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Verizon FiOS Protect Your Wireless Connection In this tutorial we will go over on how to protect you Verizon FiOS Wi-Fi connection from being hijacked by connection thief’s. While Verizon FiOS provides you with default protection that they happen to recommend using it is not entirely all that safe due to the fact is is easily hijacked by others. So rather then to use the default WEP security we will be using WPA2 security. You will be amazed at how easy it is to have your Wi-Fi connection stolen so that will just make it harder to folks from stealing your internet service for their own use. Have Fun & Enjoy.

Snagit Beta for Mac In this tutorial we will go over on how to use Snagit for Mac which is really great. I personally have been waiting for a Mac version to be released for a long time now. Some of the feature we will try out is the screen shot mode and scrolling effect as well, along with the text effects. For more info & details I will include the link to the Techsmith for this product. http://www.techsmith.com/snagitmac/get-beta/ Have Fun & Enjoy.

Kandalu ImageBrain In this tutorial we will go over on how to use some of the new features in ImageBrain. Please keep in mind that at the time of this video this product is currently in beta & does not represent the finished product. What this program allows you to do if to locate duplicates of the same image on your computer or external hard drives that may be connected to your machine. What makes this program different in the way that it works compared to other duplicate finders is that not only does it locate the same image but it does it regardless of name or file extension, by using the identification technology (PSNR-K). http://www.kandalu.net/uk/products/imagebrain/index.html Have Fun & Enjoy.

FCP Import JVC Everio GZ-HD10 Video In this tutorial we will go over on how to Import JVC Everio GZ-HD10 AVCHD video clips in Final Cut Pro. We will need to first connect our usb cord from the camera to our computer via the usb port. Once connected start up Final Cut Pro go to file & select Log & Transfer then select the clips you want to transfer over. Keep in mind that this process will transcode your clips over to Pro Res but you can select different types of Pro Res or AIC to transcode to. After that is completed you can simply drag the first clip into your timeline & let FCP automatically set your settings. This way you can edit away. If you prefer to edit AVCHD in it's native format then at the moment FCP will no do, but you can do so in Premiere Pro CS4 version both on Mac & PC. Have Fun & Enjoy.

Change Expose Glowing Border In this tutorial we will go over on how to Change Expose Glowing Border in Snow Leopard. First we will need to use a graphic editor of your choice. Next we will need to go to the file directory as followed, HD - System - Library - CoreServices - Then find the Dock icon and control click or right click and select Show Package Contents. One you have done that go to Contents - Resources - and find the two images that we need to modify they are expose-window-selection-big.png & expose-window-selection-small.png here we will need to make our own or simply change the color to our choice. Keep in mind that once you do this you will need to open up Terminal so that we can reset our dock. See below for terminal command. Terminal: killall Dock hit enter & now you will have your new look. Have Fun & Enjoy.

iTunes 9 import Audio Video Drop Folder In this tutorial we will go over on how to use the iTunes 9 import Audio Video Drop Folder. This is a great feature that has been added into iTunes 9 that will save you much time. Where as it allows you to simply take your audio & video files and place them in a folder so that next time you launch itunes it will import them. You may ask why does it not just import prior to launching itunes, well that may just be due to the fact that some folks run multiple libraries and there would be no way to tell which one it should go into. Have Fun & Enjoy.

EyeTV 3 and Turbo.264 HD In this tutorial we will go over on how to use the EyeTV 3 and Turbo.264 HD. Original source video was recorded using the Hauppauge HD PVR with a resulting file size of 103mb @ 720p HD, then we use EyeTV3 to export at iPod High settings in conjunction with the Turbo.264 HD encoder. To drastically reduce our encode times. Have Fun & Enjoy.

FCP Compressor Create Web Reference Movie In this tutorial we will go over on how to use the create web reference movie in compressor. For those that have used Quicktime Pro then your already half way there. As this will create 3 video files based on internet connection speed all without the use of any other program. Along with a sample html page that you can use & edit to your own needs. Have Fun & Enjoy.

Final Cut Studio #? 32 bit or 64 bit Many questions have been raised at to weather Final Cut Pro is version 2.+ or 3.0, also many folks wanted to know if it is 32 bit or 64 bit. So we will use terminal to answer a few of these questions with in this video. Have Fun & Enjoy.

