http://www.ilifezone.com/ en-us © 2008 Podango - Scott Bourne Powered by Podango Podango - Scott Bourne The iLifeZone is a weekly podcast/screencast aimed at helping people get the most out of their Macintosh computers. The iLifeZone is a weekly podcast/screencast aimed at helping people get the most out of their Macintosh computers. apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean Podango - Scott Bourne bourne@tcq.net http://image.podango.com/usr_images/283464a109af0f33.jpg http://www.ilifezone.com/ This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you how set your computer's default web browser. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=84385 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you how set your computer's default web browser. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you how to quickly and easily force quit applications. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=83174 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you how to quickly and easily force quit applications. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you how to access music and video files on your Mac-based iPod through the Terminal application. The terminal commands you need for this tutorial are: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE If you decide to reveal the hidden files on your Mac using the instructions in this tutorial, please do so at your own risk. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=82183 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you how to access music and video files on your Mac-based iPod through the Terminal application. The terminal commands you need for this tutorial are: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE If you decide to reveal the hidden files on your Mac using the instructions in this tutorial, please do so at your own risk. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you how to look up forgotten passwords using Keychain Access. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=81584 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you how to look up forgotten passwords using Keychain Access. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you how to use Quick Look to efficiently view and play through files on your Mac. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=80238 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you how to use Quick Look to efficiently view and play through files on your Mac. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you some secrets inside Spotlight. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=79721 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode Liana shows you some secrets inside Spotlight. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. Have you ever had multiple PDF documents on your computer that belong together? Liana shows you how to merge these documents using Preview. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=76457 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. Have you ever had multiple PDF documents on your computer that belong together? Liana shows you how to merge these documents using Preview. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. Automator was so popular last week, that in this episode, Liana demonstrates how to resize images and email them using Automator. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=76177 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. Automator was so popular last week, that in this episode, Liana demonstrates how to resize images and email them using Automator. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to create an Automator application to apply image effects using Preview. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=76027 Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to create an Automator application to apply image effects using Preview. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to add applications to your menu bar. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=75628 Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to add applications to your menu bar. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how quickly drag photos into iPhoto to later sync with your iPhone. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=75252 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how quickly drag photos into iPhoto to later sync with your iPhone. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to create a book in iPhoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=74281 Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to create a book in iPhoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to login items to auto start applications. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=73289 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to login items to auto start applications. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana talks about how to easily manage audio settings on your Mac. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=72049 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana talks about how to easily manage audio settings on your Mac. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana talks about how to enhance photos in iPhoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=71415 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana talks about how to enhance photos in iPhoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana talks about how to use your Mac to announce the time to you. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=69085 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana talks about how to use your Mac to announce the time to you. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana talks about how to easily rename multiple files. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=68776 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana talks about how to easily rename multiple files. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana talks about software that will help keep your desktop manageable and free of distraction. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=68216 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana talks about software that will help keep your desktop manageable and free of distraction. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to easily set up printers on a Mac. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=67692 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to easily set up printers on a Mac. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to easily back up files and burn discs using's the "burn folder." Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=66476 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to easily back up files and burn discs using's the "burn folder." Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana gives some helpful tips how to easily uninstall programs on a Mac using AppZapper. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=65612 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana gives some helpful tips how to easily uninstall programs on a Mac using AppZapper. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana gives some helpful tips how to manage contacts in Apple's Address Book . Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=64683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana gives some helpful tips how to manage contacts in Apple's Address Book . Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana gives some helpful tips for creating spreadsheets in Apple's Numbers. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=63126 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana gives some helpful tips for creating spreadsheets in Apple's Numbers. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to change any disk image picture. