SCO0158 - iChat AV
Updated in Leopard, iChat AV also has some new advanced features enabling you to share your screen or even deliver remote video presentations via iChat Theatre.
In this weeks show I cover:
- iChat Basics
- iChat Accounts
- Using iChat on a Bonjour Network
- Text messaging with iChat
- Audio messaging with iChat
- Setting up and Using an iChat Room
- Sharing a Keynote with iChat Theatre
- Screen Sharing with iChat
As promised, here are the links to some of the topics and people:
Chris Marshall - Blog
Klaus Lovgreen/Geoff Smith - RingtoneFeeder and Digital Album
Allison Sheriden - NosillaCast and Podcast on Podcasting
Thanks also to Justin and Danny for popping along to the Chat room!
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SCO0156 - Leech Download Manager
Peter has now turned his considerable talents to develop a brand new lightweight download manager - Leech
Leech was designed to be small yet powerful, with all the features you need to efficiently and quickly download files using full integration with the top OS X browsers - Safari, Camino, OmniWeb and FireFox (using the Flashgot plugin for FireFox).
With a simple yet elegant user interface, Leech was built from the ground up to be a great example of an OS X application.
In this weeks show, I take you through:
- Leech Features
- Installation and Configuration
- Using Leech to download files
- Creating and Using Leech Rules
- Using Leech History
- Camino and FireFox Integration
There is an additional discount available for users of other download managers who might want to purchase Leech. Just send proof of purchase of the other download manager to info@manytricks.com for futher information on obtaining the additional discount.
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SCO0154 - Fluid - Managing Your WebApps
Fluid comes to the rescue!
Fluid is a Leopard only application that allows you to simply and easily create "Site Specific Browsers" or SSBs.
A "Site Specific Browser" is a completely separate desktop application just for one single WebApp. In effect, it turns the WebApp into a manageble service with a dedicated desktop application that's configured just for that WebApp. Each SSB you create will have its own Menu Bar, Dock Icon and runs completely independently from other SSBs or browser sessions. So now you can launch SSBs at login, switch to them using CMD TAB, basically treat it as a desktop application.
In addition to these features, Fluid also gives you the ability to convert your SSBs into MenuExtra SSBs which reside in your menubar and are accessible at the click of a mouse. If you'd like your SSB permanently displayed as your OS X Desktop, it even supports Embedded SSBs to allow you to do just that!
Along with window customisation, an extendible plugin architecture, support for GreaseKit based Userscripting and most importantly, supported by 1Password, Fluid is a simply must have application.
In this weeks show I cover:
- Installation
- Creating Simple SSBs (Examples: Gmail and Google Docs)
- Window Customisation
- Creating MenuExtra SSBs (Example: Using Hahlo for Twitter access)
- Installing Userscripts
- Creating Embedded SSBs (Example: Using Google Calendars as your OSX Desktop)
- Fluid Plugins
- Finding Fluid Icons via flickr
- Updating Fluid Icons to High Res versions
LInks:
Flickr Fluid Icon Group
Fluid Icons From Chris Ivarson
Hahlo Userscript by YungSang
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SCO0152 - Evernote for Mac - Part 2
This week I finish off by looking at some additional features of Evernote including:
- Drag and Drop Support
- Using iSight Notes to catalogue and search your business cards
- Evernote Client Views
- Creating And Organising Tags
- Using Attributes
- Creating Saved Searches
- Accessing the Evernote Web Client
- Using Emails to Send Data to Evernote
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SCO0151 - Evernote for Mac - Part 1 [Extra! Only]
And then as for thinking up ways to organise and label things so that you can find it again - nightmare!
This weeks show is all about Evernote - a personal information manager which seems to address all the requirements I have for my information store.
There's so much to cover, I've had to split this show into two parts, the second part will be released next week.
Evernote is many things!
- Firstly, at its core is a web based service that allows you to access your information via any industry standard web browser.
- Secondly, Evernote has local client applications for both the Mac and Windows that allow you to capture and store information locally and syncronise with the Evernote Web service.
