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A B E T T E R M A C H I N E . A B E T T E R M A ¬ A Z I N E .
The iPod
What Apple
Hasn’t
Told You
. . .BUT WE WILL!
■ Unlock the Hidden
Diagnostic Mode!
■ Troubleshoot Every
iPod Problem!
■ Maximize Your Battery
Power!
. . . AND A WHOLE LOT MORE!
MOVIE
MAGIC!
Enhance your home videos
with Hollywood pizzazz!
Right
04 JUNE2006
NO.118•VOLUME11•ISSUE6
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features
18 iPod: Beyond
the Basics
Keep your precious portable media player in perfect shape,
and teach it a few tricks aside from just playing music.
by Jake Widman and Ryan Arter
34 Windows XP
on Your Mac
Terrified to introduce your new Intel Mac to Microsoft’s evil
OS? This Field Guide will help you better understand your
former enemy. by Roman Loyola
how to
60 Ask Us 66 Prep Your iPod
Teach Address Book to talk to Google Maps? for Armageddon
Reconfigure the buttons on a multibutton Buff the scratches out of
mouse? Turn MIDI files into MP3s? Sure, we your fragile iPod, and then
know how to do all that! keep it from further harm
with the potent power of
62 Fix Pics with Photoshop polypropylethylene.
Elements 4 by Niko Coucouvanis
The latest Elements
has a ton of new tools 68 Use iWeb with
to make adjusting Your Own Web Host
your images a snap. Don’t have a .Mac account, or don’t want to use
Here’s where to find one to host your iWeb-designed site? Here’s
them and how to use how to master your own domain with iWeb.
them. by Cathy Lu by Niko Coucouvanis
04 June 2006
06 CONTENTS
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09 Editors’ Page
Hell hath frozen over, pigs hath wings, and Mac OS X
coexists peacefully with Windows XP.
10 Get Info
We install Windows XP on our Intel Macs and share
the harrowing details. Also, Apple celebrates its 30th
anniversary, and we show you how to properly handle an
old OS to prevent potential problems.
37 Reviews
38 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo Mac mini desktop Mac
38 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo Mac mini desktop Mac
55 browseback Web utility
43 Combustion 4 visual-effects software
42 D-LUX 2 point-and-shoot camera
41 Freeway 4 Express Web-design software
40 Freeway 4 Pro Web-design software
49 JBL On Time iPod alarm clock
54 MultiSync 20WMGX 2 LCD display
46 Olive Symphony digital-music server
50 particleIllusion animation software
48 Podcast Factory podcast hardware/software combo
44 PureAV RemoteTV TV transmitter
47 Reunion 8 genealogy software
52 Suitcase Fusion font-management software
44 49
57 Games 38 42 46
57 Call of Duty 2 tips and tricks
59 HoppiX game review
59 Imperial Glory coming soon
57 Minions of Mirth game review
59 RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked coming soon
58 Sid Meier’s Civilization III: Complete game review
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EDITORS’ PAGE
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Read Me First
WARNING! Before you turn to page 35 in this
STAFF RANTS
Q. Will you install Windows on your Mac—and, if so, why?
issue, you should know that what you will
find on that page may shock you. Actually, Niko Coucouvanis WINDOW CHOPPER
Will you install Windows on your Mac—and, if so, why?
shock might be too mild a term. With a little I already did. I can’t very well keep chanting my
help from the Thesaurus capability of my “#*@& Windows!” mantra without having suffered that
favorite Mac OS 10.4 utility, Dictionary.app, operating system since its Windows 95 version, can I?
And now, having Microsofted my Mac, I can now feel confident about
let me speculate that what you’ll see there stating, “#*@& Windows XP!”
might appall, horrify, outrage, revolt,
Sean Molloy PLAYER ONE
disgust, nauseate, sicken, traumatize, Will you install Windows on your Mac—and, if so, why?
distress, upset, disturb, disquiet, unsettle, As a card-carrying, diehard gamer, this whole Boot Camp
thing neatly resolves the only major issue I ever had with
stun, stagger, astound, astonish, amaze, the Mac: its anemic (and painfully outdated) game library.
startle, surprise, dumbfound, shake, throw, and otherwise unnerve you. So my answer is “Hell yeah!”—at least once the more-potent Intel
It’s a screenshot of Windows XP. Power Macs (or whatever Apple decides to call ’em) come out.
Yes, Windows. In MacAddict, a magazine that uses the pejoratives Jake Widman HERD MENTALITY
Windoze and peecee. In a magazine written for dyed-in-the-wool Mac Will you install Windows on your Mac—and, if so, why?
Heck yes. I feel left out when I read all those articles
fanatics by dyed-in-the-wool Mac fanatics. But there it is, in all its about adware and spyware and Melissa and Sober. I’ve
garishness. But before you fire off an emailed rebuke, let me explain. been missing a big part of American culture—it’s like
First, a bit of history. When MacAddict first appeared in 1996, we not knowing who Ryan Seacrest is. (Who the hell is Ryan Seacrest,
anyway?) I want to be part of the crowd. Bring it on!
Mac addicts and our beloved computers were—to use the technical
macroeconomic term—in deep doo-doo. Apple was adrift, Microsoft Roman Loyola GOES BOTH WAYS
Will you install Windows on your Mac—and, if so, why?
was ascendant, and every prognosticator worth his or her punditry was Brace yourself, fellow Mac addicts: In addition to my
predicting that the Mac would soon go the way of the Amiga, the Trash- Mac, I already have a PC with Windows XP running on
80, and the Osborne Executive. Knowing that a good offense is often the it. Why? It’s a self-serving career move. Having expert
knowledge of different operating systems has helped me immensely
best defense, we fought back by ridiculing Microsoft every chance we got. as an editor.
What a difference 10 years makes. Today, Apple is firing on all
Mark Rosenthal I.N.O. ECKSPEA
cylinders, and the Redmondese are on the ropes. Windows PCs are Will you install Windows on your Mac—and, if so, why?
clogged with viruses and spyware, and Microsoft engineers are frantically I’m no übergeek. I’m an Art Director—who, even after
issuing security updates while struggling to cobble together Windows asking Niko about a gazillion questions, was still barely
able to install wireless Internet in my house. Install
XP’s replacement, Vista, originally expected to ship in 2004 and now Windows? What do you think?
postponed until 2007. (On a side note, how long would you keep your job
Peter Marshutz PAGE MAKER
if you missed a deadline by, oh, about three years? Same here.) Will you install Windows on your Mac—and, if so, why?
And so, as tempting as it may be to gloat, we laid-back Mac addicts are I’m an art guy. At every magazine I’ve ever worked—in
fact, at every magazine I’ve ever heard of—all the
taking the high road. Like Apple, which recently made it possible to run creative types have used Macs since the long-gone
Windows XP on Intel-based Macs (see “Apple Opens Windows,” p10), we days of Aldus PageMaker. Will I install Windows on my Mac?
realize that some luckless souls either must use a particular Windows app Whatever for?
or simply feel more comfortable having Windows around as an emotional Max DOG(COW)MATIST
safety net. We will not heap scorn upon those poor unfortunates. We Will you install Windows on your Mac—and, if so, why?
Will I poke myself in the eye with a sharp stick? Will I
welcome them into the holy land of Aqua and forgive them their Windows chugalug a Clorox-and-Drano smoothie? Will I drive the
dependency—and we’re here to provide you with some insight into their Pan-American Highway in a secondhand Yugo? Will I
predicament. accept a position at the Baghdad Ministry of Tourism? Let Rik take
the high road of inclusion and tolerance—no Microsoft operating
Thus page 35. system will ever sully the sectors of my Mac’s hard drive!
Enjoy,
comingsoon:july2006
Here’s what our editors are preparing for the next issue of MacAddict.
Next month we’ll delve deep into the bowels of Mac OS X and revel in its hidden powers. We’ll also round up a herd of
affordable Microsoft Word competitors, plus show you how to solve your Mac’s ills through the relentless application of
logic. Then we’ll show you how—and why—to maximize your Mac mini’s RAM, score your home movies in GarageBand,
and spread the blasphemy du jour by infecting your Mac with Windows XP. We’ll also review the hottest new products,
including Adobe After Effects 7 visual-effects software, Native Instruments’ B4II virtual organ, Kodak’s EasyShare P880
camera, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 image-editing software, and more.
June 2006 09
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the news of the month in bite-size chunks
FIRST LOOK:
APPLE
OPENS
WINDOWS
Apple’s new Boot Camp allows you to do Worlds are colliding!
the unthinkable—run Windows XP on your
Intel-based Mac. We’ve got the gory details.
