Macworld articles from February 2002

Macworld archives from February 2002

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February 1, 2002... Sense and Sensibility It's fitting that our in-depth reviews of 26 digital cameras made so many readers look at the big picture. The November 2001 issue touched off debate on everything from the future of digital imaging to when we can...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2002... A MultiMedia Card is not compatible with a Secure Digital card ("Macworld's Ultimate Buyers' Guide: Digital Cameras," November 2001). Also, the Kodak DC4800 Zoom comes with a lens cap, and the Olympus Camedia C-2100 UltraZoom comes with a 2.7x...

FutureWire: Latest version of firewire standard to boost speeds, connectivity. (Mac Beat).
February 1, 2002... Any glimpse into Apple's future will likely reveal a FireWire cable. Whether at the center of the company's digitalhub strategy or in the latest digitalvideo hardware, the FireWire connectivity standard has never been more integral to the...

X takes effect. (Mac Beat).(Adobe Systems' After Effects 5.5)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... If Mac OS X is to become the default platform for Mac users, the software that people use daily needs to appear in Os X-native form. For people who work with digital video, that includes applications for editing video and creating visual...

Three for the show: Trio of features is the highlight of final cut pro update. (Mac Beat).(Apple's Final Cut Pro 3)
February 1, 2002... With Apple's newly released Final Cut Pro 3 (800/692-7753, www.apple.com), professional video editors will be able to store more footage, perform sophisticated color corrections, and use real-time effects, without needing anything more than the...

Acronym Soup: Adobe tries to simplify publishing tasks with XMP.(Extensible Metadata Platform)
February 1, 2002... As cross-platform publishing continues to accommodate new methods of file delivery, two electronic asset-management issues loom before those who create publishable files--cataloging metadata and then accessing that descriptive information...

Nailing a new look: Q&A with Trent Reznor. (Profile).(Interview)
February 1, 2002... Trent Reznor ushered in a new era of digital audio production with the 1989 release of Pretty Hate Machine, an album that helped launch an entirely new genre of music. Throughout the 1990s, Reznor's band, Nine Inch Nails, continued to break new...

Geek Stuff.(Atek Electronics' Super Mini Optical Mouse)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... The Whole Mouse in Your Hand The TrackPad on Apple's PowerBook and iBook models gives mobile Mac users a handy way to operate their laptop. But it doesn't give them multiple programmable buttons--the TrackPad has the same single-button...

A new airport opens. (Product Watch).
February 1, 2002... With recent updates to AirPort software and hardware, Apple (800/692-7753, www.apple.com) has added some much-missed features to its wireless Ethernet products. But in some ways, AirPort 2.0 is more of a teaser for cool stuff yet to come. ...

Digital cameras. (Hardware).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A 4.13-megapixel camera from Ricoh (888/742-6410, www.ricohzone.com): The Capilo RR1 ($699) offers 2,272-by-1,704-dpi resolution and a 3x optical zoom. It comes with 8MB of on-board memory and a 64MB SmartMedia card, and it features three...

Printers. (Hardware).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Two ink-let printers from Hewlett-Packard (800/752-0900, www.hp.com): The HP Photosmart 1215 ($299) end HP Photosmart 1315 ($399) offer 2,400-by-1,200-dpi resolution. The 1215 prints 15 black-and-white pages per minute and 3.1 color pages per...

The 80GB personal storage 3000DV. (Storage Devices).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... An external FireWire drive from Maxtor (800/262-9867, www.maxtor.com): The 80GB Personal Storage 3000Dv ($350) is an 80GB hard drive with a 7,200-rpm mechanism. Its storage capacity is 33 percent more than that of previous 3000DV external...

Two drives from QPS (800/559-4777; www.qps-inc.com). (Storage Devices).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Two drives from QPS (800/559-4777; www.qps-inc.com): The 120GB Que M3 Ultra Slim Hard Drive ($499) is an external FireWire drive that runs at 7,200 rpm. The 32x Que CD-RW Drive (USB 2.0 version, $299; FireWire version, $249) features 32x CD-R...