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=62351 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to change any disk image picture. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to subscribe to shared Google Calendars in iCal. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=61563 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to subscribe to shared Google Calendars in iCal. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to create multiple libraries in iPhoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=60421 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to create multiple libraries in iPhoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to play windows movie videos on a Mac using the VLC player. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=59566 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to play windows movie videos on a Mac using the VLC player. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to apply effects in Iphoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=57720 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to apply effects in Iphoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to properly set up Image Capture. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=57135 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana explains how to properly set up Image Capture. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to export a Numbers document into Excel. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=56597 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to export a Numbers document into Excel. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to edit an Excel template in Numbers. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=55844 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to edit an Excel template in Numbers. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to import an Excel template to Numbers. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=55839 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana demonstrates how to import an Excel template to Numbers. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana teaches you how to swap windows and customize your workspace in iMovie with one simple click of a button. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=53980 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana teaches you how to swap windows and customize your workspace in iMovie with one simple click of a button. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana teaches you how to import images from a hard drive into iPhoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=52776 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana teaches you how to import images from a hard drive into iPhoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,phone,iphone,cell,mac,phones,cingular,ScottBourne,AT&T,mobile clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana teaches you about events in iPhoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=51552 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana teaches you about events in iPhoto. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,Pages,ilife,mac,LianaLehua,ScottBourne,iLifeSuite,iWork,iPhoto clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana teaches you how to make invitations and greeting cards with Apple Pages. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=50468 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana teaches you how to make invitations and greeting cards with Apple Pages. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne apple,ipod,Pages,ilife,mac,LianaLehua,ScottBourne,iLifeSuite,iWork clean This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana teaches you how to easily remove the Spotlight icon from your menu bar. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=49643 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST Podango - Scott Bourne This is a screen cast featuring Liana Lehua. In this episode, Liana teaches you how to easily remove the Spotlight icon from your menu bar. Please note that this tutorial involves an example using Tiger on a newer MacBookPro. Your experience may vary if you use a different configuration. Also, we recognize that there are always potentially additional or different ways to achieve the same task on a Mac. Accordingly, we make no claim that this is the best way or the only way to accomplish something - just an acceptable way. Enjoy. Host - Liana Lehua Editor - Staci DeGagne Executive Producer - Scott Bourne Apple,Mac,Macintosh,iLife,iLifeZone,Scott Bourne,Liana Lehua,Spotlight,OSX clean Show notes to follow at www.ilifezone.com http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=38909 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne Show notes to follow at www.ilifezone.com mac,iLife,iLifeZone,Scott Bourne,Apple,Macintosh,computer,software,iPhoto clean For complete show notes, visit the iLifeZone blog at www.ilifezone.com. http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=36882 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne For complete show notes, visit the iLifeZone blog at www.ilifezone.com. mac,iLife,iLifeZone,Scott Bourne,Apple,Macintosh,computer,software,iPhoto clean iLifeZone Episode 37 The iPhone Run Time: 36:26 Scott Bourne www.podango.com and www.applephoneshow.com Chris Breen MacWorld Playlist Magazine and iPhone Central at Macworld.com Let's have a little bit about the iPhone. I know what you're thinking... You've heard enough, but humor us for a bit :-) We're not doing news and commentary. This is all about tips, tricks, and other fun stuff. We're going to help you get a handle on all the things you neglected while having a nice spacious and capacious 30 gig, 60 gig, or 80 gig iPod. Chris says it's similar to having a Nano as far as how you have to manage it. The difference, of course, is that you have video on the iPhone also. For example, you can sync movies one by one, but why would you want to? iTunes has ways of dealing with just that sort of situation. On the bottom of the iPod feature of the iPhone is a row of icons. If you click the word More, you see a bunch more options (wow!). You now have the option of checking out podcasts, genres, and so on. That isn't all. In the upper left corner of the screen, there's an edit button. You can drag different features down to the bottom bar and set it up so that it's only the features you need. Scott likes this feature. Chris thinks it's better than what Apple chose (for example... Songs? Jeez). It's very fast to tap on the list of letters on the right, but still. Chris listens to entire albums more often, so he added the Albums button down to the button. To replace, just drag an icon over an old one and now you'll have only the features you need. When you select an album, you'll see a thumbnail image of the album. If you tap the upper right corner, you'll have the track list, and you can select a track. Tap a track to play it. Scott thinks that coverflow is really cool also. To see coverflow, just flip the iPhone on its side, and you can see the album covers. Tap the album, and you'll see the track list on the back. Tap the song and you're playing. Scott says that's a feature he uses to show off the iPhone to n00bs. In iTunes, you can control what does and doesn't sync to your iPhone. Chris has a smart playlist that limits his music to 128kbps AAC, the song must be between 3 and 5 minutes long. For TV shows, he has a playlist that has a play count of 0 so he only gets new shows, and then he sorts by season. You can then watch whole seasons in the order they air. Chris leaves about 3 episodes on his iPhone. A nice feature of the iPhone is that after you watch a video, it asks if you want to delete it. If you say yes, you've freed up the space. It won't delete it from iTunes, just from the iPhone. So what exactly are Smart Playlists? Smart Playlists