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1. Peter Fitchett 960 8189 pfitchett netaccess co nz MS Word Euan Kennedy 980 5712 gonebush paradise net nz Networking Ian Orchard 352 4064 Jan Orchard ihug co nz Peter Fitchett 960 8189 pfitchett netaccess co nz Photoshop Warren Matthews 379 3071 sallys preschool xtra co nz Systems management problems Bart Hanson 384 5510 bart orcon net nz Systems OS9 Euan Kennedy 980 5712 gonebush paradise net nz Ian Orchard 352 4064 Jan Orchard ihug co nz OS X Ian Orchard 352 4064 Jan Orchard ihug co nz If a topic you require assistance with is not listed go to the AUGC s Website http www appleusers co nz These members are willing to provide help to members but there may be a charge you will be told first Applebyte page 27 About the user group Patron President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Committee Help Snail Mail Website Aims The Apple User Group of Canterbury Incorporated AUGC isa non profit organisation which exists for the purpose of exchanging ideas and expertise about the use of Apple computers the Macintosh operating systems and related hardware and software Committee Murray Wood MagnumMac Nigel Cooper 3 377 5582 president appleusers co nz Noel Strack 3 355 4546 vicepres appleusers co nz Jim Pollard 3 358 7943 secretary appleusers co nz Raewyn Saunders 3 384 8070 treasurer appleusers co nz Peter Fitchett 3 960 8189 editor appleusers co nz Eion McI2. old style numbers old style figures J 569 Numerals designed with varying heights and descenders for an elegant look not great for math problems but nice on invitation envelopes or personal stationery Standard design numerals are not referred to as new style but lining figures proportional font Mimi A font whose letters take varying amounts of horizontal space depending on the actual character width so an m takes about three times the space of an i We re used to seeing proportional spacing in most computer fonts but typewriter like monospaced fonts give the same amount of space to every letter serif sans serif S E RI F A serif is a decorative embellishment at the end of a stroke line on a font character A sans serif font sans Sa ns is French for without lacks these embellishments Arial Helvetica and Verdana which is used for the body of this book are sans serif fonts Many sans serifs have sans in their names such as Gill Sans some include the word Grotesque Grotesk or Gothic typography terms that describe this unadorned design smalcani SMALL real A character format that uses capital letter designs for both uppercase and lowercase letters in text SM ALL fake with the uppercase simply larger than the i lowercase Unless you use a font with purposely designed small caps characters small caps won t look right a program mixes two different sizes of the font which means everyth
3. The AppleByte magazine is now available in both digital and printed formats The cost of a printed copy of AppleByte is bundled into each member s subscription The AGM will be asked to consider whether this cost should be separated from the subscription so that members will have the option of receiving their copy of the magazine in the digital format only Subscription Rate The AGM will be asked to confirm the Committee s recommendation for the subscription rate for the coming year The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion As our case is new so we must think anew and act anew We must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country Abraham Lincoln 1862 Applebyte page 17 Virtual Apple Phil Shapiro Virtual Apple A Web Site Review http www virtualapple org In the beginning was the Apple II Woz and Jobs looked down upon the Apple II And it was good Those of us present to witness this miracle of computing will fondly enjoy traveling back to those days via the Virtual Apple web site which lets you run many Apple II and IIGS programs right within your browser Collected on the site are over 1 200 Apple II disks that play virtually in a browser You ll need to use a Windows computer and ActiveGS Firefox plug in to play the Apple IIGS games If you run Windows on your Mac you can pla
4. emptied deleted Opening a folder in Stacks may smoothly open the new folder in Stacks while shrinking the parent window as a small icon on the top left thus allowing you to quickly navigate in and out of folders while remaining in Stacks i 3271033 a170jpg 3271033 9279jpg Open in Finder 305282pq 670609 pg 881859_3 jpg 896018 pq Sources http www appleinsider com http www macrumors com Applebyte page 7 Special offers Peter Fitchett Note These specials are available to all user group members Contact Peter web appleusers co nz for access or coupon codes ThermaPAK Laptop Cooling ThermaPAK s http www thermapak com products php patented HeatShift Technology is a unique blend of phase changing material PCM created by research and development engineers It requires no refrigeration no laptop power which extends battery life is easy to carry approved for airport security and performs better than USB fan style products The HeatShift Laptop bag is made of a high density memory foam for strong protection and has a removable HeatShift Pad inside Ranging in retail price from 27 99 US 13 laptop to 34 99 US 17 laptop this user group special takes 25 percent off ThermaPAK s Laptop Cooling HeatShift Pads and HeatShift Bags are also available at a discount This offer is valid through April 30 2009 Mobigrip Device Leash Mobigrip http www mobigrips com mobigripdevicel