- Thirdly, Evernote has mobile clients, plus an iPhone optimised web interface, so you can access all your information on the move.
Next weeks show will look at some additional features of Evernote including some pretty handy tips on using Evernote with your iPhone.
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SCO0150 - TextExpander
It's TextExpander from Smile On My Mac.
On first glance, it looks like a very simple utility to help you save time. It allows you to create small textual abbreviations that, when typed, will expand into words, sentences, paragraphs or even images. It can even trigger AppleScripts, just by typing a few characters or even a single character!
What's really special is that it's a system wide utility so you're not restricted to just your email or word processor, TextExpander works with all the applications on your Mac.
Speed up your typing, use it to auto-correct commonly misspelt words, respond to emails in a flash, generate tons of CSS or HTML code, TextExpander really does give your productivity a boost.
In this weeks show I cover:
- Some common uses of TextExpander
- Creating your own Snippets
- Using Date and Time Variables
- Positioning the cursor in Snippets
- Using text selections to create Snippets
- TextExpander Groups including
- Adding from a File and URL
- Predefined Snippet Groups
- AppleScript Support
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SCO0147 - JumpCut, DejaMenu & SoundSource [Extra Only]
What's even better is that they are all free!
| JumpCut - A great clipboard buffering application which takes a minimilistic approach to give you access to your recent clipboard entries. Go back in time and select from a list of recent clips from either your menu bar or via a hot key and bezel - Website Link | ![]() |
| DejaMenu - Large or multiscreen setup? Fed up of having to travel all the way to the top of the screen to access your applications menu? Or even worse, having to traverse monitors to get access? DejaMenu allows you configure every applications menu to pop up right where your cursor is, saving you effort and time. You can even assign your menus to popup with a click of your mouse! - Website Link | ![]() |
| SoundSource - Constantly juggling different audio outputs and inputs on your Mac? SoundSource gives you access to all your audio devices quickly and easily through a single icon in your menu bar as well as a volume control for each device - Website Link | ![]() |
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SCO0146 - Automator
Automator is a way of creating special applications or plugins that allow you to "automate" repetitive tasks. Each workflow is built up from a number of predefined actions that are bundled in with most of Apples own applications and an increasing number of third party applications. Initially introduced in Tiger, Automator has received a significant make over in Leopard with the introduction of some brand new features, mainly the ability to record tasks using the new "Watch Me Do" feature along with the introduction of user and system generated variables to use in your workflows.
So if the thought of AppleScript sends shivers down your spine, check out some the new features of Automator.
The show covers:
- Automator Basics
- The revised Interface
- Creating a Sample Workflow to resize images
- Creating a Sample Workflow with Text and Speech
- Saving Workflows as Applications
- Saving Workflows as Plugins
- Creating a Sample Workflow with "Watch Me Do"
- Creating and Scheduling an iCal Plugin
- Variables in Automator
- Creating a Sample Workflow including Variables
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SCO0142 - Pages 08
Addressing the major complaints about Pages'06, mainly that it wasn't a "proper" word processor, Apple have completely revised Pages '08 to include a brand new "word processor" mode, in addition to its original page layout mode. To make it even easier to use, Apple have also introduced the context sensitive format bar in line with the other iWork applications to allow for less reliance on the inspector panels and give you control of the common elements right within the application window itself.
Following on from the previous show I did on Pages '06 (nearly two years ago!), this show will bring you up to speed on lots of the new functions and capabilities of this outstanding package!
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The show covers:
- Introduction to Pages '08
- Using the Format Bar
- Paragraph, Character & List Styles
- Page & Section Breaks
- Tracking Changes in Documents
- Working with Images in Pages
- Instant Alpha
- Wrapping Text around images
- Masking Images and Picture Frames
- Text Flow in Page Layout Mode
- Exporting
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SCO0141 - ScheduleOnce [Extra Only]
Well recently I've been in just that position trying to schedule recording sessions for the Mac Roundtable! 10 very busy podcasters across 4 different time zones all trying to synchronise our activities and come up with a shared free slot to record.
In this age of Web 2.0, I thought there must be a service somewhere that could come to our rescue and sort out this complex organisational task.