F
our days after its 30th be finished by the time you’re done We did experience an unresponsive
anniversary on April Fools’ with this article), Boot Camp requires OS-selection screen, which worked after
Day, Apple released a beta an Intel-based Mac, Mac OS 10.4.6 or restarting the Mac a second time. Also,
of Boot Camp, software later, updated firmware on your Mac when we tried to use the iMac’s built-in
that lets you install and (get firmware updates at www.apple iSight camera by selecting Start > All
run Windows XP on Intel-based .com/support/downloads), a minimum of Programs > Accessories > Scanner And
Macs. It was a surprising move, since 10GB of free space on your Mac’s internal Camera Wizard, we consistently crashed
Apple spokespeople stated when the drive, a blank recordable CD, and the Windows. These minor problems
company originally announced the full installation discs for either the Home aside, XP felt quite snappy on our Mac
Intel-hardware switch that it had no or Professional Edition of Microsoft hardware; windows opened and closed
plans to support Windows on Macs. Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2); briskly, apps launched without any
Literally speaking, that’s true: Boot you can’t use multi-disc, upgrade, or hitches, and the victory cascade in
Camp’s setup guide says that Apple Media Center versions of XP, nor can Solitaire flowed like water over Niagara
doesn’t provide support for either you use pre-SP2 versions of XP. Apple Falls. Our 2GHz iMac running XP even
Windows or the Boot Camp beta— doesn’t provide or sell Windows XP with posted an impressive 42.7 frames per
supporting Windows and being able to Service Pack 2, so you need to buy it on second in Doom 3, compared to 41 fps
run Windows are two different things. your own—go ahead, visit the Windows- when using the Intel-native Mac OS X
Boot Camp preps your Mac’s hard software side of your local computer version. But when converting 25 AIFF
drive for a Windows XP installation; store. It’s OK. You won’t catch anything. files to MP3s in iTunes, Mac OS X was
it sets up your Mac as a dual-boot We first used Boot Camp on a pair of 17 percent faster than Windows XP.
computer, letting you choose between Intel-based iMacs to partition the hard You can’t see your Mac partition
Mac OS X or Windows XP at startup. drives (which you can do dynamically when you’re running XP, but you can see
Keep your eye out for the July 2006 without affecting your Mac installation your XP partition when you’re running
issue of MacAddict, where we’ll give you or user files) and to create a CD Mac OS X. However, if you format your
in-depth details on using Boot Camp, containing the Mac hardware drivers. XP partition using Windows’ NTFS
installing Windows XP, and how to make We were then able to install XP in about file system, the XP partition is read-
sure your new, dual-boot Mac runs 45 minutes. After the XP installation only when you’re running Mac OS X; a
smoothly. was complete, we then installed the partition formatted using the FAT32 file
First look. Available for download Mac drivers from the CD. After that, we system is read/write. (For explanations
from Apple’s Web site (www.apple.com/ were able to choose which OS to use at of these file systems and more Windows
macosx/bootcamp; it’s 86MB, so if you startup (switching operating systems gobbledygook, see “Windows XP on
start downloading it now, it’ll probably requires restarting your Mac). Your Mac,” p34.)
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Just for giggles, we also tried to release: “Apple has no desire or plan to NEW STUFF
upgrade our XP installation to a beta of sell or support Windows.” NEW STUFF
the next iteration of Windows (known Boot Camp is actually a sneak peek 4READY AND STEADY
as Vista) using an XP-to-Vista upgrade at a feature scheduled for Mac OS gorillapod
installer, but that installation failed— 10.5 (Leopard), expected at the end of $24.95
and trust us, there are few things as this year. According to Apple, the beta www.joby.com Stop worrying
unsettling as seeing a beautiful new period for Boot Camp runs through Available: Now about the
iMac emblazoned with the dreaded September 2007. This late date for With its flexible shakes.
Windows Blue Screen of Death. Well, the end of the beta period doesn’t legs, gorillapod
the Vista upgrade is a beta, after all. necessarily mean that Leopard won’t can be used as a standard tripod or
Why? “Boot Camp makes the Mac ship for a year and a half; we project wrapped around a pole, tree branch,
more appealing to those willing to that Leopard will ship well before that or any other stationary object to take
switch,” said an Apple spokesperson far-off date, and that Apple will urge steady pictures.
we interviewed, who also defined the users to upgrade to Leopard to continue
two groups of customers Apple hopes using Boot Camp.
to reach. The first includes Windows Boot Camp could be a sign of things
users who are intrigued by the Mac, to come. Maximum PC Senior Editor and 4LEADING THE
but still need to use some applications übergeek Gordon Mah Ung thinks that COLOR BLIND
that currently run only in Windows; the whole computer landscape could eyePilot
Boot Camp grants them access to those drastically change in the next 18 months. $34
apps. The second group includes people He believes it’s possible that Boot Camp www.colorhelper.com
who want to switch but fear leaving is the precursor to Apple releasing Available: Now
some feature or app behind, and want Mac OS X for PCs in the near future. This app helps
some sort of “safety net.” As for Apple “(Windows) Vista has been delayed, folks with color-
possibly selling Macs with Windows and the beta versions are unimpressive,” vision problems
preinstalled, the Apple rep we spoke says Mah Ung. “If Apple released OS X for by layering
to reiterated what Apple Senior Vice the PC, that could change everything.” an interactive
President Phil Schiller said in a press We agree.—Roman Loyola floating window Is it red? Is it green?
over any window Now you’ll know.
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What’sNew
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in speakers and is
powered by its AC
adapter or four AA
iPOD ACCESSORIES
batteries.
Booming TubeC
polycarbonate iPod
case available in
several designs,
Think Outside’s Boomtube H2O1 ($250, www.thinkoutside.com) is a including clear.
portable speaker system that features four 2-inch drivers, an anodized • MTX Audio’s
aluminum case, and a rechargeable LiIon battery. Three-foot cables allow iThunder ($199.95,
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I t’s irritating that even if you pay good money to register QuickTime Pro, you have zero control over iPod video-
export options in QuickTime Player. iSquint converts movies to video-capable-iPod formats and gives you control
over size and quality; it can also batch-process multiple movies.—Andrew Tokuda
Drag your movie to the 2 Your iPod displays movies 3 iSquint encodes in MPEG-4 4 If you want to use these
empty area in iSquint. Then at 320 by 240 resolution (the video by default. To get the best settings for multiple videos, just
click the Advanced button resolution of the videos you buy possible quality, enter a Video drag them into the queue, and
to open the Advanced at the iTunes Music Store), but if Bitrate of 2,500 kilobits per then click Start. When iSqueeze
Settings drawer. you connect your iPod to a TV, you second and a Framerate of 30 is done, you’ll have great-quality
can use a higher resolution—400 frames per second. videos that you can load onto your
pixels wide by 300 pixels high, video-capable iPod.
for example.
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iPOD CASE
Bug of the Month OF THE MONTH
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inpod’s cases are made of—you
T his month’s Bug of the Month isn’t a bug, per se, but rather some advice that
will help you deal with future bugs that could pop up after you reinstall Mac
OS X. During installation, you have the option of performing an Archive And Install
guessed it—tin, and feature the
artwork of Kurt Ketchum, who’s
done work for such diverse clients
operation (click the Options button at the Select A Destination screen). Archive as Apple, Def Jam, and Pepsi. The
And Install moves your existing Mac OS X System files to a Previous System folder neoprene-lined L’Orange Lune
before it installs a fresh OS. ($16.95, www.thetinpod.com) and
When the installation is finished, a Previous Systems folder appears at the root Change Attitude ($16.95) both have
level of your hard drive, which is required for reverting to an earlier version of OS holes for your earbuds. Yeah, we
X or for dealing with other issues should your new installation prove problematic. know you can’t see your iPod screen
Inside the Previous Systems folder are Library files, user settings, and other and access your Click Wheel through
system-level folders and files that your previous Mac OS X installation used. It the cover, but is it really that hard
also includes Mac OS X–installed apps, such as Address Book and Mail. Here’s to flip open a lid? Sacrifice a little
what you should do with your Previous Systems folder: for art’s sake; speaking of which,
BACKTRACK Keep this folder around for a week or two after performing your Tinpod donates $1 from each case
Archive And Install, in case you need to retrieve any preference files. Note that sale to the Cityarts program in New
you can’t start up using the system files in the Previous Systems folder. York, NY.—Michelle Victoria
DELETE DUPLICATE APPS Immediately delete all apps contained in the Previous
Systems folder, or you may experience problems with new versions of the same
apps stored in the default Applications directory. All you have to do is delete the
Applications folder within Previous Systems. Also, delete the duplicate Applications
folder before applying the most recent Mac OS X combo updater from Apple’s Mac
OS X Downloads Web site (www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple).