5. Virtual Apple site happen This site is not only a vital historical landmark it provides real value in the educational realm There are hundreds of just for fun games here too if that s what you enjoy Don t forget to listen to some late 1970 s music or 1980 s music when visiting this web site That will give you the complete historical experience Virtual Apple brings a tear to my eye It really does In the page 18 Applebyte history of technology the Apple II is right up there with the Wright Flyer When Woz designed the Apple II that s when our imaginations first took flight The reviewer is an adjunct professor of education at American University in Washington DC During the early 1990 s he designed educational software for Apple II s that was sold to elementary schools and families nationwide Reprinted with permission Note To use Apple gs software in a browser you require a Windows environment and either Mozilla Firefox Or Microsoft Internet Explorer To use Apple software in a browser you need to have Java installed Mac OS X or Windows Alternatively you can download an emulator and the disk images 15 DISCOUNT SEE BELOW 15 DISCOUNT SEE BELOW ometre Budget Vehicles Cars Vans Campers amp 4WD s 248 St Asaph St Ph 03 377 5582 Applebyte page 19 Microsoft Retail Stores Brennon Slattery and others 10 ways Microsoft s retail stores will differ from Apple s Microsoft announced pla
6. Zealand seems to be at the end of the world and we all know that the internet isn t fast enough for all these multimedia intensive websites but it is getting faster and even here there is a place for non textual websites Curt is able to look behind the eye candy to distill the essential design processes involved and to identify some of the trends that are taking place in our world and for this alone this book is worth a little of our consideration Thanks to Peachpit Press for providing a copy of this book for review page 16 Applebyte AUGC AGM Secretary Notice is given that the 2009 AGM of the AUGC will be held at 7 30pm on 25th March 2009 for the purpose of electing officers and committee for the coming year and to consider any required business The AGM will elect President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Editor Web Administrator and up to 5 committee members Nominations will be accepted at the AGM for all positions We really need your support and interest in running our group and ask that you consider where you can give your assistance If you would like any information about any position available please contact any of the current officers and committee all of whom will be happy to answer any questions you may have In addition to the above elective positions there are other tasks that may be more suitable to your resources PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE AGM Business AppleByte Magazine
7. a couple of years My interest was recently piqued however on learning that a new self paced guide to learning AppleScript had been published and it was with considerable S anticipation that I awaited the arrival of AppleScript 1 2 3 AppleScript 1 2 3 The first thing to strike one about this book is its size almost 900 pages long and about 1 7 kg in weight The book as a whole is divided into two parts which are further divided into thirty lessons or chapters Part I Instant AppleScript covers the basics of writing scripts and its twelve chapters are meant to be read in sequence while Part II Essential Topics deals with a variety of topics that can be explored as the need arises It might be noted that chapter 12 ends with the following statement p 415 In Apple Training Series page 10 Applebyte the next chapter youll assemble everything you ve learned up to this point and think about overall design of your scripts That will bring Part I Instant AppleScript to a close But the next chapter is in fact the first chapter of Part II and there does not appear to be any chapter on the overall design of scripts The authors assume no prior knowledge of AppleScript on the part of the reader but by the end of the first chapter appropriately titled The First Step you will have learnt how to write a useful script for resetting the Desktop display The second chapter Dict
8. am sure the best person always did get the job and a fine job they all did Thanks Les Allan Bart Craig Raewyn Michael Ian Well in 2007 there was no vote in fact there was no candidate at all It took three months to discover that the hat fitted my head that year If the hats fits wear it someone said so I tentatively volunteered And fearfully began the job It has turned out to be a joyful not too demanding experience For one thing Noel as vice president volunteered to be the meeting chairman whenever I couldn t be there For another Jim as secretary did the mail clearing banking and other paper work Raewyn returned as treasurer and keeps a tidy set of books Eion attends committee meetings and gives his ideas for the content of meetings our primary task after all And Peter keeps the web page flag flying as well as edits the magazine our most important asset and flagship Without the magazine I doubt if the club would exist So all I had to do was like other committee members attend the monthly committee meetings plan for the next month or two and think up something to write about under Pres Sez This task has been fun Whenever I sit down to start an article I have no idea what to write about or where it will lead me but after starting I am always surprised to see about 1000 words appear I give the editor the authority to axe edit anything he wishes to He usually leaves it as is except
9. carpool to get to meetings If you don t have a car and find it difficult to get to meetings please contact a committee member to arrange transport Usually there is someone living near you who can offer a lift Meeting programme Wednesday 25th February 2009 Monthly Meeting e Welcome and News e Due to last minute unavailability a surprise e Look at Recently released software iPhoto 09 e Information Exchange Come along and share your pas sion for Apple products Learn about the latest technology and enhance your skills And meet with old and new friends over supper Also remember to try your luck with the evening s raffle Visitors welcome 4 ka Applebyte page 3 Submitting your article Electronic submissions are preferred to save wear and tear on my fingers Just choose whatever format suits and send it to editor appleusers co nz One page is roughly 450 words Most article are less than 4 pages but longer articles may be accepted if of particular interest or relevance Please ask in advance if you are planning a longer article Please write clearly short sentences are recommended to help you do this Use a spell checker If you are quoting some other article please include an acknowledgment of your source Pictures can help explain your article so by all means include one or more if appropriate The format is not important jpeg tiff and gif are all fine but try to provide a hi
