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Adding an Audio Track to a QuickTime Movie

Apple has provided this handy support article:
You can easily add audio and other tracks to a QuickTime movie.
To add an audio track to a movie:
In QuickTime Player, choose File > Open File and select the audio file you want to import.
In the QuickTime Player window that opens, choose Edit > Select All to select the [...]

iTunes Store Tops Three Billion Song

CUPERTINO, California—July 31, 2007—Apple® today announced that more than three billion songs have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com). iTunes is the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store featuring a catalog of over five million songs, 550 television shows and 500 movies. iTunes recently surpassed Amazon and Target to [...]

Use Built-In Mac Functionality to Increase Productivity and Profits

I deal with a number of clients on a day-to-day basis that often take the “long way” when it comes to a specific task. This can be rather frustrating, and often times I find myself wasting even more time trying to explain why the specific task could be easier, if it was done another way.
Computers [...]

Play Almost Anything in QuickTime

We’ve all been there. We get a email from a friend with a funny video, that we just have to see. The problem is we can’t open it in QuickTime. Okay, no problem lets try VLC. Wait, it doesn’t work in VLC either, what now?

An Easy VPN Solution, Unlock the Power of Hamachi

I recently discovered Apple’s Remote Desktop application, an expensive program but a true gem, especially when managing multiple computers from remote locations. I have also found that it is an invaluable tool for trouble shooting other peoples computers. But this is where a problem occurs. When dealing with computers at my office, [...]

Solve Xserve RIAD & Final Cut Pro Capture Problems

If you are the proud owner of an Apple Xserve RAID, and a Final Cut Pro editor, you might run into a small problem. You can’t capture video. The good news is there is any easy fix.

Use AppleScript to Quickly Change File Names

One of my favorite tools in Mac OS X is AppleScript. Now I am by far no expert at AppleScript, and in fact I have never even written a script. But I do use them all the time, and my favorite feature is the script menu. This is a great little menu [...]

Creating Image Reflections with iWork (Pages)

I have been searching for a way to create images that contain the nifty Apple style reflections found in the iLife and iWork suite of apps. I love the ease and simplicity of these Apple apps, but sometimes I need to use other programs to finish my work. Take this blog for example. While [...]

Share an internet connection between two Macs

Recently I took a trip to visit my parents, and found myself in a world without Wi-Fi. It’s hard to imagine that there are still some places that don’t have the luxury of Wi-Fi, but we all know they exist. Yea, I know, it should be outlawed but…
Lucky for me, my parents had a [...]

Record Shows from your Comcast HD DVR onto your Mac

I have gotten a lot of great response from a post about how to fix a problem with muting and the Comcast DVR. So I thought that I would share another great tip about the cool box, how to get the video off of it and onto your Mac. I currently have two [...]


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