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If the steps outlined above don’t do the trick, service center such as iPodResQ (www.ipodresq.com),
you can check the condition of your ’Pod’s hard disk with TechRestore (http://techrestore.com), or iPodMods (www
the iPod’s built-in diagnostic routines. First, reset your .ipodmods.com). Oh, and in the interests of purity of heart and
iPod (see “iPodigree,” p21). For third-generation (3G) full disclosure, we gotta tell you that the president and owner of
iPods or earlier, as soon as you see the Apple logo, press iPodResQ, Ryan Arter, contributed to this article.
and hold Forward, Back (aka Rewind), and Select; for the
nano, mini, fourth-generation (4G), and
fifth-generation (5G) iPods, hold Editors’ Picks
Did You
down Back and Select. Presto!
You’re now deep inside the Jake’s Fave Gear
arcane world of Diagnostic
Know...?
Cure Drive Problems
Mode. On a 5G iPod, you
can simply perform an
eVo
When your iPod is mounted in Disk mode, iSkin, $14.99 to $34.99,
you can use Mac disk-diagnostic utilities to Auto Test by pushing the
cure its ills. We’ve had good results running www.iskin.com
Apple’s Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities) Back button. On other
iSkin’s silicone cases fit perfectly
and Alsoft’s DiskWarrior ($79.95, www models, you’ll see a
.alsoft.com). Apple, however, recommends (unlike others I’ve tried, whose
using only its iPod Updater to fully list of tests that you can
clickwheel cutouts I could never
restore the ’Pod, which reformats navigate through with the
the drive and cleans up the iPod quite align). These give you a good
database.
Forward and Back buttons
grip on your ’Pod and protect it
(the clickwheel won’t work
against bumps; they also come
here). On 3G iPods or earlier,
with screen and wheel protectors.
navigate down to the item named
O. HDD Scan, and press Select. On other
models, navigate down to IO, press Select, navigate to
HardDrive, press Select, and choose HDScan. These tests
take more than a few minutes, but they’ll tell you if your FMCup
hard drive is kaput. When you’re finished testing, reset the Macally, $59.99,
iPod again to get out of Diagnostic Mode. (You can find www.macally.com
more information about the cryptic world of Diagnostic I do most of my ’Podding
Mode at www.methodshop.com/mp3/ipodsupport/ in the car, and this is my
diagnosticmode.) favorite FM transmitter.
If your drive fails the test and none of the other steps It’s easy to change
outlined above helped, it’s time to send your precious ’Pod frequencies, and it has
off for servicing. You can arrange for service through Apple’s presets for the ones that
Web site (www.apple.com/support/ipod/service) or send work best. It also cuts
through interfering FM
your iPod off for diagnosis and repair at an independent
frequencies better than
any others I’ve tried.
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Did You
Know…?
Maximize Your it needs to refill that cache.
This process works best
Hide Your Tunes
You can hide everything on your iPod
’Pod Power
when songs average less except for the contents of the Notes folder
by putting your ’Pod in Notes Only mode.
than 9MB in size. Even if Just create a text file with the line <meta
you prefer uncompressed name=”NotesOnly” content=”true”>
(make sure to include the brackets), and
Apple claims that the battery in today’s top-of-the-line 60GB song files on your Mac, save it with the name Preferences. Copy
iPod provides enough juice to play 20 hours of music, and make compressed versions that file into an iPod’s Notes folder, and
users of that ’Pod will be prevented
that it will last through hundreds of charging cycles. Earlier for your iPod (which will from seeing anything but the
models weren’t as juicy, but even the first-generation ’Pod also let you fit more songs, of contents of its Notes folder.
was rated at 10 hours and 500 cycles. Sooner or later, course). It’s also a good idea to
however, an iPod’s battery will wear out. Here are some steps break exceptionally long tracks—
you can take to make sure that unfortunate inevitability such as that hour-long, sinsemilla-inspired
occurs later rather than sooner. Grateful Dead jam you downloaded—into multiple
PUT IT THROUGH A CHARGE CYCLE ONCE PER MONTH Even if smaller files.
you only listen to your iPod when it’s docked, once a month BUY A BETTER BATTERY If you find that you’re regularly
you should let it play overnight unattended until it drains its pushing the limits of your iPod’s playing time, you might
battery, and then charge it up again the next day. Like all of consider putting in a higher-capacity battery, even if yours isn’t
us, LiIon batteries benefit from regular exercise. worn out yet. iPod upgraders such as iPodResQ (www.ipodresq
TAKE IT OUT OF ITS CASE BEFORE RECHARGING There’s no .com), Other World Computing (www.macsales.com), and
fan in your iPod—its stainless-steel back serves as its heat TechRestore (www.techrestore.com) will sell you batteries with
sink—so insulating the back with a case blocks your ’Pod’s a higher milliamp-hour rating than the stock Apple battery for
ability to exchange heat with the outside air. Even though the 30 bucks or so, as long as you have the guts to install a new
hard disk isn’t spinning during a recharge, your ’Pod could battery yourself. If you’re light on guts, have no fear—the same
get uncomfortably hot inside—and batteries don’t like heat. companies will put the battery in your ’Pod for only
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LATEST iPOD SOFTWARE a few dollars more.
Sometimes software updates include battery-management
improvements.
KEEP YOUR ’POD COMFY Though your iPod’s operating Editors’ Picks
temperature range is 32 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit (0
to 35 degrees Celsius), its battery is happiest at room Niko’s Fave Gear
temperature. Don’t leave your iPod in direct sunlight or
in your car parked in the sun. If it’s left in the cold (the
acceptable storage temperature range is –4 to 113 degrees
invisibleShield
ShieldZone, $9.95 to $24.95, www.shieldzone.com
F, –20 to 45 degrees C), let it come back to room temperature
I just blew a full week descratching my iPod and carefully
before waking it up—and if it won’t wake from sleep even
cutting and fitting my own clear plastic film covering (see
after it’s warm, try resetting it.
“Prep Your iPod for
USE THE HOLD SWITCH Yes, we know you’re only dropping
Armageddon,” p66).
your ’Pod in your purse while you go to the store. Three hours
If time is money, I’d
later, you’ll find that your checkbook pressed its buttons,
have saved a bundle
and your iPod’s been playing the whole time. Just slide the
by dropping $20 on a
Hold switch to let what’s paused stay paused.
proper invisibleShield in
JUST LISTEN When you jump from one track to another with
the first place.
the Previous or Next buttons, you force the iPod to spin
up the hard drive each time, putting a serious hit on your
battery power.
TURN OFF BACKLIGHTING If you don’t need backlighting,
don’t make your battery pay for it. Go to the Settings menu iPod USB Power Adapter
and choose Backlight Timer > Off. Sonnet Technologies, $19.95, www.sonnettech.com
TURN OFF THE EQUALIZER If your songs sound reasonably Perfect for traveling light, sans Mac.
acceptable without iPod EQ enhancements, turn ’em off: Go At roughly half the size of Apple’s
to the Settings menu and choose EQ > Off. EQ settings aren’t iPod power brick, the included
encoded in your tunes, so your iPod has to use its processor dock-connector cable makes
to apply them, and that sucks power. If you want to hear it effectively half the price
the EQ settings you’ve chosen in iTunes, you gotta set your as well.
iPod’s EQ to Flat.
PLAY COMPRESSED SONGS The iPod plays songs from
a memory cache and only spins up its hard drive when
22 June 2006
Boot Up with Did You
Know…?
an Old iPod
So, you have a ’Pod you don’t use. You could give it away—or you
Personalize Your ’Pod
You can change your iPod’s main menu
to your liking. Go into Settings > Main
Menu and scroll through the choices,
turning On or Off the items you want to
could turn it into an emergency bootable hard disk with disk-repair see or not see—you can even turn any
utilities on it. But before you start, note that an iPod’s hard drive ’Pod into an iPod shuffle by turning off
everything except Shuffle Songs. You
isn’t meant for full-time operation—it’s not designed to spin as can’t get rid of the Settings menu item,
much as a system disk does and will generate a lot of nasty heat. however, so you can still get all your
choices back.
Also, this trick is intended for FireWire-equipped iPods (mini
excluded), because you can’t install Mac OS X directly onto a
USB disk without using Carbon Copy Cloner (donationware,
www.bombich.com) or other installer trickery—which
coincidentally neuters an iPod’s musical abilities. For the record,
our Intel-powered iMac booted fine (if slowly) off of a USB-only
fifth-generation iPod onto which we had cloned Mac OS 10.4.5.
