Apple eNews: May 27, 2004

	Director Jonathan Caouette used iMovie to edit “Tarnation,” a film that received standing ovations at the recent Cannes film festival. “Making a movie,” the first-time director said to the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins, “is not as difficult as it is made out to be.”
	With ease-of-use breakthroughs in sharing and administration as well as advanced security features, FileMaker Server 7 allows you to share with up to 250 users, improves performance of peer-to-peer sharing, hosts massive amounts of data and lets you administer databases locally or remotely.
	Apple is sending three lucky students to the Warped Tour in Boston Aug 19-20, with a backstage pass so they can see bands such as Good Charlotte, A Simple Plan and Thursday behind the scenes. And they’ll each get an iPod mini. Enter before July 20.
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Whenever you purchase songs or albums from the iTunes Music Store, we send you an invoice via email that lists what you’ve purchased and how much you’ve spent on your growing digital music collection.

While you’re probably keeping all of those invoices in a safe place, you may find it more convenient to visit a single place to review a comprehensive listing of the purchases you’ve made to date on the iTunes Music Store. Where can you do so? Just sign into the Store. A new article in the Apple Knowledge Base, “iTunes Music Store: Seeing Your Purchase History and Order Number,” offers step-by-step instructions for accessing your purchase history.

Earlier this month, MYOB introduced a new network version of its accounting and small business management tool: MYOB AccountEdge 2004 Network Edition. Utilizing Rendezvous, the multiuser Network Edition configures simply and effortlessly, and it’s fast, significantly improving the speed with which invoices, purchase orders, and other transactions can be created across a network.

If you haven’t done so already, take a few minutes to download and install Mac OS X v10.3.4 Update (which, among other enhancements, lets Mac customers sync an iPod mini or 3rd-generation iPod via USB 2.0), Security Update 2004-05-03 (which delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Mac customers using Mac OS X v10.3, “Panther”) and GarageBand 1.1. You can install all three via Software Update.

And if you’re a .Mac subscriber, you’ll also find a new version of Backup—Backup 2.0.2—ready for you to install using Software Update.

Hot meets Hip. W Hotel guests taking advantage of the hotel’s W Wired package this summer will enjoy free song downloads from the iTunes Music Store—among other treats—as part of iTunes Days @ W Hotels.

And check out the W Playlists on the iTunes Music Store.

With the introduction of logarithmic volume leveling, iTunes 4.5 offers volume adjustment controls that act more like the volume knob on your stereo.

Breanna, the 21-year-old pop singer from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, started hitting the high notes when she was just 3. Her first CD is already available on the iTunes Music Store, and one track from that album—“You Don’t Have to Be Strong”—is our Single of the Week and available as a free download.

If you’ve outgrown the software that came with your flatbed or film scanner—or you’re simply looking for a product that can deliver high-quality scans with excellent color fidelity—download Hamrick Software’s stellar shareware product, VueScan. The newest version, VueScan 8.0, includes a “Getting Started Guide,” offers an improved user interface, and sports a new metal look.

Take note, beginning and intermediate videographers. The “iMovie 4 & iDVD 4 Visual QuickStart Guide for Mac OS X” is now available.

Every week, developers introduce new products for the Mac and Mac OS X. Like BumperCar (a new web browser from Freeverse Software made just for kids); Sibelius (music notation software from Sibelius Software); or the HOBO U12 data logging unit from Onset Computer Corp. Like to see some more new arrivals for the Mac?

Apple eNews
May 27, 2004
Volume 7, Issue 12

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Now available from the Apple Store and Apple resellers, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac offers you better ways to manage information, share ideas, and create impressive proposals, reports, budgets, presentations, and other documents.

From Word to Excel to PowerPoint to Entourage to MSN Messenger, Microsoft has added features designed to help you work smarter and faster. Thanks to built-in productivity enhancements—like the new Scrapbook—Office 2004 makes it easier to share copy, images, templates, and other elements among its various applications. And if you work on projects at home, school, or the office, the new Project Center will really help you stay organized by providing access to all of the files related to a project—email, documents, contacts, schedules—in one convenient location.

Want to learn more about Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac?

When this bus stops, the action starts. The musical action, that is.

Far from public transportation, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is an übermusic studio on wheels. Two studios, in fact. Loaded with musical instruments, it also boasts a DJ station and a state-of-the-art multimedia studio complete with a pair of dual processor Power Mac G5 computers with dual Cinema HD Displays, eight 15-inch PowerBook G4 computers, and enough pro software (e.g., Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, and Logic Platinum) to make an audio engineer salivate.

When students board this bus, they do so with a mission. To make music. Their own music. And all leave clasping a CD with that music in one hand and a DVD with the music video they created in the other.

With recently introduced enhancements to both HomePage and iCards, .Mac offers even more value to subscribers, turning the Internet into the ultimate Mac experience.

The easiest way to publish on the Internet, HomePage offers new movie (3), photo album (6), and online journal templates. Like to share files with friends and family? HomePage makes it a snap with the new My Downloads template for creating multiple unique download pages. You’ll find support for external HTML editors, and you can now create and edit HomePage using Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6.

iCards now offers seamless integration with your .Mac Address Book, making it easier than ever to address online cards. And you’ll find over 200 new cards from which to choose.

Don’t miss out. Subscribe to .Mac today and take advantage of these new features.

Just as iMovie inspired people to pick up camcorders and create their own movie projects, GarageBand has encouraged many—with little or no musical experience—to compose their own songs. In fact, if you visit sites like iCompositions.com or MacJams.com, you can sample some of the music people just like you have been creating with GarageBand.

What’s that? You haven’t tried GarageBand yet?

Then you’ll want to hear about Mary Plummer’s “GarageBand: Create and Record Music on a Mac.” One of the newest members of the Apple Training Series, the book takes you step-by-step through practical real-world GarageBand projects and includes a CD with over 20 hours of training. In fact Apple eNews subscribers enjoy a 30% discount on the title, courtesy of Peachpit Press.

What do you feel strongly about? Your hometown? A hobby? (Parasurfing anyone?) A favorite cause? Or someone very special in your life?

Tell us what you’re passionate about it in a killer Keynote presentation, and you could win a 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (our grand prize), a $1,000 gift certificate from the iTunes Music Store (first prize), or a $500 iTunes Music Store gift certificate (second prize).

Built with Apple’s legendary ease of use, Keynote features professional themes, elegant typography, and pro-level graphic control to give your presentation, pitch, or portfolio a dramatic look and feel. If you’ve been honing your Keynote skills, now’s the time to strut your stuff. Download an entry form (and read our terms and conditions) on our Present Your Passion website.

For the Johnson project, you need to use Helvetica Neue, Big Caslon, Bauhaus 93, and Calisto MT to create a wide range of documents. But how do you make certain that everyone using your new Power Mac G5 will have access to the fonts in the Johnson collection. In fact, how can you even create a “Johnson Collection” in the first place?

Font Book. The application that premiered with Mac OS X v10.3, “Panther,” provides you with all of the tools you need to find, preview, install, enable, and disable fonts on your system.

Like to see how easy it is to manage your fonts using Font Book? Then spend a few minutes with our new interactive tutorial, “Font Management in Mac OS X.”