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iPad: Revolution
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12:46:18 02/07/10

D.Lee Beard talks about why the iPad is a game changer, the iPad marks the death of the computer mouse, creates a comfortable user interface for reading e-books, a...

iPad: Revolution

Added 02/07/10
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iPad: Revolution

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D.Lee Beard talks about why the iPad is a game changer, the iPad marks the death of the computer mouse, creates a comfortable user interface for reading e-books, and creates a potential for revolutionizing education with speedy multimedia books and internet access all wrapped into one device that sells for less than $500.

Mac OS 10.6 Snow Le...
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15:43:47 09/16/09

Should you upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard? Host D.Lee Beard helps give you the information you need to know to decide. In this episode, D.Lee explains how ...

Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard Review

Added 09/16/09
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Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard Review

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Should you upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard? Host D.Lee Beard helps give you the information you need to know to decide. In this episode, D.Lee explains how to change icon sizes, how to add the date to the time portion of the menu bar, how to easily substitute text for abbreviations or substitute abbreviations for full text (and save on typing), how to use the new features of the Mac OS X Snow Leopard dock, how to view thumbnails of all open windows or only one applictions windows using the new Expose features in Snow Leopard, how to scan and annotate pdf documents with arrows and text using the updated Preview application, how to use Apple's Services menu to make your life easier, and explains the new faster iChat. Now With Chapter Markers! There is lots of information in this video but you can easily navigate to the topics you want by using the chapters feature in the Quicktime version.

Episode 95: Firefox...
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08:58:35 08/19/09

D.Lee Beard explains how to delete your browser history & other info., engage in "private browsing", and how to create new user accounts (and delete unneeded ones)...

Episode 95: Firefox Add-ons, Deleting Your Past

Added 08/19/09
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Episode 95: Firefox Add-ons, Deleting Your Past

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D.Lee Beard explains how to delete your browser history & other info., engage in "private browsing", and how to create new user accounts (and delete unneeded ones) in Mac OS X. The second half of the show explains how to use Firefox add-ons (plug-ins) to personalize your browsing experience, help you learn a new language, completely block animated ads on web pages, and speed up your web and video web searches in a very cool 3-D way.

Episode 93: Moving ...
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10:34:57 08/04/09

D.Lee Beard answers viewer questions on how to rip your DVDs, and how to move your iPhoto and iTunes libraries to an external hard drive.

Episode 93: Moving iPhoto and iTunes Libraries

Added 08/04/09
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Episode 93: Moving iPhoto and iTunes Libraries

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D.Lee Beard answers viewer questions on how to rip your DVDs, and how to move your iPhoto and iTunes libraries to an external hard drive.

Episode 92: Final C...
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06:17:54 05/19/09

This Final Cut Pro tutorial, part 4 of 4 in HD, covers intermediate editing with Final Cut Pro 6. In this video, D.Lee Beard explains how to move only a selected g...

Episode 92: Final Cut Pro - Intermediate Tutorial in HD

Added 05/19/09
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Episode 92: Final Cut Pro - Intermediate Tutorial in HD

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This Final Cut Pro tutorial, part 4 of 4 in HD, covers intermediate editing with Final Cut Pro 6. In this video, D.Lee Beard explains how to move only a selected group of clips, adding graphics, resizing graphics and video, capturing a freeze frame image from a video clip, creating and adding a background image to fill behind a graphic, applying transitions, correcting color, adding lower thirds to video, rendering video, and exporting video into different formats using Compressor. (42min 39 sec)

Episode 91: Final C...
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11:14:40 05/08/09

D.Lee Beard provides a tutorial in the basic of editing video with Final Cut Pro including working with layers, adding video to the timeline, zooming the view, tur...

Episode 91: Final Cut Pro Basic Editing Tutorial

Added 05/08/09
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Episode 91: Final Cut Pro Basic Editing Tutorial

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D.Lee Beard provides a tutorial in the basic of editing video with Final Cut Pro including working with layers, adding video to the timeline, zooming the view, turning off layers, unlinking audio from a video clip, trimming clips, slicing clips using the Blade tool, turning snapping on and off, when to use the Right Delete key and when to use the Backspace Delete key, using the pen tool to lower video and audio levels, and turning on waveforms to synch two videos shot at the same time. (29min. 53sec)

ScreenFlow, Star Tr...
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07:03:53 03/19/09

In this video, D.Lee Beard explains how the techies videos get that smooth zooming in on the computer screen, where to find you own Star Trek communicator plus oth...

ScreenFlow, Star Trek, & Gaming:Mac or PC?

Added 03/19/09
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ScreenFlow, Star Trek, & Gaming:Mac or PC?