are playlists that rely on some logical criteria. Instead of putting songs in, you put references to songs and they're played as they come up. (For example, you can have a smart playlist that has only 5-star rated songs. That will auto update for you as you rate songs without you having to add the actual songs into the playlist). You can limit playlists by size, too, and then of course you can sync only that playlist. The nice thing about smart playlists is that they take up no more hard disk space and you aren't duplicating them at all. Scott often recommends that you check out the Purchased or Recently Added playlists for ideas of how Smart Playlists work. Chris points out that it isn't always the case that the protected playlists will have your protected media. To get around that, Chris created a Smart Playlist that searches for anything with the kind that contains "Protected." You can refine this down to not include music videos. Note that this doesn't include the new non-DRM iTunes Plus tracks because they're listed as "Purchased AAC audio files." You could theoretically just add a second condition to your playlist and that would grab anything that's either Purchased or Protected. You can find out more about this stuff from Chris at Playlist Mag. Here's a great one on how to make really good smart playlists. And this one is pretty good too! Even though the second one is geared toward the Shuffle, the same concepts do apply. Chris is working on an iPhone book as we speak, and he already has a few books out: The iPod & iTunes Pocket Guide Secrets of the iPod The Pocket Guide is really helpful if you want to learn how to manage your media, regardless of what kind of device you're using. Help Chris get rich, will ya? :-) Another integral piece of the iPhone software arsenal is iPhoto because you can sync from iPhoto to iPhone. Scott does this to demo the iPhone (Vinny: So do I!) n00bs. Looking at your photo library on the iPhone rocks. The navigation is great. You can do slideshows, flip it, zoom it, and flick from one to the next. That always wows people. You can make albums and smart albums in iPhoto too. They're similar to their playlist equivalents in iTunes. When you go to the "Photos" tab in iTunes, you'll see a list of all the albums you have in your iPhoto library and you can select as many as you have space for on your iPhone. The neat thing is that you can do this by folders also, and you don't have to do everything through iPhoto. Individual folders inside a main folder, can be used like albums. In Aperture, you can do the same thing. Either sync it directly in iTunes, or sync them through a folder. You can even sync RAW images. iTunes will not sync the RAW files automatically. They're converted to JPG and resized to be optimal for the iPhone. You won't end up taking up your entire iPhone with photos. You can also sync photos back from the iPhone to the computer (meaning photos you took). Whatever you use to import your camera pictures, it'll work with your iPhone. One of the more annoying things is that every time you drop your iPhone in the cradle, iPhoto will pop up. You can find the setting to change that in the Image Capture app. Launch it. In the Preferences menu, there's an option that says WHEN A CAMERA IS CONNECTED OPEN __________________. Change that to "No Application" and click OK. Voila. No more autoloading of iPhoto. The downside of this is that if you want to import images from your digital camera or iPhone, you'll now have to open iPhoto, but it's better than having iPhoto pop up every time you sync your iPhone. At the end of the import process in Aperture or iPhoto, you have the option of emptying the storage on the phone of photos. You can leave them there, but taking them out saves space. If you want to put non-iLife stuff on your iPhone, you still have an option. One of the features removed from the iPhone was disk mode. To get around this, you can buy a program called iPhoneDrive for $10 from Ecamm Networks. You can't access your music, video, etc. But you can add stuff to your free space. The caveat is that if you want to use this on other Macs, it must be installed on that Mac. Secondly, and not that it matters to us (heheheh) is that there's no Windows version of this app. Safari is a very good mobile web browser. Scott created a new bookmark folder on his desktop version of Safari and set that to be the folder that's sync'ed to his iPhone. That eliminates having a glut of bookmarks on the iPhone and gives some control over what you want added. One good use for this is to keep out sites that use Flash or where the content is too rich to load over the EDGE network. There are a ton of sites now that are iPhone friendly that have widgets and portals to your traditional sites (try MockDock to see what we're talking about). Another great tip is to rotate the screen to get some added space. You can also double tap on columns to resize them to fit on the screen. And, of course, you can pinch and unpinch :-) Scott has been using his iPhone for keeping track of movie times and such at local theaters in San Francisco. Chris points out that it's not that the iPhone does things that no phone has ever done, but it does a lot of things that phones have always done better (for the most part) than other phones do them. Scott points out that us geeks are really using all the features of the iPhone whereas with old phones, the UI was so unintuitive you don't "get" it. Scott notes that this falls in line with iLife in how you don't need a manual to use it. Chris contends that the iPhone may actually be even easier to use than iLife because you don't have to dig forever to find something cool. There are very few functions that are non-obvious and hidden. That covers it for this episode. Thanks everyone! Important note: Our show is no longer on Libsyn. If you still subscribe on Libsyn, please use the new subscribe link below or visit Podango.com. This episode was sponsored by Overstock.com and ShieldZone. Be sure to sign up for our e-mail newsletter. The next show lands on August 20, 2007. For more information email us at info@ilifezone.com. Thanks also to Vincent Ferrari for the shownotes! Subscribe free of charge to the iLifeZone podcast at Podango.com. http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=31029 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne iLifeZone Episode 37 The iPhone Run Time: 36:26 Scott Bourne www.podango.com and www.applephoneshow.com Chris Breen MacWorld Playlist Magazine and iPhone Central at Macworld.com Let's have a little bit about the iPhone. I know what you're thinking... You've heard enough, but humor us for a bit :-) We're not doing news and commentary. This is all about tips, tricks, and other fun stuff. We're going to help you get a handle on all the things you neglected while having a nice spacious and capacious 30 gig, 60 gig, or 80 gig iPod. Chris says it's similar to having a Nano as far as how you have to manage it. The difference, of course, is that you have video on the iPhone also. For example, you can sync movies one by one, but why would you want to? iTunes has ways of dealing with just that sort of situation. On the bottom of the iPod feature of the iPhone is a row of icons. If you click the word More, you see a bunch more options (wow!). You now have the option of checking out podcasts, genres, and so on. That isn't all. In the upper left corner of the screen, there's an edit button. You can drag different features down to the bottom bar and set it up so that it's only the features you need. Scott likes this feature. Chris thinks it's better than what Apple chose (for example... Songs? Jeez). It's very fast to tap on the list of letters on the right, but still. Chris listens to entire albums more often, so he added the Albums button down to the button. To replace, just drag an icon over an old one and now you'll have only the features you need. When you select an album, you'll