the QuarkXPress activation script was was clever enough to tell me that it was because the Permissions for the gt Comments Preferences Folder were set to prevent the process from completing In order for the process to complete it was necessary that the activation process update my T Sharing amp Permissions Preferences to indicate that a correct serial number had been entered went to the You can only read Preferences Folder and found that the privileges were set and locked unlocked Name Privilege them and changed them to enable the activation process to have read amp write privi sstem Read amp Write eges ag Write only Orop Box l You should be aware that there are more than one Library No Access Folders in your computer As mention
37. f the image formats there will usually be a request dialog from Graphic Converter for additional speci fications or parameters that will ultimately deter mine the quality of the image and the size in kilobytes of the results GraphicConverter is shareware This means that you can try the program without obligation and free of charge before purchasing lie el ae em Se J A aaa LAQKATT LN VV CIITA ec JI q we f AS ww tJ Is UU S f _ i gt LAFA Rr Art I CA S E 8 Lf vi vi 1 6 6 II E U w ai AN I fr fr fr AAG i Saturation Gamma Sharpness Lewes Rotate Effect preview E Fast mode Apple File Ilcon 1CNS Apple iOS Icon Set ASCII TXT Atari Portfolio PGC PGC BLD BLD BMP Windows BMP Byte Array Header File H Color Table PAL csource C DDS DDS Diskus YUV Electric Image IMAGE EPSF EPS Favicon ICO FITS FIT GIF GIF HP GL 2 PLT HTC Splashscreen rgb565 IBL 8 IFF LBM 1FF IM Chyron Liberty Paint IM IMG XIMG 1MG ISS 155 JIF JIF JPEG 2000 P2 JPEG JFIF JPG JPEG JPS 3D JPEG jps KISS CEL CEL LOGO LOGO LWE LuraWave LWF MacPaint MAC Mobil Phone NGG NGG Mobil Phone NOL NOL Moo QuickTime Movie MOV Mul
38. fonts that offer Open Type Pro features such as swashes true small caps and fractions and discretionary ligatures QuarkXPress 9 Mac Win Enables users to open legacy QuarkX Press files older than version 7 In addition to the Go Pro bun dle customers can choose the option Go Pro Plus for only 449 599 for upgrades and 949 1549 for new full prod uct purchases The Go Pro Plus bundle adds 12 months of maintenance including free un limited help desk support for all technical issues and one free upgrade if released dur ing the enrollment period The Go Pro and Go Pro Plus bundles are available for com mercial as well as site li censes For users who would like to upgrade or purchase QuarkXPress 10 without either bundle the prices are 299 449 and 799 1399 respectively Customers who purchase an upgrade or a full copy of QuarkXPress 10 together with the Go Pro bundle starting 1 April 2014 need to reg ister their license first and then complete the redemption form using their bundle serial number Once redeemed users will receive their additional bundle items within 20 working days Customers have until 13 December 2014 to redeem the free bundle items To learn more about QuarkXPress 10 which features the new Xenon Graphics Engine HiDPI and Retina support and over 50 new and en hanced page layout features please visit http www quark com 10 Quarks software enables organisations of all sizes to mee
39. found the answer In most cases you just have to find where it is posted Submitted by Michael Shaw Barefoot World Atlas The World at your Child s Fingertips Touch Print is known for its innovative new brand of digital text books reviewed Gems and Jewels back in the Feb 2013 DoubleClick have also had the op portunity to look at their Chemistry app called The El ements can t decide whether to call these two items ebooks or apps They are a blend of both see these as the future of school text books where you can not only read the text but also interact with a lot of the content This time around will be reviewing Barefoot World Atlas which is Touch Print s version of a Bare foot Books publication Barefoot Books was estab lished over 20 years ago It is an independent publisher specializing in carefully crafted children s books CDs games puppets puzzles and gifts that try to instill values in their young readers while inspir ing creativity The hard cover book version has 52 pages of facts about the world about us with pull out maps and fold out booklets and panels for various lo cations Barefoot World Atlas reminds me of the Chil dren s Encyclopedia used to read and look at in my much younger days Not only was there a description of the item but there was always at least one accom panying picture It is these books which fuelled a lot of my dreams They are the reason why wanted to visit the Mam
40. g using them The Visionboard and Chester keypad meets my current computing needs better than any regular sized keyboard has done in the past two or three year After soending those years peering more and more closely at regular keyboards through stronger and stronger glasses can now report that my new VB2 s large keys are a pleasure to be hold and to use can actually see and read each and every key clearly My dexterity problem the creeping advance of arthritis into my fingers during the same several years had severely reduced my already im perfect typing ability resulting in me even more frequently hitting two keys at the same time causing frustrating errors the Visionboard and its companion keypad have almost eliminated that problem and the resulting stress that it had caused for me They could not make me a proficient typist they do have their limits but they have significantly help make my day to day typing more accurate and my use of the computer again pleasurable The increased size keys have a slightly different touch to those on my old keyboard but have quickly ad justed to the difference What s missing There are a couple of things absent from the keyboard and keypad 1 On my previous keyboard had control option and alternate keys located at both ends of the space bar on my new keyboard only have them on the left side 2 The lack of a numeric keypad as an integral part of the Vision
