A lot happened in the Mac world this week!

New iMacs launched, new Mac Pros and Apple Cinema displays announced, as well as a brand new input device - The Apple Magic Trackpad. As well as these announcements, Apple also released Safari 5.0.1 which included the launch of the new official Safari Extensions Gallery. So time for a Mac Montage I think!

This week's show covers a first look at the new Apple Magic Trackpad and some of the new enhanced gestures, not just for the trackpad but also for Apple laptops with multitouch enabled. I also take a look at some third party software that allows you to use the new trackpad for signing electronic documents.

With the introduction of the official Safari Extensions Gallery, Apple have made available many new extensions that install within Safari with a single click.

I take a look at installing and using two new extensions - Twitter for Safari and Coda Notes (A great way to annotate and send markups of live websites).

I also take a look at one of the most useful Mac troubleshooting tools - AppleJack. This is a low level suite of applications that allow you to repair your Mac, even in the event of your Mac being unable to load the GUI. Install in advance and when needed, just boot your Mac into single user mode and run AppleJack. This section takes you through the installation and running of AppleJack in auto pilot.


Finally, an extended wrap up section where I explain some of the issues with the new MobileMe CAlendar beta and BusyCal, along with the promised review of the recent ScreenCastsOnline survey on including iPad and iPhone content on the show.

In detail the show covers:

• Magic Trackpad
• Autograph for Magic Trackpad
• Safari Extensions
• Twitter Extension for Safari
• Coda Notes Extension
• AppleJack
• Wrap Up & Questionnaire Results
• BusyCal & MobileMe Calendar Beta
• ScreenCastsOnline Questionnaire

Links:
MacFixit Article on AppleJack
MobileMe News - Calendar Beta
BusyCal Update

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As promised, here is the conclusion of the iOS 4 walkthrough. As I covered the majority of the new features in the previous show, this first part of this week's show is a round up of some of the minor new features that may have missed your radar together with a look at the new iBooks application. I cover:

• Using a Bluetooth Keyboard
• Spelling Checker
• Inserting Special Characters
• Drop Pin in Maps
• IBooks

In the second part of this week's show, I take a look at the groundbreaking iMovie app on the iPhone 4.

Everyone expected HD video capture on the iPhone 4, but no one expected a fully featured video editing application on the iPhone as well. This little app really is a masterstroke by Apple, not only in its execution, but turning the iPhone into a portable video editing machine, allowing people to easily and quickly create movies form the various video clips and stills they take with their iPhone.

How many times have you have taken lots of video clips on your iPhone 3GS, only to have them sync'd to their Mac and then forgotten about. Now you can spend a few minutes to assemble a great HD movie and share it with friends and family directly from the iPhone 4 itself.

Although iMovie for iPhone is simple to use, it's not really very intuitive, at least, not until you’ve been shown the basics. This section of the show does just that, taking you from soup to nuts in creating, editing and sharing movies from your iPhone 4.

In detail, this section covers:

• iMovie Themes
• iMovie User Interface
• Adding Clips to the Timeline
• Working with the Timeline
• Editing Clips
• Applying Clip Settings
• Editing Transitions
• Adding Still Images
• Exporting & Sharing Movies

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Another Mac only show this week, following on from last week with a look at some of the more fully featured tagging applications using the OpenMeta standard..

Tagging has long been used to advantage in many applications and web services, as a way to organise and retrieve data effectively and efficiently. A tag is simply a keyword that you can assign to a piece of information or object. The beauty of using tags is the complete flexibility it offers. Assign multiple tags to an object and you have complete control on how you structure your data for future use.

Freed from the shackles of a fixed "folder" hierarchy, never again do you have to waste time pondering “where shall I save this document?” in some convoluted directory structure. Just add the relevant tags to the file and let the speed and power of your Mac retrieve it for you instantly.

Ever wanted to "file" a document in two places at once? Well with tags, it's simply a matter of assigning multiple tags and the problem is solved.

Up until now, the only system wide option you had for tags was using keywords in the Spotlight comments field. It worked but was extremely limiting. There were no standards imposed and applications were not able to interact or share a common set of tags.

These limitations are now lifted by OpenMeta - an open sourced, simple, scalable metatdata system for OSX.

Rapidly becoming adopted as a standard method of handling and sharing tags system wide, many of the top Mac applications are now being updated to take advantage of the benefits of OpenMeta.

This week's show takes you through two applications that have embraced the OpenMeta standard of tagging - HoudaSpot v3 and Tags by GravityApps. In detail, this weeks show covers:

• Syncing OpenMeta Tags with Dropbox
• HoudaSpot V3
• Houdaspot Overview
• Tagging in HoudahSpot
• Tags Applicatication by GravityApps
• Tagging Webpages
• Tagging in the Finder
• Tagging Emails
• Tagging Contacts
• Tagging in iTunes
• Tagging in iPhoto
• Tagging in Applications
• Using the Tag Browser
• Searching using Tags Application

Links: OpenMeta Project Page Dropbox Forums, HoudahSpot v3, Tags

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Another Mac only show this week, and some useful information to help improve your productivity and speed up your workflow.

Tagging has long been used to advantage in many applications and web services, as a way to organise and retrieve data effectively and efficiently. A tag is simply a keyword that you can assign to a piece of information or object. The beauty of using tags is the complete flexibility it offers. Assign multiple tags to an object and you have complete control on how you structure your data for future use.

Freed from the shackles of a fixed "folder" hierarchy, never again do you have to waste time pondering “where shall I save this document?” in some convoluted directory structure. Just add the relevant tags to the file and let the speed and power of your Mac retrieve it for you instantly.

Ever wanted to "file" a document in two places at once? Well with tags, it's simply a matter of assigning multiple tags and the problem is solved.

Up until now, the only system wide option you had for tags was using keywords in the Spotlight comments field. It worked but was extremely limiting. There were no standards imposed and applications were not able to interact or share a common set of tags.

These limitations are now lifted by OpenMeta - an open sourced, simple, scalable metatdata system for OSX.

