Every month , we get letters from readers plain about inordinate reporting of iPods and digital cameras , and arguing thatMacworldshould nonplus to covering Macs . But strangely , we did n’t get any such complaints about our September consequence , which was all about digital TV . Maybe you were in the market for a new picture camera or were suddenly queer about edit video on the Mac . Whatever the cause , we did n’t get any bunk — just more interrogation . make out on , folks , ca n’t someone out there suggest we change our name toDigital Video World ? Please ?
Straight to video
Glenn Koening — Your latest review of video camcorders ( review , September 2006 ) is unspoilt to see , but I think you pretermit one important feature : sound . The review scarcely refer audio features . Which model have microphone shit ? Can you sequester any blade of mike or just that camcorder ’s brand ? What about headphone diddley ? If you ’re just recording shot of the kid frolicking at the beach , you may not care about the answers . But if you ’re working on more - postulate projects , you will .
Kenneth Watson — In “ Digital Video Essentials ” ( September 2006 ) , you write that Macs do n’t corroborate burn HD DVDs . But DVD Studio Pro 4 has a preset for burn off DVD - gas constant in HD DVD format , and it works just hunky-dory . You do have to determine yourself to 30 second of video per disc , and you must use the MPEG-2 encoder . you’re able to find out more in the DVD Studio Pro discussion forum on Apple ’s Web site .
You ’re correct . DVD Studio Pro 4 does let you burn up high definition content in MPEG-2 data formatting to a standard DVD - R platter — but the result is n’t a straight HD DVD . Many the great unwashed have report problems with audio frequency and menus , as well as the limitations you observe . And you need an HD DVD player , which costs around $ 500 , to play the discs.—Jonathan Seff
Jim Reed — Having recently purchased a Core Duo Mac mini , I read and enjoyed Christopher Breen ’s clause “ The Multimedia Mac Mini ” ( September 2006 ) . However , I ’d add a match of other points about the mini . First , storage : The mini ’s pocket-sized driving can hold only a limited amount of media . That ’s why I added an external 400 GB SATA hard crusade , connected to the miniskirt via USB , to handle my moving picture and euphony . I do n’t have to worry about teem from my main Mac , and the drive doubles as a backup gadget . secondly , the outside control : The Apple Remote is limited to line of sight , and Front Row wo n’t let you access your ripped DVD movies . TheSalling Clicker ( ) derogate both shortcomings . With a piffling body of work , it can interface with Apple ’s DVD Player and play motion-picture show I rend from my own disc , using the open - informant HandBrake . Now if I could only find an HD LCD television to replace my aging set . Thanks , Christopher , for another great clause .
Wireless wandering
David D. Edgington — Regarding “ Get Online from Anywhere ” ( Mobile Mac , September 2006 ): I have been using the Kyocera KPC650 EV - DO card with Verizon service for several month now , and it do work like a charm . I shuttle between three unlike offices , so the flexibility of have one always - on broadband connection has been really authoritative . Overall , Verizon ’s EV - DO servicing is an first-class package that cultivate well on the Mac . I trust we see more like it soon .
Wish list
Conrad Flynn — In “ 10 Wishes for Leopard ” ( Mac Beat , September 2006 ) , Christopher Breen writes that he wish Apple would put through a system - restore feature film in OS X , standardised to the one in Windows XP . As a seasoned Windows user turned Mac exploiter , I ’d care to be the first to discourage this . organization Restore in Windows is a fast temporary fix at best . OS X users , do n’t be jealous .
Michael Myers — Your list of feature you wanted to see in Leopard missed a major one for those of us in the design battleground : WYSIWYG font menus . This feature was so helpful in Mac O 9 , but it disappeared in OS X. Now it seems to be usable only for AppleWorks . We need to have it available forallprograms .
Robert Shelton — After reading and rereading “ 10 Wishes for Leopard , ” I have come in to the following conclusion : one , if Apple implements your ten suggestions , I ’d care to have a single druthers pane where I can disable all ten of them ; two , if these “ improvements ” are the good you may come up with , Apple has already created the perfect operating system ; and three , there is no real indigence for Leopard , just a religious service release to fix the bugs in Tiger .
The truth about Treos
Chad de Haan — In your followup of theTreo 700p , you say that it can be used as an EV - DO modem with a Mac only if you tie in via Bluetooth , and that the Treo ’s USB connection works only with Windows . But I ’ve been able to connect my PowerBook G4 and my Intel Mac miniskirt to my Treo via USB , using a utility called USB Modem , and it work neat .
While it ’s true the Treo can link up to a Mac via USB if you use a third - party utility like USB Modem , it ca n’t do so out of the box . That ’s why we dinged it.—Jackie Dove
Backup caution
Better iTunes printing
Dan Geniton — The icon accompanying your history about printing precious stone - case cut-in from iTunes ( “ impress from iTunes,”Playlist , September 2006 ) perfectly illustrate one of the big complaint about the programme . As far as I can recount , you ca n’t edit the strain or creative person entropy you ’re printing on those inserts . As a solution ( and as the picture showed ) , that info often comes out truncated . My root : Software MacKiev ’s $ 60 The Print Shop for Mac , which prints iTunes playlist and allows fine control over all the information you desire to display .
Multiple Masters: Who cares?
Alan Sanders — I’m puzzled by Bill Troop ’s ebullience for FontLab Studio ’s support ofMultiple Master baptistry , because OS X essentially does n’t stomach such fonts . One can use the canned instances that come with a Multiple Master font , but there is no way to create fresh instances — which is what Multiple Master face are all about — without ATM Deluxe , and ATM Deluxe runs only in oculus sinister 9 . Unless I ’ve drop something , you ca n’t manipulate Multiple Master case on Intel - powered Macs , which do not corroborate Classic mode .
There are actually several ways to create new Multiple Master instance on an Intel Mac ( without Classic mode or ATM ) . you’re able to make customs Multiple Master illustrate with the $ 649 FontLab Studio or $ 349Fontographer 4.7 . you’re able to also utilize FontLab ’s TransType 3 font - changeover utility ( SE , $ 87 ; Pro , $ 179 ) . Using TransType to develop raw example is only somewhat more cumbersome than using ATM to do the same thing in OS 9.—Bill scout troop
