MacAddict Guide to Living the iLife, '05 edition
Published on 12. August 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7897-3409-9 (ISBN)
Description
Macs today come "fully loaded," but unlike your typical fully loaded automobile, Macs do not come with detailed instruction manuals. Instead, the user is often left to fend for him or herself as they try to sort through all that powerful and mysterious software. On the surface, these programs are relatively easy-to-use, but it is what lies beneath the surface that makes them most useful. MacAddict Guide to Living the iLife, Second Edition is your way to take control of this unfortunate situation. Through the use of visual aids and projects, you will be guided through each application's basic features before moving on to the hidden features and time-saving shortcuts. Get inside such topics as:
iTunes
Garage Band
iPhoto
iMovie and iDVD
iChat
The dashboard, address book and Sherlock
iApps that you didn't even know you had
You'll also explore the Utilities folder as you learn which applications can help you, which ones you should leave alone and which one is the portal to a host of old-school games that you may otherwise have never known existed. MacAddict Guide to Living the iLife will help you and your Mac live the good life.
iTunes
Garage Band
iPhoto
iMovie and iDVD
iChat
The dashboard, address book and Sherlock
iApps that you didn't even know you had
You'll also explore the Utilities folder as you learn which applications can help you, which ones you should leave alone and which one is the portal to a host of old-school games that you may otherwise have never known existed. MacAddict Guide to Living the iLife will help you and your Mac live the good life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7897-3409-9 (9780789734099)
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Shelly Brisbin has written about technology for 16 years. Her specialties include the Macintosh, networking and the Internet. She is the author of more than ten books and has also written hundreds of articles for magazines. Her most recent day job was Managing Editor/Technology at Powered Inc. in Austin, Texas. MacAddict is the ultimate hands-on guide to everything Macintosh. Its mission is to provide the reader with the most comprehensive range of information possible, from upgrading to troubleshooting to customizing a Macintosh desktop.
Content
Introduction.
I. THE IAPPS THAT START WITH "I".
1. iTunes.
Bring Music into iTunes
Play First
Adding Music to the Library
Internet Radio
Organizing Your Music
Building Playlists
Party Shuffle
Exporting Playlists
Music Ratings
Time-Shifting
Searching and Browsing
Changing Track Information
A Peek into the Music Folder
Burn Discs
Choose Content
Get Ready to Burn
Printing CD Case Labels
iTunes to the Max
Pump Up Playback with Sound Effects
Optimizing Encoded Sound Quality
The Visual Side of iTunes
AppleScript and iTunes
Sharing Music
Share Your Playlists with the World
2. GarageBand.
Get to Know GarageBand
The Quick Tour: We're with the Band
Keyboard Shortcuts
Introduction to Tracks
Start a Project
Loops
Recording Software Instruments
Recording Real Instruments
Multitrack Recording
Tracks and the Timeline
Groovin' in the Timeline
Editing Tracks
Mixing
Mixing Controls
Volume Curves
Timing and Velocity Tweaks
Timing and Tuning
Effects
Using the Master Track
A Lean, Mean Mix
Sharing Songs and Parts of Songs
Importing Music: It's a Drag
Turbocharge GarageBand
Apple Loops
Community
3. iPhoto.
Starting Up iPhoto
Importing Photos
Importing from a Digital Camera
Import from a Card Reader
Import Selected Photos
Import from Your Hard Drive or a CD
Photo Triage
Adding Information About Photos
Names, Dates, and Comments
Tagging Multiple Photos
Keywords
Photo Info
View Your Handiwork
Organize Your Photos
Albums
Smart Albums
Date-Based Albums
Film Rolls
Folders
Customized Views
Arranging Photos
Photo Editing
Customize the Editing Environment
Basic Editing Tools
The Editing Dashboard
Sharing and Displaying Photos
Slideshows
Printing Photos
Ordering Prints
Emailing Photos
Web Pages and Slides with .Mac
Burning CDs and DVDs
Exporting Photos
Network Photo Sharing
4. iMovie.
