1. "I Just Want Something That Works" 2. eMac Now Available for Everyone 3. Download the QuickTime 6 Public Preview 4. Tips for Ten: Going Home 5. Cooking Up Divine Digital Video 6. Changes Coming 7. Technically Speaking 8. What's New
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1. "I Just Want Something That Works"
"And that's why I use a Mac," says Aaron Adams. A Windows LAN administrator, Adams is just one of the thousands of people who wrote us. Programmers, web developers, stay-at-home moms, video editors, network administrators--they all wanted us to know what prompted them to switch from the PC to the Mac. How easy it was. And why they'd never go back.
We invite you to read their stories, watch the new TV ads inspired by their letters (they started running this week), and check out the resources we've posted for other people just like them who may also be considering the Mac platform.
Know a friend who you think would enjoy the Mac? Send them to:
http://www.apple.com/switch/
2. eMac Now Available for Everyone
Your phone calls and email convinced us. Though we designed it specifically for education, you made it clear that you wanted us to make eMac--our most affordable system with a G4 processor--available to you as well.
So we have.
Starting at just $1099, eMac features a brilliant 17-inch flat CRT display (16-inch viewable) and a space-saving, all-in-one design that will look great in any room.
Powerful, eMac boasts a 700MHz G4 processor and comes with 128MB of SDRAM, a 40GB hard drive, a CD-RW optical drive, a built-in modem, a sizzling NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics processor, and a wide selection of pre-installed software, including iMovie, iTunes, and iPhoto.
http://www.apple.com/emac/
3. Download the QuickTime 6 Public Preview
Now you can sample the newest advance in Internet video streaming.
MPEG-4--the next-generation industry standard for digital video--allows you to enjoy higher-quality audio and video on a wider range of digital devices: everything from cell phones to broadcast TV.
With QuickTime 6 Public Preview, Apple offers the industry's first mainstream MPEG-4 solution--not only for viewing MPEG-4 content but for creating and streaming it, as well:
And you can try it today: just visit our site and download your copy of QuickTime 6 Public Preview:
Once it's installed, you'll want to experience some of the other advanced features that MPEG-4 and QuickTime 6 deliver--like Instant-On streaming (which eliminates those annoying buffer delays):
Look inside the Users folder, and you'll find the icon of an inviting little house with your user name underneath it. That's your home, and it contains all of the applications you install and documents you create. In fact, everybody who uses the same computer has his or her own home.
Since you're likely to visit home often, here's an easy way to access your home folder--put an alias to it in the Dock. Here's how: Navigate to the Users folder and drag your home icon into the Dock. Don't worry: it won't appear in the Dock if anyone else logs in; only if you do.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/
5. Cooking Up Divine Digital Video
An entire season--60 episodes--of the hit cooking show "Flavors of America" had no sooner come out of the oven when PBS management asked editor Anthony Burokas to put the episodes on a "digital diet."
But to his credit, even though he had to cut more than four minutes from every show, Burokas never got steamed. He knew his iMac and Final Cut Pro would let him tastefully trim the fat.
"What's so great about Final Cut Pro," he explains, "is that I can move the voices around, I can move the pictures around, and everything meshes beautifully. The audience really can't tell that a whole bunch of editing has happened because it's really seamless."
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7. Technically Speaking
The ability to share files is an integral part of Mac OS X.
You can use Mac OS X file sharing to:
* copy files from one Macintosh to another * share files with individuals or groups on a local network or over the Internet * access files you need to read or modify on other computers locally or over the Internet
In fact, Mac OS X lets you share data with non-Apple operating systems and with earlier Apple operating systems as easily as it does with other systems running Mac OS X.
For step-by-step help with file sharing, consult "Mac OS X: File Sharing" in Apple's Knowledge Base.
Time's running out. You have only until June 29 to take advantage of the special offers available as part of our celebration of the Apple Retail Store Anniversary:
http://www.apple.com/retail/anniversary/
We've just released Mac OS X 10 v10.1.5. Be sure to run Software Update to take advantage of the many enhancements it offers:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n122010
Next Tuesday, June 18, author Michael Rubin ("The Little Digital Video Book") visits the Apple retail store in San Jose's Valley Fair mall to offer shooting, organizing, and editing tips to aspiring videographers.
And guess who else will be visiting an Apple retail store near you?
http://www.apple.com/retail/
Vindigo, the highly popular personal navigation system that provides up-to-date information about restaurants, stores, movies, museums, ATMs, and other services (including full-color maps and directions), now features both Mac OS X and Palm 4.0 compatibility. Download a free 30-day trial version from their website.
Now available, FileMaker Mobile 2 lets you take your FileMaker Pro databases on the road, synchronize data between your desktop computer and Palm OS handhelds, and take advantage of such new features as pop-up lists and menus, resizable columns, time and date pickers, value lists, and address book phone lookups.
http://www.filemaker.com/products/mbl_home.html
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