Weekly video tips from the Apple experts
The battle in the digital single lens reflex (SLR) camera market continues, leaving consumers with more and more choices. Nikon’s latest entry is the D5000.
In this video, we’ll take a quick look at the Nikon D5000 SLR and its features. The D5000 costs about $850 with a lens; it’s about $730 for the body only.
Read more »12
In this week’s video, I discuss time lapse video, those fast-moving videos that convert hours and days of activity into minutes and seconds of video. I explain two ways of creating such videos, one easy and free, the other more complicated and time consuming (guess which method I’ve been using).
25
It’s difficult to find a video cataloguing and playback application that rivals the formidable pairing of iTunes and Front Row. But now there’s Plex, a media center for Mac OS X that’s capable of cataloguing and playing back every major video format out there, and it works admirably with the Apple Remote to boot.
This video provides an in-depth look at Plex. Find out how it works and how it handles media. You can also read the Macworld review of Plex.
9
Apple recently released new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros that come with a feature never seen in an Apple laptop: a Secure Digital (SD) memory card reader. The reader is handy for transferring videos and photos from a camera, but you can also use the reader with an SD Card startup disk. This is helpful for when you need to troubleshoot the MacBook Pro.
In this video, I will show you how to create a SD card startup disk for the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros. You’ll need an SD card with a capacity of at least 8GB, and the OS installation disc that came with the laptop.
Download Macworld Video #114
Read more »27
Summer's almost here and you know what that means -- time for new iPhones! For the third straight year, Apple's release of a new iPhone model has caused otherwise sane people to wait in long lines, often overnight, just to get their hands on the latest and greatest.
Today's iPhone release is the iPhone 3G S, and I got mine this morning at the Apple Store on Stockton Street near San Francisco's Union Square. Now I've put together this report chronicling my first hour or two with the device.
In this video you'll see sample video shot with the iPhone 3G S. You'll see a mysterious brown bag that may or may not have contained my lunch. You'll see demonstrations of the iPhone 3G S's speed, its compass, its Voice Control functionality, what makes it different from the iPhone 3G, and much more.
Read more »23
Monday saw the annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) kick off with a keynote address by various Apple executives. In this edition of Macworld Video, Roman Loyola looks back at some of the highlights from the opening day.
The star of the keynote may very well have been the brand-new iPhone 3G S—boasting higher speeds and added features such as voice control, video capture and a compass. But several other products had their moment in the spotlight as well.
Download Macworld Video #112
Read more »4
In this week's video, I discuss e-mail. More specifically, I discuss e-mail protocols, and how you might optimize your setup if you receive e-mail on multiple Macs and/or phones. I also delve briefly into the world of spam, and how you can minimize how much of the stuff makes it to all of your Macs and/or devices.
Download Macworld Video #111
11