41. gital wh e photographers This one is called AKVIS Draw and it shares the same general interface and usage characteristics that we have found in the ma jority of AKVIS titles we have looked at Like the other AKVIS titles AKVIS Draw is available as a Stand alone application and as a plug in _ to a photo editor like Photoshop or Ps Ele aa Php Ti ments and is available in versions for Windows 3 wA N y y l l Thick Strokes and Mac The program can be downloaded in E tam Li the form of a fully featured 10 day free trial 7 p 1 3 be 3 iia 0 D al Hatching Intensity from the AKVIS website so you can try before you buy The price of the program varies with the type of installation and the end use During 3 t i the trial period you can try all options and aoM Hatching Density choose the license you like Non commercial li 3 ff amp cense for stand alone or plug in is 50 and both together is 80 Commercial license for both together is 90 The functionality of the Dispersion program depends on the license type Saturation Extra Detail Simplification Sensitivity Presets _ AKVIS Default iy The program comes with a huge library with 28 Coemi Presets and appears to work best with images 2 Hatching Intensity that do not have a busy background The ren dering tends to smooth out blurred back
42. he installer asks for the se rial number before it installs the software Either way it seems to always work just fine Except when it doesn t The installation was successful The software was installed had a peculiar Mavericks related installation issue with some software don t think that there is anything particularly unusual about my set up or the software in stalled and have never encountered this problem before As you all know the se rial number information and your custom settings for an application must be stored in the Preferences file for that program One of the recommended all purpose solu tions for when a program starts acting flaky is to assume that the Preferences are corrupted and delete them Of course if you delete the Preferences for a program you will be asked for this information the next time you launch tt GoBack Close 1 AutoCorrectXT has not been activated AutoCorrectXT does not have write access Make The Preference Folder is located in the Library Folder at the mine that ne oam ae Goins has read aE root level If you double click on your hard drive icon it will for the folder OS Root Library Preferences open a window that shows all of the visible files and folders that exist at the Root Level of your computer When your computer was brand new from Apple there were only a very few Folders at the root level All of them are special Th
43. ight and left arrows Pushing these takes you to the next article from the atlas If you decide to direct your search a bit then you will use the globe icon found at the top left Tapping this brings down the Starter atlas package You can direct your search by region country or specific feature With the regions the world s land masses and ocean are bro ken up into 19 specific areas that can be explored separately Tapping your choice centres the globe on that area With countries you get an alphabetical listing of all the countries with their flag Using Armenia as an example when tapped its name the globe zoomed in to Ar menia There was a picture of its geological boundaries and a larger flag The capital city Yerevan is listed next with the actual time and weather shown as well as how far away it is from your location Be neath this is a short article describing some of its more important fea tures You can also call up data on the land mass population including how many are under 18 years of age highest point cur rency of cars per 100 people and the average CO2 emission This data is live being linked to the WolframlAlpha web site The third search option is features Tapping this brings up a very long list of var ious plants wild life or geographical features to choose from There are a few other setting choices you can make These others are under parental con trol This will keep unwanted purchases from occu