Rapidly becoming adopted as a standard method of handling and sharing tags system wide, many of the top Mac applications are now being updated to take advantage of the benefits of OpenMeta.

This week's show takes you through the basics of OpenMeta and introduces to the tools and techniques available to start organising your data properly. The show also introduces you to some applications now embracing OpenMeta, and gives you an insight of the potential power of this open source system. In detail, the show covers:

• OpenMeta Introduction
• How OpenMeta Works
• Creating OpenMeta Tags
• Using Tagit to assign Tags
• Using Tagger to assign Tags
• Using LaunchBar Instant Send
• Tagging Other Objects
• OpenMeta and MailTags
• Adding Tags at File Creation with Default Folder X
• Searching OpenMeta Tags with Launchbar

Links: OpenMeta Project Page Tagit Tagger Launchbar Mailtags Beta Default Folder X LaunchBar Forum Thread

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An iPad and iPhone 4 free show this week as promised.... well sort of!

Time for another Mac Montage episode where I cover a number of shorter hints and tips, along with software or utilities that may not warrant a complete show of their own.

This week I cover:

Remote Reboot via SSH Despite being an extremely stable platform, OS X does crash occasionally! More often than not, you may just lose keyboard or mouse control. The last thing anyone wants to do is do a hard reset of their machine, but if you have a second Mac handy (or even an SSH client on your iPhone or iPad), you can remotely access your Mac and do a controlled shutdown or reboot - much safer! This section shows you how to setup Remote Login on your mac and demonstrates how to connect via a second Mac.
Adding Media to iTunes 9: Yes, it’s pretty easy to add media into iTunes via drag and drop but did you know you have a folder on your Mac that will send media placed in it directly to your iTunes library? “Automatically Add To iTunes” was introduced with iTunes 9 and is proving to be a very useful technique for getting media into iTunes, either locally or by connecting from a second machine.
PDF Adder Script : With the advent of iBooks on both the iPad and iPhone, iTunes support for PDF now becomes very interesting. iTunes has had support for PDF for quite a while, but it’s mainly been overlooked. The support for PDFs within iBooks now makes PDF an attractive format for transferring any reading material between your Mac, you iPad and your iPhone. This section covers one of “Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes” that gives you control over the conversion and transfer of any document on your Mac into iTunes. There are three scripts in the suite: PDF Dropper - install a droplet on your Mac to simply drag PDFs onto and have them transferred into iTunes, with the added benefit of optionally editing the metadata during the transfer. Add PDF to iTunes via Print Dialog - This is a script that plugs into the standard OS X print dialog box. Any document that can be printed can now be converted to PDF, metadata updated and transferred directly to iTunes to be synchronised via iBooks to your mobile devices - very powerful! PDF Adder - An Applescript to install in your iTunes scripts library giving you access to transfer any PDF into iTunes from iTunes itself Links: Website
Divvy Window Management Utility: A neat utility to visually resize and move windows around your workspace. Really useful for arranging multiple windows without overlapping Links: Website

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How could I ignore iOS 4 this week? Add in the excitement of the iPhone 4 launch, and I had to cover it didn't I!

So this week's show is a walkthrough of some of the key features of iOS 4, not really to review them, but to help you make use of them.

In detail, the show covers:

Organising Apps with Folders - Folders are the smart new way to manage the hundreds (or even thousands) of apps we accumulate on our iPhones. I show you how to create, maintain and delete folders. both on the phone and using iTunes 9.2

Enhanced Spotlight Search - With the removal of the ever so handy double press of the Home button to drop you into the Spotlight search window. I show you a neat little trick to replicate this action. In addition, I look at Spotlight configuration and some new searches available to Spotlight.

Multitasking - This section starts off with a description of Apple's take on multitasking and how it differs from traditional multitasking. I also cover some of the types of apps that use Apples new specific background APIs.

Fast App Switching - Not multitasking in the truest sense but a great technique that Apple have adopted to allow developers to "freeze" and instantly restart their applications via iOS 4. This section shows you how to use this technique to switch rapidly between applications to increase you productivity. This section also hows you how to access, manage and even terminate Apps via the multitasking dock.

Email Enhancements in iOS 4 - One of the most highly anticipated features in the availability of a unified inbox. This section demonstrates how the unified inbox works and how you can now select which email address to use when replying or sending emails. Very handy!

Enhanced Calendar Support in iOS 4 - This weeks walkthrough finishes off with a look at some of the new calendar integration with iCal and GMail.

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Something for everyone in this weeks show as I cover the Mac, the iPhone and the iPad!

Can you believe it's almost 5 years since I first covered RSS - Really Simple Syndication on the very first ScreenCastsOnline show.

Things have moved on a long way since that first show, the core basics of RSS remain the same, but we have so many different tools and platforms on which to consume RSS feeds.

This show takes you through the basics of what RSS is and how it can help you in both your online and offline life.

I take a look at Google Reader, the de-facto standard RSS aggregator, along with my favourite tools fro reading RSS feeds on the iPhone and iPad. In detail, this weeks show covers:

• RSS Overview
• Viewing RSS in Safari 5 & Mail
• Viewing RSS Feeds in Apple Mail
• RSS with Enclosures
• Google Reader
• Feedburner
• NetNewsWire
• RSS Reading on the iPhone
• Mobile Google Reader
• Reeder on the iPhone
• Reeder on the iPad

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Just a short show this week.

A review of some of the new features in Safari 5 and a brief look at transferring ScreenCastsOnline tutorials to the iPad using GoodReader
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A mixture of Mac and iPad related goodness this week.

This week's show really demonstrates how Apple can create amazing hardware platforms that perform beautifully, and enhance the experience by developing software that brings it all together, a real tour de force on how Apple stuff just works!

Firstly, I take a look at the newly released iPad Camera Connection kit.

These are two"dongles" that connect to the iPad. One for USB devices and one for SD cards. These relatively inexpensive additions to the iPad enable it to capture images, movies and audio clips from a multitude of devices. Using the built in Software, the iPad is a great tool for capturing your media and displaying it on the iPad immediately.