Video production. (Hardware).(Pinnacle Systems Cine Wave RT)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Pinnacle Systems' video-editing system (650/526-1600, www.pinnaclesys.com): The Cine Wave RT ($9,995; upgrade, $2,495) lets users perform real-time editing, effects processing, and compositing on their Macs, using uncompressed...

Audio Software. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Peak DV 3.0, from Bias (800/775-2427, www.bias-inc.com): The digital-audio editor, which runs on both OS 9 and OS X, was previously available only to Final Cut Pro users ($199; upgrade, free).

Virtual PC 5.0. (Cross-Platform Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Virtual PC 5.0, from Connectix (800/950-5880, www.connectix.com): The updated application runs on both OS 9 and OS X. It includes support for Windows XP and for DVD-ROM data, as well as Virtual Switch networking for increased networking...

Revolution 1.1. (Cross-Platform Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Revolution 1.1, from Runtime Revolution ([44]131 718 4333, www.runrev.com): The tool for cross-platform application development now runs natively on OS X. It features cross-platform access to ODBC, Oracle, and MySQL databases, plus extended...

Games. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, from Aspyr Media (888/212-7797, www.aspyr.com): The 3-D-action game based on the movie runs on both 0S9 and OS X ($30).

ViaVoice for Mac OS X. (Productivity Software).(IBM's speech recognition software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... ViaVoice for Mac OS X, from IBM (888/746-7426, www.ibm.com): The speech-recognition software now runs natively on OS X. It adds an expanded vocabulary, faster training, and G4 optimization ($171: upgrade, $20 for Via Voice for Mac Enhanced...

IListen 1.1. (Productivity Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... IListen 1.1, from MacSpeech (603/644-7253, www.macspeech.com): This update to the speech-recognition program, which runs on OS 9, adds a One Shot Command feature and support for non-English languages. It also features new ways to enhance user...

OpenOSX office 1.0. (Productivity Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... OpenOSX Office 1.0, from OpenOSX (760/935-4736, www.openosx.com): The open-source productivity suite offers OS X-native versions of word processor AbiWord and spreadsheet application Gnumeric, as well as graphics editor Gimp ($30, $50 with...

Science Software.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Mathematica for OS X, from Wolfram Research (800/965-3726, www.wolfram.com): The mathematics and calculation software now runs on OS X, offering speed and stability enhancements (commercial license, $1,495: upgrade from 4.1, $45 if purchased...

TaxCut Deluxe. (Tax-Preparation Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... TaxCut Deluxe, from H&R Block (800/472-5625, www.taxcut.com): The software runs on OS 8.6 and later, including OS X. A Tax Law Assistant tool keeps users apprised of how tax-law changes affect them. Auto-entry lets users import W-2 and 1099...

Quicken Turbo Max deluxe. (Tax-Preparation Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Quicken Turbo Tax Deluxe, from Intuit (800/952-2558. www.turbotax.com): The updated program reflects the new tax laws. A Tax Law Advisor feature offers personalized advice on the changing laws. The Automated Tax Return feature now lets users...

Microsoft office v. X: High-Quality carbonization delivers a strong office suite for OS X. (Product Reviews).(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... THE TRICKLE OF APPLICATIONS rewritten for Mac OS X is turning into a flood, and Microsoft Office v. X, the eagerly awaited upgrade to Office 2001 (****; Reviews, January 2001), provides the mainstream productivity programs Mac users have been...

Quickeys X 1.0: Handy mac OS X macro utility is Less capable than classic version. (Product Reviews).(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... For more than 12 years, savvy Mac users have used QuicKeys to automate repetitious tasks--if you used your Mac to do something, you could usually do it faster with a QuicKeys shortcut. Thanks to QuicKeys X, from CE Software, macro fans who have...

