I don't know about you, but when I am watching a video, tv show, or movie, I wonder how that made it. So, this week in light of the Christmas season and the fact that I will be taking a week off, I have put up a longer than usual two part video on how I make my videos. I walk you through all the programs that I use to capture, prepare, edit, and convert all of videos. I hope this video will not only satisfy your curiosity, but give you some ideas on who you could do this on your own. If you have…
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on December 18, 2009 at 6:38pm —
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Have you ever been working on your Mac and then it just all of the sudden slows way down? Well this probably means that you are running out of RAM. But, how would you know this? Well, you use some type of monitoring tool such as Apple's built in System Monitor. But this requires you to have a whole window open, and therefore it is not very convenient. There is an alternative though. iStat menus. This allows you to monitor your computer from the menu bar. (that is the one with the clock in it) Th…
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on December 6, 2009 at 6:25pm —
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I use Safari as my main web browser, with Firefox as a backup. Now I have nothing ageist Firefox at all, as a matter of fact I have it on my mac as a backup and for uploading youtube videos (the uploader crashes Safari). But, one thing I do wish Safari had is add-ons. Now, in this tutorial, I am going to be showing you how you can somewhat achieve this. I am going to be showing you who to use a program called Glims. Now, Glims is not going to give you add-ons like Firefox ha, but it will atlas o…
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on November 29, 2009 at 5:06pm —
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I know we have all been there, you have a folder full of files and you need to add something after the name of each of them. This is a task that most people choose to do the hard way, by renaming each file individually. However if you want a program to rename all of the files for you, then you might have invested in some software that can do that kind of stuff. What I bet you didn't know though, is that you can do this for free on any installation of OS X. The application you will be using is ca…
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on November 25, 2009 at 4:47pm —
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If you know a little bit about music, sound, or acoustics, then you probably know what an equalizer is. It is a device that allows you to adjust the different frequencies of sound. In this video, I show you how to get to, and how to use the equalizer in iTunes. So, whether you just want to make your songs sound better, or you want to make it sound a certain way just for fun, this video will show you how to do it.
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on November 16, 2009 at 6:08pm —
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Problem: you are surfing the internet and you come across a site that has the information you need, but it is in a language that you can't read.
Solution: Google Translator
In the video below I show you how you can take advantage of the free Google Translator, and its abilities to translate… well just about everything. You can translate text, or even enter the URL to an entire website and it will translate it all for free. Enjoy.
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on November 8, 2009 at 2:29pm —
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Have you ever wanted to download youtube videos to watch on your computer or ipod? Well it is a simple process that can easily be done a ton of different ways. However, for this video I am going to show you two and tell you about one.
The first tool I would like to mention is KeepVid. KeepVid is a very simple website that allows you to paste in a link to a youtube video and it will give you a link to download in either .mp4 or .flv format.
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on November 1, 2009 at 5:05pm —
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If you are like me then sometimes it is hard to fins a font that you like. Well, did you know that there is a built in application on your Mac that can help you with this? Font Book is the name. and viewing fonts is the game. Font Book will easily allow you to see all the fonts that you have installed on your computer. It will also allow you to print out a catalog of all the fonts on your computer if you would like. So, without further ado watch the video below to find out who to use this nifty…
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on October 25, 2009 at 6:24pm —
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If you have not heard a windows vista machine is able to run a screen saver as the desktop background. Well up until now that has been one small thing that the PC enthusiasts were able to get me on. But now I have screen saver. Screen Saver is a nifty little dashboard widget that will allow you to run an OS X screen saver as your desktop background. Watch the video embedded below to find out who to get and use this neat little pice of freeware.