see a thumbnail image of the album. If you tap the upper right corner, you'll have the track list, and you can select a track. Tap a track to play it. Scott thinks that coverflow is really cool also. To see coverflow, just flip the iPhone on its side, and you can see the album covers. Tap the album, and you'll see the track list on the back. Tap the song and you're playing. Scott says that's a feature he uses to show off the iPhone to n00bs. In iTunes, you can control what does and doesn't sync to your iPhone. Chris has a smart playlist that limits his music to 128kbps AAC, the song must be between 3 and 5 minutes long. For TV shows, he has a playlist that has a play count of 0 so he only gets new shows, and then he sorts by season. You can then watch whole seasons in the order they air. Chris leaves about 3 episodes on his iPhone. A nice feature of the iPhone is that after you watch a video, it asks if you want to delete it. If you say yes, you've freed up the space. It won't delete it from iTunes, just from the iPhone. So what exactly are Smart Playlists? Smart Playlists are playlists that rely on some logical criteria. Instead of putting songs in, you put references to songs and they're played as they come up. (For example, you can have a smart playlist that has only 5-star rated songs. That will auto update for you as you rate songs without you having to add the actual songs into the playlist). You can limit playlists by size, too, and then of course you can sync only that playlist. The nice thing about smart playlists is that they take up no more hard disk space and you aren't duplicating them at all. Scott often recommends that you check out the Purchased or Recently Added playlists for ideas of how Smart Playlists work. Chris points out that it isn't always the case that the protected pl... For complete show notes, visit http://www.ilifezone.com/ mac,macintosh,apple,Scott Bourne,iphoney,Chris Breen,ipod,mac book,computer clean iLifeZone 36 One Year Birthday Show Thanks to all our current and past cast members, including but not limited to Derrick Story from www.digitalstory.com, Colleen Wheeler from OReily, http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/, Chris Breen from Macworld.com, and Alex Lindsay from www.pixelcorps.com. Thanks to Vinny Ferrari from http://www.ispnmedia.com/ for excellent show notes. Thanks to libsyn.com who originally hosted us and now thanks to Podango.com who currently hosts us. Effective this show, we'll only publish once per month on the 20th of the month until October when we expect the new edition of the iLife suite. Here's a cut list for this episode - all compiled as a best of from the last six months of the Zone. Enjoy. Episode.Cut# Clip Length Description 21.1 2:16 Chris and Scott discuss their initial reactions to the keynote 21.2 0:39 Scott informs everyone that he's getting in line for the iPhone (which is coming in 6 months) 21.3 1:05 Merlin Mann joins the show for the first time along with Colleen Wheeler 21.4 0:24 Merlin pans the Apple TV 21.5 4:04 Derrick's reaction to the keynote and Scott and Derrick discuss the future of the Apple TV 22.1 2:33 Derrick has a theory about iLife and why we didn't see updates at MacWorld 2007 22.2 1:42 Scott violates labor laws by making a kid stand in line for an iPhone for him 22.3 1:05 Scott got a nuvi and she has issues with WA 22.4 2:05 Why Macworld is better than CES 22.5 0:25 Macs are kinda like Harleys with their rabid fan base 23.1 0:41 Derrick intros Scott 23.2 0:56 Chris Breen suggests Applel use Jazz singer names for future versions of OSX 23.3 1:01 Listener e-mail about Derrick's flawed reasoning re: EyeTV. 24.1 1:01 Scott and Chris talk about the upcoming tip monster and the longevity of podcasts 24.2 0:53 Scott hires an assistant named Ernie. 25.1 0:49 Derrick and his hoops for adding voice annotations. 25.2 0:52 James the fan is our first ever Virtual Mac user. 25.3 0:22 Colleen is hurt by Scott mentioning an Intel-based Mac that she doesn't own. 25.4 0:15 Weight Watchers has banned Bridge 2.0 because it takes too darned long to do anything and people are getting fat. 26.1 0:56 Scott tells a joke about a couple still wanting to be brother and sister after their divorce. 28.1 1:39 Scott explains to us that he's a "pure blood" 28.2 0:10 Scott reminds everyone to pat themselves on the back for being smart enough to be Mac users. 34.1 1:11 Welcome to the Podango studios! 34.2 0:37 Scott explains that you need ADD to do this job, but can't remember who told him that because he wasn't paying attention. http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=27612 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne iLifeZone 36 One Year Birthday Show Thanks to all our current and past cast members, including but not limited to Derrick Story from www.digitalstory.com, Colleen Wheeler from OReily, http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/, Chris Breen from Macworld.com, and Alex Lindsay from www.pixelcorps.com. Thanks to Vinny Ferrari from http://www.ispnmedia.com/ for excellent show notes. Thanks to libsyn.com who originally hosted us and now thanks to Podango.com who currently hosts us. Effective this show, we'll only publish once per month on the 20th of the month until October when we expect the new edition of the iLife suite. Here's a cut list for this episode - all compiled as a best of from the last six months of the Zone. Enjoy. Episode.Cut# Clip Length Description 21.1 2:16 Chris and Scott discuss their initial reactions to the keynote 21.2 0:39 Scott informs everyone that he's getting in line for the iPhone (which is coming in 6 months) 21.3 1:05 Merlin Mann joins the show for the first time along with Colleen Wheeler 21.4 0:24 Merlin pans the Apple TV 21.5 4:04 Derrick's reaction to the keynote and Scott and Derrick discuss the future of the Apple TV 22.1 2:33 Derrick has a theory about iLife and why we didn't see updates at MacWorld 2007 22.2 1:42 Scott violates labor laws by making a kid stand in line for an iPhone for him 22.3 1:05 Scott got a nuvi and she has issues with WA 22.4 2:05 Why Macworld is better than CES 22.5 0:25 Macs are kinda like Harleys with their rabid fan base 23.1 0:41 Derrick intros Scott 23.2 0:56 Chris Breen suggests Applel use Jazz singer names for future versions of OSX 23.3 1:01 Listener e-mail about Derrick's flawed reasoning re: EyeTV. 24.1 1:01 Scott and Chris talk about the upcoming tip monster and the longevity of podcasts 24.2 0:53 Scott hires an assistant named Ernie. 25.1 0:49 Derrick and his hoops for adding voice annotations. 25.2 0:52 James the fan is our first ever Virtual Mac user. 25.3 0:22 Colleen is hurt by Scott mentioning an Intel-based Mac that she doesn't own. 25.4 0:15 Weight Watchers has banned Bridge 2.0 because it takes too darned long to do anything and people are getting fat. 26.1 0:56 Scott tells a joke about a couple still wanting to be brother and sister after their divorce. 28.1 1:39 Scott explains to us that he's a "pure blood" 28.2 0:10 Scott reminds everyone to pat themselves on the back for being smart enough to be Mac users. 34.1 1:11 Welcome to the Podango studios! 