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Play More Movies in Quicktime with Perian 2006-10-02 01:38:56 "Perian is a swiss-army knife for Quicktime" Perian supports many movie formats beyond the typical Quicktime .mov files in Quicktime Player. Perian will allow me to watch Divx, XviD, FLV, AVI and more right in Quicktime Player.
It's easy and it's free, go and do it.
Firewire Target Disk Mode 2006-09-05 17:51:50 In the catastrophic event of a Hard Drive failure or OS X crashes, I boot up my Mac in Target
Disk Mode. If I want to Migrate my data from one Mac to another, I need to use this method. Sometimes I even share files over my firewire cable with friends. If I have an older G3 that does not have a DVD drive, I can use Target Disk Mode to install Tiger OS X 10.4. Read more:Firewire
Create Visuals with NodeBox! (Part 2: Crash Course) 2007-05-17 01:01:45 In Part 2 of "Create Visuals
with NodeBox!" we will explore the interface and give examples of correct syntax when dealing with common Python commands, for loops, variables, and templates. This post is a crash course in programming 2D visuals with NodeBox, perfect for the aspiring artist or Mac tinkerer who wants to play with the powerful graphical capabilities of an Apple computer... Read more:Crash Course
Gmail on a Mac 2007-05-21 15:00:40 Anyone else who uses Gmail
on a Mac is probably annoyed by one aspect of it. Whenever I click on an email on a website, Mail tries to open and makes a blank email composition for me to write. There are some fixes for this problem out there if I use Firefox. Mail is an elegant application, isn't it? I can hook up my Gmail address to Mail, but I lose half the functionality that makes Gmail so brilliant! Gmail and Mac weren't friends until now...
Wake Up with Aurora Alarm 2007-05-30 07:42:46 I am a college student and my schedule varies everyday. I am often forgetful to even set an alarm or sometimes I mess up the time. I usually set alarms in iCal, but have found there is too much room for error... Read more:Aurora
Go Crazy With Photo Booth 2007-06-09 09:58:58 By now almost every Mac user has played around with PhotoBooth
. It is so easy to get caught up in a photo session with friends making funny faces and cool poses. If we look into Photo Booth a tad further, we can find many more alternative uses for it... Read more:Crazy
AppleScript 101: Open 3 Applications At Once! 2007-06-08 01:54:36 Sometimes I find myself opening the same four Applications
when I turn on my Mac. It is so easy to automate this by writing some very simple code anyone with a computer can understand. This post shows me how to automate opening 4 applications at once with AppleScript...
OS X Leopard Features Announced! 2007-06-12 14:18:49 Phrases like "Conquer Time and Spaces" and "Hello Tomorrow" graced the Apple.com website yesterday as Steve Jobs finally showed the World all the new features in OS X Leopard
at WWDC 2007 in San Francisco...
Diagnose and Treat My Mac with AppleJack 2007-06-18 22:32:17 Recently my Macs have been acting up. Maybe its the change of season, all the pollen in the air. Perhaps my anxieties rub off on these machines. My MacBook Pro won't burn discs, my G5 has video glitches. AppleJack to the rescue... Read more:Diagnose
Should I Buy an iPhone? 2007-07-14 10:30:36 I've been thinking about purchasing an iPhone
for months now. This post contains some research I've done concerning the iPhone, so other prospective buyers can learn the truth behind the hype...
Kill Shadows and Improve Performance 2007-07-14 08:18:04 Since I started getting into applications that take up a lot of video processing power, I've found methods to cut out the little effects OS X does to show off. One of those effects I wanted to kill is the shadow behind the frontmost window... Read more:Shadows
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Mac Applications Every Mac User Should Have 2007-07-14 08:20:01 Check out this awesome listing of every App that should be on your Mac. This post is more a “reminder” for every Mac user and for me.
Here is a pot-pourri of the best Mac applications that you really have to have…
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Join iUseApple’s New Online Community! 2007-07-21 21:58:55 To celebrate the 100th blog post on iUseApple, I have created an online community for the blog. Now iUseApple readers can join an online community with other Mac users to discuss OS X tips and tricks, and the latest news coming from Apple, Inc.
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Clean Up Icons in the Finder 2007-07-20 08:30:48 Sometimes when I drag and drop files in Icon view to the Finder
, they end up looking like a messy bunch of files... Read more:Clean
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Apples and Astronomy 2007-07-26 09:04:45 Do you get excited whenever you have the chance to peer into the heavens through a telescope? Imagine peering into the universe virtually on your Mac! There are plenty of Astronomy
Applications out there for OS X, since the academic scientific community often uses Macs for their research. In this post, I will cover the most popular Applications the beginners and professionals use on a daily basis for astronomical viewing... Read more:Apples
Create Digital Art with Max/MSP & Jitter 2007-07-30 10:00:32 Max/MSP is a graphical environment for music, audio, and multimedia. Learn more about Max at iUseApple.com... Read more:Digital
Uninstall Applications with AppCleaner 2007-08-04 09:59:54 I can end up leaving huge files all over my Mac when it comes time to uninstall an Application. I don't know everywhere an Application puts files and folders when it installs. There are a few Uninstall
ers out there, that seek out everything to do with an Application and erase it from my hard drive. Sometimes it is hard to believe Apple forgot such a utility... Read more:Applications
Address Book is Essential For Contact Information 2007-08-07 09:59:02 Address Book is an Application that comes with your Mac. Each entry you make into Address Book will then be available in every Mac Application that supports it, which is all of them: Mail, iChat, iWork even iCal. Address Book can then be synced with your cell phone, PDA, or online Mail service like GMail. It is extremely easy to get started with Address Book... Read more:Address
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Top Ten Apple Mac OS X Blogs 2007-08-14 13:48:06 Sometimes readers ask where I learn about Mac OS X Tips and Tricks, so I figured I'd share what I consider to be the top Apple
OS X news and tips blogs out there on the world wide web...
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Leopard’s Movies Widget for Tiger 2007-08-19 15:16:51 Do you want to be ahead of the curve? Hedi over at MacAmour.com has figured out how to install the Leopard
Movie Widget in OS X in 10.4 Tiger! This widget is extremely useful if you want to find movie times, watch trailers, or even purchase movie tickets at your local theater!
The Habits of A Leopard: Prepare for OS X 10.5 in Tiger 2007-08-19 22:58:23 Since Apple has taken the time to make some changes in OS X Leopard
that reflect our workflow habits, I have prepared some smart tips for anyone using Tiger so the transition will be smoother. The tips in this post will help you give Tiger the look and feel of Leopard.
Leopard Welcome Screen Leaked! 2007-08-26 21:56:40 Looks like somebody leaked the new Welcome
Video for Leopard
OS X 10.5. This will be the video you see when you first install Leopard on a Mac. It shows off the new Core Animation features in Leopard and looks much more sophisticated than the Tiger Welcome Screen.
Hopefully Apple will release Leopard on time. I [...]
Call for Writers! 2007-09-25 03:00:56 iUseApple.com is looking for writers who want to teach others about their experiences using Apple computers. This means you could become a writer for iUseApple! Always showing your friends cool tips and tricks? Now you can show people all over the world what you know. Every writer will be given full credit for their material, admin privileges, a bio page, links to their websites and publications, and email. Read more:Writers
Already Buy an iPhone? Get $100 Store Credit! 2007-09-06 16:48:16 After facing many complaints over the $200 price cut for the iPhone
announced on September 5, Steve Jobs has issued a letter telling customers that if you already bought an iPhone, you get $100 credit at the Apple Store
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