44. itted by Marcel Dufresne Unfunny Malware Ransomeware serious Shit for Safari Users As a group of exclusive Macintosh users it has been our tendency to find most types of virus and malware threats amusing After all by definition virus attacks are what THEY get not what WE get If users are running Windows they are pretty much guaranteed to get a virus free with every update and to have to shell out big bucks for anti virus software every year Macs don t get virus infections and Mac users can safely ignore late night phone calls from call centers in India telling us that our Windows computer is brimming over with filthy bugs But have a look at the Macintosh Desktop pictured below This is a new type of malicious virus that has been targeting Apple Mac OS X users Ransomware is a type of malware that can block access to your computer system The original FBI Moneypak virus that ravaged the PC world was discovered in 2012 and primarily targeted Windows Operating System users This new version of the FBI Moneypak malware for Macs uses Javascript to hijack internet browsers specifically Safari on Mac OS X Ransomware exists in the Safari browser not on your computer and is indicative of a Safari issue Don t panic and don t pay the ransom Salant fie Edl e hooks Window help Ransomware will show a full screen browser window that claims All activities of this computer have been recorded All your files are enc
45. le for QuarkXPress 7 8 9 and 10 In terms of how it works with different versions of QXP there is no visible difference when the program detects a word not in its Dictionary it underlines the word in red and shows a small gray box under the word when the cursor comes near the suspect Clicking on the gray box reveals the floating pull down menu listing possible actions and alternative spelling sug gestions If the ability to do dynamic spell checking were all that this Auto Correct XTension could do it would be well worth the 50 price tag But as the name implies there is a lot more to it AutoCorrec tXT adds a new submenu in the Utilities menu of QuarkXPress which is depicted in the image below trom mapping Convert Old Underlines XTensions Manager AutoCorrectXT Profile Manager Make OR Code AutoCorrect Options AutoSpell Story Add All To Dictionary AutoSpell Project Merge Custom Dictionaries Deactivate AutoCorrectXT AutoCorrectXT Help The commands under this menu become active whenever QuarkX Press is open and or text in Quark is selected What each AutoSpell command does is obvious but several items deserve closer scrutiny The AutoCorrectXT Help item will launch a 17 page PDF AutoCor rectXT User Manual It is important to read the manual in order to find out how to enable and find all of the AutoCorrect features like the menu above The AutoCorrect Options tab as shown above will
46. lly is by underlining in red any word that is suspect If the word is deemed by the user to be correct but merely unfamiliar it can be ig gt nored or added to the AutoCorrect Since Quark released the QXF xT Dictionary so that any and all ago QuarkXPress has been al future occurrences of the word will be accepted as correct As you can l in the example presented here program has come up with four sug gestions from the Dictionary as logi cal replacements Since none of them is correct chose to add QuarkXPress to the Dictionary Jo QuarkXPress Nas Deena bete In the example shown here ac on One feature lve wished for In cidentally put a double a into uarkAFress Is 0 60 0 available As soon as finished tion is avaailable in a 50 XTensio typing avaailable AutoCorrect Corret T is an XTension for Qua underlined the word in red and Ignore offered some correct spellings of Ignore All 806 words that might have intended l Add To Dictionary to type clicked on the correct spelling of available in the Auto Correct list and it instantly ap pears in the text in place of the misspelled word Quakeress Quarrelsome Quarrellings Quarterdecks assailable availably availability compilable QuarkXPress 10 was a hugely different program from QuarkXPress 9 and required a completely new version of AutoCorrectXT On the AthenaSoft website there are versions availab
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48. mory S Test computer video memory Audio Manipulate and monitor the audio signal File Structures A Test file type integrity and structure Version 7 0 2 Build 679 Cores 2 2013 Micromat Inc Run Check Computer Each of the Tests has its own configuration window that shows the progress and then the results of the test and individual tests can be queued up to run sequentially The window at right shows the completed Test window for the RAM in my computer Tech Tool Pro includes a number of Tools that you can select from the list in the Tools cate gory There are ten tools and a couple of moni tors Tools cannot be queued on the dock like Tests since they cannot be interrupted while they perform their individual functions Like the Test section each Tool has its own configura tion progress and results window You will al ready be familiar with many of the processes that most of the Tools perform but if you have any doubts about wha each part of the program does or what the terms mean there is a 102 page Users Guide and Reference Man ual that can be accessed through the TechTool Pro Help menu The list of Tools includes eDrive create remove mount or restart the eDrive partition Volume Rebuild rebuild and repair a volume s directory File Optimization defragment files on a volume Volume Optimization consolidate free space on a volume e Volume Cloning create a cl