34.2 0:37 Scott explains that you need ADD to do this job, but can't remember who told him that because he wasn't paying attention. mac,macintosh,apple,Scott Bourne,Derrick Story,Chris Breen,ipod,mac book,computer clean iLifeZone Episode 35 All About iTunes Run Time: 31:14 Scott Bourne www.podango.com and www.applephoneshow.com Chris Breen MacWorld and Playlist Magazine Let's get on with it, shall we? As of May 30th, iTunes is now offering DRM-free tunes as something called iTunes Plus. The songs are non-DRM'ed AAC files (meaning you can play them pretty much everywhere) and they cost $0.30 per song more. Albums cost anywhere from $9.99 to $12.99 and the songs are encoded at 256k instead of 128k like the older files. There's no longer any copy protection on the files, so you can drag the files into a converter and voila, instant MP3. You can also right-click a file and click Convert to MP3 right inside iTunes. Chris believes the impotus for this move is cash. Songs now cost more. Secondly, most music today is purchased via CD anyway which is unprotected as it is. As record companies see digital downloads increasing, they're going to have to cut their losses and attract more customers. Chris also thinks that other record companies should follow suit but some probably won't no matter what and they would be wise to change their ways. Chris noticed a few glitches with iTunes Plus. A large number of the billions of tracks sold on iTunes are now available as iTunes Plus tracks. In iTunes, you can now "upgrade" your tracks to iTunes Plus without DRM. The catch is you have to either do all of your songs or none of them; you can't pick and choose which available tracks you can upgrade. Right now things are really slow or not downloading at all. Things are going to be slow-going for a bit, but eventually all will be right with the world at some point. Scott thinks this is a good thing. His tip is that no matter what happens, even if you've deleted songs that are now available in upgraded form, you can still get those tracks from iTunes. Chris points out that you can also get any downloaded tracks a second time by going to the iTunes Store's support section in case something catastrophic happens. Chris also points out that some people are a bit upset that their name and Apple ID appear inside the new unencrypted tracks. Chris points out that it's a pretty dumb idea to share these files seeing as the source of your song will be available to anyone. Scott points out that with just a bit of figuring out, someone can get your password and voila. Gone. Don't share stuff you bought, people. Chris isn't thrilled with the fact that you don't have the option to, on an album by album basis, pick which albums you want to buy as iTunes Plus and which you want to download as standard iTunes. Instead, you have to set a default preference. Chris is correct in saying that it's slightly inconvenient. Scott is surprised that it isn't more intuitive also. Chris notes that the page is somewhat empty for now as far as available albums go, but that will probably improve as time goes on. Chris has one more tip. In older versions of iTunes, you could burn your protected files to a CD and then re-rip them to remove the DRM. In iTunes 7.2 that functionality seems to have been broken a bit. In 7.2, it'll have problems doing that, but you can get around that by just using a different program to rip your CDs. If it truly is a bug, this is going to probably be fixed. Scott points out that the podcasting section was acting weird last week on the iTunes store, but it has since been fixed. Chris and Scott wonder where Paul McCartney's complete catalog is (Vinny's Note: Shortly after this recording, Mr. McCartney's Catalog did in fact appear in iTunes). Could the Beetles be far behind? Hmmmm... Some iTunes Tips: Scott: If you hold down the Option key when loading iTunes, you can choose which iTunes library you want to load. This allows you to create a new library or even create a new one. Chris: You can create a second account in the iTunes store. You can use this to create an account that's limited by an allowance in case you have no self control (like all of us!). You will need a second e-mail address to do this, but it's a good way to keep your spending under control. Scott: In the iPod, you can randomly listen to albums. It'll shuffle through albums as opposed to songs if you set it that way. If you use the Albums option, you can have it randomly play songs within the same album then it'll move to another album instead of song to song. Chris: If you go into the iTunes preferences, you can turn on the shopping cart. This is good because with one-click shopping, you can spend a lot of money very quickly. If you use the shopping cart, the cart will appear in your Store section of the sources. It'll also tell you how much you're about to spend. This is your chance to remove a bunch of stuff rather than just buying everything. Scott points out that none of Chris' tips this week are going to make him very popular at Apple. That wraps it up. On June 20th, we turn 1 year old! We'll have a retrospective to celebrate with clips from the past 6 months (the last time we did a best-of). We're going to move to a once-a-month publishing schedule from here forward. On the 20th of each month, you'll get a new episode of the 'Zone. This is only temporary until October when we'll most likely be getting a new version of the iLife suite. Don't fret! It isn't permanent! Thanks everyone! Important note: Our show is no longer on Libsyn. If you still subscribe on Libsyn, please use the new subscribe link below or visit Podango.com. This episode was sponsored by Overstock.com and ShieldZone. The next show lands on June 20, 2007. For more information email us at info@ilifezone.com. Thanks also to Vincent Ferrari for the shownotes! Subscribe free of charge to the iLifeZone podcast at the iTunes Store http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=26171 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:43:54 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne iLifeZone Episode 35 All About iTunes Run Time: 31:14 Scott Bourne www.podango.com and www.applephoneshow.com Chris Breen MacWorld and Playlist Magazine Let's get on with it, shall we? As of May 30th, iTunes is now offering DRM-free tunes as something called iTunes Plus. The songs are non-DRM'ed AAC files (meaning you can play them pretty much everywhere) and they cost $0.30 per song more. Albums cost anywhere from $9.99 to $12.99 and the songs are encoded at 256k instead of 128k like the older files. There's no longer any copy protection on the files, so you can drag the files into a converter and voila, instant MP3. You can also right-click a file and click Convert to MP3 right inside iTunes. Chris believes the impotus for this move is cash. Songs now cost more. Secondly, most music today is purchased via CD anyway which is unprotected as it is. As record companies see digital downloads increasing, they're going to have to cut their losses and attract more customers. Chris also thinks that other record companies should follow suit but some probably won't no matter what and they would be wise to change their ways. Chris noticed a few glitches with iTunes Plus. A large number of the billions of tracks sold on iTunes are now available as iTunes Plus tracks. In iTunes, you can now "upgrade" your tracks to iTunes Plus without DRM. The catch is you have to either do all of your songs or none of them; you can't pick and choose which available tracks you can upgrade. Right now things are really slow or not downloading at all. Things are going to be slow-going for a bit, but eventually all will be right with the world at some point. Scott thinks this is a good thing. His tip is that no matter what happens, even if you've deleted songs that are now available in upgraded form, you can still get those tracks from iTunes. Chris points out that you can also get any downloaded tracks a second time by going to the iTunes Store's support section in case something catastrophic happens. Chris also points out that some people are a bit upset that their name and Apple ID appear inside the new unencrypted tracks. Chris points out that it's a pretty dumb idea to share these files seeing as the source of your song will be available to anyone. Scott points out that with just a bit of figuring out, someone can get your password and voila. Gone. Don't share stuff you bought, people. Chris isn't thrilled with the fact that you don't have the option to, on an album by album basis, pick which albums you want to buy as iTunes Plus and which you want to download as standard iTunes. Instead, you have to set a default preference. Chris is correct in saying that it's slightly