Getting Ready to Make a Movie
Projects
Connecting Your Camera
Magic Movie
Importing and Scene Detection
Video Formats
Editing Clips
Nondestructive Editing
Trimming a Clip
Cropping
Splitting
Direct Trimming
More on Moving Clips Around
Transitions, Effects, and Titles
Transitions
Video Effects
Pile on the Plug-Ins
Titles
Sound and Music
Import from iTunes
Import from a CD
Import Sound Effects
Narrating Your Movie
Editing Audio Clips
Working with Still Images
Importing Photos
The Ken Burns Effect
Creating Stills from Your Movie
Sharing and Exporting Movies
Compression: Web, Email, and Direct to QuickTime
Export to Tape or iDVD
5. iDVD.
Prepare to Work in iDVD
Create and Save a Project
Starting iDVD
OneStep DVD
Building Your DVD Project
Encoding
Choose a Theme
Editing Text
Adding Movies and Photos to the Menu
Slideshows
Adding Submenus
Transitions
The Map
Customizing Themes
Editing Menu Backgrounds
Adding or Editing Audio
Editing Buttons
Saving Favorite Themes
Archiving and Burning DVDs
Archiving a Project
Burn a Disc
6. iChat AV.
Getting an iChat Account
Chat the .Mac Way
AIM Free for All
Basic Accounting
Using Multiple Accounts
Find Some Buddies
Customize the iChat Experience
Custom Text
Chat Status
Get Some Buddy Icons
Buddy Actions and Alerts
Text Chat
Editing, Spell-Checking, and Emoticons
Group Chats
Sending Images and Files
Audio and Video Chat
Speak Your Mind
See and Be Seen with iSight or a DV Camera
Video Setup
Multiparty AV Chats
Bonjour Mon Ami
7. iCal.
Getting Started with iCal
Understanding Calendars
Importing Information
iCal with a View
Calendars and Events
Editing Events
Customizing the Event View
To-Do Lists
Printing and Exporting Calendars
Printing
Exporting Calendars and Events
Searching in iCal
Sharing Calendars
Subscribing to Shared Calendars
Publishing Your Calendar
Synchronizing Your Calendars
8. iSync.
Syncing Options
Sync Your Mac to an iPod
Sync Your Mac to a Palm PDA
Sync Your Mac to a Cell Phone
Sync to Pocket PC And Other Devices
II. THE IAPPS THAT DON'T START WITH "I".
9. Address Book.
Entering and Importing Addresses
Adding Contacts
Importing Contacts
Working with Groups
Smart Groups
Using Address Book
Finding Contacts
Address Book and Email
More Connections
Directories
Printing Address Information
Sharing Your Contacts the .Mac Way
Address Syncing
10. Mail.
Setting Up Mail
Adding Mail Accounts
Importing Mail
Tweaking Account Setup
Sending and Receiving Mail
Addressing Mail
Email Stylin'