49. moth Caves in Kentucky Mount Rushmore Machu Picchu Morocco and Mt Sn fellsj kull in Iceland These books brought the world to my door step for me to explore This app can do the same for the new younger generation When you open up the app you are presented with an interactive 3D global view of the Earth centred on Africa and some gentle back ground music It will not take you long to start exploring this magical globe The globe can be rotated and enlarged with the usual finger motions You can jump right in and start tapping on some of the icons you see or you can direct your search using the globe icon found at the top left leave the settings for now and invite you to start explor ing As you observe a region there are cartoon icons and animated pictures that can be chosen For instance when you zoom into Hawaii you get a cartoon picture of the Mauna Kea observatory and an animated picture of a surfer Tapping the observatory icon brings up a panel with a description of the observatory There is a sound icon at the beginning of the description which when tapped will cause the description to be read to you There is a suitable background sound for each of the atlas many articles In this case for the observatory it is some eerie satellite pinging sounds If you choose the surfer you get a catchy short surfer audio loop At the bottom of all articles is an icon for a real picture of the item At the bottom right is a set of r
50. o Formatting takes over Contributed by Michael Shaw Macintosh Users East AutoCorrect Enable Auto Correct Replace develloping devellopment devellopments devellops develope developement developements developor developors development diaplay didint didn t didnot didnt AutoSpell _ Ignore AutoSpell Auto Correct Options With developing development developments develop develop development developments developer developers development display didn t didn t did not didn t Add Delete vi Ignore Words Containing Numbers Edit Custom Dictionaries AutoFormat Apply Automatic Bullets vi Apply Automatic Numbering oo A Marvel Of Innovations Cancel AthenaSoft develops quality software for clients worldwide As a full service firm we can handle all aspects of your software project right from analysis and design to deployment of the software http athenasoftsolutions com Activating Software Bee Unusual Library Preference Access Problem a aT Introduction Part of the process of installing new commercial software is licensing or activating it i We have all been through it The usual routine is this Install the software via a mounted disk image or optical disk launch the software and put in the serial num Installation Type ber Thank you for registering this software Sometimes t
51. one or disk image of a volume Data Recovery damaged volume or Trash data recovery Wipe Data securely delete data from a volume Volume Journaling enable or disable file system journaling e Disk Permissions verify or repair disk permissions e Local Network see what Bonjour enabled devices and services are running on your local network Video monitor calibration and iSight verification e 010 manipulate and monitor the audio signal This new version of TechTool Pro is fully compatible with Mac OSX 10 9 Mavericks Techtool Pro includes the option to install the Tech tool Protection system preference where you configure automatic functions that operate in the background In particular you can config ure Protection to track deleted files monitor the free space on your hard drives save backups of critical directory data to help with recov ery in the event of drive corruption and to monitor the SMART rou tines of your hard drives If problems are found Protection delivers onscreen and email alerts Micromat products can be ordered on line or by phone by calling 707 304 5993 Monday Friday 9 AM to 5 PM Pacific Time All orders are delivered by download The full version is for all new users of TechTool Pro is 99 The upgrade is for previous users of TechTool Pro is 39 Submitted by Michael Shaw Version 7 0 2 Guild B79 TechTioal Pro 7 A Memory Test Results Passed p Results From Last Run
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54. play gorgeous slideshows of your photos and play iPhone and iPad games on the big screen The ebook walks new owners through setup and then dives into ex plaining how to best control the Apple TV with the included remote Apple s Remote app or another TV remote You ll learn to customize the icon grid on the main screen enable parental controls and make your screen saver look awesome Josh also covers uses of AirPlay the Apple technology that lets you beam audio and video from an iPhone iPad or Mac to the Apple TV and lets the Apple TV send audio to compatible speakers anywhere in your home TAKE CONTROL OF APPLE TV WATCH MOVIES amp TV LISTEN 10 MUSIC DISPLAY PHOTOS GIVE PRESENTATIONS PLAY GAMES When it comes to content you ll tour the Apple TV s built in video apps iTunes Store Netflix Hulu HBO Go PBS YouTube and more plus get ideas for which are likely to offer what you want to watch But you re not restricted to commercial video The book explains how you can best view home movies and any DVDs or Blu ray discs you own listen to your music or iTunes Radio use Home Sharing to display your photos via the Apple TV and discover iOS games de signed for playing via the Apple TV If you re feeling geeky you can read about how to make Plex bring in even more video content Finally the Apple TV isn t just about entertain ment Thanks to AirPlay it makes a great de vice for giving present