10. positive you want to purchase something at least twice 8 Xbox 360 section of the store will be organized in a ring which will inexplicably go red occasionally 9 DreamWorks will design a scary in store theme park ride called blue screen of death 10 Store emergency exits will be unlocked at all times so people can get in anytime they want even if the front doors are locked Non announced features continue to be leaked Microsoft does not seem to either confirm or deny e The new Microsoft stores will be open 29 5 7 the extra hours added will be used to cycle through all the extra boxes that keep popping up page 20 Applebyte during a normal install as well as the search for drivers to get anything to work e They will be disguised as pawn shops or porn stores so you won t be quite as embarrassed going into one e Store will have to be reinstalled every couple of months due to slow performance of sales people because all of them got virus infections e They will be empty e Not to be outdone by Apple s NY glass cube entrance Microsoft will come up with a shape for the entrance to their NY store but it will be a Mobius Loop so walking through the entrance will eventually place you outside the store and upside down Reprinted from 7oday PCWorld com blog and other sources Bold text areas are active links Google Earth 5 beta Google has released a new version of Google Earth its geographic informa
11. that he s laden with sin So Ill call him Obama sin Laden I think he s been hiding in Afghanistan or somewhere before these elections and just emerged in time for the campaign Anyway he seems to talk an awful lot about the country and its future and what a mess the world s economy is in I wonder if that s what our president is meant to be doing No I don t think that s it Well after a lot of thought I have come down on the job being one of leadership Yes our president leads meetings and speaks out on behalf of the club Well that s my answer to Raewyn Oops I hear the members whispering where were you when we met at half our meetings last year Good point So I didn t do that part very well But thanks Noel for standing in and carrying the flag there and Bart on one occasion when both Noel and I were unavailable Speaking out Well I speak to many individuals I meet about the club As do all of you so you all qualify for the role of president And I suppose a third task is to write a column for the monthly magazine I could never do that I told myself for about 12 years ago after the first Applebyte page 5 time someone asked me to be president During that time I managed to avoid the job by making sure there was a vote and I always abstained from voting I wished the best person to get the job and made sure he she earned it without my vote to help or hinder them One year I lost by two votes But I
12. that he might add a threat like knocking my knees in with a baseball bat on a dark street at night Nothing to worry about as I hid his baseball bat at the last barbecue he and his wife hosted the committee for and he hasn t found it yet Thanks for a lovely meal Peter And so we start a new year next month The committee feel we do need at least one new face on the committee Fresh fish for breakfast Those of you who have managed to read this far are clearly committed enough to the club to be candidates for this position Please consider volunteering You only need to half whisper your thought in Peter s ear and he ll take note Why Peter Because when I half whispered my offer to the whole committee Peter was the only one who heard it and took it up If he hadn t I wouldn t have volunteered a second time found Have a great meeting this month on 25th and I hope to see you at the AGM on 25 March page 6 Applebyte EionMcIntosh Apple is preparing to add new feature to iTunes 8 which will allow video purchases streamed directly from the Apple servers without having to physically download the file to your local computer Called iTunes Replay it allows shows to be viewed so that it does not hog disk space on your own hard drive A complaint of the current service is that files have to delete after they have been viewed or archived because of the amount of disk space they use up Now we just need an internet that wil
13. Magazine of the Apple User Group of Canterbury Inc Waimairi School February 25th 7 30 pm APPLEBYTE is the monthly magazine of the Apple User Group of Canterbury Inc Submissions for publication are due by the 12th of the month of publication Please submit all articles to editor appleusers co nz Copyright 2009 Apple User Group of Canterbury Inc This publication is copyright to the Apple User Group of Canterbury Inc Individual articles may by copyright to their authors or publishers and are reproduced here with permission Contents Meeting venue 3 Meeting programme 3 Submitting your article 4 Prez sez 4 Rumours 7 Special offers 8 Review AppleScript 123 10 The X Lex 12 iMumble 13 0 15 Review Web Design 16 AUGC AGM 17 Virtual Apple 18 Microsoft Retail Stores 20 Google Earth 5 beta 21 New in the Mailbox 22 SeniorNet Mac 25 Apple Fools Paradise 26 Group contacts 26 Appleline 2l About the user group 28 Applebyte is produced on an Apple MacPro using Pages software The magazine is printed by PrintStop http www printstop co nz Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of yen Are each month except WAIMAIRI SCHOOL December beginning MEE 4 at 7 30pm at Waimairi bf School at the end of 2 Tillman Avenue off ei Bligh s Road a ci Papal Road Drinks and snacks are i Z available while we all calm down after the excitement of the meeting Some members