So a quick bit of research and I found it! - ScheduleOnce
After using it for a day or so I was so impressed I thought I'd spread the word to help out ScreenCastsOnline viewers who are also tasked with sorting out meeting schedules. So I abandoned my plan for this week and did a show all about ScheduleOnce, especially as its completely free to use.
As a web based service its totally cross platform, you don't need to register and did I mention it's free. You don't even need to know what time zones all the participants are in.
It's simply a matter of setting up a meeting notice (which takes 2 minutes) and emailing a special link to your invited participants. They respond using the link, and the system gives you a view of all the responses and allows you to select the optimum time and email them with the confirmed date and time, all formatted in their local timezone.
This weeks show takes you through setting up a meeting, let's you see what the invitees receive and show you the responses and how you process them!
I hope this makes your life easier as it did mine!
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SCO0140 - ScreenSteps and ScreenSteps Live
Screensteps is cross platform application for both the Mac and Windows, which allows you to create libraries of "lessons", each lesson being a step by step process covering whatever tasks you want to document. Available in both a free version and a pay for version, the application has comprehensive tools built right in for screen capture and image annotation to easily and quickly build up step based documentation. Once you've created your lessons, ScreenSteps also has some powerful export functions that allow you export your lessons in either customised PDF or HTML format (in the pay for version) or even directly to a hosted ScreenSteps Live web service (included in the free version as well as the paid for version).
As well as exporting individual lessons, ScreenSteps allows you to organise your lessons into topics and sections, allowing you to create individual PDF files or HTML output containing an entire Library of lessons complete with a table of contents and easy navigation. The PDF version collates all your lessons into a multi page PDF whilst the HTML output provides all the code you need to upload to your website for online documentation.
If you're not sure about uploading HTML files to your website (or if you don't have a website) be sure to check out Part 2 of this ScreenSteps show where I'll be taking a look at ScreenSteps Live, a free service to host your ScreenSteps lessons. ScreenSteps Free and ScreenSteps Live are tightly integrated and it's really easy to export your lessons directly and automatically to ScreenSteps Live from within ScreenSteps.
As well as the free options, there are Standard and Pro versions of ScreenSteps which allow you to export locally to PDF and HTML so once you've tried the package, you can upgrade to get the full features.
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Part 2 - ScreenSteps Live
SCO0138 - HoudaSpot v2 and HoudaGeo
As well as allowing you to "Geotag" your photos, HoudahGeo also allows you to share you photos with its built in uploading integration with Google Earth and Flickr. Once Geotagged, just a click of a button and your photos will be uploaded and placed in the correct position on global maps with Google Earth or Flickr - it's really that easy!
Once you've exported to Google Earth, the show will demonstrate how you can create a virtual slideshow in Google Earth, flying from loction to location and displaying your photos at each location! Not only that, but you can email the slideshow to friends or family and they can watch it in Google Earth on their own computer (without needing a copy of HoudahGeo) - how cool is that!
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SCO0136 - Leopard 10.5.2 and Spaces
Also, I've been holding off doing a show on Spaces, the virtual desktop management system in Leopard, as I must admit, I did find it a little buggy! Hopefully 10.5.2 has fixed that so the second part of the show is all about Spaces. In this section I cover:
- Spaces Concepts
- Setting Up Spaces
- Moving Between Spaces
- Visualising Spaces
- Moving Apps & Objects Between Spaces
- Organising Spaces by Task
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SCO0134 - PDFPen - PDF Editor
Add in the ability to create and insert text, images, signatures and scribbles into a PDF and even create your own libraries of often used material, no longer do you have to spend hundreds of dollars on Adobe Acrobat!
This show is sponsored by Smile On My Mac, the publishers of PDFPen and covers:
- Introduction to PDFPen
- Manipulating PDF pages
- Working with Text
- Editing original PDF text
- Working with Columns
- Copying Text
- Searching for Text, Notes and Comments
- Working with Images
- Editing original PDF images
- Adding your own Images
- Filling in PDF Forms
- Adding Your Signature
- Making Transparent Images
- Applescript Support
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