55. r Exten sions and then click on the Get Exten sions button in the lower left corner to shop Apple for Safari add ons There are many wonderful extensions that can be in stalled to modify your Safari browser have only one Extension loaded a ter rific little program called AdBlock AdBlock requires no personal information to run and doesn t monitor my browsing See the pictures above to see what AdBlock does As the name implies putting AdBlock into Safari will prevent ads from load ing in the Safari browser window The fact is advertising on the inter net appears everywhere and takes up a lot of real estate in your browser window Using AdBlock makes everything on the internet run faster because those dopey little banners and obnoxious little videos simply do not load All get is the content of the pages and YouTube video ads are a thing of the past AdBlock removes YouTube video ads before you them what you want software contributions are requested and optional They help sustain the developer s work and keep AdBlock running The program costs as little or as much as you want to pay and credit cards and PayPal are gratefully accepted Apple Safari Extensions page https extensions apple com you will find that the very first Extension in the Most Popular category is AdBlock It is worth noting that if you do go to the am sure that you will want to find out more Check out the AdBlock website https geta
56. r powered light that can last for a few hours when properly charged Nokero produces a vari ety of solar lights http nokero com asked to review one of their de vices and mentioned that would like to use it when camping They sent me the Crestone Pro Solar Light Bulb which is specifically de signed for outdoor use Having a solar light available in the case of an emergency just makes sense You won t have to look for candles and matches or where you last put that flashlight No worries about having enough working bat teries for the flashlight or an open flame in the house Walking around with a candle may have worked all right in the Victorian age but our technological advances provide much safer choices With the ice storms that hit our area this year and the subsequent blackouts hav ing a ready to use solar light was great Besides aiding with the en ergy poverty of the world this light has so many more uses It is perfect for camping especially if you are roughing it Even with elec tricity supplied find that lamps are very limiting when away from home Or how about when out on a boat or out on your patio A solar light is extremely convenient have purchased some other LED lights to use specifically for read ing Some of these attach to the top of the book and shine down Oth ers are just small flashlights which tend to roll around or have too weak a light to illuminate the full page None of these compares to the ease
57. rated power remains in it for up to a year However the longer you wait the harder it is for the battery to retain that charge would recommended that you charge your light at the very least every few months so that you are always ready for a future emergency g NOKERO Taking care of your light is easy Simply place your Nokero device in direct sunlight to charge during the day and take it down at night to use as a light A lightly damp towel or cleaning solution can be used to carefully remove any sediment that collects on the solar panel over time If you notice your device is not working it may be time to re place the battery Lastly try to avoid letting your device sit in standing water it has been know to rust and you will be ready to enjoy hours MaUsE Membership Now Due of clean energy a If you have not yet paid your yearly MaUsE fees please bring a cheque payable to MaUsE or 45 in cash to the April meeting and give it to Ken Nokero short for No Kerosene designs manufactures and collec tively distributes safe affordable and environmentally friendly solar based technologies Their solar lights and solar battery chargers are high quality and low cost eliminating the need for harmful and pollut ing fuels often used in energy deprived areas around the world Nokero light bulbs can be used anywhere you need light off the grid These lights are unique relative to the competition because of their ease of use
58. review window and can be undone or applied to a saved copy of the image leaving the original image untouched When it comes to saving the resulting image the Save dialog offers the user an extraordinarily wide selection of possibilities in terms of format and quality 20 PG RGB z jo Red Previous Next Save amp Next Share MCR RIAN FR TEER FTI ROI 100 mal o 8 0 Filter Layer View Black amp White Gamma Correction Unsharp Mask Enhance Local Contrast Sharpen Edges Plug in Filter User Defined Filter Color Permutation Color Blindness Unskew Set Proportions White Correction Glass Blocks Shadow Center Brightness Correction Edges and Frames L g 5 Effect Filter Layer Size Resolution Brightness with Curve Brightness Contrast Hue Simple Brightness Contrast Levels Auto Levels Color Balance Highlights and Shadows Equalizer Histogram Equalization Feathering Mode Colors Repeat Invert Despeckle Rotate Average Mirror Channels Frames Median m 3D Shift Curves Red Eye on 7 Red Eye Pro Alpha Channel Red Eye Settings Overlay Grid Pixmap Information Histogram Use Picture as Desktop Image In the upper left corner of the default window there is an Adjust button Easy to miss but actually very important When this button is selected
