Resizing an Image with Photoshop -- Learn how to modify image size, when to resample, and how to handle resolution issues from Photoshop expert Deke McClelland. We've included a sample video file so you can get a taste of the hands-on video tutorials that are an integral part of Deke's recently released Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One .
Creating Online Help with Tinderbox -- Apple's online help system, Apple Help, has a dubious reputation among some Mac users, mainly because of pokey performance, but Panther has improved the situation. Matt Neuburg outlines the process he used to build an online help system for a Mac application using a note-taking hypertext outliner called Tinderbox. Matt is the author of AppleScript: The Definitive Guide.
Unix on Panther: Accessing the Internet -- Learn how to remotely access your Mac from other computers, how to copy files between computers, and how
the Connect to Server capability of Terminal can make common connections a breeze, in this excerpt from Learning Unix
for Mac OS X Panther.
What's New in Photoshop CS? -- Photoshop CS may have fewer new features than version 7, but quality counts more than quantity, and Ken Milburn is pretty jazzed about the quality. Read about the new features in CS he's most excited about. Ken is the author of the just-released Digital Photography: Expert Techniques.
Dev to Dev: Panic Interview -- The folks at Panic have been producing great software for the Mac since the System 7 days. James Duncan Davidson interviews the Panic cofounders to discuss Cocoa, Xcode, surviving with Apple, and making it as an independent developer. James is the author of Running Mac OS X.
Are You Talking to Me? Speech on Mac OS X -- Apple's just-announced
Spoken Interface has put speech recognition back in the news, but Mac OS X has included speech recognition and synthesis technologies for quite some time. This article delves into the often-misunderstood world of talking to your Mac.
You Sexy Thing! How to Look Great on iChat AV
-- With tips on proper lighting, camera angles, and using
the right foundation, Snaggy and Nitrozac offer their brand of advice
on how to look great on iChat AV, sprinkled with more of the high-tech
humor you've come to know and love in their comic and in their book, The Best of The Joy of Tech.
Take the Mac DevCenter Survey -- We're asking Mac DevCenter readers to participate in our second online survey, and we've sweetened the pot with a chance to win some of our most popular Mac books. Here's your opportunity to help shape our online editorial direction and influence which book titles we pursue.
Tapping RSS with Shell Scripts
-- Learn how to write a shell script that watches the news
from Slashdot.org. After applying the code in this article by Dave Taylor
all you'll have to do is launch the Terminal to see the latest Slash
headlines. Dave is a coauthor of Learning Unix for
Mac OS X Panther.
Scheduling Tasks in Panther -- Mac
OS X has several tools that help you execute tasks at certain times of
day and on a regular basis. Learn how to use the cron and periodic
utilities that manage these tools in this excerpt from Running Mac OS
X Panther.
Listening to Bluetooth (Or at Least Trying to) -- If it's important to you to pace while you talk, you owe it to yourself to get a Bluetooth headset to use with iChat AV. If you don't have audio input to your Mac but you do have Bluetooth, this article by Dori Smith shows you what works, what almost works, and what to look out for. Dori is the coauthor of Mac OS X Unwired.
Safari Gets Bigger and Better -- There are now more than 2,000 books from the industry's leading technical publishers available on Safari Bookshelf. As the library grows, so does its functionality: searches are powerfully precise and as broad or specific as you wish; and now, with a Safari Max subscription, you can download chapters to read offline. Safari will help you save time, reduce errors, keep current, and save more money than ever with up to 35% off print copies of your favorite books. If you haven't
yet gone on Safari, try a free trial subscription.
David Pogue's iLife '04 Mini Manual (PDF) is your guide to the new features in iLife, Apple's tightly integrated
suite of media applications. This exclusive preview is the only documentation available until the spring release of our full-length books on these applications: iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual; iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual; iMovie 4 & iDVD: The Missing Manual; GarageBand:
The Missing Manual; and iLife '04: The Missing Manual. Meanwhile, be sure to check out the best Mac book, period: Mac
OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition.
Control Your Mac with Your PDA -- Dori Smith shows how to install and use Salling Clicker, an application that allows your Bluetooth devices (phones and PDAs) to act as remote controls for your Mac. Using PowerPoint and iPhoto, she also gives examples of Clicker in action. Dori is a coauthor of Mac OS X Unwired.
Hopscotch Reading -- Mac OS X: The Missing Manual includes comments about earlier editions of the Mac OS, comparing what was with what currently is. One reader says these retrospective comments make him come to a screeching halt. David Pogue responds in the latest From David's Desk.
Ten
Things I Dig About Xcode -- James Duncan Davidson
takes Apple's new Xcode IDE for a spin and reports on his favorite initial
findings, from UI and error notification to predictive compilation and
Rendezvous-enabled distributed builds. James is the author of Running Mac OS X
Panther.
