Ask TUAW: iTunes sharing, iChat effects, iPhone video settings, external webcams, and more

This time around in Ask TUAW we'll be looking at questions about iTunes sharing, activating iChat effects on older machines, encoding video for the iPhone, Migration Assistant, disabling an internal iSight to use an external webcam, and more.As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of OS X, as certain answers will vary between different Macs and Tiger vs. Leopard, etc. And now, on to the questions!Continue reading Ask TUAW: iTunes sharing, iChat effects, iPhone video settings, external webcams, and moreRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Ask TUAW: iPod problems, sharing iTunes, copying DVDs, AEBS, DNS problems and more

In this round of Ask TUAW we'll be looking at questions about sharing an AEBS disc over the internet, copying DVDs, sharing one iTunes library between two computers, DNS problems and much more.As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of OS X, as certain answers will vary between different Macs and Tiger vs. Leopard, etc. (we'll assume you're running Leopard if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions!Continue reading Ask TUAW: iPod problems, sharing iTunes, copying DVDs, AEBS, DNS problems and moreRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Review: MacBook Core 2 Duo/2.1GHz and 2.4GHz

Macworld Lab has been putting the new MacBooks to the test. Benchmarks show that the new MacBooks, based on Intel's new Penryn processor, offer a modest speed increase over the previous MacBooks.

About iTunes library files

We constantly tell you to back up your iTunes Library and iTunes Music Library.xml files when mucking with your iTunes library, but what are these things?

Ask TUAW: rEFIt with Open Firmware passwords, iCal problems, iPod without iTunes, and more

In this edition of Ask TUAW we've got questions about using an iPod without iTunes, hotkey managers, iTunes locking up, getting rid of persistent iCal calendars, Open Firmware passwords and much more.As always, your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X, as certain answers will vary between different Macs and Tiger vs. Leopard, etc. (we'll assume you're running Leopard if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions!Continue reading Ask TUAW: rEFIt with Open Firmware passwords, iCal problems, iPod without iTunes, and moreRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Ask TUAW: Syncing from a portable to a desktop Mac, battery comparisons, Apple TV to NAS, iPhone SDK and more

In this episode of Ask TUAW we'll be looking at questions about syncing between a Mac portable and a Mac desktop (backing up and iTunes playlists), battery comparisons between manufacturers, sharing files from a NAS to an Apple TV, subtitles on an iPhone and much more.As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of OS X, as certain answers will vary between different Macs and Tiger vs. Leopard, etc. (we'll assume you're running Leopard if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions!Continue reading Ask TUAW: Syncing from a portable to a desktop Mac, battery comparisons, Apple TV to NAS, iPhone SDK and moreRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments