Apple eNews: May 17, 2001

You’re at Apple.

And no other store in the world is like the Apple Store.

It’s a place where you can sit down and play with iMovie—even make a Desktop Movie on the spot. Burn an audio CD using iTunes. Connect several MP3 players to your iBook to see which you like best. Watch a demonstration of Mac OS X or other Mac products on a big screen. Find books and magazines and tons of Macintosh software on display—over 300 titles. Sit down and have an in-depth conversation with a certified Apple “genius” at the Genius Bar.

And generally enjoy the company of people who speak your language. Macintosh.

Starting today, you can Shop different.

In just six years, Michael Bream has grown his company—Gravity Skateboards—from a tiny one-man, garage-based operation to a thriving $2-million-a-year business, and he credits much of his success to the Macintosh computers he and his staff use on a daily basis.

“Just like skateboarding,” says Bream, “running a small business requires a lot of balance and dexterity. The Mac helps us respond with a high level of skill and professionalism, no matter how steep the hill.”

So whether they’re using Final Cut Pro to create marketing videos, checking on customer orders in MYOB’s AccountEdge, or updating the company website using Adobe GoLive, Bream and his staff never take a tumble.

Web designers, print designers, and those who regularly move content back and forth between print and the web, wax enthusiastic over FreeHand 10, one of the newest applications built for Mac OS X.

Zooropa’s Sean Berner can tell you how “FreeHand’s tight integrations with Macromedia Flash has made it an indispensable part of the Web designer’s toolbox.”

Mike Clements, Creative Director of E Factor Media, indicates that “FreeHand is pretty much a consistent part of our workflow. We might start off with a Flash piece and then the client will say, ‘I need it in print media.’ We’ll take the work and move it right into print. Vector artwork is just a snap to bring into FreeHand.”

And Juxt interactive’s Todd Purgason raves, “As soon as they showed me the new brush tool, my mind just went crazy with the potential of it.”

Now FreeHand 10 is Built for Mac OS X

Don’t buy. Don’t sell.

Not until you have Sherlock check with those shrewd financial wizards at TheStreet.com. The newest plug-in to be added to the Sherlock searching arsenal, TheStreet.com lets you search the largest independent financial newsroom on the web, transporting you to the trading floor and putting you in touch with some of the savviest financial minds on TheStreet. You’ll find the new plug-in in the Sherlock News channel.

But, wait, there’s more. Take a peek in the People channel, and you’ll find another new plug-in—WhitePages.com, an excellent resource for finding the names, addresses, and phone numbers of people and businesses. Search WhitePages.com all by itself or in conjunction with the other resources you’ll find in the People channel: ldap.bigfoot.com, WorldPages.com, and ClassMates.com.

Would you like to enhance the usefulness of the wireless AirPort network in your home, school, or business?

Then download our latest update, AirPort 1.3.1, and you can:

•	Create scripts allowing different dial-up users (Mom, Dad, the kids) to dial different Internet service providers (ISPs) or to switch network setups between home, work, and offsite locations
•	Improve performance when using several AirPort Base Stations in close proximity to one another
•	Increase the interoperability between your AirPort card and wireless cards made by other manufacturers
•	Comply with Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), a connection method used by some cable and DSL ISPs

Using AirPort with Mac OS X? Then be sure to download and read “AirPort Networks with Mac OS X.”

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Look for your next issue on May 31.

FileMaker has announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 5.5.
A model Mac OS X application, FileMaker Pro 5.5 offers the look and feel of Aqua and takes full advantage of Mac OS X. It also:

•	Is the perfect companion to Microsoft Office, allowing for seamless exchange of data between Word, Excel, and Entourage
•	Features immediate conversion of Microsoft Excel databases: simply drag the icon of an Excel file onto the icon of FileMaker Pro 5.5 to convert it to a FileMaker Pro database
•	Lets you publish your databases on the web—instantly—and to search, edit, and update records via a web browser
•	Allows you to create powerful relational databases that can share data cross-platform with FileMaker Pro databases on systems running Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000

Test the capabilities of FileMaker Pro 5.5 for yourself. Download a trial version today.

Want to know how easy it is to host the ultimate wireless network gaming party for you and several of your friends?

With just one AirPort Base Station and an AirPort Card in each computer, you’ll be ready to play Quake III Arena, Diablo II, Cro-Mag Rally, or any other network-capable game within minutes. Setting up your AirPort network’s a snap, and it’s easier for your friends to get in on the action.

Best of all, players can sit anywhere they’d like (within 150 feet of the base station), and you won’t have to snake dozens of feet of cable through the house.

To learn more, read “Fun and Games with AirPort.” The article even explains how you can host gaming parties over the Internet, open to players around the world.

Don’t wait another minute.

You must see the trailer for “Jurassic Park III.” Universal Pictures assembled an impressive cast, including Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, and everyone’s favorite crew of Velociraptors, T. Rexes, and Pteranodons. Got your running shoes handy?

“The students now are the generation of digital learners. They will have access to a wealth of knowledge,” says Mark A. Edwards, Superintendent of the Henrico County school system, which recently announced a program to lease 23,000 iBook computers for all middle and high school students. “This is the direction that everyone will be going in the near future.”

“AppleWorks is a program I can recommend without reservation,” says Bob LeVitus in a recent article in the Houston Chronicle.

So Long, Douglas Adams. Douglas Adams, a favorite AppleMaster and creator of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” series of best-selling books, died Friday, May 11, in Santa Barbara, CA. He was 49.

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