Feature
This is a next new tutorial in our Garageband tutorial series. You can read the first tutorials here and here. Need to remove some background noise, mistakes or unneeded fillers from your audio files? Perhaps you want to clean up a podcast or conference call or a song you’ve just recorded. Well then I highly
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How to Edit Audio Files with Garageband
Tutorials
We all know that Garageband contains hundreds of loops that we can use to create “original†music. Many of us, however, take them for granted and don’t realize how quick and easy it is to create a professional-sounding song. As a home-recording application, Garageband is quite underrated and, in my humble opinion, can and should
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How to Write a Song Using Garageband Loops
Mac
Apple focuses heavily on battery life on every mobile product it sells so much so the company took a new approach to the age-old design of batteries. But what if your Macbook battery life isn’t hitting the 8+ hours of use touted by Apple? Here’s a fix. Understanding Your Battery Your MacBook, depending on model,
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My MacBook’s battery life is horrible! What do I do?
Feature
If you’ve ever tripped over your MacBook’s charging cord or watch it yank out effortlessly without dragging your laptop to its demise, you surely appreciate the design of the MagSafe. Its magnetic tip connects and disconnects with ease; the power block it’s attached too mimics Apple’s design ethics. In all, the MagSafe is a very
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3 MagSafe tips every MacBook owner needs to know
Tutorials
Need to brush up on your singing or guitar playing? Too embarrassed to sing karaoke in front of a live audience? Is Rock Band not stimulating enough for you? Here’s a little solution that might do the trick. Using Garageband, there’s a way to reproduce popular songs. It has the capability to remove the individual
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How to Use Garageband for Sing-a-long
Tutorials
Google has released an open source Google Toolbox for Mac. The Toolbox provides sample code for developers and is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Apple has launched a series of “How to” videos for PC users that are interested in switching to Macs. The 3 tutorials include Anatomy of a Mac which introduces Finder,
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Google releases ‘Toolbox’, Apple posts Mac tutorials for PC users
iPhone
I’m not sure how helpful this video is actually going to be, since it doesn’t really look like the iPhone works properly when its over, but I found it interesting to check out a step by step look at how replacing a battery yourself will go, and what the innards of the iPhone look like…
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Video Find: DIY iPhone Battery Replacement
Tutorials
If you’re all about Jailbreaking your iPod Touch, this 20 minute tutorial will show you how to do it – but let me warn you now, it probably ain’t gonna last, and you have to get deep into the Command line to get it done…so I don’t recommend it at all. Here is part one.
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YouTube Find: Jailbreak for iPod Touch Tutorial Video
OS X
If you’re interested in learning about the Terminal, but don’t know where to start, this article from MacApper is a great place to get your feet wet. If you’re anything like me you switched to the Mac so you’d never have to jack with a terminal or prompt ever again – but you should check
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Get to know the Terminal…intro for newbies
Mac
The latest edition of The Merlin Show, a video podcast that is quickly growing on me, has posted a tip for all you Quicksilver enthusiasts out there. I’ve never been able to get into Quicksilver myself (stop it…no hate mail…I didn’t say I didn’t like it…I just haven’t gotten into it), but if you’re a
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The Merlin Show: “Quicksilver Comma Trick”
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