14. Review AppleScript 123 Rolf Giebel AppleScript 1 2 3 A self paced guide to learning AppleScript Sal Soghoian and Bill Cheeseman Peachpit Press 2009 ISBN 978 0 321 14931 2 Like most Mac users I had long been aware of something called AppleScript but had always assumed that it was for geeks rather than for ordinary users But then some years ago probably after having performed the same series of repetitive actions for the zillionth time I decided to take a closer look at AppleScript and bought AppleScript The Missing Manual by Adam Goldstein O Reilly 2005 This book is aimed at the absolute beginner and I still make daily use of some very simple scripts that I wrote with the help of this book But apart from the most basic of commands I never really understood what I was doing and so writing a script was very much a hit or miss affair Wondering how I might move on to the next stage I came across AppleScript The Definitive Guide by Matt Neuburg O Reilly 2004 I was especially drawn to this book by the fact that it treats AppleScript as a language But rather than providing a step by step course in how to master the language of AppleScript it could perhaps be better described as a reference grammar and as anyone who has studied another language will know studying a grammar book is not the most effective way to learn a language I thus found myself at an impasse and AppleScript was left by the wayside for
15. all about the iPhone 3G including tips and tricks You ll quickly see that this is a learning tool like no other It s fun quick and completely interactive Usually the downloadable version is 24 95 US for a limited time you can buy either boxed or download or both for 20 percent off See http ItsAboutTimeProducts com This offer is valid through April 30 2009 Welcome to Macintosh Welcome to Macintosh http www welcometomacintosh com The documentary for the rest of us is the first movie of its kind to explore the many ways Apple Inc has changed the world Topics include Apple s history innovations and community The DVD is NTSC Region FREE ALL You pay only 15 99 US compared to the retail price of 19 84 US Welcome to Macintosh is an independent motion picture and has not been authorized sponsored or otherwise approved by Apple Inc This offer is valid through March 31 2009 Note These specials are available to all user group members Contact Peter web appleusers co nz for access or coupon codes For further specials see our website r www digitalfusion co nz DIG ITAL FUSION enquiries digitalfusion co nz DATA AND WEB SOLUTIONS p 64 3 377 3797 Software tailor designed for your business Website design and database integration NZ s largest team of FileMaker professionals Y leMaker FileMaker gt Solutions Alfiance tutions Alliance Applebyte page 9
16. anize your life by performing a task such as speaking a line of text on an interval to remind you to get up from the computer and stretch or to perform a system backup In the case of a backup then even get Digital Sentry to do it for you by executing a shell script More info or download the free 15 day trial from http www koingosw com products digitalsentry php Your baby is developing very nicely Would you like to send him an e mail StatPlus mac 2008 from AnalystSoft AnalystSoft updates StatPlus mac a heavy duty mathematical and statistical analysis suite for Mac users by making the product easier to use and adding new types of graphics and calculations The updated statistical package is now available in English French Spanish German Italian and Russian languages and is offered at deep discounts to multiple license buyers and educational facilities The new volume discounts are structured to make StatPlus mac affordable during the current economic downturn and make the cost of the powerful statistical package almost an order of magnitude lower than ever before StatPlus mac has all the features from Microsoft Analysis Toolpak offered in Excel 2004 However unlike Microsoft Analysis Toolpak Applebyte page 23 StatPlus mac is available in Excel 2004 and 2008 while extending its functionality and bringing it to entirely new level Unlike Microsoft Analysis Toolpak StatPlus mac offers its users dependable
17. ave a program that translates text into Pig Latin wouldn t you like to have that feature available everywhere If the application can share this service the program s name appears in the Services submenu and its services presumably Translate to Pig Latin and Translate from Pig Latin appear in its submenu active only under the right conditions when you ve selected text In a program that supports Services Those particular services page 12 Applebyte And that s the problem The conjunction of cosmic forces you need to get Services to work when and where you want sometimes seems beyond the capacity of Mac OS X although it s almost always the fault of the application you re in when you re accessing the Services submenu So who should I blame when I can t use the services from Apple s Grab utility when I m in Apple s Mail or Safari or in the Finder As a result many people ignore the Services menu much of the time And we can rarely figure out where most of our Services came from And removing them It would have been eyond bay the ope scay of this ook bay except that we can recommend you try the donationware Service Scrubber from Many Tricks http manytricks com Zune Microsoft s iPod killer apparently a very subtle assassin Just My Type We ve gathered the basics of typograpical terms because the Mac was the first fontastic computer ascender The part of a letter or other character
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19. eatened with immediate closure unless he came up with the money to buy it out within one week He couldn t but I could and did as I have got my cars repaired there since the 1970s He s very good at his job and constantly gets work without advertising If you need any work done on your car s body ring John on 366 5318 J A Ward panel beater and car painter 194 Wordsworth St Sydenham Mention my name and you ll get a good price So bang goes my idea of slowing down this year Rather the opposite So I am thinking it would be wonderful to hand over the baton of president to another member this AGM in March At the last committee meeting each member was asked whether they were willing to serve another year in their present capacity One after the other they said Yes which was a joy to hear Some years there have been a chorus of No s I was the one who hesitated Then Raewyn the treasurer asked me What exactly do you do as president Man oh man don t women know how to be tactful Can t they put their points more delicately There s no need to hit me over the head with a sledge hammer What do I do Well I of course er I as your president um Now let me see Perhaps I better think what a president ought to do There s been a lot in the papers recently about a certain black man called Obama that some country is calling their president Some people think he s an angel others
