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Danger! iPod Could instead of making her surface was clear. Inspection of the wait to Christmas for it. car revealed the side walls on both Be Hazardous To After all, if I didn’t, I passenger tires were torn, and one rim Your Health! would have to burn 25 was badly chewed up. She had Mouse Tales CDs so she could lis- obviously tangled both right wheels By Don Dickey, president ten to the new book! with the curb, but why? Answer: iPod There was a single distraction. Whenever a good deal condition to my gift, appears, I often call Joe Arcuri however. Before shelling out $640 for a new and ask him to “talk me out of chrome plated alloy rim and half that it” if he can. He sometimes does the same with me. The iPod I ordered for a pair of new tires, I realized just Simultaneous failures arrived a couple of how lucky we were. This was a lesson led us to both purchase Umax days before Joe’s, so she walked away from. Had it clones and scanners, Wallstreet one morning I met him and his daugh- happened on Interstate 91 at 65 miles PowerBook G3s, Toshiba M4 digital ter Savannah for breakfast and per hour, things could have been cameras, PowerBook G4s, PowerBoy brought along the iPod to show him. much more tragic, to say the least. drive enclosures, and most recently On the way over to Avon I realized Canon LiDE30 scanners. We are each just how distracting the iPod could be Needless to say, the cassette adapter other’s most expensive friend! A cou- and the inclination to play with it for the iPod no longer lives in the PT ple of months ago, similar while driving. So, I gave the iPod to Cruiser, and I may be burning some simultaneous failures caused us both Joyce under the condition that she MP3s to audio CD. I thought I owed to purchase 10gb iPods from never look at it while driving. She had it to the membership to point Apple.com for $169 each complete to start her book (or music) while out just how captivating an with remote and carry case. “Such a parked and turn it off while parked... iPod can be. The motto of deal”...or so I thought. and use only the remote control to this story is, “Leave home adjust the volume or control play. I’ll without it!” The iPod was going to be a Christmas bet you can tell where I’m heading... present for my wife Joyce. (She works right? with Joe’s wife at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in Wallingford. In Well, this past Thursday evening fact, that’s how Joe and I met... Joyce had an Adult Ed class at the through our wives.) With the long local high school. Just when I expect- In this Issue commute from West Hartford to ed to hear her coming into the house, Mouse Tales...... 1 Wallingford, Joyce often uses the the phone rang. It was her...reporting 911 by Chris Breen...... 2 travel time to listen to audio books. that she needed some help as she had OSX System Enhancers ...... 3 She recently acquired a lengthy book two flat tires on her PT Cruiser. I Dye Sublimation Printers...... 4 that came on 25 CDs, but fortunately Panther Makes PDFs ...... 5 grabbed my portable floodlight, a pair Heartwarming Technology ...... 6 a friend “ripped” them to MP3 which of extra jacks, and headed over to then fit on a single CD. Unfortunately, Download of the Month ...... 6 mount a rescue. Panther Book Reviews ...... 7 Joyce had no way to listen to MP3s in Meeting Photos...... 7 the car. I expected to see a pile of glass or Web Picks of the Month ...... 8 User Group Specials...... 9 I made the decision to give her the nails in the road that might have Meetings & Club News...... 11 iPod at her birthday in early October caused her malady, but the road 1 (http://homepage.mac.com/jschrier/index Mac 911: .html), and Philippe Hupe’s Youpi Help Desk Optimizer (http://perso.club-internet.fr/ by Christopher Breen phupe/english/YOIndex.).

If you’re vexed by Portable Post Office I sync Entourage with my Palm menu-bar items that Tungsten T and my Mac. This is great for won’t go away and my contacts but not for e-mail. How can I the hard-drive sync my e-mail with the Palm so that I can space annexed by work with it while I’m offline? unnecessary language files, this month’s — Eli Zakay, Macworld.com forums Mac 911 is for you. Join me as I detail handy methods for removing extraneous For this kind of thing, I use Ligature Technologies’ Mail Courier ($25; www.lig- Editor items. I also address syncing e-mail with Palms and converting audio files for Final aturetech.com). Mail Courier is made up of Deena Quilty Cut Pro. a conduit, the Ligature Mail application that you install on your Palm, and an Content Contributors Ejecting Eject AppleScript that copies mail between the Don Dickey Rob Griffiths describes how to add an Eject devices. Within Palm’s HotSync Manager icon to the Mac’s menu bar in “Mac OS X (in the Conduit Settings window) you con- Contributing Authors Hints” (Secrets, August 2003). But he didn’t figure the program to synchronize Rich Lenoce provide instructions for removing it. Please Entourage’s e-mail database on the Mac and advise. the Palm, overwrite the messages on the — Matt Palomares, Asheville, NC Palm with those on the Mac, or overwrite Designer the messages on the Mac with those on the George Maciel To remove almost any item from the Palm. In Ligature Mail you browse your Entourage e-mail, reply to it, and create new Photographers Finder’s menu bar (except commands such as File, Edit, and View, which you can’t messages. The next time you run HotSync, John Scott remove by this method), just 1-click on the any messages you create on the Palm are Jack Bass item you’d like to eliminate and drag it to copied to your Mac, ready for sending from the Desktop. The resulting puff of smoke Entourage. Ligature Mail displays only text Publisher and “whoosh” sound effect indicate that the and doesn’t synchronize attachments, and Connecticut Macintosh menu item has hit the road. Note that this each message has a size limit of 32K (any- thing larger will be truncated). Connection, Inc. procedure doesn’t trash the original 41 Crossroads Plaza MenuExtra plug-in, it merely removes its icon from the menu bar. Mail Courier is a viable solution to your PMB 1984 problem only if you regularly toss out your West Hartford, CT 06117 You can also use this shortcut to drag items old e-mail. The program doesn’t let you to a new position on the menu bar. choose which e-mail messages it synchro- Printer nizes — it’s either all the mail in your Budget Printers Lost Languages Inbox, Outbox, Deleted Items, Filed Mail, The tip for freeing up disk space by deleting Drafts, and Sent Items mailboxes, or noth- 1718 Park Street ing. That’s perfectly ducky with me when Hartford, CT 06106 language files was helpful (“Mac OS X Hints,” Secrets, August 2003). Can I do the I’m on the road with my PowerBook — which holds just the e-mail I need for my We welcome submissions same kind of thing by using Find to locate the offending language files (searching for travels — but I’d never use it at home, from members! da.lproj, for example) and deleting them all where my Entourage Inbox contains thou- Please submit articles by first at once? sands of messages. of the month for inclusion in — Mei Chau Hayes, Bedford, NH iPod Is as iPod Does our newsletter. There is much Before I sold my iMac G4, I installed Jaguar talent in our group; it would be Although you can find such .lproj files with the Finder’s Find command, you can’t on my 30GB iPod and moved most of the great to have several member throw them away because you don’t have contents of my iMac’s hard drive to it. articles in each issue. the proper permissions to do so. Many of When I need a Mac, I borrow my room- these files are owned by the root user and mate’s PowerBook and boot from the iPod. are forbidden to you. However, I would still like to use the iPod as an iPod — sync my contacts, calendars, and Thankfully, a host of free utilities can strip music. Is this possible when you’re booting extraneous language files from OS X a computer from the iPod? volumes. Among them are Mike Bombich’s — Greg Lindus, Fort Collins, Colorado DeLocalizer (http://software.bombich .com), Joshua Schrier’s Monolingual Continued on page 3

2 Continued from page 2 the file to CD and then import it into iTunes as an AIFF file, but why both- Sure, a booted iPod is more than System Enhancers for OS X er when iMovie can convert the file by Don Dickey, president happy to perform its primary func- for you? tions. Bear in mind, though, that if the iPod’s music library is linked to your Open a new iMovie project and click As nice as OS X is, I’ve found a old iMac, you’ll lose your songs if you on the Audio button. Drag the song few cool little applications that allow the PowerBook to automatically you want from the iTunes Library make it even better I’d like to update the iPod. For this reason, you window into the timeline. Save the share with you. should configure the iPod for manual project and then choose Export from updating. the File menu. Choose To QuickTime First off, if you attended a recent CMC from the Export pop-up menu and To choose this option, open iTunes, meeting, you no doubt saw a calendar right on Expert Settings from the Formats pop- my OS X desktop. It’s there all the time and click on the iPod’s icon in the Source up menu. Click on the Export button list, click on the iPod Preferences icon and, in the resulting Save Exported automatically updates itself. Desktop Calendar that appears at the bottom right of the File As dialog box, choose Sound To also puts the Month/Date in the OSX Dock. If iTunes window, and, in the resulting AIFF from the Export pop-up menu. you’re like me and have your Dock set to “auto- iPod Preferences window, enable the Click on Save to convert the movie to hide,” you’ll be pleased to find that your Manually Manage Songs And an AIFF sound file. When the conver- download also included DesktopCalendar_ SB. Playlists option. To add songs to your sion is complete, quit iMovie and iPod, drag them from the iTunes This version puts the Month/Date in the menu import the converted sound file into bar instead, just like you had in OS 9. You’ll be library to the iPod (or to a playlist on Final Cut Pro. the iPod). able to see the date without having to click the — Eric Dietrich, Kettering, Ohio time in the menu bar! Find it using Camera Capers Unsolicited Advice VersionTracker.com by searching for When I connect my digital camera to If, like me, you tend to visit the same “DesktopCalendar.” my Mac via USB, Apple’s iPhoto collection of Web sites each morning, automatically opens. I use Adobe the following technique will save you Sometimes I hit the power button to startup my Photoshop to manipulate my photos multiple trips to ’s Bookmarks Mac and go to the kitchen for a cup of coffee. To and would like it to open when I con- menu. Launch Safari and make sure nect the camera. I’ve explored both let me know my Mac is booted up and ready for the Enable Tabbed Browsing option is me, I use a program called Classic Startup iPhoto’s preferences and System selected in the Tabs section of Safari’s Preferences to find a way to achieve Sound. All this does is play a sound as soon as preferences. Click on the Bookmarks bootup and login have completed. It comes with this, but I’ve been unsuccessful. Can button and create a new folder (1- you help? shift-N). Give the folder a descriptive a built-in sound, but you can easily change it to — Robert Steven Connett, Mount name (mine is called Morning Mix), one of your own as long as you name your Washington, CA and copy the bookmarks of your sound file “defaultsound” (one word, no quotes, favorite Web sites into it. Click on the remove its extension if it has one) and stick it in You’re right to look to a preference to Bookmarks Bar entry in the the folder with the application. Another applica- direct Photoshop to open when you Collections column of the Bookmarks tion called Quick Startup Sound does essentially connect your camera, but you’ve window, and drag your new folder the same thing. Since OS X is multi-threaded, missed the appropriate application. into Safari’s main window. Enable the That application is Image Capture you can even get to work while your sound plays Auto-Tab option next to the folder in if you choose a long song! Find either on (found inside OS X’s Applications this window. When you next sit down folder). Launch Image Capture, at your Mac, click on this folder VersionTracker.com choose Preferences from the Image (which now appears in the Bookmarks Capture menu, and in the resulting Bar) and howl exultantly as each site The last little program I’ll window select Other from the Camera within the folder opens in a separate tab. mention today is Sharing Preferences pop-up menu. In the sheet Menu. This program puts a that appears, navigate to your copy of Macworld contributing editor Chris widget in your menu bar to Photoshop, select it, and click on Breen is the author of Macworld’s tips Open. When you connect your camera turn sharing ON or OFF. and troubleshooting column, “Mac in the future, Photoshop should This is great if you like to launch. 911,” as well as Secrets of the iPod: leave sharing OFF most of the time (to save sys- Second Edition and Mac 911 tem resources or for security purposes). It makes Tip of the Month (Peachpit Press). Find Chris’ books at it easy to toggle it back and forth without mak- You want to include that great tune www.amazon.com and www. ing the trip to System Preferences. you purchased from the iTunes Music peachpit. com. Store in a video you’re editing in Final These three applications are now fully Cut Pro 4. But Final Cut Pro won’t User Group Special: Get 12 issues of compatible with both Panther and Jaguar. I import the file, and QuickTime Pro Macworld for $12! Subscribe today at added all three to my Login Items so they run on can’t convert a protected file into the www.macworld.com/dollarperissue required AIFF format. You could burn bootup and login automatically. Enjoy!

3 Digital Photography continuous tone thermal transfer It even fits in a camera bag with the process that uses no dots or ink car- camera and produces outstanding Are You Ready for a tridges but instead uses a heated print photos quickly—about 65 seconds— Dye Sublimation Printer? head to transfer cyan, magenta, yellow with the touch of a button. Since there By Rich Lenoce and black ink from a ribbon into the are no multiple ink cartridges, only a paper. During the final stage of print- printer ribbon housed in a single car- Three years ago, I purchased a $199 ing, a clear laminate coating is applied tridge, installation is uncomplicated. photo-quality ink jet printer Ð it was to protect the paper and inks from Also, because dye sublimation print- quickly relegated to the basement. I ultra violet light, humidity and physi- ers don’t need all of the bells and was never happy with the quality. cal damage. whistles to align, size and color cali- Many photos showed bands of lines brate their prints, their print drivers (banding), inks would smear when The dye sublimation process has sev- are very basic making each and every touched, black and white prints eral advantages. First, the continuous printer Mac OS compatible! always had a bluish cast, photos tone is more akin in appearance to true would fade in a matter of months photographs, providing photo-quality Finally, dye sublimation prints have when hung on the refrigerator, and the resolution and color that perfectly the potential to last longer. Since the printer needed to be calibrated and matches the original. Black and white paper receives a clear laminate coat- aligned for proper color reproduction. images remain true without the color- ing during the final stage of printing, The effort to get a good print was try- cast problem that has plagued most the dyes are protected from air, ing my patience. Two months later a ink jets. The edges of objects in a dye humidity and ultraviolet light that “new line” of improved printers would sublimation print remain sharp and cause color ink jet prints to fade. This be released claiming to fix some of the also provides a layer of protection problems but spending another $200 from physical damage. Though manu- for what I consider to be bug fixes was facturers of ink jets have made out of the question. I switched to tremendous improvements in produc- iPhoto’s on-line print ordering but as ing archival quality images, the inks someone who once had his own dark- still reside on the surface of the paper room, the urge to print at home was where they can be damaged by the still there. I’ve since been waiting for environment, poor handling or stor- a technology that resolved ink jet age. Holding a dye sublimation print, issues, not with improvements and it is nearly impossible to tell the dif- patches, but a technology that is ference between it and a high quality photo-ready, providing ease of use don’t exhibit the softening or dither- professionally processed photo. and the highest quality, at prices com- ing that ink jet prints display caused parable to ink jets. That technology is by the ink dots blending together. The Dye sublimation printers have been here, and it’s called dye sublimation. problem of color banding is also elim- more expensive because of the heated inated. print head. Recently, prices have For years, graphics professionals have dropped to be competitive with the used expensive dye sublimation print- Dye sublimation is a simpler process high-end ink jet printers and in some ers to print high quality archival than ink-jet printing, requiring no cases cost less. Prices start at around photographs from digital images but alignment or calibration by a comput- $150 for a small 4" X 6" photo printer the printers started at $10,000 and er, so no computer is required! Most and go up in price based on the maxi- prints were $20 or more each. printers can be unplugged from the mum size of the prints. An 8" X 10" Dramatic advances in technology computer and can be used standalone dye sublimation printer costs around have lowered prices to consumer lev- by importing images directly from a $269, less than the price of a top of the els. Dye sublimation brings the compact flash, multimedia card or line ink jet. These are certainly higher absolutely stunning quality of a high- memory stick or directly from the than the inexpensive photo-quality ink end photo labÐat ink jet prices. camera. The printers can be powered jet printers we’re used to, but are more from a battery, car cigarette lighter, a comparable in price and exceed the How does dye sublimation work? Ink laptop’s USB connection or a portable performance of many high-end ink jet jet printers release colored inks from AC adapter. Canon’s $150 CP200 is printers. Prices are dropping rapidly cartridges in dot patterns on to a completely portable and is barely larg- Continued on page 5 paper’s surface. Dye sublimation is a er then the 4" X 6" prints it produces.

4 Continued from page 4 still need an ink jet ($40+) or laser dpi dye sublimation specification as more manufacturers are offering ($199) to print text. I have had no equates to the best photo-quality ink more models. trouble finding and ordering the paper jets. To truly compare the two tech- and ribbon cartridges on the Internet, nologies, you’ll need to see both Once the printer is purchased, dye but I have had trouble locating them at printers in action and compare the sublimation prints cost about 50 cents local stores. That should change as same prints side by side. per print, comparable to a profession- they grow in popularity. al photo print and it would be hard for I have found my $150 anyone to tell the difference. And the When shopping for a dye Canon gives me photo- accuracy of dye sublimation printing sublimation printer, you store quality with ink jet means less wasted paper and ink, so if will notice the specifica- convenience. you are put off by the higher cost of tions are different than Though it the printer, it should pay for itself in their ink jet counter- only produces cost savings. parts. Printer manufac- Inkjet or 4 x 6 prints, I turers for both ink jets use iPhoto’s Manufacturers of consumer dye subli- and dye sublimation Dye-Sub ordering feature mation printers include Canon, Sony printers specify resolu- Printer? for the occasional and Olympus. tion in dots per inch, but large print. Best due to the nature of the continuous of all, the printer takes up little space One drawback is that dye sublimation tone process, the dpi is far less for dye and can be stored away in small printers are photo-only, and are not sublimation then it is for an ink jet yet carrying case when I’m not printing recommended for doing text. You’ll the quality is as good or better. A 300- photos. 

Panther Quartz graphic engine and create a folder called PDF creates what is essentially a Services in your OS X System Makes screen snapshot of the document Library folder (not in the user PDFs to be saved. This method is not folder). Launch ColorSync compliant with the full PDF/X-3 Utility and select the Filters but- Press print standard that will RIP ton in the ToolBar. Select PDF Worthy! correctly on commercial in the Filter details bar. Add (+) a By Rich Lenoce PostScript devices, nor will it profile and from the pull-down meet the proper preflight criteria. menu select PDF/X-3. Next, Since the introduction of OS X, Even if this PDF is run through select the button called Domains Apple has touted its ability to Adobe’s PDF Distiller, it would in the Filter defaults bar and save files from any application as not be “press worthy,” since its check “PDF Workflow.” Now the a PDF from its print dialog win- origin is still a screen snapshot. “Save as PDF...”will no longer dow, adding full cross platform However, a hidden feature in merely record screen data as a compatibility for viewing docu- Panther adds a very sophisticated PDF, but will be the equivalent of ments and a superior method of processing feature that can make saving or exporting a PDF WYSWYG printing. But is this a document as press worthy as through one of Adobe’s own “Save as PDF...” feature in OS X any from Adobe InDesign, products such as InDesign, truly “press-worthy” ? Can these Illustrator or Acrobat, but this Acrobat or Illustrator. PDFS meet commercial feature needs to be turned on standards? using the ColorSync Utility Now you have the capability of found in the Applications: producing a press-worthy docu- At first glance, the answer may Utilities folder. ment from any applicationÐeven seem to be “no.” The standard Microsoft WordÐwith the exact out-of-the-box “Save as PDF...” To make a PDF/X-3 a press wor- same features found in Adobe’s feature is generated by OS X’s thy document, you need to first own PDF authoring applications!

5 Heartwarming like and very little delay. It’s absolute- technological miracle before them, ly nothing like the crude, jerky, which I found tremendously reassur- Technology stuttering, massively delayed video ing; I could see for myself that none of From the Desk of David Pogue: you may have tried with cheap Web the traveling dad’s worst nightmares cams. In any case, I perked right up had come true. when Tim mentioned his video chats, I took last Thursday off from writing because I had an iSight, too, perched We caught up for awhile; I told a silly this column, and you took last on my screen back home. I had no bedtime story to the kids; we showed Thursday off from reading it. But I idea you could use it across the each other how it was dark out in have a Thanksgiving thought to share, Atlantic. England, but still bright at home. even though it’s about something that Finally, after about 20 minutes, we happened two weeks ago. Indeed you can, Tim said — in fact, he “hung up.” carries his iSight around with him. I was in London at a computer confer- “You mean you have it with you right There’s a lot of junk in technology, a ence. I was jet lagged, on the verge of now?” I exclaimed. “Can I borrow it?” lot of hassle and frustration, a lot of a cold and — after nearly a week disappointment. But this moment was away — missing my wife and two It was about 5:30 p.m., meaning that it like a TV commercial. It was an emo- young children. was 12:30 p.m. at home. On the tional, powerful, simple, perfect chance that my wife was at her com- example of how technology can Following a talk, I asked some strag- puter, I fired off an e-mail to her, change a moment, solve a problem glers in the auditorium if there was suggesting that we try out an intercon- and despite the gulf of time and dis- anywhere I could get online to check tinental video call. tance, bring you face to face with the my e-mail. people you love. It took a few minutes for me to explain A young man named Tim Haigh to her, by furious back-and-forth e- Visit David Pogue on the Web at: offered to show me to a coffee shop a mail messages, how to open iChat and http://www.davidpogue.com few blocks away that had wireless start up the video link. (Most of the © Copyright 2003 Internet access. Tim and I paid our $8 time was spent with me, a color-blind The New York Times Company for the hour, bought fizzy lemon husband, imploring her to click the sodas, popped open our PowerBooks “orange camcorder icon,” which turns and began to . As we chatted, he out to be green.) Download of the Month mentioned that he often sat in this submitted by Debi Foss very coffee shop and conducted video And then, suddenly, there it was: My chats with a buddy in the States, using wife Jennifer’s live image and her http://www.stupendoussoftware.com/ an Apple iSight. voice, transmitted in real time 3,500 Tutorials.html miles across the globe — instantly, Eight free iMovie tutorials from The iSight is a compact, tubular, high- crystal clear and, by the way, free. I Stupendous Software. quality video camera, about the size of paraded around the coffee shop with a Hostess Ho-Ho. It has a built-in my laptop and the iSight, showing her With the growth of the use microphone and lens cover. It has no the local ambiance. (Jennifer, grin- of both digital and analog movie cameras, and the power cord of its own; it connects to ning: “Hey, buy me one of those holidays having just a Macintosh with a single FireWire chocolate croissants!”) cable. As long as passed, I offer you tutorials on how to use iMovie, that software most of you you both have Maybe I was just broadband Internet should have gotten free with your overtired and Macs. connections, you sentimental, but and another iSight it was an almost (or camcorder) This company makes packages of overwhelming plug-ins for iMovie 2 that work on owner can conduct experience. a videoconference. both OS 9 and OS X. They have developed these tutorials that run She rounded up The quality is either from their web site or can be the kids. They downloaded to your own hard drive. excellent: smooth didn’t seem to motion, full grasp the full And it is free; I like free! Did I screen if you scope of the mention it is free?

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9 2003-2004 CMC OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

President Don Dickey Vice President Rich Lenoce Treasurer George Maciel [email protected] 860-232-2841 [email protected] 860-347-1789 [email protected] 860-561-0319

Secretary Chris Hart Download of the Month Debbie Foss Public Relations Neal Dembicer [email protected] 860-291-9393 [email protected] 860-583-1165 [email protected] 860-673-7711

Editor Deena Quilty Webmaster Brian Desmond Raffles Robert Sawyer [email protected] 860-678-8622 [email protected] (860) 668-8728 [email protected] 860-677-7787

Past President Joseph Arcuri Special Events Jack Bass Ambassador Connie Scott [email protected] 860-485-1547 [email protected] [email protected] 860-584-9573

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10 Upcoming Meetings Discounted FREE Monthly CMC Meetings are held on last Wednesday of the month, Books Raffle! 7:00 p.m. Ð 9:00 p.m. CMC continues to offer current (except Nov. and Dec. when the meetings Every member who attends our meet- are one week earlier due to the holidays) members the opportunity to purchase any published book for either Mac or ings gets a raffle ticket for a chance at Board meetings are the first Thursday Windows at a 20% discount. All major a free prize every month! You could of the month. If you wish to attend a Board win . . . t-shirts, toys, CDs, mugs, meeting, contact an officer for location. publishers are carried by our source. software . . . there’s always something January 28, 2004 Call Neal Dembicer at 673-7711 or we’re giving away! Special Meeting & Location! send email to [email protected]. CMC at the Apple Store Provide the book title, the publisher CMC Classified Ads WestFarms Mall and the ISBN number, if possible, and he will check on its availability. Books Panther demo, hands-on G5 trials, Members can Advertise For Sale, MacWorld-SF, great deals, etc. will be back-ordered if not in stock. Normally, the wait is not too long. Swap, Trade, Giveaway or Want to February 25, 2004 Join the many people who have Buy Items. This space can be used by MS Office Alternatives satisfactorily used this service! members to advertise non-business Programs include Think Free Office, items which they are no longer using AppleWorks, TextEdit and Open Office UConn Health Center or upgrading. This is a free service Treasurer’s provided to our members. Future topics include: Report Wacom Tablet Demo Any business items or services can be Lego MindStorm Demo advertised at the rates shown below: If you have a program you are Ending Checking interested in, email Rich Lenoce Account Balance ...... $2013.96 at: [email protected] Monthly Ad Rates Savings Account Balance...$3942.35 Business Card ...... $10.00 Balances as of December 31, 2003 Quarter Page...... $20.00 Half Page...... $30.00 Full Page (or insert) ...... $50.00 Classified Ad New Members Submit all ad copy to the Editor on a disk Spread the word. We need new members! Linksys BEFSR41 4-port “Etherfast Cable/DSL Router” allows you to hook up with nothing else on it or e-mail it for Have your friends and co-workers insertion in the following issue. Display join us for fun and learning about multiple computers (Mac or PC) to share one broadband Internet OS X, the Mac and iMac. ads must be submitted camera-ready in connection. Asking $30. .eps or .pdf format with all fonts & Total Membership: 118 Email [email protected] for details! graphics embedded.

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CMC Meeting Location Ð a PDF document containing a visual direction guide to UConn Health Center on our website: http://www.ctmac.org. Print and take it with you to find us easily!

Monthly meetings will be held at UConn Health Center in Farmington. When hands-on programs require computers for meeting attendees we will be using MxCC in Middletown.

Directions to UCHC, Farmington Directions to MxCC, Middletown From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, From the Hartford area, take Route 9 South. A few Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn right at first traffic light onto miles south of downtown Middletown on Route 9, take Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic light, turn Exit 11 (Rt. 155, Randolph Road). At the end of the right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main ramp (for both N. & S. bound), turn right onto building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when Randolph Road. Continue to the traffic light at the top you get to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two- of the hill and turn left onto Saybrook Road. Go a quar- way there so you should be able to tell where to turn. (Do ter of a mile and turn right onto Reservoir Road. Travel not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second past the stop sign, then take the first right onto Training right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go Hill Road. Your first left will lead into the MxCC past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You Campus parking area. When you arrive on campus, take will see a continuation of the building with its own entrance a right onto Training Hill Road. Go to the second park- area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground ing lot entrance and take a left into the upper lot. floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This Directly in front of you will be Snow Hall. Enter Snow is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are on your Hall and go up the stairs to the 2nd floor and go to the left as you enter. last room on the right, Room 509.

12 Monthly Meeting February 25, 2004 MS Office Alternatives UConn Health Center Programs include RagTime Solo, Think Free Office, AppleWorks LightWay Text, Write/Calc, iText Pro, Nisus Writer Express and more. NEWSLETTER OF CONNECTICUT MACINTOSH CONNECTION, INC.FEBRUARY, 2004

Living the iLife board connected to your I won’t dwell on iTunes 4 since it is the Mac or any combination one component of the package that’s By Don Dickey, president thereof. It’s sort of like still free for the asking. In fact, many of the program “Band in a you have been using it for almost 9 Some folks came away from BoxÐon steroids. Why is months now. What’s cool about iTunes, Macworld in San Francisco this software significant? though, is that it is the one iLife compo- last month saying that Because Apple has deter- nent available for Windows. Your Apple introduced little mined that the majority friends with a PC can finally see for new stuff, and they felt of households with themselves just how good Apple soft- let down. There was a Macs have at least one ware is. new, smaller iPod musician in the family! (called the iPod mini), there was a The cool thing about Garage Band is What do you need to get in on the fun? preview of the new Office 2004 from that you don’t have to be a musician to Any G3 with 0S X (Jaguar or Panther) Microsoft, and there was an upgrade of have a blast with it, but if you are a musi- will run iTunes, iPhoto, and iMovie. the software package Apple calls iLife... cian you’ll have an even bigger blast You’ll need a 600 MHz or faster G3 to nothing significant to many, but very with it. I know this from talking with enjoy GarageBand, and iDVD wants a significant in my point of view. Read on several musicians who ran out and 733 MHz G4. to find out why! bought iLife as soon as it was announced. In my humble opinion, any one of the OK, the iPod mini doesn’t really turn me programs in the new iLife package is on. After I got a 40 gb iPod last year that The iMovie 4 software does something worth the $49 Apple charges for it ($29 now contains our entire music collection better by letting you more easily edit to students and educators). To say that and then some, I just can’t get too excit- your digital video footage than before the iLife 04 bundle is a bargain is an ed about something less. But for those with “nondestructive” tools that work understatement. looking for a more pocketable/wearable right on the timeline. They added “snap juke box, it may be just the ticket. to” precision that really helps you sync If you’re into digital photography, digi- your audio and video. Then, iDVD 4 tal video, or music, perhaps the new And while I didn’t get too excited about does something better by letting you fit iLife ‘04 is the best reason to buy a Mac Office 2004, I realize that the Mac needs two full hours of high quality video on a if you don’t have one... or a new Mac if new versions of Office applications to DVD. They added more “themes” and you need one to run it. Either way, remain current with the Windows world. transitions, and you can now have up to you’re sure to have a ton of fun playing If Microsoft left Office to wither on the 99 chapters in a movie. For anyone with and working with this new software. vine, it would lead to a sad day for us a digital camcorder, these are tremen- Don’t I keep reminding you that my Mac fans. In that light, I was pleased to dous benefits when you get involved in focus is on having fun with your Mac? see this preview come out of Macworld. editing your movies onto DVDs. iLife ‘04 just makes that easier! The other stuff from Apple was mostly “just software.” There’s something real- Finally, iPhoto 4 software lets you work ly cool about software, though. It has the (or play) significantly faster with your In this Issue power to make your Mac do something digital photos. What used to take min- Living the iLife...... 1 new, different, better, faster, or easier. utes now takes seconds. I haven’t got a 911 by Chris Breen...... 2 iLife 04 is all of that and more. clue how they made it so fast, but it is a Buying A Scanner...... 4 remarkable improvement. My G4 feels Review: iLife ...... 6 It does something new and different like a G5 running this package! It also Web Picks of the Month ...... 7 with Garage Band, Apple’s brand new removed the 5,000 photo limit of the PDFs in Panther...... 8 program that lets you compose music previous versions. Who ever thought Download of the Month ...... 8 using recordings of your own and/or we’d have more than 5,000 photos on User Group Specials...... 9 “loops” that come with it (or are added Meetings & Club News...... 11 our hard drive? on) and/or music you play with a key-

1 Mac 911: assigning letters to media drives and hard drives. If you use Windows’ regu- Converting lar file shortcuts, they may point to the Bookmarks pictures on the PC’s hard drive rather than to the files you’ve burned to the and disc. Slideshows And that, dear John, is Why Windows by Christopher Breen Stinks: Reason 9,862. There’s no need Although this month’s Mac 911 fails to to write a single smidgen of HTML turn straw into gold, water into wine, or code to accomplish this task on a Mac. frogs into princes, it does offer slightly Just launch iPhoto 2, select the photos less-miraculous methods for converting you’d like to add to your disc, and select Editor your old Netscape bookmarks into the Export command from iPhoto’s File bookmarks for the current Netscape, menu. In the resulting Export Photos Deena Quilty turning slide shows into Web pages, and window, click on the Web Page tab and Content Contributors dividing drawn-out discourses. enter a title for your photo album in the Don Dickey Title field (MyCoolPix, for example). If Change of Address you care to, change the settings for the Contributing Authors I’ve collected several hundred URLs in number of columns and rows of pic- Rich Lenoce Netscape 4.7 by dragging and dropping tures, as well as for the size of the the small icons at the left end of the thumbnails and images, on the HTML Location field onto the desktop (where pages iPhoto generates. Click on the Designer they turn into files). Then I Export button; in the sheet that appears, George Maciel upgraded to . Now when I create a new folder to store the HTML files in. Select this new folder and click Photographers double-click on one of the old icons, it opens as a file in Netscape, rather than on OK. Your collection of photos will John Scott directing my browser to the site. Is there be saved as a series of HTML index Jack Bass a way to convert my older bookmarks to files that display thumbnails of your work with Netscape 7? — A. E. pictures, as well as folders that contain Publisher Siegman, Stanford, California those thumbnails and the full image Connecticut Macintosh files. Connection, Inc. There is. Download, install, and launch 41 Crossroads Plaza a copy of Alco Blom’s $25 URL Insert a blank CD, copy the folder you PMB 1984 Manager Pro (www.url-manager .com). created to the CD, and burn the CD. To West Hartford, CT 06117 Create a new folder by selecting New browse the finished CD, simply shove it Folder from the Bookmarks menu, and into a Mac or a PC and double-click on Printer give it an intuitive name such as the index page (which, using the earlier Budget Printers Convert. Drag your URLs into this fold- called MyCoolPix.html). The comput- 1718 Park Street er and, once they appear, drag them er’s default browser will open, revealing Hartford, CT 06106 right out again. This converts them into the first page of the index, replete with Web Internet Location files. Double- thumbnails of your pictures. Click on a We welcome submissions click on one of these files, and your thumbnail to view the full image. from members! default will launch and Please submit articles by first whisk you to the Web site associated Short Clips of the month for inclusion in with that URL. When I make an iMovie film, I like to our newsletter. There is much archive it to DV tape. I occasionally need to edit an archived movie, but talent in our group; it would be Picture Disc I read an article in a recent issue of PC when I capture it into iMovie, the pro- great to have several member Magazine that described how to create gram automatically divides it into clips. articles in each issue. an HTML file with relative links to pho- Is there any way to make iMovie cap- tos on a CD-ROM. It contained a lot of ture the movie into a single video clip? HTML code. Is there an easier way to — Jeffrey Johnston, Toronto, Ontario, do this on the Mac? — John Peterson, Canada Manhattan Beach, California It depends on the length of your video. This can be more difficult on a PC iMovie creates new clips when it detects because of Windows’ insistence on Continued on page 3

2 Continued from page 2 sequentially number the segments — Services command in OS X’s Finder Sermon1 01, Sermon1 02, and Sermon1 menu offers a Speech command from a scene change — a convenient feature 03, for example. which you can choose Start Speaking when you capture raw footage, but not Text, but this service works only in desirable in your situation. Thankfully, Load these segments into iTunes and applications such as Apple’s TextEdit, you can easily put an end to this auto- then into a playlist, ensure that they’re in Safari, and Mail. If you’re using matic clip creation. Just select the proper order, and burn them to disc. Microsoft Word, the service is unavail- Preferences from the iMovie 3 menu able. Although you could copy and and deselect the Automatically Start Missing Link paste your Word document into New Clip At Scene Break option. Is there any way to connect a number of TextEdit, there’s a simple way to hear tunes in iTunes, for background music your text within its original application. This may not completely free you from behind a long slide show? — Bill multiple clips. iMovie limits clips to Semplice, Wethersfield, Connecticut Open the Speech preference pane, click 2GB (which works out to 9 minutes, 28 on the Spoken User Interface tab, and seconds, and 2 frames). If your video I haven’t found a slide-show application enable the Selected Text When The Key exceeds this length, iMovie automati- that can do this. However, there’s no Is Pressed option. Click on Change Key, cally creates a new clip when it reaches reason you couldn’t stitch together the and enter a keyboard command for acti- the 2GB limit. tunes you’d like to play during your vating text-to-speech (choose a key Broken Recording slide show. The free way to do this is to combination your applications don’t import into iMovie 3 the songs you use). Once you’ve set this up, you can We record the ministers in our church want to join. select the text in any application and and then transfer the resulting audio press your keyboard command to hear files to a Mac, so we can make CD Click on the Audio button in iMovie and the text read aloud. Press the keyboard copies for members. We’d like to insert drag the songs you want to string command again to stop it. — Garrick a break in the audio every 10 minutes, together into iMovie’s timeline (these Chow, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania so members can choose a point at which songs can be in any audio format iTunes to start listening. Is there a program that supports, including the protected AAC Unsolicited Advice inserts such breaks automatically? — files you purchase from the iTunes When you select multiple picture files Stan Bemel, Portland, Oregon Music Store). Select Export from numbered in a series — Picture 01, iMovie’s File menu, and in the iMovie: Picture 02, and Picture 03, for example I’d tackle such a project by dividing the Export window that appears, select To — and double-click on them, Preview sermons into separate, 10- minute audio QuickTime from the Export pop-up doesn’t display them in order. There are files and then burning those files — in menu. Choose Expert Settings from the two ways to make the pictures appear in order — to CD. Creating such audio Formats pop-up menu and click on the sequence: You can open a folder full of files is a cinch with HairerSoft’s $25 Export button. In the resulting Save pictures in column view, select them all, Amadeus II (www.hairersoft.com/ Exported File As window, choose and double click on them. You can also amadeus.html). Sound To AIFF from the Export pop-up launch Preview, press 1-O to produce menu; then name and save the file. Your the Open dialog box, navigate to your Just open the sound file in Amadeus (it tunes are now contained in a single pictures, 1-click on the pictures you can read AIFF, WAV, and MP3 files) audio file you can use to accompany want to view, and click on Open. With and select Generate Marks from the your slide show. either method, the thumbnails will Selection menu. In the resulting appear in the proper order. Generate Marks window, enter If you’re willing to convert your slide 10’00”000 in the Time Interval field to show into a QuickTime movie, you can Macworld contributing editor Chris create markers that appear every 10 create the entire slide show in iMovie. Breen is the author of Macworld’s tips minutes in the track. Enter something in Add nothing except still clips to your and troubleshooting column, “Mac the Text field that hints at the contents of movie, drag the song files you want to 911,” as well as Secrets of the iPod: the files — Sermon1, for example. use into iMovie’s soundtrack, adjust the Second Edition and Mac 911 (Peachpit Click on OK to dismiss the window. length of the still pictures so they fit the Press). Find Chris’books at www.ama- length of your soundtrack, and then zon.com and www. peachpit. com. From the same Selection menu, choose export your creation as a QuickTime Split According To Marks. Click on OK movie. User Group Special: Get 12 issues of in the Split window that appears. In the Macworld for $12! Subscribe today at resulting Save As sheet, designate a Tip of the Month www.macworld.com/dollarperissue location for your split files, select AIFF Having your Mac read text documents from the Format pop-up menu, and to you is a great way to proofread your click on Save. 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3 Buying a Scanner having minimum resolution of 2400 with film (slides, negatives and trans- dpi or 22 mb in size. parencies), with a minimum scanner By Rich Lenoce resolution of 2400 dpi. 3000+ dpi is Like digital still and video cameras, Drum scanners preferred. Printed line illustrations scanner prices have dropped and qual- are used in pro- and drawings also should be scanned ity has improved, especially at the low fessional print houses for high quality at a high resolution, usually 1200 dpi ($80 -200) and mid ($150-$500) pric- color separations of scanned images. or more to maintain the smoothness of ing levels. Wading through the They use photo multiplier tubes the lines. Documents can usually be technical information can be confus- (PMT) to provide higher resolution, scanned at about 150 dpi unless you ing, but I hope this article can help color accuracy and dynamic range are using optical character recognition with your purchase. There are three than flatbed or film scanners. Artwork (OCR) software; adding resolution types of scanners: flatbed, film (for is wrapped around a cylinder that may improve the accuracy of the software. slides, negatives and other transparen- rotates the image at a high speed in cies) and drum scanners. front of the PMT to split the image Bit Depth into its components. Drum scanners Each pixel in a scanner’s imager gen- The popular usually have 6,000-12,000 dpi optical erates data; how much data or the Flatbed scanner resolution, 48-bit color, direct CMYK number of bits to describe a pixel in a offers a variety of features and quality conversion and a large scanning area scan is called the bit depth. More data including built-in film scanning, copy- for art prints. All of this quality and equates to more detail (usually color ing and faxing. They work by sophistication cost thousands of dollars. detail) in each pixel in an image. Most reflecting light off of an image placed scanners have a bit depth of at least 24 on a glass bed. A scanning head that What Should You Look for bits, capturing 8 bits of information contains a line of either inexpensive when Buying a Scanner? for each primary color: red, green and CIS or better quality CCD image sen- Optical Resolution blue. Many scanners have a bit depth sors mechanically glides down the Optical resolution is the number of of 30, 36 and even 48 bits. Most of scanning area, scanning one line at a scanning elements (dots) per today’s graphics programs do not sup- time. The scanned data is sent to the inchÐdpiÐon the scan head. The first port images with more than 24 bits, scanning software via USB, FireWire, and smaller number in the specifica- but the software will retain that extra serial, parallel or SCSI interface and tion is the scanner’s actual optical detail. The more bits the better. the rows of lines are pieced together resolution; the second number is less as a single image. Flatbed scanning is important and usually only refers to Dynamic Range a slow process so purchasing a scan- the number of stops the scan head Dynamic range is perhaps the most ner with a fast interface such as makes in a given area. A printer with important specification as it defines FireWire won’t necessarily mean a 600 x 1200 resolution has an optical the range of grayscale tones a scanner faster scan. Scanning areas range from resolution of 600 dpi. can record measured on a scale of 0 8.5 x 11 (letter), 8.4 x 14 (legal) to 11 (white) to 4.0 (perfect black). This x 17 (large photo). Beware of interpolated or enhanced very important specification expresses resolutionÐit is often listed after the how much detail a scanner can yield Film scanners offer optical resolution. Interpolated resolu- in the dark and light areas of an the highest quality reproduction of tion is when software is used to mimic image. The higher the number, the scanned transparent images including a higher optical resolution. This figure better. Most inexpensive consumer slides, negatives, and 4 x 6 or larger should be ignored when purchasing a flatbed scanners yield high resolution transparencies. Film has far more scanner and never used in actual scanning. and bit depth but fail to provide smooth and accurate tonal quality dif- detail than photographic prints and How much resolution you need is ferentiating them from their therefore requires image sensors with dependent on your use. Most docu- professional counterparts. A typical higher resolutions than a flatbed scan- ments and photos for printing on laser consumer scanner may have a dynam- ner. A 35 mm slide or negative can and inkjet printers as well as commer- ic range of only 2.4 while a top quality have the equivalent of 3000 dpi reso- cial printers should be scanned at flatbed scanner will range between 3 lution, while a print from the same 150-300 dpi. Since the web can only to 3.6. Film scanners usually equal or negative scanned with a flatbed scan- display images at 72 dpi, scanning exceed this figure while drum scan- ner might equate to only 300 dpi. more than 72 dpi ifor that use s unnec- ners can go to 4.2 and beyond. High resolution scanning equates to essary. High resolution is most needed large file sizes with a 35 mm slide Continued on page 5