Epson Stylus C80: Excellent bundle of features in a low-priced Ink-Jet printer. (Product Reviews).(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... Plenty of good ink-jet printers are available, but if you want to get one for less than $200, you often have to sacrifice printing speed, ink capacity, or even print quality. But Epson is shaking things up with its Stylus C80; this new ink-jet...

Graphics Tablets: Updated versions offer better ergonomics and precision. (Product Reviews).(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... Two of Wacom's recently shipped graphics tablets, the Graphire2 and Intuos2, are similar in appearance and function, and both perform very well. However, there are some marked differences between them that may influence your purchase; the...

LiveStage professional 3.0: QuickTime-Authoring program matures but remains difficult to learn. (Product Reviews).(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... QuickTime is more than just simple video. Apple's multimedia architecture can marry many forms of media--video, sound, text, still images, and animations made with Macromedia Flash. QuickTime movies can also contain interactivity, such as...

India Titler Pro 1.0: Innovative program creates animated title effects. (Product Reviews).(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... And now for something completely different: Prismo Graphic's India Titler Pro 1.0.6, a video-effects program for creating animated titles, combines a unique user interface with a huge library of canned effects that make it easy to create...

BBEdit 6.5: Multipurpose App does it all. (Product Reviews).(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... BARE BONES SOFTWARE'S BBEDIT is beloved by many different kinds of Mac users, and rightly so: for Web authors, it's an excellent HTML editor; for programmers, it's a versatile coding environment; and for non-coders, it's a flexible text editor...

Lift Onsite 2.0: Creating the usable web, one site at a time. (Product Reviews).(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... FEW EXPERIENCES are as necessary--or as humbling--as learning from your mistakes, whether it's getting back a geometry test or turning on the spelling-check feature and seeing a sea of red enumerating all your errors. The same principle carries...

Who's there firewall advisor: Firewall-Log tool for Mac OS X eases analysis of system attacks. (Product Reviews).(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... UNWANTED ACCESS ATTEMPTS ARE a fact of network life, but firewall software logs tend to be jumbles of data that do nothing to help you uncover solutions to security problems. Open Door Networks' Who's There Firewall Advisor for Mac OS X...

Script Debugger 3.0: AppleScript development environment adds features, OS X capabilities. (Product Reviews).(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... BEFORE APPLESCRIPT STUDIO appeared on the scene in early December 2001, Late Night Software's Script Debugger was the only AppleScript development environment for Mac OS X. Script Debugger 2 led the pack with a powerful Explorer view and...

Nik Sharpener Pro: Clever plug-in reduces Halo effect and offers output profiles. (Product Reviews).(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... ADOBE PHOTOSHOP'S UNSHARP Mask filter compares each pixel in an image with its neighboring pixels--the greater the difference between two pixels, the more it increases the contrast. In addition to other undesirable results, this causes a halo...

The game room. (Opinion).(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 2002... Some kinds of games have become so plentiful on the Mac that unless a new title brings something truly fresh to its genre, it can easily grow stale very soon after it comes Out of the box. So this month, our Game Room subjects-Red Faction, from...

MacWorld's ultimate buyers' guide: Monitors.(Buyers Guide)
February 1, 2002... Your Mac is a powerful tool. It performs extremely complex calculations, renders 3-D animations, and even helps you with your taxes. But what good is all that power if you cant see the results? The fundamental bridge between you and your data...

MacMania: Chart a course to adventure; discover the majestic beauty of Alaska sail the scenic "Inside Passage" on Holland America's 5-star m.s. Volendam.
February 1, 2002... A VACATION FOR MAC LOVERS Just being on a luxurious cruise ship in Alaska is enough of an experience for most people. But as you watch the glories of nature pass by -- mammoth glaciers, pristine wilderness, soaring eagles -- you realize...

What's new? (half day). (Graphic Arts).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... OS X! Illustrator 10! Photoshop ??! Speaker: Deke McClelland Now that Adobe has announced Illustrator 10, Carbonized for OS X, can Photoshop be far behind? Regardless of the answer, Deke will be there to fill you in. Learn how to make...

