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20:37:06 02/08/08
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SCO0135 - Bento Database - Part 1 [Sampler]
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[Sampler for Extra Show] By popular demand, this weeks show is all about Bento by FileMaker. Bento is a very flexible and elegant database package that many people consider to be the application that was missing from iWork.
It's 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.
This weeks show takes you through the basics of Bento and even if you've no database experience, should give you enough information to start creating your own databases with ease. The show is an Extra members show and covers:
◦ Introduction to Bento
◦ The Bento Interface
◦ Core Concepts - Libraries and Collections
◦ Address Book Integration
◦ Records & Table View
◦ Form Views
◦ Creating a Library
◦ Adding Fields
◦ Form Customisation
◦ Themes
◦ Advanced Find
◦ Smart Collections
More than enough to get you started! This is the first of a two part show on Bento and we'll look at some of the more advanced features in part two.
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16:03:52 02/01/08
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SCO0134 - PDFPen - PDF Editor [Free Show]
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[Full Free Show] It's been a while since I first found PDFPen , a great utility for editing PDFs. With the introduction of Version 3, however, the application now has some amazing features allowing you to edit the embedded images and text in the PDF itself!
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
On top of all that, this weeks show also contains a special ScreenCastsOnline discount code to save 20% off the usual price of PDFPen - The code is SCOPDFPEN
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22:26:34 01/25/08
SCO0133 - Setting Up Your Mac - Part 2 [Trailer]
[LESS INFO] 5 VIEWS | ADDED 22:26:34 01/25/08
[Trailer] Thought I'd break myself back in gently by putting together Part 2 of the mini series - Setting up your Mac.
In this weeks show, I make a couple of slight alterations from Part 1 as suggested by pman and wastern from the ScreenCastsOnline Forum, then it's straight into a section on configuring your new shiny aluminium keyboard to get the most out of it.
Then onto a list of some of the top freeware and donationware applications to install on your brand new Mac (or existing Mac if needs be!)
A few suggestions on commercial software I can't live without, topped off with an announcement on the new ScreenCastsOnline 2007 DVD now available (members only - sorry!).
Finished off with news of a groovy prize draw for all those people who buy a DVD before the end of February.
You know what, I didn't break myself in gently at all!
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15:51:24 01/18/08
Macworld 2008 - Sights and Sounds [640x360]
[LESS INFO] 3 VIEWS | ADDED 15:51:24 01/18/08
No proper show this week due to my attendance at Macworld in San Francisco. I thought I'd post a short sights and sounds video of Macworld to give you a flavour of just what it's like attending the show.
Normal service will be resumed next week.
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12:08:30 01/11/08
SCO0132 - RWMultitool - Rapidweaver Theme Editor [Trailer]
[LESS INFO] 46 VIEWS | ADDED 12:08:30 01/11/08
[Trailer] It's been a good few months since I did a Rapidweaver related show so I thought I'd do one on a tool I get a lot of requests about.
We all know that Rapidweaver is one of the simplest, yet most powerful web creation tools available for the Mac but one of its strengths is also one of its weaknesses. It's a template based package and uses themes to give your Web site its look and feel. Now unless the theme developer gives you lots and lots of options, your creativity might be a bit stifled by sticking to a particular theme...."If only I could just insert my logo just there in that header!"
Well with RWMultiTool , the underlying graphics of virtually every theme are made available to you to alter or even replace if you want to!
Insert your own images or overlay extra graphics on your Rapidweaver theme headers or anywhere else in your theme really easily and quickly. No coding is required, just drag your images on to the existing theme elements, one click and your new graphic is instantly part of the theme. You can even see the changes instantly to your Web site in Rapidweavers Preview mode.
The best part is that RWMultiTool is available in both free and Pro versions and the show will give you a brief comparison between both versions.
RWMultiTool Site
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13:43:14 01/04/08
SCO0131 - Setting Up Your Mac - Part 1 [Free Show]
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[Full Free Show] For the first show of the new year, I thought I'd offer a helping hand to all those new Mac owners fortunate enough to get a new Mac for Christmas. The theme of this show was suggested by a viewer and I enlisted the help of the guys and gals over at the ScreenCastsOnline forum to assemble a list of best practices and essential software for the new Mac user.
The resultant list is just too much for a single show so I'll make it into an occasional mini series of shows for the new Mac user.
