The Apple Store is the perfect symbol of the company and products we’ve come to know and love: it’s gorgeous, shiny, enticing and impossible to ignore. But there are plenty more options, because Macs are available these days from a greater variety of outlets than ever before. So where should you shop, what should you choose, how can you buy it safely, and is there any way to shave a few quid off that exquisitely typeset Apple Store price tag? Read the full article in MacFormat issue 219, on sale now.
Showing all entries tagged ‘Tutorials’
How to buy a Mac
on 8 March 2010
Detox your Mac*
on 11 January 2010
Tired? Sluggish? Lost your get-up-and-go? Yes, Mac, we’re talking to you. Find out how to get your hard disk fit in MacFormat issue 217, on sale now. continue reading extract
101 best ever Mac tips
on 16 September 2009
From the Finder to the Firewall, key shortcuts to sync tricks, we round up all the clever little wrinkles that can make life sweeter in Mac OS X. If you’ve ever thought ‘there ought to be a smarter way to do that’, there probably is, and it’s probably here. Read the full article in MacFormat issue 213, on sale now.
Tabling amendments
on 4 September 2009
A common layout requirement is to create a table based on an imported Excel spreadsheet but styled to match the rest of a publication. What’s especially annoying is to get a table finished only to find the supplied data has changed. This can be avoided by maintaining a link between the original Excel file and your Quark or InDesign document. Read the full article in MacUser Vol 25 No 18, on sale now.
Get yourself connected
on 21 August 2009
Networking is one of those computer tasks that strikes fear into even the bravest heart. Fortunately, the whole business really isn’t as tricky as it looks. Read the full article from MacFormat issue 212 on TechRadar
Mastering mastering
on 14 August 2009
InDesign’s nested master pages provide a uniquely powerful way to construct longer documents. By basing one master spread on another, you can build up a set of masters without duplicating effort, from a ‘top and tail’ containing just navigation slugs, folios and guides to complete templates for each section of a publication. Read the full article in MacUser Vol 25 No 17, on sale now.
Carry on up the charts
on 31 July 2009
For layout artists, the bane of corporate reports and technical reviews is the presentation of data. But most graphs aren’t complicated to create, so why spend time fiddling with Excel when you can draw them far more elegantly yourself? Read the full article in MacUser Vol 25 No 16, on sale now.
Photo effects in iPhoto and Picasa
on 3 July 2009
Cool photo treatments aren’t the exclusive preserve of Photoshop users. Find out how to create effects including lomography, aged film and tilt-shift using only iPhoto or Google’s free Picasa. Read the full article in MacUser Vol 25 No 14, on sale now.
Using QuarkXPress 8 design grids
on 19 June 2009
Guides and grids are critical to the layout process. Just as important as vertical column guides is a horizontal baseline grid. continue
Bring back hanging
on 5 June 2009
No, it’s not a policy announcement from UKIP, it’s a tutorial on the new hanging punctuation options in QuarkXPress 8. In MacUser Vol 25 No 12, on sale now.
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