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on October 19, 2009 at 4:49pm —
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As you might know your mac will slow down over time. It does not matter what you do with your mac as long as it is on it will slow down over time. Now don't get scared because it is nothing drastic like windows when you would have to reinstall the OS and you won't have to reinstall OS X either. The thing that happens is overtime files left over from unused programs and caches that never got cleaned pile up on your hard drive. This not only takes up valuable space, but it slows down your overall…
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on October 11, 2009 at 7:09pm —
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In this quick tip I show you how to make your mac talk to you. Most people don't know this because it is a bit hidden, but you can make your mac announce the time to you. You can set it to announce it on the hour, every 30 minutes, or every 15 minutes. You can also select the specific voice that you want it to use. As you probably could expect the voices don't sound realistic, but it is still a good way to keep track of your time.
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on October 4, 2009 at 2:07pm —
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This is quick tip #17. In this video I walk you through how to capture a section of a web page and display it in dashboard. This is really useful for capturing the latest posts section of a website so you can see what is going on there at a moments glance.
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on September 27, 2009 at 7:01pm —
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In this episode of Southern Fried Geeks, there was a whole lot going on. In episode 7, we discussed the Microsoft-Yahoo deal. Yes, we know it's old news, but we haven't shot the show in so long! There was lots to talk about, such as Bing and Yahoo mail, which we both had mixed opinions about. Later, I(kung fu gamer) brought my waterproof camera onto the set to do a little dissection, which didn't go as planned as you'll see in the video. I sort of combined the dissection and destroying, but it w…
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on September 21, 2009 at 4:10pm —
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Last week I put up an unboxing video for the Koss headphones and now it is time for the review. Keep in mind that I have had these for much longer that 1 week. Thanks to video backlogging on my part most of my content is over a month old. Anyway, I personally think that videos are better for reviews so I am just going to tell you that I am very pleased with these headphones and they have a great sound for the price. To really find out what I think about them watch the video below.
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on September 20, 2009 at 10:54am —
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After using my Apple iPod headphones for over a year they finally got to the point where I had to get some new ones. At first I just though I would just buy some more Apple ones as they seemed to fit me well; I may be the only one but… Anyway I decided to try and find some other ones so I went into the local Walmart (I know not the best tech store) and looked for some ear buds. I found these Koss ones and decided to give them a try. So far I have been really happy with them and you can check by…
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on September 12, 2009 at 4:11pm —
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Well the time has come and the newest version of OS X is here. Snow Leopard has arrived and has brought many improvements under the hood. I installed Snow Leopard last night and so far the only thing that I have had problems with is Final Cut Express. That is a BIG problem for me and I suspect it has to do with the new Quick Time X architecture, but I am not sure. Other than that though I am really impressed. There are not as many new features as people would like to see, but the OS is faster an…
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on August 29, 2009 at 7:21am —
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I am looking to buy and airport wireless device from Apple, but I need to make sure of something first. We have a home network already going and I want to know if the Airport Extreme or Express will work with that. From what I can understand they are both routers therefore assign ip's which will not work when you plug a router into a router. Anyone on here have any info on that. (Short version: Can you plug an Airport Extreme or Express into a router?)
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on August 23, 2009 at 8:00pm —
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Have you ever wondered what came after a trillion? Well the answer lies in terminal. Terminal can talk. Thats right terminal can talk and better yet count. The video below will show you how to make terminal count for you. Also if you know what SSH is then you can log into your unsuspecting friends computer and have it talk to him/her. You really can have a lot of fun with that one. So with out further delay, enjoy.
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on August 23, 2009 at 7:54pm —
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In this short little video we outline what is going to be happening with Southern Fried Geeks over the course of the next month or so. We are going to be taking the month of August off and will try to be back the first full week in September. See you then!
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on August 23, 2009 at 1:23pm —
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By now I am sure that you have heard of the new devices that are being powered by Google's Android mobile OS. If you are on the fence about deciding whether you would like the phone, or if you are just a geek and are wanting to see what all the rage is about then I have the perfect tip for you. However, before we get started I would like to let you know that this will require some advanced things in the command line since there is no GUI to operate this.
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Added by Computerwhiz1 on August 15, 2009 at 10:31am —
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