This first show looks at several different aspects of setting up a brand new mac from the view point of a new Mac user. I look at:
Basic Dock Customisation
Converting to a Standard Account
Using Parental Controls
Switching on the FireWall
Setting a Screensaver Password
Pointers to Using Time Machine
In addition to these common tasks, I also recommend six free software packages to get you up and running as quickly as possible (inlcuding running through the different installation routines for all of them) The software icludes:
Firefox - Web Browser (although I do recommend at least trying Safari for a short while)
TextWrangler - A Fully Featured Text Editor
Paintbrush - A simple bitmap graphics tool based on MS Paint
Perian - Some essential video codecs to allow you play many different types of video
Flip4Mac - Windows Media Playback
The Unarchiver - Free unarchive utility for many formats
These are just the start and we'll look at many more useful utilities and applications in the following episodes.
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00:20:05 12/28/07
SCO0130 - Airport Express and Remote Buddy [Trailer]
[LESS INFO] 5 VIEWS | ADDED 00:20:05 12/28/07
[Trailer] Last show of the year so I thought I'd go out with something special!
A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon a software package called Remote Buddy which allows you to use your Apple Remote to do all sorts of clever things with your Intel Mac. Included in the package is a very clever piece of software which is basically a fully featured Ajax web server that allows you full control over iTunes from a browser.
Add in an Airport Express to allow you to transmit your music from your Mac to a remote set of powered speakers or a HiFi over Wifi and you have an incredible system for creating multi room audio throughout the house.
But it gets even better when you add in an iPhone or iPod Touch which allows you to access the Remote Buddy Ajax Web server and control your audio system via WiFi. Not just control the playback, but control the volume, search your iTunes library, select your Airport Express and even view the album art of the currently selected track on your iPhone.
This weeks full show covers all these elements in 20 minute including:
Installing and Configuring the Airport Express
Configuring iTunes
Installing and Configuring Remote Buddy
Using the Remote Buddy Ajax Web Server
Controlling iTunes via your iPhone/iPod Touch
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10:23:55 12/19/07
SCO0129 - 1Password Update [Free Show]
[LESS INFO] 5 VIEWS | ADDED 10:23:55 12/19/07
Time for a product update this week. It's been over 12 months since I covered 1Passwd, the brilliant password manager and web form filler from Agile Web Solutions.
This is one of the must have applications for the Mac and makes managing and using passwords and web identities a breeze. Since the last screencast ( SCO0078 ) , the product has been re-launched as 1Password and has had a significant re-write with lots of new features and is now even better!
In addition to the new features built in to 1Password, the guys have come up with a unique feature to enable to securely copy all your 1Password information in encrypted form to your iPhone or iPod touch. So now you can have all your data with you on the go!
This weeks show covers:
1Password Basics
Using 1Password for Authentication
New 1Password GUI
New 1Password Identities
New 1Password Wallet Items
Sync to iPhone and iPod Touch
For a limited time, you can get 17% off the usual price of 1Password by accessing this special ScreenCastsOnline offer page at the 1Password store - 17% Discount for ScreenCastsOnline viewers - This offer has been extended up to 31st January 2008.
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13:57:30 12/14/07
SCO0128 - Leopard - iCal (Part 2) [Trailer]
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[Trailer] Another Members show this week and it's part 2 of the iCal tutorial. In this weeks episode, I look at some of the more advanced capabilities of iCal that make it such a powerful planning and sharing tool. In addition, I also take a look at some third party tools that enable you to extend the capabilities of iCal and also integrate and syncronise with Google Calendar.
The show covers:
Time Zone Support
Sharing Calendars incl.
Exporting
Publishing
Subscribing
Syncronising Calendars incl.
.Mac Sync
iPhone Sync
Third Party Integration
BusySync
Spanning Sync
Don't forget that the members version of the show has embedded chapters so you can go straight to the section that you want or easily skip sections.
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01:09:31 12/08/07
SCO0127 - DiscLabel 5 - CD/DVD Labelling Utility [Free Show]
[LESS INFO] 4 VIEWS | ADDED 01:09:31 12/08/07
Featuring an excellent CD/DVD labelling utility this week, and that's DiscLabel 5 from SmileOnMyMac. As well as CD and DVDs, DiscLabel 5 also allows you to create stunning covers and inserts for all types of cases and boxes.
As well as a whole library of templates and clip art, DiscLabel is fully integrated with iPhoto, iTunes, iDVD and other digital content packages to provide both artwork and automated track listings easily and quickly.
This weeks show is sponsored by SmileOnMyMac and they've kindly provided a special ScreenCastsOnline discount code for 20% off the usual price of both the standard package plus the family pack. Check out the screencast for full details.
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11:00:37 11/30/07
126 - Leopard - iCal (Part 1) [Trailer]
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[Trailer] - I've been holding off doing a show on iCal for a while now, but I'm glad I did. Leopard and the iPhone has brought a new lease of life to iCal, the calendar application included with Mac OS X.
Under the hood, there's a ton of cool and really useful features that now make iCal a credible and reliable tool to help you plan, organise and share your busy schedule. There's so much stuff to cram in, I've had to split the show into two parts!