4 Continued from page 4 because of the problems mentioned Comparing Scanners requiring the user to spend more time Yes, I want to join CMC Prior to purchasing a scanner you editing the OCR document. should have a clear vision of how the Benefits: More importantly, notice that most of Monthly meetings, monthly newsletter, scanned images will be used to deter- the problems on an inexpensive scan- mine the quality and features needed. discounted book purchases, computer ner like the Canon are not indicated in problem assistance, network with other It is also always wise to do some the specifications since with the Mac users, User Group Store, etc. research beforehand. exception of the dynamic range, Let’s compare two scanners with the which Canon doesn’t publish, the Date ______same specifications at opposing ends scanners have the same specifications. of the price spectrum: a $99 Canon The telling detail is in the type of Name ______Scan LIDE 30 and a $1,500 Microtek imager; the Canon uses the lower Address ______ScanMaker each with specifications cost/quality CIS imager compared to of 1200 x 2400 dpi and bit depths of the Microtek’s CCD. Scanners in the City ______48 bits. $200-$500 range offer a good com- promise between the professional and State______Zip ______For typical scan jobs such as email, consumer imaging devices. web page creation and basic duplica- Phone (Home) ______tion of photos, the $99 Canon is a In comparing scanners, higher priced Phone (Office) ______winner. It’s light, thin and convenient scanners come with more sophisticat- ed scanning software that effectively and does a good job of general scan- Phone (Fax) ______ning. However, its advantages can be color matches the scan to the original drawbacks if used in professional image and allows for minute manipu- Business______work. For example, the Canon’s light- lation of dozens of image parameters. Occupation______ness and thinness mean that the motor Inexpensive scanners may have only limited settings. that moves the imager generates Email:______vibrations close to the imager causing Recommending a scanner is akin to illustration lines and document text to most other products: identify how you Areas of special interest to you: vibrate during the scan and not be as will use the product, do your research ______sharp and clear as they could be. The and realize you get what you pay for. Microtek is a thick beast so the motor The more you know, the better you ______is mounted away from the imager and will be able to spot a good deal. its 30 lb. weight absorbs any extrane- Annual Family ous vibration. The Microtek uses a Membership - $25.00 CCD imager with a dynamic range of Mail to: CMC 3.5 while the Canon uses the less We’re Sorry! 41 Crossroads Plaza Ð PMB 1984 expensive CIS imager with a far lower West Hartford, CT 06117 Many of you ventured out to dynamic range. In fact, Canon doesn’t Make checks payable to CMC even publish dynamic range specifica- WestFarms Mall last month tions on its low-end scanners. This anticipating an exciting or...Register Online with PayPal low dynamic range can be seen in its meeting at the Apple Store. at www.ctmac.org inability to extrude detail from dark or Unfortunately, due to cir- overly bright areas of a scanned cumstances beyond our image. Also, documents scanned with control, the presentation did inexpensive scanners may not appear not occur as planned. We straight because the tolerance of the apologize to our members in scan heads alignment is usually not as attendance and steps are strict as more expensive professional scanners. They may even miss a scan being taken by the board to prevent this from happening line or two in a document or illustra- – CMC Board tion. OCR software may not be as again. accurate on an inexpensive scanner

5 Review: iLife ‘04 tional crop presets have been added now provides easy access to all photo and options for exporting photos and and music libraries as well as all video by Rich Lenoce, vice president web pages have been greatly projects. Also, the status view is great- improved. Slide shows now can be ly enhanced and DVDs can now be Great software made into beautiful QuickTime archived for future use without re- like iLife ‘04 movies with 3D effects and music. encoding the project. DVDs look is the reason Brightness/contrast adjustments can better too, with improved compres- many of us are now be fine tuned. Though library sion in dark areas of the screen and Mac users speed is improved greatly, editing during transitions. An already killer because there speed can still be sluggish if photos application just got better! is no equiva- are large. lent on the PC Garage Band for twenty iMovie Not convinced you should spend $49? times the iMovie 4 moves to the “prosumer” The deal breaker is Garage Band, price. Free with every new Mac and level with enhancements to Time Line which makes creating, composing and only $49 retail ($29 education), Editing. Editing a clip no longer per- remixing music incredibly easy, intu- iLife’s ‘04’s five applications— manently alters it (called “destructive” itive and fun. Garage Band’s 64 tracks iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and the editing). Clips now have handles to can handle any type of sound-synthe- new Garage Band, demonstrate that lengthen and shorten the clip that sized (MIDI) and real “sampled” complicated media creation can be don’t affect the original footage. instruments including vintage guitar easy and made by anyone. Best of all, Changes can also be applied across amps, beats, rhythms, loops, music these applications are thoroughly inte- multiple clips, transitions and effects. from your iTunes library and recorded grated with each other, sharing media Alignment guides have been added to audio. Thousands of professionally- through their respective libraries. better sync audio and video. Graphical made sounds, beats and loops are waveforms have been added to audio included which can be mixed and Installation tracks to further improve audio edit- matched on up to 64 tracks. iLife inte- Installation was easy but odd. The five ing. There are new transitions, titles gration allows your musical creations iLife apps come on one DVD. A CD and digital effects including better to be added to videos, slide shows, containing only iTunes, iPhoto and Ken Burns Effect integration. Finally, DVDs and iPod. Features are too iMovie is included for those without a iMovie can now generate 99 iDVD many to name and would be best left DVD driveÐGarage Band is notice- chapters though I don’t know why to a full review and a few weeks of ably absent. Given the G3/G4 you’d want 99 DVD chapters! iMovie experimenting, but it’s worth a spin requirements of Garage Band, Macs still lacks the ability to create long- for anyone interested in audio record- without DVD drives can run it but form video projects or the ability to ing and music. PC users would need there is no way to get to the 1 gig add additional tracks so it’s not truly to spend $800 to get a similar applica- installer. Odd. Why not put Garage professional—but your projects will tion with all its features. For only $99, Band on two CDs? Also odd is the 733 look like they are! the Garage Band Jam Pack adds thou- MHz G4 requirement for iDVD. I sands more sounds and could keep have a 400mhz G4 and it installed and iDVD someone busy for years. Apple also ran fine. Odd again. iDVD also moves up a notch by sup- sells a MIDI keyboard for $99 to port for the creation of two-hour iPhoto unleash the full power of Garage DVDs, improved DVD compression, Band. iTunes has not been updated from the and a map view for creating sophisti- latest 4.2 release, but iPhoto shows cated DVDs. IDVD 4 is more akin to What’s Missing significant speed improvements and a DVD Studio Pro 2’s “basic” setting, Life isn’t perfect and neither is iLife. few handy features. No longer does allowing for a more complex naviga- Product requirements are steep so not iPhoto slow down as the photo library tional structure that in typical iLife everyone can run all products. gets larger; it can now hold 25,000 fashion, is easy to create. For exam- Minimum requirements are OS X.2.6, pictures without a performance hit. ple: DVDs can open with a video clip a 600 mHz G3 for Garage Band, and a New Smart Photo Albums can auto- or slide show, then the menu can G4 to play the synthesized sounds. matically sort this myriad of photos appear and then you can offer multiple My aging G4 400 worked great with based on criteria the user presets. For versions of programs, add DVD-ROM all apps, however it struggled with example, a Smart Album named content and musical selections. New more than eight tracks of Garage Band Christmas might be created to recog- themes look more professional adding audio. Apple can’t be faulted for want- nize photos taken on December 25th. more depth and flair to buttons, text, ing to sell more hardware and better All imported photos taken on backgrounds and navigation and engrain OS X and should be com- Christmas would be dumped into that greater customization including the Continued on page 7 Smart Album. Sepia tone and addi- addition of drop shadow text. iDVD

6 Continued from page 6 Web Picks of the Month From Jack Bass: http://www.howstuffworks.com/ mended for pushing the consumer Compiled by Neal Dembicer, CMC software envelope, but it’s shameful A great basic resource for everything Please report any broken links to: to see how it works. that Mac owners without DVD drives [email protected] can’t install Garage Band. Also, From Robert F. Sawyer: Garage Band’s export options are lim- From Neal Dembicer: ited to just iTunes as an AIFF. iTunes http://www.kk.org/cooltools/ http://www.placesonline.org/ Quote from the author: “Here are my easily handled conversion (control- Places On Line provides access to the click and convert) but it should have recommendations for cool tools. I world’s very best place-based Web the ability to export to MP3, AAC, include books, gadgets, software, .mac, direct to CD or to a specific sites. These are sites that make you videos, maps, hardware, materials, location. IPhoto could have used more feel you are there. websites or gear that are extraordi- editing enhancements such as a much- nary, little-known, or reliably handy From Don Dickey: needed white balance adjustment. for an individual or small group. I http://www.apple.com/quicktime/whatson/ depend on friends and readers to sug- I find that as I become more iLife- This is a site at Apple where you can gest things they actually use. centered, media content management test out your new broadband net con- Particularly welcomed are old items becomes more difficult. Just because I nection! See if you’re getting your that you still dote on after years of can have 40,000 songs and 25,000 money’s worth by downloading a use. I only post things I like and I pictures in a single music or photo movie “trailer” or a music video from ignore the rest. Suggestions for tools library doesn’t mean I should! There your favorite pop star! much better than what is recommend- needs to be ways of sub-organizing ed here are always wanted. I have libraries, playlists and albums. Smart From Peter Kidwell: purchase recommendations off this Albums/Playlists help, but a true digi- http://vitaminq.blogspot.com site and all have been very good. tal hub needs to be created to manage A great web log (“”) for lovers of and organize media regardless of type. useless information. In the words of From George Maciel: There is also no equivalent of http://www.AdFlip.com/ libraries, playlist and albums for its creator, “... this sort-of-blog This archive of magazine ads is “the video content. All this disorganization belongs to Roddy Lumsden, a puzzle world’s largest searchable database of comes from iLife’s biggest problem— writer and poet from Scotland now it’s fun and addictive! And, that’s not living in Bristol in England. I post classic print ads.” Browsing is free, a bad thing. At less than $10 per appli- lists, curiosities and fragments which while paid members can search by brand or model name, category, cation, iLife 2004 is a winner! please me as a lover of trivia and ref- decade, or by year. erence. They tend to reflect my interests which include pop, nature, Free iLife Manual in words, Scotland, TV, food, folklore Thank You!! Our recent annual CMC auction raised PDF Format and literature. I post a few items most hundreds of dollars for our group. We weeks, so do bookmark and return.” wish to thank the many companies and O’Reilly has posted a free iLife individuals who donated: ‘04 Mini Manual–from David From Deena Quilty: ¥ Adobe ¥ Alsoft, Inc. PogueÐfor download as a pdf at http://www.autopedia.com/html/Rebate.html ¥ eZedia ¥ iKlear http://www.macdevcenter.com/mac Buying a new car? Check here to find ¥ Logitech /excerpt/iLife04_MiniManual.pdf out what manufacturers are offering ¥ Wacom ¥ Corel ¥ Auto FX Software for rebates and other promotions first. The book is a tremendous ¥ Design Tools Monthly And Autopedia has other great car- resource ¥ E-Book Systems Inc buying info, too. Click the since iLife ¥ Lumiquest ¥ IOGEAR autopedia.com link at the bottom to ¥ Microsoft ¥ Rocstore doesn’t get to the homepage. • O’Reilly & Associates come with ¥ PeachPit Press ¥ RadTech a manual or From Joe Arcuri: ¥ SmileOnMyMac documen- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?art ¥ George Maciel ¥ Bill Dougal tation. num=75459 ¥ Jack Bass ¥ Deb Foss ¥ Karla Lee Cucka Apple has released a knowledgebase Please accept our apologies if we have article documenting many keyboard inadvertently left out anyone from this shortcuts available in OS X. Worth list! Ð Deena Quilty, Auction Chair bookmarking.

7 Three Ways to Save as Postscript utility located in the Applications> Save as PDF… is fine for most pur- Utility folder can be used to set up a Make PDFs in poses but is not recommended for PDF Service that will generate a Panther sending files to commercial printers PDF/X-3 compliant file. This is a dif- by Rich Lenoce since the file isn’t truly Postscript ficult task and it would be far easier to compliant. This is because the file cre- do this in any number of professional There are three ways to make PDFs in ated using Save As PDF… is really applications but in a pinch Panther is OS X Panther that may interest only a screen snapshot from OS X’s capable of doing it. designers or people who have a pass- Quartz graphic engine and lacks much ing interest in creating PDFs. of the Postscript information neces- To make a PDF/X-3 document, you sary for commercial printers. A need to first create a folder called PDF Why PDF? For the average user, Postscript document isn’t just an Services in your OS X System Library Adobe’s Portable Document Format image of a page but contains all the folders (not in the user folder). Launch creates a cross platform document that details about the page—fonts, layout ColorSyncUtility and select the FIL- can be opened, viewed, mailed, stored information, images, etc. Graphic pro- TERS button in the ToolBar. Select and printed regardless of platform or fessionals would normally use a PDF in the Filter Details bar. Add (+) operating system. A PDF document Postscript application such as Quark, a profile and from the Pull-Down will look the same on any machine, InDesign, Illustrator or Adobe Menu select PDF/X-3. Next, select the creating an exact snapshot of what you Acrobat Distiller to create such PDFs button called DOMAINS in the Filter see, separate from the application that but for occasional use OS X can create Defaults bar and check “PDF created it. For example, saving an Postscript PDFs from within any Workflow.” You’ll need to select a HTML file from within a browser application. slew of parameters in ColorSync but won’t save the complete page and now the Save as PDF... will no longer looks different on different platforms To create a Postscript PDF, select merely record screen data as a PDF and browsers. Saving an HTML page Print from the File Menu just as if you but will be the equivalent of saving or as a PDF means that it will look as it were going to print the page. The Print exporting a PDF through one of looked in the browser. PDFs are also Dialog Box will appear and using the Adobe’s own products such as useful when a recipient of the file pull-down menu located in the center InDesign, Acrobat or Illustrator where doesn’t have the application that creat- of the box that defaults to Copies and all color and typographical ed the file—Appleworks for example. Pages, select Output Options. The dia- PreFlighting has been performed. For professional designers, PDFs are log box will change and you will see a used to insure what the designer cre- checkbox, Save As File. Check the box ates on the screen is exactly what will and another pull-down menu will Download of the Month become available that has two options: print. Panther provides users with submitted by Debi Foss three methods to create PDFS from PDF and Postscript. Be sure to select within applications for various levels Postscript and then click Save. The Thumbnailer of usage. Save Dialog Box will appear with the http://homepage.mac.com/mdewalt/d name of the file followed by a .ps file ownloads.html Thumnailer is a free- Save as PDF extension (turn off Hide Extension if it ware application that creates and The easiest way to create a PDF docu- is selected). Save the file. Next, open displays picture thumbnails, is a quick the file using OS X’s Preview applica- ment in OS X is to select Print from an picture viewer, and let’s you make tion and when opened Preview will application’s File Menu and then slide shows of your pictures...and set convert the file to a printable select the Save as PDF… button in the them to music in either MP3 or the lower left corner of the Print Dialog Postscript PDF. After the file opens in Preview, notice the file extension has new Apple Music Store AAC formats. Box. Your document will now be ready It will also convert any image that for mailing and viewing on any plat- changed to .pdf in the Title Bar. Save this file in Preview and you will have a QuickTime can read into a PICT, form. To further automate this feature BMP, JPG, TIFF, PNG, JPEG 2000, such as having the ability to save and print-ready Postscript PDF document Photoshop, TGA, or MacPaint format mail a PDF in one step, download a similar to those produced by Acrobat image. Version terrific freeware program called Distiller or any of Adobe’s own prod- PDF_U available from VersionTracker ucts. 2.3 is for Mac which will create a PDF Services fold- OS 9. Version er in your System>Library and fills it Color Sync Utility/PDF X-3 Filter 2.2 is for OS X with pre-made scripts. You can create For advanced users who need more 10.2 or higher additional PDF services by adding control, specifically those who need and version 1.3 advanced Preflight control and program aliases to that folder. — is for OS X This is a view of the folder browser PDF/X-3 compliance, the ColorSync 10.0 and 10.1. for Thumbnailer. It’s is similar to Apple’s column view in the finder.

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9 2003-2004 CMC OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

President Don Dickey Vice President Rich Lenoce Treasurer George Maciel [email protected] 860-232-2841 [email protected] 860-347-1789 [email protected] 860-561-0319

Secretary Chris Hart Download of the Month Debbie Foss Public Relations Neal Dembicer [email protected] 860-291-9393 [email protected] 860-583-1165 [email protected] 860-673-7711

Editor Deena Quilty Webmaster Brian Desmond Raffles Robert Sawyer [email protected] 860-678-8622 [email protected] (860) 668-8728 [email protected] 860-677-7787

Past President Joseph Arcuri Special Events Jack Bass Ambassador Connie Scott [email protected] 860-485-1547 [email protected] [email protected] 860-584-9573

Caricatures by Bill Dougal of Lebanon, (860) 456-9041. Available for illustration assignments and event caricature.

10 Upcoming Meetings Discounted FREE Monthly CMC Meetings are held Books Raffle! on last Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m. Ð 9:00 p.m. CMC continues to offer current (except Nov. and Dec. when the members the opportunity to purchase Every member who attends our meet- meetings are one week earlier any published book for either Mac or ings gets a raffle ticket for a chance at due to the holidays) Windows at a 20% discount. All major a free prize every month! You could Board meetings are the first Thursday publishers are carried by our source. win . . . t-shirts, toys, CDs, mugs, of the month. If you wish to attend a Board software . . . there’s always something meeting, contact an officer for location. Call Neal Dembicer at 673-7711 or send email to [email protected]. we’re giving away! February 25, 2004 MS Office Alternatives Provide the book title, the publisher FOR SALE! and the ISBN number, if possible, and Programs include RagTime Solo, iText FOR SALE Plextor external SCSI Pro, Think Free Office, AppleWorks, he will check on its availability. Books 12/4/32 CD burnerÐ$50. ViewSonic LightWay Text, Mariner Write/Calc, will be back-ordered if not in stock. Nisus Writer Express and more. Normally, the wait is not too long. G810 21” CRT monitor Ð $200. Both in UConn Health Center Join the many people who have excellent condition. Contact Jack Bass satisfactorily used this service! 860-233-9954 or [email protected] . Future topics include: Lego MindStorm Demo Wacom Tablet Demo Treasurer’s Digital Photography Hands-On Workshops Report Making Music on the Mac New Members and Much More! Ending Checking Spread the word. We need new members! If you have a program you are Account Balance ...... $1902.16 Have your friends and co-workers interested in, email Rich Lenoce join us for fun and learning about at: [email protected] Savings Account Balance...$3944.19 OS X, the Mac and iMac. Balances as of January 31, 2004 Total Membership: 121

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CMC Meeting Location Ð a PDF document containing a visual direction guide to UConn Health Center on our website: http://www.ctmac.org. Print and take it with you to find us easily!

Monthly meetings will be held at UConn Health Center in Farmington. When hands-on programs require computers for meeting attendees we will be using MxCC in Middletown.

Directions to UCHC, Farmington Directions to MxCC, Middletown From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, From the Hartford area, take Route 9 South. A few Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn right at first traffic light onto miles south of downtown Middletown on Route 9, take Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic light, turn Exit 11 (Rt. 155, Randolph Road). At the end of the right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main ramp (for both N. & S. bound), turn right onto building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when Randolph Road. Continue to the traffic light at the top you get to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two- of the hill and turn left onto Saybrook Road. Go a quar- way there so you should be able to tell where to turn. (Do ter of a mile and turn right onto Reservoir Road. Travel not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second past the stop sign, then take the first right onto Training right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go Hill Road. Your first left will lead into the MxCC past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You Campus parking area. When you arrive on campus, take will see a continuation of the building with its own entrance a right onto Training Hill Road. Go to the second park- area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground ing lot entrance and take a left into the upper lot. floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This Directly in front of you will be Snow Hall. Enter Snow is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are on your Hall and go up the stairs to the 2nd floor and go to the left as you enter. last room on the right, Room 509.

12 Monthly Meeting March 31 – 7 PM featuring Lego MindStorm Bring the Kids! See pg.11 for info. NEWSLETTER OF CONNECTICUT MACINTOSH CONNECTION, INC.MARCH, 2004

Keeping Up... to a G3/400 upgrade for my SuperMac direction. Here, you already have a S900 clone which easily doubled the machine that can run OS X. In this Upgrade or Not? speed of the machine. Today, that case, a modest $200 investment might Smart Shopping upgrade even makes it possible to run double your computer’s speed, make it OS X on that very old, tired computer. more usable and enjoyable running OS By Don Dickey, president Does it make sense? If you have an X, enable processor-intensive software Every once in a while, Apple throws a older Mac or Mac clone, should you such as Garage Band to work, and buy monkey wrench into the works. It now upgrade? you some time before needing a com- seems like a long time ago, but I pletely new Mac. Another $100 could remember well the introduction of the The answer to this question depends on buy you big, new, and faster hard drive. PowerMac. Heralded as being light a few things. First, do you plan on stay- In this situation, the $300 to spruce up years ahead of the then aging 68040, ing with OS 9 (or older OS) for a while, an aging G4 might be just the ticket. the PowerPC processor came out dur- and are you only interested in getting a That seems like the magic number to ing what many refer to as one of speed bump? Or, are you truly interest- me. Somehow, spending $450 or more Apple’s dark years. It required a leap of ed in making the transition to OS X? on an older system goes against my faith to look forward to a day when grain. I’d rather salt that much away there would be PPC-native software My feeling is that while OS X is a nice, towards a newer Mac down the road. that might take advantage of the new stable platform, it’s the cool, new OS chip’s architecture. If I recall, Adobe X-only software that pushed me in the For the budget-challenged Mac fan, led the pack with a PPC-enhanced X direction. You just can’t run the cur- here are a couple of tips: If you’re inter- Photoshop. Apple was smart, and they rent versions of iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, ested in seeing how much an upgrade built compatibility into the new chip so iDVD, iChat, or Word, Excel, or for your Mac costs, visit MacSales it would run most older software. It did PowerPoint on OS 9. .com and SmallDog.com. If you’re so with a speed penalty, however. It in the market for a newer Mac, check took a little time, but soon there were In any case, you should evaluate your the Apple online store. Scroll down to PPC-native versions of most major budget. If you are limited to spending the red “Save” tag to get to a page of applications, and not long after that $200-$300 to make your computing refurbished gear. You can also find there was a switch to software requiring experience a trifle faster, perhaps an refurbished gear at SmallDog. Also, the new chip. I think Microsoft Office upgrade is worth considering. If, how- you can often find recently discontin- was a leader in that category being one ever, your budget is more like ued gear online at the Apple Store. I of the first major application packages $600-$750, you would probably be bet- saved a bundle getting a QuickSilver that left the 68K architecture in the dust ter served by investigating an Apple G4 right after the Mirrored Door G4s with Office 98. refurbished computer at the Apple came out. Finally, if you or your spouse Store online. As I write this, Apple has teaches or if you have a student in your You had three choices: keep running refurbished Mac G4s selling for as low family, you probably qualify for an the old software on your old Mac, buy as $649 (including shipping and a full educational discount. This can save a new Mac to run the new software, or year warranty). I would not recom- you up to $300 on a new Mac. With consider an upgrade package that mend that you spend half that amount proper ID, they’ll even honor the edu- would extend the life of your aging to upgrade your old PowerMac or clone cational prices at the Apple Store in hardware. Even Apple sold upgrades and not get full OS X compatibility in Westfarms! for some machines back then! I specif- the process. Besides, even after you’ve ically remember the PPC upgrade that upgraded the CPU, you’re still left with The transition to OS X is somewhat brought new life to my old PowerBook a dated system bus, hard drive and con- inevitable for most of us. Just remem- 520c. troller (SCSI?), and graphics card. ber that your user group is here to help. Take advantage of our monthly presen- Later, upgrades from PPCs to G3s and If you have an older G4, however, the tations, and bring your questions to the then to G4s became available. I bought upgrade question takes a different meetings!

1 Mac 911: terhead that contains foreign characters Ð characters that no longer appear. Help Desk How can I restore language files? by Christopher Breen ÐLarry Grossberg, Hillsborough, NC

Mac OS X 10.3 Both Jaguar and Panther include lan- (Panther) is a guage files you can install with a simple mighty fine feline, double-click. If you have the multidisc but it isn’t sleek Jaguar installation set, you’ll find these enough to make this column obsolete. If files in the Optional Installs folder on you’re confounded by Panther’s ability the first disc. If you received Jaguar on to create a bootable disc, confused a single DVD, the Optional Installs about installing missing language folder is inside the Welcome To Mac resources, seeking a replacement for Editor OS X folder, which may be invisible. If Copy Agent, or distressed by ungainly you don’t see it, download a copy of Deena Quilty games, read on. Marcel Bresink’s free TinkerTool (www.bresink.com/en/index.html), Content Contributors Boot Camp Don Dickey launch it, select the Finder button, I’d like to create bootable copies of my enable the Show Hidden And System Contributing Authors OS X 10.3 installation discs for backup. Files option, and click on Relaunch How do I do this in Panther? Rich Lenoce Finder. The Welcome To Mac OS X ÐTerry Byers, Aptos, CA folder will now be visible. (Because invisible files are invisible so you won’t Designer In earlier versions of OS X, you did this accidentally delete them, be sure to use George Maciel with Disk Copy, but in Panther, Disk TinkerTool to make your files invisible Utility does the job. To copy your discs, again when you’re done.) Publisher follow these steps: Connecticut Macintosh 1. Launch Disk Utility (in the Restoring language files is much easier Connection, Inc. Applications: Utilities folder). in Panther. Insert the second Panther 41 Crossroads Plaza 2. Insert the first Panther CD, and CD, open the Packages folder, and dou- PMB 1984 when its icon appears in the left ble-click on the Languages.mpkg item. West Hartford, CT 06117 side of the Disk Utility, select Mac The Install Language Translations OS X Install Disc 1. installer will open. After selecting a des- Printer 3. Click on the New Image button at tination for the installed files, click on Budget Printers the top of the Disk Utility window Continue to move to the Easy Install 1718 Park Street and, in the resulting sheet, name the screen. Click on that screen’s file (Panther 1, for example); then Hartford, CT 06106 Customize button to view a list of all the select DVD/CD Master from the language files you can install or We welcome submissions Image Format pop-up menu. Don’t upgrade. Deselect the languages you from members! change the None setting in the don’t want to install, and click on Encryption pop-up menu. Please submit articles by first Install. When you’re asked for it, enter 4. Click on Save and eat half a snack your administrator’s password of the month for inclusion in while Disk Utility creates an image and click on OK. our newsletter. There is much of the disc. talent in our group; it would be 5. Select the image and click on the Replacing Smart Replace great to have several member Burn button. In the law office where I work, I use a articles in each issue. 6. Insert a blank CD-R and enjoy the set of 10,000 Word master documents, other half of your snack while Disk which is duplicated on each user’s com- Utility burns and verifies your disc. puter. I make changes to the master set 7. Repeat for all the other Panther of documents and then regularly update discs that you want to back up. the other users’ set of copies. Connectix’s Copy Agent’s Smart Relocalizer Replace feature allowed us to change I used Mike Bombich’s free Delocalizer only the documents that had been (http://software.bombich.com) to updated, but it doesn’t run on OS X. Is remove extraneous language files from there another tool that can do the same my hard drive. It turns out that one of thing? ÐScott Darling, Riverside, CA my Microsoft Word files includes a let- Continued on page 3

2 Continued from page 2 then press the return key twice. This from multiple songs: In the Burning tab I can recommend three Ð Econ Techs’ may safely force-quit the game even if of iTunes’ Preferences window, select $20 ChronoSync (www.econtechnolo- you can’t see anything happen. In Audio CD as the disc format and set the gies.com), Jason Weber’s $20 Panther, you can also try pressing 1- desired gap between songs. Now create ExecutiveSync (www.executivesync shift-option-escape. This force-quits the a playlist with the tunes that you’d like .com), and Qdea’s $30 Synchronize X active application without asking for to accompany the slide show. Burn the Plus (www.qdea.com). Although classi- confirmation. playlist to a CD. fied as synchronization utilities, they work well for backing up files, and Time for Resets From iTunes’ Source list, select the CD because they’re designed to synchronize There was a power failure in my neigh- you just burned and select all the songs folders and volumes, they replace only borhood while my Power Mac G4 was on it. From the Advanced menu, choose changed files. plugged in. I unplugged it until the Join CD Tracks and then click on the power returned but when I plugged it Import button. All the joined tracks I wrote about the synchronization abili- back in, it wouldn’t startÐthe button Ðwhich must be consecutive tracks on ties of each program in my May 2003 glowed when I pushed it, but I heard no the CDÐwill be imported as a single column (www.macworld.com/2003/05 activity from the computer. Is it dead? track that you can use as the audio back- /secrets/mac9110305), so I won’t repeat Kerin Tyrrell, Macworld.com forums ground for your slide show. myself here, other than to say that you might prefer ChronoSync or Probably not. This has happened to my Unsolicited Advice Synchronize X Plus because they offer Power Mac G4 when the lights have At the risk of injuring the feelings of scheduling features. You could put the gone out, and I’ve put things right by Apple’s Panther user-interface team, I schedule to good use by placing the pressing the PMU reset button, which is have to admit that I find Panther’s master folder of your Word documents located on the Mac’s motherboard (see metallic Finder windows overbearing on the office’s server, providing each “One-Touch Repair”)–its exact location and unattractive. Because I do, I’ve user with a copy of one of these utilities, varies depending on which Power Mac scrounged the Web for tools that banish and configuring each user’s utility to you own. Pushing this button resets the any trace of metal from my otherwise synchronize with that master folder as Power Management Unit and usually attractive OS. often as you deem necessary. allows the Mac to start up. One such tool is the free Whiteout, Blame Game The Apple-recommended method for available from www.versiontracker. What is it about games that, when they performing this operation is to unplug com. Whiteout replaces the system crash, OS X locks up completely? If my the power cord and press the PMU reset resource that brushes on the metal other applications go belly up, I can button only one time (pressing it more appearance in the Finder, iChat, iCal, force-quit that application and the OS than once could keep the PMU chip and Safari (sorry, iTunes is still metallic) keeps on truckin’. –Todd Harding, from responding and reduce the internal with a modified version of the resource Duluth, GA battery’s life from five years to two that creates off-white, dimly pinstriped days). Wait ten seconds, plug the Mac windows. If you’d like your Mac to Games that perform slowly stink. To back in, and then press the power button. sport a wildly different appearance, produce games that don’t stink, pro- check out Unsanity’s $20 ShapeShifter grammers employ various forms of After resetting the PMU, it’s also a good (www.unsanity.com/haxies/shapeshifter), trickery to pull as many resources from idea to reset the Mac’s nonvolatile which allows you to apply themes to the Mac and its video card as possible. RAM (NVRAM). To do so, shut down Panther’s interface. Changing more than Because a game demands so much from the Mac and restart while holding down Finder windows, these themes alter the your computer, if something goes 1-option-P-R. Continue to hold these appearance of windows, menus, but- wrong, your Mac may not be able to keys until you hear the startup sound tons, scroll bars, and sliders. back out from it gracefully. twice. Let go, and the Mac will contin- ue to start up. After resetting the PMU Macworld contributing editor Chris Glenda AdamsÐAspyr Media’s director and NVRAM, use System Preferences Breen is the author of Macworld’s tips of PC and Mac developmentÐconfirmed to verify your time zone, startup vol- and troubleshooting column, “Mac that games often push settings higher ume, and volume settings. 911,” as well as Secrets of the iPod: than a video card can handle, thus not Second Edition and Mac 911 (Peachpit leaving enough for the OS to politely exit Tip of the Month Press). Find Chris’books at www.ama- if the game crashes. All is not lost, how- In the January 2004 Mac 911 column zon.com and www. peachpit. com. ever. Ms. Adams passed along this hint: (“Missing Link”), I suggested using iMovie to string together iTunes songs User Group Special: Get 12 issues of Sometimes the Force Quit command into a single track that could be played Macworld for $12! Subscribe today at works even if you can’t see the dialog behind an iPhoto 2 slide show. Here’s www.macworld.com/dollarperissue box. Try pressing 1-option-escape and another way to create a single track

3 Archiving Your iLife facturer said. Keeping these photos longevity of a CD-R and DVD-R. out of direct sunlight is the best Like the dyes in color photos, these By Rich Lenoce, method to preserve them. If dyes will break down over time. The Vice President you are going to display longest lasting and most stable dye is the photos, have a Phthalocyanine. When Phthalocyanine 100 years after professional framing is coupled with a real gold reflective my great service use acid free layer and kept in cold, dark storage, grandparent’s materials and special tests indicate a disc can last 200+ wedding, the UV glass. years. Mitsui has a patent on this tech- photos of that nology and makes the Mitsui Gold event are still Since original digital CD-R. Some Phthalocyanine disks use in beautiful photos, audio and plain silver, a silver and gold blend, or condition. But a videos need to be other metallic material for their reflec- CD that I burned stored electronically, tive layers and these disks can last 200 of digital photos in let’s examine each digital years. These include Mitsui Silver, 1995 is unreadable media storage technology Ricoh Platinum - Phthalocyanine dye today. As media storage and how to approach archiving. + Silver. becomes more “digital,” how do we preserve our iLife memories of Forget Hard Disks photos, music and videos—and even With a gigabyte worth of storage our work—for the long term? falling below $1 a gig, it would seem this could be an economic method of Storage and Compatibility long-term storage. Just get a FireWire Selecting the proper storage media drive and put it in the closet. Wrong! If you are looking for and format for compatibility is the stable but not quite best way to guarantee playback in the Hard disks are precision electronic Smithsonian-like distant future. A 78 rpm record isn’t devices with motors, heads and media archival quality, Azo dye much good without a 78 rpm phono- that must all work in perfect syn- with a metal reflective layer has been graphÐbut today 78/45/33 rpm record chrony and therefore many things can tested to last 100 years using proper players are still manufactured and go wrong with them. Hard drives will storage. Azo CD-Rs are only made by available from places like Sharper fail and, because of their fragility, they Mitsubishi/Verbatim and are labeled Image because they were the standard are useless for long-term archival stor- Mitsubishi/Verbatim-Azo + Silver or of their time. CDs and DVDs are stan- age, which is why you should under the Verbatim DataLife label. dard today and there is no reason to constantly back up your data to a more Verbatim DataLife CD-R and DVD-R believe, even if replaced by better for- stable storage media like CDs or disks are very common and offer mats, that CDs and DVDs would DVDs. longevity at a terrific price. necessarily disappear since hundreds of millions of recordings are in circu- CDs and DVDs The shortest-lived type of dye used is lation. Also, if you use standard digital Commercial CDs and DVDs are the cyanine dye, a chemically unstable formats such as JPEG and MPEG to most permanent examples of dye that must be stabilized with other store your memories, future players CD/DVD storage because they use a materials. These are the least expen- should not only play the CD or DVD permanent printed metallic layer that sive disks intended for short-term use. but read the files. Archiving, the sci- holds the data; that layer is then The aluminum used for the reflective ence of storing and preserving placed within a plastic disc. As con- layer in these cheaper disks oxidizes information or items for 50 or more sumers, we are left with the CD and quickly, contaminating the disc and years, requires knowledge of the prop- DVD recordable formats, which use a making it unreadable sometimes with- er media and methods of storing layer of organic dye sandwiched in a matter of months. The first CD-Rs pictures, sounds and videos for future between a reflective layer on top and a and all current CD-RW discs use this generations to enjoy. clear plastic polymer underneath. combination of materials and is the When a disk is “burned,” the laser lit- reason many haven’t lasted. Never use Archiving Digital Photos erally burns the dye, which becomes CD-RW and DVD-RW disks for long- If you are worried about your digital darker where the laser has hit the disk. term storage. photos file formats being incompati- The alternating bright and dark spots ble or destroyed, have the photos are read as the bit pattern that has been Storage and Handling printed by a reputable photo lab, put recorded. As with color photographs, CD-R and them in albums and store them away. DVD-R dyes fade when exposed to Don’t trust your ink jet printer to be Both the dye material and reflective “archival” no matter what the manu- layer play an important role in the Continued on page 5

4 Continued from page 4 master will be used to make future light, particularly sunlight and break copies should any day-to-day copies Yes, I want to join CMC down in extreme hot and cold. Direct become damaged. There should be sun or excessive heat can destroy the copies for every day use and access. Benefits: longest lasting disk in about two All copies except for the original Monthly meetings, monthly newsletter, hours! Store recordable media that archive disk should be checked annu- discounted book purchases, computer you wish to archive in places where ally for data integrity by placing the problem assistance, network with other light, heat and humidity are con- disk in a computer and making sure Mac users, User Group Store, etc. trolled. Cool, dry places are best. the disk mounts and files can be accessed. The archive original should Handling also affects a disk’s longevi- never be accessed unless time has Date ______ty. On a recordable CD/DVD, the taken its toll on all other copies and reflective layer is on the top of the even then it should only be used to Name ______disk making it the most vulnerable to make another copy-master. scratches. Bending a disc can cause Address ______microscopic breaks and cracks in the For compatibility purposes, a list of files and their formats should be put dye or reflective layer. Always store City ______an archived disk in a hard jewel case on the jewel case cover along with the disk format type. Every 5-10 years the with a center spindle that supports the State______Zip ______disk and always handle a disk from content should be reviewed against the edges. Never mail an archived current file formats and disk standards disc, but if you must, pack it in a full to make sure the formats used haven’t Phone (Home) ______size jewel case, thick bubble wrap and become obsolete. If either the disk or a tear proof envelope. file formats have become obsolete Phone (Office) ______there should be readily accessible Finally, marking or labeling a disk can tools to convert the old disks and files Phone (Fax) ______reduce longevity. Stick-on label mate- to the latest formats. rials can cause disc failure as the glue Business______may eventually seep into the disk and on to the reflective layer causing con- Tip of the Occupation______tamination. The ink from a Sharpie Month marker has been shown to penetrate Email:______the plastic. Use CD safe markers like Did you attend our those from Maxell. If archiving a disk, holiday meeting in never use labels, glue or inks on a CD. December? Areas of special interest to you:

Make Copies If you did, then you ______Finally, the type of archival media dis- probably came away with a great car- cussed cost less than a dollar each for icature from artist and member Bill ______the highest quality archival CDs and Dougal. Here’s a tip from President less than $5.00 for high quality DVD- Don Dickey for those of you running Annual Family Rs. At this price, there’s no reason OS X and iChat. Membership - $25.00 why you shouldn’t make more than Mail to: CMC one copy if the data is truly important Scan your caricature, make the lines to you. Make several copies and des- bolder (bring into Photoshop as a gray 41 Crossroads Plaza Ð PMB 1984 ignate at least one as the original scale doc, apply a Gaussian blur, then West Hartford, CT 06117 archive disk. This disk should never crank up the contrast to unblur), and Make checks payable to CMC be touched or handled and should be reduce the size to something like 64 or... placed in a safe place such as a locked pixels square. Register Online with PayPal fire safe, a safe deposit box or storage chest. It doesn’t hurt to keep two You can then drop this icon of you at www.ctmac.org archive originals in the same or differ- into the well under System ent locations in case one fails over Preferences for your logon picture time. You should designate at least and also into the well in iChat so peo- one disk as the copy master to be ple see it in their buddy list or when stored vertically on a shelf, in a draw- you send an instant message or invite er or other dark location. The copy an audio/video chat.

