Many people know about keyboard shortcuts. These are key combinations with the Apple/Command Key and another key. For example, “Apple”+”P” will bring up the print window. This article is about lesser known shortcuts, and other keyboard tricks that you may or may not know about.
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Have you ever tried to empty the trash and you get a message saying that certain items could not be deleted because they were locked? If so, you can empty the locked items by holding the “option” key while emptying the trash.
Intego Internet Security Barrier X4 Antispam Edition DP
Company: Intego
Price: $99.95 (US)
http://www.intego.com
When John Nemo asked me to review this product, I wound up having to buy a copy of Parallels for my Intel Core Duo Mac mini. I had put it off for a while, but in hindsight, I’m glad I did it. As I reported previously, the Parallels and Windows XP Pro installations went extremely smoothly, as did all the zillions of Windows security patches that had to be installed.
First, a little about the products. Intego, a friend of the Macintosh community for a number of years (my employer had literally thousands of copies of their old product DiskGuard installed on our Macintoshes–until our Macs went away…), revamped their product line and rather brilliantly put together a package of their products to support the growing number of Intel Mac users who were experimenting (and productively using) products like BootCamp, Parallels, and VMWare’s “Fusion”, which permit Macs to run alternative operating systems like Windows and Linux, among others. Intego’s Internet Security Barrier X4 Antispam Edition DP product was specifically designed to support Mac users who also run the Windows OS on their computers, by bundling their key products for both platforms into one inexpensive package.
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Taking Control of Running Windows on a Mac
Company: TidBITS Electronic Publishing
Price: $10
www.takecontrolbooks.com
In May of 2006 David Every of MyMac reviewed Joe Kissell’s ebook, Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac, and determined that in his view it was the best book so far for the average Mac user who wants to jump into the world of running PC applications.
Now the book has been updated in a second edition, bringing it up to date with the latest developments in Apple’s Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop, and the Q emulator.
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Cardette
Company: Moshi
Price $35 US
http://www.aevoe.com/moshi
The Cardette is a new card reader from Moshi. You could say, “So what?” there are lots of other card readers out in the marketplace, but this one is a just little different. Most card readers are simply that, card readers and nothing more, but Moshi has designed a few nice little extras with this one, like designing the cards it can accept with the future in mind.
However, let’s start with the basics. First and foremost, this is a card reader and as such can read just about any card out there, with the exeption of Smart Media, which I happen to need for my older Olympus camera. Currently the Cardette supports the following cards:
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This, our 120th weekly podcast episode, was recorded live at the Apple Store. Tim and Chad give away a ton of software and hardware during the events Apple Quiz. We also interview Dan Knight, publisher of LowEndMac.com, as well as Joel Mueller from MacUpdate.com. Plus we announce the winners of our home contest. All that, plus a special moment at the end of the show.
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Join MyMac.com for a live recording of their 120th weekly podcast. The podcast will cover such topics as Apple TV, what it means to podcast, and the impact of the iPhone on all Mac users. Look for some very cool giveaways as well.
Win great software and hardware by answering Apple, Inc. trivia questions. Tim and Chad will be giving away the following products:
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Normally, Macspiration has articles geared towards beginners. This week I have a more advanced tutorial for you.
A few months ago a friend of mine became a grandfather. He asked for my help in making a baby announcement. At first I was going to use Photoshop, but I decided to do an experiment in iPhoto. The experiment worked perfectly, and saved a ton of time. By combining iPhoto’s book tools, and Photoshop, we made a pretty nice announcement.
Before I go any further, I am going to assume the reader can import photos into iPhoto. I’m also going to assume the reader can make albums. If not, check my archive of articles, you’ll find directions there.
One final note- I made a baby announcement for this project, but you can really follow this procedure for any photo project.