To turn your FireWire iPod into a bootable drive, connect
your iPod to your Mac, put a Mac OS X install disc in your Mac’s
optical drive, and start the installation process. When you get
to the Select A Destination screen, select the iPod and proceed
with the installation. As long as you don’t pick one of the erase-
and-install options behind the Options button, your iPod will
emerge as a bootable hard drive that still functions perfectly
well as an iPod.
Editors’ Picks
iTTUSB
Ion Audio, $139.95, www.ionaudio.com
No, it’s not an iPod accessory per se, but this
USB turntable can help rip your vinyl
collection into MP3s so you can
pop ’em onto your ’Pod. Audacity
recording software is included,
along with a trial version of Bias’s
SoundSoap 2 for cleaning up all
your albums’ pops and scratches.
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Shufflese
STATUS LIGHT STATE WHAT IT MEANS
Solid orange Charging, OK to disconnect
The iPod shuffle’s communication abilities aren’t up to Blinking orange Mounted, do not disconnect
those of its siblings: It doesn’t have a screen, so it can’t Solid green Fully charged, OK to disconnect
show you what’s playing or let you scroll to the song you Blinking green Paused (light will turn off after
want. But it’s not entirely mute—it can tell you a lot, if only one minute)
you know how to listen—well, watch, actually. Solid green Play (light will turn off after two
And while the shuffle is all about random, sometimes you seconds)
want that warm, cozy feeling of being in control: Solid orange when you press a button Hold is on (to turn it off, hold the Play/
TO SKIP TO THE BEGINNING OF YOUR Pause button for three seconds )
PLAYLIST Put your shuffle in Solid green when you press a button Normal operation of that button
Did You Repeat mode, and press the (light stays on as long as you press
the button)
Know…? Pause/Play button three times.
TO SKIP TO THE END OF YOUR Blinking green and orange You’re trying to play a song, but the
Get Directions shuffle is empty
You can view transit info on your iPod. Go PLAYLIST Use the previous
to www.isubwaymaps.com and download iPOD SHUFFLE’S BATTERY
maps for cities from Berlin to Washington, trick to get to the beginning
STATUS LIGHT STATE WHAT IT MEANS
DC. If you live, as we do, in the San of your playlist, and then
Francisco Bay Area, go to www.bart Green Good charge
.gov/stations/quickplanner/ipod.asp and press the Back button.
download the Official BART QuickPlanner TO FIND A PARTICULAR SONG Amber Low charge
for Apple iPod. If you live elsewhere,
your local transit folks might be just
First make sure to sort your Red Very low charge
as tech savvy. Ask ’em. playlist in iTunes by song before
Off No charge
sending it to your shuffle. Now,
▲
iPod Pileup!
We found this pile o’ rejected
’Pods in a Cupertino dumpster.
4
Can you figure out
what’s wrong with
each model?
1
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY KEN BOUSQUET
that in-laws would pull out of the closet during family power to take moving images, cut out the boring parts, and
get-togethers: the dreaded slide carousel. With this string the good bits together. We’ll tell you what accessories
insidious machine, family members could inflict hours to glom onto before you start shooting (see “Successorize for
of torture as they forced their victims to sit through droningly Shooting,” p31) and show you how to use iMovie HD to turn your
narrated scenes of their latest trip to Yellowstone, Niagara raw vacation footage (even if it’s just as unexciting as your in-
Falls, or Branson, MO. Other families did similar mind-numbing laws’ slides) into a breathtaking piece worthy of an Emmy—or
damage with unedited, shaky Super 8 movies. at least something that’s fun to watch.
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GRAB YOUR CLIPS
We started with footage shot during a gray, rainy March afternoon in San Francisco.
When we got back to our warm, dry living room, we just connected our DV camcorder
to our Mac and used iMovie HD to import the video, letting it automatically start
a new clip at each scene break (the default setting). When you do the same with
your footage, you’ll end up with the Clips pane full of scenes that you can drag to
the Movie Timeline as you build your movie. (You can also import the video directly
into the Timeline by changing iMovie’s Preferences > Import setting.)
OPEN IMPRESSIVELY
One of iMovie’s coolest features will make
you look like a video god or goddess before
you even edit your first clip—and that feature
is Themes. Themes are templates filled with
professionally made moving graphics that
break the old movie-title mold and add a big
dose of “Wow!” To put them to use, click the
Themes button in the lower-right corner of
the main iMovie window. There you’ll find
a pop-up menu containing various Themes
such as Travel and Road Trip. Since this is
a vacation video, choose the Travel Theme.
Click the first Theme Element (Open) to craft
your movie’s opening title screen. A good
intro will rope in your audience and let them
Themes give you world-class graphics that’ll get “oohs” and “ahhs” from your audience. know they’re about to see something special.
Hey, we just typed that title. Could it really Drag and drop your clips to personalize When you see a slow-moving red bar, it’s
be this easy? the Theme. time to take a break.
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HOME MOVIE MAGIC
1. Convert Video
The best version of the old movie we found was a 320-by-
240-pixel MPEG-2 multiplexed video file—a format that
doesn’t work with iMovie HD, which only uses DV and HDV.
Since our own video was DV, we needed to convert the 1905
footage to match. The easiest way to perform this kind of
conversion is with QuickTime 7 Pro ($29.99, www.apple
.com): Open the file in QuickTime Player and choose File >
Export. From the list of options, choose Movie To DV Stream.
This process may take a while depending on the length
of the video, so let it work in the background, or use the
conversion as an excuse to take another break.
The resulting file will have a .dv extension; just Turn found footage into a DV
drag it into an open slot in the Clips pane. Stream to use it in iMovie HD.
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HOME MOVIE MAGIC
SUCCESSORIZE
SAVOR STILLS FOR SHOOTING
You can import photos into There are tons of accessories you can add
iMovie, so why not add a onto your camera, but four are crucial:
slide show of your vacation
still photos at the close of TRIPOD Tripods both stabilize
your video? Call it an homage your camera and allow
to grandma and grandpa’s smoother panning than is
pre-video era. Begin by possible with just your hand.
clicking the Media button For your vacation videos,
at the lower right of the they also let you join in on
main iMovie window. Select the fun—with a tripod, you can
Photos to gain access to your press the record button on your
iPhoto Library. Command- camera and jump into the shot. Now you’ll
Your iPhoto pictures appear in the Media pane. From click the photos you want, have proof that, indeed, you were there.
there, you can drag and drop multiple photos into the and drag them into the
Timeline to use them in your slide show. Timeline. BIG BATTERY All camcorders
come with a battery. A small
one. Unless you look in
1. Custom Burns the included accessories
By default, iMovie has the Ken Burns catalog, you may not know
Effect turned on for photos, but you can that batteries can come in
customize the way it works on each of different sizes. Here’s a simple
your images. In the Timeline, click the tip: Big batteries mean longer
first photo; if you don’t see a floating shooting time. A small battery might last a
transparent Photo Settings pane, click couple of hours, but a big one can last six
Show Photo Settings at the right, under or more. Buy one of the largest batteries
your iPhoto thumbnails. Click the Play you can for your camcorder, and use that
arrow in the Preview pane to stop the as your main battery. Carry the included
animated preview. Now, see the Start/ small battery as an emergency backup.
End slider in the Photo Settings box?
Drag the slider to the Start side, drag the WIDE-ANGLE LENS ADAPTER
photo in the Clip Viewer to where you A wide-angle lens can capture
WID
want the Ken Burns Effect to start, and more area within the frame,
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adjust the zoom as needed. Then switch among other things. For
the slider to the End side, move the photo example, you may be in a
. 7X
again, and adjust the zoom. Finally, set situation where you want to
the duration with the slider that runs capture your friends standing
from the rabbit to the tortoise—the in front of a famous statue, but you
Customize the Ken Burns Effect by default is 5 seconds. Preview the effect, can’t physically back far enough away to
adjusting the position and zoom of the and when you’re happy with it, click fit both your friends and the statue into
photo at the Start and End positions. Update to apply the motion. the frame. A wide-angle lens can optically
“move back” from the subjects and the
background so that you might be able to
2. Sense the Motion fit everything in the frame.
When you’re manipulating the Ken Burns
Effect, make sure the motion makes EXTERNAL MICROPHONE
sense. For example, for the photograph Good sound can make a
of the long streetcar, we started the movie “look” better. The
motion from the back of the streetcar and built-in microphones on
panned to its front. Also make sure that most camcorders are
the duration is appropriate: If you pan mediocre at best, and since
past a scene too quickly, you’ll give your they’re part of the camera body,
audience motion sickness. Once you get they can pick up camera noise.
all of your photos customized the way Simply moving the microphone further
you like, you can add a cross dissolve away from the camera and closer to the
For this slide of a streetcar, we panned from one photo to the next by selecting subject makes a big difference, and
from the back of the car to the front—a all of them in the Timeline and selecting the only way to do that is to attach an
logical move. Editing > Transitions > Cross Dissolve. external microphone.