5 Microsoft Office Calendar formats. To save files to an The page layout part of the package MS Office format, you must choose convinced Brian this was more than a Alternatives Save As and then select the Office for- Microsoft knock-off exclaiming, by Rich Lenoce, Vice President mat manually; the default preferences “PageMaker is back!” because the are the native Apple formats and that interface and operations are very sim- $400 for MS Office? can’t be changed. Also, integration ilar. Unlike ThinkFree, Ragtime uses a $200 just for Word? with .Mac for publishing data to the non-Microsoft approach to the inter- For typing basic let- web is practically non-existent. That face, which takes some getting used ters and calculating being said, this is a program ripe for a to. Text and objects are placed in con- checkbooks, that’s a major upgrade, but as it stands now, tainers that can then can be placed lot of money! Most it’s still a great buy. anywhere on a page and layered. This of us don’t need unique approach provides flexibility Entourage because Think Free Office ($49.95) far beyond Word-style word process- OS X comes with Address Book, Chris Hart, CMC Secretary, ing but also a learning curve, which Calendar, iSync and OS X Mail. But, found the $49 Brian found worth the effort. in a PC-centric world dominated by ThinkFree office MS Office in the workplace, can Mac an adequate alter- Ragtime is not without its faults, users function without Microsoft native to MS although they are few. Ragtime Solo Office? Can a lower cost Mac product Office. It has the had no problem opening Office docu- offer most of MS Office’s features and ability to open ments, but could not save in Office seamless compatibility? The CMC and save native native formats, instead using industry Board tested six programs over 30 Office documents standard RTF and PDF, which are fine days: iTextPro/Lightway, AppleWorks, and it worked well, for most functions. No English dic- Mariner Write and Calc, Think Free albeit slowly. Its interface was tionary is included but can be Office, Nisus Writer Express and very similar to Office…but the PC purchased for $15 (euro). Available Ragtime Solo. Here’s what they found. version of Office! Chris found that the from http://www.ragtime-online.com/ dialog boxes and other navigation ele- AppleWorks 6 ments used PC icons. ThinkFree Mariner Write/Calc ($69.95 each) ($79 or free Office is a Java program meant to run Surprisingly, both applications look with new Macs) on both platforms. “Switchers” might more like AppleWorks than Microsoft CMC President be comfortable with this approach but Office, but Don Dickey uses Mac aficionados might need to learn offer most of Appleworks 6 the equivalent PC icons if they haven’t Office’s func- exclusively. “I used MS Office in a PC environment. tions. Mail don’t even own a The program is slow in opening and merge was copy of Microsoft Office and writing translating native Office documents missing from is my business!” Don finds AW6 and has some bugs, but overall Chris Mariner offers all the features of MS Office thought it did the job. Available from Write, as was with its word processing, spreadsheet http://www.thinkfree.com/ the ability to and presentation modules, but it also save in .doc and .xls formats, but includes drawing, painting, and data- Ragtime Solo (Free) could save to RTF and other standard base programs not included in Can a great program really be free? formats. I found Mariner Write and Office’s Macintosh version. AW6 CMC Webmaster Calc had trouble displaying complex opens and saves MS Office file for- Brian Desmond Word and Excel documents. For most mats (.doc, xls, etc.), thanks to the thinks so. users this may not be a problem, but included and well-integrated DataViz Ragtime Solo, if for professionals this could prove MacLink Plus program. Don says, used non-com- troublesome. I found the interface to “Best of all, it’s fast, small and will mercially, is free be nearly identical to the Appleworks run on almost any Mac, new or old.” A (commercially it’s with one exception: the style/font Windows version is also available. called Ragtime 5 toolbar was right at the top of the doc- Hundreds of templates and 25,000 and is $600) and proved to be a real ument making the most common clip art images are available to cus- surprise to Brian. The basic office features always accessible. Mariner’s tomers with an Internet connection. applicationsÐword processor, spread- biggest problem is the priceÐnearly sheet and presentation are full twice as much as Appleworks for two AW6 could use some updating. Data featuredÐbut the program also came only programs. http://www.mariner- isn’t interchangeable between AW6 with sophisticated page layout, draw- software.com And OS X’s Address Book and ing, painting and database programs! Continued on page 7

6 Continued from page 6 Apple Seminars Online Keynote – Nisus Writer Express Improve Your Presentation Skills ($60 download / $40 upgrade) Below you will find a listing of cur- Watch this free online seminar and CMC Ambassador Connie Scott rent seminars online. These online find out how to improve your presen- found Nisus events are available 24 hours a day, 7 tation skills. For more information Express to be a days a week from any computer with visit http://seminars.apple.com/ internet access. They are designed to welcome surprise. seminarsonline/presenting/apple/ be no more than 30 minutes in length index.html?s=203 Though she pines and offer a wide variety of resources for the days of and information for your review. Microsoft Word Topics cover solutions using Apple Information Lifecycle Management 5.1, Nisus’s unique and partner products and technolo- Steve Kenniston, an Enterprise interface made her gies. For training on these and other Storage Group analyst will offer take notice. Express solutions visit http://seminars.apple. insights as to how to manage vast uses a side pane to put common tools com/training/index.html amounts of data while keeping your such as styles, sizes, colors and overhead low. For more information visit objects. This unique approach plants To find out more about these and http://seminars.apple.com/seminars common tools firmly to the app other Apple events, please visit: online/ilm/apple/index.html?s=203 instead of floating around the desktop. http://www.apple.com/seminars Text sizes are changed using a slider Keynote: Presentations that providing immediate visual feedback. Biotech is in our DNA Meet Your Creative Standards It is a true OS X application, built Michael Athanas, Ph.D., of The Take this free online seminar and find from the BioTeam will show how to install a out how Keynote allows you to create ground fully provisioned informatics cluster superior presentations you would up so it’s on one or more Xserve servers using expect from a professional creative taking a iNquiry. For more information visit tool. For more information visit while to http://seminars.apple.com/seminars http://seminars.apple.com/seminars gain all online/biotech/apple/index.html?s=203 online/keynote/apple/index.html?s=203 of its classic Break Through the Barriers to Perfectly Focused - Digital counter- Digital Photography Success Photography on Mac OS X part features. Connie felt it was a fun Digital photography provides exciting This seminar will show you why you application once you got the hang of ways to deliver new content and gain should take the plunge to digital—and it, and has great potential. greater control over the finished prod- how to get started with your own dig- http://www.nisus.com uct, while saving time and money. ital photography workflow on Mac For more information visit http:// OS X. For more information visit IText/iText Pro/Lightway seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/ http://seminars.apple.com/seminars (Free / $20 / $25) prophoto/apple/index.html?s=203 online/perfectfocusinosx/apple/ These are different Color Management for Your Digital Workflow Unwire Your Business implemen- Take this free online seminar and find tations of This free online seminar helps demys- tify color management and gives you out how Apple’s wireless and mobile the same solutions let you take your computing program the knowledge you need to incorpo- rate it into your workflow. For more environment with you wherever you with each go. For more information visit level going information visit http://seminars.apple. com/seminarsonline/colormgmt/apple/ind http://seminars.apple.com/seminars up a notch online/wireless/apple/index.html?s=203 from basic text editor to word proces- ex.html?s=203 sor. Treasurer George Maciel said Why Hire a Member though documentation was good, the Guitarists and the Mac of the Apple Consultants Network applications are somewhat limited. A Conversation with Pat Metheny Learn about the services provided by Interfaces don’t follow normal con- Join Pat Metheny in this free online and advantages of hiring members of ventions and though they work fine seminar and learn how the Mac can the Apple Consultants Network. For and are inexpensive, they really aren’t help you take your music to the next more information visit http://www. good Word alternatives considering level. For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarson- seminars.apple.com/seminars all of the other programs that do a bet- line/guitarists/apple/index.html?s=203 online/hireacn/apple/index.html ter job. http://members.aol.com/iText/

7 Web Picks of the Month From Don Dickey: From Jack Bass: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/ http://www.presidentmatch.com/Main Compiled by Neal Dembicer, CMC carefordisc/index.html or .jsp2?cp=main Please report any broken links to: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/ This is a very interesting site that [email protected] carefordisc/disccare.html matches all of your voting preferences A US Government web site where you with the candidates stated positions, From Neal Dembicer: can learn how to safely store data on and then tells you who you should http://www.gohook.com CD and DVD media. It seems that vote for president. At the end, click Going, adhesive labels and certain types of on the compare button, to compare all Going, markers can damage data on such the positions of your desired candi- Sold! If media. date with the one that is chosen for you’ve ever visited an online auction you, if it is different. site, you may well have wondered From Robert F. Sawyer: http://www.badapple.kustomrides.com/ www.govliquidation.com how much that used computer or that From author Bill Butler: “Welcome to This is a site for buying government piece of jewelry was really worth. my homage to Panther, the operating surplus at auction. Practically any- GoHook is a new auction database system that Apple deigned to replace thing you might want, at very that is meant to answer that question. Jaguar, an honest, stable platform. In reasonable prices . . . if you know Its goal is to allow buyers and sellers its place is a surprisingly unstable OS what you want or are willing to to research the fair market value of an 10.3.x. Herein lies the various research the item to know what you item by checking the final sale prices “screens of death” I’ve encountered, are bidding on. in completed auctions. So far the site mostly system crashes rivaling any From Deena Quilty: lists only about 150,000 auctionsÐall DOS blue screen.” This site is funny http://www.zinio.com/category?cat=1005 from eBayÐbut it is adding more than with great comments on the various Free sample electronic versions of 2,000 auctions a day and hopes to screens of death. Unfortunately I have several good magazines are available. offer a million auctions by the end of seen too many of these screens You’ll need the free Zinio Reader Ð the year. It’s free until next year. myself! it’s available for Mac OS X.

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9 2003-2004 CMC OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

President Don Dickey Vice President Rich Lenoce Treasurer George Maciel [email protected] 860-232-2841 [email protected] 860-347-1789 [email protected] 860-561-0319

Secretary Chris Hart Download of the Month Debbie Foss Public Relations Neal Dembicer [email protected] 860-291-9393 [email protected] 860-583-1165 [email protected] 860-673-7711

Editor Deena Quilty Webmaster Brian Desmond Raffles Robert Sawyer [email protected] 860-678-8622 [email protected] (860) 668-8728 [email protected] 860-677-7787

Past President Joseph Arcuri Special Events Jack Bass Ambassador Connie Scott [email protected] 860-485-1547 [email protected] [email protected] 860-584-9573

Caricatures by Bill Dougal of Lebanon, (860) 456-9041. Available for illustration assignments and event caricature.

10 Upcoming Meetings Discounted FREE Monthly CMC Meetings are held Books Raffle! on last Wednesday of the month, CMC continues to offer 7:00 p.m. Ð 9:00 p.m. current members the Every member who attends our (except Nov. and Dec. when the opportunity to purchase any published monthly meetings gets a raffle ticket. meetings are one week earlier book for either Mac or Windows at a This will give you a chance for one of due to the holidays) 20% discount. All major publishers our free prizes every month! You are carried by our source. Call Neal Dembicer at 673-7711 or could win . . . t-shirts, toys, CDs, Board meetings are the mugs, software . . . there’s always first Thursday of the month. send email to [email protected]. If you wish to attend a Board meeting, Provide the book title, the publisher something we’re giving away! contact an officer for the location. and the ISBN number, if possible, and he will check on its availability. Books March 31 ¥ 7 pm will be back-ordered if not in stock. Normally, the wait is not too long. Join the many people who have Bring the kids! Mindstorm allows satisfactorily used this service! your Mac to control Legos into walking, rolling, moving, reaching Treasurer’s New Members robots. For adults, Mindstorms are just plain fun but for children it Report Spread the word. We need new members! teaches them a variety of topics Have your friends and co-workers Ending Checking join us for fun and learning about including math, science, robotics, Account Balance ...... $1921.29 computer and design technology. OS X, the Mac and iMac. This presentation should be fun for Savings Account Balance...$3945.85 the whole family. Balances as of February 29, 2004 Total Membership: 121 April 28 ¥ 7 pm Wacom Tablet Demo “Back To Basics” CMC Classified Ads From the basic tablet to the A monthly “mini” group meeting, Members can Advertise For Sale, incredible Cintiq tablet. designed to help you to better under- Swap, Trade, Giveaway or Want to stand your Mac, will take place each Buy Items. This space can be used by May 26 ¥ 7 pm month immediately prior to the main presentation. It will provide you with a members to advertise non-business Digital Photography Basics items which they are no longer using Selecting and using your forum to learn those details that you’ve digital camera. always wondered about. Details, or upgrading. This is a free service including start time and date of the first provided to our members. June 29 ¥ 7 pm meeting, will be announced soon by Any business items or services can be Chris Hart (email: [email protected]) Hands-On Photoshop, iPhoto advertised at the rates shown below: and iDVD Workshops at Middlesex Community College. CMC Elections are coming up! Monthly Ad Rates Future topics include: Business Card ...... $10.00 GarageBand Elections for President, Vice Quarter Page...... $20.00 Quark/InDesign President, Secretary, and Treasurer Half Page...... $30.00 Celebrity Guest Night will be held at the May meeting. Any Full Page (or insert) ...... $50.00 Annual Auction member is eligible to run for any Migration to OSX position. Any one willing to give Submit all ad copy to the Editor on a disk back to CMC for what they have and Much More! with nothing else on it or e-mail it for received, please contact Connie insertion in the following issue. Display Scott, Nominating Committee Chair If you have a program you are at [email protected]. Any ads must be submitted camera-ready in interested in, email Rich Lenoce questions about the election, please .eps or .pdf format with all fonts & at: [email protected] e-mail to the same address. graphics embedded.

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CMC Meeting Location Ð a PDF document containing a visual direction guide to UConn Health Center is available on our website: http://www.ctmac.org. Print and take it with you to find us easily!

Monthly meetings will be held at UConn Health Center in Farmington. When hands-on programs require computers for attendees, we will be using Middlesex Community College in Middletown.

Directions to UCHC, Farmington Directions to Middlesex C.C. From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, From the Hartford area, take Route 9 South. A few Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn right at first traffic light onto miles south of downtown Middletown on Route 9, take Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic light, turn Exit 11 (Rt. 155, Randolph Road). At the end of the right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main ramp (for both N. & S. bound), turn right onto building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when Randolph Road. Continue to the traffic light at the top you get to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two- of the hill and turn left onto Saybrook Road. Go a quar- way there so you should be able to tell where to turn. (Do ter of a mile and turn right onto Reservoir Road. Travel not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second past the stop sign, then take the first right onto Training right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go Hill Road. Your first left will lead into the Middlesex past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You Community College Campus parking area. When you will see a continuation of the building with its own entrance arrive on campus, take a right onto Training Hill Road. area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground Go to the second parking lot entrance and take a left floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This into the upper lot. Directly in front of you will be Snow is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are on your Hall. Enter Snow Hall and go up the stairs to the 2nd left as you enter. floor and go to the last room on the right, Room 509.

12 Monthly Meeting April 28 – 7 p.m. Wacom Tablet Demo From the basic tablet to the incredible Cintiq tablet. Green Apples – 6 p.m. (See Page 5 for details) NEWSLETTER OF CONNECTICUT MACINTOSH CONNECTION, INC.MAY, 2004

Instant you don’t need to be an AOL sub- a USB desk microphone and also a scriber to get one, and it’s completely USB headset for . Messaging ‘04 free! The place to get started is at If you’re using AOL’s software (under By Don Dickey, www..com or my.screenname.aol. OS 9), you’ll find that headphones are CMC president com. You’ll need to convince them a virtual necessity. Otherwise, the that you’re over 18 years old and you person you are talking with will hear As you know, my focus will also need to provide an email themselves coming back in a sort of as your president has address where they can send you a reverb. always been to help you have fun with message that you must reply to for your Mac. In keeping with this theme, account activation to be completed. OS X’s iChat eliminates this problem I’d like to share my experiences with by electronically subtracting you Instant Messaging. While it’s been Next, you need to get some Instant speaker audio from what the micro- around for a while, recent software Messaging software. If you’re run- phone hears, so a headset is not upgrades have made it a lot more fun ning Panther (OS X v10.3) or later, usually required (unless you want to than it used to be. you’ve already got Apple’s great keep others in the room from listen- iChat AV. If you’re running Jaguar ing in on your conversation). If you have a teenager in your house- (OS X v10.2.x), you can purchase hold, you already know that Instant Finally, all that’s left is to set the soft- iChat AV from Apple. If you’re run- Messaging is “in” these days. The ware up. You need to enter your ning OS 9 you’re not out of luck. You good news is that if you have a broad- username and password to “sign on” can download the “Classic” version of band connection to the internet, at to the AOL Instant Messaging server. AOL’s own instant messenger which least your teen isn’t tying up the You also should add the screen names includes “Talk” in the full install. phone line for hours on end as was of your “buddies” into your “Buddy Note that you should not download common in years past. List” so you can see when they’re on the “Carbon” version (now at 4.7) as and initiate a chat or conversation. Talk is not included. What you should know is that Instant If you’re using iChat AV, you can start Messaging isn’t just for teens! I’ve it from your Dock. When setting it up, To use VOIP (voice over internet been using it for quite a while now to you should tell it that you’re using an protocol), you also need some equip- communicate with several friends AOL server and not a .Mac server, ment: a microphone and speakers. who would otherwise require a long and what your screen name and pass- Fortunately, many Macs include built- distance phone call. I don’t mean text in microphones and nearly all (except Continued on page 2 chats either, but the new G5s) have built-in speakers. real voice com- Those with iMacs, iBooks, eMacs, In this Issue munication! and PowerBooks are ready to IM right Instant Messaging...... 1 out-of-the-box! Scanning with Digital Camera...... 3 What do you need Super Driving - DVD ...... 4 to get started? Otherwise, you may need Green Apples ...... 5 First of all, you to purchase a microphone Tactile Pro Keybord Article...... 6 need an AOL and speakers. Older Web Picks of the Month ...... 8 “screen name” Download of the Month ...... 8 PowerMacs use what’s which is your IM Apple Seminars ...... 9 called a PlainTalk micro- identity or “han- Upcoming Meetings ...... 10 phone. Newer Macs use dle.” Fortunately, Meetings & Club News...... 11 USB microphones. I have

1 Continued from page 1 on, my Mac says, word are. In Preferences, set it up to “John is on.” show your online status in the menu This way, I can bar. You’ll see a new symbol at the top set the defaults in right of your screen where you can iChat to be silent, easily toggle your status from so Buddies com- Available to Off-line and also bring ing and going up your Buddy List. In your iChat AV don’t make any “Buddy List” click the “+” button at sounds, but cer- the bottom. Then, click New Person. tain Buddies Set the Account Type to AIM, type in announce themselves as I’m likely to a buddy’s name and click Add. In want to chat with them right away. Editor AOL’s software, just use the Setup tab Deena Quilty in your buddy list to add buddies. You (Note that you can do this in AOL’s can separate them into categories, software, but you do it in Preferences Content such as Buddies, Family, or Co- instead of in the Buddy List.) Contributor Workers, if you wish. Don Dickey Another thing you can do is set a spe- Contributing If you’re running iChat AV, the “V” cial ring tone for audio and/or video Author Deeena Quilty stands for Video. This, or course, chat invitations from this Buddy. This CMC Editor Rich Lenoce requires a video camera. Apple sup- is handy if you’re in a different room and want to be able to hear a loud Designer ports only FireWire video cameras ringer; useful for when your kid calls George Maciel such as their excellent iSight or most any digital camcorder (with a from college (and you’d rather chat on Photographers FireWire cable). There is shareware your Mac than on a long distance John Scott available which enables inexpensive phone call). The default ringer in Jack Bass USB cameras to work, however. I iChat AV is particularly quiet, but you Chris Hart recently purchased iChatUSBCam can choose another louder sound if you wish. Caricatures from the folks at www.ecamm.com Bill Dougal, CMC member for $10, and it works just fine. That To add new a new sound, OS X (860) 456-9041 was a lot cheaper than any FireWire camera, and sufficient to get my feet requires it to be in AIFF format. You Available for illustration can use iTunes to convert sounds from assignments & event caricatures wet with video conferencing. You can download a demo that runs for a week MP3 to AIFF. Place the AIFF file(s) in Publisher so you can see if your hardware and your “Sounds” folder in your Connecticut Macintosh software are up to the task before “Library” folder. If you don’t have a Connection, Inc. plunking down real $$$. “Sounds” folder, simply create one in 41 Crossroads Plaza your Library. You may have to log out PMB 1984 There are several hidden features in and back in for the Mac to see the new West Hartford, CT 06117 iChat AV (and also in AOL/IM... just sounds you’ve added. If you want in different places). One cool thing these sounds to be available for multi- Printer you can do is set up “Actions” that ple users, add them instead to the Budget Printers happen when a buddy logs on. To do Sounds folder in the Library folder at 1718 Park Street this in iChat, click on the person in the root of your hard drive and restart. Hartford, CT 06106 your buddy list (they don’t have to be These are the basics. Instant We welcome submissions online at the time) and Get Info Messaging is a great way to have fun from members! (Command-I). Toggle Show at the top (and save money) with your Mac. The Please submit articles by first to Actions. Here you can toggle Event best part is that AV chatting is com- of the month for inclusion in to Buddy Becomes Available to cause pletely free if you already have an our newsletter. There is much a sound to play, the Dock icon to Internet connection and the required talent in our group; it would be bounce, and/or to have your Mac announce them with speech. For hardware. Remember, I always say great to have several member having fun is what it’s all about!  articles in each issue. instance, when my buddy John signs

2 Scanning With I have a 5 megapixel Nikon Coolpix The film holder has to be loaded, slid Your Digital 5000. Something told me to go to the into the copying adapter end and Nikon web site and there was a film moved as each negative is copied. Camera copying adapter (ES-E28) and auxil- Then it is removed, negative holder by Jack Bass iary adapter (UR-E6) for less than opened and film removed and another $100. I have never seen it advertised. strip placed in. It takes about two min- A few members The adapter is good for most of the utes to do a strip of six depending on have asked me for Nikon digital cameras with the correct how adept you are in opening and further details on how auxiliary adapter that fits the camera placing the strip of film appropriately I scanned over 5000 slides and film to the copying adapter. It also comes in the slide holder. negatives (some of my extensive col- with a negative film strip holder and a lection), after I showed my system at a two place slide holder (see photos). My light is a desk lamp with a $15 meeting awhile back. There may be a copying adapter out Philips Daylight 50 15-watt fluores- there for your camera. Try your cam- cent bulb bought at Home Depot. It I owned a Polaroid 4000 scanner era maker’s web site and search for works just fine for me with my camera ($750 on sale) that took 15 minutes to “copying adapter” or something similar. on a small tripod placed on my desk scan four slides and realized it would facing the bulb about four inches take me years to copy my immense My camera has four setting options. I away.  collection gathered over fifty years. have one of the options set to default Thus, I looked around for an alterna- to closeup, color slide copying and tive. A friendÐhe has a large another sett to copying black and collection of film negatives and slides, white negatives and a third set to tooÐthought we could do it with an old copying color negatives. copying adapter that fit a film camera, as his Kodak digital camera (3 The slide holder is the easier to use as megapixel) had threads on the lens it can be placed in the copying adapter front ring and focused within a few end and slid back and forth without inches of the lens. removing it. The slides are put in and removed from the top. Thus, I I experimented with him until we can put a slide in one end of the found the correct distance to see a full adapter, slide it over, hold a sec- photo on the LCD. We had to take the ond until the camera focuses close focusing lens out of the film- and then press the shutter. copying adapter as it was redundant. Placing another slide in the free Then he had a machine shop trim the end and sliding it in place end of the film adapter off and weld an exposes the slide already copied adapter ring with the correct thread that is removed and another size on the other end to fit the camera. slide placed in, etc. It takes He bought one of those white light about 15 seconds for each fluorescent floor lamps for his light slide. That is 4 per source. The lamps are advertised in minute. And the many magazines for $149.95 plus S & results are very good. H. They have 55 watts (250 watt Of course, I have a box equivalent) full-spectrum fluorescent of slides ready to scan on bulbs. It worked just fine for him. He my right and they end up in has placed most of his slides on zip another box to my left. For now, they drives and displays them on his 55- end up on CD or DVD discs after pro- inch TV where they show off cessing through my computer using impressively. He has thrown his slides iPhoto. My daughter and son love to away as he says they take up too much view them on their own TV set at room and he will never project them home any time they want. No setup on a screen again. (He has more nerve required using a DVD player. than I have and probably more sense!)

3 Super Driving The DVD video disks we rent and pur- What is a DVD chase use a standardized hierarchical file structure providing random access By Rich Lenoce, to all features on a disk from a menu or Vice President series of menus or can play automati- This may sound cally depending on how they are like a silly ques- authored or programmed. By standard- tion, but in reality izing DVD video, the DVD Forum there is a lot of confusion insured that disks could be manufac- about DVDs particularly since Macs for tured to provide universal playback on MPEG2 compression reduces this to the last five years have shipped with players from different manufacturers. about 8 gigabytes for two hours of very DVD recorders called Superdrives and Though DVD video is a standard, its high quality video. The person doing iDVD software. hierarchical or branching file structure the compression sets the rate of com- offers tremendous flexibility allowing pression based on the quality required The acronym DVD stands for (drum for multiple menus, different types of or the amount of data needed to be roll please) . . . nothing! Originally, the audio (stereo, surround, Dolby, DTS), stored on the disk. The more compres- DVD Forum, the DVD standards organ- languages, subtitles, extras (graphics, sion applied, the lower the picture ization made up of the Hollywood animation, DVD-ROM content), multi- quality and more data can fit on a disk. Studios, Pioneer Electronics and Apple, ple titles and programs as well as Up to 8 hours of high quality video and named the format Digital Video Disk multiple camera angles of individual 30 hours of low quality video can be but when it became apparent that the scenes. encoded onto a single disk. The opti- format was going to go beyond playing mum quality can be derived using a movies and would be used for DVD- All of the files on an authored DVD compression data rate of 9.8 mbps but ROM (storing files), DVD Audio, etc. video are referred to as a title set. most movies are encoded at between 5 the acronym no longer worked, so it’s Minimally, there are two basic types of and 6 mbps providing good quality yet just called a DVD. files that can make up a set: files that keeping a movie to one side on two lay- provide information and navigation on ers. At this rate, a single two and a half When using the term DVD we need to the disk are called Information Set Files hour movie can fit on one side of a qualify that DVDs have a physical for- (.IFO) and the video files themselves DVD with very high picture quality. mat such as DVD-ROM (any pressed called Video Object files (.VOB). Other Obviously, the compression rate used DVD with files on it), or DVD-R files for graphics, commentary, sur- affects the price of the DVD: the more (recordable DVDs), and an application round audio, etc can also be included. layers and disks used, the more expen- format such as DVD video for distribut- The video on a DVD video is not one sive to duplicate and the higher the cost ing movies, DVD-Audio, etc. This is no single file but several VOB filesÐa to the consumer. Once compressed, a different then Compact Disks, which movie, for example is broken up into chip in a DVD player or software on a are available as CD-ROMs, CD-R, CD- several individual files that can play computer such as Apple’s DVD Player RW and can contain a standardized sequentially or accessed individually as decompresses the video turning it back application such as CD Audio. chapters. The reason for multiple VOB into a picture. files is that when the DVD standard was Unlike the 700 mb CD, DVDs hold 4.7 set, operating systems were limited to Commercial DVDs are also copy-pro- gigabytes of on a single layer. Each side files sizes that could not exceed 2giga- tected using methods to thwart theft, of a DVD can have two layers giving a bytes. Most DVD movies are 6-8 mass duplication and illegal importa- potential of 9 gigabytes per side and 18 gigabytes in length so they must be bro- tion. The first method, called CSS, puts gigabytes per disk for a double-sided, ken up into several smaller VOB files; an encryption key on each frame. A double-layered DVD. A DVD player the IFO files provide the information legitimate DVD player has the decryp- plays the second layer by moving the about the sequence these files are to be tion key that unlocks the CSS on each laser to a slightly different angle. When played. frame so that files can be played back a DVD switches layers, there is a minor for viewing. Operating systems on pause or stutter in DVD video. VOB files are encoded using the computers don’t have the key so there- Currently, dual layer DVDs are limited MPEG2 video compression standard. fore a digital copy can’t be made to commercially pressed DVDs; record- Compressed video must be used because the file can’t be unlocked. able DVDs are limited to one layer and because uncompressed video is enor- DVD video disks and players are also hold 4.7 gigabytes per side. mous. An uncompressed 2-hour movie would be 200 gigabytes in size, but Continued on page 5

4 Continued from page 4 players. Apple currently doesn’t sup- regionalized by continent or country. port this standard but it is supported in Green Apples The United States is considered Region third-party applications such as Toast. by Chris Hart, 1 and all players and disks sold here CMC Secretary will work together. Taking a disk to DVD technology is a “standard defini- tion” video technology, meaning it is Do You Feel Like another region (Europe, Asia, Australia, A Green Apple? etc) and attempting to play a Region 1 limited to the 525 line TV standard that disk on Region 4 player won’t work. has been in use for the last 60 years, not CMC is ready to ripen your computer For travelers, laptop software can reset the 720 and 1080 line standards called knowledge with CMC Back To Basics, the region to the country being traveled High Definition (HDTV) that go into a monthly pre-meeting session focus- to limiting that change to 7 or 8 times. effect in 2006. DVDs are not high defi- ing on the essentials of Macintosh However, DVD players don’t have this nition, so a new optical disk or DVD computing. Open to all CMC mem- bers, this session offer an abbreviated feature. This protects illegal US copies application standard will need to be developed. Don’t worry!!! DVD is here program that answers the most popular of DVDs being sold beyond the region questions among Mac users. they were intended theoretically reduc- to stay and any new technology will be ing the black market of pirated disks. able to play today’s DVDs. However, Join us on April 28th for our session Finally, DVD video uses the same there is a fight brewing in the wings on web browser basics. You’ll learn Macrovision analog copy protection between the DVD Forum and its pro- about the numerous web browsers used on commercial VHS tapes that posal for a high definition encoding available and the benefits of each. causes distortion when an analog copy being placed on a standard DVD, and a Discussions will include preferences is made from a commercial DVD. Like new blue laser video disk technology settings, security issues, pop-ups, VHS and audiotapes, if you own a copy that offers 25 gigabytes on a cookies and bookmarks. of a DVD you are entitled to make a diskÐenough to fit hours of extremely Our May 26th session will be all copy for your own use but the DVD high quality HDTV. The fight is a big about sharing files between comput- Forum in adding these protections to one as it’s expected that the next gener- ers. Whether you want to do a the DVD standard isn’t making it easy. ation of optical disk standards will be one-time transfer to a brand new Mac, In addition, the Digital Copyright the lastÐwhatever technology is adopt- or share files on a regular basis, we’ll Protection Act makes it illegal for a ed will stay for many years to come. It demonstrate how it’s done. manufacturer to sell software to break is expected to be the last, since some Back To Basics will take a break dur- the copy protection on a DVD. That is other yet-to-be-determined memory ing the month of June, when the currently being challenged in court. device with no moving parts (similar to Flash memory used in digital cameras) CMC meeting will will be at Middlesex Community College in will provide the next wave of data stor- There are other commercial DVD Middletown. application standards such as DVD- age. Or, movies may also fly across a Audio, etc. There are also recordable new broadband Internet for rent or pur- On July 28th, CMC will return to DVD formats such as those used in chase like today’s web pages, and never UConn Medical Center, and Back To Apple’s Super Drive. The DVD Forum actually reside on a portable disk. At Basics will provide a complete explo- approved a recordable standard called the moment, we sit at the edge between ration of the System Preferences in DVD-R (a.k.a. DVD minus R) and science fiction and tomorrow’s realities. Mac OS X. After attending this ses- sion, you’ll be able to customize your DVD-RW, the re-writable version. computer’s behavior to your liking. DVD-R/RW is similar to CD-R/RW Seeing how a DVD works places a but can hold 4.7 gigabytes per side; whole new perspective on the power of Please join us each month (except dual layers are not supported. Most new a new Mac; a machine where DVD June) at 6:00 P.M. for CMC Back To DVD players sold today can play authoring comes standard and free. The Basics. These sessions take place just DVD-R. Not to be outdone, a second Mac Superdrive and iDVD 1.0 were across the hall from our primary group of companies, which included released when there were less than 10 meeting space inside the UConn Microsoft and Sony, created another million DVD players in the hands of Medical Center. We encourage you standard called DVD+R/RW. This was consumers. Today, there are an estimat- to bring a notepad, so that you can created primarily as a backup medium ed 75 million players, and growing with take notes on the demonstrations and explanations provided. Afterwards, and as a way not to pay the DVD the technology has meant Apple-made we’ll leave you plenty of time to Forum for the technology. On the PC DVDs work on 90% of today’s players. Whatever the next standards are for move across the hall and get a seat for side it is being used by consumers to the main CMC meeting. create video DVDs but DVD+R is sup- home video, you can be sure Apple will ported in only about 40% of DVD again be leading the revolution.  I look forward to seeing you! 

5 The Majestic Alps and much better than the original iMac key- that I would take first crack at it. To board that everyone quote Tom Petty, it’s good to be king. the King of Keyboards breathed a by Adam C. Engst sigh of [email protected] relief and On the face of it, the Tactile Pro with a few Keyboard looks very much like the Back in the days exceptions, Apple Pro Keyboard (at least the one when ADB ruled forgot that even the that came with my Power Mac G4), the land, Apple Apple Pro Keyboard with a clear plastic shell backed by made one of the best couldn’t hold a candle to the white plastic and solid white keys. It’s keyboards in the known Apple Extended Keyboard. slightly less wide (from Caps Lock to universe - the Apple Extended the edge of the numeric keypad) than Keyboard. It was a large, solid key- On a Mission — I, and the other mem- the Apple Pro Keyboard, but deeper board with a great tactile feel provided bers of the TidBITS staff, do a lot of (from the spacebar to the top of the key- by mechanical switches under each typing. Our keyboards are in constant board above the function keys). Like key. But good keyboards cost money, use all day long, as we write and edit the Apple Pro Keyboard, it sports a and over time Apple traded the desire to articles, create and reply to email, and hard-wired cable and a pair of USB provide the best keyboard with the Mac who knows what else. In fact, the main ports on either side of the top. A pair of for the desire to spend less money per serious use for keyboards that we don’t feet flip out from the bottom if you pre- Mac by skimping on the keyboard. have is gaming, where fast and accurate fer your keyboard angled up (so your Thanks to moving away from Alps response are essential. fingers are higher than your wrists, a mechanical keyswitches, Apple’s key- position I usually recommend against boards became mushy, and those of us Over the last few years, we’ve tried a because of the unnatural hand position who appreciate a good keyboard mut- number of keyboards. Note that we it enforces). tered darkly and clung to our old don’t want anything fancy, like split keyboards. keyboards, or keyboards with lots of The keyboard layout is standard (no Fn extra specialty keys. All we want is a or other boutique keys anywhere in But if things were looking bad then, real Macintosh keyboard (with sight!) and for the most part very simi- they were to get worse (and I promise Command and Option keys, rather than lar to the Apple Pro Keyboard. There not to dwell on the abomination that is Windows and Alt keys) that’s basically are a few differences, though. The top the location of the Fn key on the same as the Apple Extended row of keys (Escape, the function keys, PowerBook and iBook keyboards). Keyboard. and the volume and Eject keys) are When Apple introduced the iMac, it somewhat more separated from the rest included a cute little keyboard with a None of the keyboards we’ve tried, of the keyboard than on the Apple Pro non-standard layout and a truly awful including some from Macally, Keyboard, which is fine, since you tactile feel, accompanied by a round Kensington, and MicroConnectors, don’t want to press them accidentally. mouse that was even worse. Almost have garnered entirely positive com- The Tactile Pro Keyboard also has a everyone hated this keyboard (I’m ments, and more problematic, a number power key above the function keys, a being kind here, since in fact, I don’t of them have failed in some important welcome addition if you can’t easily know anyone who liked it, but it’s a big way (who needs an N key anyway!). reach one of the power keys on your world out there and Apple sold a lot of Mac or if you don’t have Apple moni- iMacs, so I’m sure someone must have Enter the Tactile Pro — We’re inun- tors (which can power the machine on). liked it). Worse, since the iMac dropped dated by press releases every day, and Through no fault of Matias’s, the power ADB in favor of USB, it became diffi- it’s uncommon for one to generate key can only power on older Macs with cult to use an old ADB keyboard, since comment on our internal staff mailing the necessary hardware support; USB-to-ADB adapters tended to be a list. However, when we received the Apple’s current Macs no longer support bit flaky with keyboards, which need to initial press release for Matias’s Tactile power on signals via USB (but the work in unusual situations such as Pro keyboard, which led with “Matias power key still brings up the when the Mac is powered down, sleep- recreates ‘the best keyboard Apple ever Restart/Sleep/Shut Down dialog when ing, or crashed. made’” and went on to promise that the the Mac is turned on). Tactile Pro Keyboard used the same Having fallen to previously unexplored mechanical switch technology as the At a quick glance, the keycaps on the depths, Apple pulled itself out of the original Apple Extended Keyboard, Tactile Pro Keyboard look slightly fetid mire with the Apple Pro there was very nearly an online battle unusual. When you look more closely, Keyboard, a full-size keyboard with a over who would get to try a review unit you realize that Matias has done some- standard layout and a decent tactile first. Ever the voice of calm and reason, thing that would seem obvious except feel. The Apple Pro Keyboard was so I settled the question by announcing Continued on page 7

6 for the fact that no one has done it Keyboard is much louder than the touch so light it was tricky to avoid typ- before: they printed the Option- and Apple Pro Keyboard and other key- ing a character if he so much as touched Shift-Option-characters on every key- boards that use rubber membrane a keycap. Although a light touch might cap. It’s a brilliant move; no longer do switches. I could imagine situations seem like a good thing, it’s common to you need a software utility to look up where a quiet keyboard would be rest your fingers gently on the keycaps the degree character when you can just important, but for most people, the when you’re not typing, and if the glance at the keyboard and see that it’s important aspect of a keyboard is how it switch doesn’t provide a certain Shift-Option-8. And before this I could feels when you type. I had to switch amount of resistance, you end up enter- never keep the keystrokes straight for back to the Apple Pro Keyboard briefly ing characters accidentally. Most users single and double curly quotes (hold because the first Tactile Pro Keyboard respond to a too-light keyboard by Option- or Shift-Option and press the Matias sent me developed a spotty A holding their fingers just above the key- bracket keys). key after a few weeks of use; Edgar board, but that subconscious action can Matias told me that although the Alps make you even more tired by the end of http://tactilepro.com/viewer/tp_mainpic.html keyswitches generally last for many the day. Despite this light touch, the years, if one is going to fail, it will fail sample keyboard was even louder than On the downside, almost immediately (which is why the Tactile Pro Keyboard. Needless to the Tactile Pro Matias offers a 5-year “few questions say, he was shocked that this could hap- Keyboard’s Option asked” warranty). pen, both because he feared for the keys are slightly Tactile Pro Keyboard’s future and smaller than on the The return to the Apple Pro Keyboard because he didn’t want see the famed Apple Pro was revealing. My typing accuracy Alps keyswitch disappear for good. Keyboard, making dropped immediately, and my hands Since Alps would have mothballed the them harder to hit accurately. The ached after a long day. Although I prob- tooling used to build this particular Apple Pro Keyboard’s Caps Lock key ably would have re-acclimated to it keyswitch, it might never have been has an unusual keycap that separates it after another week or two, switching produced again, particularly if the tool- slightly from the A key; the Tactile Pro back to the replacement Tactile Pro ing deteriorated in the warehouse from Keyboard lacks that special keycap, so Keyboard when it arrived was a huge lack of use and maintenance. I find myself accidentally turning Caps relief. Lock on more frequently than before. Luckily, Edgar was able to convince the Speaking of special keys, the volume I can’t speak for anyone else, but if you Alps factory in Taiwan to keep the tool- and Eject keys require a special driver consider yourself a keyboard aficiona- ing active for him by committing to buy that Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar users must do, or if you’ve been bothered by the a million keyswitches. There are 110 install; a CD-ROM contains the neces- slide in quality for Apple’s keyboards, keys (and thus presumably keyswitch- sary installer. you owe it to yourself to give the Tactile es) on a Tactile Pro Keyboard, so Pro Keyboard a try. It costs $100 plus Matias needs to sell just over 9,000 Where the Tactile Pro Keyboard really $20 shipping if you buy direct from keyboards to use up the promised mil- shines, though, is in its feel. The keys Matias; it probably makes more sense lion keyswitches. That’s confidence, are decidedly “click- to buy from a reseller like TidBITS but after trying the Tactile Pro ier” and more sponsor Small Dog Electronics, where Keyboard, I think it’s justified. It costs mechanical, and the price is $80 before shipping. only a bit more than an Apple Pro they have a slightly Keyboard; it includes all the Option- longer key travel Protecting the Alps — There’s an and Shift-Option characters on the key- when you push interesting little side story that played caps; and at least to my mind, it feels so them. The end result itself out while I was reviewing the key- much better that I type faster, more is a much less mushy feel than on the board and communicating back and accurately, and more comfortably. Apple Pro Keyboard, but accompanied forth with Edgar Matias. The Tactile Everyone’s hands are different, but if by much louder typing noises. When Pro Keyboard had been out for only a you live and die by your keyboard as I I’m typing fast, the Tactile Pro short while when Alps, the makers of do, Matias’s Tactile Pro Keyboard is Keyboard almost clatters, and I can say the mechanical keyswitches, absolutely worth a try.  with assurance that I don’t mind one announced that they were going to stop bit. The new feel took a little getting making these particular keyswitches used to, but within a day, it felt quite altogether. wonderful. Most vendors have moved to a lower- Copyright 2004 TidBITS: Reuse gov- It’s entirely possible that some people cost clone of the keyswitch, but when erned by Creative Commons license may not appreciate the extra noise; Edgar tried a sample keyboard they sent there’s no question that the Tactile Pro him, he thought it felt awful, with a Contact:

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9 March 31st 2004 Upcoming photos, correct problems and prepare photos for printing. Both Photoshop an Monthly CMC Meetings iPhoto will be covered. Other hands-on Meeting By Rich Lenoce, Vice President sessions are in the works; if there is a featured session you’d like to see offered, let me Lego As Vice President of CMC, I have know ASAP. MindStorm taken on the task of assigning the pro- presented by grams for our CMC meetings based on July 28 will cover Garage Brian input from our members. The hardest Band, Apple’s new fun-to- Desmond part of this task was meeting the needs use music creation and of all CMC members with such a wide audio mixing program. This range of skillsÐfrom newbies to pros presentation will be geared and with an equal range of towards the non-musician interestsÐfrom technical to digi- demonstrating how easy Garage Band tal media to games to using a can make music. Mac for work, or just having fun. On August 25, graphic designer Pat I assure you, there will be something at Rasch will give a presentation on the each meeting for everyone, and not just graphics program that is taking the field the raffle! Before each monthly meet- by storm: Adobe’s InDesign. Pat will ing, Chris Hart will be coordinating the discuss the benefits of InDesign and Back to Basics mini group meeting how to move to InDesign for users of designed to help all users better under- other graphic programs such as Quark stand their Mac. CMC President, Don Xpress and Adobe Pagemaker. Dickey will open each meeting with the latest news and developments in the September 29 is Apple world. Next on the agenda is our Celebrity Night. always -popular Q & A session where Apple engineer, Mac experts answer your questions and author and presenter attempt to solve your problems. Finally, Dave Marra will give presentations throughout the year have an entertaining and been structured to cover a range of topics. informative presentation about the Mac world. Check out his On April 28, you’ll web site at http://www.marrathon.com. learn why tablets aren’t just for artists. Steven October 27 is our annual auction Gottlieb of Wacom will month. In NovemberÐdue to the demonstrate the Wacom and Cintiq line Thanksgiving holiday, we meet a week of tablets. Tablets offer a more natural early so on November 17ÐCMC secre- method of input than a mouseÐwith less tary and Mac consultant Chris Hart will repetitive physical stress. They can be give a presentation on the Whys and very powerful tools especially when how-tos of migrating to OS X. This is OS X’s handwriting recognition tech- particularly important since 50% of our nology is enabled. membership hasn’t made the jump yet. Photos by Chris will review the benefits of OS X, John Scott and On May 26 and June 30, we start a talk about the differences, and explain Chris Hart two-month series on digital photography how to move your applications and data Ðby far our most requested presentation to the new OS when you decide to topic. May’s meeting will be an intro- make the move. Bring your questions! duction to digital photography and digital camera basics. June’s meeting December’s meeting ends the year with will be held at Middlesex Community our popular Holiday party featuring College where hands-on sessions in Stump the Geeks. digital photo editing will Topics are subject to change depending be held. CMC members on the needs of the membership and can bring their digital new products that may be released by images and photo Apple. If you have any suggestions or experts will show you comments, please don’t hesitate to con- how to organize your tact me at [email protected]. 

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on last Wednesday of the month, Every CMC member Robert Sawyer 7:00 p.m. Ð 9:00 p.m. Discounted Books who attends our monthly CMC Raffles CMC continues to offer current mem- meetings gets a raffle ticket. This will (except Nov. and Dec. when the bers the opportunity to purchase any give you a chance for one of our free meetings are one week earlier published book for either Mac or prizes every month! You could win… due to the holidays) Windows at a 20% discount. All major t-shirts, toys, CDs, mugs, software Board meetings are the publishers are carried by our source. …there’s always something we’re first Thursday of the month. Call Neal Dembicer at 673-7711 or giving away! If you wish to attend a Board meeting, send email to [email protected]. contact an officer for the location. Provide the book title, the publisher and the ISBN number, if possible, and April 28 ¥ 7 pm he will check on its availability. Wacom Tablet Demo Normally, the wait is not too long. From the basic tablet to the incredible Cintiq tablet. Treasurer’s New Members May 26 ¥ 7 pm Report Spread the word. We need new members! Digital Photography Basics George Maciel, CMC Treasurer Have your friends and co-workers Selecting and using your digital camera. Ending Checking join us for fun and learning about Account Balance ...... $1475.67 OS X, the Mac and iMac. June 29 ¥ 7 pm Savings Account Balance...$3947.75 Total Membership: 122 Hands-On Photoshop, iPhoto Balances as of March 31, 2004 and iDVD Workshops at Middlesex Community College. CMC Web Site Access CMC Classified Ads Future topics include: www.ctmac.org Members can Advertise For Sale, GarageBand User ID: XXX (all uppercase) Swap, Trade, Giveaway or Want to Quark/InDesign Password: xxxxx (all lowercase) Buy Items. This space can be used by Celebrity Guest Night members to advertise non-business Annual Auction Apple User Group Store items which they are no longer using Migration to OSX or upgrading. This is a free service www.applemugstore.com and Much More! provided to our members. April 1, 2004 - July 31, 2004 If you have a program you are User ID: xxxx / Password: xxxx Any business items or services can be interested in, email Rich Lenoce advertised at the rates shown below: at: [email protected] Monthly Ad Rates Business Card ...... $10.00 CMC Elections are coming up in May! Quarter Page...... $20.00 Elections for President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer Half Page...... $30.00 will be held at the May meeting. Any member is eligible to run for any Full Page (or insert) ...... $50.00 position. Any one willing to give back to CMC for what they have Submit all ad copy to the Editor on a disk received, please contact Connie Scott, Nominating Committee Chair with nothing else on it or e-mail it for at [email protected]. Any questions about the election, please e-mail to the same address. insertion in the following issue. Display ads must be submitted camera-ready in .eps or .pdf format with all fonts & graphics embedded.

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CMC Meeting Location Ð a PDF document containing a visual direction guide to UConn Health Center is available on our website: http://www.ctmac.org. Print and take it with you to find us easily!

Monthly meetings will be held at UConn Health Center in Farmington. When hands-on programs require computers for attendees, we will be using Middlesex Community College in Middletown.

