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SCO0137 - Bento - Database Application - Part 2 [Extra Only]

Filed in: Applications | Database | Business
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[Extra Only Show] As promised, this week concludes the two part show all about Bento, the personal database from Filemaker.

As mentioned in the previous show, Bento is a very powerful application that harnesses the power of database creation and sophisticated data manipulation in a very stylish and easy to use package - the epitome of a mac application!

As well as allowing you to create your own databases (or libraries in Bento terminology) from scratch or via imported data, Bento also gives you direct access to your Address book data, along with your iCal tasks and events to design your own forms to view and manipulate your data. Eye candy is plentiful with the use of pre designed themes and the ability to create your own special views of your data via easily customisable forms. Even if you don't feel the need to dabble with a database, Bento allows you to access, view and amend your Address Book and iCal data with a great new interface, straight out of the box.

In this final show I take you through some of the more advanced aspects of using Bento to manage your personal data including:
  • iCal Event and Task Integration
  • How you might use iCal integration
  • Additional Bento Fields
  • Printing Tables and Forms
  • Creating Mailing Labels
  • How to import Data into Bento
  • Backing up Your Data
Hopefully parts 1 and 2 of this tutorial will have you well on the way to managing your data more effectively and give you a fresh outlook on address book and iCal.

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SCO0136 - Leopard 10.5.2 and Spaces

Filed in: Leopard | Productivity | OSX
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Busy, busy week this week! Apple finally released Leopard 10.5.2 and in a flash, put right a lot of the issues and complaints people were having with the User Interface. So this week I take a look at some of the changes in the new update and the best way to install it.

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
This weeks show is the first that contains an Extra! section just for ScreenCastsOnline Extra! members. In this additional section I cover:
  • Moving Apps & Objects Between Spaces
  • Organising Spaces by Task
Some major changes to the show format this week in that I've introduced a brand new theme and and transition clips. The new theme was commissioned from Geoff Smith, podcast theme maker extraordinaire! To celebrate, I spent some time putting together a new opening sequence, a new chapter marker and a new ending. All in motion graphics. I hope you like them!

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