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HOME MOVIE MAGIC
TUNE IT UP
Once you’ve sequenced all your clips, their timing is perfect, and the beautiful slide
show brings tears to your eyes every time you watch it, it’s time for the finishing touch:
audio. Our own video captured mostly environmental noise and a lot of silly remarks,
some of which we wanted to keep because they made the video more entertaining, but
some of which would be better replaced with music or separately recorded narration.
Start by displaying your movie’s volume level: Control-click or
right-click in the Timeline, and choose Show Clip Volume Levels Control-click on the
(or select View > Show Clip Volume Levels). You’ll see a purple line Timeline to see the
cutting through the clips at the 100 percent volume level. volume levels.
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HOME MOVIE MAGIC
iDVD launches—and look! You can use the same Theme you used in your video for a DVD menu. That’s class.
PUT IT ON DISC
One step remains, and that’s to export the sequence into a movie that can be viewed by your
family and friends. You do this through the Share menu. To create a DVD, choose Share > iDVD; During the day, Andrew
Tokuda, aka Digital Droo,
this launches iDVD, where you can create a DVD menu that shares the same Theme as your runs his video company, 3rd
movie. You can also include additional material, such as photos that didn’t make it into the Light Digital Media. At night, he
slide show or the entire public-domain Market Street movie, as bonus DVD extras. does sound design and music.
Congratulations, you’re done! Now you have a home movie you can be proud to show your On weekends, he likes to take
walks on the beach and play
relatives at your next family gathering. And the next time you make a home video, remember
tennis. He is a Capricorn.
that creativity is the ticket—and iMovie lets you exercise that creativity. ■
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Field Guide to WINDOWS XP
Windows XP
on Your Mac
By Roman Loyola
A s blasphemous as it sounds, there are reasons why you might want to use Boot Camp to run Windows XP on your Intel-
based Mac (see “Apple Opens Windows,” p10)—and not just because you can. Be forewarned, though, that Windows XP
has a language all its own. Here’s a quick guide to the terms you may run into as you install Windows XP and get it up and
running on your Mac.
Windows XP Editions
WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL Professional has, including multiprocessor support, file
Designed for businesses and power users. If you can’t decide encryption, expanded remote-desktop features, and more.
between buying the Home or Professional Editions, go Pro if you
want file encryption, the ability to restrict access to selected SERVICE PACK 2
files and apps, and better user-management tools if you plan on Windows occasionally releases its OS updates as Service
having more than one person using Windows XP on your Mac. Packs. These updates contain previously released fixes and
patches—kinda sorta like the Combo Updaters for Mac OS
WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION X. When installing Windows XP on your Mac, you must use
This is the version of Windows most consumers use. It’s a Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installer; you can’t use
cheaper than Professional, but it lacks many features that previous versions.
Installation Glossary
DUAL BOOT QUICK FORMAT
A computer that’s set up with two operating systems. To choose During XP installation, you need to format your Windows XP
which operating system you want to use on your dual-booting hard-drive partition. A quick format doesn’t perform a scan
Mac, hold down the Option key during startup; two hard drive for bad sectors.
icons will appear, representing Mac OS X and Windows XP.
AUTOMATIC UPDATES
NTFS Windows XP’s answer to Mac OS X’s Software Update.
Short for “NT File System,” this is a journaled file system used Windows XP uses an Internet connection to check with
by Windows XP. It has support for file security, multiple data Microsoft for any operating-system or Microsoft-application
streams, built-in file compression, and more. Mac OS X can read updates. At installation, you can set it to run automatically or
files on an NTFS partition, but it can’t write to that partition. manually. You can change this setting in the Security Center
Control Panel after XP is installed.
FAT32
Short for “File Allocation Table 32-bit,” this is a basic file WINDOWS ACTIVATION
system used by Windows XP. It lacks security features and has Microsoft’s form of copy protection against users who
a 4GB file limit. Mac OS X can both read from and write to FAT32 install pirated versions of Windows XP. After Windows XP is
partitions. fully installed, it needs to be activated within 30 days, or it
becomes unusable. Activation can be done over the phone
C: DRIVE or over an Internet connection.
Partitions in Windows are given letter labels, and the default
label for the Windows startup drive is the euphoniously named WIZARD
C: Drive. When you use Boot Camp, it creates a C: partition— This is a utility that Windows uses to take you step-by-step
use this partition for your Windows XP installation. through a setup process.
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Interface Items 5 3 9
1 START MENU 2
This is analogous to Mac OS X’s Dock. Click
Start, and a two-sided list appears. On the left
are permanently listed items (top), recently used 4
applications (middle), and a pop-up menu of
all your apps (bottom). On the right are items
you might want to access quickly, such as your
hard drive, recent documents, the Control Panel
(Windows’ version of System Preferences), search
functions, help options, and more.
2 MY COMPUTER
Double-click My Computer, and you’ll open a
window that lets you access your storage devices,
attached cameras, and folders.
3 WINDOWS EXPLORER
Whenever you double-click a folder or storage 1 6 7 8
device to see its contents, the window that opens
is actually part of an app called Windows Explorer—
think of it as Windows’ feeble knockoff of the Finder in Mac OS X. 7 TASKBAR
The left pane contains a context-sensitive list of things you can do Whenever you launch an app, a horizontal button will appear
with the item you click in the right pane. here. Click the button to bring that app to the foreground. Click
it again to hide the app. You can also switch between apps by
4 MY NETWORK PLACES pressing Command-Tab on your keyboard.
Double-click here to open a window that shows the wired or
wireless connections for your Mac. 8 SYSTEM TRAY
Holds shortcuts to apps that are running in the background.
5 MY DOCUMENTS System-notification message balloons also appear here to inform
Default folder for storing your documents—just like the Documents you of system activities, such as when a USB device is attached.
folder on your Mac.
9 MINIMIZE, MAXIMIZE, AND CLOSE
6 QUICK LAUNCH These buttons appear on every window and are similar to those
One-click access to apps, files, or folders. Drag and drop icons to on the Mac, but they’re in a different order and on the opposite
this spot to add items. side of the window—just to be contrarian, we assume.
Behind Windows
BIOS CONTROL KEY
Acronym for “Basic Input/Output System” or “Basic Integrated The Control key on your keyboard is used for keyboard shortcuts
Operating System,” depending on whom you ask. Commonly and is analogous to the Command key in Mac OS X. Many
found on PCs, the BIOS contains the code the computer runs Windows shortcuts use same key combo as Mac OS X. For
before launching Windows XP. example, Cut is Control-X; Copy is Control-C; and Paste is Control-V.
EFI REGISTRY
Acronym for “Extensible Firmware Interface.” On Intel-based A database where
Macs, the EFI takes the place of the BIOS used on PCs. Windows XP keeps
all of its user,
.EXE application, and
File extension that stands for “executable.” This extension operating-system
indicates an application that you can run in Windows. settings. The Registry is for Windows XPerts only.
Roman Loyola actually uses Windows XP at home (yes, he’s a masochist) and Mac OS X at work.
June 2006 35
He’s searching for room in his home to install a computer that runs Linux.
You’ll be
blown away.
RATIN¬S
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impressed.
You’ll be
satisfied.
You’ll be
disappointed.
You’ll be
pissed off.
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faster. When used QuickTime Pro to convert a DV
importing 196 movie to an H.264 QuickTime movie, the
photos into iPhoto, G4 Mac mini was 34 percent faster than
the Core Solo Mac the Core Solo Mac mini—but the Core
mini was 2 percent Duo Mac mini was 22 percent faster than
faster, while the the G4 Mac mini and almost twice as fast
Core Duo Mac mini as the Core Solo. At press time, Apple
was 7 percent had yet to respond to our questions
faster. In our iDVD about these oddball results.