20. from your Desktop or sidebar more fully described in the unmount entry EULA End User License Agreement YOO la The fine print in every software package that nobody reads Boiled down to its essentials it basically says You think you bought this software but you didn t we re just letting you use it we still own it You cant sell it or even give it away without our permission And if it doesnt do what we claimed in our advertising or in the user manual tough We dont promise that it will work at all If it turns out to be unusable or if it crashes and screws up your computer its not our responsibility Sound farfetched Try reading a EULA sometime The software industry is the only business in the world that routinely gets away with this kind of tough beans no guarantee licensing Apple calls it an SLA Software License Agreement but the meaning doesn t vary much Services submenu Every application menu that is the menu with the current application s name has a Services menu item Its submenu usually has two dozen or so items maybe half are not dimmed at any given time Of those 75 percent have submenus of their own and all the choices in them are dimmed 82 4 percent of the time Or so it seems The Services menu is a good idea A service is a feature of an application that can be used by other applications It also can be supplied by the Operating system or even a standalone service plug in Say you h
21. gh quality image 300 dpi if possible For screen shots you can use the build in Apple functions Apple Shift 3 or Apple Shift 4 or a utility such as Snapz Pro available from http www macdownload com Next Deadline 12 March 2009 Nigel Cooper Tis almost 12 February and as all readers of this magazine know the alarm bells start ringing in my ears reminding me that yes the time is ripe for me to sit down and write something for the magazine So Pd better begin doing just that to set an example which I hope you are following Now that I have reached the age of superannuation you might think it is high time I slowed down a little Working seven days a week on three businesses is not everyone s cup of tea So I planned my first real holiday in five years in January and took 12 days playing chess in the Queenstown International Classic Tournament which drew over 80 players from overseas plus many more locals The samp standard was very high the mig competition fierce and I had Na many good games although the final result card 2 5 out of 10 is not flattering But it was about where I was expected to get and I enjoyed it and had some lovely refreshing walks as well page 4 Applebyte Just before the tournament a friend of 35 years rang up in distress John is a panel beater The 50 year old business had suddenly taken a turn for the worse after the painter owner died the previous year and John was being thr
22. ing about the letters is two different sizes not just their heights but also the thickness of the lines that make up the letters and even how much room characters take on a line x height The height of the lowercase letters in a font not counting drab those with ascenders like d and b Sharon Zardetto and Andy Baird Reprinted with permission Take Control The Mac OS X Lexicon is an ebook available at http www takecontrolbooks com mac lexicon html User group member discount 10 on all Take Control titles Queries xlex 33thingsbooks com Email Sharon sharonLex 33thingsbooks com or Andy Andy 33thingsbooks com about the Lexicon page 14 Applebyte Barry Clark 1Walk Just to iLlustrate the iDiocy of walking school buses iMust recount two experiences of mine over the last little while Half a dozen maybe eight year olds on their way to school were standing on the edge of the footpath waiting for their bus driver to catch up to them and help them across the road One called back to his mum and asked iF they could cross She replied for them to wait She caught up looked left and right then took them across the road Not a car iN sight and not a single kid looked for themselves Sometime later a similar 1Ncident A kid stood there eyes down until his mother took him by the hand and led him across still eyes down Why aren t kids iNstructed how to cross a street Now 1 M not talking motorways here simply
23. ingo Koingo Software is pleased to introduce a new addition to our lineup Digital Sentry It monitors your system for specific events and then can perform a vast array of unique actions in response Use it to automate certain redundant computer tasks perform covert surveillance or even protect your sensitive data during unauthorized access or theft Digital Sentry is shareware and can be downloaded for a free 15 day trial from our web site Licenses are 19 95 to unlock the full version An Intel or PowerPC Macintosh with Mac OS X 10 5 or later is required to use the software Watch for such system events as waking from sleep program launches closes or switches file modifications incorrect password attempts mouse and keyboard input and many more Then perform any number of tasks like sending an e mail shutting down the computer starting a simulated self destruct pinging a web URL taking a web cam shot page 22 Applebyte taking a screenshot playing a multimedia file speaking some text executing a shell script the list goes on Curious who s been using your computer while you make a quick trip out of the room Turn on the incorrect password attempt monitor and have Digital Sentry take a picture of them with a web cam e mail it to you and then sending you a notification by text message to your cell phone Ideal for catching a thief in the event your laptop has been stolen Alternatively use Digital Sentry to org