Macintosh studio secrets (half day). (Graphic Arts).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Deke McClelland Based on Deke's Computer Press Award-winning book, Photoshop Studio Secrets, this exciting class examines a collection of dazzling techniques employed by some of the most prominent artists working in Photoshop...

iMovie 2: The missing crash course (quarter day). (Graphic Arts).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speaker: David Pogue New York Times columnist David Pogue takes video lovers on the ultimate immersion course based on his bestselling book/iMovie 2: The Missing Manual. In the fast, funny space of these one-and-a-half hours, Pogue, with...

Digital video postproduction and special effects (half day). (Graphic Arts).
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Ben Long Participants in this class will learn the basics of common special effects processes such as compositing, rotoscoping, and color correction. These are the fundamental techniques that are used for almost all types of...

Alaska digital camera workshop (two days). (Graphic Arts).
February 1, 2002... Speakers: Rick LePage and Ben Long This two-day workshop will cover the latest digital camera and printing technology in a FUN and unique hands-on laboratory environment. Join us on the first day as we show you the latest 3-,4- and...

Cutting the cord (half day). (Productivity).
February 1, 2002... Speakers: Glenn Fleishman and Adam Engst Wireless Ethernet (known as AirPort, Wi-Fi, or IEEE 802.11b) is zesting up the airwaves by easily connecting Macs (and PCs), PDAs, and other devices to one another and no the Internet over high-speed...

Best of "Mac Secrets" (half day). (Productivity).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speaker: David Pogue Join this highly entertaining session as David Pogue makes the Macintosh operating system sing, dance, and stand on ins head. This session gives away the best of the bestselling Macworld Mac Secrets, 6th Edition....

Microsoft office v.X inside and out (half day). (Productivity).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Tom Negrino Microsoft Office v.X for Mac OS X is an incredibly powerful suite, but its size and complexity make it difficult to master. Tom's class helps you meet the challenge of the four Office applications (Word, Entourage,...

Building web sites with Dreamweaver 4 and fireworks 4 (half day). (Productivity).
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Tom Negrino The Dreamwaver4/Fireworks 4 Studio in the most powerful and popular way to create web sites on the Macintosh. With this suite, you can easily change from your artist hat to your Web designer hat and back again, saving...

Eudora, entourage, mailsmith shootout (half day). (Productivity).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speakers: Adam Engst, Tom Negnino, and Neil Bauman Lots of people use them, but relatively few realize all the truly cool things you can do with these packages. We'll look at the various high end features each of these packages offer. By...

Mac security and encryption (quarter day). (Productivity).
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Glenn Fleishman Paranoia is only a problem if people aren't watching you; recent history shows they are. Here is a variety of techniques for securing your machine and your content in 0S8, 9, and X. We'll cover: * using...

Web site power tips (quarter-day). (Productivity).
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Jason Snell The Mac's got plenty of great tools for making Web sites, but you need a good site-building strategy to go along with that software. This session will give you tips on building great sites by organizing your content...

Scripting Macromedia dreamweaver and fireworks (half day). (Productivity).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Don Smith Dreammeaver and Fireworks are amazing tools, but what you get when you install them is just the beginning of their capabilities. Under the hood, they're built from HTML, JavaScript, and XML, so you can change and extend...

Dr.Mac's "Getting comfortable with Mac OS X" workshop (half day). (Using OS X).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Bob LeVitus Dr. Mac will show you all the things you need to know to become comfortable using OS X. This in-depth workshop will show you the ins and outs of installing OS X, tips and techniques for customizing it, using OS X with...

Dr. Mac's "Best of Mac OS X shareware, freeware, and otherware" (quarter day). (Using OS X).
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Bob LeVitus Shareware, freeware, and otherware (e.g. beerware, postcardware, e-mailware) are all examples of freely-distributed software. Most of it isn't sold in stores, isn't packed in shrink wrapped boxes, and doesn't include...