Directions to UCHC, Farmington Directions to Middlesex C.C. From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, From the Hartford area, take Route 9 South. A few Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn right at first traffic light onto miles south of downtown Middletown on Route 9, take Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic light, turn Exit 11 (Rt. 155, Randolph Road). At the end of the right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main ramp (for both N. & S. bound), turn right onto building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when Randolph Road. Continue to the traffic light at the top you get to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two- of the hill and turn left onto Saybrook Road. Go a quar- way there so you should be able to tell where to turn. (Do ter of a mile and turn right onto Reservoir Road. Travel not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second past the stop sign, then take the first right onto Training right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go Hill Road. Your first left will lead into the Middlesex past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You Community College Campus parking area. When you will see a continuation of the building with its own entrance arrive on campus, take a right onto Training Hill Road. area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground Go to the second parking lot entrance and take a left floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This into the upper lot. Directly in front of you will be Snow is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are on your Hall. Enter Snow Hall and go up the stairs to the 2nd left as you enter. floor and go to the last room on the right, Room 509.

12 Monthly Meeting May 26 – 7 p.m. UConn Health Center Digital Photography Basics Introduction to Digital Cameras and Digital Photography Green Apples – 6 p.m. (See Page 2 for details) NEWSLETTER OF CONNECTICUT MACINTOSH CONNECTION, INC.MAY, 2004

Slideshow Fun Some cameras You have several options for making have a video out- your slideshow. The simplest is to burn By Don Dickey, put jack. If yours your slides as .JPG files onto a CD-R CMC president does, you can eas- that the DVD player can show all by There was a time when ily show your itself. You should name your slides so the family would gather slides using your they come up in the order you want around for a slideshow. camera as a them shown. A simple way to do this is Dad would set up a pull- to drag them into iPhoto as a new out screen that stood on album, drag to arrange them in the it’s own self-contained order you want to show them, and then tripod. Kodachrome or export them using “Album name” to Ektachrome slides cased in cardboard rename them in the proper order. squares would then be projected onto projector. This has the advantage of the screen with a bright lamp. This lamp costing nothing extra, and it’s extreme- To “kick it up a notch,” you can add would always burn out at the least ly portable. Make sure to have the musical accompaniment to your slide opportune time, like when the projector camera fully charged (or have extra bat- show. Again, you have a few options. was taken to school for a presentation! teries on hand), or your show might end One would be to choose your music in prematurely! My experience has been, iPhoto from your iTunes library, and That was then, but now many kids have however, that cameras don’t make the then export a QuickTime movie of your never seen a slide or slide projector! best projectors. It also subjects an slideshow. This can be burnt onto either This doesn’t mean that the family tradi- expensive device to possible harm. a DVD or cheaper VideoCD using tion has to die, however. It just needs to Toast. move into the 21st century with a little If you have a PowerBook with a video help from technology. That’s where output jack, you can use that as your Unfortunately, doing this ruins the tran- your Mac comes in! “projector.” Even if you have a laptop, I sitions between slides that played so recommend a separate “box” to use as nicely in iPhoto. To keep nice transi- First of all, your “slides” are now digital your projector: an inexpensive DVD tions, if your slideshow is under 100 files. If you have old Kodachrome or player! These can be had for as little as slides, you can use iDVD to create your Ektachrome slides to show, previous $35 locally. That’s a lot cheaper than slideshow. Here you can specify transi- articles by noted photographer (and even an old used PowerBook! It has the tions, slide timing, etc. before burning. CMC member) Jack Bass taught you distinct advantage of being easy to con- Options are somewhat limited, but it how to digitize them. Refer back to your trol with a handheld remote without does work nicely for smaller shows. If old newsletters for help with this, or fancy extra hardware. Another advan- you have more slides, create multiple catch Jack after the next CMC meeting tage is that it’s easily operated by most Continued on page 2 for a refresher. any member of your family.

Your other “slides” are the digital files In choosing a DVD player, be sure to Inside this Issue from a digital camera. If you don’t have select a model that can display .JPGs Green Apples ...... 2 a digital camera, be sure to come to our and VCDs on CD-R media. Most new Review: DVD Copy...... 3 upcoming meetings which will focus on ones can, but check the outside of the The Worm Hole in the Apple ...... 4 digital photography, including choosing box before opening it up. These features Mac 911...... 5 a camera. Fortunately, for slideshows are usually listed prominently. These Macworld Bus Trip Info...... 6 you don’t need a very high resolution features let you display your slides on Web Picks of the Month ...... 8 camera as you might for hardcopy inexpensive media,absolutely required MUG Offers...... 10 prints. Even a 1 megapixel camera if you don’t have a SuperDrive or DVD Meetings & Club News...... 11 available for under $100 will suffice. burner but you do have a CD-R drive. 1 Continued from page 1 At this point, you can export a slideshows on your DVD, with 100 or QuickTime movie for burning as a less in each one. A DVD blank can hold VideoCD (VCD) onto CD-R media, or thousands of slides! you can use the iDVD button to export the show into iDVD for burning as a For the most options, I recommend cre- high resolution DVD. While the VCD ating your slideshow in iMovie. Here approach is inexpensive, your slides you have almost unlimited control of won’t look as good as they will on a slide duration, transition type and DVD due to the encoding that’s used. If length, and you can also add titles if you don’t have a DVD burner, try mak- desired. The drawback with this ing a VCD show. If you do have a DVD approach is that you have to manually burner, however, I recommend spending drag a transition between all the slides the extra cents to “do it right.” If you are Editor in your show. I recently did a 10-minute burning via iDVD, you can also add Deena Quilty show with about 300 slides, and this “chapters” so you can easily jump for- Content Contributor process took quite a while. The results ward or backward to sections of your Don Dickey were worth it, however. show. These are great if you watch part of a show and then want to restart it later Contributing Author To start, create a new album in iPhoto near where you left off. Rich Lenoce for your slideshow. Drag all the photos Designer you want to show into this album. Once you’ve created your show as a George Maciel Arrange them in the proper order. VCD or DVD, now all you need to do is pop the disc into your player, turn on the Photographer Then, in iMovie, click the Photos but- TV, and make a batch of popcorn before John Scott ton. Choose your Photo Library, select assembling the family for the evening’s Publisher all the photos, and drag them onto the entertainment! Give it a try. After you’ve done it a couple of times, you’ll Connecticut Macintosh clip viewer at the bottom of the page. find out what works best for you. In the Connection, Inc. Once on the timeline, you can change the duration (and size if necessary) and meantime, be sure to have fun making 41 Crossroads Plaza click Apply. Add your musical sound- your slideshows. After all, isn’t that PMB 1984 track to the timeline and adjust its what using your Mac is all about?  West Hartford, CT 06117 length if necessary. Printer Budget Printers 1718 Park Street Green Apples Back to Basics! Hartford, CT 06106 by Chris Hart, CMC Secretary We welcome submissions  CMC is ready to ripen meeting will will be at Middlesex from members! your computer knowledge Community College in Middletown. Please submit articles by first with CMC Back To Basics, a monthly of the month for inclusion in pre-meeting session focusing on the On July 28th, CMC will return to our newsletter. There is much essentials of Macintosh computing. UConn Medical Center, and Back To Open to all CMC members, this session Basics will provide a complete explo- talent in our group; it would be offer an abbreviated program that ration of the System Preferences in Mac great to have several member answers the most popular questions OS X. After attending this session, articles in each issue. among Mac users. you’ll be able to customize your com- puter’s behavior to your liking. Our May 26th session will be all about sharing files between computers. Please join us each month (except June) Whether you want to do a one-time at 6:00 P.M. for CMC Back To Basics. transfer to a brand new Mac, or share These sessions take place just across the files on a regular basis, we’ll demon- hall from our primary meeting space strate how it’s done. inside the UConn Medical Center. We encourage you to bring a notepad, so Back To Basics will take a break during that you can take notes on the demon- the month of June, when the CMC strations and explanations provided. 

2 Review: Fast original file struc- I have heard many Mac users balk at the ture. This process price, but $99 is the same price PC users DVD Copy took several hours pay for similar software. Mac users need by Rich Lenoce, and one misstep to realize this is sophisticated software Vice President such as improper- that would cost more than $99 if you ly naming a folder used the separate tools of Roxio’s Toast February saw the would cause the and DVD2OneX. release of one-step disk to not work in DVD copying soft- a DVD player. Finally, the biggest drawback for some ware for the Mac: people is that an Internet connection is Velan’s Fast DVD Copy. Fast DVD Copy Fast DVD Copy dispenses with com- required to run the software. Each time allows owners of commercial DVDs to plexity. Put a commercial DVD movie the software starts, it calls back to Velan, make a single copy of their disks. into your Mac’s internal Superdrive or makers of DVD Fast Copy, and matches external DVD burner, and press START. the software activation code against the Despite what you may have heard, it is That’s it! The software decrypts and re- machine’s own internal number that was legal to copy a DVD that you own for encodes the movie and once that step is recorded and registered when the soft- personal use under copyright Fair Use completed DVD Fast Copy will prompt ware was purchased. This measure stops guidelines. However, the only way to the user to eject the DVD and insert a people from giving their friends the acti- make such a copy is to circumvent the blank recordable disc. It couldn’t be sim- vation number or posting their activation disk’s built-in anti-piracy technology, pler! Despite some slight loss in video numbers to Internet “krack” sites. If the and that is illegal. Right now, a final quality from the re-encoding process, the activation number and transmitted inter- decision sits with the Court of Appeals. DVD operates identically to the original nal machine number don’t match, the with all features, menus, etc included. software won’t work. Sadly, once pur- Here’s some background. In February, chased the software will only run on the Judge Judith Illston ruled on a case Besides being simple, the picture quality machine it was purchased on. The reali- where the Motion Picture Association of is very good. However the downside is ty is that this is becoming the new way to America filed a lawsuit against 321 that the system resources are pretty stop software pirating. Microsoft, Adobe Studio,s makers of the PC-only software hefty. First, the software does not work and even the shareware registration com- DVD X Copy and DVD Copy Plus. in Classic, only OS 10.2 or 10.3 or high- pany, Kagi, are said to be moving to this Illston said though copying DVDs may er and requires 17 gigabytes of free hard method. be considered Fair Use, using software drive space. Yes, you heard me right, 17 that circumvents a DVD’s anti-piracy gigabytes of free space! The reason is As someone who teaches film, I use this copy protection or uses technology to that it needs to copy the decrypted software to make copies of classic films decrypt DVD piracy keys was illegal as movie, which may be up to 9 gigabytes on DVD. I keep the originals pristine, she claimed was outlined in the Digital in size, then re-encode the movie to 4.3 locked away in a cabinet, and only bring Millenium Copyright Act. 321 Studios is gigabytes and then create a 4.3 gigabyte the copies into the classroom to keep the appealing the decision, leaving their disk image of the final copy for burning originals from being damaged. Parents products on store shelves as of the time to recordable DVD media. will find this software useful in a similar this article was written. way, as expensive children’s DVDs can DVD Fast Copy’s biggest drawback is be copied and the original kept away Prior to the release of Fast DVD Copy, that it isn’t “fast” unless you have a very from hands that could scratch or even Mac users had to use a time consuming powerful Mac. DVD Fast Copy is chew the originals. process using three separate applications extremely processor and RAM inten- to copy DVDs. First, programs such as sive. Decrypting and re-encoding video DVD Fast Copy does not allow users to DVD Backup or Mac The Ripper were may be the most processor and RAM make copies of copies should you ever used to crack the anti-piracy technology intensive functions your Mac will ever loose the original, but Toast’s Disk Copy and then copy the decrypted DVD to the perform, so expect it to take a long time feature and Apple’s own Disk Copy or hard drive. A typical 2 hour movie on a to copy a DVD. My dual 2 ghz G5 takes Disk Utility software can copy the disks. commercial DVD is about 8 gigabytes in about 90-100 minutes to copy and size, twice as much as the 4.3 gigabytes burn a two-hour movie with 4x Overall, if you don’t mind that a recordable DVD-R disk could DVD-R media. A G4 533 may the price, this is a simple hold. Therefore, additional software take three or four times that long. solution to a sophisticated such as DVD2One ($49) was needed to A fast G3 might take overnight. problem and I highly rec- re-encode the MPEG2 at a lower bit rate Unless you have a dual G5 system, ommend the DVD Fast so that a movie could fit on one disk. I suggest you turn all other Copy for its high quality Finally, DVD burning software such as software off and allow and ease of use.  Toast ($79) was required to burn the re- your Mac to give DVD Fast encoded movie while maintaining the Copy its full attention.

3 The Worm Hole eMac, PowerBook, iBook and iMac fastest G4 processor, a beautiful 1.25ghz to 1.5 ghz G4s that were just screen, a faster video card than previ- in the Apple released. Why buy a $1,000+ iMac or ous models, more standard RAM, the An Opinion PowerBook ,when you can buy a fastest Superdrive than any other Mac, by Rich Lenoce, cheap and loaded under $1,000 eMac and all for a mere $1,000…but it Vice President or $1,100 iBook with nearly the same offers little profit. specs —and even better specs if you Apple is selling consider the eMacs 8X Superdrive! Apple needs a two-fisted approach. lots of iPods: Mac users figure that G5s have to be” The iPod on one side seems to contin- 807,000 last quarter alone. just around the corner” in these mod- ually improve in performance, but Apple’s stock price is up and earnings els. At the very least, Steve promised Apple needs to begin moving the G5 have increased dramatically: $46 mil- 3ghz G5 processors by summer, but processor across its entire product line lion dollar profit on nearly $2 billion there has been no change in G5 mod- as quickly as possible. “Switchers” in earnings. Looks pretty rosy at the els since last summer. Mac users are and Mac users won’t buy a Mac unless moment, huh? Yes, at this point in clearly holding off their purchases to they realize they are getting this year’s time it appears the iPod has taken see what Apple has to offer. But after technology, not four-year old technol- Apple not just out of its slump, but nearly a year, it seems the wait is get- ogy. There are still some people back onto the race track. The sad news ting pretty long. calling for Apple to release a Cube or is that its computer business hasn’t cheap tower type (non all-in-one) Mac kept up with the overall industry’s As for PC and switchers who at the very bottom end (an eMac with- growth. Computers are still the bulk of may once have been interested in a out a monitor) to compete with low Apple’s business—more profit is G5, there have been no grand addi- end PCs. I think this is a good move to earned on a $1,000-$3,000 Mac than a tions or improvements to the G5 attract the people who buy cheap little iPod. Apple’s computer growth models in nearly a year, yet Intel Linux and PC boxes to the Mac (who last quarter was 5%, which sounds processor are approaching 4 ghz on already have monitors or who don’t like reason for celebration, except that the cheap. For all the G5 talk, that 2 mind buying cheap PC monitors). the typical PC maker’s growth was ghz compared to Intel’s 3 ghz proces- These people are either first time con- over 13%. This number has to come sors, Intel has surpassed that, and 3 sumers, consumers who can’t afford up for Apple to sustain success and ghz processors are now well under high-end machines or Linux/Unix right now, it’s not looking favorable. $1,000, while 2 ghz G5s remain at geeks who’d rather fidget with boxes $3,000. then buy expensive or all-in-one Though we Mac users are zealous machines. Only higher yields of G5s about our machines, we realize that Improvements to eMacs, iBooks and and faster G5s will allow products to they are of such good quality that we PowerBooks just widen Apple’s own move though all levels. replace them less than PC users. But gap. iMac models remain the same in recent studies from Gartner Group price and performance, while eMacs Of course, this is only my opinion, but and other research companies are improve in performance at a cost run- I think Apple could win the music and showing PC users are hanging on to ning 50% less! iBooks nearly match portable music player war, but lose their machines longer too—to the the specifications of PowerBook G4s overall in profitability unless it point where the difference is now neg- at a significantly lower price. resolves these issues.  ligible. The higher initial cost of Macs PowerBooks, except for the 17” wide is no longer cause to proclaim it’s a screen model, no longer justify their longer lasting machine with lower higher costs. cost of ownership. Finally, processor enhancements are stuck. With all the What’s going on at Apple? Well, it’s fanfare of not Apple, its IBM. IBM hasn’t been the G5, able to meet its G5 processor promis- consumers es in performance, heat reduction and realize yieldÐnearly halting improvements to that the Apple’s whole product line. The low- G4 is at est eMac—the one with the lowest the end of price and lowest profit margin—is its life proving to be Apple’s winner right with the now. It offers tremendous value—the

4 Help Desk Console Capers TIP OF THE MONTH While glancing through the console.log file Occasionally I'll download a disk image Mac 911 on my computer, I found an entry that reads that doesn't mount due to a "no mountable By Christopher Breen "I got a control baby!" Am I being hacked? filesystems" error. I've recently learned that Fausto E. Castillo, Buffalo, NY I needn't discard these seemingly broken Becoming a Convert images. Instead, I launch Disk Utility, drag I imported my CDs into iTunes as AIFF files. No, what you see is an example of program- the disk image into the list of volumes in Now that I have an iPod, I'd like to convert merspeak. That message is generated by the Disk Utility window, select the image, those songs to the AAC format. Is this possi- Microsoft Office v. X's WordPDE.plugin and and click on Repair Disk. If the image can ble or must I rerip all my CDs? Steve Hawley, is completely harmless. Rummaging through be repaired, Disk Utility will fix it, and Jacksonville, NC page after page of a log file is more likely to afterward the disk image mounts. confuse -- rather than inform -- the average Nathan Wilairat, Berkeley, California You don't need to feed the CDs to your Mac user. But you can put Console and log files to again, as you can use iTunes to convert files good use. If, for example, an application UNSOLICITED ADVICE from AIFF to AAC. To do so, launch iTunes crashes every time you perform a particular With the introduction of iTunes 4.2, Apple and select Preferences from the iTunes menu. action, launch Console (found in the Utilities allows not only those with Apple IDs to shop Click on the Importing tab in the resulting folder within the Applications folder), click at the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) but also window, select AAC Encoder from the on the Clear button to remove other entries AOL members who've created credit card Import Using pop-up menu, and click on OK from the log, and then perform that action. accounts through the AOL Wallets feature. If to close the Preferences window. In the After The Bad Thing happens, return to you have both an Apple ID and an AOL iTunes window, select all the songs you want Console and see what it has to say. Granted, account, you're welcome to create an iTMS to convert, and choose Advanced: Convert a message that reads "Assertion failure in - account for each. Why bother? This is a use- Selection To AAC. All the selected songs will [NSMenu item AtIndex:], Menus.subproj ful option if you'd like to purchase and play be duplicated, leaving you with two copies of /NSMenu.m:638" won't enlighten most of us, music from a host of computers. When you each song -- the original AIFF file and the but the person or company responsible for the purchase music from the iTMS, you're new AAC version. To easily locate and delete well-being of your ailing application may allowed to play that music on as many as the AIFF files, choose View Options from the appreciate such an informative bug report. three computers per account. If you've Edit menu, and in the View Options window already authorized your two Macs and PC at that appears, enable the Date Added option Losing the Light home and later attempt to purchase and play and click on OK. Click on the new Date Since installing Panther on my 17-inch music on your computer at work via your Added heading in the iTunes window to sort PowerBook G4, my keyboard doesn't always Apple account, you'll find that you can't, your songs by the date they were added to light up in dark conditions. Do you have any because you've exhausted your authoriza- your iTunes library. The new AAC files will suggestions? Mitch Santell, Oceanside, CA tions. With the additional authorizations that appear at the top of the list; the older AIFF come with your new AOL account, you can tunes, at the bottom. Select the AIFF files and Judging by messages posted in Apple's purchase and play music at the office as well. press the delete key to remove them from the Discussions forum, robust keyboard back- Note, however, that purchased music is iden- library. lighting on the latest PowerBooks remains a tified by the account that purchased it. If you work in progress. Although some people buy music via your AOL identity at the office Office Annoyance found relief only by returning the PowerBook and want to play it at home on a Mac author- I'm on a closed Ethernet network within my to Apple for repair, others fixed the problem ized with your Apple ID, you must authorize company and use Microsoft Office v. X. by performing some of the following actions: that Mac for the AOL account. To do so, sim- Everyone in the office has his or her own 1. Cover the speaker grilles with your hands. The ply attempt to play the file. You'll be copy of the software, yet my copy of ambient light sensor is under the grilles, and cov- prompted for your AOL ID and password. Entourage quits at least twice an hour due to ering them briefly may force the keys to shine. a license-conflict message. I have installed a 2. Reset the Power Manager and zap the brand-new copy of Office, and the same PRAM. To reset the Power Manager, turn off Macworld contributing editor Chris problem still occurs. Any thoughts on this? the PowerBook, simultaneously press and Breen is the author of Macworld's tips Paul Rosenblit, Freeport, New York release control-shift-option and the power and troubleshooting column, "Mac 911," button, wait five seconds, and then press the as well as Secrets of the iPod: Fourth What you're seeing is the license-checking power button to restart the PowerBook. To Edition and Mac 911 (Peachpit Press). "feature" that was built into early versions of zap the PRAM, restart the Mac while holding Find Chris' books at www.amazon.com Microsoft Office v. X. It was created so that down the 1-option-P-R keys and wait for the and www.peachpit.com. you couldn't run the same copy of Office on Mac to chime three times. Let go of the keys multiple Macs. Fortunately, this feature dis- and the PowerBook will start up. 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7 Web Picks was developed by MIT. I tried the demo Some repair and maintenance utilities, and logged in as a guest. You don’t buy such as the latest version of Disk of the Month your tickets through them but it links Warrior, allow you to check a disk’s Compiled by Neal Dembicer, CMC you to the site where it found the fare. S.M.A.R.T status, but now under OS Please report broken links to: X10.3, you can check the health of your [email protected] From Joe Arcuri: hard disk right in the included program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Disk Utility. To check the status of a From Neal Dembicer: If you are an information buff then this disk: Open Disk Utility, located in http://gasbuddy.com/ is the site for you. The wikipedia is an Applications/Utilities, and select the It’s a portal site to more than 170 web online encyclopedia that is constantly disk in the left column. Look at the bot- sites that help consumers find cheap gas growing and refining due to the nature tom of the window to see the prices. All web sites are operated by the of a wiki. What is a wiki you ask? A S.M.A.R.T. status. If your disk is “veri- non-profit organization known as Wiki is a collection of interlinked web fied,” it’s a valid disk with nothing GasBuddy Organization Inc. Why? pages, any of which can be visited and wrong at this time. If you see “About to Since gasoline prices change frequently edited by anyone at any time (collabo- Fail” in red letters, back up your disk and may vary by as much as 20 percent rative software). This means that if you immediately and have the disk within only a few blocks it is important are reading an entry in the Wikipedia replaced. It ‘will’ fail. See: Mac OS X to be able locate the service station with that you have a correction for you can 10.3: Replacing a Disk Before it Fails the lowest priced fuel. GasBuddy go ahead and edit it.Go ahead, try it out. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html? Organization web sites allow con- You’ll be hooked. artnum=135048 sumers to both share information about low priced fuel with others as well as From Deena Quilty: Since the point of S.M.A.R.T is to pre- target the lowest priced stations to save http://www.llewellyn.com/free/tarot.php dict disk failure before it happens, at the pumps! This site sells Tarot cards and other checking regularly is very important. Also, www.GasPriceWatch.com “mystical” items. But you can get a free Here is a free AppleScript that will per Janet Hall online reading. Just choose a deck (I automatically give you a daily hard had no clue what the differences are), drive status message window, so you From Kyle DeMilo: think of a question, and then one click don’t have to run Disk Utility everyday http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p1/src/sing/ deals the cards for a past, present and to monitor your hard drive’s health. default.asp future reading. http://homepage.mac.com/cyberbrent/ Some people have too much time on filechute/SMART_Disk_Check.zip their hands...Put in your words and it From Jack Bass: will sing it for you. www.bradshawfoundation.com To use this script you will need to also Art of Ancients - world’s finest rock art also download the free utility CronniX From Janet Hall: www.sumanasinc.com/science so that you can schedule when the http://www.itasoftware.com/demos/ infocus/scienceinfocus.html script will be run. I read a review of this site in Conde Science in focus - biology, the easy http://www.koch-schmidt.de/cronnix/ Nast Traveler Magazine and it was way through instructive animations. rated very high. This is a search engine www.eternalegypt.org This topic is discussed at: for airlines which goes out and queries A tour of ancient Egyptian empire www.macosxhints.com/article.php? airlines and travel sites like Orbitz, story=20031122041138373&query= Travelocity etc for the best fares. It is From Robert F. Sawyer: NOT like Orbitz, Travelocity and Here is alot of good stuff. All of these Turn Off Your Dock Expedia which limit you to seats sold to are from the MacAttorney Users Goup http://sideburn.com/dockblock/ them by the airlines. It actually queries newsletter - www.MacAttorney.com A number of folks have expressed the low cost airlines like Frontier and desire to be able to turn off the Dock in Southwest (which Expedia, Travelocity S.M.A.R.T. Hard Drive Reporting OS X. (Not just simply hide it.) and Orbitz do not). It also has a feature http://www.belarc.com/Drive/ DockBlock will disable the Dock via a where it warns you if the layover is over smart.html#attributes universal menubar menu, and it also 2 hours and shows the total travel time Most disk drives sold these days includes an Application menu for of the flights. So you can see if the tick- include S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring quickly jumping between your running et that is a mere $20.00 less actually has Analysis and Reporting Technology) Applications even when the dock is dis- 4 additional hours of travel time. Nice hardware developed by IBM that abled. Price: $5 feature. Sidestep is similar but this site allows hard disks to test themselves for gives me lower fares and more info. It potential problems. continued on page 9

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My number one favorite Bend/BendWordToYourWill.sit or for modeling is TouchCad3.0; for ren- http://tinyurl.com/23bze BurnX Free is FREE dering, ArtLantis 4.5; and for general www.hernansoft.com/products.html drawing work, VectorWorks 8.5.2. The Restore Internet Preferences To OS X BurnX Free has several useful features last two programs are well known but www.clauss-net.de/misfox/misfox.html that Apple’s built-in CD-burning soft- not the first one, which ought to be, Under Mac OS X several internet set- ware does not offer, or that aren’t according to my opinion. Further infor- tings which were available under implemented well. BurnX can burn mation about TouchCad3.0 can be MacOS 8 (in Internet Config) and 9 (in CDs in a hybrid format for cross-plat- found at: http://www.touchcad.com or Internet Preferences) are still present form compatibility, and it can also erase directly from [email protected] and are still used by most internet CD-RW media. It supports multiple ses- TouchCad3.0 is primarily designed for applications, but they are no longer sion burning and drag-and-drop of files the Macintosh but can also be used on a accessible by the user. So if these set- and folders for burning. BurnX Free is PC. It is simply and intuitive to use and tings become corrupted for some FREE for Mac OS X 10.2.3 and up. has not a steep learning curve like all reason, there is no longer any way to other CAD programs I have been in repair these settings. The FREE appli- Group Scheduling Software contact with. cation MisFox makes some of the most www.teamsoft.com/ important internet settings accessible TeamAgenda Pro is a corporate group Make Your PowerBook’s again. MisFox will show all of the file scheduler and resource manager that Trackpad More Useful! mapping settings, and the protocol provides workgroups with advanced http://www.ragingmenace.com/ helpers. With it you can inspect, edit, tools for time management and team software/sidetrack/index.html delete and create new items for these coordination. TeamAgenda Pro is SideTrack is a FREE replacement driv- functions. cross-platform compatible with PC or er for the trackpad (touchpad) found on Macintosh. Apple PowerBooks and iBooks. It Panther Hidden Feature: The “Orb” brings many of the trackpad scrolling www.ifthensoft.com/index2.html Open System Preference Panes Fast! features found on Windows laptops to Hackposé is small program that puts a http://homepage.mac.com/asagoo/ MacOS X. Most Windows laptops little “blob” on your screen under OS X prefling/index.html implement trackpad scrolling using 10.3 Panther that serves as a hotpoint Longtime Mac users remember when drivers made by Synaptics. Although that allows you to use the Mac’s hot they could open a Control Panel quick- Apple PowerBooks also use Synaptics new Exposé features without having to ly and easily from the Apple menu. trackpads, the standard Apple driver remember any of the hot keys that acti- Under OS X, to change a System uses none of the extended features. vate them. Preference, you have to launch System SideTrack supports these features: Preferences, and then find the prefer- ¥Vertical scrolling at left or right edge More Internet Preferences ence pane you are looking for, and that of pad. www.monkeyfood.com/software/ takes time. Prefling, a FREE utility, lets ¥ Horizontal scrolling at top or bottom moreInternet/ you open system preference panes edge of pad. In OS X 10.3 Panther the Internet pref- FAST! 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10 Upcoming Meetings Discounted FREE Monthly CMC Meetings are held Books Raffle! on last Wednesday of the month, CMC continues to Every CMC 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. offer our current members member who attends our monthly (except Nov. and Dec. when the the opportunity to purchase any meetings gets a raffle ticket. This will meetings are one week earlier published book for either Mac or give you a chance for one of our free due to the holidays) Windows at a 20% discount. All major prizes every month! You could win… publishers are carried by our source. t-shirts, toys, CDs, mugs, software Board meetings are the Call Neal Dembicer at 673-7711 or …there’s always something we’re first Thursday of the month. giving away! If you wish to attend a Board meeting, send email to [email protected]. contact an officer for the location. Provide the book title, the publisher WELCOME! May 26 ¥ 7 pm and the ISBN number, if possible, and he will check on its availability. Digital Photography Basics New Members Normally, the wait is not too long. Introduction to Digital Cameras Spread the word. We need new and Digital Photography Free . . . to a good home! members! Have your friends and Complete Mac system — hey, it’s old, but co-workers join us for fun and June 29 ¥ 7 pm the price is right! Quadra 605, 14” display, learning about OS X and the Mac. Hands-On Photoshop, iPhoto StyleWriter printer, mouse, keyboard. and iDVD Workshops Contact Deena at [email protected]. Total Membership: 124 at Middlesex Community College. July 28 ¥ 7 pm Treasurer’s Report GarageBand Ending Checking This presentation will be geared Account Balance ...... $1336.36 towards the non-musician demon- Savings Account Balance...$3949.53 strating how easy Garage Band can CMC Web Site Access Balances as of April 30, 2004 make music. www.ctmac.org User ID: XXX (uppercase) August 25 ¥ 7 pm Password: xxxxx (lowercase) CMC Classified Ads Quark/InDesign Members can Advertise For Sale, Graphic designer Pat Rasch will Swap, Trade, Giveaway or Want to give a presentation on InDesign. Pat Apple User Buy Items. This space can be used by will discuss the benefits of InDesign members to advertise non-business and how to move to InDesign for Group Store items which they are no longer using users of Quark and Pagemaker. www.applemugstore.com or upgrading. This is a free service April 1, 2004 - July 31, 2004 September 29 ¥ 7 pm provided to our members. Any User ID: xxxx (lowercase) business items or services can be Celebrity Guest Night Password: xxxx (lowercase) advertised at the rates shown below: Apple engineer, author and presenter Dave Marra will give an entertaining and informative CMC ELECTIONS Monthly Ad Rates presentation about the Mac world. At the May meeting we will vote in Business Card ...... $10.00 the officers for the next year. We will Quarter Page...... $20.00 Future Meeings include: accept nominations from the floor Half Page...... $30.00 ¥ Annual Auction prior to the elections. The ballot at Full Page (or insert) ...... $50.00 ¥ Migration to OSX this time has the following names: ¥ Holiday Party Submit all ad copy to the Editor on a disk ¥ President...... Don Dickey with nothing else on it or e-mail it for If you have a program you are ¥ Vice President....Rich Lenoce insertion in the following issue. Display interested in, email Rich Lenoce ¥ Secretary...... Chris Hart ads must be submitted camera-ready in at: [email protected] ¥ Treasurer...... David Gerstein .eps or .pdf format with all fonts & graphics embedded.

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CMC Meeting Location Ð a PDF document containing a visual direction guide to UConn Health Center is available on our website: http://www.ctmac.org. Print and take it with you to find us easily!

Monthly meetings will be held at UConn Health Center in Farmington. When hands-on programs require computers for attendees, we will be using Middlesex Community College in Middletown.

Directions to UCHC, Farmington Directions to Middlesex C.C. From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, From the Hartford area, take Route 9 South. A few Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn right at first traffic light onto miles south of downtown Middletown on Route 9, take Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic light, turn Exit 11 (Rt. 155, Randolph Road). At the end of the right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main ramp (for both N. & S. bound), turn right onto building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when Randolph Road. Continue to the traffic light at the top you get to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two- of the hill and turn left onto Saybrook Road. Go a quar- way there so you should be able to tell where to turn. (Do ter of a mile and turn right onto Reservoir Road. Travel not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second past the stop sign, then take the first right onto Training right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go Hill Road. Your first left will lead into the Middlesex past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You Community College Campus parking area. When you will see a continuation of the building with its own entrance arrive on campus, take a right onto Training Hill Road. area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground Go to the second parking lot entrance and take a left floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This into the upper lot. Directly in front of you will be Snow is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are on your Hall. Enter Snow Hall and go up the stairs to the 2nd left as you enter. floor and go to the last room on the right, Room 509.

12 Monthly Meeting June 30 – 7 p.m. Middlesex Community College Hands-on Photoshop, iPhoto and iDVD Workshops NEWSLETTER OF CONNECTICUT MACINTOSH CONNECTION, INC.JUNE, 2004

Shopping Wisely Macs, and you can use their site as a deals may be fewer and less frequent, guide to what your old Mac might be but they’re still a good place to shop. By Don Dickey, worth should you decide to sell it. They Their selection seems to have grown CMC president also stock many hard-to-find parts for with their Fry’s affiliation. older gear. Many of us hate to spend money. That While Belkin.com normally sells their said, getting a good buy or having a Mac Connection (MacConnection .com) stuff at list prices, shopping here during pleasant buying experience can ease the is an Apple Authorized Reseller with a a Macworld show sometimes yields a pain of parting with our hard-earned very large inventory of new Apple sys- 50%-off sale! I bought a nice, powered cash. This month I’ll share a few of my tems, software, and peripherals. Their FireWire hub online here during the favorite online shopping haunts. sister company, PcConnection.com, January Macworld show at half-off.

Computer Geeks (geeks.com) is a sup- If you’re a member, SamsClub.com is plier of computer stuff. Most of it is a great place to buy stuff at ware- PeeSee stuff, but I’ve bought stuff here house prices without leaving your like hard drives, external enclosures, home. I got my 19” flat panel display and a Labtek USB microphone that here, and they even shipped it for works great with iChat AV. The micro- free. The best part about this site is phone cost me $9. It was selling at the that if you aren’t completely happy Apple Store in Westfarms for three with your purchase, you can return it times that! “Be sure to carefully read to any Sam's Club warehouse store. the fine print before you buy NewEgg.com is a similar company from any vendor. Check their If you’re willing to try a refurbished with a very large selection. They have return policy, and make sure the Mac, try the “Special Deals” page at reasonable shipping on most items, shipping charges aren’t out of line. the Apple Store online. I’ve seen and some items even ship free. I’ve If you have to return a defective item, eMacs with G4 processors and purchased drives and external enclo- ask the vendor to either issue a built-in 17” flat screen monitors for sures from NewEgg. Both Geeks and “pull tag” or send you a freight-paid $549 with free shipping! I got a NewEgg are in California, so your return shipping label” refurbished 10 gb iPod for $169 when stuff will take a week to get here. they were selling for almost twice that if new. Small Dog Electronics (smalldog.com) focuses on the Windoze world. They’re is a Mac-centric shop up in Waitsfield, located in New Hampshire, but that For good deals on software, check out Vermont. Being in New England, you doesn’t mean your stuff will necessar- Software-Blowouts.com. I recently should get your stuff in a day or two. ily ship from there since they have Continued on page 2 They’re an Apple Authorized Reseller several warehouses. At last report, they and sell both new and refurbished gear. offered free ground shipping if you tell Selling similar stuff from Woodstock, them your a CMC user group member! Inside this Issue IL is Other World Computing (mac- That could save you a bundle on heavy Saving The ‘Unsavable’...... 2 sales.com). They have very good tech purchases. Office 2004 ...... 4 support gurus, and they’re a good place Mac 911...... 6 to shop for a processor upgrade to help I remember when Outpost.com of Macworld Bus Trip Info...... 7 speed up an aging Mac. Kent, CT. was featured in Connecticut Download of the Month...... 7 Magazine. Our own Deena Quilty did Be S.M.A.R.T...... 8 Another good Mac-centric shop is their PR for a while! They’re now part Meetings & Club News...... 11 MacResQ.com. They have some used of the Fry’s Electronics chain and the 1 Continued from page 1 Saving The ‘Unsavable’ bought a 4-CD Encyclopedia by Chris Hart, Secretary Britannica Ultimate Reference Set for $6.95 (plus shipping)! Most of their Have you visited a web site which con- software is discontinued or overstocks. tains audio or video clips, and wished Be careful to check the supported OS you could save them for later listening versions before you whip out your or viewing? Were you stopped in your credit card. tracks by the lack of an option to accomplish this kind of file saving? If you like Epson printers, I’ve found You’re not alone. great deals at their site (epson.com) on refurbished or recently discontinued Thanks to Corporate America’s obses- gear. They shipped my printer for free, sion with copyright protection, much Editor and they even threw in a free USB of the audio and video content online Deena Quilty cable! cannot be saved to your computer. Content Contributor However, I have a trick to share with Don Dickey InkDaddy.com (formerly 4ink.com) you, which may be the solution you’ve and Ink4Art.com are a couple of good been looking for. Contributing Author places to buy 3rd party ink jet ink and Rich Lenoce laser printer toner. You’ll save a bundle This trick will work for most audio and Chris hart over real Epson, Canon, and HP prod- video files that are being played back by Designer ucts. Some people say your printer is the QuickTime plug-in built into your George Maciel more likely to get gummed up, but I’ve Macintosh. Of course some multimedia had good luck with 3rd party ink. Your files use other media players to make Photographer milage may vary. Don’t complain to me their way to your screen. So, how can John Scott if you buy this stuff and it wrecks your you tell if QuickTime is being used? Chris Hart print head! Well, if the playback control bar that you see is similar to the one below, then Publisher Perhaps my best deal was at Buy.com you are likely using the QuickTime Connecticut Macintosh Several years ago they offered an plug-in, and this trick will work. Connection, Inc. incredible deal on a large NEC monitor. 41 Crossroads Plaza I ordered one as soon as I saw it. Later, I must mention that the only types of PMB 1984 however, they realized the price had files that will work with this process West Hartford, CT 06117 been posted in error. They canceled my are audio and video files which are in order, along with all the other orders QuickTime or MPG/MPEG format. Printer they caught in time. That irritated That’s because these two types of files Budget Printers somebody enough that he filed a class are played by the QuickTime software 1718 Park Street action lawsuit against them! The net built into your Mac. If, instead, the Hartford, CT 06106 result, however, was that a couple years audio or video content you wish to save later I got a settlement check in the mail is in RealPlayer or Windows Media We welcome submissions Player format (meaning it has an exten- from members! for something like $50 without even having to buy anything. sion on the end such as .RM, .RAM, Please submit articles by first .AVI, .ASF, .WMF), then you’ll have to of the month for inclusion in Be sure to carefully read the fine print explore other methods of saving it to our newsletter. There is much before you buy from any vendor. Check your Mac. I have provided information, talent in our group; it would be their return policy, and make sure the at the end of this article, on tools which great to have several member shipping charges aren’t out of line. If will make this possible. articles in each issue. you have to return a defective item, ask the vendor to either issue a “pull tag” Please remember that it is your respon- or send you a freight-paid return ship- sibility to use the copyrighted material ping label. you download with some degree of respect for the originators of that mate- rial. If you appreciate their work, you It’s great to have fun with your Mac. should consider rewarding them by It’s even better to do it at a discount!  Happy shopping. continued on page 3

2 continued from page 2 (a.k.a. extension), which tells the computer what kind of file this is. purchasing the stuff they produce. If you’re confident that the file is With that small lecture out of the a QuickTime file, then put .MOV way, I now present the trick I’ve on the end (such as “movie trail- been promising...How to save er.mov”). If you believe ‘unsavable’ QuickTime files in the content might be an Mac OS X: MPG/MPEG file, then use those letters for the suffix (example Step 1: “movie trailer.mpg”). An Open System Preferences (in the MP3 file should have that same Apple Menu). Click on the extension (example “song.mp3”). QuickTime icon in the System Preferences window. Click on Your Macintosh may ask you if the tab that is labeled “Plug-In.” Make that you do not modify any of the files you are sure that you want to change the sure that there is a checkbox in place for in this folder (such as changing their file name.Reassure it that you do. You the option “Save movies in disk cache.” names or trashing them). Doing so will notice that the file’s icon immedi- Quit System Preferences. could cause your computer or software ately changes from one that is generic to become unstable. to one that is colorful. That indicates Step 2: that the file is now associated with a Visit the web page, QuickTime player Look through the contents of the media player on your computer. page, or iTunes Music Store page that “Temporary Items” folder for any files has the audio/video content you wish to that begin with the name Step 7: save. You’ll notice that as playback of “QTPluginTemp.” These files will have Enjoy the file. You should be able to the clip begins to play, the progress bar random numbers on the end, such as simply double click on the file and have below it is filled from left to right. This “QTPluginTemp8675309” If there is it start to playback in the appropriate horizontal line begins as all white, and more than one file of this type, try to media player (usually QuickTime darkens as the file your hearing/watch- determine which is the one you are Player). If that doesn’t work, then ing is being obtained from the internet. looking for by comparing the file sizes you’ll have to manually launch If you like, you may pause the playback and modification dates. (Most likely, QuickTime Player and use the OPEN and not hamper this process. you are looking for the file with the function in the FILE menu, to navigate largest size and/or most recent modifi- your way to the file. Step 3: cation date that is the one you seek.) If You must wait until the progress bar is you are unsure which file is the right If at first you don’t succeed: completely filled from left to right. For one, you may repeat the steps below for Below are a variety of software prod- example, the progress bar I showed you any of the files you suspect are what ucts that allow you to record audio and above indicates that the video clip is you’re looking for. video on your Mac, in one way or only partially loaded. Only once this another. You may need to try several, in bar is completely filled can you proceed Once you have identified the correct order to find one that works satisfacto- with the rest of the steps. “QTPluginTemp” file: rily, or suits your particular needs. ¥ Hold down the OPTION key on Step 4: your keyboard. Audion www.panic.com Hide the application that is playing the ¥ Drag that file to your desktop. Audio Hijack www.rogueamoeba.com clip. Switch to the Finder. In the Go ¥ Let go of the OPTION key. WireTap www.ambrosiasw.com menu, select the option “Go to Folder...” Snapz Pro X www.ambrosiasw.com A dialog box will now ask you to enter A duplicate has now been created on Screen Tool www.citrussoftware.com the path to the folder you want. Type in your desktop. As I mentioned earlier, do Screen Record (available at two URLs) /tmp/501/TemporaryItems/ and click on not modify the original file. Simply www.macxware.com and the GO button. close the folder window named www.miennetwork.com “Temporary Items.” ASF Recorder (for Windows Media Step 5: Player content) www.misawa. net/ You will now have a window on your Step 6: archives/000030.html screen for the folder “Temporary Find the “QTPluginTemp” file on your Radio Recorder Items” which contains just that — lots desktop. Click once on the name, and http://u1.netgate.net/~snowcat/ of files that your computer has stored rename the file to something appropri- RadioRecorder.html  temporarily on your hard drive. I must ate, such as “movie trailer” You must tell you up front that it is very important follow that name with a file suffix

