Category: 607: Mac Treat #71, iMovie ’09 Overview, Smart Folders, Sudoku Puzzle Contest

I’ll be posting clips from this year’s Small Dog movie on YouTube all week. You can see these on our “blog by clicking here”:http://blog.smalldog.com/ or on our “YouTube channel by clicking here.”:http://www.youtube.com/user/smalldogelectronics Have a great week!

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This week we’ve put together some Valentine’s Day themed specials, based on items that people have requested in years past. Mostly these are pink-themed specials — free pink case with purchase of pink iPod nano, free pink sleeve or pink Speck shell with white MacBook, etc. These run until the day after Valentine’s Day. Again,…

This week, something big is happening… and we want you to figure out what it is. We’ve designed a special “Sudoku”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku puzzle for the occasion. *Here’s what we need you to do:* Solve the Sudoku puzzle below AND solve the phrase using the letters in the grey boxes and send your answer to me! Of…

iMovie is the application that persuaded me to get a Mac back in late 1999. I had previously edited film and video in college on huge, expensive editing bays, so cutting digital video on a G3 iMac was a revelation. It didn’t take long for me to get a copy of Final Cut Pro. The…

Smart Folders can be very handy–for more ways than you think. Many of you have probably noticed them in Mail, but there’s a second way Smart Folders can be used. In OS 10.5, you can utilize them as follows: # *As an all-encompassing Folder in Mail* # *As a Saved Search in the Finder* Here’s…

I almost always have multiple applications running on my Mac. Sometimes I find the visual clutter of multiple apps distracting, even on my iMac’s large 24″ monitor. In the past, I’ve downloaded special word processors (such as “Scrivener”:http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html) that feature full screen/screen shading settings to hide other apps, so I could better focus on writing.…

_Dear Friends_ This week it’s Ed writing for Don, who’s in Tanzania contemplating hippopotami. It sounds like he’s having an amazing adventure. I respect Don for being up for adventure at any time. I don’t think you could create a company like Small Dog if you were adventure-averse. One of our traditions at Small Dog…