59. rning like the one below don t panic Just restart your computer again and the router will sort out the addressing again to eliminate the issue Another device on the network is using your computer s IP address Try connecting again later If you continue to have problems change the IP address of this computer or the IP address of the other device Contact the network administrator if you need more information March MaUsE Meeting Report As was mentioned in last month s issue the topic for he March MaUsE get together was Gadgets lan ran the show such as it was and invited various members to show off gadgets that they use with their computer iDevice digital camera or simply on its own There were quite a few gadgets shown and discussed and a good time was had by all The grand prize in the raffle was a certificate for a copy of Micromat TechTool Pro 7 which was won by Bruce The Crestone Pro Solar Light Bulb N210C From Nokero am always on the lookout for efficient green products Even though we have plenty of energy here in Canada we must think about the fu ture There are a number of free energy light sources on the market have a flashlight that can shake up and down to produce light An other one has a crank that will power up a flashlight and the radio that is part of the device These work well in emergencies but hardly pro duce hours of light would rather have a sola
60. rring That is until your child can read the instructions To enter these settings the screen will indicate in words for you to press one of three shapes Now you can turn on off the background music You can turn on off the title being automatically read each time personally like having both of these on at all times The music fits in well with whatever am looking at At the bottom left corner of the main screen there is an icon for Barefoot Books It will ask you to join the Barefoot World Atlas community Here you will find like minded parents and educators You will be able to share ideas and suggestions on how to better use the app Again it is to your ben efit to sign up for this added feature You can connect with Facebook or your email to get news competitions and ideas for activities based around the app lt Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla UK Antigua and Argentina Armenia Aruba Dutch Australia Austria Azerbaijan The last option want to write about is the language setting Amazingly you can have the complete atlas converted to one of six languages This includes the audio as well as the written words You can choose from British Spanish Catalan French German and Japanese The audio listened to was first rate You better know your French if you pick frangais It is 0 quickly being intended for French as your first language The same can be said for the others Coul
61. rypted Don t try to unlock your computer Your browser has been blocked due to at least one of the reasons specified below The browser window will then list the crimes involving copy right and related rights law violations distribution of prohibited porno graphic content neglectful use of a personal computer and more The browser window according to the alleged FBI Cyber Department or some other government authority will then insist that the user must pay a fine using a service such as Moneypak or the computer user will face a stiff fine or charges leading to serious jail time The fine that the hackers are extorting can range anywhere from 100 to 500 In essence the hackers are holding your Mac for ran som With this type of malware there is no actual infection on the Mac system but the victim is led to believe that there is You will find your Safari browser window cannot be closed and you may need to perform a Force Quit of Safari Force quitting your browser will re sult in the same window reopening when you open Safari again due to Apple s restore from crash feature on Mac OS X So it goes ina cycle where every time you try to leave the page Safari reloads it and every time Safari starts up again the same page will be reloaded Mon 1 3 AM QE FOLA 9 HAS EEN LOCHT 8 fi gfe 265 TTA p TIFA 4 1 T N ke le hisses Yoko See http ieee fbi gov id
62. se to get it Because it is paperless it can be purchased for much less than a paper edition Also if a new edition of the book comes out your original 10 purchase of the book allows you to easily update your current copy for free There are clickable links right in the text so that your book immediately leads to other sources on the same topic lt is readable onscreen which means you can control the size of the print If you use Preview you can even highlight sections without messing up the book use a copy of the original if you are worried by JOSH CENTERS You can even print up a paper copy of the book if you feel the need The catalog is very extensive and can be accessed from Take Control at http www takecontrolbooks com catalog They offer free sample sections of all their ebooks and a money back guarantee so try one out anytime As readers of the DoubleClick you also now have ac cess to this coupon CPN90219MUG which entitles you to a 30 discount on the purchase of a book The Apple TV may be the smallest component of a home entertain ment system but its size is in stark contrast to the vast quantity of content that it can bring to life through your television With it you can consider cutting the cord to your cable company and ditching that expensive monthly bill And with the advice in Take Control of Apple TV you can go far beyond watching movies and TV shows to make the Apple TV into the hub of your stereo system dis