24. ionaries I found especially helpful One of the reasons that I had never made much progress with AppleScript was that I did not really understand how to read the dictionary carried by every scriptable application But after having studied this chapter I feel far better equipped to utilize an application s dictionary Subsequent chapters in Part I deal with topics such as identifying finding and manipulating scriptable objects variables conditionals repeat loops and error handlers and according to the authors once you have mastered these you ll be a very dangerous person I can t say that I feel particularly dangerous yet but then I am still having trouble getting to grips with repeat loops Part II begins with a detailed guide to Script Editor the utility for composing editing compiling and running scripts that is included with AppleScript Other chapters in Part II deal with subjects such as working with text manipulating image files running scripts on schedule and creating dynamic scriptable databases I didn t find the practical examples some of which are quite complex applicable to my own computing needs but I am sure that other people would find them useful Each chapter begins with a brief overview and ends with a summary and a What s Next section The chapters themselves vary greatly in length but they are all accompanied by a wealth of examples both illustrative and practical and each examp
25. is before in 2001 he wrote Fresh Styles for Web Designers Eye Candy from the Underground At that time the dot com Sai bubble was the vogue and web design was struggling with incompatible web browsers Today web technology is largely standardised but still pushing boundaries and Curt sees enough change to take a fresh look at contemporary developments in web page presentations I probably made a mistake when I first read this book by taking it away with me for a weekend so I couldn t jump onto the internet to see actual examples of the styles being described This isn t to say that the book doesn t contain ample illustrations of actual web pages it does but somehow the printed pages don t have the same impact as you would see on your computer it is all to do with the differences between printed and displayed colour spaces so I would suggest that you have your browser handy when you are studying the different styles in the book There are several messages that reoccur throughout the book the most obvious being that websites have different purposes and audiences and use different styles to project their intended purpose But below this is another set of messages that are worth considering An example is that the idea of an original design style is a myth nothing comes from a vacuum Contemporary web designs build on yesterdays ideas and will in turn provide the ideas on which to build tomorrow s designs New
26. l get the video to us fast enough to prevent unexpected pauses Owners of the Mini DisplayPort equipped line of Apple Macbooks who want an easier way to output video to their TV or other HDMI devices may soon have an option Snow Leopard A number of new options are floating about Quicktime Pro features will be built into Quicktime without any other cost Over many years these features have been grayed out in the menu unless you spent about 50 to upgrade to the Pro version To try and reduce the disk space Leopard requires Apple is looking at loading printer drivers on demand This means that instead of installing gigabytes of files required required for all printer the system will only load the files it requires for the existing printers Other printers can be installed when required It may also include tools borrowed from the iPhone that let developers determine the geographical location of Macs as well as extend additional support for multi touch to their apps The Put Back feature under Mac OS 9 gave users the option to restore any Trash ed files before the Trash is emptied back to their original locations with a simple Put Away command For some reason this capability was lost in the transition to Mac OS X In the latest Snow Leopard builds it s back as Put Back So any accidental disposals can now easily be restored with a simple click Again this only works for files that have been moved to the Trash but not yet
27. le is thoroughly explained The text interspersed with illustrations is well laid out and easy to follow and there is also a fairly extensive index indispensable for a book of this size In addition the Foreword refers to downloadable examples and scripts from the book s companion Web site but I was unable to find them If they are actually available it would be helpful if they were more readily accessible All in all AppleScript 1 2 3 1s to be highly recommended for anyone looking for a comprehensive and practical introduction to AppleScript It seems to me that one s scripting skills grow in direct proportion to the degree to which one is able to imaginatively harness the almost unlimited possibilities of AppleScript to one s own actual computing needs and this book should provide the reader with plenty of material to stimulate his or her imagination towards this end Thanks to Peachpit Press for providing a review copy of this book Applebyte page 11 The X Lex Andy Baird and Sharon Zardetto Monthly Excerpts from Take Control The Mac OS X Lexicon Jumping the Snark The Mac as much as we love it and Apple as much as we admire it they re not perfect We re not above snarky commentary here and there most of it 1s deserved And okay one little swipe the general misuse of a word for ejecting a disk dismount The final move in a gymnast s routine You probably mean unmount the way you remove a volume