As well as displaying your media, you can manage the images on your Camera or SD card, trim videos and create Multimedia slideshows, all without a Mac. The iPad becomes a media "aggregator" allowing you to clear your camera or SD card or more sensibly, becomes a backup of your digital assets when on the road.

The show demonstrates importing media from several devices including an iPhone, a point and shoot camera and a SD based camcorder.

As well as using your iPad to safely import your digital media, the show also takes a look at two applications demonstrating the potential of the iPad as a creative tool and not just a device for media consumption

PhotoGene: a digital image editor and

ReelDirector: A video editor for the iPad

Once you have your media safely stored on the iPad, the show also demonstrates a digital workflow, moving your images and video from the iPad, to a laptop and then to a desktop using Aperture libraries, along with a recommendation for automatically creating and synchronising pristine, unedited backups of all your digital media during import. There are also some pointers for iPhoto users.

Finishing off with a section on how to access your imported media via the standard Apple media browser (e.g. in iMovie) along with a quick demonstration of a free third party media browse - the iMedia Browser from Karelia software

In detail, the show covers:

• iPad Camera Connection Kit
• Importing from Canon Powershot G10
• Importing from iPhone 3GS
• Importing from Kodak Zi8
• Digital Editing on the iPad
• Photogene
• ReelDirector Video Editing
• Organising your Digital Workflow
• Importing into Aperture from iPad
• Syncing Backup Copies
• Importing into iPhoto from iPad
• Karelia iMedia Browser

Previous shows referencing Chronosync - SCO0209 - Managing Multiple Macs SCO0159 - Backup

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A slight departure for this week as I'm covering an application that's been out for a considerable time, in fact, one that might even be upgraded in the very near future!

The application is the word processor and page layout application from Apple - Pages’09.

Pages ’09 is part of the iWork ’09 suite of applications (packaged along with Keynote and Numbers) and is an essential purchase for any Mac user.

I've previously covered Pages before (SCO0049 - Basic Pages and SCO0142 - Pages ’08), but I can’t believe I’ve never covered the current version of the application, something I really needed to put right before the next version appears.

So in this week's show I cover some of the updated and enhanced features of Pages '09 such as:

• Introduction to Pages 09
• Full Screen View
• Styles, TOC & Outlining
• Paragraph Styles
• Creating a Table of Contents
• Dynamic Outlining
• Mail Merge
• Address Labels
• Citations & Formula Support
• Creating Citations
• Inserting a Formula

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Following on from last week's Mac Montage, there were a few other bits and pieces I needed to catch up on, so this week, it's another Mac Montage!

This week's show covers:

WideMail Un-Install: Although I've had zero problems with this mail plugin, some people have experienced some issues and wanted to uninstall the plugin. This section shows you how to uninstall WideMail correctly to avoid any issues, as well as a solution if you have uninstalled and hit problems. Links: Website
MobileMe Mail Beta: Apple have recently released a new version of their webmail service and unusually, are running it as a beta service. This section shows you how to sign up for the beta, reviews the new user interface, describes some of the new and improved features and shows you how to take advantage of the most significant new feature - server side rules.
TotalFinder: A new utility to add some extra functionality to the Finder in Snow Leopard. This new utility adds "chrome" like tabs to the standard Finder application, along with a dual pane mode. My favourite is the inclusion of Visor mode, the ability to have the Finder pop up from the bottom of the screen in a fixed pane mode - very cool! Links: Website
Enhanced AppleScript for Extracting Email Attachments: Following on from last weeks segment on using DropBox to sync files between your Mac and iPad, but more importantly, how to email attachments into DropBox, this segment brings you a more complex AppleScript which actually reduces the complexity of the process. The revised AppleScript removes the need for an additional mail account and the Automator actions. This simplified workflow allows you to send emails with attachments to your normal Apple mail account, and identify attachments to be extracted using the Subject line - much easier! Much appreciation to Mark Dalton for publishing the script on the ScreenCastsOnine forum.

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Time for another MacMontage!

This time it's a three parter. The first part is all about using the OSX Proxy icon. The what? The OSX Proxy icon! This is the small icon that sits in the title bar of the Finder and many other OSX applications. It's not there just for show, but can be made to do some pretty useful things. This week's show explains just what you can do with it including:

◦ Using OS X Proxy Icon
◦ Proxy Icon in the Finder
◦ Proxy Icon in Applications
◦ Proxy Icon in Safari

The second part of the show is slightly different in that I take you through a detailed five stage process on setting up a method of using email to send attachments into your Dropbox folder structure.
Designed with a specific purpose of assisting easy file transfer between your desktop Macs and your iPad, the technique uses many different applications and features of OSX demonstrating just how powerful your Mac can be.

It doesn't matter if you're not an iPad user, as the techniques and processes are just as relevant if you're a Mac only, or mac and iPhone user. The techniques and processes covered include:

• Step 1 - Setting up a separate Gmail Account
• Step 2 - Add Gmail account into Mail.app
• Step 3 - Creating an Automator Workflow
• Step 4 - Creating an AppleScript for Mail Rule
• Step 5 - Setting & Testing Mail Rules

The third and final part is a brief look at the new Dropbox client on the iPad.

I demonstrate how easy it is to access and view your Dropbox files from your iPad, including the files added to Dropbox using the Email method covered in the earlier part of the show.

I also show you how easy it is to get your Dropbox files into iWork on the iPad plus how to export them via Mail to put back into Dropbox.

Finally, a quick suggestion for maintaining a single master copy of your documents either in Dropbox or on your iPad.

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Aperture 3 is the latest version of Apples flagship photo management application.

Previous versions have been aimed squarely at the professional photographer, but with this new release, Aperture has been repositioned as a tool for both prosumers and professionals. One of the reasons many people have held off moving to Aperture was the inclusion of Faces and Places in iPhoto '09. Without them, Aperture 2 was not really a compelling upgrade for iPhoto users. All has been fixed now in Aperture 3 with the inclusion of both these features and over 200+ new improvements.