Spell Checking
Signatures
Reading and Viewing Mail
Replying to Mail
Working with Attachments
Managing Mail
Search
Mailboxes
Special Mailboxes
Consolidate Mailboxes
Making Your Own Mailboxes
Smart Mailboxes
Setting Up Rules
Dealing with Spam
11. Safari.
Setup and Browsing
The Safari Window
Setting Browser Window Preferences
Just Browsing
Bookmarks
Organizing Bookmarks
Importing and Synchronizing Bookmarks
Bookmark Search
Feed Yourself with RSS
Understanding RSS Feeds
Finding and Using Feeds
Your Personal Clipping Service
Web Searches
Archiving Web Pages
AutoFill
Cookies, Security, and Other Black Arts
Privacy Protector
12. Sherlock.
Meet Sherlock
Searching with Sherlock
Internet
Pictures
Stocks
Movies
Phone Book
eBay
Flights
Dictionary
Translation
AppleCare
Customizing Sherlock
Customizing the Toolbar and Menus
Adding More Channels
13. Font Book.
Fonts in OS X
Font Book Overview
Collections
Previewing Fonts
Installing Fonts
Resolving Conflicts
Using Fonts
Character Palette
14. Preview.
Preview and PDF
Document Viewing
Navigating Multipage Documents
Copying Content from a PDF
Searching
PDF Preferences
Preview and Image Files
Converting and Exporting Images
PostScript Files
Associating with Preview
15. Automator.
Meet Automator
Actions
Workflow
Build Your Own Workflow
Show Action When Run
Using Your Workflow
Resources for Automators
Men (and Women) of Action
Resources for Action Heroes
16. Unix and the Terminal.
Unix Under the Hood
The Unix Shell
Time Out for Syntax
Understanding Commands and Their Parts
More Basic Commands
man Pages
Unix and Aqua Together
sudo Control
The Power of Unix
Text Editors
Internet Tools
Apache Web Server
Working with the Terminal
Preferences
Terminal and the Keyboard
17. The Little Guys.
Calculator
Chess
Dashboard
Dictionary
DVD Player
Image Capture
Internet Connect
QuickTime Player
Stickies
TextEdit
A. The iApps You Don't Know You Have.
Activity Monitor
AirPort Admin Utility
AirPort Setup Assistant
Audio MIDI Setup
Bluetooth File Exchange
Sync Utility
Console
Digital Meter
Directory Access
Disk Utility
Grab
Grapher
Keychain Access
Migration Assistant
NetInfo Manager
Network Utility
ODBC Administrator
Printer Setup Utility
System Profiler
VoiceOver Utility
Index.
I. THE IAPPS THAT START WITH "I".
1. iTunes.
Bring Music into iTunes
Play First
Adding Music to the Library
Internet Radio
Organizing Your Music
Building Playlists
Party Shuffle
Exporting Playlists
Music Ratings
Time-Shifting
Searching and Browsing
Changing Track Information
A Peek into the Music Folder
Burn Discs
Choose Content
Get Ready to Burn
Printing CD Case Labels
iTunes to the Max
Pump Up Playback with Sound Effects
Optimizing Encoded Sound Quality
The Visual Side of iTunes
AppleScript and iTunes
Sharing Music
Share Your Playlists with the World
2. GarageBand.
Get to Know GarageBand
The Quick Tour: We're with the Band
Keyboard Shortcuts
Introduction to Tracks
Start a Project
Loops
Recording Software Instruments
Recording Real Instruments
Multitrack Recording
Tracks and the Timeline
Groovin' in the Timeline
Editing Tracks
Mixing
Mixing Controls
Volume Curves
Timing and Velocity Tweaks
Timing and Tuning
Effects
Using the Master Track
A Lean, Mean Mix
Sharing Songs and Parts of Songs
Importing Music: It's a Drag
Turbocharge GarageBand
Apple Loops
Community
3. iPhoto.
Starting Up iPhoto
Importing Photos
Importing from a Digital Camera
Import from a Card Reader
Import Selected Photos
Import from Your Hard Drive or a CD
Photo Triage
Adding Information About Photos
Names, Dates, and Comments
Tagging Multiple Photos
Keywords
Photo Info
View Your Handiwork
Organize Your Photos
Albums
Smart Albums
Date-Based Albums
Film Rolls
Folders
Customized Views
Arranging Photos
Photo Editing
Customize the Editing Environment
Basic Editing Tools
The Editing Dashboard
Sharing and Displaying Photos
Slideshows
Printing Photos
Ordering Prints
Emailing Photos
Web Pages and Slides with .Mac
Burning CDs and DVDs
Exporting Photos
Network Photo Sharing
4. iMovie.
Getting Ready to Make a Movie
Projects
Connecting Your Camera
Magic Movie
Importing and Scene Detection
Video Formats
Editing Clips
Nondestructive Editing
Trimming a Clip
Cropping
Splitting
Direct Trimming
More on Moving Clips Around
Transitions, Effects, and Titles
Transitions
Video Effects
Pile on the Plug-Ins
Titles
Sound and Music
Import from iTunes
Import from a CD
Import Sound Effects
Narrating Your Movie
Editing Audio Clips
Working with Still Images
Importing Photos
The Ken Burns Effect
Creating Stills from Your Movie
Sharing and Exporting Movies
Compression: Web, Email, and Direct to QuickTime
Export to Tape or iDVD
5. iDVD.
Prepare to Work in iDVD
Create and Save a Project
Starting iDVD
OneStep DVD
Building Your DVD Project
Encoding
Choose a Theme
Editing Text
Adding Movies and Photos to the Menu
Slideshows
Adding Submenus
Transitions
The Map
Customizing Themes
Editing Menu Backgrounds
Adding or Editing Audio
Editing Buttons
Saving Favorite Themes
Archiving and Burning DVDs
Archiving a Project
Burn a Disc
6. iChat AV.