In this first part, I cover:
iCal User Interface Basics
Creating and Managing Calendars
Calendar Groups
Creating and Editing Events
Setting up Mail for iCal invitations
Using Invitations to Setup Meetings
Mail Integration
Using Data Detectors
Setting up To Dos
Part 2 will be along shortly looking at some of the more advanced features of iCal.
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18:23:38 11/23/07
125 - OmniWeb Browser [Free Show]
[LESS INFO] 6 VIEWS | ADDED 18:23:38 11/23/07
This week's sponsored show features OmniWeb, the feature packed web browser from the Omni Group.
OmniWeb is unusual in that it's one of the few browsers that you have to buy, it's not free! Consequently, it has to be something special to compete against exceptionally strong competition, but you'll be glad to know that it delivers a brilliant browsing experience.
The shows covers all of the advanced features of OmniWeb including:
Using Tabs & Thumbnails
OmniWeb Workspaces
Web & Search Shortcuts
Bookmarks
Site Preferences
RSS Support
A 30 day trial of OmniWeb can be downloaded from the Omni Group Web site
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15:34:37 11/16/07
124 - Leopard - Desktop & Stacks [Trailer]
[LESS INFO] 3 VIEWS | ADDED 15:34:37 11/16/07
[Trailer] - This weeks' show is the last Leopard related screencast for a couple of weeks, and it's all about a couple of the most controversial aspects of Leopard, and that's the Leopard Desktop and Stacks.
These two areas seem to have been the most contentious, what with the missing rounded corners, the translucent menu bar and the perception of the 3D dock as being just eye candy! Not to mention the dubious visual metaphor of Stacks using the foremost icon in the dock - very confusing!
Well in this weeks' show, we'll examine all these features and look at some resolutions using some free third party applications. So this weeks show covers:
◦ New Menu Bar
◦ Recreating Rounded Corners
◦ Turning off the Translucency
◦ Configuring New Screensavers
◦ Customising the 3D Dock
◦ Stacks Overview
◦ Fixing Stacks Visuals
◦ Creating a Recent Items Stack
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14:40:10 11/09/07
123 - Leopard - Time Machine [Free Show]
[LESS INFO] 6 VIEWS | ADDED 14:40:10 11/09/07
The first full show on one of Leopards most unique features - Time Machine!
We all know what Leopard is supposed to do but in this show I take you from the basics of using Time Machine with the Finder, through iPhoto integration and even take a peek at Time Machine support in OSX Leopard Server. This weeks show is a free show, but I've included a special Extra! members only section at the end of the full show covering some of the more advanced features.
This week's show covers:
◦ Time Machine Basics
◦ Using The Finder in Time Machine
◦ Spotlight Integration with Time Machine
◦ iPhoto Integration with Time Machine
The Extra! members section also includes:
◦ Using Storage on Other Macs for Time Machine
◦ Setting up Personal File Sharing on Leopard
◦ Sneak Peak at Screen Sharing
◦ Sneak Peak at Using Leopard Server for Time Machine
Look out for more Leopard related screencasts in the coming months.
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14:11:50 11/03/07
122 - Leopard - Installation [Trailer]
[LESS INFO] 4 VIEWS | ADDED 14:11:50 11/03/07
This weeks show is a ScreenCastsOnline Extra! member show so this is a trailer on the free feed all about this weeks show! Yes, it's finally here - this week is the Leopard install show! If you've been hanging on and haven't installed Leopard yet, now you can learn all about the final preparation, a cool way to create a backup of your Leopard DVD plus the different options and customisations available when you install the big cat!
This week's show covers:
Considerations Before Install
Creating a bootable image of your Leopard Install DVD (optional)
Using iPartition to dynamically resize partitions (optional)
Final preparations
Removing APE to prevent installation hangups
Leopard Installation - Upgrade
Leopard Installation - Archive and Install
Leopard Installation - Erase and Install
Using Migration Assistant
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22:04:11 10/25/07
121 - Dupin - iTunes Duplicates Mgr [Free Show]
[LESS INFO] 14 VIEWS | ADDED 22:04:11 10/25/07
As a respite from the bombardment of Leopard news, reviews, hints and tips that are bound to be coming your way this week, I thought I'd slip in a handy utility to manage all those pesky duplicate tracks that invariably end up in your iTunes library.
The utility is called Dupin from Doug Adams over at Dougs Applescripts for iTunes.
Dupin is a standalone application that makes identifying and removing the duplicate tracks from your iTunes library a breeze. If I have to squeeze a Leopard reference in it's really useful for freeing up some disk space before you backup you drive prior to installing Leopard!!
A relative short show this week, mainly to allow me some time on friday to play with Leopard as soon as it arrives!
07/13/07