MAC: Firewire Capture Software In this tutorial we show two free software to use in order to capture video footage from a firewire device. These are free alternatives for your Mac computer. Please note in order to use the Apple SDK software you will need to already have the Apple developer tools installed to taked advantage of it. This can also be done using Quicktime Pro, Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Express, and even iMovie 09 if you so choose to use that. Apple Firewire SDK: http://developer.apple.com/sdk/ Vidi: http://www.mitzpettel.com/software/vidi.php Have Fun & Enjoy.

Linux init Command In this tutorial we will go over on how to use the init command in Linux. This is very similar to using Reboot or the Shutdown command but with more options as well. Here are some examples. Sudo init 0 = Shutdown Sudo init 1 = Single User Mode Sudo init 3 = Multi User No GUI Sudo init 5 = Multi User With GUI Sudo init 6 = Reboot Have Fun & Enjoy.

MAC Create Multiple iTune Libraries In this tutorial we will go over on how to create multiple itune libraries on Mac OS X, using the Option-Shift Command. This can also be done using a shareware program from Dougs Apple Scripts. This video was inspired by iTunesiHelp whom has done a version for Windows XP/Vista. http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/ituneslibrarymanager.php Have Fun & Enjoy.

Burn Blu-ray with a Mac? Here is a workaround tip Video by Brandon of YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/losslesscodecs Even though macs do not come with blu-ray drives, it is possible to burn blu-rays with a mac configuration. Here are a couple of workarounds. Link to blu-ray burner http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MRF8UEB6XSM Link to ken stone blog http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/blu-ray_fcp_fields.html

Ubuntu 9.04 Install Skype 64bit In this tutorial we will be installing Skype 64bit for Linux Ubuntu 9.04 using the .deb package which can be freely downloaded from the Skype website. If you are running the 64bit version of Ubuntu you may want to do it this way but keep in mind that you will need to run any updates manually for skype it self. Now if your installing it under the 32bit of Ubuntu then you can install it via terminal that way the package updater will, take care of any new releases for you. Below you will find two links one is for Skype the other for some great note & trouble shooting techniques for Skype under Ubuntu 9.04 from the Ubuntu help forums. Skype 64bit Ubuntu: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-ubuntu-amd64 Ubuntu Help: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype#AMD64 Have Fun & Enjoy

FCP: Edit Multiple Clips Duration & Transitions In this tutorial we will go over on how to edit multiple clip durations and transitions within Final Cut Pro. This is useful when creating photo slideshows or just making edits to existing projects within your timeline.

How to convert .pictClipping This tutorial will show you how to convert those .pictClipping files to any format using two different programs on Mac OS X. You will usually find these files if you save those cover art albums from you iTunes library. Great program to use is Graphic Converter from: http://www.lemkesoft.com/ Have Fun & Enjoy

This tutorial will go over two sites that you may use in order to check sites for possible malware, while it's not 100% it does help in order to protect your OS system from possible infection. Both links will be listed below for your own testing. This will give you a brief overview if the site has been listed for any possible suspicious activity & if so what pages are at fault. McAfee http://www.siteadvisor.com Google http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=Site_Name_Here.com

Kandalulite is a new video encoder designed to save you space on your computer, while it maintains the video quality but at a fraction of it's size compared to H.264 codec. It uses it's own decoder to play the videos via a Quicktime plugin. For a limited time this is available for $6.99 from it's regular price of $26.99 from http://www.kandalu.net/. Have Fun & Enjoy.

Here is a great & fast way to download those nice HD videos from YouTube by using KeepHD.com you may also find other versions available like HQ, FLV, 3GP, oh yeah 720p HD. You can visit http://www.keephd.com for more info. Have Fun & Enjoy.

Final Cut Pro: Tips 1 Keyboard Shortcuts, in this tutorial I will go over on how to use two keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut Pro to help speed up your workflow. These were some tips I learned the other day & am sharing with you. Tip 1: Bring entire timeline into view Tip 2: Select & move all video clips at one time. Have Fun & Enjoy.

Here we will review both the Turbo.264 & Turbo.264 HD as to speed & quality of encodes. We will be using a 6 min vob file & converting it to Apple TV format. Let's see which is faster. As with the new updates to the turbo.264 HD it now supports encoding to 1080p & 720p which is great for folks that want those hi res videos. Currently the new version also takes advantage or your systems cpu along with it's own hardware encoder to speed up the process of encoding your files. Some folks may not like that idea to much but in order to take advantage of those 1080 & 720p encodes it's a must. Which is why the previous version of the Elgato turbo.264 had so many limitations when it came to encoding. Have Fun & Enjoy.