inconvenient. Scott is surprised that it isn't more intuitive also. Chris notes that the page is somewhat empty for now as far as available albums go, but that will probably improve as time goes on. Chris has one more tip. In older versions of iTunes, you could burn your protected files to a CD and then re-rip them to remove the DRM. In iTunes 7.2 that functionality seems to have been broken a bit. In 7.2, it'll have problems doing that, but you can get around that by just using a different program to rip your CDs. If it truly is a bug, this is going to probably be fixed. Scott points out that the podcasting section was acting weird last week on the iTunes store, but it has since been fixed. Chris and Scott wonder where Paul McCartney's complete catalog is (Vinny's Note: Shortly after this ... For complete show notes, visit http://www.ilifezone.com/ mac,macintosh,apple,Scott Bourne,Derrick Story,Chris Breen,ipod,mac book,computer no iLifeZone Episode 34 Fireside Chat, E-mails, Etc. Run Time: 54:08 Scott Bourne www.podango.com and www.applephoneshow.com Derrick Story www.thedigitalstory.com Colleen Wheeler O'Reilly Digital Media Just a bit of everything today. A more relaxing pace appropriate for a Saturday release... Scott Shaw writes in. He was listening to the Switcher show and wants to expand on the tip about Cmd-Tab switching apps. If you let go of the tab, but leave your finger on the CMD key and hit H, it will hide the app you've selected. If you hit Q, it will quit the app you've selected. You may need a few extra fingers, but this is a great tip. Thanks Scott! Colleen: If you press CMD Tab quickly, it'll switch between the two most recently used Applications. You can repeatedly press Cmd Tab to switch quickly without waiting for the switch bar to come up. Piggyback from a listener!!! Troy D. Murray writes in about Cmd Tab switching: If you use the Cmd Key Plus the Tilde, it'll cycle through open windows in the current application. Derrick prefers Tabs to Windows (Vinny: I prefer anything to Windows.) Derrick likes Expose for this same purpose. Scott uses Expose with his mouse which has a dedicated button. Colleen points out that turning on the hot corners can be fun, and with dual monitors it's torturous. Derrick isn't a fan. Chris writes in: Chris Breen says Mac laptops don't have a right click. On newer models, you can put two fingers on the pad and click to get a right click. He uses Preview to read multiple PDF's. He wants to know how to follow web links in PDFs in Preview. We'll look into that for you, Chris. We can't seem to get it to work either. You may need to grab Acrobat Reader to get it working. If you have any suggestions for Chris, please e-mail us at info@ilifezone.com. Colleen likes Preview too, but doesn't like the way it's set as the default for certain kinds of files (for example PSD Photoshop files). Colleen's new MacBook has enticed her to use the actual Apps to open PSD files because they run fast enough now, but she keeps Preview handy when she just wants to take a quick look at a file. Preview pretty much opens everything. Derrick likes PDFPen because of all the neat things it lets you do. Tom Brody left us a voicemail: He wants to suggest two topics: 1. A show on nothing but info on Preview. 2. Another show on QuickTime Pro and all the things that can be done with it. We'll work on that for you, Tom... Colleen likes the idea because she bought QuickTime pro and has no idea why she did it (it's the hypnotic power of Derrick, Colleen). E-Mail from Neil Bernstein: Happy with the photography show. Would love to hear more about Workflow because he wants to know what it really means to an amateur. He would like to hear more about workflow as it pertains to iPhoto, seeing as he doesn't use LightRoom or Aperture. Derrick's jonesing for a new iPhoto and Scott expects it in the fall with Leopard. Derrick points out that Workflow is really just going from point A to point B and isn't really anything more than that. He's really big on rating images then only working on the "good stuff" and so on. Workflow is an individual series of steps, and not every flow will work for every person. Scott says that the basic recipe for digital photo is what looks good to you. There's no set recipe and no magic bullet. If it looks good to you, you've done your job. Colleen thinks that it's also the process that all your images go through and how to make that as efficient as possible and lets you get on with your life. Scott doesn't rate all his photos because they're all five-star (and he's so modest!) Tavita Wilson congratulates us on having a woman on the show. She appreciates that we all get along like we're friends, and she wants to know why it's so hard for elderly people and non-technical people to take the leap into computers. She has daughters who are afraid because they're into tech more than the other girls they hang around. Colleen says the age thing is overrated. Her young son is fearless when it comes to tech. She thinks that most people who aren't comfortable with tech are probably uncomfortable because it came around after they were set in their ways and they're afraid to break something. As far as girls v. boys, she sees that changing quite a bit. Colleen, for example, carries two laptops with her (wow!). Scott, Colleen and Derrick are all about not using anything Rosetta anymore because of the performance hit. Colleen tried to open a Word Doc on her new MacBook and the test drive opened. Scott says to immediately remove the test drive first before you do anything else with a new Mac. Colleen points out that with the Pages test drive on a Mac, Pages should open up, not the test drive of Word. Scott wishes they would just charge more for a Mac and throw in Pages and iWork. Scott wanted to know why Colleen paid extra for black. Her answer is that it's gorgeous. She loves the Marware protection pack and so does Derrick and Scott. It's her first new self-bought Mac! Derrick, Scott, and Colleen love the keyboard (Vinny: I'd have to agree... I have a black MacBook also and it's awesome). Colleen also has her trackpad set to turn off when she plugs in a mouse to save from stray marks on the trackpad. Colleen also notes that the positioning of the pad is different than it is on the MacBook Pro. Derrick prefers the MacBook keyboard to the MacBook Pro keyboard. Colleen likes the feel of it also. Colleen has two revelations as far as what you get with a MacBook and a MacBook Pro. Revelation #1: No FireWire 800 (MacBook's have FireWire 400). Revelation #2: No internal card slot (No EVDO cards, and no Express Cards). Don't fret Colleen, Sprint and Verizon both offer EVDO USB dongles. I have the Verizon one and it's RevA which means it's faster than most of the Express Cards / PCMCIA cards out there. Keep in mind, the MacBook is also quite a bit less expensive. Scott points out that it's a matter of weeks until the iPhone launches. Derrick says he needs it and he's having a heck of a time waiting for it. Scott thinks that the iPhone is going to hurt laptop sales because it does so much and he primarily does e-mail which the iPhone does. Derrick doesn't think it'll hurt laptop sales, but that the iPhone will just be another spoke in the digital hub. Your Mac / Laptop will still be the center of everything. One thing he agrees with, though, is that the iPhone will be great for when you're on the plane waiting to leave the runway and he won't need to do it with a big MacBook Pro. He could do it now, but he thinks current phones mostly suck. Scott doesn't care for the Treo, and neither does Derrick. Scott says the second happiest day was when he bought his Treo and the first happiest was when he got rid of it. Derrick points out that Ben Long loves his Treo. Scott points out that you can find out all you want to know about the iPhone from Applephoneshow.com! Ray Biker says: He's a double switcher. He switched from the Apple IIc to the PC and back