Save As Disc Image The bottom line. There’s a lot to
test, the Core Solo consider when it comes to the new Mac
Look ma, no modem! And fewer air vents needed, as well. and G4 Mac mini minis. If you’ve been saving a spot in
posted similar your home entertainment center for an
game console, Betamax player—it’s times, while the Core Duo Mac mini was affordable Mac, you can now fill it with
handy to be able to whip out a cable- 11 percent faster than the G4 Mac mini. a Front Row–equipped Mac mini—that’s
free keyboard and mouse. You can use If you’ve been paying attention to an easy decision to make. If you already
Apple’s Wireless Keyboard ($59) and our past test results, you already know have a Mac mini and are using apps
Wireless Mouse ($59, a one-button job) what we’re going to say about the Intel such as iLife or iWork along with basic
or some other Mac-compatible Bluetooth Mac minis’ speed when using software home-office stuff (email, Web, personal
input devices. that runs under Rosetta: It’s slow. For finances, your kids’ homework, and
Speed. We tested the Mac minis using example, the G4 Mac mini was 50 percent so on), the Core Duo Mac mini is a nice
a suite of tests that involved both Intel- faster than the Core Duo Mac mini and upgrade—but you might want to think
native software and apps that run using 57 percent faster than the Core Solo Mac about scrounging up another $500 for
Rosetta, Apple’s PowerPC-to-Intel code mini in our Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 the $1,299 17-inch iMac. If you want a
translator. For reference, we dusted off Auto Enhance test. When performing an new Mac setup, either Mac mini will do
our G4-based 1.42GHz Mac mini and Adobe InDesign CS PDF Export, the G4 for nonprofessional apps. But if your
popped in 512MB of RAM to match the Mac mini was over 60 percent faster than apps aren’t Universal, you’re not getting
Intel Mac minis’ standard configurations. both Intel Mac minis. And in our Adobe top performance.—Roman Loyola
Our earlier Intel Mac test results showed Photoshop CS2 Action test, the G4 Mac
that when using software native to mini was 67 percent faster than the Core
the relative processor, the Intel Macs Solo Mac mini and 62 percent faster than COMPANY: Apple
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the Mac minis. When applying a Sepia results. For example, in our GarageBand
Core Duo)
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example, the Core Solo Mac mini was was 19 percent faster than the Core Solo 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo: 2MB L2 cache, 667MHz
41 percent faster than the G4 Mac mini; Mac mini, and a full 40 percent faster frontside bus, 512MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 60GB
the Core Duo Mac mini was 57 percent than the Core Duo Mac mini. When we 5,400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive, combo drive, Intel
GMA950 graphics processor with 64MB DDR2
SDRAM (shared with main memory), built-in AirPort
RAM Upgrade: Under Cover Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet
1.66GHz Intel Core Duo: 2MB L2 cache, 667MHz
frontside bus, 512MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 80GB
Upgrading the G4-based Mac mini was an exercise in putty-knife surgery (see
5,400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive, SuperDrive, Intel
“Max Out Your Mac mini,” May/05, p54), but it was smooth sailing once you got the
GMA950 graphics processor with 64MB DDR2
thing open. Not so with the new Mac minis. RAM is no longer conveniently located SDRAM (shared with main memory), built-in AirPort
in a slot along the Mac mini’s side—it’s now underneath the drive chassis that sits Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet
above the motherboard. Doh! You have to remove four screws that hold the chassis
down, disconnect (carefully!) a few wires, and then separate (carefully!) the chassis GOOD NEWS: Good speed boost over G4-based
and motherboard. Once separated, you can easily access the SO DIMM slots. Mac mini when using Universal applications. Small
footprint doesn’t use a lot of space. Core Duo model
comes with double-layer SuperDrive.
BAD NEWS: Performance hit using non-native apps
with Rosetta. Unimpressive video performance. Tough
to upgrade RAM yourself. Only one FireWire port.
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PRICE: $499
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COMPANY: Olive Media Products REQUIREMENTS: GOOD NEWS: Integrates with your stereo system.
CONTACT: 877-296-5483, Stereo with audio-in jack Handles most digital music functions.
www.olive.us BAD NEWS: Awkward controls. Duplicates many
PRICE: $899 musical functions that the Mac can already perform.
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Podcast Factory
ALMOST-COMPLETE PODCAST-CREATION KIT
COMPANY: M-Audio REQUIREMENTS: 350MHz G4, GOOD NEWS: Great hardware. Plug-and-play
CONTACT: 626-633-9050, Mac OS 10.2.8 or later, 128MB RAM simplicity.
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PRICE: $179.95
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Suitcase Fusion
HANDY FONT-MANAGEMENT TOOL
Suitcase Fusion also includes plug-ins
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Among the useful Font Reserve
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printing type samples. Also missing: The
previous QuarkXPress, InDesign, and
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■ Smoke grenades are your best friend. Throw
them to conceal your position, and then rush your
opponent or get closer to a tank. When you have to
make a long run and there’s no cover in sight, toss
two grenades in a series for a larger cloud.
■ In multiplayer mode against human players, smoke
grenades can reveal your position to your enemy.
Instead of using them for cover, use them to
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■ Explosive grenades blow up about 3.5 seconds
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because inquiring minds have the right to be inspired
gets you halfway there. Open the Welcome to the future, friend. Memory
MIDI file in QuickTime Pro, select File > management was indeed a ritualistic
Export, and then select Music To AIFF. part of Mac OS 9, but OS X smartly and
Then drop the converted AIFF file into dynamically divvies up your RAM for you,
iTunes and convert away. as your apps dictate. In other words, you
don’t need to worry about such things
anymore.
SQUIDDLY MIDI
In iTunes, is there a way to convert LUNCHTIME LOCKDOWN
a MIDI file into an MP3 file? Plan B: Downgrade to iTunes 6.0.1. How can I lock my iMac during my lunch
As of version 6.0.2, iTunes lost its prior break so my sneaky coworkers can’t
ability to convert MIDI files. Unless or REMEMBER MALLOC? mess with it?
until Apple fixes iTunes’ MIDI malady, I just upgraded from OS 9. How do Easy—just go to System Preferences >
you need to pick up QuickTime Pro I tweak my applications’ memory Security, and check the box labeled
($29.99, www.apple.com), which only allocations in Mac OS X? Require Password To Wake This
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June 2006
2005
DIFFICULTY No whining—
anyone
It’ll take some
effort, but you
This stuff’s
for the pros.
HOW TO
61
RATINGS can do this! can do it.
LASER POWER
When I try to burn a CD with Disk Utility, UNIX UNIVERSITY
I get the error message, “The device
failed to calibrate the laser power level UNIX IS EVERYWHERE
for this media.” What gives? Mac OS X is supposed to be all about integration.
This error can signify two problems: So how does the Terminal integrate with other apps?
one trivial, one major. If you’re lucky, You already know that you can avoid <a href=”x-man-page://du”>click
you’re just using cheap media that your typing long path names by dragging files this link to open your Terminal</a>.
burner doesn’t like. If you’re less lucky, and folders directly from the Finder into If this x-man-page nonsense seems
your burner may be hosed, and you’ll a Terminal window, right? You can also dangerous (it’s not), you can disable
need to get it repaired or replaced. First, launch the Terminal’s Unix manual pages it along with other oddball URL types
try burning at a slower speed from the from Safari or another Web browser. For for opening iChat, iCal, Keynote, and
Finder; you can specify burn speed in example, type x-man-page://du in other apps you’d never need to launch
your browser’s URL field, and the Terminal from a Web browser. Just download
will open with the manual pages for du, RCDefaultApp (free, on the Disc, www
Unix’s disk-usage utility. You can embed .rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp),
the x-man-page link in a Web page by and double-click RCDefaultApp.prefPane
adding the following to your HTML code: on the disk image to install it. Open
System Preferences > Default Apps, click
the URL tab, scroll to the bottom of the
list, highlight x-man-
Speed won’t burn out your burner, but it ON THE page, and select
may stymie it. DISC Disable from the pull-
RCDefaultApp down menu.
the pull-down menu that appears after
you click Burn. You can set iTunes’ Just in case you ever want to prevent folks
burn speed in iTunes > Preferences > from launching Unreal Tournament from a
Advanced > Burning. If lowering the Web browser.
burn speed doesn’t help, go buy a few
different types of media and try again. If
you still can’t burn, it’s time to visit your It sounds like you’re dealing with a DVD IN DISGUISE
friendly neighborhood Apple Certified specific permissions problem that only I love my iPod mini and my Mac mini,
Technician. presents itself when you have both but what in tarnation is a miniDVD?
iTunes 6.0.2 and Mac OS 10.3.9. If you It may sound like a miniDVD is a smaller-
GET PERMISSION don’t want to upgrade iTunes or make size DVD, but it’s actually a CD that
When I try to repair disk permissions, the jump to Tiger, there is a workaround: contains DVD-movie content—though
I get an error saying that Disk Utility Drag iTunes out of the Applications due to the capacity of a CD, a miniDVD
has lost its connection with the disk- folder and onto the desktop, run Disk can only hold about 15 minutes of video.
management tool and can’t continue, and Utility, and repair permissions. You You can create your own miniDVD with
that I should restart OS X—but restarting can then put iTunes back into the Toast Titanium ($99.95, www.roxio
my Mac doesn’t help. Now what? Applications folder. .com); just burn a DVD as you normally
would, only when it asks for a blank
DVD, insert a blank CD instead. The
Computer From Sleep Or Screen Saver. resulting miniDVD will play just fine
Don’t forget to use System Preferences > on your Mac using Apple’s DVD Player
Desktop & Screen Saver to set up your app (as long as you launch DVD Player
screen saver’s behavior. manually), but many standalone DVD
players don’t acknowledge miniDVDs.