MAC: Convert DVD to .VOB Here is a quick tip in order to convert your DVD's to a .vob file. This is a great way to archive your movies to use with Toast to burn to DVD, or to play on your PS3 so long as you keep it under 4GB due to the FAT32 file system limit. Both of these programs are about $50 in price & offer many different options as to what you can do with them. Both of these programs use the VIDEO_TS folder from any movie that was ripped to your hard drive or directly from the DVD it self as long as it is unencrypted. DVD2oneX2 $55.00 US Dollars from $39.99 Euro: http://www.dvd2one.com/ DVD Remaster Pro $49.99 US Dollars : http://www.metakine.com/products/dvdremaster/ Have Fun & Enjoy.

iTunes: Organize Playlist Here is a quick tip in order to help keep your ever growing playlist to a minimum while viewing them in iTunes. We will be creating folders then moving the playlist into them even can be done with your smart playlist as well. If your looking for a more automated way of doing this then I recommend using a apple script from Doug's Apple Scripts for iTunes. I will provide the link to it via his site. http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=moveplaylisttofolder Have Fun & Enjoy.

This tutorial we shall be going over on how to connect your ADVC-300 or similar device to your computer running Final Cut Pro, in order to capture your video. In my example I am using a Sony VHS to DVD Recorder, but in most cases you may be using a regular VCR which the steps outlined will still be the same. Make sure that you have your ADVC-300 device connected and both your computer & device turned on. Keep in mind that some applications such as iChat or Screen Sharing can conflict with your device so be sure not to be running those while doing your capture. Just follow the video tutorial for the rest of this setup. Have Fun & Enjoy.

How to copy VHS Tapes with Macrovision In this short tutorial I will go over on a certain device how to record those precious vhs tapes you have onto your computer. This is done using a Mac but can also be done on a PC. The device we will be using is a VCR connected to a ADVC-300. Have Fun & Enjoy.

How to copy VHS Tapes with Macrovision In this short tutorial I will go over on a certain device how to record those precious vhs tapes you have onto your computer. This is done using a Mac but can also be done on a PC. The device we will be using is a VCR connected to a ADVC-300. Have Fun & Enjoy.

iWeb 09: Gradient Features With the new release of iWeb 09, many new great features were added. Now introduced is a Advanced Gradient feature, whereas before it was only a 50/50 split. Now you can customize it to the way you want it to look for example a 30/70 split, Linear, Radial, Reverse Angle. So if you were on iWeb 08 and upgraded to iWeb 09 now you can spice up those previous pages you had created. Feel free to comment or leave your suggestions on iWeb 09.

iWeb 09: Publish Features With the new release of iWeb 09, many new great features were added. Many of these were requested by iWeb 08 users. Particularly users that have there own web host rather then Dot Mac or Me Dot Com. Now iWeb 09 users can not only publish to there ME/Account but also to a specified folder & ftp/sftp account. Maybe one of the best features is now that when you update your site it only updates the site your working on rather then all of your sites, and to the selection you picked for it. So if you build sites for others they no longer need to be on you Me/Account they can be saved somewhere else. Another great addition is the FTP upload directly within iWeb 09 is self. This is great if you don't already have a ftp client of your choice to use. Feel free to comment or leave your suggestions on iWeb 09. Have Fun & Enjoy.

MAC Remote Disc DVD CD Sharing Need to enable your remote disc, yet you have cd / dvd sharing enabled and it does not show up. Well with a nice terminal command we can do just that and enable Remote Disc on MAC OS X. Terminal Commands: defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser EnableODiskBrowsing -bool true defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser ODSSupported -bool true Don't forget to restart your system after using the terminal commands. Side note: If you only enable CD DVD sharing you can still share your cd/dvd drive but it will show up as a folder not a remote disc. Have Fun & Enjoy.