to Macs! He got an iMac and says it's a far cry from his previous computers. He likes to make big pictures. You can resize your pictures with Automator actions. If you go to Automator.us you'll find a ton of pre-made actions you can use in Automator to do all kinds of things. No code involved. You link one action to another and you're ready to roll! Just about any Apple app you may want to use has some functions that can work with Automator. Mark Laidlaw: Liked the photography episode but thinks we missed one thing. Moving from the Auto setting on a camera. He wants to learn how to use Aperture and Shutter. Colleen recommends The Digital Story. Derrick points out that a lot of people don't realize that the "P" mode on the camera stands for Professional. Most event photographers use "P" most of the time to ensure they get the right settings. Scott recommends checking out the scene modes built into your camera and seeing if they do the job for you. There's no shame in using those settings. You can also make note of the settings those presets use, and then you can make those adjustments in the manual sections. Scott wants to point out that you can also get plenty of information on your camera from the owner's manual. Derrick points out that there's now a discussion forum on The Digital Story too, so that's a good resource, along with the podcast he does weekly. Techmate writes in: Re: The tip in our Tip Monster about enclosing URL's in brackets in e-mail: You can achieve the same effect in OmniWeb which will send links to your current page, but in the body of the e-mail it'll enclose them in brackets automatically. Richard: Doesn't want to use all the songs in his library on his iPod and doesn't like the Sync Checked Song option works. He uses the comments section of the songs with a NOT ON IPOD in the comments, then makes a smart playlist that only has songs that don't have that in the comments and that's the only playlist that syncs to the iPod. Derrick discovered that he likes having different iTunes libraries. He has a basic music library on the laptop, and a hard drive with other libraries. If you hold down the Option key when you start iTunes, you can select which library you want to load. Important note: Our show is no longer on Libsyn. If you still subscribe on Libsyn, please use the new subscribe link below or visit Podango.com. This episode was sponsored by Overstock.com and ShieldZone. The next show lands on June 1, 2007. For more information email us at info@ilifezone.com. Thanks also to Vincent Ferrari for the shownotes! Subscribe free of charge to the iLifeZone podcast at the iTunes Store http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=24093 Sun, 20 May 2007 10:30:51 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne iLifeZone Episode 34 Fireside Chat, E-mails, Etc. Run Time: 54:08 Scott Bourne www.podango.com and www.applephoneshow.com Derrick Story www.thedigitalstory.com Colleen Wheeler O'Reilly Digital Media Just a bit of everything today. A more relaxing pace appropriate for a Saturday release... Scott Shaw writes in. He was listening to the Switcher show and wants to expand on the tip about Cmd-Tab switching apps. If you let go of the tab, but leave your finger on the CMD key and hit H, it will hide the app you've selected. If you hit Q, it will quit the app you've selected. You may need a few extra fingers, but this is a great tip. Thanks Scott! Colleen: If you press CMD Tab quickly, it'll switch between the two most recently used Applications. You can repeatedly press Cmd Tab to switch quickly without waiting for the switch bar to come up. Piggyback from a listener!!! Troy D. Murray writes in about Cmd Tab switching: If you use the Cmd Key Plus the Tilde, it'll cycle through open windows in the current application. Derrick prefers Tabs to Windows (Vinny: I prefer anything to Windows.) Derrick likes Expose for this same purpose. Scott uses Expose with his mouse which has a dedicated button. Colleen points out that turning on the hot corners can be fun, and with dual monitors it's torturous. Derrick isn't a fan. Chris writes in: Chris Breen says Mac laptops don't have a right click. On newer models, you can put two fingers on the pad and click to get a right click. He uses Preview to read multiple PDF's. He wants to know how to follow web links in PDFs in Preview. We'll look into that for you, Chris. We can't seem to get it to work either. You may need to grab Acrobat Reader to get it working. If you have any suggestions for Chris, please e-mail us at info@ilifezone.com. Colleen likes Preview too, but doesn't like the way it's set as the default for certain kinds of files (for example PSD Photoshop files). Colleen's new MacBook has enticed her to use the actual Apps to open PSD files because they run fast enough now, but she keeps Preview handy when she just wants to take a quick look at a file. Preview pretty much opens everything. Derrick likes PDFPen because of all the neat things it lets you do. Tom Brody left us a voicemail: He wants to suggest two topics: 1. A show on nothing but info on Preview. 2. Another show on QuickTime Pro and all the things that can be done with it. We'll work on that for you, Tom... Colleen likes the idea because she bought QuickTime pro and has no idea why she did it (it's the hypnotic power of Derrick, Colleen). E-Mail from Neil Bernstein: Happy with the photography show. Would love to hear more about Workflow because he wants to know what it really means to an amateur. He would like to hear more about workflow as it pertains to iPhoto, seeing as he doesn't use LightRoom or Aperture. Derrick's jonesing for a new iPhoto and Scott expects it in the fall with Leopard. Derrick points out that Workflow is really just going from point A to point B and isn't really anything more than that. He's really big on rating images then only working on the "good stuff" and so on. Workflow is an individual series of steps, and not every flow will work for every person. Scott says that the basic recipe for digital photo is what looks good to you. There's no set recipe and no magic bullet. If it looks good to you, you've done your job. Colleen thinks that it's also the process that all your images go thr... For complete show notes, visit http://www.ilifezone.com/ ilifezone,ilife,Apple,Mac,Scott Bourne no iLifeZone Episode 33 The Photography Edition Run Time: 46:54 Scott Bourne www.podcastingtricks.com and www.podcastgearguy.com Derrick Story www.thedigitalstory.com Chris Breen MacWorld and Playlist Magazine Okay shutterbugs, assume the position. It's time for our Photography special! Let's not waste any time! As a beginning photographer, Chris is interested inwhat to look for in a camera (point and shoot or DSLR). Derrick thinks that megapixels aren't that important if you have a good 5, 6, or 7 megapixel point and shoot camera, you can pretty much do what most people want to do with photos including blow up to 8 x 10, crop and enlarge, etc. The benefit to a lower megapixel count is that you don't have a Mac full of photos. On DSLRs, some get as high as 10 megapixels, but in reality, most people need far less. Scott points out that megapixels are a mostly marketing hype. Scott notes that the pixels in a point and shoot are generally not the same as the pixels in a DSLR and DSLRs use bigger sensors that can pick up more light so a 6 megapixel point and shoot probably won't have the image quality of a 6 megapixel DSLR at the same resolution. DSLRs also tend to produce less noisy images at higher ISOs. Scott says that one of the benefits of a DSLR is that you can change the lenses and gain additional flexibility. Scott and Derrick agree that most cameras around $400 take pretty good pictures and interface pretty well with iPhoto. Chris uses a card reader to copy his photos from his flash cards to his camera, rather than hooking up the camera directly. iPhoto will also be smart enough to not copy duplicate images