...................... Apple eNews October 10, 2002 Volume 5, Issue 21 ......................
In This Issue:
1. Complete with a Set of Power Tools 2. Come to the Office Party 3. Better Safe Than Sorry 4. Documenting the Shanghai Ghetto 5. Tips for Ten: Adding a Character Palette 6. iSync Beta Now Available 7. Technically Speaking 8. What's New
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1. Complete with a Set of Power Tools
Has anyone ever sent you an image in a file format you can't open?
Luckily, we have GraphicConverter for Mac OS X for such situations. With its ability to import over 145 file formats, the application's an invaluable tool for those who work with graphics.
Where can you find GraphicConverter? Right on your hard drive. It comes preinstalled when you purchase a Power Mac G4 computer.
Nor is GraphicConverter the only digital tool that comes preinstalled on your new Power Mac G4 computer. You'll also receive Art Directors Toolkit, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, PixelNhance, FAXstf X, Snapz Pro X, a trial version of FileMaker Pro, and several others.
Of course, all Macintosh computers come with a full suite of Apple solutions, as well, including iCal, iChat, iDVD,* iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes, Mac OS X Mail, and Sherlock. What can you do with all these power tools?
http://www.apple.com/powermac/software.html
* On systems with a SuperDrive.
2. Come to the Office Party
Now you can purchase Microsoft Office v. X for just $199.
Simply take advantage of our Office Party promotion.
Here's how it works: buy any Macintosh computer between now and January 7, 2003, and you can get Microsoft Office v. X--including Mac OS X versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage--for just $199. That's a savings of up to $300.
Your purchases must be made at the same time. For the complete terms and conditions, visit our Office Party website:
http://www.apple.com/promo/office/
Whether they want to change the world, improve the lives of pets, defend the little guy, or offer us a better society through chemistry, customers share their stories about how Mac OS X and Microsoft Office v. X helps them to accomplish their goals.
It's one of the many advantages the Mac platform offers: far fewer viruses plague Mac customers than PC users.
But that doesn't mean that Mac viruses don't surface from time to time. That's why it's such a good idea to use an application like Virex on a regular basis.
In Mac OS X v10.2, you can even set Virex--which comes free as part of your .Mac subscription--to scan your Mac automatically at startup. Here's how:
1. Open System Preferences, and click Login Items. 2. Click Add, navigate to the folder in which you store Virex, and double-click the Virex 7.1 icon. 3. Finally, launch Virex, click Preferences and check the box next to "Automatically scan at login."
Voila, painless virus checking.
http://www.mac.com/1/iTour/tour_antivirus.html
4. Documenting the Shanghai Ghetto
"Shanghai Ghetto," a film now screening in New York and Los Angeles, documents the story of Jewish refugees who fled from Nazi persecution to Shanghai, one of the few places in the world that would accept Jews without the exit visas Nazi Germany denied them.
To make the film, Amir Mann and Dana Janklowicz-Mann, like many documentary and independent filmmakers, turned to digital camcorders, Final Cut Pro, and a Power Mac G4 computer.
"I don't think we would have been able to do this movie without these new digital tools," says Amir Mann. "And you have to understand we financed the project ourselves," he adds. "You're essentially talking to the entire crew here."
Ever have to include a character with a cedilla (or other diacritical marks) in your document? It hasn't always been as easy as it is now with Mac OS X v10.2.
Thanks to its Unicode support, Mac OS X v10.2 lets you include many more characters in your documents than you could previously, including accented Latin characters (with such diacritics as tildes, cedillas, circumflexes, diaereses, macrons, haceks, and acute and grave accents), mathematical operators, and characters from such non-Roman alphabets as Arabic, Thai, and Hebrew.
To access these characters, add a Character Palette to the menu bar:
1. Open System Preferences and click International. 2. Click the Input Menu tab. 3. Check the box next to Character Palette.
Choose Show Character Palette from the Character Palette menu; then choose All from the View menu and click the Unicode Blocks tab. Use the Insert button to insert the character(s) you'd like to include in your document.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/
6. iSync Beta Now Available
At Macworld, we demonstrated iSync, a new application for synchronizing contact and calendar information not just between two (or more) Macintosh computers but also among your Mac, iPod, Palm OS devices, and even Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones.
Imagine sharing names, phone numbers, email addresses, appointments, and other such information among all of the digital tools you depend on. Imagine having only the most current information on all of these
tools all of the time. And imagine having to enter data only once--on your Mac, where it's easiest to type such information--and clicking just one button to update your other devices.
Such daydreams become reality with iSync.
If you're using Mac OS X v10.2.1 and would like to try iSync, you'll find the iSync Beta and additional information about the application on the iSync website.
http://www.apple.com/isync/
7. Technically Speaking
Did you know that Apple offers certification training for those interested in working at authorized Apple service providers?
Available from the Apple Store, the self-paced service course provides you with diagnostic tools and access to an extensive library of technical information about Apple products, information allowing you to diagnose, troubleshoot, and prevent a wide variety of system issues.
The curriculum modules can help you prepare for the Apple Certified Desktop Technician and the Apple Certified Portable Technician exams available from Prometric test centers across the United States.
Now you can get organized for less--and keep all of your contacts and appointments in synch with the info you've stored on your Mac--with Zire a new, affordable handheld from Palm
http://www.palm.com/products/handhelds/zire/
Just last week, Marketcircle released DayLite Business Edition 1.1. A powerful contact management and scheduling application, DayLite was runner-up for the Best New Mac OS X Application award at the Apple Design Awards. For a tour of DayLite 1.1 and an opportunity to download a free trail version, visit the Marketcircle website.
http://www.marketcircle.com/daylite/index.html
In her 50th book, well-respected Mac author Maria Langer addresses the very latest version of the Mac OS. In "Mac OS X v10.2: Visual QuickStart Guide," Langer promises to "help you learn Mac OS X v10.2 by providing step-by-step instructions, plenty of illustrations, and a generous helping of tips."
http://www.apple.com/enews/quicktakes/langer.html
If you're in the prepress and packaging industry and have been searching in vain for that ol' black magic, we have good news for you from Serendipity Software. One of the leading vendors of digital proofing software, Serendipity Software recently announced the availability of BlackMagic 2.6.01 for Mac OS X v10.2.
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