3 Office 2004 on the laptop to display only what is on the slide while the presenter sees v11 for Mac: the slide in a small window and pres- Should you bother? entation notes in another on their by Rich Lenoce, Vice President laptop. This can become a crutch for presenters, but for the novice or those I received a copy of Microsoft nervous about presenting, it can be an Office 2004-Standard Edition, excellent aid. Just remember that you and as I do every couple of years, have an audience and to look up from I had to ask the question, is this the computer screen often! package of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage Entourage is the most enhanced worth the $249 upgrade price, product in the suite. It sports a $400 for a new copy or $149 for the well-organized new three-column Teacher/Student Edition? view and a more responsive feel. a must. Once Microsoft had come out Entourage’s biggest enhancement is a with the third update to Office X for Let me expose my prejudices first. I project management feature where all Macintosh, the program had reached a have always found any Microsoft , notes and Office documents, nice balance of stability and speed on product, especially Office, to be bloat- spreadsheets and presentations relat- most G3/G4/G5 systems, so I was ware. Office has historically occupied ing to the same project can reside leery of stepping up to a new edition. huge amounts of disk space, eats up within a single folder. For those with an undeserving amount of memory poor organizational skills, this is a There are some notable features and and processor cycles, is buggy, and in godsend. For those of us meticulous improvements in Office 2004, particu- the past, upgrades offered little in the about our desktop and file organiza- larly with Microsoft Word, way of real productivity enhance- tion, this new feature may be wholly PowerPoint and Entourage. Word now ments. On the plus side, Office does unnecessary. Entourage certainly has note-taking features that allow offer tremendous compatibility with seems more stable and now has recov- you take quick notes and organize the PC world and when mastered, ery and backup tools for the database. these notes for later use within a Word offers many necessary features and I refused to try Entourage again after document. This may be useful for stu- productivity tools not found anywhere my database was destroyed in the last dents and people who take meeting else. The reason these tools aren’t version but this new item makes me notes, as it’s a speedy and slick way to found anywhere else is that Microsoft feel more secure. Entourage is a pow- get ideas onto “paper,” or into the has beaten all other competitors into erful PIM application for those who computer fast. You can dispense with submission by selling their product need that kind of power and organiza- notes all together and use Word as a (on the PC-side) at the point of sale tion in one package. I am a teacher dictation machine as it can now record where people buy a computer or it is with hundreds of student and profes- audio from a microphone. Both are distributed as part of an overall sional contacts, an extensive and handy features and well integrated, Microsoft OS and software site detailed calendar, and I have been able but there are many free and shareware license for businesses and schools. to live without Entourage by using note-taking and simple audio record- Because of this entrenchment in the Apple’s own Mail, Address Book and ing applications available that will do PC and business world, few users, iCal applications. I like the way those the same thing at little or no cost. Just except for those with a Mac, actually let me sync to my .mac account, keep- do a search on Versiontracker.com. purchase individual copies of Office. ing all my information synchronized In the PC world, it’s a defacto stan- across multiple computers and hand- Apple’s Keynote has given dard. As we covered earlier, there are held devices as well as my Safari PowerPoint a run for its money and many alternatives, but few with the bookmarks. I also don’t like the way Microsoft has shot back with an features, power and entrenchment in Entourage wants to hog my entire enhanced product. One new feature the business world. screen and prefer my Mac applica- and what I consider a Keynote-break- tion’s ability to be shrunk and stuck er is the ability for the laptop and For Mac users we may feel we need into a corner for when I need them. video projector to show two distinct Office to work with our PC brethren, images. You can set the video output continued on page 5 and for the corporate environment it’s

4 continued from page 4 Samples Reprinted by permission Flash, UltraDev, and Fireworks, and Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, But, Entourage is a powerful, all-in- ImageReady, and Illustrator. Access one tool aimed at businesses, costs $25 per month. We tried it, and it’s educators and others with busy The Executive Summary of Graphic Design News - June 04 remarkably effective, even on a 56k lives. modem. Force Startup from Hard Drive Sometimes, after starting up from a CD And, where’s Excel you ask? It More Memory for Classic and then restarting, your Mac won’t If you run several memory-hungry appears Excel did not get much in eject the CD and still wants to start up applications in Panther’s Classic envi- the way of improvements. from the CD. To force your Mac to start ronment, and Classic complains that up from the internal hard drive, hold you don’t have enough memory, you Sadly, speed and stability were not down the D key just after hearing the can adjust the memory that Mac OS X improved with Office 2004. There startup chime. (Hold down the C key to gives to classic: in System Preferences> start up using the CD.) was a noticeable performance hit Classic, hold down the Option key and system slow down with Word, when clicking the Memory/Versions Digital Camera Info Sites PowerPoint and Entourage com- button. An Adjust Memory button Here are two good review sites for dig- pared to the Office X versions. appears at the bottom of the window. ital cameras: Word quit on me 20 minutes into a Click it, and a sheet drops down con- ¥ Steve’s Digicams This terrific review document for no reason, which to taining a slider: “Application site includes a discussion forum area. me has become a staple when Temporary”. Move the slider toward His reviews have lots of close-up pic- Microsoft releases a new version of Temporary. Ted Landau tures of the features of the cameras. The Office. But, those clever folks at reviews are quite easy to understand Copy Mac OS X Startup Volumes MS are ahead of the game because (not too much techno babble), and they Carbon Copy Cloner is a free utility that the document reappeared as are quite thorough. www.steves-digi- lets you copy your Mac OS X startup “Recovered” when I launched the cams.com volume to a different hard drive, includ- application again. Phewwww! As ¥ Imaging Resource Another great site ing all the necessary invisible files. Just with earlier versions of Office, that includes lots of sample pictures, click a button and it copies. At expect stability enhancement making it easy to visually compare the www.bombich.com. releases and bug fixes in the coming image quality of different cameras. months. www.imaging-resource.com Find Downloads More Quickly To quickly find the items you’ve down- Time/Life Images So is Office worth the hefty price? I loaded from websites, rather than let www.TimePix.com licenses the images think you’ll find that if you need them accumulate on your desktop, cre- from Time and Life magazines from these new features for school or ate a folder on the desktop (perhaps 1923 through today. You can search by work, you’ll need to upgrade. The named Downloads). Then, in your Web subject, or have their staff search for you. Student/Teacher edition is full fea- browser’s preferences set the location for downloaded files to that folder. Lesa tured and nicely priced at $149, and Retro Images Snider Mac Design May/June 04, pg.36 allows Office to be installed on up www.Retrofile.com specializes in to three machines; certainly it’s the images from many U.S. vintage photo best deal. If purchasing Office for libraries, including black and white Design Tools Monthly is published by the first time, you might want to imagery through the 1960s, and color The Nelson Group, Inc. Its purpose is: save some money and find a clear- imagery from the 1950s through the 1) to summarize all the news in ance copy of the older Office X for 1970s. The images capture “American graphic design technologies; and Mac. If you have no need for the optimism in the early and middle parts 2) to be a designer’s index to trade new features and Office X works for of the century…and Mod, Flower publications and websites. you, by all means stick with it and Power and Disco generations.” Information is collected from graphic save yourself from this bloatware. design and prepress trade publica- tions, websites, tech notes, press For $400 you can get airfare and a Lynda Movies releases, and user reports. hotel for a weekend in Orlando. Do www.Lynda.com has hundreds of hours of streaming QuickTime movies that that and you’ll be happier — and teach you just about everything about To download a free sample of a DTM tell Mickey I said hello!  graphics, animation, Web applications newsletter, go to http://www.design- such as Macromedia Dreamweaver, tools.com/sample/index.htm

5 Help Desk Drinks School (with your school e-mail tected iCal calendars for a small fee ($12 a address), and another labeled Mike Drinks year for iCal Exchange and $25 a year for Mac 911 Work (with your work e-mail address). I iCal World). By Christopher Breen would then create a new Drinks Contacts group and drag the three Mike Drinks con- 'Ware, oh, Where? Do you wonder whether tacts I'd made into this group. When I My ISP says that there are invisible files sending AppleWorks docu- wanted to send a message to all those placed on my system by sites I visit, and that ments to PC users is strictly for the birds? addresses, I would use that Drinks Contacts these files regularly send information about Do you seek the means for sending a Mail group. me back to those sites. The ISP used terms message to one user's many e-mail such as adware and spyware. What's really accounts? If so, then this month's Mac 911, Secret Schedule going on? Walt Hammonds, Monte Vista, CO in which we examine Apple's bundled appli- A friend would like to publish her vacation cations, is for you. itinerary as an iCal calendar, but she wants If your ISP were more in tune with the Mac to restrict access to only her family mem- world, it would have prefaced its message Will AppleWorks Work? bers. How can she do this? Amy R. Miller, with "For Windows Users Only." Currently Marti Hokans, Santa Ana, California Austin, Texas adware and spyware -- which, respectively, are bits of code that display pop-up ads and Probably. I waffle because a successful Your friend can do this with her .Mac send information from your computer to a translation from AppleWorks to Excel account, but I recommend that she do so third party without your permission -- are all depends on the elements you include in the only if she has a nearly pathological trust in but unknown on the Mac. There are applica- spreadsheet. With a straightforward table -- her family. To password-protect her calen- tions that can log keystrokes and capture one including headings, colored text and dar under .Mac, she must provide family snapshots of what someone is doing on a cell backgrounds, a book title, an author members with her .Mac user name and pass- Mac. Unlike much of the adware and spy- name, and an ISBN number, for example -- word -- the same user name and password ware made for Windows, these applications you should have no problem. Excel for both she uses to purchase Mac goodies from the aren't installed by a malevolent software the Mac and Windows can read spread- Apple Store and music at the iTunes Music download. Rather, they're placed on your sheets that include lists and standard Store. With that user name and password, Mac by someone who has access to your formulas. To save the file in a format accept- others can log in to her .Mac account. computer -- a parent concerned about a able to Excel, just select Save As from child's Internet activities, a prying boss, or a AppleWorks' File menu; then, in the Save: If this gaping security flaw doesn't bother jealous mate, for example. AppleWorks 6 dialog box, choose the your friend, she need only select an iCal cal- appropriate Excel format (Excel Win 97, endar, choose Publish from the Calendar Such tools are designed to be difficult to 2000, XP, or 2002, for example), and click menu, select On A WebDAV Server from detect, so if you suspect that your activities on Save. You'll run into trouble, though, if the Publish Calendar pop-up menu, and are being monitored, you might take a look you place charts in the AppleWorks spread- enter http://idisk.mac.com/username/ at Aladdin Software's $30 Internet Cleanup sheet or slap an image of a black-crowned Documents (where username is her user (831/761-6200, www.aladdinsys.com). night heron into the file. The data should be name). Then she must enter her .Mac user Among its components is SpyAlert, a utility readable, but any charts and graphics you've name and password and click on Publish for that searches your hard drive for traces of inserted won't appear in Excel. the calendar to be published to the applications known to track your activities. Documents folder of her iDisk. When it finds such traces, it alerts you to One Recipient, Many Addresses them and — with your permission — I have some people in my address book who To share the calendar, she can pass along its attempts to remove the offending software. have multiple e-mail addresses. How can I address (which will take the form of webcal:// When Aladdin learns of new spyware appli- pick a person's name once when typing it in idisk.mac.com/username/Documents/cal- cations, it updates Internet Cleanup to deal the To section of Mail and have my e-mail endar.ics) and her user name and password. with new threats. sent to all of his or her available addresses? Family members can access her calendar by Mike Drinks, Baltimore, Maryland choosing Subscribe from iCal's Calendar Tip of the Month menu, entering the URL for the calendar, Although you can assign images to contacts You can't do it by default, but I know a and placing her user name and password in in Address Book or iChat applications, workaround. Create a group that includes the Authentication dialog box that appears. wouldn't it be nice if your i-apps recognized multiple e-mail addresses for one individual. I strongly advise your friend not to allow all your friends and loved ones? Here's a tip Let's say I wanted to generate a group that this kind of access to her .Mac account. She for doing just that. sends a message to your home, school, and can use a far safer service such as iCal work addresses. I'd create one contact that I Exchange (www.icalx.com) or iCal World Find a TIFF image that represents the per- might call Mike Drinks Home (with your (www.icalworld.com/hosting.html), both of son in question (around 64 by 64 pixels home e-mail address), another called Mike which allow you to publish password-pro- continued on page 7 6 continued from page 6 Macworld Conference & Expo works best). Name it with the e-mail Bus Trip - July 14 address of your contact, and make sure to include the .tiff file extension. For example: The bus will leave 7:30 A.M. sharp on Wednesday [email protected]. July 14. In an emergency, we might delay the BOSTON • JULY 14 departure a few minutes. Please call Jack Bass - Create a folder called Images. Within that cell phone number 324-4224 - that morning if you do have an emergency. folder, create another folder called People. Drag the Images folder into the Library We have been approved to park in the G7 area that is located in front of the main folder at the root level of your OS X volume entrance to the JC Penney store at the WestFarms Mall, New Britain Ave in West to make the picture available for all users on Hartford. It is the same area that we used last year. your Mac. (To make it available for a single Join CMC as it goes to Macworld Expo in Boston on Wednesday, July 14th! The account, use the Library folder in that user's price is $20 per member. Non-members rates are $25 per person. Payments can Home directory.) Now whenever you look be made at the meeting on June 30th at MxCC. Additionally, checks can be up "Person 64" in Address Book, and mailed to: whenever he sends you an e-mail or joins Connecticut Macintosh Connection you in an iChat session, you'll see the image 41 Crossroads Plaza — PMB 1984 you assigned to him. Chuck La Tournous, West Hartford, CT 06117 Port Reading, NJ PayPal payments are also accepted on our website at www.ctmac.org. All seats will be on a first come, first served basis. Don’t forget that you will also need to Unsolicited Advice register for the Expo itself; for this you can go to www.macworldexpo.com. iPhoto 4's slide shows are far more flexible than those created in previous versions of the program. You can not only elect to play Download of the Month A comprehensive online help manu- an entire iTunes playlist behind a slide submitted by Debi Foss al, balloon help, and top-notch show, but also rate and rotate pictures as customer support are included in you view a slide show. My Photo Album 4.2.1 case you get stuck at any point. It's free for a limited time only! With http://www.x-industries.com current foreign and economic poli- What's a little less obvious is that you can /mpa/download.html cies crumbling, we feel it's right perform all these actions from the Mac's Classic or Mac OS X, Freeware! keyboard. For example, to rate pictures as about time to spread some love. So they slide by, press 0 (zero) through 5 (0 for My Photo Album is an application here's a real tax cut: My Photo no stars, 5 for five stars). To rotate pictures for the Mac OS that allows you to Album 4.2 for free. If you find your- clockwise, press 1-R. To rotate pictures organize your digital photographs self enjoying it, please make a counter-clockwise, press 1-option-R. Press into photo albums that are personal- contribution to your community and delete to remove a picture from the selected ized and attractive. Regardless of vote in 2004. album. To change the speed of the slide how you file your photos on your Features: show, use the up-arrow key to display pic- hard drive, you can mix and match, ¥ Friendly InterfaceÐPhoto Album tures for a shorter amount of time and the arrange, caption, and group your Wizard & Point 'n' Click Interface down-arrow key to slow things down. To photos into albums and store them all Multiple Viewing Options Ð Elec- pause the slide show (but not the back- in an easily accessible pop-up menu. tronic Albums, Slide Shows & ground music), press the spacebar. Albums are created with ease in a Web Pages simple step-by-step process. 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7 Be S.M.A.R.T. Technology” and provides a means for My goal is not to the hard disk inside your computer to About Your Data alarm you, but to warn you when failure is pending. by Chris Hart, CMC Secretary give you an under- Nearly all hard drives manufactured in standing of the recent years feature S.M.A.R.T. capa- We all put a great deal of faith factors involved in bility, but that’s all it is — a capability. in our computers. They storing your files. It’s the computer user’s responsibility contain our business infor- There are certainly to tap into this capability, by using mation, our personal alternative methods S.M.A.R.T. monitoring software. information, and provide for data storage, but an increasingly important the hard disk is the Apple includes this feature in the means of communicating most cost-efficient “Disk Utility” software that is includ- with the world. So, when your com- means of storing ed with the “Jaguar” version (10.3) of puter fails to work as you expect it to, files that is currently practical for per- the Mac OS X operating system. (For it's understandable that you get frus- sonal computer manufacturers. The those of you running OS 9, I regret trated. And the most dreaded way in majority of the time, hard drives work that there is no way to take advantage which your computer could fail is the reliably and provide rapid access to a of S.M.A.R.T.) You can find Disk loss of your data — your documents, massive amount of data — currently Utility inside the “Utilities” folder, photos, web site favorites, and emails. up to approximately 400 gigabytes for which is inside the “Applications” The fact is, at any given time you an individual disk. folder. When you launch Disk Utility, could be just days, hours, or minutes after a brief system scan, you will see away from losing it all. Now that you have an understanding a list of all the hard disks in your com- of the hard disk, let’s increase puter in the left hand column. You As people who work in the computer your understanding for must now click once on the icon for industry are often known to say "It's how to protect against its the hard disk you want to check. not a matter of if a hard disk will fail, eventual failure. Your Instead of clicking on the name of the but when it will fail.” You see the hard number one protection disk that you regularly see on the disk is a primary component inside should be backups of desktop, click on the manufacturer’s every computer, and its job is to name above that. At the bottom store all your files. It’s a tough of the Disk Utility window, you job, because nearly every func- will now a listing for S.M.A.R.T. tion of your computer’s operation “Also available are three, relatively status. If this indicator reads as requires interaction with the hard "verified," then it’s likely that disk. This is because, in addition expensive commercial nothing is wrong. If, however, to storing your own files, the hard the status indicators reads disk is also the place of residence software utilities: Disk Guardian "About to Fail", you need to back for hundreds of thousands of files up your files immediately and that are necessary for your com- Disk Warrior TechTool Pro 4” have the hard disk replaced as puter to operate. soon as possible.

Storing all that information A caveat that I must mention is already sounds tough, but now lets your data. And if there is one thing I that, at this point in time, Mac OS X compound the task by having to keep hope you have come away from CMC can only read S.M.A.R.T. status from track of it all on a 2.5 to 3.5 inch disk with, I wish it would be the necessity internal hard disks. That means any that is constantly in motion — rotat- for regular backups of your data external hard disks you have, whether ing 5000 or more times a minute. through whatever means is available connected via USB or FireWire, can- Plus, the pin-sized “head” that has the to you. But I realize that wishing not be monitored. job of interpreting the information on doesn’t always make it so, and that this rotating disk has to move above it most of you rarely stick to a backup As you may have surmised, using in minute steps, while avoiding any regimen. So, the best we can do is to Apple’s Disk Utility to monitor physical contact with the disk. avert disaster, and in that effort, S.M.A.R.T. status requires that you Hopefully this gives you an under- S.M.A.R.T. Is your friend. manually launch the utility and verify standing as to why it’s just a matter of your hard disk’s condition. There are time before one or more of these com- S.M.A.R.T. stands for “Self- some automated alternatives, howev- ponents breaks down, and no longer Monitoring Analysis Reporting works reliably. continued on page 9

8 continued from page 8 er, which will monitor the hard disk Yes...I want to join CMC whenever the computer is on. The Benefits: Monthly meetings, monthly newsletter, dis- least expensive is a shareware creation counted book purchases, computer problem assistance, network with other Mac users, User Group Store, etc. called SMARTReporter, which is available at: http://homepage.mac. com/julianmayer/. Also available are Date ______Referred by: ______three relatively expensive commer- cial software utilities: Name ______Disk Guardian http://www.subrosasoft.com Company Name ______Disk Warrior http://www.alsoft.com Occupation ______TechTool Pro 4 http://www.micromat.com Address______

No matter which of these software tools City/State/Zip ______you choose to use, when you are noti- fied that S.M.A.R.T. indicates a pending Phone (Home) ______Phone (Office)______failure, you must act immediately. It is not unusual for a hard disk to become Email ______inaccessible in a short time frame, so every minute is vital. You should make Areas of Special Interest ______every effort to backup all the files that you can before the computer stops ______responding. Annual CMC Family Membership - $25.00 Following a backup of your files, you Make check payable to CMC and mail to: need to take the computer to someone 41 Crossroads Plaza Ð PMB 1984, West Hartford, CT 06117 skilled in servicing Macintosh comput- ...or register online with PayPal at www.ctmac.org ers, and have them replace the hard disk. If this happens while your computer is under warranty, you should bring it to an Apple service center. If it’s out of warranty, you can call upon a Macintosh computer technician or con- sultant. Neither Apple nor your typical computer service center, is likely to do anything to help you transfer your old files to the new hard disk. A consultant, however, will make this process as pain- less as possible, and take care of all the system setup that will be necessary fol- lowing a hard disk replacement. May 26th CMC I must point out that a lack of any Meeting on Digital S.M.A.R.T. alerts from the above soft- Photography Basics ware utilities should not give you a false Guest presenter sense of security. There are hard disk Dave Farrington, failures that can elude S.M.A.R.T. and Sales Manager at your safest bet is always to make regu- Zacher's Photo of lar backups of your data. Using these West Hartford, methods will make you SMARTer than discussed selecting the other computer users on your block, and using digital and spare you from data loss!  cameras.

9 2004-2005 CMC OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

President Don Dickey Vice President Rich Lenoce Treasurer David Gerstein [email protected] 860-232-2841 [email protected] 860-347-1789 [email protected]

Secretary Chris Hart Download of the Month Debbie Foss Public Relations Neal Dembicer [email protected] 860-291-9393 [email protected] 860-583-1165 [email protected] 860-673-7711

Editor Deena Quilty Webmaster Brian Desmond Raffles Robert Sawyer [email protected] 860-678-8622 [email protected] (860) 668-8728 [email protected] 860-677-7787

Past President Joseph Arcuri Special Events Jack Bass Ambassador Connie Scott [email protected] 860-485-1547 [email protected] [email protected] 860-584-9573

Caricatures by Bill Dougal of Lebanon, (860) 456-9041. Available for illustration assignments and event caricature. 10 Upcoming Meetings Discounted FREE Monthly CMC Meetings are held Books Raffle! on last Wednesday of the month, CMC continues to Every CMC 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. offer our current members member who attends our monthly (except Nov. and Dec. when the the opportunity to purchase any meetings gets a raffle ticket. This will meetings are one week earlier published book for either Mac or give you a chance for one of our free due to the holidays) Windows at a 20% discount. All major prizes every month! You could win… publishers are carried by our source. t-shirts, toys, CDs, mugs, software Board meetings are the Call Neal Dembicer at 673-7711 or …there’s always something we’re first Thursday of the month. giving away! If you wish to attend a Board meeting, send email to [email protected]. contact an officer for the location. Provide the book title, the publisher WELCOME! June 30 ¥ 7 pm and the ISBN number, if possible, and Hands-On Photoshop, iPhoto he will check on its availability. New Members and iDVD Workshops Normally, the wait is not too long. Spread the word. We need new at Middlesex Community College. members! Have your friends and Special MUG Offers co-workers join us for fun and July 28 ¥ 7 pm Get a complete list of all current learning about OS X and the Mac. GarageBand deals: www.mugcenter.com/ at UConn Medical Center vendornews/vendornews.html Total Membership: 127 This presentation will be geared towards the non-musician demon- strating how easy Garage Band can Treasurer’s Report make music. Ending Checking Account Balance ...... $1486.36 August 25 ¥ 7 pm CMC Web Site Access Savings Account Balance...$3951.25 Quark/InDesign Balances as of May 31, 2004 at UConn Medical Center www.ctmac.org Graphic designer Pat Rasch will User ID: XXX (uppercase) give a presentation on InDesign. Pat Password: xxxxx (lowercase) CMC Classified Ads will discuss the benefits of InDesign Members can Advertise For Sale, and how to move to InDesign for Swap, Trade, Giveaway or Want to users of Quark and Pagemaker. Apple User Buy Items. This space can be used by Group Store members to advertise non-business September 29 ¥ 7 pm items which they are no longer using Celebrity Guest Night www.applemugstore.com or upgrading. This is a free serv- at UConn Medical Center April 1, 2004 - July 31, 2004 ice provided to our members. Any Apple engineer, author and User ID: xxxx (lowercase) business items or services can be presenter Dave Marra will give Password: xxxx (lowercase) advertised at the rates shown below: an entertaining and informative presentation about the Mac world. Monthly Ad Rates If you have a Business Card ...... $10.00 program you would like to present or Quarter Page...... $20.00 a subject that Half Page...... $30.00 interests you, Full Page (or insert) ...... $50.00 then please email Submit all ad copy to the Editor on a disk Rich Lenoce vicepres@ with nothing else on it or e-mail it for ctmac.org insertion in the following issue. Display ads must be submitted camera-ready in .eps or .pdf format with all fonts & graphics embedded.

11 41 Crossroads Plaza Ð PMB 1984 West Hartford, CT 06117

Monthly Meeting June 30 – 7 p.m. at Middlesex Community College Hands-on Photoshop, iPhoto and iDVD Workshops

CMC Meeting Location Ð a PDF document containing a visual direction guide to UConn Health Center is available on our website: http://www.ctmac.org. Print and take it with you to find us easily!

Monthly meetings will be held at UConn Health Center in Farmington. When hands-on programs require computers for attendees, we will be using Middlesex Community College in Middletown.

Directions to UCHC, Farmington Directions to Middlesex C.C. From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, From the Hartford area, take Route 9 South. A few Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn right at first traffic light onto miles south of downtown Middletown on Route 9, take Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic light, turn Exit 11 (Rt. 155, Randolph Road). At the end of the right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main ramp (for both N. & S. bound), turn right onto building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when Randolph Road. Continue to the traffic light at the top you get to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two- of the hill and turn left onto Saybrook Road. Go a quar- way there so you should be able to tell where to turn. (Do ter of a mile and turn right onto Reservoir Road. Travel not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second past the stop sign, then take the first right onto Training right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go Hill Road. Your first left will lead into the Middlesex past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You Community College Campus parking area. When you will see a continuation of the building with its own entrance arrive on campus, take a right onto Training Hill Road. area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground Go to the second parking lot entrance and take a left floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This into the upper lot. Directly in front of you will be Snow is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are on your Hall. Enter Snow Hall and go up the stairs to the 2nd left as you enter. floor and go to the last room on the right, Room 509.

12 Monthly Meeting July 28 – 7 pm GarageBand at UConn Medical Center Geared towards the non-musician demonstrating how easy GarageBand can make music. “Back To Basics” - 6 pm NEWSLETTER OF CONNECTICUT MACINTOSH CONNECTION, INC.JULY, 2004

Identity Theft After careful investigation, I found By Don Dickey, that in the case of the eBay contact, the fraudulent site was outside the CMC president U.S. Since the email sent as HTML, As you know, my the URL you see is just a cover! theme as your presi- When you click the link, you really dent has been how to end up going to http://211.174.62.133/ have fun with your verify/index.php Mac. Unfortunately, recent events force me By pasting the above URL into a to deal with a topic I browser, and backspacing over am truly sorry to have the address after the IP, I was to write about, but I redirected to http://www.goldmat. feel compelled to raise a big red flag co.kr/ with all the text in kangi this month. (Asian) fonts. Surprise! You're on a web site in Korea! You may have seen advertisements on TV where a woman speaks with a man’s Had I entered my user name and voice about the cool stuff she bought password, I would have given the with his identity. The reality of this sce- thief enough information to log nario is that it can happen to you! onto eBay and get my complete profile data. Worse yet, had I During the past couple of weeks I entered my credit card informa- received several emails which cause me tion, you could probably hear concern. They have come from what those cash registers ringing sales look like legitimate businesses such as ed to current information within 5 days all the way from the Orient! eBay, Citibank, and U.S. Bank. What then, your access to Buy or Sell on makes them look legitimate is that I eBay will be restricted. Go to the link Here is my warning, plain and simple: believe I have done business with these below to Update your account firms. In each case, the sender directed information: http://signin.ebay.com/ (1) Do not reply to any email request- me to a web site where I was supposed aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ssPage ing user data verification, even if it is Name=h:h:sin:US to “verify my user data” or risk suspen- Continued on page 2 sion of my account in a specified Please dont reply to this email as you number of days. will not receive a response. Thank You for using eBay! http://www.eBay.com Inside this Issue Example: (actual screenshots above) Identity Theft ...... 1 As outlined in our user agreement, Apple User Group Offers ...... 3 Dear eBay member, eBay will periodically send you infor- During our regular and verification of Monthly Tips ...... 4 mation about site changes and MAC 911 Help Desk...... 6 the accounts we couldn't verify your enhancements, vist our Privacy Policy Download of the Month...... 7 current information, either your infor- and User Agreement if you have any GarageBand Review...... 8 mation. Has changed or it is questions. Copyright © 1995-2004 Meetings & Club News...... 11 incomplete? If the account is not updat- eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved.

1 Identity Theft...continued from pg.1 (4) Identify such email as “junk” to from an institution with which you your spam filter so maybe next time it have done business. Call them on the will get caught automatically. phone using a number posted on a recent statement. Do not call any (5) Visit the FBI’s Internet Fraud phone number listed in an email or Complaint Center at www.ifccfbi.gov linked web site as it may be fraudu- to learn more about Internet fraud and lent as well. possibly file a complaint with law enforcement agencies if you believe (2) Do not click on or visit any web you have been a target or a victim. site linked to such emails. I will hopefully return to my regularly (3) Warn other members of your fam- Editor scheduled program of having fun next ily about this activity before it Deena Quilty month. In the meantime, be careful!  happens to them. Content Contributor Don Dickey Contributing Author Rich Lenoce Designer George Maciel Photographer John Scott Chris Hart Apple has recently upgraded the FAQs, community discussion services and web site for their boards, and email-based support. Publisher .Mac (“Dot Mac”) service. If you Until September, subscribers can Connecticut Macintosh are subscribed to this service, a download a free chapter of O'Reilly & Connection, Inc. key improvement you should Associates' new book "Inside .Mac." 41 Crossroads Plaza explore is the Learning Center, PMB 1984 located at: http://www.mac.com/ When you’re done exploring the West Hartford, CT 06117 learningcenter/ .Mac Learning Center, share your feedback with Apple at this Printer The .Mac Learning Center con- address: http://user.training.apple. Budget Printers tains detailed tutorials and guides com/feedback/dm/ 1718 Park Street for .Mac services, Mac OS X Hartford, CT 06106 “Panther” and the applications that come with it (such as (Thanks to Chris Hart We welcome submissions “Mail”), iLife’04 (iPhoto, iMovie, for bringing this to our from members! iDVD, iTunes, GarageBand), as attention Ð Newsletter staff) Please submit articles by first well as Keynote (Apple’s presen- of the month for inclusion in tation creation our newsletter. There is much program). talent in our group; it would be great to have several member Additionally, articles in each issue. a new .Mac Support site has been integrated into Apple's main support site, including

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5 Mac 911 Short of buying a DVD drive, what I'm afraid that it takes more than a simple can I do if I receive a DVD that I’d Copy command to do this, but it's certainly Help Desk like to use on my Mac? an achievable goal. By Christopher Breen Ð Ed Borman Launch NetInfo Manager (Applications: Few would accuse me of You don’t need to purchase a DVD Utilities). In the local @ localhost~/window following Ned Ludd, drive in order to use discs such as the that appears, click on the Lock icon. Enter but there are times when iLife ‘04 installer (which contains your password when prompted. Now click technology drives me to both GarageBand and iDVD). You on the Users entry in the second column distraction. In the spirit of do, however, need access to a Mac and, in the third column, click on the name the Luddites, this month's that carries such a drive. With such of the account you want to moveÐ yours Mac 911 offers ways to access, there are two ways to take might be named Guillermo, for example. defeat the technological turmoil of corrupt- advantage of that DVD. ed AOL attachments, DVD-less Macs, In the lower portion of the window, look for cockeyed movies, and folders that refuse to The first is to use Disk Utility to create an the Home entry in the Property list. To the move away from Home. image of the disc and then copy that image right of this entry, you'll see something like to your Mac or, if your Mac isn't close at /Users/guillermo. Double-click on this entry A-O-Heck hand, to a removable drive. (I use my iPod and enter /Volumes/othervolume, where I’ve been trying to send some Microsoft for such jobs.) To do so, insert the disc, othervolume is the name of the volume or Word documents to my mom, who uses launch Disk Utility (in Applications: hard drive you want to move the Home America Online, but AOL turns the files into Utilities), select the disc from the list of vol- folder to. MIME format, which corrupts the docu- umes on the left side of the Disk Utility ments. What should I do? Ð Jack Lee window, and click on the New Image but- Press the return key or the enter key, and ton. In the resulting sheet, select DVD/CD then choose Save Changes from the File I have the same problem when I send Master in the Image Format pop-up menu menu. Log out and then log back in again, pictures to my mother. AOL has a nasty and leave the Encryption pop-up menu set and you'll discover that your Home folder is habit of mangling attachments sent from to None. Name the image and click on Save. now located on the volume or drive you des- outside the service. There are a couple of When the image has been created, move it ignated in NetInfo Manager. If you place the ways around this. to the other Mac, double-click on it to Home folder on an external drive, make sure mount it, and treat it as an installer disc. you give it enough time to spin up and The easiest is to compress any files you send mount before you log in. to people who use AOL. Although AOL can If you can borrow a Mac with a SuperDrive corrupt many kinds of files, it seems to and you'd like to skip the disc-image step, To put things back the way they were, follow respect compressed documents. In Panther, just insert the disc in the borrowed Mac and this same procedure but when you edit the create a .zip archive by selecting your docu- connect the two computers via FireWire entry, change it back to /Users/guillermo. ment (or a folder full of documents) in the Target Disk Mode (with the borrowed Mac Hubbub Finder and choosing Create Archive from as the target), and the disc will appear on When I plug two iPods into my FireWire the File menu. Or, if you prefer, use Aladdin your Mac as a mounted image. Run the hub, I receive error messages about unrec- Systems’ DropStuff, which you can find in installer on the image, and you're good to go. the $50 StuffIt Standard Edition and the $80 ognized devices. Why can't more than one iPod be plugged into a computer at a time? StuffIt Deluxe 8.0 (www.aladdinsys.com), To connect those Macs via FireWire Target Ð Shirley Kehr to compress files in the .sit format. Disk Mode, shut down both computers, string a FireWire cable between them, boot You can plug more than one iPod into your Alternatively, you can upload your files to a the target Mac while holding down the T Mac, but to do so, you must either use a Web site Ð your .Mac account, for example. key, and then boot the host Mac. The target powered hub that provides enough juice for Send your mother the link to that site, and Mac’s screen will display a FireWire icon. both your iPods or connect each iPod to sep- she can download the files from there. Its volumes will appear on the host Mac as arate FireWire ports on your Mac. My guess FireWire drives. Disc Despair is that you're attempting to use an unpow- ered hub or a hub that, even when plugged I’ve noticed that some software, such as Home Sweet Home in, just doesn't have the oomph necessary to Apple’s iLife '04 ($49; www.apple.com), Is there a way to move my Home folder? I drive two iPods. ships on DVD. My Power Mac G4 doesn't tried copying the files in my Home folder to have a DVD drive, and I’m concerned that my external hard drive, but it didn’t work. Apple suggests that an iPod be the only I'm going to be left out in the cold when Ð Guillermo Alvelais device on a FireWire bus because an iPod more software is delivered in this form. continued on page 7 6 continued from page 6 Unsolicited Advice automatic-compression feature is back in requires most of the power that bus can pro- Microsoft Entourage X ($399 as part of business. You can download version 6.5.2 at vide. I’ve heard of instances where people Microsoft Office v. X; www.microsoft.com) http://tinyurl.com/2ep3l. have been able to successfully use an iPod has an option for automatically compress- chained to a low-powered FireWire device (or ing attachments with StuffIt (this option is one that has its own power supply), but, in in the Compose tab of the Mail & News Macworld contributing editor Chris general, I’ve found Apple’s advice to be solid. Preferences window). When you upgrade to Breen is the author of Macworld’s tips Panther, this option doesn’t work, because and troubleshooting column, “Mac Wrong Angle Entourage requires version 6.5 of StuffIt 911,” as well as Secrets of the iPod: I just bought a Canon A80 camcorder. When Engine, and Panther replaces that version Fourth Edition and Mac 911 (Peachpit I rotate the camera into portrait mode to with a more recent iteration. But you can get Press). Find Chris’ books at www.ama- shoot, the movie appears sideways when I this option to work again. zon.com and www.peachpit.com. download it to my Mac. How do I rotate the movie so it displays properly? To do so, you must install the older version Get special user group pricing on Ð Tim Waag of StuffIt Engine. Fortunately, Aladdin Macworld Magazine! Subscribe today Systems (maker of StuffIt) has made this This is easily fixed with QuickTime Pro possible. Simply download and install at http://www.macworld.com/useroffer. ($30; www.apple.com). Open the movie in StuffIt Engine 6.5.2, and Entourage’s QuickTime Pro and press Command-J. Select Video Track from the Movie pop-up window, and then select Size from the Annotations pop-up menu. You’ll see con- Download of the Month trols for flipping the video horizontally and submitted by Debi Foss vertically, as well as controls for rotating the movie in 90-degree increments (both clock- MacDict 2.9.1 New in v2.5, MacDICT now also wise and counterclockwise). Rotate the by Bains Software provides access to Wikipedia, the movie to your satisfaction and save it. http://www.bainsware.com/ Internet's free encyclopedia! downloads/macdict.sit Features: ¥ Easy-to-use interface Tip of the Month MacDICT gives easy access to ¥ Looks up definitions in I like to fall asleep to the music playing on many databases including 11 databases my Mac, but I wanted that music to switch Webster's Dictionary. MacDICT ¥Translates words, off once I’d fallen asleep. Enter lets you access a growing number sentences, and full passages AppleScript. I make a lullaby-induc- of databases, including Webster's ¥ Completely Free! ing script by launching Script Editor Dictionary, for free! Other databas- (Applications: AppleScript) and typing es include the US Gazetter, Free Requirements: MacDICT supports the following: Online Dictionary of Computing, any Mac running Mac OS 8 or Tell application “iTunes” WordNet, Jargon File, and the CIA later, including Mac OS 9 and Mac Delay 5400 World Factbook. MacDICT is a OS 10.2. Quit client for the DICT End tell protocol. It connects to dict.org to provide Then I select the Save As command from the access to a number of File menu and save the script as an applica- databases, including tion with the Startup Screen and Stay Open Webster's Dictionary options deselected. You can put the applica- and the World tion anywhere that’s convenient for you. FactBook. MacDICT also accesses transla- The next time you want to fall asleep to tion services on the your iTunes playlists, just launch iTunes, web to translate to and start playing, and then launch your from a wide variety of AppleScript. Exactly 90 minutes (5,400 languages. seconds) later, iTunes will quit. Ð Christian Brescia

7 GarageBand: variety of uses. For example, I have been looking for a simple audio pro- For Musicians gram to edit lectures that replaces one and Non-Musicians of my favorite Classic applications not by Rich Lenoce, CMC VP available in OSX: Macromedia’s Sound Edit 16. Garage Band fits the The CMC July meeting will be bill, allowing me to easily edit and mix about Garage Band, Apple’s basic audio. For those who feel hin- new addition to its iLife media dered by iMovie’s three audio tracks, creation suite. No, this isn’t a GarageBand can import iMovie audio review nor is it a how-to article and then music and sound effects can on using Garage Band. As an be added, layered and mixed. Once introduction to the CMC pres- completed, the soundtrack can be re- entation, I’d like to go over Instruction imported into iMovie. GarageBand can what GarageBand is and isn’t. Manuals, Tutorials and Extras mix audio for iPhoto slide shows or At the time this article is being written, create a fanfare for the opening of your GarageBand is an application that David Pogue’s iLife ‘04 Mini Missing next iDVD project. It can record con- allows anyoneÐmusician or non-musi- Manual was still available at certs or edit dialog. You can even build cian-Ðto compose and produce music. http://www.missingmanuals.com/. a radio broadcast or create commer- Musicians can plug in their instruments It is a great introduction to GarageBand. cials. I enjoy taking several songs from and instantly record music, while the Apple has tutorials and other support iTunes and creating mega-mixes for non-musician has hundreds of instru- material available at http://www.apple. parties. One of my students records my ments and loops already available to com/support/garageband/. lectures to his iPod as a study aid and them. An instrument can be a synthe- edits my lectures using GarageBand sized MIDI instrument or a “real” There are several other sites that offer removing all my bad jokes. The uses instrument that uses “sampled” sounds. tutorials including: for GarageBand are endless. In either case, both can be triggered or MacJam played using an on-screen keyboard or http://www.macjams.com/), GarageBand Limitations a USB MIDI controller, such as a key- Synthtopia GarageBand isn’t perfect. First, it board or guitar. You can even see visual http://www.synthtopia.com/news/ requires a great deal of overhead if you representations of the notes on a staff. FreeGarageBandTutorialsPo.html wish to use synthesized instruments Loops are pre-recorded sounds that Music on the Mac and record more than four tracks. Lots serve as the rhythm section that can be http://www.musiconthemac.com of RAM is needed and a G4 is a must. repeated over and over; for example, a iCompositions Installation requires a DVD drive, blues riff or a techno-dance beat. http:///www.icompositions.com which is odd considering a DVD drive GarageBand generates all these sounds isn’t required for GarageBand to func- via QuickTime MIDI synthesis or pre- Also, a simple Google search such as tion. Clearly the installer should have recorded samples (recordings of real GarageBand instruments, free been offered on multiple CDs. There is sounds). In addition, any recorded GarageBand instruments or a simple work around: find someone sounds or song can be imported into GarageBand loops will yield hundreds with a DVD drive and copy the file to GarageBand. of sites where people post their own an iPod or external Firewire/USB instruments and loops, usually at no drive. Finally, microphones or other audio charge. And there are numerous com- devices can be connected and recorded mercial expansion packs available, One problem I encountered is that into GarageBand for adding vocals, including Apple’s own GarageBand GarageBand lacks the ability to import analog instruments, sound effects, etc., Jam Expansion Pack. traditional MIDI files. A freeware and a waveform can be displayed for application called Dent du Midi, avail- editing purposes. There are many other Other Uses for GarageBand able on versiontracker.com, not only features to aid composers, but I suggest Many people may not have an interest imports the MIDI file, but breaks the you check out Apple’s web site, tutori- in music composition, but thanks to MIDI tracks into separate GarageBand als and numerous GarageBand user GarageBand’s sophistication and iLife sites to learn more. integration, it’s a powerful tool for a continued on page 9

8 continued from page 8 GarageBand is geared towards the consumer, hob- tracks. Likewise, GarageBand byist and musician who wish can’t output MIDI instrument to create music from a range tracks to external MIDI devices of sources for a variety of or software synths, however purposes. Its tools are more another freeware product called general and less specific or MidiO provides this functionali- professional. As powerful as ty. I find GaragBand’s biggest GarageBand is, it lacks many weakness is that it only exports of the tools and filters needed files as AIFFs and only to the by audio professionals. iTunes’ Music Library. This is handy if you want to use the pro- Considering that GarageBand gram in other iLife applications is only at version 1.1, it’s an but cumbersome if you want to use the Apple’s Final Cut. Like Soundtrack, impressive application with file anywhere elseÐeven on an iPod. To GarageBand is also music creation many advanced features, an intuitive convert the file to MP3 or AAC, the tool and MIDI sequencer but supports interface and is very stable. It will be exported file needs to be selected in the connection of MIDI controllers and interesting to see where Apple takes iTunes and using the Advanced menu analog devices such as microphones, this product and what possible new select Convert Selection to AAC or etc. which Soundtrack does not. features can be added. Stay tuned!  MP3 (depending on how your prefer- ences are set). Once converted, the file can be copied to any location by sim- ply dragging it out of the iTunes Yes...I want to join CMC Library Window. GarageBand should Benefits: Monthly meetings, monthly newsletter, dis- act like iMovie or iPhoto and not only counted book purchases, computer problem assistance, export directly to iTunes, but allow network with other Mac users, User Group Store, etc. files to be exported to any location using any QuickTime CODEC. Date ______Referred by: ______Apple’s Soundtrack vs. GarageBand Name ______The question often arises as to what are the similarities and difference between Company Name ______Apple’s $299 Soundtrack and the almost free GarageBand. First, there Occupation ______are many similarities. Both appear to be built around the same core compo- Address______nents as they operate in very similar ways and both are used to create City/State/Zip ______music. The differences have more to do with their user and intended purpose. Phone (Home) ______Phone (Office)______Soundtrack is strictly a MIDI Email ______sequencer used to create soundtracks for videos and films so that producers Areas of Special Interest ______can dispense with purchasing music and, instead, create their own from pre- ______recorded loops and sounds. This is only a piece of what GarageBand Annual CMC Family Membership - $25.00 offers. Soundtrack offers professional Make check payable to CMC and mail to: tools that can maintain synchronization 41 Crossroads Plaza Ð PMB 1984, West Hartford, CT 06117 throughout a video project and is ...or register online with PayPal at www.ctmac.org meant to work in conjunction with

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Past President Joseph Arcuri Newsletter George M. Maciel Public Relations Neal Dembicer [email protected] 860-485-1547 [email protected] 860-561-0319 [email protected] 860-673-7711

Editor Deena Quilty Webmaster Brian Desmond Raffles Robert Sawyer [email protected] 860-678-8622 [email protected] (860) 668-8728 [email protected] 860-677-7787

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Caricatures by Bill Dougal of Lebanon, (860) 456-9041. Available for illustration assignments and event caricatures. 10 Upcoming Discounted FREE Meetings! Books! Raffle! CMC continues to offer our current Monthly CMC Meetings are held Every CMC member who attends our members the opportunity to purchase on last Wednesday of the month, monthly meetings gets a raffle ticket. any published book for either Mac or This will give you a chance for one of 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Windows at a 20% discount. All major our free prizes every month! You (except November and December publishers are carried by our source. could win…t-shirts, toys, CDs, mugs, when the meetings are one week Call Neal Dembicer at 673-7711 or software …there’s always something earlier due to the holidays) send email to [email protected]. we’re giving away! Board meetings are held on the Provide the book title, the publisher first Thursday of the month. and the ISBN number, if possible, and WELCOME! If you wish to attend a Board meeting, he will check on its availability. contact an officer for the location. Normally, the wait is not too long. New Members We need new members! Have your July 28 ¥ 7 pm friends and co-workers join us for fun GarageBand For Members Only! and learning about OSX and the Mac. at UConn Medical Center User ID’s and Passwords This presentation will be geared Total Membership: 129 towards the non-musician, demonstrating how easy Garage Band can make music. Treasurer’s Report “Back To Basics” - 6 pm Ending Checking Back To Basics will provide a com- CMC Web Site Account Balance ...... $493.54 plete exploration of the System www.ctmac.org Savings Account Balance...$3953.15 Preferences in Mac OS X. After User ID: XXX (uppercase) attending this session, you'll have an Balances as of May 31, 2004 Password: xxxxxxx (lowercase) understanding for the various set- tings available to you in Mac OS X. Apple User CMC Classified Ads Members can Advertise For Sale, August 25 ¥ 7 pm Group Store Swap, Trade, Giveaway or Want to InDesign www.applemugstore.com Buy Items. This space can be used by at UConn Medical Center members to advertise non-business April 1, 2004 - July 31, 2004 Graphic designer Pat Rasch will items which they are no longer using give a presentation on InDesign. Pat User ID: xxxx (lowercase) or upgrading. This is a free serv- will discuss the benefits of InDesign Password: xxxx (lowercase) ice provided to our members. Any and how to move to InDesign for business items or services can be users of Quark and Pagemaker. Aug. 1, 2004 - Nov. 30, 2004 advertised at the rates shown below. User ID: xxxx (lowercase) September 29 ¥ 7 pm Password: xxxx (lowercase) Celebrity Guest Night at UConn Medical Center Monthly Ad Rates Apple engineer, author and Are you receiving Business Card ...... $10.00 presenter Dave Marra will give Quarter Page...... $20.00 an entertaining and informative our CMC emails? presentation about the Mac world. We always send out advance notice Half Page...... $30.00 of the meetings, and sometimes for Full Page (or insert) ...... $50.00 Oct. 27 Auction big news or special events (like our bus trip to Macworld). If you're not Submit all ad copy to the Editor on a disk Nov. 17* Migration to OSX getting them, please email us at with nothing else on it or e-mail it for Dec. 15* Holiday Pizza Party [email protected] insertion in the following issue. Display & Stump the Geeks with your current email address and ads must be submitted camera-ready in a subject line of .eps or .pdf format with all fonts & *(Early date due to holidays) ADD TO CMC EMAIL LIST. graphics embedded.