Aperture 3 now gives "Pro performance with iPhoto simplicity"!

Part 3 of a mini series of Aperture 3 tutorials . Following on from the previous shows, this week I take a look at some of the options available for migrating from iPhoto in addition to taking a closer look at the new Slideshow capabilities of Aperture 3. In detail, the show covers:

• Renaming Your Trial Library
• Options for importing from iPhoto
• Selective import from iPhoto
• Importing Full iPhoto Library
• Run iPhoto & Aperture in parallel?
• Aperture Preview Files
• Managing Libraries
• Slideshows in Aperture 3
• Quick Slideshows
• Complex Slideshows
• Slideshow Settings
• Adding Audio & Video
• Exporting Slideshows

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Hold the press!

I abandoned my current plans for this weeks show the second I laid my eyes on a significant new application release this week.

Panic Inc. launched a new version of Transmit - the premier Mac OSX File Transfer application, now released as version 4.

Transmit 3 was released in 2005 and although Panic have kept updating the application with minor new features and bug fixes, Transmit 4 brings the application completely up to date with a virtual re-write of the application and a gorgeous new User Interface.

With support for iDisk, FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3 and WebDav, Transmit 4 allows you to seamlessly connect to the multitude of storage solutions on the web. One of the core new features of Transmit 4 is the incorporation of MacFuse technology allowing you to connect to and mount any of these external remote file systems right into the Finder, allowing you to treat them just like local drives. Drag and drop files from your desktop straight onto Amazon S3 or your FTP server, straight from the Finder.

The show covers most of the new features, including some you may never had thought you needed!

The full members show covers:

• Installation of Transmit (incl MacFuse)
• Transmit & File Transfer Overview
• Using The Local Browser Pane
• Places Grid
• Setting View Options
• Setting Up Remote Services
• Setting up an FTP Service
• Bandwidth Throttling
• Setting up Favorites
• Mounting Remote File Systems as a Disk
• Organising Favorites
• Creating & Using Droplets
• Using Sync
• Using DockSend
• Using Transmit with Bonjour
• Link Folder Navigation

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Time to revisit an old friend, one of the most essential Mac applications around - 1Password.

1Password is the outstanding password manager and auto form filler from Agile Web Solutions. It's an application I've covered before, but it's recently had a complete revamp, with lots of new and improved features.

Resplendent in it's gorgeous new user interface design, the changes in 1Password 3 run much deeper than on first glance.

This show is not just an update show, but takes you back to basics with 1Password along with reviewing most of the new features in the application. Even if you're an experience 1Password user, I'm confident you'll find some features of the application you didn't know existed. Internet security needs to be taken seriously and all to often, we fall into the trap of using the same password on multiple systems. If your password is compromised on one system, then all the other systems are wide open. Add in the ever increasing sophistication of "Phishing" websites, and identity theft becomes areal concern.

1Password v3 allows you to create and seamlessly manage strong multiple passwords across all your services. Better still, 1Password identifies which website you're accessing and can supply your login details automatically, from keyboard shortcuts or through deep integration with a wide range of leading Mac browsers. But it's not just limited to passwords, 1Password has been extended to cover all aspects of your digital identity and online presence. From system accounts, online identities, credit card details and a whole host of other important information, 1Password has been designed to be a secure, encrypted repository for all your digital information. You can even store file attachments right inside the secure 1Password keychain.

1Password v3 also includes 1PasswordAnywhere, allowing you to access your information from any computer connected to the Internet with a modern browser.

If you're an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad owner, 1Password is also available on these devices, allowing you to sync your important data wirelessly from your Mac on your local network.

The full show covers:

• Introduction to 1Password
• Installation
• Importing Passwords
• Using 1Password
• Capturing Web Logins
• Fill & Submit
• Go & Fill
• Go & Fill HUD
• 1Click Bookmarks
• New User Interface
• Smart Search
• Storing Accounts
• Managing Identities
• Strong Password Generator
• Secure Notes
• Managing Software Licenses
• Attachments
• Wallet
• 1PasswordAnywhere & Dropbox Sync
• 1PasswordAnywhere via USB Drive
• Syncing Multiple Macs
• Wrap Up & Special Offer

This week's show also includes a special ScreenCastsOnline 25% discount for new users of 1Password. Existing users can get upgrades at an already discounted price. Full details in this week's show - NB. The 25% discount offer expires on 30th June 2010

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Not the usual show this week, I’ve been prevented from recording by a heavy cold. The full background to this weeks arrangements are on my blog - Plan B!

So in place of the usual show, I’m posting a special video I did for Things for iPad. I was going to send this out in addition to the usual show this week, hence the “Bonus Episode” moniker!

Things is my favourite to-do manager and the guys over at Cultured Code have done a fantastic job of re-coding it for the iPad.

The version sent out in the feed is in a different format than usual, to take account of the iPad format and rotation.

Special Version for iPad Owners
If you’re fortunate to actually have an iPad, there is a special experimental version that will run full screen on your iPad and will “rotate” depending on what is being shown. You can download it from here and sync it with your iPad. Either download the linked file on the link below to your Mac and sync with your iPad via iTunes. Or navigate to this page using an iPad application such as Goodreader or Downloader and download the file direct to your iPad. On starting the video, hold your iPad in landscape mode and switch on the rotation lock. Rotate the iPad when the relevant sections appear.

Download the special iPad version (This will play on a normal monitor, but you’ll strain your neck!)

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The first live show and the first HD show formatted for the iPad In the members feed (See below)

This is a recording of the live ScreenCastsOnline show transmitted on Friday 9th April 2010. In it, I give my first impressions of the iPad, answer some viewers questions and do the prize draw for the iPad.

It was very much touch and go leading up to the time of the recording as the technology was fighting against me! Consequently, the master recording was in a lower resolution than normal and may appear a touch grainy on the HD and HD-OS feeds.

