A favicon is an icon you can design for your website that shows up next to the URL when someone visits. Think of it as a tiny visual business card for your Web site. Think of it as a tiny visual business card for your Web site. You can create one by visiting Genfavicon, a […]

The new Mac version of Microsoft Office 2008 has started arriving at our client’s studios. While we generally reserve judgement on the inevitable antidotal list of problems that accompany any new software release, there is a significant enough problem with the current Office 2008 installer that we’re recommending larger design studios hold off installing it […]

We field a lot of troubleshooting calls over the course of a year from Mac-based art directors experiencing problems playing movie files sent to them by Windows-based clients, or viewing video clips from certain local TV news websites. There are two essential (and free) utilities that will solve a host of incompatible video problems with […]

Every now and again clients will ask how to burn QuickTime movies to a DVD they can show on TV using a standard DVD player. In the past, we’ve recommended looking at Apple’s iDVD which comes pre-installed on all new Macs. The problem is, iDVD is a bit overkill if all you want is something […]

One of the big features in Apple’s new Leopard Server is iCal Server — which finally adds group-calendaring options to Apple’s iCal calendar utility. A long requested feature that many creative studios have wanted for years. However, iCal Server isn’t always the right fit for smaller studios who don’t require a full server installation. For […]

For those techie folk on your shopping list, here are some ideas in the $20-$80 range. To keep things interesting, we avoided the obvious list of Apple iPods and peripherals (although those never fail to please). The extravagant gift in this list includes a nice twist to spread your generous spirit a little further. Tech […]

Last week, Creativetechs’ Jordan Bojar gave a terrific talk on the upcoming impact of Leopard Server for larger creative businesses. If you missed it, we’ve set aside time for a limited number of complimentary planning and strategy sessions. If you manage a creative team in the Seattle-area with at least 10 people, take advantage of this opportunity to help map out your team’s strategy for a Leopard Server upgrade in 2008.

If you give Macintosh training presentations or demos, give Mouseposé ($14.95) a try. Your audience will appreciate it. Mouseposé 2 from Boinx Software With Mouseposé installed, press your defined hotkey, and it dims the screen and puts a spotlight around your mouse pointer, easily guiding the audience’s attention to an area of interest. Very useful […]

For our first Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard tips, we’ve been collecting a variety of popular visual tweaks and most-requested adjustments to Apple’s updated interface. Because our readership includes a mix of users, we’ve presented each hack in a technical and non-technical format. If you’ve recently upgraded to Mac OS X Leopard, and find yourself disliking the new 3D  […]

For our first Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard tips, we’ve been collecting a variety of popular visual tweaks and most-requested adjustments to Apple’s updated interface. Because our readership includes a mix o fusers, we’ve presented each hack in a technical and non-technical format. If you’ve recently upgraded to Mac OS X Leopard, and find yourself disliking the new translucent […]