63. sh Hack entosh amp MacClone computers The DoubleClick is published using a 2 8 GHz iMac Extreme and QuarkXPress 10 An antique Kodak DX7590 is STILL being used for all pic tures Everything not specifically attributed to someone else can probably be blamed on the Editor Back issues can be downloaded from the MaUsE website lt www mause ca gt Submis sions from MaUsE Club members are almost al ways welcome Maybe that last bit is an exaggeration Send your submissions and articles to me at lt 0 1611860 gmail com gt especially if there are files or pictures attached have never refused a submission yet Because we care about the envi ronment the MaUsE DoubleClick is created using only recycled electrons matter was neither created nor destroyed in the process of creating this issue There is always room for another piece on any Mac related topic and make room if there isn t would like your submissions But won t beg Apple Macintosh and the Apple logo are trade marks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries The MaUsE Macintosh Users East is an Apple authorised Macintosh user group Michael Shaw Editor About MaUsE Macintosh Users East also known as MaUsE is the most active Apple authorised MUG Mac User Group in Southern Ontario MaUsE is here for users of all Apple products including Apple computers iPods iPhones and iPads Henry
64. t customer demand for engaging relevant communications when where and how they want them Our solutions combine the power of XML with flexible layout and design to automate the delivery of customer com munications to print Web and interactive experiences on the latest digital devices Financial services firms manufacturers and govern ments around the world rely on Quark solutions to elevate customer communications to new levels reduce time to market and lower costs A AAAAED E TECHNOLOG creek My need my search Over the last few years my vision has gradually deteriorated due to macular degeneration More recently arthritis is increasingly af fecting my fingers and thus my manual dexterity am a two fin gered hunt and peck typist never having learned to touch type In other words need to look at the keys whilst typing and over the past year typing itself has become increasingly difficult for me Reluctant as was and am to give up computing decided to see if could find a keyboard that has large keys with large easy to read letters and symbols engraved upon them that would restore to a large degree the ease with which could type and use my computer My search of the internet discovered two companies Chester Creek Technologies Inc and Greystone Digital s BigKey Com pany Both of them offer their own brand of keyboards with BIG one inch square LARGE EASY TO READ KEYS Chester Creek off
65. ter and remove all dust particles that can cause thermal and electrical problems Run basic Apple diagnostic test on hardware to identify any issues Tune up and repair hard drive volume file structures Overall evaluation including recommendations on how to achieve peak performance Get outdoors this spring __ 00616 Only available in the GTA at Mainly Mac Call us today because you know we love the Mac as much as you do 905 201 8460 We dont just repair Macs we sel them too Universal Access On the Move Mac OSX 10 9 Mavericks After upgrading to the OS X 10 9 Mavericks Developer Preview tried to run one of my favorite everyday OS X applications Dragon Dictate This neat little application one that both lan and have demonstrated at MaUsE Meetings in the past allows the user to dictate by speaking directly to your computer and have the words appear on screen in any email chat or any application that accepts text Dragon Dictate uses OS X s GUI scripting control features to work its magic and it requires you to enable access for assistive devices in System Preferences each time you install it on a new computer After upgrading to Mavericks Dragon Dictate gave me the familiar message about enabling assistive devices Dragon Dictate cannot run when Accessibility is disabled Turn on Enable access for assistive devices in the Universal Access System Preferences panel
66. ti Picture Object 3D mpo OTA bitmap format OTA Palm PD8 PEM portable bitmp file format PBM PCD Photo CD PCD PCX SCR PCX PDF portable document format PDF PGM portable graymap file format PGM PICS PICT Sequence PICS PICT PICT PCT PICT from Resource PNG PNG PNS 3D PNG pns PPM portable pixmap file format PPM PSD Photoshop PSD PSION 5 MBM OTL QTL RAW RAW RSB RSB RTF Rich Text Format RTF Scalable Vector Graphics SVG SGI SGI Slices HTML Softimage STAD PAC Startup Screen SUN Rasterfile SUN SWF Shockwave Flash Image SWF T28 T2B TCL Image DAT 5 201 6 RGB Buccs 2 9J 8 Options Adjust Save inde Rede Rotate Right Rotate Left Previous Next Save amp Next Share Rating p Geometry Adjustment P Distortion Effect Blur P Sharpen Color Adjustment Color Effect ine Pho ian Effect a ty F Stylize a x Halftone Effect 1 a Tile Effect Generator Gradient b Transition Composite Photo Efed To But wait there s more Under the Filter menu there is a command to open the Core Image Filters This command takes away the default Tools palette and replaces Xe847 Automatic X it with a stunning array of filt
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