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In this video, D.Lee Beard explains how the techies videos get that smooth zooming in on the computer screen, where to find you own Star Trek communicator plus other replicas. He also addresses a viewer question on which is better for computer gaming, Mac or PC?

Episode 68: How to ...
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07:24:08 01/31/08

Photoshop wizard, Brandon Jackson, explains how to create an animated gif from your images and from video. More specifically, he explains how to limit the number o...

Episode 68: How to Create an Animated Gif

Added 01/31/08
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Episode 68: How to Create an Animated Gif

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Photoshop wizard, Brandon Jackson, explains how to create an animated gif from your images and from video. More specifically, he explains how to limit the number of times/cycles your gif animates, how to specify the duration of each specific frame in your animation, and how to automatically add in between images - tweening. Animated gifs are a great way to express information in place of just a single image and even works on older computers and web browsers (unlike Flash).

Episode 21: Securel...
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10:44:13 12/05/07

Using the built-in Mac OS X program "Disk Utility", the "Techies" explains how to erase/format a hard drive (or USB flash drive) in different formats including a w...

Episode 21: Securely Format Hard Drive With Mac "Disk Utility"

Added 12/05/07
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Episode 21: Securely Format Hard Drive With Mac "Disk Utility"

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Using the built-in Mac OS X program "Disk Utility", the "Techies" explains how to erase/format a hard drive (or USB flash drive) in different formats including a windows compatible format, Mac OS Extended, and Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Also covered: naming hard drives, explaining hard drive partitions and their purpose, creating up to 16 partitions, and secure erasing of data including single pass, 7 pass, and 35 pass secure erasing for the truly paranoid. Hosts: D.Lee Beard & Thomas Settle Camerawork: Nisha Josson

Episode 52: Video i...
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11:55:37 11/19/07

In this video, Ask the Techies explain: •How to insert video into a PowerPoint presentation on both Macs and PCs and how to avoid cross-platform snags. •Using Phot...

Episode 52: Video into PowerPoint, Photoshop Extraction Tool, ...

Added 11/19/07
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Episode 52: Video into PowerPoint, Photoshop Extraction Tool, Songs Onto iPod

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In this video, Ask the Techies explain: •How to insert video into a PowerPoint presentation on both Macs and PCs and how to avoid cross-platform snags. •Using Photoshop’s extraction tool to extract a face out of one document and insert into another. •Gettings songs onto an iPod including using the iTunes music store and digital rights management. Hosts: D.Lee Beard , Brandon Jackson, Tim Welsh (27min 58sec) Go to your e-mail program and send us an e-mail. We need to hear from all of you. Our e-mail address is really simple, AskTheTechies@Gmail.com

Episode 48: How Sec...
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11:14:14 11/19/07

In response to viewer questions, D.Lee Beard explains how to subscribe and view the two versions of Ask the Techies via iTunes and the Democracy Player & explains ...

Episode 48: How Secure/Private is a Public Computer? Subscribi...

Added 11/19/07
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Episode 48: How Secure/Private is a Public Computer? Subscribing to Ask the Techies

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In response to viewer questions, D.Lee Beard explains how to subscribe and view the two versions of Ask the Techies via iTunes and the Democracy Player & explains which version you should be subscribing to. Is someone secretly and remotely watching what you are doing on your computer without your knowledge? This can easily happen on public computers. D.Lee shows you how someone can watch what is happening on another computer or computers using VNC or Apple Remote Desktop software without the user even knowing! Learn how secure you are (or are not) in this brief review of VNC and Apple Remote Desktop software to connect Macs & Macs and Macs & Windows computers with virtual remote desktop software VNC. (21min 45sec) Host: D.Lee Beard Have a comment/question? Send us an e-mail at AskTheTechies@gmail.com.

Episode 47: Windows...
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11:11:38 11/19/07

http://AskTheTechies.com In this video, Nathan Galieti explains how to use Microsoft's Remote Desktop software to remotely connect to a Windows computer from anoth...

Episode 47: Windows Remote Desktop

Added 11/19/07
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Episode 47: Windows Remote Desktop

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http://AskTheTechies.com In this video, Nathan Galieti explains how to use Microsoft's Remote Desktop software to remotely connect to a Windows computer from another Windows or even Macintosh computer. With this software you can visually interact with the remote computer the same way you would if you were there: just click on icons, print to your localprinter, send e-mails, & copy files. Remote Desktop is a great way to connect to that home computer while you are on the road or, since you gain full control of the computers with your local mouse and keyboard, for remotely fixing a computer for someone. Want to see us make a video on how to remotely connect to a Macintosh computer? Send us an e-mail at AskTheTechies@gmail.com (37min 04sec) Hosts: D.Lee Beard & Nathan Galieti Have a comment/question? Send us an e-mail at AskTheTechies@gmail.com.

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