If you want to play the show on your iPad (if you’re lucky enough to have an iPad), you’ll need to be subscribed to the HD or iPod feeds. All the shows in the iPod feed should work, but only shows from this point will the HD feed will work on the iPad. I’ll create some special iPad formatted versions of the previous HD shows as time permits and will let you know when they are ready and how to subscribe to them.

Hope you enjoy my first attempt at a live show - it was fun!

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Time to start thinking about what Apps to put on to the iPad!

This is the first in an occasional series of screencasts where I select my absolutely indispensable apps for the new iPad. No iPad? Well not to worry as these will all work just as well on the iPhone or iPod Touch. Actually, as the iPad was still unreleased at the time of recording, I can’t get access to native iPd apps so these are the iPhone versions, but should work just fine on the iPad!

As well as being a great device for consuming media, I think the iPad will be used as more and more as a basic computer where people don't need a full blown laptop and the iPhone is just too small. Email is a given, but we'll see more and more business type applications being developed for the iPad. Following on from last weeks show, if you're serious about productivity, TextExpander is a no brainer, enabling you to speed up text entry significantly with auto expanding snippets, invoked by just a few simple keyboard shortcuts.

If only TextExpander was available on the iPad? Well it is, in the form of TextExpander Touch!

TextExpander Touch has been available for the iPhone and iPod Touch for a while. Although not identical to the Mac version, TextExpander Touch delivers the ability to create snippets and abbreviations in two modes. The first is via its compose window where you can draft notes or emails and then send directly to your Mail application or to any third party app via the clipboard. The second mode is just like TextExpander for the Mac.

All it needs is for the third party app to include TextExpander Touch support and you can access your snippets from within the application.

The show shows you how to use both modes effectively along with taking a look at the built in TextExpander Touch support in both Tweetie 2 and SimpleNote. This week's show also demonstrates how to share your snippet groups both ways between your Mac and your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

Tweetie 2 is still my Twitter client for now and will be the first client to go on the iPad. With the integration with TextExpander Touch, it’s a must have but I’ve seen some screenshots of some other native iPad Twitter clients so this may be short lived. As I’ve already covered Tweetie 2 in depth (SCO0227), I’ve just included this to show the integration with TextExpander Touch. We may have to wait to see how Tweetie 2 survives until an iPad version is released.

SimpleNote is also another application I’ve covered before (SCO0237) and will be heading straight to my iPad. Again, included in this show mainly to demonstrate TextExpander Touch, SimpleNote is a perfect, lightweight solution for synchronised note creation.

In detail, this week's show covers:

• TextExpander Touch Overview
• Snippet Groups
• Using the Compose Window
• Creating a New eMail
• Replying to eMails
• TextExpander Touch Integration
• Setting up Integration in TextExpander Touch
• Tweetie2 Configuration
• Other Integrated Applications
• Integration with SimpleNote
• Sharing Snippet Groups
• Setting up Preferences on the Mac
• Getting Snippet Groups from the Mac
• Sending Snippet Groups to the Mac

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TextExpander is one of the must have Mac applications! Whilst simple in concept, once you start using TextExpander, you'll wonder have you ever lived without it.

At its core, TextExpander is an application that allows you to create and store "snippets" of information. These snippets can be plain text, formatted text, images, combinations of text and images, Applescripts even Shell script. Simply assign a few characters to create an abbreviation to your snippet, and when typed, the full snippet is expanded, saving you hours and hours of typing.

As well as standard snippets, TextExpander also allows to to access system information such as inserting the current date or time in any format you'd like, along with the ability to use the contents of your clipboard in a snippet.

New In TextExpander 3 is a new Fill-In snippet, allowing you to create snippets which prompt you with special fields to fill-in when expanded.

TextExpander 3 has been significantly updated both with enhancements to it's core functionality as well as some radical re-engineering of the application. It's now a full blown cocoa application rather than a System preferences pane option. In addition, the menu bar icon has a host of new features as well as lots of new keyboard shortcuts to both create and edit snippets.

Ever put off editing one of your snippets due to having to labouriously load up and find the snippet through System Preferences? Now, your last expanded snippet can be immediately be retrieved for editing with a simple keystroke.

Check out this week’s show for many more enhancements contained in TextExpander 3

The full show covers:

• System Requirements & Install
• Upgrading from previous versions
• Basic TextExpander Usage
• Fill-In Snippet Preview
• What's New In TextExpander 3
• New Dock Icon
• Hiding the Dock Icon
• Improved Menu Bar Icon
• Searching Snippets
• Setting HotKeys
• Edit Last Expanded Snippet
• Snippet Suggestions
• Built In DropBox Sync
• Capitalization Correction
• All about Snippets
• Creating Snippets
• Creating a Date & Time Snippet
• Creating an Email Sig
• Using Fill-In Snippets
• Other Snippet Elements
• Understanding Delimiters
• Snippet Groups
• Wrap Up

This week’s free show has been sponsored by Smile on My Mac, the developers of TextExpander 3, and they have been kind enough to provide a 20% discount for purchases of the full or family pack versions of TextExpander 3. Full details of the offer are contained in this weeks show [Please note - the discount offer expires 30th April 2010]

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Another Mac Montage this week to take some strain off your wallet!

WideMail: A great plugin to optimise the Apple Mail application for widescreen viewing. WideMail gives you the option of displaying your mail in vertical panels rather than the traditional horizontal view. In addition, you can get rid of all of your columns and have one customisable WideMail column. Links: Website
Previous Recipients List: A little know option in Mail that controls autocompletion of email addresses. This segment shows you how to purge your previous recipients list and amend your default settings.
iCalShare: A useful repository of shareable calendars. Over 3,500 calendars across 40 categories for you to subscribe to. Links: Website
PDF Support in Safari: A closer look at just one aspect of OSX's deep integration and support of Adobes PDF (Portable Document Format). This segment takes a look at how Safari handles PDFs as well as looking at a way to change the default behaviour.
Disabling Safe Sleep Mode: Want to recover some gigabytes of disk space from your laptop? This tip allows you to switch off the default "Safe Sleep" mode used my most modern Macs. Extremely useful if you have a laptop with a large amount of RAM and limited disk space (SSD users?) Once the mode is switched off, this tip also shows you how to reclaim a significant chunk of drive space.