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EH 150
Company: Sennheiser
Price: $39.99
http://www.sennheiser.com
After playing around with cheap headphones I came to the conclusion that many do with devices like this; you get what you pay for. That doesn’t mean you can’t get a decent set of headphones without spending a fortune though. Case in point, the Sennheiser EH 150 headphones. For less than 50 bucks, you get a pleasant sounding, easy to wear, and quite comfortable set of headphones that while you might not want to use them exclusively with a high-dollar audio setup, they work great with your laptop or portable media player.
The well-cushioned padding will fit around most ears and allow for some pretty decent noise cancellation as well for those who spend a lot of time say on planes or trains. They are light, but don’t fold so whatever manner you transport them in, make sure there’s enough room to store them out of the way while not in use.
Pluses: Comfortable, decent sound, light, good noise reduction
Minuses: Doesn’t fold, so you need some space to carry them
Most current Macintosh computers are self-contained sound studios. Every new iMac, MacBook, and MacBook Pro has built-in microphone, speakers, and recording/mixing software. Why bother purchasing additional gizmos that do the same thing Apple includes?
When you speak or play music into the Garage Band application, your voice or instrument is recorded accurately, but often with less quality than you expect to hear upon playback. Output is clear, but not very robust, using a computer’s built-in speakers. Skype, iChat, and many other recordings exhibit latency echo, because of an inherent delay caused when audio travels over the Internet.
What to do? Spend a little more, and get a lot more!
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HarmonyAudio
Company: Miglia
Price: Varies quite a bit. Not more than $100
http://www.miglia.com/
The Miglia Harmony Audio is a FireWire based audio input device for your computer. It has a very simple design (which is a plus) for recording two devices as long as those devices use 1/4-inch input jacks. It interfaces easily with Apple’s GarageBand and (unlike most USB devices) allows you to have two unique tracks fully editable within that program.
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Russ Walkowich joins Tim, Chad, and Guy for a talk about Verizon High-Speed internet, as well as his long history at MyMac.com and the latest Apple and Macintosh news. Nemo interviews the one and only Deke McClelland, one of the preeminent Macintosh writers in the world. And David Cohen returns with a look at the Windows version of Microsoft Office 2007.
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My daughter is 6 years old. Many days when she comes home from school, she drops her backpack on the floor and leaves a trail of hat, mittens, & coat to the living room, opens the PowerBook and inserts a CD-ROM or tells the AirPort to dial up the internet. By the time my wife & I are done talking to my sister in law, who brings her home most days, and notice the trail, Katie is well into her game or on whatever web site suits her fancy.
Welcome to lynda.com, and to one of the easiest and most comfortable learning situations I can imagine.
I covered the simple history of lynda.com a while back in another article I wrote for MyMac.com while I was attending the Macworld Conference and Expo earlier this year… Lynda.com is THE place to go for your “web” education. I had the good fortune to meet and speak with some of the folks who make lynda.com tick. It is through them that I was given a temporary window to the site in order to look around, get comfortable, and enjoy the video tutorials at my leisure.
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It’s not that I’m slow to update things; it just happens that where I live outside Washington, D.C. things just take a bit longer to arrive. It was only in 2004 that Comcast Internet access arrived in my neighborhood, and I was one of the first to sign up. I just couldn’t take dialup anymore.
Now Comcast Internet was good at first but overall, Comcast service for TV and their customer service (I was a customer since 1990) just was the absolute worst. No matter what the problem, I had to be there to “let the technician” into the house. It didn’t matter if I told them that the curb side pylon had been run over by a garbage truck, I needed to be home. (and no, I would not let the tech into the house if the problem was outside) The worst part was that the quality of the TV never improved despite numerous service techs over the years and despite some techs truly intense efforts to improve the quality of the product. What really started to irk me was when I began to experience Internet outages and the response from the tech people on the phone was always that the cable modem or the router (mine, not theirs) had failed and I would need to go to the store and purchase a new one… or sign up and have theirs installed and pay a monthly fee. Well, I guess you know that didn’t happen. What usually occurred was that the problem was up the street on the main roadway and one of their techs was already working on the issue but I should run to the store and buy some new equipment.
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