28. ns to open retail stores hoping to boost visibility of many of its products and its brand The move seems to be an effort to mimic the success that Apple has had with its retail stores The news is just too tempting not to have some fun with The top 10 non announced store features 1 Instead of Apple s sheer walls of glass Microsoft s stores will have brushed steel walls dotted with holes reminiscent of Windows security 2 The store will have six different entrances Starter Basic Premium Professional Enterprise and Ultimate While all six doors will lead into the same store the Ultimate door requires a fee of US 100 for no apparent reason 3 Instead of a Genius Bar as Apple provides Microsoft will offer an Excuse Bar It will be staffed by Microsofties trained in the art of evading questions directing you to complicated and obscure fixes and explaining it s a problem with the hardware not a software bug 4 The Windows Genuine Advantage team will run storefront security assuming everybody is a thief until they can prove otherwise 5 Store hours are undetermined At any given time the store mysteriously shuts down instantaneously for no apparent reason No word yet on what happens to customers inside 6 Stores will be named Microsoft Live Retail Store with PC Services for Digital Lifestyle Enthusiasts 7 Fashioned after Microsoft s User Account Control UAC in Vista sales personnel will ask you whether you re
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30. opular and or Microsoft alike that the virus writers decide apple is getting too big or too big for its boots to leave alone any longer So I continue to worry Should I disconnect my broadband connection every night Is it safe to buy an Intel Apple model They are appealing Do I REALLY need any sort of protection now If so what What do you think Group contacts Editor Peter Fitchett 3 960 8189 editor appleusers co nz Web Editor Peter Fitchett 3 960 8189 web appleusers co nz Mailing Lists Peter Fitchett 3 960 8189 listadmin appleusers co nz The AUGC Discussion List is for members who wish to discuss club matters The HELP list is open to all Mac users who wish to give or receive assistance Contact Peter to join these mailing lists page 26 Applebyte Appleline The following members are willing to give some voluntary help to members who have problems Please respect the time they give as many have a working life as well as catering for family needs Difficulty deciding who to contact For advice where to start contact Sally Tripp or Peter Fitchett Beginners new users Sally Tripp 329 9752 sally tripp xtra co nz Mike Holliday 383 1698 holliday ihug co nz Appleworks Ian Orchard 352 4064 Jan Orchard ihug co nz Desktop publishing Pagemaker Indesign Belinda Carter 942 3000 b carter paradise net nz iWork Pages iLife Peter Fitchett 960 8189 pfitchett netaccess co nz Internet
31. performance and accurate repeatable results exactly the way the much more expensive statistical packages such as SPSS do The new release of StatPlus mac adds more types of data analysis and processing as well as a number of brand new graphs including statistical charts and ever control charts like CUSUM and XBar chart that are not available in Microsoft Excel and are hardly accessible in other statistical packages such as SPSS About AnalystSoft Founded in 2001 AnalystSoft specializes in developing software tools for performing complex mathematical and statistical analysis The company is dedicated to delivering fully featured products for prices that are affordable to teachers engineers and college students More info etc from http www analystsoft com en products statplusmac Layered Screen Captures from wuonm wuonm is proud to introduce ime Layers 1 0 their unique screen e capturing utility for Mac OS X E am Particularly suited for graphic and s Ea web designers alike technical 5 El writers and developers screenshots captured in Layers are Adobe sra o PhotoShop compatible allowing a a anyone to save them as fully e layered PSD files composite ise images or as separate PNG image JB e files Easily obtain full fledged aE PSD files with one layer per x E rea window including menu and desktop icons dock and menubar With an easy to use Inspector Layers features several option
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33. s of the most useful information about the iPhone with a particular focus on helping you work more effectively avoid problems and fix any existing problems The book normally costs 15 but as a limited time introductory discount you can get it for 10 with a coupon Taking the Murphy s Law approach that if something can go wrong it probably will Ted explains how your iPhone figures out where in the world it is how it connects to Internet and cellular data networks and how it communicates with your Mac You ll learn key details of syncing with iTunes and via MobileMe how to manage your apps and ways you can share files with your Mac The ebook helps you get the most life from your iPhone battery and connect a Bluetooth headset and it provides tricks for typing more quickly and accurately You ll find a cornucopia of advice for making the most of the main built in iPhone apps including iPod Phone Mail Maps and Safari But that s not all extensive problem solving sections help you solve network problems resolve sync conflicts avoid crashes and if necessary restore an ailing iPhone from backup The ebook covers the iPhone from a Macintosh point of view though most of the information is useful even if you connect your iPhone to a Windows PC The ebook also covers the iPod touch we just couldn t figure out a clever way to work iPod touch into the title See http www takecontrolbooks com iphone Digital Sentry from Ko
34. s to further customize screen captures Users may filter screen elements to show or hide items such as wallpaper or Finder icons on their Desktop or select and save specific items The Inspector allows users to configure advanced options as well including Framing Shadow inclusion Opacity or layer bounds Layers can handle several displays too so users can disable enable the capture in each display Layers features default preferences for UI settings the location where captures are saved and user defined Hot Keys Feature highlights include e Fully compliant native PSD file generation e Convenient Menubar access page 24 Applebyte e Completely Customizable capture using the Inspector e User Defined Hot Keys e Generated PSD has the screen capture grouped e Handles various Displays e Supports any application that can read PSD files Layers 1 0 is priced at 19 95 USD for a single user license A full featured demo that generates water marked images is available wuonm is offering a launch promotion for 14 95 USD For more information see Layers 1 0 http layersapp com 2000 Randy Glasbergen www glasbergen com THE COMPUTER SAYS NEED TO UPGRADE MY BRAIN TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH ITS NEW SOFTWARE SeniorNet Mac Computer Training Lessons Two hour sessions once a week for four weeks Course notes are provided Classes are small with a maximum of six students and two tutors per lesson Social Even