This show also contains some corrections to last weeks BusyCal show along with some very exciting news for ScreenCastsOnline members.

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Another highly requested show this week, featuring BusyCal, the calendar application that iCal should be!

BusyCal is an application by BusyMac, developers of the very impressive BusySync product. After a couple of years work creating the hugely impressive syncing technology in BusySync, they've now decided to build on their success and create a replacement application for iCal. BusyCal is a fully featured calendar application intended to be used as a direct replacement for iCal.

iCal really hasn't had a lot done to it recently, in fact, many people thought iCal took a backwards step when the latest version was released in Leopard and Snow leopard.

BusyCal adds the functionality missing in iCal but in a seamless and very clever way. BusyCal uses the same underlying technologies that iCal does, OSX Sync Services. So all you iCal data is immediately available in BusyCal, you can even bounce between the two when you're trying it out. In addition, because BusyCal uses OSX Sync Services, synchronisation with your iPhone or other Macs is handled automatically using MobileMe.

The new UI in BusyCal is very similar to iCal so there's a very easy learning curve, an BusyCal takes advantage of some additional features including core animation, support for rich text throughout, multiple alarms, configurable snooze periods, Stick notes, journal entries and many more features.

With BusyCal also comes the ability to seamless synchronise your calendars across your LAN with other BusyCal users making it ideal for both small workgroups and families. Add in support for seamless synchronisation with Google Calendar and BusyCal really is iCal Pro!

The full show covers:

• iCal Limitations
• BusyCal Overview
• Day View
• Week View
• Month View
• List View
• Holiday Calendars
• Weather & Moon Phases
• Event Types in BusyCal
• Standard Events
• Setting Alarms
• Floating Info Panel
• Banner Events
• Sticky Notes
• Journal Events
• To Dos in BusyCal
• MenuBar Icon
• Sharing Calendars
• Syncing with Google Calendars
• Wrap up & Special Offer

This show includes a special discount code to receive 20% discount off BusyCal. The expiration date for the offer is 1st May 2010. See the show for more details.

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Aperture 3 is the latest version of Apples flagship photo management application.

Previous versions have been aimed squarely at the professional photographer, but with this new release, Aperture has been repositioned as a tool for both prosumers and professionals. One of the reasons many people have held off moving to Aperture was the inclusion of Faces and Places in iPhoto '09. Without them, Aperture 2 was not really a compelling upgrade for iPhoto users. All has been fixed now in Aperture 3 with the inclusion of both these features and over 200+ new improvements.

Aperture 3 now gives "Pro performance with iPhoto simplicity"!

Part 2 of a mini series of Aperture 3 tutorials . Following on from looking at some of the basics in the last show, this week I take a look at some of the more advanced features of Aperture 3. In detail, the show covers:

• Adjustments & Adjustment Presets
• Brushing in Adjustments
• Lifting & Stamping Adjustments
• Faces
• Places & GPS
• Manual Location Placement
• Embedded GPS Metadata
• Using a GPS Track Log

As an experiment this week, I’m allowing non-members to purchase this single episode for a nominal charge. The Extra! membership is still the most cost effective way to receive the weekly shows, and I’m not guaranteeing to continue selling individual shows, but let’s see how it goes.

You can purchase the HD version (1280x720) with chapter markings for just £2.49 (plus VAT for UK residents) which works out roughly to $3.74 USD. The show is in full HD resolution, 36 minutes long and is downloadable as a DRM free zip file.

Once you’ve purchased the show, you’ll get an email with a link to download the show immediately, and once downloaded, it’s yours to keep. Play it on your Mac, your iPad or convert it to play on your iPhone or iPod touch.

SCO0248 - Aperture 3 - Part 3 HD Video Tutorial Download: £2.49 (plus VAT for UK)
SCO0240 - Aperture 3 - Part 2 HD Video Tutorial Download: £2.49 (plus VAT for UK)
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Aperture 3 is the latest version of Apples flagship photo management application.

Previous versions have been aimed squarely at the professional photographer, but with this new release, Aperture has been repositioned as a tool for both prosumers and professionals. One of the reasons many people have held off moving to Aperture was the inclusion of Faces and Places in iPhoto '09. Without them, Aperture 2 was not really a compelling upgrade for iPhoto users. All has been fixed now in Aperture 3 with the inclusion of both these features and over 200+ new improvements.

Aperture 3 now gives "Pro performance with iPhoto simplicity"!

As I've never covered Aperture before, I thought I'd best start from the ground up and cover the basic functionality in this weeks show. No prior knowledge of Aperture is assumed and I approach the subject as an iPhoto user considering moving over to Aperture. Next week I'll take a look at some of the new and enhanced features.

In this weeks show I cover:

• Installation & Setup
• Aperture 3 Introduction
• Aperture Libraries
• Importing Digital Media
• Import Settings
• Viewing Images in Aperture 3
• Split View
• Comparing Images
• Rating Images
• Browser View
• Using Stacks
• Viewer
• Full Screen View
• Using the Loupe
• Using Metadata
• Allocating Keywords
• Metadata Views
• Exporting & Merging Libraries
• Exporting Versions
• Exporting Masters
• Exporting Projects

Since recording this free show, I’ve recorded another two Aperture episodes available for individual purchase:

SCO0248 - Aperture 3 - Part 3 HD Video Tutorial Download: £2.49 (plus VAT for UK)
SCO0240 - Aperture 3 - Part 2 HD Video Tutorial Download: £2.49 (plus VAT for UK)
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One of the things that never ceases to amaze me, is the amount of functionality and utilities built right into OSX.

