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Mac Tip Podcast – #021 – Auto-Tune yourself in GarageBand

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Auto-Tune yourself in GarageBand

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Show Notes:

Even though Auto-tune – that funky robot effect that rules the radio – has been declared d e a d dead by none either than rap superstar than Jay-Z, people still went nuts over T-Pain’s Auto-tune app for the iPhone.
Weather you don’t have to have an iPhone or cant afford to pay hundreds of dollars for official Auto-tune software you can still get that great T-Pain sound. In fact, you can do it with an app that comes preloaded with almost every Mac, Garageband.

Open up Garageband and select “New Project”
Add a new track by hitting “Alt+Command+N” and choose “Real Instrument.” This is where you’ll be recording your vocals or importing previous recorded audio.
If you’re going to auto-tune yourself or a recording, you need a key to be in tune with. If you’re not sure, give the default Tempo of a C-major a try, and adjust up or down from there.
You can adjust the tempo by using the the options with in the LCD If you dont know how to enable the this option press “Ctrl+Command+F” and this will show the tempo with in the LCD

Click the scissors icon or “Command+E” to open up the editing palette. Select “No Effect” and slide the “Enhance Tuning” setting all the way to max. Also, check “Limit to Key,” or you might end up with some seriously terrible-sounding results.

Finally, hit record and start singing. It’s important to note that this is the LAST step. You can’t apply the auto-tune effect after the fact, so tweak all your settings, and then give it a shot. Make T-Pain proud!

and that going to do it for this episode of Mac Tip Podcast I hope you enjoyed it
The music for this podcast, by Professor Kliq find out more about him at ProfessorKliq.com
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Mac Tip Podcast – #020 – Downgrade iTunes

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Downgrade iTunes

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When you have an older version of the mac like a power pc you tend to get left behind when it comes to new versions of software. The newest version of iTunes requires the latest version of safari that that requires you to update to a newer version of the Mac Operating system, So what do you do when you update itunes and find all this information out? Well downgrade.

What you need to do first is Uninstall iTunes by Opening your Applications folder, and drag iTunes to the trash.
Restart your Mac and empty the trash to ensure that iTunesHelper is not running and not installed.

Go to your Music directory and open up the iTunes folder.
Move iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Music Library.xml to your desktop
Note: iTunes Library.itl may not be named .itl if it isnt copy the file named iTunes Library

Install the version of iTunes want to install.
If you dont know where to download a old version of itunes a like will be in the show notes
Download Old Versions Here

Open up iTunes and check the version to insure it is the version you intended to install,
While iTunes is open and go to File > Library > Import
Choose the iTunes Music Library.xml you moved to your desktop
This should rebuild your library/playlists

You can now delete those library files on the desktop
And you should be good to go

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Mac Tip Podcast – #019 – Clean the desktop clutter by hiding icons

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In this episode of Mac Tip Podcast; Clean the desktop clutter by hiding icons

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Show Notes

If your desktop is anything like mine, your background wallpaper is barely visible from a wall of icons have that been floating around since the last time you reinstalled the mac os or just cleaned then up. I guess if they weren’t piling up on the desktop it would be somewhere else, but at least then we probably wouldn’t have to look at them every day.

Luckily, we can stuff that clutter in a closet by hiding the icons on the desktop. Here’s how.

Open the Terminal located in /Applications/Utilities (or alternatively by searching for it in Spotlight).
Enter the following command at the prompt and press Enter. You can also goto mactippodcast.com and look in the show notes where you can copy/paste the command.
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false
Restart the Finder by entering the following command in the Terminal and pressing Enter.
killall Finder

The Terminal is case sensitive so be sure to respect uppercase and lowercase characters.
Exit the terminal by entering the following command and press Enter.
exit
Quit the Terminal application.

Your desktop will now be clean leaving you free to admire your backgound. You may still save files to the desktop and access them using the Finder window.

Getting your desktop to show icons again is easily as simple.

follow the same proses as described before but this time you want to input this command
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true
Kill the finder as before
killall Finder
Exit the terminal
exit
and Quit the Terminal application.

Now your done you have all your Icons back

YAY!!

18 Mac Tip Podcast – How to change your icons in Mac OS 10.6

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How to change your icons in Mac OS 10.6

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Show Notes
Changing an icon in Snow Leopard is simple. You don’t need fancy software like CandyBar. Although it makes changing system icons a lot simpler than by hand, you can customize file, folder and app icons right in Finder.
First Find an icon

There are a number of different places where you can find icons and system replacements sets for your Mac. Here are just a few great resources:
InterfaceLIFT: Probably the largest Mac icon collections on the Web
We Love Icons: Icons of the finest quality
Apple Downloads: Icons and Screensavers category

Wherever you look for icons, make sure they are Mac compatible. This is usually illustrated by the  symbol.
Once you’ve downloaded the icon or set, unzip it and take a look inside. Most sets come in a variety of formats. These may include PNG, ICO, ICNS and Macintosh formats but the naming may be different depending on the author.
Here we see the contents of a typical icon set. Look for ‘Icons’ or ‘Macintosh Icons’.
Once you’ve found the icon you like, right-click it and chose Get info. Do the same for the icon you wish to change.
Open the Info window
In the info window, click on the new icon. You know it is selected when you see a glow around it. Hit ⌘+c to copy it to the clipboard. With the Info window of the target opened, click on the old icon and hit ⌘+v to paste it. If all went well, your file should now show the new icon.

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