I will have the following sections for each program that I will have a guide for. (name of program, and developer) What, will inform user on what the program is and does. When, will let users know when would be a good scenario to use the program, such as, “ use DVD ReMaster to burn DVDs”. Where, will inform the user where they can find the application, from what vendor, then then in what section of your operating system you can find it. It will also include the shortcut key for the program or utility if it has one. It will not inform user where the program files of the application or utility are sotre as this is out of the scope of my tutorial. Who, will inform user what type of person would like to use this program. This way they can judge if they should do the tutorial or not. For example, for the DVD ReMaster, I would put something like, “An avid movie watcher, a person that would like to backup legal copies of his DVDs”. How, here is where the tutorial will start. I will also include what areas of the program the tutorial will guide you through.
Below is an example. DVD ReMaster, Metakine. Price. Trial Version, 39.99US standard, 49.99US pro. What. DVD Remaster will backup your DVD’s into your hard drive, then you can back them up on another DVD, export them to a format to view them on your Ipod or just extract the audio and then export them as a mp3 file to carry them on your mp3 player. The Pro version is similar to the standard version but has the added benefits of allowing you to discard audio and video tracks, which subsequently allows for a better compression quality while customizing the DVD with the features you want. When. Quoted directly from their website, “DVDRemaster is an application which recompresses large DVDs so they can be burned on a standard DVD or converts them so they can be watched on your video iPod, iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and many others”. Where. Menu Bar > Application> DVD Remaster. Who. An Avid movie watcher, a person who wants to backup their store bought DVDs into their HD. How. (Here I would start the tutorial) It comes in two flavors, Pro and Standard. Time Machine, Apple, Inc. Price: Comes with OS. What. Time Machine is the backup and recovery utility that ships with Mac OS, and it is fully accessible with Voice Over. Time Machine is like having the Backup and System Recovery utilities found on Windows based computers in one screen reader friendly interface. It has the ability to automatically back your files up every hour or on a schedule you specify, after the first initial backup has concluded. Note, the external drive must be physically connected to the computer, or you must configure a Time Capsule, for Time Machine to automatically back up your files to that external drive or Time Capsule. Time Capsules is a hard drive that simultaneously acts as a 802.11n wireless router so that you can configure wireless backups of your system with Time Machine and be able to browse the internet wirelessly at the same time. Time Capsule is sold by apple and many authorize apple retailers. It is truly a time machine, as it lets you restore files from a Time Machine backup with a date you specify. For example, if my backups have continued on for the past month, and I wanted to restore a Favorite folder from 2 weeks back, I would be able to do this with Time Machine. When. You can use this utility to backup your computer files, both system and user files, such as pictures, movies, music, documents, user settings and application preferences, to either a specified section of your internal drive or an external drive. You can later use the utility to restore your backed up files to your system in case you accidentally delete some files you want and would like to restored, or your drive malfunctions. Warning, if your drive malfunctions, and you did not backed up on an external drive, your files will probably be lost forever, unless you are willing to pay a substantial amount for a software-based File Recovery program or, worst, pay a File Recovery company even more to recover your files. Who. Everyone who cannot afford to have a hard drive malfunction occur without an available backup. Especially if you use your computer for work, school or have family pictures, movies and you cannot loose the files. Note. . I cannot stress how important backups are, since hard drives fail when you most need access to your computer, fail when you least expect them to and stress you like a hot volcano. I been there, learned from my mistakes, and I now have a scheduled regular backup with Time Machine. There is no excuse for not backing up your files with the Mac’s OS X built in accesible, free and convinient backup and restore utility. The accessibility and convenience of backing up your files and restoring them with Time Machine is unparallel to any program I have ever used, and it is a free utility shipped with the OS. How. Here is where I would start the tutorial. What do you guys think about the first two programs descritpion and format? I think it will become a table layout format for better anvigation, as having periods after one word is silly, plus tables make it look professional. Anyways, if you have specfici programs, utilities, or areas of the system you would like me to cover just let me know, but be aware this is a 2 month project. Also before the How section, I will have a Description of the main program window I will guide you through. Alfredo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