This week, I take a look at one of the Accessibility tools provided with every copy of Leopard and Snow Leopard - that's VoiceOver 3. Designed to assist partially sighted and blind Mac users, VoiceOver 3 is the latest version of the hugely impressive screen reader utility for the Mac. With VoiceOver, it's possible to have all the screen elements described and read back to you, using the built in speech technologies. Not to be confused with just Text to Speech, VoiceOver uses the concept of a VoiceOver cursor to highlight individual elements on screen (Text, menus, dock, icons, panels, dialog boxes, pretty much everything!) and have the contents of the VO cursor read back to you. With a multitude of keyboard commands, you're able to navigate the screen and interact with all the elements exposed with VoiceOver.

If you have a Mac laptop with a multitouch trackpad, you can use a new feature called "TrackPad Commander" to control VoiceOver using gestures.

As well as the core functionality, VoiceOver has been significantly enhanced to provide easy Web browsing using Safari with the addition of the new Web iTem Rotor.

Although VoiceOver is aimed primarily at visually impaired or blind users, this weeks show provides an overview of the VoiceOver technology for sighted people and web/app developers to foster an understanding of some of the features and promote the adoption of providing accessibility enhancements in third party apps. The full show covers:

• VoiceOver Introduction
• Using The VoiceOver Keys
• VoiceOver Setup
• Navigating using VoiceOver
• TrackPad Commander
• Web Browsing with VoiceOver
• VoiceOver Utility

Although this week is a members only show, because of the nature of the content, I’ve decided to make a special version available to non members. To access this show, you’ll need to sign up for the free ScreenCastsOnline newsletter - Just send a blank email to sconline@aweber.com. Once you’ve registered, you’ll get an email with a link to the special version of the show.

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This week I cover two brand new utilities and revisit a third.

In detail. the show covers:

Quix Bookmarklet: The bookmarklet to rule them all! If, like me, you're building up a lot of bookmarklets in your bookmarks bar, this amazing utility may be the answer to all your problems. Basically, Quiz is a single bookmarklet containing over 100+ built in commands, allowing to access all sorts of functionality from your browser. These commands support a wide range of functions including Basic commands, Social commands, WordPress, SEO, Webmaster, Quix, Analytics, URL Shortening even App and Mac Integration commands, all built into the single Quix bookmarklet. It's like LaunchBar for your browser. Even better still, Quix is extensible and allows you to create your own Quix commands, removing the need for all those individual bookmarklets. The icing on the cake though is that Quix works on your iPhone or iPad. If you're a MobileMe user, Quix will synchronise with your mobile device and give you all the Quix functionality whilst you're out and about! In the show I show you how to install Quix and invoke it with a keyboard shortcut in Safari, demonstrate some of the commands and show you how to create a custom quiz command based on the "add to Boxee" bookmarklet from last weeks show. In addition, I take a look at Quix on the iPhone and demonstrate its use.
Notational Velocity: We've already looked at NV in a previous show but one question I keep getting is how to synchronise NV across Macs. The latest version of NV has just been released with support for syncing your notes via Simplenote - a free web based service.
Simplenote: A free web based service for creating and storing simple notes! With the built in integration with Notational Velocity, you now have a robust and powerful workflow. Simplenote also has a free iPhone app so it's now possible to sync you notes across Macs, to the web and to your iPhone or iPad - Amazing! This part of the show demonstrates setting up a Simplenote account and synchronising with NV. I also show you how it works on the iPhone.

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Boxee is yet another media centre for the Mac!

But at it's latest release, Boxee Beta, it has matured into a feature packed application with a killer user interface. Boxee allows you to access your local media files in a very smart, easy to use, big screen interface. Integration with IMDB and other internet based databases allow your media files to be tagged with artwork and meta data automatically, no configuration required.

Boxee is highly integrated with Internet TV shows, with automatic access to internet based TV networks based on geographic location. In addition, using Boxee apps, you have access to a huge number of independent internet based TV services.

Want to know what your friends are watching and recommending? Boxee also has a social element that allows you to follow friends and see their recommendations in your Boxee queue. If it's available on the internet, you can watch it directly from their recommendation!

Surfing the web and spot a video you would like to see later on your big TV screen at home? Boxee has a neat, easily installable bookmarklet that installs in your browser. One click, and the video is added to your Boxee queue and will be waiting for you when you get home.

Of course, you don't need a big screen TV to use Boxee, it's a standard OSX application (and Windows and Linux) that will run happily on any Intel based Mac.

Add in the ability to control Boxee from your Apple remote, an OSX Desktop widget and the free Boxee iPhone app, and you've got a great way to manage and access your media and the latest internet based content.

For people outside the US, I also demonstrate using a free VPN service as a proof of concept for accessing various services.

The full show covers:

• Getting a Boxee Account & Installation
• Basic Boxee Operation
• UI Overview
• Boxee Feed
• Queue
• Movies
• Boxee Popup Navigator
• Playback Controls
• TV Shows
• Using a VPN
• Hotspot Shield
• Boxee Apps
• Access to File System
• Being Social with Boxee
• Boxee Bookmarklet
• Apple Remote & Snow Leopard Fix
• Other Remote Options

Links:
Boxee Beta
Apple TV Install

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Another highly requested application this week, and that's the award winning file browser & file management application for OSX, Path Finder 5

Packed with features, Path Finder 5 allows you to customise your view of the Mac's file system with ease, exposing tons of information is easily configurable modules. With Tabs and Bookmarks, it's possible to create shortcuts and groups of locations allowing you to quickly jump from folder to folder. Add in a fantastic dual pane option to see two completely independent locations at a time, and the time saving DropStack, Path Finder 5 really does give you all the control you need to manage your files.

As well as the core browsing and file management capabilities, Path Finder 5 also has lot's of built in utilities such as a fully featured text editor, an image editor, application launcher, the stuffit compression engine and much more.