Getting an iChat Account
Chat the .Mac Way
AIM Free for All
Basic Accounting
Using Multiple Accounts
Find Some Buddies
Customize the iChat Experience
Custom Text
Chat Status
Get Some Buddy Icons
Buddy Actions and Alerts
Text Chat
Editing, Spell-Checking, and Emoticons
Group Chats
Sending Images and Files
Audio and Video Chat
Speak Your Mind
See and Be Seen with iSight or a DV Camera
Video Setup
Multiparty AV Chats
Bonjour Mon Ami
7. iCal.
Getting Started with iCal
Understanding Calendars
Importing Information
iCal with a View
Calendars and Events
Editing Events
Customizing the Event View
To-Do Lists
Printing and Exporting Calendars
Printing
Exporting Calendars and Events
Searching in iCal
Sharing Calendars
Subscribing to Shared Calendars
Publishing Your Calendar
Synchronizing Your Calendars
8. iSync.
Syncing Options
Sync Your Mac to an iPod
Sync Your Mac to a Palm PDA
Sync Your Mac to a Cell Phone
Sync to Pocket PC And Other Devices
II. THE IAPPS THAT DON'T START WITH "I".
9. Address Book.
Entering and Importing Addresses
Adding Contacts
Importing Contacts
Working with Groups
Smart Groups
Using Address Book
Finding Contacts
Address Book and Email
More Connections
Directories
Printing Address Information
Sharing Your Contacts the .Mac Way
Address Syncing
10. Mail.
Setting Up Mail
Adding Mail Accounts
Importing Mail
Tweaking Account Setup
Sending and Receiving Mail
Addressing Mail
Email Stylin'
Spell Checking
Signatures
Reading and Viewing Mail
Replying to Mail
Working with Attachments
Managing Mail
Search
Mailboxes
Special Mailboxes
Consolidate Mailboxes
Making Your Own Mailboxes
Smart Mailboxes
Setting Up Rules
Dealing with Spam
11. Safari.
Setup and Browsing
The Safari Window
Setting Browser Window Preferences
Just Browsing
Bookmarks
Organizing Bookmarks
Importing and Synchronizing Bookmarks
Bookmark Search
Feed Yourself with RSS
Understanding RSS Feeds
Finding and Using Feeds
Your Personal Clipping Service
Web Searches
Archiving Web Pages
AutoFill
Cookies, Security, and Other Black Arts
Privacy Protector
12. Sherlock.
Meet Sherlock
Searching with Sherlock
Internet
Pictures
Stocks
Movies
Phone Book
eBay
Flights
Dictionary
Translation
AppleCare
Customizing Sherlock
Customizing the Toolbar and Menus
Adding More Channels
13. Font Book.
Fonts in OS X
Font Book Overview
Collections
Previewing Fonts
Installing Fonts
Resolving Conflicts
Using Fonts
Character Palette
14. Preview.
Preview and PDF
Document Viewing
Navigating Multipage Documents
Copying Content from a PDF
Searching
PDF Preferences
Preview and Image Files
Converting and Exporting Images
PostScript Files
Associating with Preview
15. Automator.
Meet Automator
Actions
Workflow
Build Your Own Workflow
Show Action When Run
Using Your Workflow
Resources for Automators
Men (and Women) of Action
Resources for Action Heroes
16. Unix and the Terminal.
Unix Under the Hood
The Unix Shell
Time Out for Syntax
Understanding Commands and Their Parts
More Basic Commands
man Pages
Unix and Aqua Together
sudo Control
The Power of Unix
Text Editors
Internet Tools
Apache Web Server
Working with the Terminal
Preferences
Terminal and the Keyboard
17. The Little Guys.
Calculator
Chess
Dashboard
Dictionary
DVD Player
Image Capture
Internet Connect
QuickTime Player
Stickies
TextEdit
A. The iApps You Don't Know You Have.
Activity Monitor
AirPort Admin Utility
AirPort Setup Assistant
Audio MIDI Setup
Bluetooth File Exchange
Sync Utility
Console
Digital Meter
Directory Access
Disk Utility
Grab
Grapher
Keychain Access
Migration Assistant
NetInfo Manager
Network Utility
ODBC Administrator
Printer Setup Utility
System Profiler
VoiceOver Utility
Index.