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Advanced Mac OS X

You can create simple applications to handle repetitive tasks, such as automatically rotating 10 or even 1,000 images simultaneously.

Getting Everything in iSync (MacBook)

No jokes about boy bands, please. iSync is the data transfer and synchronizing utility application that ships with Snow Leopard, and it works fine with both wired and wireless Bluetooth connections. The difference between Bluetooth File Exchange and iSync is a matter of intelligence: ♦ BFE merely transfers files and dumps them in the folders […]

Bluetooth: What a Silly Name for Such Cool Technology (MacBook)

Originally, wireless computer connections were limited to IR (infrared) and 802.11b (the original Wi-Fi specification for wireless Ethernet networks). This was fine; after all, what were you gonna connect to your Mac besides other computers? Ah, but progress marches on. A little Danish history Enter the explosion in popularity of modern cell phones and personal […]

Adding Wireless Keyboards and Mice to Your MacBook

The current crop of Mac laptops arrive at your doorstep in a fully wireless configuration: Apple throws in an internal Bluetooth adapter and an internal AirPort Extreme wireless card. Everything’s already included for you. Therefore, you can indeed work keyboard and mouse magic from across the room from your laptop, using a wireless keyboard and […]

Putting Bluetooth to Work (MacBook)

Topic 6: In This Topic Using Bluetooth for wireless connections Adding wireless keyboards and mice Moving data amongst devices with iSync Adding third-party utilities Printing over a Bluetooth wireless connection Time to talk cordless. Your MacBook is already pretty doggone all-inclusive because what most computers string together with cords has been integrated into the laptop’s […]

At Least One Game (MacBook)

To be completely accurate, Mac OS X already comes with at least one game — a very good version of chess, which I cover in the next section — but the Macintosh has never been considered a true gaming platform by most computer owners. Until recently, many popular Windows games were never ported (or converted) […]

Utilities That Rock (MacBook)

The next stop on this Cavalcade of Software is an assortment of the absolute best you’ve-got-to-get-this utility applications. Sooner or later, you’re likely going to buy (or register) these utilities because you’ll use them every day. StuffIt In the Windows world, the Zip archive is the king of archiving formats. An archive contains one or […]

If You Positively Have to Run Windows (MacBook)

Here’s where Mac power users usually start grinning from ear to ear like Santa’s elves on the day after Christmas, because — get this — many of the great Unwashed Windows Horde still actually think that you can’t run Windows on a Macintosh! Can you believe that? Obviously, they haven’t heard of Boot Camp, which […]

All Hail FileMaker Pro (MacBook)

If databases are the name of your game, you’ve already been using FileMaker Pro for years (on both Mac and Windows, more than likely). For the uninitiated, FileMaker Pro (www.filemakerpro.com) is the premier database creation, editing, and maintenance application for Mac OS X. It comes with dozens of ready-made database templates for business, home, and […]

The Morass of Digital Video (MacBook)

Two types of applications make up the DV market: digital video editing (in which you create a movie) and DVD mastering (in which you take that movie and create a DVD movie). You can find a number of great applications on the market in both these categories, all at different price points and different levels […]

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