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CMC Meeting Location Ð a PDF document containing a visual direction guide to UConn Health Center is available on our website: http://www.ctmac.org. Print and take it with you to find us easily!

Monthly meetings will be held at UConn Health Center in Farmington. When hands-on programs require computers for attendees, we will be using Middlesex Community College in Middletown.

Directions to UCHC, Farmington Directions to Middlesex C.C. From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, From the Hartford area, take Route 9 South. A few Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn right at first traffic light onto miles south of downtown Middletown on Route 9, take Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic light, turn Exit 11 (Rt. 155, Randolph Road). At the end of the right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main ramp (for both N. & S. bound), turn right onto building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when Randolph Road. Continue to the traffic light at the top you get to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two- of the hill and turn left onto Saybrook Road. Go a quar- way there so you should be able to tell where to turn. (Do ter of a mile and turn right onto Reservoir Road. Travel not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second past the stop sign, then take the first right onto Training right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go Hill Road. Your first left will lead into the Middlesex past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You Community College Campus parking area. When you will see a continuation of the building with its own entrance arrive on campus, take a right onto Training Hill Road. area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground Go to the second parking lot entrance and take a left floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This into the upper lot. Directly in front of you will be Snow is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are on your Hall. Enter Snow Hall and go up the stairs to the 2nd left as you enter. floor and go to the last room on the right, Room 509.

12 Monthly Meeting August 25 - 7 pm Adobe InDesign at UConn Medical Center Graphic designer Pat Rasch will discuss Adobe's latest entry into the page edit- ing and layout world, Adobe Indesign. “Back To Basics” - 6 pm (see info on page 11) NEWSLETTER OF CONNECTICUT MACINTOSH CONNECTION, INC.AUGUST, 2004

of hearing your voice in his time of To Work or Play need. Solution: automatically forward or Both your business calls to your cell phone By Don Dickey, when you’re not in the office. The key CMC president to this is the word “automatically.” Most phone companies offer call for- My family recently was on warding, but you have to turn it “on” vacation at the shore, when you leave and “off” and my usual prep when you return. SBC offers included loading up my “no answer forwarding” after a PowerBook G4 with number of rings which you lots of client data and specify. charging up a couple of batteries for the laptop and cell an idea came to me! If you have trouble remembering all phone. Oh yes, I also charged up my It was computer-based, and the pieces your pertinent business information, iPod! None the less, mentioning all the of the puzzle involved my Mac, a broad- contacts, appointments, etc., the next hardware led to a few comments from band internet connection, and some logical thing to carry is a Palm-based friends like, “I go on vacation to get very special software that tied every- organizer. They’re reliable, easy to syn- away from my computer and cell thing together. “Instafax” was born. chronize with your Mac, and are phone,” and “Why go on vacation if automatically backed up with each you’re bringing your office with you?” I kept my “real job” until I got things sync. Again, the key here is “automatic.” Contrary to what you’re already think- rolling. The hardware and software were ing, this month’s article IS about how to debugged, the cable modem technology Next, if your business is computer have fun with your Mac! Read on to went from the beta test phase to working and/or internet based, you need to be find out how. every day, and I signed on a couple of able to work remotely. This normally clients. Things were looking up! requires a laptop. PowerBook G4s, and Not long ago, I had a “real job.” I got up now even iBook G4s, carry enough at the same time every day, put on nice As things progressed, my clients grew horsepower to run all current business clothes (including a tie), and drove to expect a level of service they would applications...anywhere...anytime. almost an hour (each way)… to some- be hard pressed to find elsewhere. body else's business. The pay was OK, That’s what can distinguish the little If you take the final step and merge the and I thought I had some job security, guy from big gun competition. cell phone and Palm into a unit like the but I worked all year to be able to take Unfortunately, this scenario can also Continued on page 2 a couple of weeks off when my lead to that same “jail cell” feeling you employer said it was all right to do so. have in a cubicle of a “real job.” So it was from college for about twen- Fortunately, technology can provide Inside this Issue ty years. some very liberating solutions! Work or Play...... 1 Web Watch...... 3 I thought long and hard about starting First, you need to liberate yourself from EyeHome ...... 4 my own business. There were lots of being glued to your office just to MAC 911 Help Desk...... 6 books out there with ideas, but they answer the phone. Obviously you could were all other people’s businesses, not use an answering service or carry a Download of the Month...... 7 mine. Then, one day almost out of the beeper, but neither gives your client G5 Review ...... 8 blue (literallyÐin our blue-tiled shower), that cherished warm and fuzzy feeling Meetings & Club News...... 11

1 Continued from page 1 Kyocera SmartPhones, you’ll have a alienating a client (who could always well-integrated device that can not only call somebody else next time). answer calls, but also check and reply to emails. Then, cable the phone to the Tomorrow as you head to your “real laptop and you’ve got wireless internet job,” or even if you’re already self- access. Depending on your business, employed, think about how you could these few tools can let you work any- use technology to free yourself from where you choose. being at your desk. Even the luxury of working in the local coffee shop or Sure, the last time I went striper fish- town library for a morning is a change ing on Martha’s Vineyard Sound for a that refreshes! The key is to use tech- Editor week with an old high school buddy, nology to let you work on your terms as Deena Quilty we had to kill the boat engine a few much as possible. Shy of being retired, Content Contributor times to talk to clients. But those few a commute to my downstairs home Don Dickey minutes of business enabled many office or sometimes even a favorite hours of great fishing! Without these fishing spot sure beats the usual busi- Contributing Author technologies, we both would have ness rat race. Business gets done, and Rich Lenoce been glued to our offices, or risk I’m having fun (with my Mac)!  Designer George Maciel Photos from our Photographer th John Scott July 28 Meeting Chris Hart GarageBand presented by Rich Lenoce Publisher Connecticut Macintosh Connection, Inc. 41 Crossroads Plaza PMB 1984 West Hartford, CT 06117 Printer Budget Printers 1718 Park Street Hartford, CT 06106 We welcome submissions from members! Please submit articles by first of the month for inclusion in our newsletter. There is much talent in our group; it would be great to have several member articles in each issue.

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3 EyeHome: software, however, I find the marriage So Close, Yet So Far to iTunes limiting; ad hoc playlists are by Andrew Laurence addictive, and the EyeHome’s Java soft- ware feels slow by comparison (see “Good Vibrations from the I have a dream. Squeezebox” in TidBITS-726). The documentation claims that EyeHome It's a simple dream, really. Connect your can play Internet radio stations (via a I dream of a device that EyeHome .pls file in your Music folder), but I to your could not get this feature to work. will bring my digital media Mac. - music, movies, photos - to my home theater system with its comfy http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file= http://www.slimdevices.com/ couch, audiolicious speakers, and large- products_eyehome http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi? screen television. TiVo has freed me http://www.linksys.com/products/ tbart=07637 from the confines of the network sched- product.asp?grid=33&scid=36&prid=602 ules (see "TiVo: Freedom Through http://www.netgear.com/products/ I don't yet have DV footage converted Time-Shifting" in TidBITS-594); I details/ME101.php to a compatible format, but from my want a device to free me from the con- test with some downloaded material, fines of physical media. I want my Eye for Details video playback works quite well. music collection available in an unend- — In practice, the EyeHome does just Quality on the screen is a direct func- ing stream. I want to show my mother about everything it claims. Setup and tion of the file's video format; the more digital pictures of her grandson without installation are a breeze. Just install the information in the file, the better the huddling around a computer monitor. I software, hook up the device and turn it image. MPEG-1 looks grainy, while want to torture guests with unending on. It finds your Mac (or multiple MPEG-4 and DiVX can look quite hours of baby video footage. Last, but Macs) via Rendezvous and Shazam! spectacular. As always with digital perhaps most important, I dream of a Your pictures, movies, and music are video, there can be a wide quality vari- remote control that won't piss me off. all available for playing on the televi- ance depending on the codec used; I sion and hi-fi stereo. had problems with a few DiVX files, http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbser=1204 but all the MPEG files I tried worked iPhoto's photo albums are displayed in fine. EyeHome from Elgato Systems comes the same order as they appear within tantalizingly close to realizing this iPhoto; you can view a single photo or http://www.archive.org/movies/ dream. By the spec sheet, it does nearly play an album as a slide show. During a details-db.php? id=5269 everything: it plays MP3, AIFF, and party I played a random slide show of unprotected AAC files on the stereo, baby pictures on the television, a handy (The EyeHome can also browse the with support for iTunes playlists and conversation piece (and a way for the Web, but I don't find that feature at all the capability to browse by guests to catch up on the baby's life, compelling; viewing the Web on a TV album/artist/song; it displays JPEG, while the real article was long since didn't work well with WebTV, doesn't GIF, PNG, and BMP graphic image asleep). work in a hotel room, and doesn't inter- files on the television, according to est me in my home with broadband and iPhoto's albums and slide shows; and it Songs, albums and playlists all play laptop computers.) plays MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, from the iTunes Library. However, and DiVX movie files on the television. EyeHome's Music section doesn't Eye on Interface A simple preference pane activates its descend through the library as I expect. — However, while the EyeHome Java-based server software on your I'd expect it to descend from Artist to appears to realize my dream, it falls Mac and advertises its presence via Aretha Franklin to a list of her albums, short due to a horrible interface and a Rendezvous. The EyeHome itself, a but instead you get a list of songs. remote control with tiny buttons and small, silver set-top box, connects to Similarly, going from Genre to Jazz, inscrutable icons. your Mac via Ethernet and to your tele- one expects a list of artists, but again vision or receiver via RCA, S-Video, or you find a list of songs. When a computer outputs its display to optical S/PDIF jacks. (Those with wire- an NTSC television, it offers an image less networks can use an 802.11b/g EyeHome is restricted to playlists in of only 640 by 480 pixels - tiny by bridge such as the Linksys WET11 or iTunes and cannot create ad hoc modern computing standards. When NetGear ME101.) playlists. Having tasted the rich free- faced with this constraint in a consumer dom of Slim Devices' SlimServer continued on page 5 4 continued from page 4 moves into the selected Right button and input text with the area (say, Music), where multi-tap numeric buttons, just like a device, TiVo chose a each listed item is delim- cell phone and just as annoying. simple vertical list of ited by a similar roundish (Again, TiVo gets it right with an on- selectable items; select- blue blob. Moving the screen alphabet and arrow-to-select.) ing an item takes you to cursor to an item once a new screen and a new again highlights its text In that hard-to-define quality of “feel,” list of options. TiVo's with a blue rectangle, but the EyeHome interface feels clunky. interface is quickly that is the only indication Navigation feels like tabbing through comprehensible, of where your eye should fields on a Web browser; this should uncluttered, and focus. The list pane come as no surprise, because it is, in focused on the task at doesn't have a visual fact, a Web browser. The browser hand. Elgato, however, highlight, and the Music accesses your Mac over TCP port 8000. shoehorns a three-pane button is still surrounded The EyeHome software on the Mac is interface into this limit- by a big honkin’ blue blob the Apache Web server with the Tomcat ed space. Large text that draws the eye away Java application server. It appears that buttons occupy the left- from the content pane. the EyeHome is a licensee of technolo- hand portion of the gy from OEM digital media supplier screen, one for each If the content in the list Syabas. The device’s Web browser major function: EyeTV, pane is longer than one identifies itself as “Syabas,” and the Movies, Music, Photos, screen, buttons for the server’s .jar filenames begin with Internet, Services. (I find next set are at the top of “syabas.” Other Syabas licensee prod- the topmost EyeTV but- the list, not the bottom. If ucts appear to include the D-Link ton to be exasperating, as you are prone to pressing Wireless Media Player and the Neuston it is useless without an Down as you move MC500. EyeTV device and through a list (or, say, just cannot be moved or finished with one selec- http://www.syabas.com/solutions removed.) The right-hand tion and want to move to _myihome.html portion of the screen is a different screen), you used for browsing con- http://www.syabas.com/solutions must press Up several _myibox.html tent in the selected area, times in order to move to and small soft buttons for the next set. A scrollable http://www.dlink.com/products/ media playback sit along list of “pages,” TiVo- ?pid=318 the top. style, would make a great http://www.neuston.com/ deal more sense. en/mc500.asp It sounds simple enough, if a bit clut- At various points, soft In summary, the convenience of having tered. However, the buttons for playback one's digital pictures on the TV is a execution is madden- options (Search, Back, blessing, as is dialing up a digital movie ing. To navigate through Play All, Random) on a moment's notice. Music playback the interface, you use a appear at the top of the works, but it pales in comparison to the set of small directional screen. These buttons are SlimServer software on the buttons on the included denoted with white-on- Squeezebox from Slim Devices. If you remote control. When an on-screen but- black icons, in a different font than any can get past the interface, the EyeHome ton is highlighted, it is surrounded by a other button text. (It might just be a functions quite well. It costs $250 and blue rectangle. However, when one of smaller point size; after all, this is is available from Elgato Systems and the large media buttons is active, it is NTSC video we're looking at, which various online dealers.  shown as an Aqua-ish blue blob. If you isn't the best way to view typefaces.) click to highlight that button, the rec- The appearance of these icons is anoth- Reprinted from TidBITS #741/09-Aug-04 tangle vanishes! Suddenly, there is no er inconsistency, and while the Search [Andrew Laurence continues his quest indication of which item is currently button is handy, again the implementa- for the ideal home theater digital hub. selected. tion is horrid. Pressing the Search Frankly, the category is beginning to button brings up a simple text field, but look like MP3 players did before the It gets worse as you delve deeper: press the field isn’t highlighted for input - that iPod came out. Hmm...] Select on the remote, and the cursor infernal EyeTV button is! So, hit the

5 Help Desk There is Ð more than one, as a Once you’ve made a digital connection matter of fact. The first employs between the devices, you’ll need an applica- Mac 911 Word’s AutoComplete feature. tion that records audio as AIFF files. iMovie By Christopher Breen Begin typing the name of an can do the job for free via its Audio tab, but As the parent of a three Entourage contact (you must that’s a clumsy way to go. Instead, consider year old, I've recently k eep your contacts in my current favorite inexpensive two-track been devoting a lot of Entourage’s Address Book for audio editor, HairerSoft’s $30 Amadeus II thought to the concept of this to work). After you type a sharing. And many Mac few letters, the entire name users can benefit from appears in a small yellow box. Then you can drag the AIFF files into paying more attention to Press the return key, and that iTunes and convert them. To do so, select sharing – whether it’s name appears in the document Preferences from the iTunes menu, click on Address Book birthdays with a dotted red line beneath it. the Importing tab, select AAC Encoder from with iCal, contact information with Word Control-click on the name, and you can the Import Using pop-up menu, click on OK documents, or digital music between insert that person’s e-mail address, street to dismiss the Preferences window, select devices such as an old iPod and a new Mac. address, or phone number. the files, and choose Convert Selections To AAC from the Advanced menu. Birthday Wishes For greater control, select View: Toolbars: Can I configure Apple’s Address Book and Contact. You can use the resulting Contact Old iPod, New OS iCal to give me advance notification of toolbar to select a contact’s name from a I have an older iPod that I’ve used with a birthdays for friends, family members, and pop-up menu, add a new contact, and sub- Mac running OS 9. My wife bought one of business associates? Ð Lenn Hann stitute one contact for another. With a the new iPods that works only with OS X, contact’s name in your document, you can so I had to upgrade my OS. After installing There’s no “Since Lenn went to the trouble then use other pop-up menus to insert that Panther, I plugged in my old iPod, and my of adding a Birthday field to this contact’s person’s street address, phone number, or e- music library was nowhere to be found. Are card, I’ll bet he’d like that birthday to also mail address. older iPods incompatible with OS X? automatically appear in iCal” relationship ÐGeorge A. Renville between Address Book and iCal. But there MiniDisc to Mac are a few free utilities that do the job. I’ve made some recordings on my MiniDisc Absolutely not. The problem is that iTunes player. Now I want to record the music dig- doesn’t know where to find your music. In The first is Ulli Kortenkamp’s ABtoiCal itally on my Mac and convert it to AAC OS 9, iTunes keeps its songs at the root level format. How do I do it? ÐRalf Ginter of your hard drive, in Documents: iTunes: This AppleScript creates a new Birthdays iTunes Music. calendar in iCal; it includes all the birthdays To keep your recording digital, you need you’ve entered in Address Book. Scotland digital-audio ports on your music player and To bring those songs into iTunes in OS X, Software’s iCal Birthday Shifter application your Mac. Some MiniDisc players include select Preferences from the iTunes menu, also copies birth- only the Power Mac G5 includes digital- Files To iTunes Music Folder When Adding days into a calendar of your choosing. audio-ins and -outs. These are optical ports To Library option, and click on OK. Now And Martin Pittenauer’s ABBirthday rather than S/PDIF (Sony/ Philips Digital choose Add To Library from the File menu, is an Address Book plug-in that and click on Choose in the Add To Library lets you create individual birthday events in If your MiniDisc doesn’t have a digital- dialog box. iCal. Just click on a contact’s Birthday head- audio output and you’re extremely handy, ing and select Add To iCal from the you may be able to add one. MiniDisc.org Tip of the Month resulting menu, and a sheet appears asking offers tutorials at www.minidisc.org/part_ In the April 2004 issue, you suggested using you to select the calendar you’d like to add hacking.html#Construction_Projects. OpenShiiva to convert VOB files to a format the birthday to. Better yet, it can create an Thankfully, you needn’t hack your Mac to readable by iMovie. If you own a copy of alarm for the birthdays you add to iCal. add digital inputs. Just purchase a USB dig- Roxio’s Toast Titanium (866/280-7694, ital- audio interface such as Edirol’s $80 www.roxio.com), you can convert files eas- Office Merger UA-1D , an adapter with both S/PDIF Drag and drop your VOB files into the Toast $399; www.microsoft.com), is there an easy and optical digital-audio ports. window, as though you were creating a disc. way to insert a name and an address into a Within Toast, select the video file to convert, Word document? ÐDavid Christian continued on page 7 6 continued from page 6 Download ■ It lets you rename, delete, and get and then select Export Video from the Disc information on files and folders with- menu. You’ll be prompted to save the con- of the Month out leaving the file dialog. Default verted file as a .dv file, which can be read by submitted by Debi Foss Folder provides a host of useful com- iMovie. There are some limitations depend- mands so you don't have to go ing on the audio format (for instance, Dolby rummaging around just to do some- Digital AC-3 requires Toast with Jam), but Default Folder thing simple like renaming a file. they shouldn’t apply to your DVD source Tired of wasting time opening and discs. When you’re done converting, you saving files? By enhancing the Open ■ It “rebounds” back to the last item can quit Toast without saving the project. and Save dialog boxes on your that you selected in a folder. You no ÐMartin Dellwo Macintosh, Default Folder makes longer have to hunt through the file managing your files almost automat- UNSOLICITED ADVICE listing for a particular document you The ability to create QuickTime slide shows ic. Simply install Default Folder, set were working on before lunch - this with iPhoto’s Export command is a boon, your preferences, and start saving gets you to work much faster. but iPhoto still won’t cut a slide show to fit time and aggravation! ■ It opens folders for you in the the length of an accompanying soundtrack. Sure, you could get close by doing the math ■ It shows you where you are. The Finder. When you really need to do and dividing the length of the soundtrack by top menu in a file dialog lists the more with a file or folder, use the number of slides you intend to display. active folder and its enclosing fold- Default Folder X to open the folder But unless you’re lucky, you’ll only get ers, just as it did in Mac OS 9. Apple shown in an Open or Save dialog in close. iPhoto doesn’t let you display slides dropped this feature in OS X in the Finder. Or use Default Folder X's for fractions of seconds (8 seconds is order to overload the menu with convenient menu in the Dock to acceptable, for example, but 8.13 isn’t). recently used items, favorites, and access recent, favorite, and other other navigational tools. Default useful folders at any time. If you have a copy of Roxio’s Toast Folder puts those tools where they How do you use it? Default Folder X Titanium 6, you can solve this problem by should be, and gives you back your attaches a toolbar to the right side of opening a copy of the bundled Motion bearings. Pictures application. Motion Pictures can the Open and Save dialogs in any perform the “pan and scan” Ken Burns Mac OS X application (see the pic- ■ It gives you access to windows you effect and, unlike iPhoto, create a ture below). The toolbar gives you have open in the Finder. A popup QuickTime slide show that matches the fast access to various folders and menu gives you a list of all of the length of a soundtrack. It will also send that commands. You just click on the but- windows open in the Finder. slide show directly to Toast, where you can tons to go to your favorite and Selecting one from the menu, or sim- burn it to a DVD or a Video CD. recently used folders, manage the ply clicking on the window you want, folders and files shown in the list, switches the file dialog to that folder. Macworld contributing editor Chris and make changes to your settings. Breen is the author of Macworld’s tips ■ It quickly takes you to recently and troubleshooting column, “Mac You can manage multiple groups of used and favorite folders. Default 911,” as well as Secrets of the iPod: favorites and default folders through Folder's popup menus track folders Fourth Edition and Mac 911 (Peachpit the OS X System Preferences: you've used recently and give you Press). Find Chris’ books at www.ama- http://www2.stclairsoft.com/down- fast access to your favorite folders. zon.com and www.peachpit.com. load/DefaultFolderX-1.9.4.hqx You can even assign command keys Get special user group pricing on to your favorites to save more time. Macworld Magazine! Subscribe today at http://www.macworld.com/useroffer. ■ It lets you click on a filename to copy it. In Save As dialogs, you can option-click on the name of an exist- Chris Breen ing file to copy it to the edit box. No met with CMC members in more retyping the same or similar the Mac User filenames. Group Lounge at Macworld - Boston 7 Six Months convenient. I was able to install with a G5 extra memory and a hard drive myself in only a few minutes. by Rich Lenoce, CMC VP Speed There have been a great many All that has been written about the claims about the performance of G5’s supercomputer speed is true. the G5. Though I use G4s at work Applications run at lightning Ð a loaded G4 533mhz tower used speed. Photoshop, Final Cut, DVD for Final Cut editing, an eMac Studio run several times faster then 1ghz used for DVD authoring, and on the fastest G4. iLife apps with a 400mhz iMac G3 office comput- G5 specifications can be found on high system demands, such as er Ð my home office machine that I Apple’s web site, so I won’t cover iDVD and Garage Band, are down- use for professional video and them here. For options, I loaded right zippy. multimedia work needs to be a per- the G5 with 1 gigabyte of RAM, former. two 250 gigabyte serial drives plus On a G5, finally, the Mac OS X a 128gig FireWire 400 drive used lives up to its claims. In selecting a new Mac, I narrowed exclusively for backup storage. down my choices between the 1.2 Take multitasking. I have Final Cut Convenience ghz 20" LCD iMac and the Pro, DVD Studio Pro and The G5 has two things going for it: PowerMac G5 dual 2ghz machine. Photoshop as well as my mail and convenience and speed. From a I could have gone with a G4 tower Internet browser apps running in the convenience standpoint it has near- or an eMac but I have found that background when I’m working. ly every port you could ask for: spending the extra money on the Using all of these applications at the analog audio, digital audio, latest technology means I get more same time would choke a G4, but Firewire 400/800, USB 2.0, etc. years out of the machine saving me on a G5 you can work, render and The front FireWire and USB ports money over time. I liked the 20" bounce between applications with makes it easy to hook up digital iMacs style but when loaded with no apparent hit in performance. lifestyle devices (like iPods, RAM and a big HD, it cost as Ditto for memory allocation; the G5 iSights, cameras, video cam- much as the top of the line G5. The seems to know which application corders). I had wondered for years LCD was beautiful but I already gets memory priority and instantly why Apple hadn’t done this earlier, had a high-end Apple Studio relinquishes the memory and reallo- since towers have always been Display. I simply couldn’t justify cates it without missing a beat. the cost of the LCD when tied to annoying to move. Who said alu- minum was light? At 45 pounds, old G4 technology, when I could Remember how responsive the simply connecting have the next generation Mac. So I Classic Mac OS felt? I’ve always temporary devices purchased the dual 2ghz G5. found with OS X on my G4 400, to the G5 without there is a slight delay in everything these front hook- I was replacing a graphite 400mhz I do. Click an icon, start a copy, ups would be a G4 towerÐtops when I bought it 5 whatever it happens to be, there’d back straining years ago. Though loaded with 1 always be a second’s delay that’s experience so these gig of RAM, four large hard drives just enough to be annoying. If you ports are greatly and still running great, it began work in OS X, and then use OS 9 appreciated. showing its age when the specifi- natively you’ll know what I’m cations weren’t high enough to run Upgrading memory and hard talking about. The G5 makes the Apple’s DVD Studio Pro and drives and access to the PCI expan- Mac OS snappy again. As soon as would choke on Soundtrack. sion slots could not be more you click, things happen instantly. continued on page 9

8 continued from page 8 Conclusion Photo of the Month Issues and Limitations Overall, this is the best Mac I’ve by Shirl Bloethe, CMC member There are only a few negatives I’ve ever owned. It’s well constructed found to this Macintosh. and simply the fastest Mac ever. It’s so fast, the only thing holding First, noise from my G5 is a rare it back seems to be the speed of the occurrence, but does pop up occa- hard drives as they ramp up–it’s sionally. Under normal operations, that fast the G5 is certainly much quieter than a Quicksilver G4, eliciting a This first generation G5 reminds low-level fan whisper. Most me of my PowerMac 8500; though noticeably, fans come on when not as expandable, it’s a powerful burning DVDs and CDsÐthe noise and versatile machine. Best of all, Shirl took this photo in Southington, CT. is noticeable but not unbearable. it’s a glimpse of what Apple has I think that the sign says it all. Intense processing will cause all coming when it moves the G5 to its Have a photo for the newsletter? nine fans to turn on which can be consumer computers and laptops.  Email it to us at [email protected]. very loud but this only occurs when the Mac is doing intensive processing and burning a CD/DVD at the same time. What’s intense? Yes...I want to join CMC Benefits: Monthly meetings, monthly newsletter, dis- Rendering a Final Cut Pro file, counted book purchases, computer problem assistance, encoding a DVD and running network with other Mac users, User Group Store, etc. Photoshop at the same timeÐall while burning a CD. But how many of us will do that type of pro- Date ______Referred by: ______cessing all at once? Audio and video professionals who need Name ______silence may want to put their G5 in a well-ventilated cabinetÐmost Company Name ______would do that anyway. For the rest of us, this machine is plenty quiet. Occupation ______Address______There are some limitations. Having only one CD/DVD drive City/State/Zip ______slot on such a high-end profession- al machine is nothing short of Phone (Home) ______Phone (Office)______ridiculous. Equally ridiculous is the lack of space to put extra hard Email ______drives. In a G4, you could stack as many hard drives as would fit. On Areas of Special Interest ______a G5 there is a narrow area that fits only two drives. There are third- ______party drive space expansion kits available and the multiple Firewire Annual CMC Family Membership - $25.00 400 and 800 ports make this a Make check payable to CMC and mail to: problem easily (but not inexpen- 41 Crossroads Plaza Ð PMB 1984, West Hartford, CT 06117 ...or register online with PayPal at www.ctmac.org sively) solved.

9 2004-2005 CMC OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

President Don Dickey Vice President Rich Lenoce Secretary Chris Hart [email protected] 860-232-2841 [email protected] 860-347-1789 [email protected] 860-291-9393

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Caricatures by Bill Dougal of Lebanon, (860) 456-9041. Available for illustration assignments and event caricatures. 10 Upcoming Discounted FREE Meetings! Books! Raffle! CMC continues to offer our current Monthly CMC Meetings are held Every CMC member who attends our members the opportunity to purchase on last Wednesday of the month, monthly meetings gets a raffle ticket. any published book for either Mac or This will give you a chance for one of 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Windows at a 20% discount. All major our free prizes every month! You (except November and December publishers are carried by our source. could win…t-shirts, toys, CDs, mugs, when the meetings are held Contact a Board Member or send an software …there’s always something earlier due to the holidays) email to [email protected]. we’re giving away! And don’t forget Board meetings are held on the the Free table at the back of the room Provide the book title, the publisher where everything is...FREE! first Thursday of the month. and the ISBN number, if possible, and If you wish to attend a Board meeting, contact an officer for the location. he will check on its availability. Normally, the wait is not too long. Treasurer’s Report August 25 - UConn Medical Center New Members! 6 pm Ð Back to Basics We need new members! Have your This month’s session focuses on For CMC friends and co-workers join us for fun digital photography. If you missed Members Only! and learning about OSX and the Mac. our previous CMC program on dig- ital cameras, or still have more User ID’s and Passwords Total Membership: 130 questions, this session is for you. We’llexplore topics such as Account Balances megapixels, memory cards, file for- mats, and batteries. Bring your Ending Checking questions, and we’ll be happy to Account Balance ...... $488.04 answer them! CMC Web Site Savings Account Balance...$3954.99 7 pm Ð Adobe InDesign www.ctmac.org Balances as of July 31, 2004 Watch out Quark, there’s a new User ID: XXX (uppercase) application in town. Pat Rasch, Password: xxxxxxx (lowercase) graphic designer and CMC member, CMC Classified Ads will be the presenter at CMC’s Members can Advertise For Sale, August meeting covering Adobe’s Apple User Swap, Trade, Giveaway or Want to latest entry into the page editing and Buy Items. This space can be used by layout world, Adobe Indesign. Group Store members to advertise non-business Indesign competes with Quark and www.applemugstore.com items which they are no longer using or upgrading. This is a FREE replaces Adobe’s other page layout Aug. 1, 2004 - Nov. 30, 2004 application, PageMaker. Indesign service provided to our members. integrates with all of Adobe’s other User ID: xxxxx (lowercase) applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, Password: xxxx (lowercase) CMC Display Ad Rates etc.) and is receiving raves from Any business items or services can graphic designers for its features and be advertised at the monthly rates below. improved workflow that it offers Are You Receiving anyone designing print media. Business Card ...... $10.00 our CMC emails? Quarter Page...... $20.00 Coming Events.... We always send out advance notice Half Page...... $30.00 Sept. 29 Celebrity Guest Nite of the meetings, and sometimes Full Page (or insert) ...... $50.00 with Dave Marra for big news or special events Submit all ad copy to the Editor on a disk Oct. 27 CMC Auction (like our bus trip to Macworld). If you’re not getting them, with nothing else on it or e-mail it for Nov. 17* Migration to OSX please email us at insertion in the following issue. Display Dec. 15* Holiday Pizza Party [email protected] ads must be submitted camera-ready in & Stump the Geeks with your current email address .eps or .pdf format with all fonts & and a subject line of: graphics embedded. Make your check *(Early date due to holidays) ADD TO CMC EMAIL LIST payable to CMC.

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Monthly Meeting August 25 – 7 pm Adobe InDesign UConn Medical Center

“Back To Basics” - 6 pm Digital Photography (see pg11)

CMC Meeting Location Ð a PDF document containing a visual direction guide to UConn Health Center is available on our website: http://www.ctmac.org. Print and take it with you to find us easily!

Monthly meetings will be held at UConn Health Center in Farmington. When hands-on programs require computers for attendees, we will be using Middlesex Community College in Middletown.

Directions to UCHC, Farmington Directions to Middlesex C.C. From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, From the Hartford area, take Route 9 South. A few Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn right at first traffic light onto miles south of downtown Middletown on Route 9, take Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic light, turn Exit 11 (Rt. 155, Randolph Road). At the end of the right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main ramp (for both N. & S. bound), turn right onto building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when Randolph Road. Continue to the traffic light at the top you get to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two- of the hill and turn left onto Saybrook Road. Go a quar- way there so you should be able to tell where to turn. (Do ter of a mile and turn right onto Reservoir Road. Travel not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second past the stop sign, then take the first right onto Training right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go Hill Road. Your first left will lead into the Middlesex past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You Community College Campus parking area. When you will see a continuation of the building with its own entrance arrive on campus, take a right onto Training Hill Road. area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground Go to the second parking lot entrance and take a left floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This into the upper lot. Directly in front of you will be Snow is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are on your Hall. Enter Snow Hall and go up the stairs to the 2nd left as you enter. floor and go to the last room on the right, Room 509.

12 Monthly Meeting September 29 - 7 pm Celebrity Guest Nite at UConn Medical Center Apple’s Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra will give an entertaining and informative presentation. “Back To Basics” - 6 pm (see info on page 11) NEWSLETTER OF CONNECTICUT MACINTOSH CONNECTION, INC.SEPTEMBER, 2004

time taking advantage of the latest tech- Just Hanging Around nology to improve the form as well. By Don Dickey, There’s something to be learned here. CMC president It’s this very design philosophy that lets a manufacturer charge almost twice as Remember the movie much for a product with the same func- Fahrenheit 451? This tion but lacking in a quality form. There circa 1966 classic was are usually people willing to pay for about a society products with these qualities. If there when books were weren’t, the likes of Mercedes and Quark should be very worried. forbidden. In the movie, BMW would have gone out of business Graphic professionals like Pat Rasch the television screens hung on the wall long ago. The media announced this have jumped the Quark ship over to and were only a couple of inches thick. past week that Apple’s market share is Adobe’s InDesign. From Pat’s A year or two ago, television manufac- only between 2 and 3 percent. While excellent presentation at the August, turers finally gave us sets we can hang that sounds puny, understand that it’s easy now for all of us to see why. on the wall. We just can’t afford them BMW would be very happy to have the yet! (Well, at least I can’t.) same share of the car market! CMC would like to thank Pat Rasch for her informative and enlightening Yesterday, Apple unveiled the new Where am I going with this article? As iMac G5 to rapturous applause at Apple presentation on Adobe InDesign. you know, my focus has always been Pat’s knowledge of graphic design Expo 2004 in Paris. The new iMac is on having fun with your Mac. I include something akin to an iBook split in and expertise with page layout appli- appreciating beautiful design in my cations demonstrated to the group half: a screen half and a keyboard (and loose definition of having fun. Perhaps mouse) half. The tech specs note an why InDesign is taking the publish- being a mechanical engineer gives me a ing world by storm. Pat’s optional VESA mount allows you to different perspective, but I think it goes presentation drew a large number of hang the new computers on the wall! without saying that those among us participants and was well received Add the optional wireless keyboard and who have iPods or iMacs may feel the by all. She showed all of us that mouse setup and the only cord you’ll same way, or we’d probably have a Rio Quark has a lot to be worried about. need is for AC power. Maybe a 3rd connected to a Dell instead (along with party company will figure a way to a few hundred bucks of extra cash in We’d like to extend our appreciation beam power to it wirelessly, but I won’t our wallets). There’s a price to be paid hold my breath. Standing on its slim for being a Mac user, but you can know to Pat for sharing her knowledge and pedestal or hanging on the wall, the the time she took to teach us why that our machines are the envy of many  iMac G5 is a thing of beauty. a PC/Windoze user with the brains to InDesign is a superior product. see the difference. What’s important to appreciate here is that many engineers can develop some- Not to downplay the technical benefits Inside this Issue thing with great form or great function. of being a Mac user as these constitute Just Hanging Around ...... 1 It takes people thinking on a much part of the computer’s “function,” it’s Review: iWork v2.1.5 ...... 3 higher plain to create something with the “form” that sets us apart from other Power of iLife...... 4 simultaneously great form and great computer users. Sort of like taking time function. This appears to be Apple’s to smell the roses, my point here is that Download of the Month ...... 5 forte. In recent history, they did it with we should occasionally remember to Review: iVideo & FootTrack...... 6 the original iMac, then the new flat appreciate our Mac’s beautiful form as Review: Wireless Intellimouse ...... 8 panel iMac, later the iPod, and now we enjoy it’s great function.  Meetings and Club News ...... 11 with this 3rd generation iMac...each

1 Take Control from Tidbits Tidbits has announced a new series of electronic books, called the “Take Control Series.” Not just a quick summary, these books can run to 60 pages! We will be publishing reviews of some of these in upcoming issues of our newsletter. In the meantime, you may want to visit http:/www.tidbits.com and click on electronic books for more details.

Current titles include: Editor Take Control of Buying a Mac 1.0 Deena Quilty Take Control of Email with Apple Mail 1.1 Take Control of Your AirPort Network 1.1.1 Content Contributor Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail 1.1.2 Don Dickey Take Control of Sharing Files in Panther 1.1.2 Take Control of Customizing Panther 1.2 Contributing Author Take Control of Upgrading to Panther 1.2.2 Rich Lenoce Take Control of Users & Accounts in Panther 1.1 Take Control of What’s New in Entourage 2004 1.0 Be sure to take advantage of the Designer Take Control of Making Music w/GarageBand 1.0 discount code if you wish to order. George Maciel Advertising ... see page 11 for info on how to advertise in our newsletter. Photographer John Scott FOR SALE: Tripod, extendable to Publisher full height. Perfect for Your Macintosh Support Connecticut Macintosh that digital camera! Connection, Inc. Never used. $25.00 Connection… 41 Crossroads Plaza Contact Deena at PMB 1984 (860) 678-8622. West Hartford, CT 06117 CMC AUCTION: Printer While we are busy Budget Printers soliciting donations Chris Hart 1718 Park Street from nationwide (860) 291-9393 merchants and Hartford, CT 06106 [email protected] manufacturers and developers, we would We welcome submissions also gratefully accept Specializing in support for small from members! donations from Please submit articles individuals or local business and the self-employed by first of the month for companies. A donation inclusion in our newsletter. receipt for tax purposes • Friendly, personalized attention There is much talent in our can be provided in and reasonable rates group; it would be great to exchange. If you have • Honest opinions and answers — have several member articles something you'd like to donate, please contact no sales pitch! in each issue. Joe Arcuri at: • On-site service by appointment [email protected]. or 24/7 for emergencies And be sure to attend the auction at our • 10 years experience October meeting!