GET MORE INFO
Buz Zoller is a graphic designer living
I use Get Info (File > Get Info) all the
in Florida. He has been a devoted Mac
time. Is there a way to get multiple user for over 10 years and has worked for
files’ info in a single Get Info window? both Apple and Power Computing.
Yup. Highlight a file or six, and press
Submit
Command-Option-I to open a Multiple technical questions
Item Info window that contains info This is Get Info’s bulk mode. or helpful tips directly
about all of the selected items. Bonus: via email (askus@macaddict.com) or c/o
You can select more files, and the and updates itself. Use this to change MacAddict, 4000 Shoreline Ct., Ste. 400,
South San Francisco, CA 94080.
Multiple Item Info window stays open your files’ properties en masse.
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62 HOW TO
fix pics with Photoshop Elements 4
TOOLBOX
Select RED EYE REMOVAL
cropping, Remove demon
retouching, eyes with Elements’ HOW-TO
navigation, automatic and WINDOW
type, and manual controls. Quickly look
selection See “Red-Eye up tutorials
tools here. Redux,” p63. and basic
editing tips.
STYLES AND
STRAIGHTEN EFFECTS
TOOL If you WINDOW
have an off- Select effects,
kilter photo, filters, and
use this to layer styles.
set it straight.
See “Set SKIN TONES
Your Photo OFF? Adjust
Straight,” p63. Color For Skin
Tone can help.
See “Fix Skin LAYERS WINDOW Show, hide,
Tones,” p63. lock, unlock, and change the
order or opacity of layers.
H
WHAT YOU NEED olding the camera crooked. Forgetting to activate the red-eye-
reduction setting. Letting dad wear his key lime shirt for the family
Photoshop Elements 4 ($79.99 download, photo. We all make mistakes when it comes to photography. Here’s
$89.99 CD-ROM, www.adobe.com) how to use Photoshop Elements 4 and its new tools to clean red eyes,
Mac OS 10.3 or later straighten crooked buildings, and adjust squalid skin tones—all in a few mouse
Pictures that need help clicks. Want more? We’ll also show you how to perform complex photo-editing
magic, such as color-shifting dad’s shirt or compositing the family pet into a
favorite image.
New Technique:
Replace a Color
Sometimes you want to tame the hue of an object so that it doesn’t dominate a photo.
Other times you just don’t like the color of the sweater your spouse was wearing that day.
Here’s how to hijack one color and replace it with another—without wreaking havoc on the
whole scene.
1
Make Your Selection
First, select the object that you want to alter. To do that, open your photo, choose
the Magic Selection Brush Tool (its icon looks like a red-tipped brush), and start
scribbling in the area you want to select. When you’re done, release the mouse button, and
let Elements generate your selection. You can change the size of the brush or the color that
it draws in (by default, red) via the Options Bar. If you don’t
get your entire selection the first time, just keep brushing We drew all over our door in
over the missed areas to add them to your selection. red marker to make a selection.
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63
New Tools
Set Your Photo Straight
We admit it: Sometimes we like to get a little artsy with our photography by angling our pics. But
that technique doesn’t always work out, and photos wind up looking like we were in stumblebum
mode instead. Fortunately, Photoshop Elements 4 provides a quick fix for straightening crooked
photos. Open your image, and click the Straighten Tool (its icon looks like straight box over a
crooked box). In the Options Bar, change the Canvas Options pop-up menu to Crop To Remove
Background—this keeps your picture in a perfect rectangle by slicing off the sides after rotation
(note, though, that your picture dimensions will shrink). Draw a line to
represent a new horizon line (in our example photo, we used the top of The Straighten Tool can
the stone wall as a guide). Presto! Elements straightens your picture. upright your images.
2 3
Tweak Your Selection Change the Color
Our initial pass with the Magic Once you’ve perfected
Selection Brush Tool ended your selection, go
up getting everything on our ancient to Enhance > Adjust Color >
door—even the knob and decorative Adjust Hue/Saturation. Using
wrought-iron swirls. To deselect areas the Hue slider, you can play
you didn’t intend to grab, select the around with colors. You can
Indicate Background tool (brush with also tweak the Saturation
minus sign) from the Options Bar and Lightness. When you’re
and mark areas you don’t want (they happy with the results, click
appear blue by default). You may OK, and save your newly
have to go back and forth between recolored image.
the Indicate Background and Indicate
Foreground tools to get everything The Indicate Background If only it were this
right. (Indicate Foreground is the tool excluded all of the easy to paint a
brush you used in the previous step.) black areas from our door. door in real life.
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64 HOW TO
fix pics with Photoshop Elements 4
New Technique:
Create a Composite
It’s not likely that you’re going to take your cat with you on your European vacation; but if you want to see what le chat would look
like in front of la Tour Eiffel, you can—the pros call it compositing.
1 2
Extract the Image Fix Your Selection
Open the image containing the object you wish to extract. Once Elements extracts your object, you’ll likely have to do
Here, we’re going to move this cat we found in Rome some touch-ups. In the same Magic Extractor dialog, use
to another locale. Go to Image > Magic Extractor, select the the Add To Selection tool (brush with dotted circle) and move your
Foreground Brush Tool (the icon looks like a marker with a plus brush over any parts of your object that Elements missed. Use the
sign), and start clicking within the area you want to extract (aka Remove From Selection tool (eraser with dotted circle) to erase any
the cat). When you’re done, switch to the Background Brush Tool excess gunk that you don’t want in your picture. For more-precise
(marker with minus sign) and click the areas you want to exclude. control, adjust the Brush Size. When you’re done, click Defringe to
Click Preview, and wait while Elements generates the extraction. minimize the fringing effect you get between the background and
foreground. Click OK to produce your extracted object.
The red marks show the area you want to extract; the blue is what You’ll have to use the Add To Selection and Remove From Selection
you want to exclude. tools to tweak your object.
3 4
Add Your Object Add Details
Now it’s time to move your cat to its new home. Select Our Roman cat looks a little out of place here in Scotland,
your object (Command-A), and copy it to the clipboard so we’re going to add a shadow. To do that, copy and paste
(Command-C). Open the image you want to use for your new another version of your object into the picture, scale it to about the
background (in our case, an old church in Scotland), and paste size of the original (or slightly smaller), and click the checkmark
in the object (Command-V). Use the Move Tool (pointer with in the Options Bar to accept it. Go to the Hue/Saturation dialog
cross arrows) to position your object where you want it, making (Enhance > Adjust Color > Adjust Hue/Saturation) and move the
sure that Auto Lightness slider to the
Select Layer and left until your object
Show Bounding becomes a shadow of
Box are checked in its former self. Next,
the Options Bar. To select Filter > Blur >
scale the object, Gaussian Blur, and
press Shift while play around with the
adjusting the size of Radius setting until
the bounding box. your shadow looks
Click the checkmark realistic. Finally,
in the Options Bar using the angles of
when you’re happy the other shadows
with your object’s in your picture as
size and position. reference, move your
shadow into position.
Once you paste
your object in By tweaking the
place, you’ll Lightness settings and
have to scale it adding a blur, you can
to the right size. create a shadow.
Cathy Lu is a former MacAddict editor and now a freelance writer living in Seattle.
64 June 2006 She likes to make all her pictures look sunny to compensate for the weather.
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veryone knows how scratch-prone iPods are—nanos end times
in particular. The solution: Encase your precious ’Pod arrive, at
in 8mil-thick polypropylethylene—aka 3M Scotchgard least your
Paint Protection Film. Got more cash than free time? iPod will
You can buy a similar invisibleShield, custom cut for any iPod, survive.
from ShieldZone ($19.95 to $24.95, www
ON THE .shieldzone.com). But if you follow our This how-to involves intentionally applying water
DISC directions, you’ll have enough material (and and harsh abrasives to the surface of your iPod—so
do we need to tell you to be very, very careful? Well,
iPod nano template know-how) to protect your cell phone, PDA, we’re gonna anyway: Be very, very careful.
