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What's New For Developers in QuickTime  In Part 1 of this series, Chris Adamson covered the new features of QT7 that end users will see. Today, he shows you some of the most prominent changes from a developer point of view, including: the QTKit API for Cocoa, the new QuickTime MetaData API, support for frame reordering codecs, Core Audio-based sound enhancements, and QuickTime for Java.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Music Gadgets  Every day, I seem to want to listen to music in a different way. Here are the gadgets I've been testing to "shuffle" my setup for music playback. A few of these are real keepers.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Going to the Movies (and More) in iTunes 4.8  Podcasting in iTunes 4.9 is just around the corner. Until then, have you played with the video functionality in 4.8? If not, here are a few things that Steve Jobs has mentioned--and a few he hasn't. By J.D. Biersdorfer, author of iPod and iTunes: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Tweaking Tiger Mail  The release of Mail 2.0 was largely overlooked amid all the fuss about Tiger's system-level features, but a number of people have made public complaints about changes made to the user interface. Mail's performance has improved, but the apparent willingness of Apple's designers to create an entirely new kind of toolbar icon just for use in Mail has irritated some. Giles Turnbull shows you how to bring happiness back to Mail.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Syncing iTunes  What happens if instead of sharing your iTunes libraries, you want to keep multiple libraries synchronized? This should sound familiar to anyone with a laptop computer on the go and a desktop sitting at home. Throughout the course of the day, you tweak some playlists and would like to have those changes automatically reflected in your library at home. David Miller shows you how to sync up your music.   [MacDevCenter.com]

An Introduction to Tiger Terminal, Part 2  In this second tutorial on Tiger Terminal, you'll learn how to use the terminal app to look at external volumes, then enable ssh to access files, scp to securely copy them remotely, sftp for secure ftp, and finally how to use rsync to synchronize files between two computers.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Ten PowerPoint 2004 Tips to Beat Tight Deadlines  PowerPoint 2004 lets you turn text, graphics, sounds, and movies into dazzling presentations that get your message across in high style. But what if you're on a short deadline? Franklin Tessler, author of Office 2004 for Mac: The Missing Manual, shows you ten ways to use PowerPoint to put together slideshows in no time.   [MacDevCenter.com]

It's True! Jobs Switches to Intel: A Review of the WWDC 05 Keynote  Don't get too comfortable after making the transition to Mac OS X. Steve Jobs decides to keep things interesting by announcing during his WWDC 05 keynote that Apple will switch to Intel processors. Here's what he said and how he plans to make it happen.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Let's Build Another Dashboard Widget  Even though no real development environment exists now, there are some tricks and techniques that can be used to make Dashboard widget development easier. Andrew Anderson explores some tricks and techniques and presents a widget that uses JavaScript's XMLHttpRequest method to retrieve spelling suggestions from Google.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Everything You Wanted to Know About Safari RSS, Part 2  In part one of this series, F.J. provided a solid overview of the Safari browser and the RSS specification. In this article, he shows you how to set up Safari RSS to serve as your newsreader, including lots of handy configuration tips.   [O'Reilly Network]

Everything You Wanted to Know About Safari RSS, Part 1  Safari 2.0 stands tall among the Tiger highlights. In this three-part series, you'll learn everything you need to know to customize this browser for newsreading. Plus, you'll explore the technologies that power Safari RSS beneath that beautiful UI.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Japan Primer for the Mac Techno-Tourist  Many of us believe that Japan is the land of geek nirvana. If you're contemplating a visit to the gadget promise land, you'll enjoy Todd Ogasawara's report on everything from cell phone coverage to buying Mac accessories.   [MacDevCenter.com]

A Closer Look at Spotlight  Spotlight integration with Tiger and its apps tilts the scales back toward Safari, Address Book, iCal, and Mail for your core applications. Matthew Russell shows you how this intelligent technology enables you to find just about anything, anywhere, regardless of where you are at that moment.   [MacDevCenter.com]

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]

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