A UNIX guide to OS X (full day). (Using OS X).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Randal Schwartz and Glenn Fleishman For most hardcore Mac users, a"command prompt" is a strange world. However, with the introduction of UNIX into the core of Mac OS X, some tasks that were formerly hard are now quite easy, once...

Goin mobile with Mac OS X (half day). (Using OS X).
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Andy Gore Everyone's hittin' the road with Apple's hot-selling Books and PowerBooks. But the roles of the road are different for mobile Mac users than they are for those still tethered to the desktop: dealing with networking...

Using project builder and interface builder (half day). (Using OS X).
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Jesse Feiler Project Builder and Interface Builder are Apple's primary development tools for Mac OS X.Powerful and complex, they provide far more than just editing and debugging feature. Well cover an overview of the tools, and...

Cocoa in action (half day). (Using OS X).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Jesse Feiler Apple's advanced application development framework, Cocoa is built on the long-standing legacy of NextStep and OpenStep. With programming nterfaces in both Objective-C and Java, Cocoa is accessible to many...

Porting to Mac OS X (half day). (Using OS X).
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Jesse Feiller Unless you start from scratch, all Mac OS X development at the moment consists of porting--from Classic Mac OS, from C, from UNIX, from PowerPlant, from MacApp, or from Windows. Forting targets on Mac OS X include...

Java development for Mac OS X (half day). (Using OS X).
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Daniel H. Steinberg Mac OS X is a great platform for Java developers to use and target. The UNIX foundation means that hard core Java programmers will find the command line tools they know and love. Not quite so hard core? Now that...

Learning Perl (full day). (Using OS X).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Randal Schwartz This course is based on Randal's Popular O'Reilly Nutshell hook, Learning Perl. The course presumes no prior knowledge of Perl, and exposes the course participants to what we call the "middle two-thirds" of Perl.

WebObjects 5 (half day). (Using OS X).(Calendar of Events)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Daniel H. Steinberg You want to create a more interesting web site with dynamic content. You're going to figure out how to get all of that information from the database to be nicely presented and then take user input and update...

Introduction to Java on Mac OS X (half day). (Using OS X).(Calendar of Events)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Speaker: Daniel H. Steinberg You have no interest in being a professional programmer but there's this application you'd like to try to write for your Mac, Friends of yours that are Windows users tell you that they use Visual Basic You...

David Biedny. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... David Biedny brings his deep technical involvement in the Macintosh platform and experience as one of the industry's leading digital technology experts to MacMania. David was one of the Founding Editors of MacUser magazine and is a widely...

John de Lancie. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... John de Lancie routinely works cross platform -- the legitimate stage, film stages, television stages, the concert stage, the radio stage, and the planning stage. In matters of comparing as an artist or businessman, however, he strictly adheres...

Adam Engst. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Adam Engst is the publisher of TidBITS, one of the oldest and largest Internet-based newsletters, distributed weekly to hundreds of thousands of readers. He has written and co-authored numerous Internet books, including the bestselling Internet...

Jesse Feller. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Jesse Feller is the author of a number of Mac 0S X books including Mac OSX: The Complete Reference, Mac, OS X Developer's Guide, and Java Programming on Mac OS X. He is also the author of Building WebObjects 5 Applications, as well as many...

Glenn Fleishman. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Glenn Fleishman is the "Practical Mac" columnist for the Seattle Times and contributes to The New York Times, Fortune magazine, Wired magazine, The Seattle Weekly, O'Reilly Networks Wireless DenCenter, and TidBITS. Glenn has written and...

Andy Gore. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Andy Gore is the former Vice President of Content/Editor in Chief of Mac Publishing, L.L.C. In this role, Gore was responsible for the development and management of content across Macworld magazine as well as the Mac Publishing Websites. ...