2 Cabinet. There‘s also a separate invoice Recall Notice: preferences, so you can choose between 15-inch PowerBook G4 self-designed templates to send to your customers (very handy if you‘re running Battery Exchange Program several different businesses). And iWork https://depot.info.apple.com/ Review: iWork v2.1.5 will hold your hand through a billing batteryexchange/index.html IGG Software by Frank Petrie, process, any report or graph that you MaMUGs/Mid-Atlantic MUG Team may need to generate. Also on their In cooperation with the U.S. http://www.iggsoftware.com/iwork/ website is a collection of custom tem- CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Requirements: Mac OS X 10.2 or high- plates created by iWork users to Commission) and other international er, 10.3 recommended Price: $29.99, download for free! Users giving back safety authorities, Apple is voluntar- and sharing is always a good sign. ily recalling certain lithium ion Thanks to the rapid advancement of rechargeable batteries that were sold technology, the distinction between You need more information or help? worldwide from January 2004 home and office are blurring more daily. Their Help Viewer and their forums through August 2004 for use with If you are freelancing, you need a sim- should answer any questions that you 15-inch PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) ple and fast way to keep track of your could possibly have (that‘s even should notebook computers. These batteries hours and billing. And doesn‘t the you have any?) thought of keeping track of all of that were manufactured by LG Chem, depress you instantly? THE BAD Unfortunately, I don‘t have Ltd. of South Korea. a steady job to use it for. “iWork is an easy to use time-billing and The affected batteries could over- invoicing application. It integrates with THE UGLY Nada. heat, posing a fire hazard. Apple iCal and Address Book, offers tax sup- received four reports of these batter- port and easily generates custom NUTSHELL iWork v2.1.5 is a very ies overheating. No injuries have invoices. This is the most intuitive time- well thought out program. It‘s very intu- been reported. Apple urges you to billing application out there. Essential itive and will get your nose out of the stop using your battery and to order for anyone self employed. Try it, you books and put your brain back to work- a replacement battery immediately. won‘t be disappointed. And yeah, it has ing on the project at hand. If you continue to use your battery, seamless networking features.” do not leave it unattended and check The only question that I have is “Where for signs of overheating. Hey, anything that can reduce my time was this program when I was gainfully crunching numbers! Let‘s see if it does. employed?” Apple has initiated an exchange program and will provide eligible THE GOOD “Drag this icon ... yadda, RATING: 10 out of 10 customers with a new replacement yadda, yadda.” The UI is the familiar, if battery, free of charge. No other somewhat infamous, brushed aluminum ©2004 Frank Petrie, Technologies & Products PowerBook or iBook batteries are and is laid out very intuitively. All of Specialist The Mid-Atlantic Macintosh User your shortcuts are listed along the top Groups Team http://www.mamugs.org part of this recall. and you can sort your event tracking by Email: [email protected] roughly a dozen different criteria. On iChat: phranky Providing camaraderie, your left, there is a pane for your Client cooperative programs, events, training and list. On the right side is all the relevant knowledge sharing for Apple/Macintosh User information for that client‘s past, current Groups free of charge.  and future assignments. You will also find that iWorks is tightly integrated into iCal. That‘s one less step - can‘t be bad. (It is also seamlessly integrated with OS X‘s Rendevous and Address Book,) The recalled batteries have the Model The Info Drawer is also tied into Number: A1045 and serial numbers that begin with: HQ404, HQ405, HQ406, iCal and is broken down into HQ407, or HQ408. two functions - Info and File

3 The iLife is a darn good tool. Much like if any, use anything besides cuts and Power Alfred Hitchcock didn’t need digital dissolves between shots and scenes. non-linear editing to make his many When was the last time you saw a of iLife masterpieces, you don’t need expen- wipe in a feature film? By Rich sive software like Final Cut Pro/HD to Lenoce make yours. What iMovie does do, and does well, CMC vice is allow you to tell a story using the president GarageBand techniques of a filmmaker. What GarageBand records CD-quality makes a movie a movie is it’s narra- As Mac users, we hate to admit it, but, sound, uses professional loops and tive structureÐhow the story is told. like Microsoft, many of Apple’s high quality instrument synthesis as Much like a musician puts notes innovations came from other compa- well as real instruments to create together in a series to create a melody, nies. Final Cut Pro came from music. Combine this with the same filmmakers place, or “edit,” individual Macromedia, LogicPro and multi-track recording pros use and the shots in a series to create a simple Soundtrack from eMagic (now consumer has an incredibly powerful storyÐcalled a scene. Individual Apple Logic Pro), and DVD Studio professional toolset in their hands. scenes are then edited together in Pro from Astarte (once called Prior to the release of GarageBand, order to create a movie or TV show. DVDirector). Apple improved these these tools were only found in profes- Like notes in music, the shots within a acquisitions by giving them a Mac sional software such as LogicPro, at a scene can be re-ordered and held on interface and selling them to profes- cost of $1,000. the screen for various lengths of time sionals. To the benefit of consumers, to manipulate the viewer. For exam- Apple has taken the fat out of the pro Apple is a company built on bringing ple, suspense is created by restraining software, and reworked the interfaces complex computing to the masses. the time between shots. A scene can to make them even more intuitive to Why should music creation or film- be lyrically romantic by having the the non-media professional and making be any different? They are shots together unrestrained. renamed them iMovie, Garage Band applying the same philosophy to Action scenes bombard the viewer and iDVD. music and audio production that they with successive images from varying did to the computer . . . to sell more angles. With iLife, you have all the power the computers. pros have without the complexity or There are many other techniques used bells and whistles most users will iMovie to get a range of results, but what all never use. All it takes is your vision. iMovie offers many of the same fea- these techniques have in common is As proof, iLife has made it into the tures as its big brothers: Final Cut the ability to edit Shot A next to Shot hands of professionals, as seen in Express and Final Cut Pro HD. The B. Often times the master shot, called many professional journals. With all major differences between FCP/HD Shot A or the A roll, has a supporting that power under the hood, and its slightly smaller sibling, FCE shot called Shot B or B-roll, inserted GarageBand is fully capable of creat- are pretty minor. FCE doesn’t have the over it. For example, a man is walking ing music and soundtracks capability of editing high definition through the woods and we hear him indistinguishable from those made TV (only DV), it can’t batch digitize reminiscing about his childhood, we with LogicPro or Digidesign’s footage and it can’t do complex see him scanning the distant moun- ProTools, as noted by the number of motion effects over time. iMovie fur- tains accompanied by a voiceover of websites devoted to GarageBand ther removes some features such as the first time he saw this view as a music and the high quality music they the ability to composite and superim- child. That’s the A-Roll. We then see offer. At this year’s Sundance film fes- pose video layers on multiple tracks. shots of him as a child, camping in tival Tarnation, became the first You are also limited to three tracks of those same woods, leaving his family feature-length film edited entirely audio, and titling is not very customiz- for the outing, etc. That’s the B-Roll, using iMovie. And, nearly every video able. Effects are limited to transitions sometimes called a “cut-away”, professional working on a Mac has at and some basic special effects, and because we “cut away” from the A one time or another used iDVD to there is no inherent way to sort large shot. It’s still there as the foundation quickly create DVDs for clients. number of clips or work in numerous of the scene and possibly providing sequences. the audio voice-over, but we don’t see How can this be? Folks, it’s not the it. Later in the scene, we then cut back technology or the software, it’s the It sounds like much is missing, but a to the A shot of the mountains. vision and knowledge, and story- great deal is included. Looking at how telling the person brings to a project. movies and TV shows are made. Few, The software is merely a toolÐand continued on page 5 4 continued from page 4 titles, compositing layers of video, With iTunes and GarageBand, music can batch digitizing, chroma-keying, be burned to a CD or encoded to MP3 or Here’s what we have done: through motion graphics, etc. What iMovie AAC for making demo CDs to go to editing, time and space are manipulat- lacks is the ability to distribute a record labels or for web distribution. ed to the point where we are in several movie on DVD like a commercial times and places at once. The story is film, that’s where iDVD comes in. For filmmakers, from within iMovie, therefore compelling and interesting you can select to output your video to because in real life we can only be in iDVD an email, a web site or by clicking a one place at a time. This technique of iDVD not only burns a DVD from button you can send the movie to being in two or more places within an iMovie project in pristine digital iDVD. Now the world can see your one scene is called Classic Cutting quality, but also adds interfaces, work. You can enter the movie in film and is the power of movie making. themes, buttons, and special features festivals, send it to a producer, post it (slide shows, on the web using your .Mac account Prior to iMovie, supplemental or submit it to any number of amateur consumer editing material, etc.) filmmaker web sites. Or just snail mail software only that we come a DVD to family and friends. allowed the user to expect from to assemble A roll a feature film The power is in your hands.  together, much DVD. Again, like you would if under the hood you put two is a tool pros VCRs together use to make and taped Download commercial chunks of D VD’s: of the Month picture and DVD Studio submitted by Debi Foss sound from Pro. iDVD one to the has dozens other. You PixelNhance of pre-made couldn’t themes cre- from Caffeine Software, Inc. insert shots and sounds on top of the ated by designers to give your DVD http://www.caffeinesoft.com/ A-roll so you couldn’t tell a story like that professional look. Or, you can try a filmmaker. Everyone who owns your hand at authoring a customized PixelNhance is a fast and easy to iMovie can now put a story together DVD using custom graphics, opening use real-time image processing exactly as Alfred Hitchcock did, or video clips, music made in GarageBand application that greatly speeds Steven Spielberg does today. In and supplemental materials. iMovie, this technique is performed the process of determining the using a feature called “Paste Over at perfect settings for common iDVD is a complex program that looks Playhead.” A good manual such as image processing tasks such as simple. What you don’t see is iDVD David Pogue’s iMovie: The Missing color adjustment and sharpening. converting your project into the com- Manual or iMovie’s Help Center will plex format that commercial DVD explain how to do this. Caffeine Software has released all players understand and re-encoding their software for free since the the material into the DVD video You can’t do Lord of the Rings type dissolution of their business. Other streaming standard, MPEG2. iDVD effects with iMovie, but you also can’t analyzes each and every frame of the programs available are: TIFFany, do them with Final Cut Pro. However, video material not once, but twice to Curator, and Cycles. if some team of animators created the maintain its quality before burning the effect shots for you, you could cer- DVD. Even with the most powerful (Note: the programs are only avail- tainly edit them together using computers, this complex process can able as one download of 56 mb.) iMovie. take many hoursÐpatience is a must! The results are truly astounding. For OS X only. Please note that iMovie is still evolving. Features like Caffeine Software has suspended its the Ken Burns Effect give videos a Distribution The question that has operations so you should not expect professional touch. Add on packs eluded musicians and filmmakers has any support for this product. But it from companies like eZedia add many always been, “But how do I get people of the things back that Apple took out IS free! to hear my music or see my video?” of Final Cut to make iMovie: custom

5 Review: into any Quicktime compati- iVideo and FootTrack bible format including .MOV, MPEG1, MPEG4, AVI or DV. Video Cataloguing and However, one of iVideo’s Organization Software biggest advantages is that a single playlist can be selected By Rich Lenoce and all of the video files in CMC Vice President the playlist will be recom- pressed and exported at once. In my review of iLife ‘04 last In professional video circles, winter, I criticized Apple for this is called batch process- not including a video cata- ing, and up until now this loging application with iLife. feature was left to expensive IPhoto organizes digital pho- professional video products tos, and iTunes organizes such as Apple’s Compressor, digital music, but where is available only with Final Cut the application to organize iVideo HD ($999), or Discreet’s video? Shouldn’t iLife users be able to iVideo should look familiar to anyone Cleaner ($599). This is impressive for organize the myriad of video clips, who uses iPhoto or iTunes and it’s just a $17 package! tapes, projects and movies that reside as easy and intuitive to use. Just drag on our hard drives, thanks to iMovie a QuickTime Movie, MPEG, MP4, Where iVideo shines is not only in its and iDVD? AVI, QTVRs, or DV Stream (from intuitive interface and advanced say, an iMovie clip or QuicktTime ref- organizing features, but also in video Apple’s thinking may come from the erence file) to the clip window and playback. Movies can be played right fact that DV and other video file for- voila, it’s imported into iVideo. from within iVideo at any size includ- mats are big. With one hour of DV Playlists can be added and the video ing full screenÐunlike the free video occupying 13 gigabytes of hard sorted and organized in numerous Quicktime Player. Even multiple drive space, having more than one ways. Like iTunes, IVideo also offers movies can be selected and played at project on a drive wasn’t possible just Smart Playlists where user defined or the same time. a couple of years ago ago. With preset “rules” automatically place today’s hard drives reaching 300 giga- imported footage that meets the rule iVideo has a handy feature where it bytes and the ability to connect criteria into the appropriate playlist. will search all hard drives for video multiple FireWire drives to even the For example, a Smart Playlist named files importing all video files it finds. If lowest of Macs, we can now can store “Christmas,” may be set to recognize you pre-set your Smart Playlist rules, hundreds of hours of video and dozens all video footage recorded in the video will be organized on-the-fly of iMovie and Final Cut projects. December. potentially saving hours of sorting. Information on each video file, called Two inexpensive and easy to use iVideo’s weaknesses are few. First, “metadata,” (date, time, etc) can be applications can organize your “video iVideo only supports Quicktime com- edited in iVideo and like iPhoto files, iLife”: Waterfall Software’s iVideo patible formats, which is not unusual can be deleted from within the appli- ($17) and T-Squared Software’s for a Quicktime based product. Non- cation. iVideo doesn’t have a separate FootTrack ($40). Trial demos are Quicktime files such as Windows movie or content folder, but instead available at versiontracker.com. Media (WMV) and DIVX can’t be keeps the video files in their original Ultimately, video-cataloging software imported or viewed using iVideo. location. The software merely points should offer the same power and flex- Also, iVideo only imports files to the existing file saving valuable ibility for importing, organizing, already on your hard drive, having no disk space. sorting, viewing and exporting video FireWire camcorder control of its as iPhoto does for photos and iTunes own. If it did, then it might be the per- iVideo’s export feature is identical to does for music. IVideo and FootTrack fect video cataloging and organizing the ones found in Quicktime Pro and have these features but implement software. That’s where FootTrack iMovie with one notable exception. them in distinctly different ways. comes in. Files can be recompressed and exported continued on page 7

6 continued from page 6 way to presort imported footage prior FootTrack is not without faults. FootTrack to starting a project. Unlike iVideo, all clips are stored in a single FootTrack Capture Folder. This FootTrack looks similar to iVideo and If this all sounds sophisticated, it’s is a problem only if you already have iPhoto, but dispenses with the playlist because this application doesn’t just video files on your drive, because metaphor, instead calling the video organize clips like iVideo, but goes a when they are brought into FootTrack, library a Tape Library made up of step farther. For example, you can use a copy is made and placed in the Tapes. The equivalent of iTunes and this application as a tape archiver. In Capture folder which wastes unneces- iVideo playlists are Groups, where fact, tape can be imported in either sary space. Also, like iVideo, footage can be dragged and organized. full quality or compressed to save disk FootTrack, does not allow for the The Tape metaphor makes sense since space. The tape can later be re-import- exporting of video clips in non- FootTrack can import DV footage ed at the higher quality for editing. Quicktime formats. It also doesn’t directly from a DV camcorder or support non-Quicktime through an analog to DV media such as Windows FireWire converter for Media (WMV) and DiVX. importing VHS tapes. Finally, FootTrack’s view- ing options are limited up When a DV tape is to a size of 640 X 480 pix- imported, clips are created els, not to full screen based on the Start/Stop display. markers embedded in the videotape, which corre- Which is Better? Both are spond to where the five star applications, with camcorder play/pause but- each being unique in some ton were pressed during ways and similar in others. shooting. These clips are I like FootTrack’s tape listed in subgroups under importing feature, but I each Tape in the Tape also like the way I can Library in the order they recompress and batch were imported. These export videos in iVideo. These are dif- clips can be further sorted into Groups FootTrack is a powerful tool not only ferent enough that many people may that work identically like Playlists or for the video professional, but also for wish to have both on their machines. Albums. When importing from an the home enthusiast. For example, I The easiest way to do this is to move Analog to DV FireWire converter, had 10 unlabeled DV tapes sitting on all existing video files into the there are no Stop/Start markers so the the shelf that capsulated my son’s first FootTrack capture folder and then lengthy footage, rather than coming in two years. Being unlabeled, I had no import them into iVideo so there is no as one long single 60 minute clip, can idea what each tape contained. additional disk space needed. Just be manually split into tape subgroups, FootTrack imported the tapes, broke don’t run both applications at the just like DV tapes, and then organized them into clips, complete with the same time or you will likely corrupt in Groups. This gives people wishing camera metadata (e.g. date and time library files. to edit VHS tapes all the advantages shot). After viewing the clips, I was of batch capturing DV clips. Like able to come up with several thematic Each application forces me to think iVideo, files already on the hard drive projects (birthdays, Christmas, etc.) about organizing video like I organize can be imported and split if necessary. and then organized the clips into my photos, and music and that alone, Groups based on the project. To start given the size of video files, is a space Foottrack can also edit video clip editing a project, I exported the Group saver. I can see and get rid of files, metadata, which is then maintained of clips to a folder for importation into clips and projects I don’t need and be when exporting for use in Final Cut either iMovie or Final Cut. Allowing more creative with the footage I have, Pro/HD/Express and iMovie. for tape footage to be “logged” is knowing at a glance what is available. FootTrack gives Final Cut Express FootTrack’s real strength and Most people will want one or the users a method to essentially “batch enormous time saver1 other. Download the trial copies and capture” footage, and iMovie users a take them for a spin. 

7 Review: side is even undercut slightly so it is browser. The combination of scroll Microsoft Wireless easy to grip and lift. wheel with a tilt mechanism means you can practically say good-bye to window IntelliMouse Explorer As far as wireless functionality is con- scroll bars. That is a feature making this by Sven Anderson of MUG ONE cerned, you have all the benefits of mouse worthwhile all on its own. Macintosh User Group of Oneonta, NY wireless and very few drawbacks. The benefits include not having to Even without the added features of 5 The Microsoft Wireless untangle that mouse cord that buttons and a tilt-wheel, or even the IntelliMouse Explorer is always seems to find a way of wireless aspects, I love this mouse. It an attractive and well getting tangled or hung up on works and feels great. Microsoft hit this built mouse. It is mostly the corner of the keyboard. I one out of the park. black with the look and have been using this mouse feel of leather. In an age constantly now for several (Sven Anderson is an Apple Distinguished where hardware designers months and have only found Educator and professor of Computer Art at seem to think that everything two occasions where it State University of New York, College at must be designed to fit in on seemed to lose contact with Oneonta) the deck of a star-cruiser, the the computer. These two IntelliMouse is an elegant instances were only for a Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer exception. It is a little larger second and the mouse found System Requirements: Mac OS X version than most mice these days and the connection again on its 10.1 to 10.2.x (excluding 10.0), 15 MB of considerably heavier, due in large own. This was far less of a hin- available hard-disk space, Universal Serial part to the two AA batteries tucked drance than a corded mouse encounters Bus (USB) port, CD-ROM drive. away in its belly. At first I thought that on a daily basis. If there is a flaw in the the extra weight would be a real prob- design it is that it uses an antennae unit, Copyright 2004 Sven Anderson. This arti- lem but I have come to find it an added about the size of a mouse, to connect to cle originally appeared in “Newsbreak,” feature that I like. The extra weight the USB terminal on your computer. the newsletter of MUG ONE - Macintosh User Group of Oneonta, NY gives me more control when making My only wish is that it would be very tight selections in a program like Bluetooth enabled so I would not need Photoshop. The IntelliMouse is to either use the USB port or have yet designed for right-handed mouseke- The MUG Store another thing hanging off of the back of The MUG store always has teers, and I can’t find any reference to a my monitor. left-handed version. I must say that the great deals for members. ergonomic form fit for a right hand is a The Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer has This month's highlights include: welcome asset. excellent optical tracking technology ¥ Factory Refurbished iBooks and therefore has all the usual optical starting at $699 The design was well thought out. It benefits such as smooth operation over ¥ Factory Refurbished Power includes two main buttons plus a click- most any surface and nothing to clean. Mac G4s starting at $1,099 able wheel that functions as a third It is extremely sensitive and works like ¥ Factory Refurb 12" Power button and has two smaller buttons on a dream for those of us doing things that Books starting at $1,249 the left side. One of the great design need very precise mouse control. ¥ Factory Refurbished iPods elements of this mouse is the fact that starting at $188 these two buttons are convenient yet As for cool features, this mouse ¥ Plus an exclusive $100 rebate tucked out of the way enough that they includes programmable buttons which on any installed RAM in do not interfere with normal mouse can be very handy for taking care of selected new Macs! functionality at all. I find most four or repetitive tasks such as refreshing a web Plus... more button mice to be a real pain to page or going back to the previous page - Free freight on all orders operate because the extra buttons are or for undoing the last com- - Knowledgeable consultants constantly being pressed inadvertently mand. The biggest - Blowout deals when trying to move or especially, pick “New” feature for me - One percent goes back to your up and move the mouse when you have was the tilt wheel for group in merchandise run out of mouse-pad real estate. For side to side scrolling. (Password & User ID on pg 11) the graphic artist who uses a large mon- You can tilt the itor and is constantly picking up the wheel to navigate This offer and more are available mouse while trying to keep a button side to side in docu- to members of U.S. user groups. depressed, this is really big. The left ments or in a web http://www.applemugstore.com

8 Mac OS X Tips tried it with the two Airport Expresses streaming to the AX in my family from Web Watch - compiled by The (AXs) I have and it worked pretty room. I opened iTunes, selected my MUG Center well, although I got occasional but family room speakers, selected infrequent dropouts, mainly because I “Advanced>Open Stream...”, and Create If you need to make an was doing everything wirelessly. It typed in “http://localhost:8000”. The interactive interactive slideshow will probably work better on wired music started playing on my family slideshows for use on Windows, networks. room stereo. for Windows you need to use some- I used Panther‘s Fast User Switching 3. The third account handled stream- users thing in addition to feature and three user accounts: iPhoto. For whatever reason, iPhoto‘s ing to the AX in my study. I followed QuickTime export feature does not 1. The first account was the playback the same steps as the second account include an option for interactivity. The account, where the music originated. I except that I selected the speakers in slideshow shareware apps I‘ve seen set up Nicecast to stream iTunes’ out- my study. The music started playing use proprietary formats, which are put to port 8000 (the default). I then there too! The music wasn‘t complete- unplayable on Windows. The solution started a playlist playing. ly in sync between AXs -- probably due to buffering -- but it played is to drag your selected images straight  from iPhoto into the navigator pane in 2. The second account handled nonetheless. a new Keynote document. Keynote will automatically create a new slide for each photo. You can then easily rearrange them, and export the Yes...I want to join CMC slideshow to QuickTime, with the Benefits: Monthly meetings, monthly newsletter, dis- ‘interactive slideshow’ option select- counted book purchases, computer problem assistance, network with other Mac users, User Group Store, etc. ed. You can also drag from the Finder, but who views their images there?

Use This is an interesting Date ______Referred by: ______wildcards to little iPhoto feature I build iPhoto just found. When Name ______smart making a smart albums album, ? and * are Company Name ______wildcards. A ? will match “any single character,” so that K??e will match Occupation ______“Kate” and “Kyle.” A * will match “any number of characters,” including Address______none, so K*e will match “Kate” and “Kill me” and “Ke.” I couldn‘t, how- City/State/Zip ______ever, discover how to search for the actual ? and * characters. Backslashes -- the usual escape character -- don‘t Phone (Home) ______Phone (Office)______seem to work; K?ate is treated the same as Kate, but K\ate will find only Email ______“Kate.” Adding an ‘escape’ character (Control-Q, Esc) also failed. Areas of Special Interest ______

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9 2004-2005 CMC OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

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Caricatures by Bill Dougal of Lebanon, (860) 456-9041. Available for illustration assignments and event caricatures. 10 Upcoming Discounted FREE Meetings! Books! Raffle! CMC continues to offer our current Every CMC member who attends our September 29, 2004 members the opportunity to purchase monthly meetings gets a raffle ticket. at UConn Medical Center any published book for either Mac or This will give you a chance for one of 6 pm Ð Back to Basics Windows at a 20% discount. All major our free prizes every month! You This month’s Back To Basics publishers are carried by our source. could win…t-shirts, toys, CDs, mugs, session is all about wireless Contact a Board Member or send an software …there’s always something networking technology and email to [email protected]. we’re giving away! And don’t forget Apple’s Airport products. the Free table at the back of the room Discussions will include parts Provide the book title, the publisher where everything is...FREE! needed, cost involved, ease of use, and the ISBN number, if possible, and and security concerns. We’ll have he will check on its availability. demonstrations and will answer all Normally, the wait is not too long. Treasurer’s Report of your questions. This session New Members! begins at 6:00, and will take place in the same conference room as our For CMC We need new members! Have your monthly meeting. Please note that friends and co-workers join us for fun there will not be a Back To Basics Members Only! and learning about OSX and the Mac. session in October. User IDs and Passwords Total Membership: 138 7 pm Ð Celebrity Guest Night September’s meeting will feature Account Balances Apple Senior Systems Engineer Ending Checking Dave Marra. Dave’s knowledge of Account Balance ...... $533.24 the Macintosh platform and expert- ise in solving computer problems CMC Web Site Savings Account Balance...$3956.83 with the Macintosh make Dave an www.ctmac.org Balances as of September 13, 2004 exciting and entertaining speaker. User ID: XXXX (uppercase) Dave Marra has conducted over Password: xxxxxxx (lowercase) 500 technology presentations, CMC Classified Ads keynote addresses and workshops Members can Advertise For Sale, for businesses, schools, computer Apple User Swap, Trade, Giveaway or Want to user groups and other professional Buy Items. This space can be used by organizations across the United Group Store members to advertise non-business States and Canada. His specialty www.applemugstore.com items which they are no longer using areas include digital multimedia, or upgrading. This is a FREE internet technologies and cross- Aug. 1, 2004 - Nov. 30, 2004 service provided to our members. platform integration. In addition to User ID: xxxxx (lowercase) his presentations and workshops, Password: xxxx (lowercase) Dave has served as a technology CMC Display Ad Rates consultant to numerous schools, Any business items or services can businesses and technology adviso- be advertised at the monthly rates below. ry boards. If you’d like to learn Are You Receiving Business Card ...... $10.00 more about Dave, visit his web site our CMC emails? Quarter Page...... $20.00 at www.marrathon.com. We always send out advance notice Half Page...... $30.00 Full Page (or insert) ...... $50.00 Coming Events.... of the meetings, and sometimes for big news or special events Oct. 27 CMC Auction (like our bus trip to Macworld). Submit all ad copy to the Editor on a disk Nov. 17* Migration to OSX If you’re not getting them, with nothing else on it or e-mail it for please email us at insertion in the following issue. Display Dec. 15* Holiday Pizza Party [email protected] ads must be submitted camera-ready in & Ask the Geeks with your current email address .eps or .pdf format with all fonts & *(Early date due to holidays) and a subject line of: graphics embedded. Make your check ADD TO CMC EMAIL LIST payable to CMC.

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Monthly Meeting September 29 – 7 pm Celebrity Guest Night UConn Medical Center

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CMC Meeting Location Ð a PDF document containing a visual direction guide to UConn Health Center is available on our website: http://www.ctmac.org. Print and take it with you to find us easily!

Monthly meetings will be held at UConn Health Center in Farmington. When hands-on programs require computers for attendees, we will be using Middlesex Community College in Middletown.

Directions to UCHC, Farmington Directions to Middlesex C.C. From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, From the Hartford area, take Route 9 South. A few Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn right at first traffic light onto miles south of downtown Middletown on Route 9, take Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic light, turn Exit 11 (Rt. 155, Randolph Road). At the end of the right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main ramp (for both N. & S. bound), turn right onto building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when Randolph Road. Continue to the traffic light at the top you get to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two- of the hill and turn left onto Saybrook Road. Go a quar- way there so you should be able to tell where to turn. (Do ter of a mile and turn right onto Reservoir Road. Travel not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second past the stop sign, then take the first right onto Training right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go Hill Road. Your first left will lead into the Middlesex past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You Community College Campus parking area. When you will see a continuation of the building with its own entrance arrive on campus, take a right onto Training Hill Road. area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground Go to the second parking lot entrance and take a left floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This into the upper lot. Directly in front of you will be Snow is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are on your Hall. Enter Snow Hall and go up the stairs to the 2nd left as you enter. floor and go to the last room on the right, Room 509.

12 Monthly Meeting October 27 - 7 pm OS X Migration at UConn Medical Center October's CMC meeting will equip you with the knowledge you need to tackle a changeover to OS X. “Back To Basics” - 6 pm (see info on page 11) NEWSLETTER OF CONNECTICUT MACINTOSH CONNECTION, INC.OCTOBER, 2004

Matrix Reloaded Begin by hunting down all your origi- nal software packages. Round them up, A Note of Thanks By Don Dickey, and also locate the required installation CMC president data such as serial numbers and activa- The President and Board of tion codes. You might want to build a Directors wish to express our sin- You’re probably thinking this article is text file with all this information so it’s cere gratitude to Dave Marra, about the movie, right? Sorry... it’s about all in one consolidated place. I use OS Apple Senior Systems Engineer, how to prepare for reloading your Mac. X’s TextEdit for this purpose. for his wonderful presentation at With OS X Panther as stable and resilient our recent September meeting on as it is, you could suggest that an article Next, you need to replicate the installer all things new from the mother- on reloading is somewhat moot. Well, for each program in a folder or collec- ship! there are actually several instances that tion of folders you can backup to your call for a reload. Buying that new iMac DVD or external drive. Be aware that Dave covered a wide range of G5, for instance, might present just such some programs are fussy about where products including the new iMac a predicament. Upgrading your hard they’re installed from. In such cases, G5, Airport Express, and Apple’s drive might be another. you can use either OS X’s Disk Utility pro video editing software. We or Roxio’s Toast Titanium to create a all learned something from this There are a few programs that can “disk image” of the original install make a “carbon copy” of an existing meeting, including a few power CD(s). When you mount such an image user secret tips for iPhoto! drive for either a backup or to transfer later, the computer thinks you have the data to a new drive. You may, however, CD mounted and thereby fools the wish to reinstall your software from installer. While Disk Utility comes with scratch. Software that’s packaged with O SX and is free, and usually works multiple serial numbers (such as fine, I’ve found that Toast can handle a Microsoft Office Teacher & Student few situations that otherwise would fail Edition) can necessitate a fresh installa- using Disk Utility. tion on each computer. Finally, copy your folder of installers The concept is simple: consolidate your and serial number data to a DVD-R or software installers in one place for ease backup drive. A word of caution: don’t of use. Since many programs now con- throw out all your original discs! You sume the better part of an entire CD, may need them to vouch for being a you should not plan on using CD-R licensed owner of the software, and you media for this project unless it’s all you may have to use them should your new have available. installer copy fail. Inside this Issue There are two better alternatives. The You might not have a need for this tool first is to simply bump up to DVD-R Matrix Reloaded ...... 1 right away, but when you do, particu- Getting ProCare ...... 3 media. This is a very practical solution larly if you’re panicked by a hard drive Tidbits Ð Take Control...... 4 if you have a Superdrive or other DVD crash, you’ll be glad you’re prepared. burner. The other option is to use an I’ve used my “master install DVD” sev- Bigger iDisk Brings Big Headaches ....5 external FireWire hard drive. If you eral times and it was very convenient to Download of the Month ...... 5 have a newer Mac, you could opt for a have everything I needed in one place. Review: Back-Up 2 ...... 6 USB 2.0 drive instead. For this purpose, Best of all, I was back to having fun iMac G5-Initial Impressions...... 6 you don’t need a huge drive. Even a with my Mac in a jiffy!  Meetings and Club News ...... 11 modest 20 or 40 gb would do fine.

1 CMC Auction! Nov. 17 This year's auction will be held on While we are busy soliciting donations November 17. The current list of items from nationwide merchants and manu- for the auction can be found facturers and developers, we would also http://www.ctmac.org/auction04.php. gratefully accept donations from indi- Please remember auction items are paid viduals or local companies. A donation for by cash or check only. Any non- receipt for tax purposes can be members will be charged a provided in exchange. If you have something you'd like to 20% premium, so make sure donate, please contact Joe that your membership is cur- Arcuri at: [email protected]. rent. Also, there will be no And be sure to attend the auc- checkouts permitted before 8 Editor tion at our November 17th PM. Have fun, and may the Deena Quilty meeting! highest bidder win. Content Contributor Call 800-257-6381 to order. You must Don Dickey Alsoft – Special Offer for CMC Alsoft, Inc., maker of popular software mention the special code to get this special pricing. This discount is not available on Contributing Author for the Macintosh, offers us these two special deals: purchases made from the Alsoft web site. Rich Lenoce Discount Code: CTMAC11302004. IDiskWarrior3 $64.95 (reg. $79.95) Designer MasterJuggler3 $69.95 (reg. $89.95) This special offer expires Tuesday, George Maciel Shipping and handling is $9.95 November 30, 2004. Photographer Chris Hart Advertising Any business items Publisher or services can be Connecticut Macintosh advertised at the low Connection, Inc. monthly rates listed. 41 Crossroads Plaza Business Card...... $10 PMB 1984 Quarter Page ...... $20 West Hartford, CT 06117 Half Page...... $30 Full Page or insert...... $50 Printer Budget Printers Submit all ad copy to 1718 Park Street the Editor on a disk with nothing else on it Hartford, CT 06106 or e-mail it for inser- tion in the following We welcome submissions issue. Display ads from members! must be submitted Please submit articles camera-ready in .eps by first of the month for or .pdf format with inclusion in our newsletter. all fonts and There is much talent in our graphics embedded. group; it would be great to have several member articles See Page 11 for info on FREE in each issue. CMC member Classified advertising that is available.

2 Getting ProCare And you’ll always have to Also keep in mind that the only things By Chris Hart go down to the Apple they’ll fix are the hardware and soft- CMC secretary Store in order to get the ware created by Apple. If your system attention you’ve paid for. freezes every time you run your When your Macintosh Canon scanner, or if you constantly is giving you grief, it’s (By the way: Have fun try- get error messages when running frustrating to get more ing to find the cost of Microsoft Word, then Apple will say grief from people on tech support ProCare on Apple’s web site. Just “Sorry, but we can’t help you.” lines, from a support web site that is because they don’t sell this service slow as molasses, or from the employ- through their web site, they have decid- For most people, it’s these third-party ees at the very same place you bought ed not to lists its cost on their siteÐan products and how they interact with your computer. If you frequently work annoying oversight.) your particular computer setup that usu- under deadlines, this grief can affect ally causes the most snafus. For those your entire business. I see the ProCare service as only being problems, you’ll still find yourself wait- of value to a small group of Mac users. ing on hold with Canon or Microsoft in Apple recently unveiled a service which For many, the speedy hardware service order to sort these things out. addresses this issue to some degree. coverage is a primary feature of this They’re calling it ProCare , and it that common with most of Apple’s com- tech support plans. For example, commits the Apple Store to treating you puters. For instance, I don’t see this plan Quark has a priority support plan for with priority, and turning around the as necessary for the typical owner of a XPress, as does Adobe for their entire repair of your computer as fast as is pos- PowerMac G5. However, if you’re line of software products. But as soon sible. That explains the name of course, someone who is constantly on the move as they sense that your problems are which denotes the fact that this service with a PowerBook for example, this not specifically related to their soft- is aimed primarily at those whose work plan may the best way to get mobile ware product, they’ll tell you “I’m depends on their Mac. again as quickly as possible when some- sorry, but that’s not a problem I can thing breaks. help you with.” Don’t confuse this new plan with the long-standing AppleCare coverage, But, there is something about the terms Your best alternative may be to hire which is different. AppleCare has two of Apple’s ProCare that center (of the non-Apple Store vari- period of free Apple phone support from troubles me. Specifically, the sentence ety) or a consultant who will come to 3 months to 3 years. (2) Extending your that says: ”…Apple is not responsible you and troubleshoot your Mac’s hardware’s warranty from 1 year to 3. for Covered Products that are lost or problems. Many times these techni- This coverage is applicable no matter stolen while in Apple’s possession…” cians already have the solutions to where you bought your computer, and these problems in their brain or in no matter which Apple authorized repair Excuse me? Not liable? I give you my their bag of tricks, and the gremlins center you take your computer to. computer worth thousands of dollars, can be dispatched quickly. and you feel no obligation to safe- ProCare, on the other hand, covers the guard its security? I was flabbergasted Regardless of who you choose to call priority you receive at the local Apple when I read this lack of accountabili- on, you’ll benefit from the fact that Store. You’ll get faster attention at the ty. Obviously this is the kind of there are more choices than ever for Genius Bar, and if your computer has to corporate legalese used by companies computer support. Apple deserves be admitted to the Apple hospital for so that they can cover their butt. But recognition for continuing to offer some TLC, it will be put at the top of the it’s still disappointing. You’ll have to more services to attend to the needs of repair list. decide for yourself if this issue is a their customers. Whether you’ve only “deal breaker.” Apple has certainly recently switched to the Mac, or you Note that you can only buy the ProCare always been trustworthy with cus- were using them before anyone knew plan at an Apple retail store, because tomer property, and I can’t envision the word “iMac,” you don’t have to  you can only reap its benefits at the that ever changing. live with computer grief! store. If you really want to make Apple’s day, you can certainly buy ProCare in As I mentioned before, ProCare addition to AppleCare. You’ll still have requires that you be willing to carry to pay $100 a year for ProCare, no mat- your computer into the Apple Store ter what other plans you have in place. whenever you have a problem with it.

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Photos by Chris Hart 4 Bigger iDisk column select Storage Settings. A new screen will come up that will give you a Brings Big graphical breakdown of your mail and Download Headaches – iDisk allocations, as well as a pull-down of the Month Here’s how to fix it menu to Manage Your Storage. Select the pull down menu and adjust the set- submitted by Debi Foss By Rich Lenoce tings to meet your needs. Click Save. CMC Vice President GraphicConverter 5.23 You have now set the online iDisk size, In late September, Apple increased the but now we have to enable that change If you don't have this on your size of .Mac members’ iDisk to 250 mb. locally. Return to the Finder and open machine, get with the programÐit But few people were able to take advan- your System Preferences located in the opens anything! It is shareware, tage of the increased size. Many people Dock or by going to the Apple Menu but makes you wait just a few got Ð14 errors or more likely they were and selecting System Preferences. moments if you don't use it often told their local iDisk and online iDisk Select the network preference labeled enough to bother paying for it. had different sizes. Here’s what’s going .Mac. The preference will open; then Don't wait until you need it; on and how to resolve it. select iDisk. You will see by the graphic download it now. Not “one of the bar on the top of best” shareware products for the When you first set up the preference Mac; it is THE best! your iDisk in Panther, pane that your you were asked if you online iDisk size Product Description: wanted to keep a local has increased, ¥ Imports about 170 graphic copy on your hard but if you were drive. This speeded up to check your file formats the iDisk service, local iDisk in the ¥ Exports about 45 graphic enabling you to drop or Finder, you’d file formats save items to the local find it would still ¥ Browser iDisk, while the com- be only 100 mb ¥ Batch conversion with puter performs the in size. To resize additional actions slower synchronizing the local disk, ¥ Slide show process to the on-line iDisk in the back- uncheck the selection Create a Local ¥ Easy creation of optimized ground. Also, during this set-up Copy of Your iDisk. Close the prefer- images for the Internet procedure, you had an option to auto- ence using the red close button in the ¥ Basic images manipulation matically perform this synchronization, upper left corner of the preference pane. ¥ Enhanced images or to do so manually. The local iDisk You will be prompted with a message, manipulation was created and matched the online Are you sure you want to turn off iDisk? ¥ AppleScript support iDisk exactly in both size and contents. Be sure to select Turn off local iDisk, ¥ Support for the special then close the preference pane again features of Mac OS 8, 9 When Apple decided to increase the size with the red close button. and Mac OS X of the iDisk to 250 mb they also ¥ Support of new technologies increased the potential size of .Mac Reopen the .Mac system preference and like LuraWave LWF format mailboxes—but you still only have 250 reselect the iDisk pane. Now check the mb total as that number is shared by box that says Create a Local Copy of http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/ both services. You will need to go into Your iDisk and set the iDisk to synchro- graphdownload.htm your .Mac account and decide on the nize Automatically. Close the size you wish to allocate to iDisk and preference pane and your computer will Product Requirements: .Mac mail. That needs to be done prior recreate the local iDisk at the proper size Mac OS 8.6 or higher to synchronizing the sizes between your with the proper contents. You won’t be online and local iDisks. able to access your local iDisk while this process is being performed so be To adjust your iDisk and Mail alloca- patient—and I do mean patient. It can tions, go to http://www.mac.com and take several minutes or even an entire log in to the .Mac service. Scroll down day for the computer to perform this to the menu on the left of the screen and task, depending on how busy the .Mac select Account. You will now see the servers are and how your computer’s default setting Apple has given to your hard drive and iDisk are configured.  iDisk and mail accounts. From the right

5 Review: Backup 2.02 .Mac membership. Backup does all Initial Impressions that’s neededÐeasily and efficiently. Archiving and Backing of the iMac G5 Up Large Projects When starting any media project, all by Chris Hart, By Rich Lenoce files should be organized in a single CMC Secretary CMC Vice President project folder, which can include On the last day of August, Apple introduced the other folders (video, audio, graphics, redesigned iMac G5. This fourth generation of the Tape drives such as DLT etc.), as well as the project file. This computer that first changed Apple’s fate in 1998, have been the traditional allows speedy file access, and keeps has been highly anticipated. In very uncharacter- backup media for professionals who files organized and ready for backup. istic fashion, Apple fed that anticipation by deal with large projects that won’t fit announcing the forthcoming model revision sev- on standard 4.3 gigabyte DVD-R To perform a backup, make sure no eral months prior. They had no choice, as supplies discs. Such projects require the pro- boxes are checked in Backup’s Main of the iMac G4 were dwindling, and retailers and ject’s file structure be maintained on Window. Just drag the project folder customers wanted to know what was going on. the backup media so that the so that to Backup’s main window, making the application that created the proj- sure the check box is checked. Select At a recent CMC meeting, a member took advan- ect can find all associated files when Backup to CD/DVD from the pull tage of our Q&A session to ask whether or not he it’s restored. This is particularly down menu, insert a DVD and click should await this forthcoming iMac. Rich Lenoce and I were in agreement and advised this gentle- important to video professionals or Backup Now. Backup will start copy- man to wait and take advantage of the more up to enthusiasts, since one 30-minute DV ing the information, burning and date technology. file can alone run 6 gigabytes in size, verifying each disc and prompting you which would spread over two DVD- when to insert a new disk. It will tell You’ll be happy to know that we won’t need to Rs. All the assets of an iMovie, Final you how to name and number your retract our advice. Only moments into my first Cut or DVD Studio Pro project can backup discs. The last disc burned is encounter with the handsome iMac G5, I was run to 20, 30 or even 100 gigabytes. referred to as the Master Disc. tempted to whip out my credit card and get one Given those large file and project for myself. This computer is so clean in its design, sizes, software can be used to break Restoring a project is easy. In Backup, yet so capable, that it‘s going to be very tempting up large project folders and files select Restore from CD/DVD from the for buyers of all sorts; even professionals. among consecutive DVD-Rs. pull down menu and you will be Apple’s Backup software is the per- prompted to insert the Master Disc. You’ll understand that temptation when you hear the price points. You can have one of these new fect tool for backing up large Select where to restore the project and iMacs for $1300. If you want a faster processor, projects to multiple CDs or DVDs. press Restore Project. bigger screen or DVD burner, you can choose between the $1500 and $1900 models. Why Apple’s Backup is free, too. Mac The only software you don’t have to should a computer over $1000 be considered a members. If you include the cost of use Backup for is Apple’s own iDVD. good value? Because the iMac G5 is a complete .Mac membership, iDVD has an package of a fast computer, LCD screen, and it is less expensive archive feature bundled software, that comes in a dramatically then similar high- that takes all slim unit that is suspended over your desktop by end backup utilities the original a sleek aluminum pedestal. You simply can not that can perform video footage find a comparable package with the same combi- the same function. (before MPEG nation of features, simplicity, compactness, and I tried using StuffIt 2 encoding), cool factor for less money. DeluxeÐit wouldn’t graphics, While LCD screen prices are constantly dropping segment the com- music and in price, Apple continues to take the high road with pressed files into project files widescreen LCD displays that provide the highest 4.3 gigabyte seg- and archives quality picture possible. Whether you’re looking at ments, but instead them to sepa- the version of the iMac G5 with a 17" or 20" into smaller seg- rate DVDs.  screen, you’ll see a very bright LCD screen that can ments that would be viewed from a wide variety of angles. Of note for use many disks. those who have limited eyesight, is the ability to Retrospect will backup to 1 Select Your Destination magnify the screen’s image (by lowering the pixel DVD in segments, but at a 2 Fetch Your Files resolution), without text becoming a fuzzy blob. price equivalent to my 3 Schedule Your Backup continued on page 7

6 continued from page 6 use a wireless network (be it an Apple through the use of a narrow, recessed slot on the Airport base station or other brand of top rear. In comparison to a perforated grille Some people have criticized the positioning 802.11b/g wireless broadband router). approach, this design simultaneously provides an of the iMac’s ports as being conspicuous. inconspicuous appearance, and discourages the My feeling is that their location on the back Bluetooth is a recent wireless technology little people of the world from poking and prodding. is not bad at all. Especially since most development, that is beginning to see wide- users will back the computer up against a spread implementation in consumer Speaking of the children, I suspect the iMac’s wall. Anyone concerned with the appear- electronics. It provides a short distance connec- CD/DVD disc slot will be a reach for them, as it’s ance of cables simply has to put some tion (within approximately 30') to devices located at the highest point on the right side of the attention towards securing them. The equipped with Bluetooth capability. That list computer. Adults may prefer this position, as it iMac’s aluminum pedestal provides of devices currently includes keyboards, prevents discs from bumping into objects stand- the perfect means for routing and mice, printers, PDAs, and cell phones. It’s ing on their desk. But small kids may need to get securing cables where they will call important to note that the internal on their tippy toes to reach up there. less attention to themselves. Bluetooth option on the iMac G5 can only be acquired as part of a “build to It’s interesting to note that the back of this new In all my years of computer con- order” configuration at the Apple computer is imprinted with the word “iMac” sulting, I have encountered a Store. The Bluetooth component is instead of an eaten fruit logo. This breaks Apple’s handful of people who are as built into the system in a way which common design methodology, which traditional- obsessed as Apple’s CEO with the min- can not be duplicated after purchase. ly eschews prominent model labels. As the Mac imalist appearance of the So, if you value freedom from platform has always attracted its share of diehard computer on their desk. For cables, definitely take this into con- computer enthusiasts, many of them choose to such perfectionists, buying peripheral cables that sideration before placing your order. customize their macs with unique paint schemes are silver or white in color is an option. or decals/skins. I envision the iMac G5 as being Another detail to consider is the cost of a poten- very popular with customizers, and imagine it Apple listened to their customers when they put tial RAM upgrade. Apple installs 256 megabytes won’t be long before Mac enthusiast web sites USB and FireWire ports on the front panel of the of this memory at the factory, which is fine for start posting photos of unique creations. PowerMac G5 series of tower computers. It’s usage limited to email, web browsing, word pro- unfortunate that they didn’t remember this lesson cessing and some iPhoto work. However, if you Not that the iMac G5 needs customization. It will when it came time to design this iMac. They use the iMovie, iDVD, or GarageBand compo- keep most buyers happy just as it is out of the box: could have easily stowed these ports behind a flip nents of the included iLife package on a regular powerful, elegant, versatile, and easy to use. I’m down door, which would provide convenience, basis, then you will definitely want to consider a very impressed that Apple put this system togeth- yet maintain the flawless facade. One solution to RAM upgrade. If you’re a professional, running er for a starting price of $1300, and consider it to this situation would be to employ extension such programs as Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, be the best buy in Apple‘s computer product line. cables Ð permanently connect one end to the then such an upgrade is essential and will pay off appropriate port on the back of the iMac and keep in productivity. At the time of writing, several journalists have the other end in a convenient location, for easy praised the iMac G5. Highly regarded columnists connection to the device or your choosing. The iMac G5’s dual RAM slots provide both such as The Wall Street Journal’s Walter upgrade versatility, and the potential for speed Mossberg, and The New York Times’ David Also important to note when discussing the issue improvement. When the iMac’s intelligent cir- Pogue have already written detailed reviews. of neatness is the new iMac’s lack of an external cuitry sees that you have installed a matching pair Mike Wendland of The Detroit Free Press went so power supply. The PowerMac G4 Cube is one of of RAM modules, it adapts accordingly with its far as to say “The new G5 iMac is the finest per- Apple‘s most notorious “computer-as-design” ability to treat this pair of modules as one, large sonal computer I’ve ever used, hands down. statements, and it was unsuccessful for a variety block of RAM. The overall speed improvement is Nothing comes close. If you have ever thought of of reasons, including an inflated price tag. A noticeable and of significant benefit when using switching from a Windows-based PC to a Mac, prominent flaw that weighed down the Cube’s the iLife suite of programs, for example. this is the deal-clincher. It is simply a stunning appeal was a massive external power supply, that machine both to look at and to use.” one had to find a place for. The new iMac’s built- Apple’s latest lineup of flat panel LCD Cinema in power supply avoids that hindrance. Displays is free of ventilation holes, providing for The full text of these reviews are available online: a flawless aluminum shell. Since the G5 proces- David Pogue, NY Times http://www.nytimes.com In fact, if you were to employ all the optional sor inside the new iMac produces too much heat /2004/09/16/technology/circuits/16stat.html wireless capabilities possible with the iMac G5, for such a design to be possible, Apple had to Walter Mossberg, Wall Street Journal http:// you could get away with having the power cord as incorporate some method of ventilation. We all ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20040923.html the only cable hanging off of it. Such freedom is know how kids love to stick things into vents and Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press: http:// made possible by Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technolo- grilles. So, it was likely an important priority www.freep.com/money/tech/mwendland5e_2004 gies. The iMac G5’s internal Airport Extreme within Apple to design a vent that doesn‘t scream 1005.htm  (Wi-Fi) card slot provides you with the ability to “come play with me, kids.” Apple achieved this

7 Nicholas Pyers ([email protected]) Puzzle: Apple Software

Apple Computer not only produces cool hardware like the iMac G5, 30-inch cinema display and iPod, they also produce some great software packages. Some of these are bundled free of charge with their computer systems, while others are commercial applications aimed for the high end user. Here is a crossword based on some of Apple’s software packages.