35. that sticks up past the naD t height of most lowercase letters A b and t have ascenders baseline In font design and layout the invisible line on A ff mimsy were which the letters sit The distance from one the borogoves baseline to the next in a block of text which is referred to as simply line spacing in word processors is known as leading ledding from the lead used in traditional movable type in typography so that s what s it s usually called in layout programs descender piggy The part of a letter or other character that falls below the baseline of other characters p g and y have descenders dingbat A decorative typographical element The other half of the famous Zapf Dingbats font name belongs to its designer Hermann Zapf Ert A eve 19 Aw Vv ots r ligature A pair of letters connected by design for either easier reading rit fla t or a special look as with f or fl In many fonts common fit flat ligatures for double characters are actually a single substitutive character so backspacing once with Delete might erase both letters depending on how smart your program is about handling ligatured characters Applebyte page 13 monofont monospaced font Mimi A font designed so that every character takes the same amount piima of horizontal space no matter how wide the actual character like Mimi old typewriter output Courier is a monofont Also see proportional font
36. tion software The new release is available for free download from Google s Web site T The new 5 0 release now features 3D bathymetry you can explore the ocean floor Depending on the 3D capabilities of your machine you can even see wave motion on the surface of the water when you tilt your view Previously Google Earth sported a 2D relief map of major ocean features but with 3D ocean view you ll actually see 3D terrain underwater Environmental information about the ocean including fishing and whale migration tracks have also been added Historical imagery is new it enables you to turn back the clock to view historical satellite imagery on different locations Google Earth s capabilities extend beyond just the planet Earth too you can now view Mars using the same controls you d use to navigate around Google Earth The Mars maps include satellite imagery along with 3D terrain high resolution images and a view of the tracks and locations visited by Mars landers System requirements call for Mac OS X 10 4 or later 1GHz or faster processor 256MB RAM 400MB hard disk space 3D capable graphics with at least 16MB VRAM Applebyte page 21 New in the Mailbox Peter Fitchett Take Control of Your iPhone Second Edition Ted Landau s Take Control of Your iPhone Second Edition is now available Ted s a writing machine and he has pumped out a 183 page compendium plus additional online resource
37. ts Held on the fourth Wednesday of the month Newsletter Supplied every two months The Learning Centre is situated in the Cranmer Centre Poolhouse which is accessed from Montreal Street at the Armagh Street corner Contact If you would like to join SeniorNet Mac and are in the 55 plus age group please contact Tom Mitchell at 03 338 9837 or email t mitchell snap net nz or else leave a message on the club s answerphone at 03 365 2003 Applebyte page 25 Apple Fools Paradise David Chilvers I think I must be in such a paradise but I wonder for how much longer My G4 iMac powered by PowerPC chip running 10 4 11 lives very happily on my desk with no Virus checkers no worm catchers in fact no protection at all except what is built into the Apple operating system and the common programmes such as Firefox I have certainly had lots of problems but most have been of my own making Maybe I am being a fool but I have NEVER in 12 years of Apple computing had any infections famous last words But I worry We seem to move closer to The dark side with every passing year For years we have used Microsoft Office software Now we see all models using the same Intel chip as Microsoft software uses Are we seeing a race to the bottom in the name of compatibility How long before the viruses worm programmes written for Microsoft software can attack our software to Or how long before Apple products get so p
38. y Apple IIGS games via that route too As an educator I was particularly happy to see that Number Munchers my all time favorite educational game is sitting right there in the Virtual Apple collection Number Munchers is a Pac Man like game where students munch i e eat numbers on a grid while avoiding the trolls that come into the grid from any of the four sides of the grids I ve seen kids play this game for hours and not get tired of it Used wisely with some supervision from adults or older siblings Number Munchers can be very helpful for 3rd and 4th graders i e 8 to 10 year olds Some younger and older children will enjoy this game too Some other educational favorites of mine are MECC ESTIMATION QUICK SOLVE I MECC ESTIMATION QUICK SOLVE II As I recall these are most suited to upper elementary and middle school students In its day the MECC Communi Keys typing tutor was the best typing tutor on the planet It s still excellent If you are a true Apple II archaeologist check out Breakout a single player version of the classic computer game Pong Use the Option or Alt key to start the ball coming down towards use Use your mouse to move the paddle left and right Best as I can recall Woz himself wrote Breakout in 1977 using Integer BASIC which he himself also created This is the source This is the essence All goodness flows from this Kudos to the good people at Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange for making the
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