a second time. Scott notes that once you get your images off your card, you should probably erase the card. (Vinny's tip: During the import to iPhoto, you have the option to delete originals if you're feeling brave!). Derrick has only had one card go belly up. Scott hasn't. Scott says you can pretty much use a card for as long as possible without worry. Derrick notes that even though they last forever, you aren't getting a whole lot of images on it. Scott points out that the older cards also have much slower transfer rates. So what is workflow? Derrick says it's the series of steps you take from the very beginning from when you take the card out of your camera to organizing to adjusting, to processing, to outputing the image somewhere (web, print, etc.). Scott says there's no "best" workflow; instead, the best workflow is the one that works best for you and your software. There are some standard rules Scott uses. For example, the last step is sharpening. Color correction, etc., comes first, then sharpening. Your mileage may vary. Derrick notes that software like LightRoom and Aperture are geared toward taking you through the process step by step. Chris likes making black and white photos and hasn't had a lot of luck converting to black and white inside iPhoto. Derrick thinks that iPhoto isn't that great at doing it. According to Derrick, you can use iPhoto just for management and so on, but you can make iPhoto work well with Photoshop Elements and inside it, you can really do some great work converting it to Black and White. When you save it, it saves it back into iPhoto. Scott says you should never shoot directly in Black and White on the camera because in the end you throw away a lot of data. In the end, you want to bring the full RGB palette into an editor and work from there. Scott's pick for this is Aperture because you have very fine control and there's no data loss. Scott points out that converting to grayscale throws away a large chunk of data in your image when you do it in Photoshop. Chris also wants to know how to get your image color matching to work between your monitor, your printer, and your camera. Derrick thinks you should start with calibrating your monitor (found in the System Preferences under Displays). You could invest in something like the Spyder Pro if you're really picky, but you should start in System Preferences first. As for printing, that's where you get into ICC profiles which tell your printer what kind of ink it's using, what kind of paper it's printing on, and so on, and this way the Mac's color instructions are translated to the printer properly. Derrick notes that you'll probably get pretty close right away, but the rest of it is a bit of voodoo magic. So you can gauge the difficulty of this, Scott used to teach a 1-week class in color management (YIKES!). Scott adds that color management promises you consistent results, not necessarily that you'll like it. The second thing to know is that you do need some kind of colorimeter if color is important to you. If you use a colorimeter and an ICC profile, your results will always be consistent, although you may need to compensate. Scott points out that the best way to go is to let the software you're using control color, not the printer. Chris wonders what to do if you don't have the time to do all this and if just printing photos to a service is a smarter route. Derrick thinks it may be, but in the end, you still have to work out the color settings of your monitor if you want to make sure what you see on the screen was what you saw in the camera. It only eliminates the second half of the equation, the ICC profiles. Scott uses Mpix for small orders. He notes that the only reason to do it yourself is speed and instant gratification. Scott and Derrick both like the 4 x 6 personal photo printers that are out on the market now and recommend them because in most cases, you can hook the camera directly to the printer. Derrick notes that 4 x 6 online prints are about $0.19 + postage a piece whereas inkjet prints are about $0.29 to $0.39 per print and, as Derrick notes, 4 x 6 prints matte nicely in a 5 x 7 frame. Scott points out that a lot of things we would want to do don't even need a computer either. His new plasma TV from Panasonic has a built-in card reader. Scott also notes that services like Flickr have become enormously popular for sharing photos. Derrick also likes the video functions on many point and shoot cameras. Scott notes that an iPhone picture (or what claims to be one) is indeed out there and that the iPhone stands to be a great portable photo album. Derrick notes that the 3 megapixel sensor in the iPhone won't be quite as good as a 3 megapixel point and shoot, but that they're good for most everyday uses and for sharing moments and that's where the iPhone should excel. Chris notes that often, the same shot taken by two different people will end up looking different after processing. He wants to know how to punch up his images and wants to know what to do after the shot is taken and where to begin post-processing. Derrick says that a good image starts at the point of capture and not from fixing it afterward. He recommends using RAW if you have it because it retains more data. Also, getting good exposure is important. Derrick also notes that light is a funny thing and a slight adjustment to something like position can make a huge difference. Even something as simple as moving around your subject or changing the elevation of the camera can make a huge difference. Scott agrees on exposure and points out that capturing for the back of the camera is not a good idea. It's important to note that with RAW, you can adjust quite a bit of exposure data even after you shoot. With JPG, "second chances" don't exist. In RAW, you can fix quite a bit afterward. Scott also points out that learning exposure is much better than using something like exposure bracketing. The best way to work is to figure out how the camera "sees" an image. Exposure explained: If you're in a dimly lit room with a few bulbs, and white walls, and you turn to your left and point the camera at the wall on Auto, you'll have a certain exposure. If you point the camera at another wall, you'll have a different exposure. In the end, they'll both be gray because the camera is constantly trying to make the wall gray. Derrick notes that most cameras now can display a histogram to understand color balance and exposure and that can be more helpful than just eyeballing an image on the LCD. Scott notes that just about every Mac photo editing program will let you adjust the histogram afterward. Derrick likes the new Photoshop CS3. There are two really cool things in it. The first is a new Black and White option under the Adjustments menu and you have a ton of fine control over the image. They also fixed brightness and contrast so that it really works well. Prior to CS3, you had to use the Levels option, but now all is right in the brightness and contrast world. Scott and Derrick both expect an upgrade to iPhoto with the upcoming release of Leopard. This episode was sponsored by Overstock.com and ShieldZone . Be sure to sign up for our e-mail newsletter. The next show lands on May 20, 2007 and it's gonna be an all audience e-mail episode! For more information email us at info@ilifezone.com. Thanks also to Vincent Ferrari for the shownotes! Subscribe free of charge to the iLifeZone podcast at the iTunes Store http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=283&episodeId=22868 Thu, 10 May 2007 02:36:00 EDT Podango - Scott Bourne iLifeZone Episode 33 The Photography Edition Run Time: 46:54 Scott Bourne www.podcastingtricks.com and www.podcastgearguy.com Derrick Story www.thedigitalstory.com Chris Breen MacWorld and Playlist Magazine Okay shutterbugs, assume the position. It's time for our Photography special! Let's not waste any time! As a beginning photographer, Chris is interested inwhat to look for in a camera (p