The show covers:

• Start
• Installation
• Path Finder User Interface
• ToolBar
• Customising Views
• Smart Sorting
• Coverflow
• QuickLook Support
• Dual Pane View
• DropStack
• SideBar
• Bookmarks
• Tabs
• Path Navigator
• Path Finder Modules
• Path Finder Drawers
• Using Path Finder 5
• Using Filters
• Using Selection
• Application Launcher
• Text Editor
• Create Disk Images
• Image Editor
• Stuffit Compression Engine
• Using as a Finder Replacement?
• Wrap Up & Special Offer

The show also includes a time limited 20% discount off the normal retail price of Path Finder 5
As this is a free show, please feel free to distribute this episode to anyone you feel may benefit from it

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Luckily, most modern Macs need little or no regular maintenance. OSX is pretty much self maintaining, with automated scripts and an advanced file system, most people don't need to do anything to keep their Mac in tip top order.

Too good to be true?

Well not really, but human nature being what it is, it would be nice to understand what OSX is doing under the hood and perhaps keep an eye on how things are going. If the worst does happen and your Mac starts to slow down, or your favourite application starts to misbehave, what are the simple checks or processes you can undertake to try and fix things?

This week's show takes a look at both maintenance tasks and some simple troubleshooting tips to keep you Mac in tip top condition. This members only show covers:

• Daily, Weekly & Monthly Maintenance Scripts
• Checking Correct Operation of Scripts
• Running Scripts Manually via Terminal
• Third Party Maintenance Utilities
• "Maintenance" & "Onyx"
• Checking Permissions
• Rebuilding Spotlight Caches
• Speeding Up Mail
• Monitoring S.M.A.R.T Drive Status
• File System Check with Safe Boot & Safe Mode

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As we continue to collect and create more and more digital content, storage and storage management becomes more of an issue. Whilst it's easy enough to add additional external USB and FireWire drives to our Macs, the management of multiple volumes becomes more of a headache. And what about backup? All those precious digital photos and home movies on a single external drive?

One answer to developing a robust and extremely flexible storage solution is provided by Drobo.



Drobo is a range of storage solutions which allow you to both protect your data and start to create a flexible "pool" of storage, allowing you to expand your storage by simply adding additional raw drives as and when required.

In this week's (unsponsored) members show, I take a look at three Drobo devices:

Drobo - The entry level 4 drive unit
UK Amazon Affiliate link - Drobo - 4 Bay FW800 & USB 2.0 Storage Array
US Amazon Affiliate link - Data Robotics Drobo 4-Bay USB 2.0/FireWire 800 SATA Storage Array DR04DD10

DroboShare - The device that connects your Drobo to a LAN to create Networked Attached Storage (NAS)
US Amazon Affiliate link - DroboShare, Network Attached Companion for Drobo

DroboPro - An 8 drive unit with support for iSCSI for fast data transfer
UK Amazon Affiliate link - Drobo Pro - 8 Bay FW800 & iSCSI Storage Array
US Amazon Affiliate link - Data Robotics DroboPro 8-Bay USB 2.0/FireWire 800/iSCSI Storage Array DRPR1A21

Other Drobo devices not featured in the show:

DroboS - 5 drive unit with eSata
US Amazon Affiliate link - Drobo S 5-Bay USB 2.0/FireWire 800/eSATA Storage Array DRDR3A21

DroboElite - Enterprise Level Storage
US Amazon Affiliate link - Droboelite 8BAY Dual Iscsi Storage Array

In detail, the show covers:

• Drobo Product Line Overview
• Drobo
• What is RAID?
• Drobo Dashboard
• DroboShare
• DroboPro
• Smart Volumes
• iSCSI Configuration

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It's been a while since I featured Rapidweaver, but it's still one of the most requested topics to cover. This week, I take a brief overview of Rapidweaver, followed by a section on a relatively new plugin for Rapidweaver - Stacks, finishing off with some very cool Stacks plugins from Joe Workman.

Rapidweaver is an extremely powerful web creation tool that allows you to create a full website without any HTML knowledge. Simply create blank pages within the application and enter your content. Rapidweaver comes with 10 pre-defined page types for different sorts of content. Add in the ability to completely change the design of your website with a single click, utilising one of 40 built in website themes, web creation has never been simpler. Complete flexibility is assured by the use of theme styles allowing you to tweak the website to your hearts desire - RapidWeaver - ScreenCastsOnline Affiliate Link

One of the main strengths of Rapidweaver is the rapidly expanding ecosystem of Rapidweaver related tools, utilities and themes, all created by third party developers. No need to be constrained to the built in themes, as there are literally hundreds of additional themes available for free or for purchase. As well as themes, developers have also created Rapidweaver plugins enabling the creation of many different types of web pages. The second part of the show focuses on "Stacks" by YourHead Software. This is an amazing plugin that allows you to create a special page in Rapidweaver with full control over the layout of text, images and html in a flexible layout - a truly WYSIWYG approach to web page design.

The show also covers some third party stacks, specifically the Fancy Image Stacks by Joe Workman, just one set of stacks from Joe's comprehensive portfolio. These stacks allow you to create sophisticated images effects just using drag and drop, effects that previously would have needed code changes and installation of Javascript and other complex tools and utilities. In this show I demonstrate the installation of the Fancy Image stacks and how easy it is to configure an image lightbox, allowing thumbnail images to pop out of your website in a smart lightbox panel.

This week's show also contains discount codes for ScreenCastsOnline members for both the Stacks Plugin and the Fancy Image Stacks.

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New Mac for Christmas? Friends or relatives with new Macs needing a basic understanding of what the Mac is all about and how to learn the basics. This weeks free show is the result of many requests from new Mac users asking for a single consolidated episode that will teach them the basics, and give them a forward plan in getting to grips with the Mac.

Especially designed with switchers (or sliders) from the Windows environment, this free episode will give them enough information to quickly get to grips with the Mac and master some of the subtle and not so subtle differences between OSX and Windows. This week's episode covers:

• Accessing System Preferences
• Configuring Magic Mouse
• Configuring Your TrackPad
• Keyboard Layout
• Keyboard Viewer Utility
• OSX Desktop
• Menu Bar
• Menu Bar Icons
• Spotlight
• OSX Dock
• Stacks
• OSX Window Management
• Using Removable Media
• Installing & Un-Installing Applications
• Moving

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