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Up close with the new iPod nano
At a recent Apple music event, the company announced a new crop of iPods. Nice as it is to have a faster iPod touch, I find the 5G nano the most compelling new iPod.
And what makes it compelling are the new video camera and buffered radio features. And it’s exactly these features that I show off in this video.
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Six Snow Leopard tips
In this week’s video, I delve into six Leopard tips that you may (some have been covered here in blog entries) or may not be familiar with. Why six? Consider it a tribute to the “.6” in Snow Leopard’s version number.
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Show notes
During the video, I cover these six tips:
- Dragging images from PDFs in Preview
- Using iCal's new Inspector to manage calendar entries
- Collecting open windows spread across multiple Spaces
- Seeing more options for the AirPort, Bluetooth, and Sync menu bar icons
- Taking advantage of clippings' new capabilities
- Revealing hidden files in Open and Save dialogs
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Small USB flash drives
USB flash drives are handy storage devices, and there are a wide ranges of choices, from practical to fashionable. I like flash drives that are small and easy to carry with me at all times.
In this video, I’ll take a quick look at two USB flash drives that are very easy to carry. First, I’ll look at LaCie’s iamaKey, and then I’ll talk about Verbatim’s Tuff-’n’-Tiny.
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A look at Snow Leopard’s tricks
Snow Leopard is finally here (OK, credit to Apple: it’s actually early). Though Apple is quick to point out that Snow Leopard is first and foremost a refinement of Leopard, the new OS isn’t without a number of new and updated features.
In this week’s video, I take you on a visual tour of some of my favorite new tricks in Snow Leopard.
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Show notes
You can see all of our Snow Leopard coverage on one amazing page.
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[Dan Frakes is a senior editor for Macworld.]
Apps with Maps: iPhone car navigation
The iPhone 3.0 software update finally enabled iPhone apps to support turn-by-turn navigation. And now there are three apps on the market — from TomTom, Navigon, and Sygic — that provide turn-by-turn directions as well as embedding maps within their app. (That’s important because if you lose your cell signal, you don’t want to lose your way!) Essentially, these apps function like a standalone satellite navigation system… but they’re inside your iPhone.
These apps aren’t cheap. They range in price from $50 to $100. And so much of their appeal involves observing them when they’re in action. That’s the purpose of this video — to show you these apps as they appear when you’re using them. In this video, I make an endless series of loops around Mill Valley, California in a hot car (windows rolled up and fan turned off so you can hear me — the things I do for you, dear video-watchers) while testing all three out.
What this video is not is a complete in-depth shootout review of the three products. The fact is, they’re all deep, deep products and deserve more time than I’ve yet spent with them. Look for our reviews of all three — individually and comparing them — in the near future. In the meantime, though, I hope this video gives you a better idea of how they work.
If you’ve got questions about the apps, I’d be happy to answer them in the Macworld.com forum thread attached to this message. And if you use one of these apps, feel free to share your experiences as well. Both sorts of messages will help guide us as we work on our coverage of this exciting area of iPhone apps.
Up close with the Sonos Controller 200
Music is an important part of my life. And because it is, I tend to consume a lot of it, from a lot of different sources. In the past year I’ve acquired a tool that pours music into my waiting ears by the bucketful—the Sonos Multi-Room Music System. Of all the musical gadgets I own, it’s the one that gets the most airtime.
Sonos recently released its new $349 Sonos Controller 200 (CR200) and I’ve had the opportunity to review it (and yes, I like it too). Given the release of this new controller it seemed an appropriate time to take a video gander at the Sonos system.
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- Length: 6 minutes and 18 seconds
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How to make your own Macworld Video
In this week’s video, I cover the process and tools I use to create Macworld Videos. Yes, it’s a video about making the very video you’ll be watching.
So put on your circular reference hat, and I hope you enjoy this peek behind the Macworld Video production curtain.
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During the video, I demonstrate how I create my Macworld Video segments using a combination of ScreenFlow and Final Cut Express. Most of the video focuses on ScreenFlow, as video exported from ScreenFlow can then be used with any editing program, including iMovie.
I also included a time lapse movie within this video. However, I didn’t use either of the tools I covered in my Make a time-lapse video video. While both those tools are great, neither will capture the desktop at its full size on a timed interval. For that task, I turned to the freeware Timed Screenshot and QuickTime Pro (which can turn a sequence of stills into a movie).
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Three astronomy apps for the iPhone
With the recent news about outer space—the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, the July 15 Space Shuttle launch and today’s landing, the Jupiter impact—it’s easy to get excited over space exploration
If you have an iPhone you can fuel your newfound interest. In this video, I’ll show you three iPhone apps that you can use to learn more about astronomy and space. All of these apps won’t cost a lot of money at the iTunes Store, and they’re sure to teach you a thing or two about the celestial objects around us.
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- Length: 2 minutes, 30 seconds
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Show notes
Here are iTunes Store links to the three iPhone apps I discuss in the video.
Why we love 1Password
One of the more popular bits of Mac software—at least around the Macworld office—is Agile Web Solution’s 1Password. The utility stores online passwords and other bits of personal info. But that simple sentence doesn’t explain why 1Password is so much better than the built-in functionality of most Web browsers.
In this edition of the Macworld Video, I take you on a quick tour of 1Password, showing off some of the utility’s most useful features.
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Show notes
You can download 1Password from the Agile Web Solutions Web site. The site also provides an excellent array of online documentation.
We reviewed 1Password a couple years ago, back when the app went by the shorter 1Passwd moniker. We’ve also taken a look at the iPhone version of 1Password, which pairs up well with its desktop counterpart.
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Up close with the Nikon D5000
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.
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- Length: 2 minutes, 26 seconds
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Show notes
We have a full review of the Nikon D5000 (
). Overall, the D5000 is well positioned to stand up to competing entry-level SLRs.
You can also visit the D5000 product page for more information.
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