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PSP, and other scratchables.
1 2
Get the Goods Trim the Template
Shortly after we tried (and fell in love with) ShieldZone’s Grab our nano template (from the Disc or www.macaddict
invisibleShield, we figured there must be a way to make .com/podplate), open it in Preview (/Applications), and
our own—for other iPods, digital-camera LCDs, our Treo, PSP, and print it on plain 8.5-by-11-inch paper (in the Print dialog, uncheck
even the car. (People use thicker grades of Scotchgard to protect Scale To Fit if you need to). Cut along the outer lines to trim the
their fancy sports cars and even helicopter blades.) We tracked template, then trace the pattern onto the Scotchgard with a ball-
down one vendor who sells 3M’s Paint Protection Film in as small point pen. Lay the Scotchgard on a phone book or other surface
as 1-by-1-foot pieces, enough to cover any iPod twice if you’re that you can cut into and use a new X-Acto blade to carefully cut
careful. Order at least a foot of X-PEL’s 12-inches-wide 8mil Paint the pattern out of the Scotchgard. Take your time and use a ruler
Protection Film ($6.50 per foot, www.xpel.com/products/bulk or other hard edge for a guide on the straight cuts; we found it
.asp). You may want to get more for your friends’ iPods, your car, nearly impossible to cut a smooth circle around the clickwheel
your little brother, or anything else you want to encapsulate. and made a series of little cuts instead—lots of little cuts.
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HOW TO
67
Clean a Severely
3
Scrub a Dub, Redub
Scratched iPod
Thoroughly clean the iPod with a microfiber cloth,
chamois, or other soft cloth. Stash the iPod somewhere
clean while you prepare a solution of 1/2 cup of water and three
drops of liquid dishwashing soap. Now thoroughly wash your by Niko Coucouvanis
hands—if you’re a mechanic or gardener, use a scrub brush to
get all the gunk out of your WHAT YOU NEED
fingerprints. Scotchgard
can suck grime out of the Badly scratched iPod
cleanest-looking fingers, Brasso ($4.29, www
so wash again—and still be .amazon.com)
careful handling the film.
U
Clean your ’Pod first, then nless your iPod is still
wash your hands—twice. in its box, it’s probably
got a scratch or 12
4
Slap It On, Jack that you’d rather not preserve
Wet your fingertips in the soapy water and carefully forever beneath Scotchgard. We Brasso-buffed the heck
peel the backing off of the cut film—try to keep your Several companies sell acrylic out of this scratched iPod
fingers off the sticky side, and avoid stretching the film. Dip the polish and scratch removers with excellent results.
entire piece in the soapy water and hold it up for a moment to specifically for iPods, but to
let excess water drip off while you ponder this Zen riddle: More remove really (really) bad scratches, you’ll need to step up to
water makes positioning the film easier, but also increases the an industrial-strength solution: Brasso brass polisher. Most of
risk of water damage inside the iPod. If you fear some water got the acrylic de-scratchers fill in scratches with a clear compound,
in, let the iPod sit for a day to dry out before you turn it on. With but Brasso actually grinds down the iPod’s surface to remove
minimal soapy water between the film and the iPod, you can scratches. Needless to say, use extreme caution.
easily slide the film around and position it just right. Inspect all
1
of the covered surfaces for air bubbles, and use your thumbs A Little Dab’ll Do Ya
to press excess water toward the edges—this will help affix the Use a super-soft cloth, such as one that came with your
film in place before you apply the credit-card squeegee, which eyeglasses or camera lens; we found several sizes of
tends to grab and move the film if it’s too wet. Once the film chamois ($5.44 to $24.99) and even a microfiber cloth ($4.99)
sticks tightly enough to the iPod that you can’t slide it out of at our local Kragen Auto store. Whatever you do, don’t use a
place using your thumb, use a credit card to squeegee out the paper towel or T-shirt. Fold the cloth over on itself a couple
remaining water—use firm, even pressure, and squeegeeistically of times for padding, and smear a small amount of Brasso
scrape out toward the film’s on the cloth. Rub the iPod in a circular
edges. Finally, massage the motion using extremely light pressure.
covering a little more with We rubbed our most beat-up iPod for
your thumbs to smooth out well over an hour before the scratches
any remaining unevenness. disappeared. Try to keep Brasso out of
the gaps around the clickwheel, dock
Do your best to keep water connector, and headphone orifices.
out of your clickwheel,
dock, and earbud ports. Tip: Take little dabs from a spoonful of Brasso.
5 2
Abort! Abort! Buff ’Er? I Barely Know ’Er!
Air bubbles (and finger grime) are the bane of When you think the scratches might be gone, stop
Scotchgard. If you don’t remove an air bubble before rubbing—you can always apply more Brasso if scratches
the water dries, you’ll never get it out. If you see an air bubble, remain. Use a clean part of the rubbing cloth to wipe off any
get a drop of water under the film if you can, and gently peel the Brasso residue, and then use another clean part of the cloth
film back (careful not to stretch it!), drip on some more water, to further buff the iPod without abrasion. If you’re patient, the
and reapply the film. If you discover an air bubble after the film results can be quite impressive. More
dries, try poking it with the importantly, if you’re not patient, and you
tip of your X-Acto blade to stop too soon or don’t completely buff
release the trapped air, then off the Brasso, your iPod might come out
flatten the busted bubble looking worse than when you started. We
with your thumb. warned ya.
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68 HOW TO
use iWeb with your own Web host
O
h, iWeb: How we hate to love ye. Apple’s visual Web-design tool has its
limitations, especially if you don’t host your site on Apple’s .Mac servers.
But we know some tricks that make iWeb usable with your garden-variety
hosted Web space, and because we like you, we’re sharing.
1 2
Screw You, .Mac, I’m Going Home Sync or Swim
The first step’s a gimme: After creating your site in iWeb, The next time you update your site in iWeb and publish
select File > Publish To A Folder; in the resulting dialog, it to a folder on your Mac, launch Cyberduck, connect
create a new folder called iwebber, and click Save. Afer that, to your host, click the remote iwebber directory in Cyberduck,
uploading an iWeb site to your Web host is simple: Just launch select File > Synchronize, and then select your local iwebber
Cyberduck (any FTP client will do, but Cyberduck’s syncing folder. The best syncing method, Mirror Files, compares the
utility comes in handy in step 2), connect to your Web host’s modification dates on local and remote files and replaces
FTP server (if whichever is older. But iWeb updates every file’s modification
you don’t know date on each publish, so Mirror Files wastefully uploads the
how, check with entire site every time. Upload Files Missing On The Remote
your ISP), and Server is more efficient, but you’ll have to remember to manually
drag your site upload dependant files such as
folder (iwebber) the blog index, or sync only your
from the Finder Blogs folders, for example, when
into Cyberduck’s you publish a new blog post.
browser. If doing
this chokes the If you have bandwidth to burn,
’duck, then skip Mirror Files re-uploads the
ahead to step 3. Quack, quack, quack! We don’t need .Mac! whole burrito.
3 4
Spatial Cases RSS Interruptus
Another dirty little iWeb secret is that pages or folders iWeb automatically creates an RSS feed and places a
with a space or other nonstandard character (#%@&*?!) Subscribe To RSS link on your blog pages, but the link
in the name work fine on .Mac sites, but the special-character won’t work on non-.Mac servers unless you follow two rules.
encoding (%20 in place of a space, for example) monkey- First, keep your site files in a subdirectory (such as iwebber)
wrenches many servers. Avoid this mix-up by removing spaces rather than in your main Web directory. Second, iWeb refers to
or odd characters from all of your page names in iWeb’s Site your site as Site (internally and in the Site Organizer) by default.
Organizer; click a page’s name, press Return to make the name You’re free to change the site name at any time by clicking the
how to add a hit counter—those are so 1998.
Sorry, but Niko Coucouvanis refuses to show you
editable, and then get crafty with interCaps and under_scores. site name in iWeb’s Site Organizer, pressing Return, and typing
The nav links will a new name. When you publish the site, iWeb will use your site’s
update to match name in the directory structure, so use a name like iwebber
your new naming. (short and free of spaces), and include it when iWeb’s Publish
The same naming dialog tells you to
rules apply to enter your site’s URL,
image files, so like so: http://www
check the titles .coucouvanis.com/
of any images iwebber.
you plan on using
before you place Correctly naming your
them on your .Mac can handle spaces and nonstandard site ensures that the
iWeb page. characters, but your server probably can’t. RSS feed will work.
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