Across Down 2 The power to synchronize your digital life. 1 The fastest and easiest to use web browser. 3Digital music, photography, movies and DVD creation. 2 Shop for music, burn CDs, sync iPod. For Mac and PC. 6Manage your calendars and share them online. 4 Making digital movies is as fun as using your iMac. 7 Composition, notation and audio production. 5 The beauty of HD. The simplicity of DV. 11 Turn your Mac into a recording studio. 8Now you can edit video like a professional. 12 Get, save, organize, share and enjoy digital photos. 9High-performance data sharing. 14 Produce music with thousands of loops. 10 Essential for film and video production 15 A new generation of presentation software. 13 Advanced effects compositing with network rendering. 16 Create powerful Java server applications. 17 Put your Desktop Movies and digital photos in motion. 18 Sol Robots’ application that allows you to easily make 19 Introducing real-time motion graphics design. classroom style crossword and word search puzzles. 21 The SAN file system for Mac OS X. 20 Get all you need to create pro documents. 24 The common windowing environment for UNIX systems. 22 The leading database application for workgroups. 23 Affordable audio composition and production. SOLUTION on PAGE 9 25 The world’s most advanced OS.

8 Solution: Apple Software (Puzzle on page 8)

Credits Thanks to Sol Robots for providing a fully licensed version of the Mac OS X version of Crossword Forge to generate this puzzle. A copy of this puzzle, along with the solution, is also available from my website, www.nicholaspyers.com. Interested in reprinting this puzzle? Any non-profit Apple Macintosh User Group (MUG) may re-print, free of charge, any of the puzzles created by Nicholas Pyers found in the /puzzles direc- tory of the nicholaspyers.com websites. There are just a couple of conditions, which basically boil down to letting us know - for the full details please visit http://www.nicholaspyers.com/reprints. Discussions about this puzzle may also occur on the appropriate Australian Computer News Network (ACNN) mailing list(s)- please visit http://www.zonian.net.au/lists for more details. Copyright October 2004, Nicholas Pyers.

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9 2004-2005 CMC Officers and Board Members

President Don Dickey Vice President Rich Lenoce Secretary Chris Hart [email protected] 860-232-2841 [email protected] 860-347-1789 [email protected] 860-291-9393

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Download of the Month Debbie Foss Special Events Jack Bass Ambassador Connie Scott [email protected] 860-583-1165 [email protected] [email protected] 860-584-9573 Caricatures by Bill Dougal of Lebanon, (860) 456-9041. Available for illustration assignments and event caricatures. 10 CMC Monthly Meeting Discounted Books! FREE Raffle! October 27, 2004 CMC continues to offer our current Every CMC member who attends our at UConn Medical Center members the opportunity to purchase monthly meetings gets a raffle ticket. any published book for either Mac or This will give you a chance for one of 6 pm – Back to Basics Windows at a 20% discount. All major our free prizes every month! You Browser BasicsÐunderstand how to publishers are carried by our source. could win…t-shirts, toys, CDs, mugs, use and configure your Internet software …there’s always something browser. We'll be exploring a number Contact a Board Member or send an email to [email protected]. we’re giving away! And don’t forget of browsers under OSX and how to the Free table at the back of the room best configure them to your web surf- Provide the book title, the publisher where everything is...FREE! ing needs. Pros and cons of different and the ISBN number, if possible, and browsers will be discussed. he will check on its availability. Normally, the wait is not too long. 7 pm – OS X Migration Treasurer’s Report October's CMC meeting will equip you with the knowledge you need to New Members! tackle a changeover to OS X. If you're We need new members! Have your still using OS 9, your computer is friends and co-workers join us for fun and probably feeling long in the tooth. learning about OSX and the Mac. Moving to OS X will make you feel Total Membership: 139 like a reborn Mac User! SPECIAL CMC Secretary, Chris Hart, will pres- Account Balances ent a thorough demonstration and NOTICE! Checking Balance ...... $470.69 exploration of Mac OS X. What do you Savings Balance ...... $3958.61 need to know before making the leap? Changes regarding access Balances as of October 6, 2004 This is the place to find out. Topics will to the CMC website: include hardware requirements, expenses involved, planning and www.ctmac.org FREE Classified Ads preparing, and learning to love OS X! • Member expiration date CMC Members can Advertise For Whether you intend to upgrade your • Membership number Sale, Swap, Trade, Giveaway or Want current computer to OS X, or buy a new (for free shipping at MacConnection) to Buy Items. This space can be used one that's ready to roll, this presentation • Web site username & password by members to advertise non-business will provide you with the information ...are now located on your items which they are no longer using you need. Bring your list of questions, or upgrading. This is a FREE and leave some room on that notepad newsletter mailing label. service provided to our members. for the answers! Even if you've already Send submissions via email to transitioned to OS X, it's a safe bet Please make a note of it now! [email protected] you'll learn something new. Upcoming Events Got Mail? Display Ad Rates Oct. 27 OS X Migration Any business items or services can Are You Receiving be advertised at the low monthly rates Nov. 17* CMC Auction (see pg.2) our CMC emails? listed below. Business Card ...... $10.00 Dec. 15* Holiday Pizza Party We always send out advance notice & Ask the Geeks of the meetings, and sometimes Quarter Page...... $20.00 Half Page...... $30.00 *(Early dates due to holidays) for big news or special events (like our bus trip to Macworld). Full Page (or insert) ...... $50.00 Jan. 26 iDVD If you’re not getting them, Submit all ad copy to the Editor on a disk Feb. 23 Maintaining Your Mac please email us at (with nothing else on it) or e-mail it to [email protected] [email protected] for insertion in the If you have a program you are with your current email address following issue. Display ads must be interested in, email Rich Lenoce and a subject line of: submitted camera-ready in eps or pdf for- at: [email protected] ADD TO CMC EMAIL LIST mat with all fonts and graphics embedded. Make check payable to CMC.

11 41 Crossroads Plaza Ð PMB 1984 West Hartford, CT 06117

Monthly Meeting October 27 – 7 pm OS X Migration UConn Medical Center

“Back To Basics” - 6 pm (see page 11 for details)

CMC Meeting Location Ð a PDF document containing a visual direction guide to UConn Health Center is available on our website: http://www.ctmac.org. Print and take it with you to find us easily!

Monthly meetings will be held at UConn Health Center in Farmington. When hands-on programs require computers for attendees, we will be using Middlesex Community College in Middletown.

Directions to UCHC, Farmington Directions to Middlesex C.C. From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, From the Hartford area, take Route 9 South. A few Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn right at first traffic light onto miles south of downtown Middletown on Route 9, take Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic light, turn Exit 11 (Rt. 155, Randolph Road). At the end of the right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main ramp (for both N. & S. bound), turn right onto building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when Randolph Road. Continue to the traffic light at the top you get to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two- of the hill and turn left onto Saybrook Road. Go a quar- way there so you should be able to tell where to turn. (Do ter of a mile and turn right onto Reservoir Road. Travel not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second past the stop sign, then take the first right onto Training right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go Hill Road. Your first left will lead into the Middlesex past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You Community College Campus parking area. When you will see a continuation of the building with its own entrance arrive on campus, take a right onto Training Hill Road. area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground Go to the second parking lot entrance and take a left floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This into the upper lot. Directly in front of you will be Snow is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are on your Hall. Enter Snow Hall and go up the stairs to the 2nd left as you enter. floor and go to the last room on the right, Room 509.

12 Monthly Meeting December 15 - 7 pm Holiday Pizza Party & Ask The Geeks at UConn Medical Center “Back To Basics” - 6 pm (see info on page 11) NEWSLETTER OF CONNECTICUT MACINTOSH CONNECTION, INC.DECEMBER 2004

Best Free Software up into what we now know as FileMaker. As good as FileMaker was, I wanted a A Note of Thanks By Don Dickey, better way to see and sort contacts, and an CMC president easier way to print address labels and The President and Board of envelopes. Most of us enjoy Directors wish to express our using some of the sincere gratitude to Chris Hart I also wanted a way to clear my wallet of great free software for his wonderful presentation at the dozen or two Post-It notes stuck available for our our recent October meeting on inside. Palm’s memos fit that bill nicely. Macs. These usu- migrating to OS X! Finally, I wanted a simple calendar where ally amount to I could note appointments and meetings. small “utilities” Chris covered a wide range of Palm Desktop was a natural here. Better that either make issues including the reasons you yet, it even offers to cross link appoint- our computing just a little bit easier or should consider upgrading if ments to the contacts automatically. solve a small problem. They rarely fall you’re still running an older OS. into the “killer app” category Ð software With OS X shipping on all new The Palm Desktop has a great ToDo man- that we’d be hard pressed to live without Macs, you'll be forced to switch ager. I’m afraid to get too wrapped up once accustomed to. While some might with this feature, lest my wife get a hold if you upgrade to a new say Apple’s free iTunes music software of it and start entering honey-doos! machine. The rest could be their killer app, for me (and Nuff said. of us have a choice. many of my friends), Palm Desktop has Fortunately, it’s a got me by my mouse tail. Soon the software was helping run my good one, and Chris business, and I was hooked. I can even say explained why. Palm Desktop actually began life as an it helped me be more productive. It wasn’t Apple product, specifically as Claris long before I wanted to take all this data Organizer. I remember trying it back then, with me, and be able to edit or add to it out and while it was nice, I didn’t have a need of the office. Enter my first Palm organizer, for what it did. Maybe life was less com- a Palm IIIc. plicated then, or maybe my lifestyle was less computer-centric. In any case, Palm The point I’m trying to make here is not to acquired the program from Apple’s Claris sell you on the need for a Palm handheld. division, improved it somewhat, and It’s that you can reap many of the benefits added “hooks” so it could easily exchange by simply using their great software on Inside this Issue data with their handheld computers. your Mac. While a handheld will set you Best Free Software...... 1 back $100 or more, the software is A few years ago, several friends had start- Review: Delicious Library...... 3 completely free! ed using Palm handhelds. They swore by Book Review Mac OSX Helpline...... 4 these gadgets, and had them clipped to Download of the Month ...... 4 Sure, you could use Apple’s Address their belts everywhere they went. I didn’t Book for your contacts, iCal for your cal- Powerbook 1400 - Old is New ...... 5 think I wasn’t ready for one yet, but after endar, and TextEdit for your memos. Complete ...... 6 some prodding I decided to download and They’re all free too, but they’re not at all Auction Photos ...... 9 try their software. I had a few basic needs. integrated with each other. The nice thing MUG Special Offers...... 8 One was to more easily manage my con- about Palm Desktop is that the whole is tact database. This started in a DOS Meetings and Club News ...... 11 program called Nutshell which later grew Continued on page 2

1 Continued from page 1 Another useful feature is Categories. You can assign just about anything (contact, actually worth more than the sum of its parts. ToDo, appointment, memo, etc.) to a catego- The only downside is that it might lead you ry, such as Personal or Business. It’s useful to want a Palm handheld down the road. My to be able to sort names or notes by category, advice is to cross that bridge when you get for instance. there. The software supports multiple users, each Another nice feature about Palm Desktop is with their own set of data. It does not, how- its ability to share its data. I routinely export ever, support showing multiple calendars contacts as vCards which are easily dropped simultaneously each in their own color as into the OS X AddressBook. This makes iCal now does. Synchronizing data between email addresses immediately available in the users can be tricky but is possible. Moving Editor OS X Mail program. I also export a vCal file your data between computers is easy, how- Deena Quilty to drop on my iPod along with the vCards. If ever. Just copy the Palm folder from the you already have an iPod, you might not Documents folder on your main Mac to the Content Contributor even crave a Palm if you carry your contacts same folder on any other Mac. Don Dickey and appointments on your pod. I’ll wrap this up by encouraging you to give Contributing Author One very nice feature is automatic Palm Desktop a try if you’re not already Rich Lenoce birthdays. If you enter a contact’s birthday in using it. Palm Desktop runs in either OS 9 the address form, it’s automatically or OS X. Visit www.palmOne.com for a Designer transferred onto the calendar along with a download link. We all love to have fun with George Maciel reminder 5 days in advance...just enough our Macs, but it’s especially nice when it’s time to get a card in the mail! free!  Photographer John Scott Advertising Chris Hart Any business items or services can be Publisher advertised at the low Connecticut Macintosh monthly rates listed. Connection, Inc. Business Card...... $10 41 Crossroads Plaza Quarter Page ...... $20 PMB 1984 Half Page...... $30 West Hartford, CT 06117 Full Page or insert...... $50 Printer Submit all ad copy to Budget Printers the Editor on a disk with nothing else on it 1718 Park Street or e-mail it for inser- Hartford, CT 06106 tion in the following issue. Display ads We welcome submissions must be submitted from members! camera-ready in .eps Please submit articles or .pdf format with by first of the month for all fonts and inclusion in our newsletter. graphics embedded. There is much talent in our group; it would be great to See Page 11 for info on FREE have several member articles CMC member in each issue. Classified advertising that is available.

2 Delicious Library that lets you import about 750 items an hour (assuming you can move your Catalogues Your Media Files arms that fast). At that rate the staff of By Bill Davies the new downtown Seattle Central Library could work together to import Let me start this review by saying that all of their 1.4 million books into I finally found a good use for my Delicious Library in just over 5 hours. iSight videocam. I don’t mean to be a complete Luddite, but I just never Once you get the information in, how really saw the need to videoconfer- do you get it out? Delicious Library ence on the computer. But then I offers iPod sync so you can take your started hearing people talk about this closer to the catalog with you, and lets you issue application called Delicious Library camera, letting voice commands to initiate a search, so I decided to take a look. Delicious the image fill and if you can’t remember who wrote Library 3.0 is a program for cata- approximately that book you liked but you remember loging and managing your “library” of 10% of the the cover, Delicious Library lets you books, movies, music, DVDs, and viewable area. Then , without browse the cover art. (You can also video games. Quite frankly, that‘s not me typing anything, Delicious Library just type part of an author or book a task that I‘m interested in, and in our read the bar code, queried name and get back the results that house we have far too many books to Amazon.com for details on the publi- match.) And not surprisingly, you can even tempt me to start such a project. cation (author, release date, current find related items by the same author And you can imagine how boring a value, description, and even a high- or subject on Amazon, list parts of cataloging program can be. That’s resolution picture of the cover), and your collection for sale, etc. While I why you need to look at Delicious filled in all the information for me. If can’t prove it, I’ll speculate that LibraryÐto see what happens when the you think this is clever, you‘re not the Delicious Monster Software receives developers get just a teensy bit cre- only one, as this product was awarded a small commission from every ative. Sure, you can type in all your O’Reilly’s Mac OS X Innovators Amazon sale they generate. Sound listings by hand. But Delicious Award for 2004. And now you know great? Ready to start cataloging? You Library offers support for barcode why I think I finally found a good use can download the software and enter scanning using an iSight or Bluetooth for my iSight camera! up to 25 items without paying a cent, barcode scanner, automatic download- by visiting http://www.delicious-mon- ing of information about the scanned I suspect that the faster your Mac, the ster.com. media from Amazon (including simi- faster the iSight processes every sin- lar items, user reviews, etc.), the gle frame of digital video, but I have Delicious Library is the first release ability to track items lent to people, to say it was not too bad on our G4 from Delicious Monster Software, a the ability to send recommendations iMac. new company formed by two former about a book to friends, and much employees of the Omni Group, mak- more. And I have to wonder about books ers of OmniWeb and OmniGraffle. we’ve inherited from both our parents The cost is $40 and it works only on To see how well it worked, I pulled or friends; I mean, did they even have OS X. out my son’s “Superman Diamond bar codes in the 1960’s? I’ll have to Anniversary Edition” DVD, launched pull out some of those old books and (c) Bill Davies, MacNexus 2004. May Delicious Library on our G4 iMac, see. be reprinted by any Mac user group and all of a sudden a little window on with attribution to MacNexus.  the screen popped open and I was Quoting from Delicious looking at myself. So the iSight turned Software, “using the same itself on automatically and was ready technology found in $800 for input! I then held up the back of industrial-strength CCD bar- the DVD so that the iSight could read code scanners, Delicious the bar code. This took a bit of exper- Library reads every single imentation because (having not read frame of digital video; seek- the documentation) I was unclear how ing out, targeting, and close or how far to hold the DVD case instantly decoding any visible from the camera. Nothing seemed to barcodes.” This results in a happen, so I created a new “card” in seamless process of scanning the library and held the bar code a bit

3 Book Review: The bulk of the book delves into the methods and tools for solving specific Download Mac OS X Help Line, problems. Chapters deal with crash Panther Edition prevention and recovery, trouble- of the Month by Elsa Travisano shooting printing and networking, submitted by Debi Foss working with files, the Classic envi- Ted Landau’s Mac OS X Help Line, ronment and troubleshooting the Carbon Copy Cloner Panther Edition is the Manhattan iApps and iPod. There’s also a chapter Having just Yellow Pages of Macintosh trou- on Unix, to help readers harness the bought a larger powerful tools of the command line bleshooting books. Weighing in at second hard for troubleshooting. a massive 1144 pages, drive, (those Detailed contents and a this invaluable com- dratted Clay thorough index make Aiken photos, pendium covers just short work of finding you know!), I had to about any technical what you need to know figure out how to install it and problem you’re likely to to extract yourself from encounter in Mac OS X whatever technological how to format it and get an 10.3. quagmire you may operating system on it, etc.... find yourself in. As Mary Poppins once Don, our esteemed President, recommended Carbon Copy said, “well begun is half In spite of its heft, Mac Cloner 2.3! done.” Landau is the OS X Help Line is the founder of MacFixit book I’m most likely to As more club members migrate , take along on Mac con- to OS X, I figure you may have sulting calls. Time after the premier Mac trou- a use for this program also. bleshooting website. He starts out by time, it delivers the goods. Very high- giving readers a thorough grounding ly recommended. So here it is. Two versions avail- in Mac OS X, with an emphasis on able, for OS X pre and post topics that are particularly pertinent to Mac OS X Help Line, Panther Edition version 10.2. troubleshooting like fonts, directories by Ted Landau. 1144 pp. Peachpit and permissions. The various methods Press, 2004. $39.99 From the website: Have you of installing, restoring, backing up ever wanted a simple, complete, and uninstalling OS X are then ©2004 Elsa Travisano. This article bootable backup of your hard detailed, along with what to do when originally appeared in Newsbreak, the drive? Have you ever wanted to things go wrong. newsletter of MUG ONE Ð Macintosh upgrade to a larger hard drive User Group of Oneonta, NY.  with minimal hassle and without reinstalling your OS and all of your applications? Have you ever wanted to move your entire Mac OS X installation to a new Hot Tips: computer? Then CCC is the tool Did you know that you can CONTROL click on words in most OS X for you! CCC makes these tasks applications to bring up a contextual menu which includes access to the simple by harnessing the Unix built-in spelling checker? You can check the spelling of words, find the power built into Mac OS X. In correct spelling of and replace misspelled words, and turn the check-as- addition to the features that you-type feature on or off. Ð from Don Dickey CCC has provided in the past, version 2 offers synchronization of the source and target as well Photos are removed from iPhoto’s master library when you remove them as scheduled backup tasks. Now from a photo album. Prior versions of iPhoto didn't allow this. But, you can setup a regular backup version 4 allows you to do COMMAND-OPTION-DELETE which regimen that occurs in the back- removes the photo from both the album and the library simultaneously. ground, even if you are not This also works in iTunes with playlists and the master music library. logged in! Ð from Chris Hart http://www.bombich.com/ software/files/cccloner.dmg

4 PowerBook 1400: good episode of The Apprentice. My goalÐspend almost no money. Everything Old is New Again What could be done with OS 7.5.3? As I found out, quite a bit!!! By Rich Lenoce CMC Vice President First, I upgraded to the free 7.6.1. This would allow me to run the Back in 1996, I paid over three thousand latest Classic versions of Netscape dollars for a new PowerBook 1400. I Communicator. The 56k Internet probably spent another thousand on connection was annoying so I put accessories including a Zip drive, out a call to the CMC Board ask- expensive RAM, a PC-card modem, two ing them for suggestions about extra batteries, a multi-battery charger, getting this PowerBook on broad- and a VGA-out cardÐyes, this was a lap- band. Joe Arcuri recommended top without video output. wireless. Wireless? This thing was built in 1996! That's five years This laptop was always a bit of an odd duck. To install the before Airport 802.11b or any other wireless standard with VGA card I had to remove the expensive RAM and then an alphabetical designation. would never have enough RAM to run applications. Though it had two standard PC slots, the rest of the thing I got on-line and found websites devoted to upgrading was built on Apple proprietary interfaces Ð ADB, Local PowerBook 1400s to wireless. The only “standard” this Talk, etc. The stock battery was good for only an hour portable Mac accepted was the PC card and it seemed every requiring me to carry two other heavy batteries to get any wireless company made a Windows/Mac WiFi PC card to work done on an airplane. It did have four things going for work with the 1400. I ordered a Lucent/Proxim/Orinoco it: it was small, had a great LCD screen and keyboard and, Gold card; cost was $24 with drivers for OS 7.5 and above! for its day, seemed fairly quick. Two days later, I got the card, installed the drivers, restart- I recently found the crate with the PowerBook and won- ed the computer and ran the set-up wizard. It immediately dered: what was I going to do with it? My first reaction was spotted my Airport Express! I connected to the network and to stick $3,000 worth of PowerBook 1400 stuff on the free I was surfing, emailing and doing everything I intended too. table at the next CMC meeting. Instead, I plugged it in, and low and behold it came to life and that beautiful screen I decided to do some exploring of Classic freeware utilities caught my eye. I wiped the drive and reinstalled the origi- and software. Though the Classic pages on VersionTracker nal system software Ð OS 7.5.3. I then installed the and MacUpdate look nearly abandoned compared to their enclosed applications which included the usual Claris pack- OS X counterparts, there are still plenty of developers cre- age of Organizer, eMailer and Works. I slapped the modem ating Classic Mac software, allowing you to do anything in and launched (remember that spiffy little your heart desires Ð even in OS 7.6. I was able to find soft- browser)? All my apps were open and this little devil was ware to connect to my iDisk, play, record and convert running on less than 10 megs of RAM. Today, I can barely MP3s, share files easily with my other OS X machines. I get Apple's Motion software to run on my new Dual 2ghz even found software that made the PowerBook look and G5 with a gigabyte of RAM. work like the OS X Finder. And there were programs that mimicked iPhoto and iTunes. I dug through boxes and Playing with the PowerBook, I was really struck by how found old copies of Photoshop, Illustrator, Director, fast and efficient the operating system and apps were. Hypercard. All had no problem running on the PowerBook Menus appear immediately when requested and resources and though they were old, they're functionality was still aren't sucked up by eye candy and unnecessary workflow pretty useful. enhancements I seem to never have the time to learn, never mind use. Claris software gives you what you need and There are upgrade cards for the 1400 to turn it into a G3, but nothing more or less. I got the modem going and Cyberdog it takes away the much needed RAM slot, making it not brought up pages in a flash Ð except, of course, for Flash worth the cost or effort to upgrade. System 7, a system out pages or any other web page technology created after 1996! years before Windows 95, and far faster and more efficient than anything Microsoft or even Apple has put out since, is Looking at its diminutive size, I decided I could use it as a really a simple but effective OS that deserves the title of second computer in the family room for checking email so “Classic” and allows old machines to become new again.  I don't have to walk upstairs to my office, interrupting a

5 A Complete List of ICE Browser from Mac Beta9 and Netscape Written completely in Java. Small Communicator (64k/PPC/OS9/OS X) Macintosh Web Browsers (128k), fast and discontinued. Navigator is the browser and By Rich Lenoce Communicator is all-in-one browser, CMC Vice President from Mozilla.org (OS X/OS9) email, newsreader and web composer Mozilla code is the basis for many application. Mac 68k versions through Did you know Apple browsers on PC and Mac systems the latest OS X version are available. once had its own ISP? including Chimera/ and Once the king of browsers, it has now And that they created . Version's prior to 1.4 will run been rolled into the Mozilla project and two excellent web on OS9 and earlier OSs. uses the engine. browsersÐ before Safari? Even today, there are many web browsers available Mozilla Firefox (Firebird) (OS X) NoteTaker from AquaMinds (OS X) for the Mac, not just Safari and MS Mozilla’s popular browser-only soft- NoteTaker is not primarily a browser, but . In fact, there are ware. It’s high security has made this it includes one as a sort of side feature. dozens of older browsers that support popular on the PC side and many con- Mac operating systems going back to sider this a winner in the Mac world too. from Opera Software the very beginning of the World Wide (OS 8/9/OS X) Web. Here is an almost complete list of WaMCom Mozilla Many people feel this is one of the best browsers from Darrel Knutson’s web from WaMCom.org (OS9/OS X) browsers available with a host of fea- site at . Given the many OS9 but will run under OS X as well. mind the ad window, or $39 for the versions available, there are well over commercial browser. Pre-OS X versions 100 Mac web browsers. Visit Darrel's Wazilla (OS X) and Eharunga (OS9) are still available. site for more info on any of these Two Japanese Mozilla-based browsers. browsers and info on how to get them. from w3m.org (OS X) Almost all are free. Mozilla Firebird (formerly Phoenix) http://www.w3m.org/ http://www.kmgerich.com/misc.html A new, terminal-based browser being NetNewsWire (OS X) A Macintosh port from the PC version developed in Japan. from Ranchero Software of Mozilla/Netscape. NetNewsWire is an RSS newsfeed Echo from DropLit Software (OS X) reader that includes a built-in Safari- RealPlayer from RealNetworks (OS X) A minimalist Safari based browser based web browser. Real networks has a very basic built-in web browser that displasy sites with BumperCar from Freeverse (OS X) webXkiosk Real content such as CNN. A commercial browser for kids based from NC State University (OS X) on Opera. 30 day free trial. ebXkiosk is a full screen, web kiosk AppMac wKiosk (OS X) application with security, web screen A commercial full-screen browser for iCab from iCab Company saver, video embed and some “universal kiosk systems, originally based on the (68k/PPC/OS X) access” features. Gecko engine. Fast, lean and in perpetual beta. Simple, but has many nice features. Will run on OmniWeb from the HMDT Shiira Project nearly any Mac or Mac OS! from The Omni Group (PPC/OS X) (OS X 10.3) The goal of the Shiira Some consider this to be the best web Project is to create a browser that is bet- The Web Stalker from I/O/D4 browser available for the Mac. ter and more useful than Safari. In some (68K/PPC) respects, its features are more advanced. http://www.backspace.org/ DEVONagent Based on publicly available source code. iod/iod4Macupdates.html from DEVON Technologies (OS X) A very strange browser apparently cre- DEVONagent is primarily an Internet Camino (formerly Chimera) ated in Director. You’ll know what I information agent and includes an from the Camino Project (OS X) mean when you start it and are faced embedded web browser based on Safari. http://mozilla.org/products/camino/ with a black screen and hidden menu. A Cocoa port of Mozilla. This is a Webstractor from SoftChaos favorite among many Mac users. KioskBrowser and DesktopBrowser Webstractor is a different kind of brows- from Kiosk Software (OS X) er that saves each page visited, which iBrowser from ArtiszZ (OS X 10.3) http://www.kiosksw.com can then be searched, viewed or edited A small browser that works in full Two browsers: one a full screen brows- offline screen mode on the desktop. er and another that is a desktop browser. continued on page 7

6 continued from page 6 WannaBe by David T. Pierson eWorld Browser from Apple (68k, PPC) From 1993-96, Apple had their own ISP WebDesktop from Steven Frank An extremely fast, text-only browser for called eWorld. This browser worked (OS X) Mac Classic Operating Systems. only in conjunction with the eWorld http://www.stevenf.com/webdesktop service and client software. Built for Not exactly a browser, but if you’d like WebTV Viewer from MSN TV (PPC) Apple by Intercon. a web page as a desktop background, http://developer.msntv.com/Tools/Web and want it updated at specified inter- TVVwr.asp MacLynx by Oliver Gutknecht vals, this application will do the trick. A viewer application used by develop- (68k/PPC) A fast text-only browser ers to see how web sites would appear based on 2.7.1. Hazice by Yoav Weiss & Oren Kazi on WebTV. (OS X) http://wazi.cjb.net/ Chameleon WebSurfer from A Safari-based small, fast browser. MacWWW by CERN Netmanage (PPC) Though NetManage A.K.A. Samba, this is the first web is still around, the browser has been Lynx (OS X) browser for the Mac. Very primitive. discontinued A text-based web browser that runs in the Terminal. AOLpress from AOL (64k/PPC) MacWeb (64k/PPC) from EINet Web creation and publishing tool with a This product is no longer being Links by Mikulas Patocka (OS X) web editor from 1997. developed, but is still available. Another terminal-based text only browser that is surprisingly intuitive and AOL Browser (PPC) MacWeb from TradeWave extremely fast. An awful attempt at creating a web This product has been discontinued browser from back when AOL wasn’t and is no longer available. PT Browser by Mike Coffey interested in supporting the web. (Bahamas) Ltd. (OS X) NCSA (68k) Mike Coffey created the website that Internet Safari from Heartsoft (PPC) Mosaic NCSA is no longer under tracks the worlds worst Mac software, A browser meant for children that development, but is still available. perversiontracker.com. Coffey decided attempts to limit access to only those to create the worst browserÐone that sites “appropriate for children”. Mosaic Spyglass version (68k) only points to his website. Type in any No longer available. other URL and you are redirected back Hot Java from Sun Microsystems to PT. I guess it’s supposed to be a joke! (Macintosh Run Time for Java) Mosaic from SPRY (PPC) HotJava web browser from Sun requires No longer available. Editor/Browser Macintosh Runtime for Java. Sprynet is a CompuServe company. from the folks who bring you the Web, W3C (OS X+X11+X11SDK) MiniWeb from PygmySoftwyr NetShark A graphical browser that runs in Apple’s A text-only browser written in RealBasic. Intercon has been sold to Ascend and X11 environment. Netshark is a dead project. Intercon also InstantSpace from Xeosoft Corp offered a package with integrated from the Dillo Project (64k/PPC) browser called tcpCONNECT4, but this (OS X+X11) An customized “Open-Doc” version of has also been discontinued. http://www.OSXgnu.org/software/ . Xwin/Applications/dillo/ Tiber VOL Another graphical browser that runs in Blake from Kantara (PPC) Teknama Internet Browser. This was the Apple’s X11 Blake was a replacement web browser browser used in the discontinued “world for Cyberdog that hasn’t been updated wide” Video On Line provider program. wDesk from AppMac (OS X) since at least 1998. Prone to crashes and very limited. A discontinued Gecko based browser that has been replaced by wKiosk. Cyberdog from Apple (PPC). Apple’s own home-grown web browser wKids from AppMac (OS X) that used the now discontinued “Open A discontinued Gecko-Based full screen Doc.” Fast, efficient, and still has many browser for kids. Replaced by fans. KidsBrowser.

Note: Does anyone have information on pre-1998 browsers including the following two browsers: DaniBrowser/1.0 (Macintosh PPC) or Enhanced_Mosaic/ 2.01 Mac_PowerPC PSI/1? If so contact Darrel Knuton, [email protected], so he can make this list truly complete.

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8 Photos from the Thanks! Auction Donors SOLD! November 17 Auction Our recent annual CMC auction raised hundreds of dollars for our group. We wish to thank the many companies and individuals who donated: Apple Adobe Alsoft Avondale Media AXIO Bare Bones Software Circus Ponies Dantz Digital Light & Color Econ Technologies, Inc. Fellowes Photos by Focal Press John Scott IDG/Macworld Expo and Marware Chris Hart MAX Programming LLC Micromat Microsoft New Riders OReilly Press PeachPit Press Prosoft Engineering Rocstor Quark RadTech LLC Red Giant Software Sailalong Software Sybex STM TechTV Total Training Wacom Wiley Press Woodwing Software You Software CMC members who donated items: Jack Bass Neal Dembicer Don Dickey Tricia Heldmann George Maciel Deena Quilty John Scott Please accept our apologies if we have inadvertently left out anyone from this list!

9 2004-2005 CMC Officers and Board of Directors

President Don Dickey Vice President Rich Lenoce Secretary Chris Hart [email protected] 860-232-2841 [email protected] 860-347-1789 [email protected] 860-291-9393

Treasurer David Gerstein Past President/Ambassador Joseph Arcuri Newsletter Design George Maciel [email protected] [email protected] 860-485-1547 [email protected] 860-561-0319 The CMC Officers and Directors would like to welcome Jerry Esposito to the Board – Serving as our PR Director

Editor/Auction Deena Quilty Webmaster Brian Desmond Raffles Robert Sawyer [email protected] 860-678-8622 [email protected] (860) 668-8728 [email protected] 860-677-7787

Download of the Month Debbie Foss Special Events Jack Bass Parlimentarian/Historian Connie Scott [email protected] 860-583-1165 [email protected] [email protected] 860-584-9573 Caricatures by Bill Dougal of Lebanon, (860) 456-9041. Available for illustration assignments and event caricatures. 10 CMC Monthly Meeting Discounted Books! FREE Raffle! December 15 CMC continues to offer our current Every CMC member who attends our UConn Health Center members the opportunity to purchase monthly meetings gets a raffle ticket. any published book for either Mac or 6 pm – Back To Basics This will give you a chance for one of Windows at a 20% discount. All major our free prizes every month! You This month’s session is all about publishers are carried by our source. could win…t-shirts, toys, CDs, mugs, Apple’s email application “Mail” that Contact a Board Member or send an software …there’s always something comes with Mac OS X. CMC presi- email to [email protected]. we’re giving away! And don’t forget dent Don Dickey will show you how the Free table at the back of the room to be smart about your “Mail!” He’ll Provide the book title, the publisher where everything is...FREE! and the ISBN number, if possible, and explain and demonstrate its features he will check on its availability. and functions. As with all Back To Normally, the wait is not too long. Basics sessions, we'll devote plenty of Treasurer’s Report time to answering your questions! New Members! 7 pm – Holiday Pizza Party We need new members! Have your & Ask the Geeks friends and co-workers join us for fun and The Annual CMC Holiday Pizza Party learning about OSX and the Mac. starts at 7 pm. Bring your appetite and Total Membership: 143 computer questions! SPECIAL Account Balances Upcoming Meetings! NOTICE! Checking Balance ...... $2568.65 • Jan. 26 iDVD Savings Balance ...... $3960.39 • Feb. 23 Caring Your Mac Changes regarding access Balances as of November 30, 2004 to the CMC website: New 2005 Feature www.ctmac.org FREE Classified Ads • Member expiration date Coming in the January to CMC Members can Advertise For • Membership number Sale, Swap, Trade, Giveaway or Want the CMC Chronicle (for free shipping at MacConnection) to Buy Items. This space can be used A new feature: • Web site username & password by members to advertise non-business Meet the Member of the Month. ...are now located on your items which they are no longer using An interview with one of our own or upgrading. This is a FREE newsletter mailing label. service provided to our members. Ð watch for it! Please make a note of it now! Send submissions via email to [email protected]

Take Note of This! Display Ad Rates You can get your own Apple logo Your participation is Any business items or services can notepad and pen, as our thank you, essential to the future of be advertised at the low monthly rates when you complete a CMC survey! CMC. In addition to listed below. Plus, you'll get a chance at free receiving a thank you Business Card ...... $10.00 music from the iTunes Music Store. gift when you complete Quarter Page...... $20.00 the survey, you'll also Half Page...... $30.00 We always want to hear what you need be entered into our raffle for a $75 gift Full Page (or insert) ...... $50.00 and want from the group. Right now certificate to the iTunes Music Store! we're making that even easier by giving What better gift for yourself, or the Submit all ad copy to the Editor on a disk you a way to share your opinions. iPod-lover in your family? (with nothing else on it) or e-mail it to [email protected] for insertion in the During December and January, CMC is following issue. Display ads must be conducting a survey of all its members. Watch your email and check our web submitted camera-ready in eps or pdf for- You can tell us Ð anonymously Ð what site for details on how to participate. mat with all fonts and graphics embedded. you really think of the group. Make check payable to CMC.

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Monthly Meeting December 15 - 7 pm Holiday Pizza Party & Ask The Geeks UConn Medical Center Back to Basics – 6 pm

CMC Meeting Location a PDF document containing a visual direction guide to UConn Health Center is available on our website: www.ctmac.org. Print and take it with you to find us easily!

Monthly meetings will be held at UConn Health Center in Farmington. When hands-on programs require computers for attendees, we will be using Middlesex Community College in Middletown.

Directions to UCHC, Farmington Directions to Middlesex C.C. From I-84: Take Exit 39 (if coming from I-84 West, From the Hartford area, take Route 9 South. A few Exit 39 is after 39A). Turn right at first traffic light onto miles south of downtown Middletown on Route 9, take Route 4 East (Farmington Avenue). At third traffic light, turn Exit 11 (Rt. 155, Randolph Road). At the end of the right to enter the Health Center campus. Go around the main ramp (for both N. & S. bound), turn right onto building to the right (at a Y in road), then take a left when Randolph Road. Continue to the traffic light at the top you get to the Academic Entrance. The road becomes two- of the hill and turn left onto Saybrook Road. Go a quar- way there so you should be able to tell where to turn. (Do ter of a mile and turn right onto Reservoir Road. Travel not go on straight to the two-way part). Then take the second past the stop sign, then take the first right onto Training right into parking lot A&B. this is close to the building. Go Hill Road. Your first left will lead into the Middlesex past the police station entrance on your left (small sign). You Community College Campus parking area. When you will see a continuation of the building with its own entrance arrive on campus, take a right onto Training Hill Road. area. This is the new research building. Enter on the ground Go to the second parking lot entrance and take a left floor, turn right and enter room EG-013 on your right. This into the upper lot. Directly in front of you will be Snow is the first room on your right. The rest rooms are on your Hall. Enter Snow Hall and go up the stairs to the 2nd left as you enter. floor and go to the last room on the right, Room 509.

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