MAC Screen Sharing Shared Computers Tips Enjoy using the Screen Share or Shared Computers feature on your MAC, but dislike the fact that sometimes it's may not show up in your Finder for what ever reason. This could be due to your computer when it to sleep mode, or is in idle mode that may cause that. Well here is a quick & simple work around to that issue. Go to your Menu bar on FINDER select Preferences once the popup box comes up enable the first option labled Computer just below DEVICES now you can use your finder to navigate to it then select Network and any computers that are shared on your home network will show up. Video tutorials shows other ways of doing this as well. Have Fun & Enjoy.

MAC to Linux - Quicktime Encode Video To OGG OGV This tutorial will show you how to encoded video to OGG video format, using Quicktime Pro on your Mac. With using a free component from http://www.xiph.org and how to do so on your Linux OS using OggConvert. Developers site: http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/

MAC - Rivet for the XBOX 360 This little program RIVET runs in your menu bar, if you ever used connect360 or eyeconnect then you will know how this works when it comes to your XBOX 360, however what makes this one different is that it maintains you folder structure on your 360 as it does on your computer, which makes navigating great. Maker of Rivet: http://www.cynicalpeak.com/rivet/index.php

Linux Ubuntu 64 bit users will be happy to know they can now use a 64 bit version of the Adobe Flash Plugin rather then the 32 bit version we've been forced to use as of late. Well not you can get that 64 bit Adobe Flash Plugin, I'll provide you with the links to where to get it from & even a how to as well. How To Install: http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-Adobe-Flash-Player-64-bit-on-Ubuntu-8-10-98076.shtml Download Adobe Flash Player for 64-bit Linux 10.0.20.7 Alpha: http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/Adobe-Flash-Player-for-64-bit-Linux-Download-42958.html

RipIt is claimed to be the best dvd ripper for the Mac while it does it's job well, it lacks in many areas when it comes to FrontRow support and some burning applications are not able to burn the Video_TS folder that is contained in the package of the file that is created by this program. Yet for it only being 20 bucks in price it pretty well worth having it.

This is just a simple way to download those very nice HD videos that may be available on Youtubes Video site. By using your Safari Web Browser. Have fun & enjoy.

DV Kitchen is a great video encoder which uses the x264 codec that will for the most part create smaller file sizes while at the same time keeping the video quality it self, and with the help of the bitrate calculator it comes in very handy.

D Vision 3 - Join VOB Files Ever needed to join .vob files together for what ever reason you wanted to do so. Well you can very easily with D Vision 3 which is a freeware program. Now this program does much more but is great for joining those .vob files and make them just one file. Great for re-encoding to ipod or iphone format or even to burn on dvd it self. Developers site: http://www.objectifmac.com/dvision.php

MAC OS X - Split n Join Files, can be done in many different ways. Using freeware & non-freeware applications. Now to split files into .RAR format on MAC OS X there are two apps I know of which can do this one is terminal based from http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm called RAROSX not free, or a free option is SimplyRar from http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21430 please note that this free version is no longer supported. Now those are just a few options if you really need to create .RAR file & split them. Now let’s get to the apps at hand that we will be using, they are as follows. BetterZip $19.95 http://macitbetter.com/ YemuZip FREE http://www.yellowmug.com/yemuzip/ Split & Concat FREE http://www.xs4all.nl/~loekjehe/Split&Concat/ Stuffit Expander FREE Version http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffit/index.html BetterZip & Split&Concat will allow us to split as well as combine files togehter, while Stuffit Expander will allow us to combine files only that are in parts. YemuZip will allow us to zip files for both MAC & PC. So check out the tutorial & just follow with me.

Windows 7 x64 Ultimate Build 6801 - Initial Impressions Overall from the first trial I do like it over Vista but it still has way to many of the same look & feel. Am I WOWed by it NO I'm not. But at least it's a step forward. I don't really see this beta yet being considered an upgrade but more of a streamlined service pack.

In this tutorial I will show you a way to encode video for Linux users that may not want to install players or codecs that support other video formats except for maybe .ogg which is will play by default. Videos are encoded to .OGV format or otherwise known as .OGG to some folks. Program used is called ffmpeg2theora Which is a command line program it will also allow you to adjust the video & audio aspects as well as crop your video as well. Please note that I find the export times to be very long when using large video files. Available at: http://v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/index.html

MAC OS X make favicon ico image IcoMaker for MAC OS X is a freeware application used to create those favicon.ico files for your web browsers url. This is a lightweight & small application which currently supports Tiger (Universal), Jaguar, Panther, & Puma. Just to note I’ve been using this on Leopard 10.5.5 without any issues at all & has been working flawlessly. So if you want an easy way to make or create to favicon images this is the MAC way to go. You can find this free program at: http://homepage.mac.com/t_ogihara/software/OSX/icom-eng.html Hope you enjoy it.

