Master all there is to know in Apple's new operating system, Mac OS X: Leopard.
Get the most out of your upgrade by quickly mastering Quick Look, Time Machine, Spaces, Bootcamp and more. Ideal for anyone who is new to the Mac or for those upgrading from a prior version. By the end of the training you’ll be using all the new tools in Leopard with confidence.
Mac OS X: Leopard
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Quick Look
This lesson will teach you how to move between applications and file versions expediently by taking a “sneak peek” at your files, without even opening them. The Quick Look feature marks an end to endless searching for the right version of your document, project file, photo or email.
Spaces
The new Spaces feature makes finding and organizing your files more elegant than ever. You’ll learn to set up your Spaces in Leopard so that you can easily find the right tool or document at the right time —when you need it most.
Time Machine
More and more the Mac is becoming our digital scrapbook. With time machine, you have an automatic backup of all your digital movies, music, photos, documents —anything you create or save will be retrievable even after you’ve deleted your files. Master the Time Machine features and you’ll never be searching for a missing file again.
top features you will learn:
iChat
Spaces
Time Machine
Boot Camp
Quick Look
table of contents
Leopard
Introduction - Desktop & Finder
Spaces & Quick Look
iChat: New Features
Mail: New Features
iCal: New Features
Using Parental Controls
Safari and New Dashboard Features
Time Machine
Photo Booth
The All New Front Row
Synching Data with Devices and .Mac
about the instructors
Todd Howard
Todd Howard, founder of Massachusetts-based multimedia production company Howard Digital Media, has conducted hundreds of hours of training seminars and one-on-one instruction on Mac OS X, Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro, as well as Adobe® PhotoShop® and GoLive®. He is the author of "GarageBand '08 Power!" and "Who's Afraid of HTML?", a comprehensive beginner's guide to HTML and website design, and was the producer/editor on the indie feature The Trouble with Boys and Girls. With website development projects, he has helped his clients achieve a web presence that is custom tailored to their specific business goals. He has worked with his clients in a fashion that encourages asking the tough questions and finding real solutions that fit and executing them with speed and fluency. Most recently, he launched a complete redesign and rebuild of the website for MASS MoCA, The Massachusetts Museum or Contemporary Art in North Adams. MASS MoCA is the largest center for contemporary arts in the United States. Todd is a daily blogger on Zoom In Online covering technology, music, TV, film and all things Apple. His training titles include "Inside Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger", "Inside iLife '06", "Dreamweaver Jumpstart", "Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Jumpstart" and "Adobe CS3: Assets In Motion", a pocket tutorial podcast series produced in conjunction with Magnet Media and Adobe, and Todd was both the author and the instructor of these in-depth training titles.
Todd has worked with clients on video and DVD projects with an approach that cultivates creativity, flow, design and good story-telling. He directed and edited a series of television spots for The REACH Community Health Foundation in North Adams, MA, for their "Get Fit" campaign which have been particularly effective at connecting people in the community with REACH and its range of personal health resources. He spent 2001 and 2002 leading Apple Computer workshops and corporate training courses in Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro while based in Seattle, WA. He was head of creative services for Synchronicity/RTSe USA, Inc. from 1998-2001. Todd is a performing musician and an avid gamer, and has tremendous passion for teaching and creating with all digital media and he especially loves writing and recording his own original music with Apple's Logic Pro 8. He lives in northwestern Massachusetts.
Todd Howard
