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An Introduction to Tiger Terminal  Now that you've had a chance to enjoy all of the GUI goodies in Mac OS X 10.4, you might be ready to check out what's happening with the Terminal app. This article will introduces you to Tiger's Terminal app and CLI (command-line interface).   [O'Reilly Network]

Consumer Camera Time-Lapse Movies  Pocket digicams are great for still photos, and some of them even record quality video. But you can push the envelope even further with these devices, such as by creating time-lapse movies. Here's how two photo novices created their first production.   [DigitalMedia.oreilly.com]

Tiger's Powerful Migration Assistant  Transferring data, prefs, and apps from old Macs to new ones can be painful when upgrading computers. Fortunately, Apple's Migration Assistant has the brains and brawn to save users and system administrators alike much time during this process. Here's everything you'd want to know about this great tool.   [O'Reilly Network]

20 Cool Tiger Features You Might Not Have Heard About  Even though Tiger has been out for a while now, many of its major features have nuances that haven't received much press--and there a zillion minor tweaks to discuss. Scott Knaster takes you on a tour of clever, and sometimes even obscure, Tiger goodies.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Magnificent Seven: What's New for Users in QuickTime 7  Tiger is cool, but it's not the only new cat on the block. Apple has also released an updated version of QuickTime. Chris Adamson examines the user-visible features and changes in QT 7, including QT 7 Pro, renovations to the QuickTime Player application, and the implications of the powerful new H.264 video codec.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Build a Dashboard Widget  A little HTML, a dash of JavaScript, and a sprinkle of CSS and you can create your own Dashboard widget. Andrew Anderson shows you how.   [MacDevCenter.com]

The Soul of WWDC 2005  A few years ago, Apple moved WWDC from San Jose to the brand new Moscone West building in San Francisco. The new location improved the face of its developer conference. This year, Apple wants to enhance its very soul. Here's how O'Reilly is going to help them do that.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Write Your Own Automator Actions  Tiger introduces Automator, which lets users string together preinstalled script steps--called Actions--into a workflow that can be run and saved. For developer types, these Actions are a convenient way to distribute scripts. And in this tutorial, Matt Neuburg shows you how to write your own.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Everything You Need to Know to Install Tiger  Installing Mac OS X Tiger can be as easy as inserting the OS disc and clicking a few buttons. But if you want to customize your install and take this opportunity to tidy up your Mac in the process, this exhaustive tutorial will show you everything you need to know.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Housecleaning Tips for Tiger  Is your Mac ready for a smooth transition to Tiger? Maybe you're in need of a Spring housecleaning anyway. Check out these tidy tips from Derrick Story, then roll out the red carpet for Mac OS X 10.4.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Building Cocoa-Java Apps with Eclipse  Eclipse is a gloriously powerful, open source IDE, which is a joy to use when working with Java. It makes sense, then, when writing Java-based Cocoa apps, to use Eclipse. But how? What does Eclipse know about the esoteric world of Cocoa-Java? Well, with a little help from Ant, the flexible build system, you can tell it everything it needs to know. Mike Butler shows you how.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Mac Mini Eye for the Linux-Windows Guy  Todd had no intention of giving up his Linux and Windows boxes to become a "Mac switcher." But he had heard good things about OS X, so the Mac mini presented the opportunity for him to become a Mac-tryer. He details his experiences here.   [O'Reilly Network]

LinkBack: Applications Working Together  Have you ever carefully created a chart or graphic and then pasted it into a report only to discover you needed to change it later? Apps should work together so you can make this sort of change with just a few clicks. That's now possible thanks to a new open source technology called LinkBack. Even better, you can add this technology to your own applications. Charles Jolley, creator of LinkBack, shows you how.   [MacDevCenter.com]

17 Things You Might Not Know You Could Do with iWork  If you've installed iWork on your hard drive but haven't had a chance to really dig into it yet, maybe this article will inspire you to do so. Giles Turnbull takes you on a romp through this production suite showing you lots of fun and useful things to do with it.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Protect Your Source Code: Obfuscation 101  You can protect your applications from attack by applying obfuscation techniques to convolute your source code. Matthew Russell shows you how.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Xsan and You  Yes, interns are still running around media production houses with FireWire drives in hand copying files to workstations. Storage Area Networks (SANs) can improve efficiency dramatically, and Apple's Xsan is at the top of that list. Here's a practical example.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Developing in OpenGL Using Makefiles  Yes, you can work strictly in Xcode for developing OpenGL apps. But if you want to work with platform-independent source code that runs on multiple Unix platforms, you'll want to go "old school" and use makefiles. Michael Norton shows you how.   [MacDevCenter.com]

HDTV on Your Mac  Even though the Mac is a little late to the HDTV party, you can roll your own setup for not too much time or money. Erica Sadun shows you how.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Targeting Windows (too) for Your REALbasic Apps  If you're using a multi-platform IDE such as REALbasic for your Mac applications, you might be interested in Aaron Ballman's tips for porting your software to Windows. My favorite reminder is, "Don't use terms like 'Windoze' or 'Wintel' in your product."   [MacDevCenter.com]

Movies Made Easy in iPhoto 5  One of the best features in the current crop of consumer digital still cameras is their ability to capture high-quality video. iPhoto 5 is in step with this evolution and provides a great environment for taking those snippets and creating real movies. Derrick Story shows you how.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Programming With Cocoa
Inside StYNCies, Part 2  In the first part of this two-part series, Matthew Russell showed you how to develop a user interface that lives up in your menubar like the system clock. In this final installment, he covers how to reverse-engineer the storage format of the StickiesDatabase file to develop your own API to Stickies.   [O'Reilly Network]

Exploring the Mac OS X Firewall  Like so many tools built in to Mac OS X, the firewall just works. But what is really going on inside it? Peter Hickman explains why the firewall works so well, and then takes you inside and shows you how to fiddle with things. In the end, he returns you safely to the default settings.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Turn Your Mac into an Audio Transcriber  With these simple AppleScripts, you can transform the QuickTime Player into a virtual Dictaphone. Control playback of songs and movies from your word processor—or any app. Slow them down, speed them up, bookmark the current location. Here’s how.   [DigitalMedia.oreilly.com]

Programming With Cocoa
Inside StYNCies  Stickies is one of the handiest little apps out there. It's been bundled with Apple's operating systems for ages, but Apple hasn't yet taken advantage of the new possibilities for it. This first installment of a two-part series works through building a partial implementation of StYNCies, a neat little utility that synchronizes your Stickies to your iPod and/or iDisk.   [MacDevCenter.com]

High Tech Hybrid: the Casio EX-P505 Digital Camera  The Casio EX-P505 is a smart-looking, 5-megapixel camera that fits in the palm of your hand. It captures full frame, full motion digital movies with ease, and it's packed with creative features sure to stir the imagination of fun-loving photographers. Derrick Story helps you decide if this is a high-tech toy or a real photographic tool.   [DigitalMedia.oreilly.com]

Getting Things Done with Your Mac  Even the most savvy Mac user can have problems staying organized. A number of tips for using a Mac to help organize your life are available from 43 Folders and other sources. This article takes a look at them with the help of Merlin Mann himself.   [MacDevCenter.com]

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