MassReplaceIt aka MRI MassReplaceIt aka MRI or as some people may call it, Mass Replace It. This free program is a great time saver when ever you want to change multiple files in several folders all at one time, rather then going threw each file to do a search & replace. This also works very well with iWeb 08 especially if you use the Blog & Podcast pages and you need to modify links quickly. You can find this free program at: http://hexmonkeysoftware.com Hope you enjoy it.

Using iWeb Blog or Podcast on Personal Host Using iWeb Blog or Podcast on Personal Host, Here we will go over a few ways on how to take control of your iWeb site when using the blog or podcast pages on your personal host rather then on dotmac. When you first create your site you will give it a name for example: Site. Then you go ahead a create your first page which is usually named Welcome or what ever it may be. Now what we will do it take that first page & rename it to "index" minus the quotes. Go a head & create your pages as normal including your blog & podcast pages. Once you have completed that, we will need to modify a few things. First of all on a personal host the Search & Comment section is not available to us. So do not include that in your pages. Then if your gonna use the RSS image use your own custom image rather then the default that is used by iWeb due to the way the URL structure is setup then manually add you RSS link to it based on your actual domain name. For example: http://www.My Domain Name.com/Blog/rss.xml same can be done with the Podcast RSS as well. Now if you want to add a comment section to your blog or any page for that matter you will need to sign up for a free account with http://www.haloscan.com Set it up how you like and use their code to add the comment section to your pages. Now I have modified my code to be able to use any color for the text and pipe bar on my pages so I will provide it below. <!-- .style1 {color: #FFFFFF} -->postCount('Put Page Name Here');|postCountTB('Put Page Name Here');

iWeb 08 How to Edit Your Blog & Podcast Page, Many people ask how can I edit my iWeb Blog & Podcast page to be more unique rather then the typical layout. Well In this tutorial we will be going over how to edit your iWeb Blog & Podcast page. This way it will be more to your liking rather then having it look like everyone else’s iWeb page. Hope you enjoy it.

In this tutorial we will be going over as to why your iWeb site is not index by search engines & google. There a two alternative to this, the most simple way would be to create a sitemap for the search engines or to disable the navigation links & manually create the links to each of your web pages. Which in turn will allow for search engines to crawl your pages & index them.

This is for those that are looking to increase the performace of their hard drives. This will work on both your boot & connected hard drives. Using a program from http://www.prosofteng.com/products/drive_genius.php Called Drive Genius. After running this on my main boot drive & I defrag it, I noticed a system that was more responsive & snappier. While still keeping everything stable. So if your looking to get the most out of your system after long months of usage then surely take a look at this program.

In this tutorial I will show you how to use the CMD Line to view & also how to kill applications or processes running on your Windows XP system. To list processes type: tasklist To kill processes type: taskkill While using the taskkill command you will need to define how to kill it by image name or by process id. for example. image name. taskkill runningapp.exe process id. taskkill 0134 If you would like to see what options you have available for a command type: name of commnad /? then hit enter or return for a listing.

This is just showing how I currently have my dock setup for easy use & quick access to many applications that I use on a regular basis. Also I have it set up where my alias do not show the arrow mark or image which I will provide you with that code below, which needs to be done in terminal. $ cd /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources $ sudo mv AliasBadgeIcon.icns AliasBadgeIcon_OFF.icns $ killall Finder Change it Back: $ cd /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources $ sudo mv AliasBadgeIcon_OFF.icns AliasBadgeIcon.icns $ killall Finder Mouse Over effect: defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean YES killall Dock Change YES to NO to revert it back then type killall Dock

Just a quick tip on how to hide & unhide your Dock when needed for what ever you may be working on at the time when you need more space for viewing.

This is a review on the latest beta version of VMWare Fusion 2 Beta for the MAC. I must say that it is much better & much improved over version 1. One of the great things that was added to this version is the ability to increase your partition size after it has already been created. Only thing is in order to do that you must first delete any snap shots that have been taken. So it’s a give & take situation. Other then that I really enjoy this newer version. Hope you enjoy it.