Excerpt: Learn GarageBand tips and tricks

It’s no secret that GarageBand is entry-level music editing software. But at the same time, GarageBand can perform feats that aren’t immediately obvious. In this excerpt from Take Control of Recording with GarageBand, Jeff Tolbert shares some tips and tricks for the music-creation software.

Stay in Sync: Sync your personal dataSynchronizing personal data such as contacts, calendars, keychains, and bookmarks has support built into OS X. You just need the right software to take advantage of it.
Stay in Sync: Sync your iTunes librariesSyncing iTunes libraries can be complicated, but the right software can help you copy files as well as update database information.

Product	Score	Price
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.4GHz	204	$1,899.00
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.5GHz	222	$2,478.00
17-inch MacBook Pro/2.5GHz	219	$2,679.00
13-inch MacBook/2.4GHz (white)	193	$1,288.88
13-inch MacBook/2.4GHz (black)	196	$1,479.00
13-inch MacBook/2.1GHz	180	$1,088.88
MacBook Air/1.6GHz	124	$1,650.65

Product	Score	Price
24-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.8GHz	268	$1,721.15
Mac Pro/8-core 2.8GHz Xeon 5400	314	$2,594.57
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz	254	$1,434.12
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.4GHz	230	$1,147.09
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/1.83GHz	159	$559.99
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/2GHz	172	$777.77

Product	Score	Price
24-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.8GHz	268	$1,721.15
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.4GHz	204	$1,899.00
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.5GHz	222	$2,478.00
17-inch MacBook Pro/2.5GHz	219	$2,679.00
13-inch MacBook/2.4GHz (white)	193	$1,288.88
13-inch MacBook/2.4GHz (black)	196	$1,479.00
Mac Pro/8-core 2.8GHz Xeon 5400	314	$2,594.57
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz	254	$1,434.12
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.4GHz	230	$1,147.09
Xserve (2.8GHz Quad-Core Xeon) (2008)
13-inch MacBook/2.1GHz	180	$1,088.88
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/1.83GHz	159	$559.99
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/2GHz	172	$777.77
MacBook Air/1.6GHz	124	$1,650.65

Excerpt: Learn GarageBand tips and tricks
It’s no secret that GarageBand is entry-level music editing software. But at the same time, GarageBand can perform feats that aren’t immediately obvious. In this excerpt from Take Control of Recording with GarageBand, Jeff Tolbert shares some tips and tricks for the music-creation software.
Gain quick access to log files in 10.5
Use a new feature in OS X 10.5’s Console program for fast access to certain log files.
See more AirPort Extreme Base Station radio modes
If you’re using an AirPort Extreme Base Station on a network without 802.11n-capable machines, you can use a hidden feature in AirPort Utility to set a non-802.11n radio mode.
Easily review trashed files in OS X 10.5
Learn a very easy way in OS X 10.5 to make sure that the file you’ve thrown into the trash is the one you really meant to throw away.
Excerpt: Read RSS feeds in Leopard Mail
With Leopard, Apple added RSS support to the built-in OS X Mail application. In this excerpt from his Take Control of Apple Mail in Leopard ebook, Joe Kissell looks at configuring Mail’s RSS preferences, adding and managing RSS feeds, and viewing RSS articles from Mail.

Inside the OS X 10.5.4 update
A quick peek at some of the other things fixed—and not fixed—in the 10.5.4 update.
When installing software is too simple
A story about a recent Mac switcher who had trouble installing Firefox 3 suggests to Rob Griffiths that some software developers could do a better job of offering clear installation directions.
XP’s window is about to close
Need Windows to run on your Intel-powered Mac via Fusion or Parallels? Then now’s the time to buy Windows XP before it disappears from retail shelves.
Confessions of a former e-mail packrat
After years of living in denial with a hopelessly cluttered e-mail inbox, one Macworld editor finally changes her ways and takes control of her inbox.
A closer look at Snow Leopard Server
Here’s a closer look at what Apple has revealed about the next major OS X Server update and what it means when the finished version arrives in a year or so.