David Pogue's iLife '04 Mini Manual (PDF) is your guide to the new features in iLife, Apple's tightly integrated
suite of media applications. This exclusive preview is the only documentation available until the spring release of our full-length books on these applications: iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual; iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual; iMovie 4 & iDVD: The Missing Manual; GarageBand:
The Missing Manual; and iLife '04: The Missing Manual. Meanwhile, be sure to check out the best Mac book, period: Mac
OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition.
Control Your Mac with Your PDA -- Dori Smith shows how to install and use Salling Clicker, an application that allows your Bluetooth devices (phones and PDAs) to act as remote controls for your Mac. Using PowerPoint and iPhoto, she also gives examples of Clicker in action. Dori is a coauthor of Mac OS X Unwired.
Global Developer Survey -- Software and application development have become a global endeavor. In response, MediaLive and O'Reilly have launched a survey to profile developers around the world, and we want you to be a part of it. Participate in this first study of its kind for a chance to win $500 USD.
Hopscotch Reading -- Mac OS X: The Missing Manual includes comments about earlier editions of the Mac OS, comparing what was with what currently is. One reader says these retrospective comments make him come to a screeching halt. David Pogue responds in the latest From David's Desk.
Ten
Things I Dig About Xcode -- James Duncan Davidson
takes Apple's new Xcode IDE for a spin and reports on his favorite initial
findings, from UI and error notification to predictive compilation and
Rendezvous-enabled distributed builds. James is the author of Running Mac OS X
Panther.
Trouble Downloading to
iPhoto -- A reader asked David Pogue why all of the
pictures stored in her digital camera aren't downloading to iPhoto. David
explains it's a matter of file format, not memory, and he offers solutions
that are covered more fully in his book, iPhoto 2: The Missing
Manual.
Confessions of the World's Largest Switcher -- At the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference, Srinidhi Varadarajan revealed the details
behind what it took to build Virginia Tech's G5 Supercomputer. Find out why
he says you can expect to see a lot more G5 clusters in the future.
I Dig Mac OS X --
Introducing a brand-new
T-shirt depicting our trademark Mac OS X Shepherd. If you groove on Mac OS X, this is the tee for you. Check out all of O'Reilly's
cool swag at Think Geek.
Mac OS X JNI Revisited -- Will Iverson talks about the
process of building a JNI (Java Native Interface) project using the latest
Java tools, and he addresses some questions sent in by readers of his book,
Mac OS X for Java
Geeks.
Ten
Things I Dig About Panther -- Now that the release of
Panther is official, it's time to take a close look at its key
features. James Duncan Davidson has been itching to talk about the things
he finds special in Panther; here are his top ten. Get ready to go deep
inside the core with Running Mac OS X
Panther.
Secrets of the Jedi Lunchbox -- Read this interview with Andy Ihnatko, one of the truly unique minds in the Mac community, who has been there through all of Apple's highs and lows over the years. Andy presented a keynote, "The Big Rethink," at this year's Mac OS X Conference.
Create
Desktop Applications with Java-Based Web Technologies
-- Will Iverson provides detailed, step-by-step instructions
for building a point-and-shoot installer for a basic web
application using Apache Jakarta Tomcat and a combination of free tools and
various Apache-license projects. Will spoke at this year's O'Reilly Mac OS X
Conference.
The 2003 MDJ Power 25 -- Four of the MDJ's Power 25 of the Mac
Industry spoke at this year's O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference: Adam
Engst, David Pogue, Tim O'Reilly, and Sal Soghoian.
Networking with Windows -- Microsoft Windows may dominate the corporate
market, but there are Macs in the offices of America. Mac OS X 10.2 allows
Macs and Windows machines to see each other on the network. Find out how in
Chapter 12 of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition. Get
a free trial to read this and four other O'Reilly books on Safari.
Mac
OS X Hints Sampler (PDF) -- Learn how to make quick
exits, stifle irrelevant software updates, minimize all open windows, and a
host of tips to get the most out of iTunes and iPhoto, in this sampling of
the 560 high-octane secrets presented in Mac OS X Hints: Jaguar
Edition.
iPod: A Newsstand in Your Pocket -- Some people don't care what's going on around them; others can't survive
without regular infusions of the latest news. J. D. Biersdorfer is in the latter group. She explains different
ways to use your iPod for your current events needs. J. D. is the author of iPod: The Missing Manual.
Building an Award-Winning Application -- Martin Pittenauer of TheCodingMonkeys, the software group that created the application formerly called Hydra, talks about how the group developed this prize-winning application.