Rick LePage. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Rick LePage has been writing about the Mac since its inception and, in 1985, co-founded the influential newsletter MaclnTouch. He was with MacWEEK in various capacities for 10 years, ultimately as the Editor in Chief and Publisher. He currently...

Bob LeVitus. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Bob Levitus, often referred to as "Dr. Macintosh," has written 37 popular computer hooks, including Mac OS X For Dummies for Hungry Minds Books, The Little iTunes Book, fur Peachpit Press, Stupid Mac Tricks and Dr. Macintosh, both for...

Deke McClelland. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Deke McClelland, pioneering electronic publishing expert, is the author of Macworld Photoshop 6 Bible and Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible (both Hungry Minds),which represent the best selling guides of any kind on digital imaging Having written...

Tom Negrino. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Tom Negrino is a book author and Contributing Editor to Macworld magazine. His latest book is Microsoft Office v.X Inside Out. Among his many other book titles, he co-authored the best-selling JavaScript Visual Quickstart Guide, 4th Edition and...

David Pogue. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... In late 2000, after 13 years at Macworld magazine, triple-award-winning columnist David Pogue joined the New York Times, where he writes the weekly" State of the Art" personal technology column. With over two million hooks in print, Pogue...

Randal L. Schwartz. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Randal L. Schwartz is a two-decade software industry veteran -- skilled in software design, system administration, security, technical writing, and training. He co-authored the "must-have" standards: Pragramming Pen, Learning Pen, Learning Pen...

Dori Smith. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Dori Smith is co-author of the best-selling JavaScript far the WWW, 4th Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide and the author of Java for the WWW. Visual QuirkStart Guide, both from Peachpit Press. She has also contributed to numerous computer...

Jason Snell. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Jason Snell is the Editor of Macworld magazine. He has worked at Macworld for more than five years, including stints as the Editor of Macworld.com and the print magazine's features editor. Before joining Macworld in 1997, he was an editor at...

Sal Soghoian. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Sal Soghoian is widely touted as "the" AppleScript Guru and the driving force behind she continued expansion and acceptance of AppleScript. He began scripting in 1992, after discovering AppleScript could automate the publishing-related tasks at...

Daniel Steinberg. (MacMania Speaker Profiles).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Daniel Steinberg is the Director of Java offerings for Dim Sum Thinking in Cleveland, Ohio. He has covered Java on the Mac for the last five years for Java World magazine, writes a monthly column for the O'Reilly Mac DevCenter, and is a regular...

The 17th annual editors' choice awards.(Buyers Guide)
February 1, 2002... WELCOME TO OUR ANNUAL REVIEW of the products that help Mac users work and play--the Editors' Choice Awards. Macworld's editors surveyed every Mac product released between November 1, 2000, and November 1, 2001, to determine nominees and...

Customize OS X's finder toolbar. (How-To).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... One of the most radical new features of Mac OS X's reworked window scheme is the Finder toolbar. Visible at the top of every Finder window, the toolbar is a thick strip of Web browser--like buttons; it was designed to help you navigate more...

Print publishing secrets.
February 1, 2002... You already know that design elements such as layout and color can influence viewers. But did you know that typographic color--the gray value, or density, of type on a page--also affects a reader's experience? Typically, that experience will be...

Web publishing secrets.
February 1, 2002... So you want to add animation to your Web site, but you don't want the hassle of switching between several programs. No problem. Thanks to Macromedia Dreamweaver 4's Timelines panel, you can easily create eye-catching animations without ever...

Mac OS X secrets.
February 1, 2002... AppleScript has experienced some bumps on the road to Mac OS X, but compared with previous OS X incarnations, OS X 10.1 offers greatly improved AppleScript implementation. If you're invested in AppleScript and you're making the transition to OS...

Mac 911.
February 1, 2002... A crew of curious questioners petition Mac 911 for help with hard-to-read keyboards, missing thumbnail images, monitors that appear to lack compatible connectors, arid laser printers in an AirPort network. I toss in a helpful tidbit about...