Macworld January 2000

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Nine new surfing hits.
Introducing Mac· OS 9: with nine new power tools designed to make web surfing quicker,safer and infinitely
more rewarding.Each of Mac OS 9's new Internet features would be asmash hit on its own,but now they're
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1Sherlock 2. Theultimate Internet 2Mu ltiple users.No matter how 3Vo iceprint password.Your voice is
search tool is now yourpersonal manypeople sharey ourMac, it your password. Wh.en you login,
• shopper as well. Sberlock· 2 can • will always ,. • Mac OS9 ana0,zesyour voice to
pinpointproductsyou want andletyou beyour very own make sureyou 're whoy ou say you are.
Mac. just log in and tfit'sl"eallyyou,you can get to work
allyourpreferences rigbt away, witb
auction. It 's also are activated,from full access to yow·
!heeasiest way to yourfavoritebrowser toy our choice of personalfiles.
localepeople, news desktop patterns. Yo ur privatefolder is But ifit's someone
easi0' accessibleuntilyou log out. pretending to beyou, access is denied.
4Keychain .No need to keeptrack 5Automatic upd atin g. Now keeping 6Encryption.Now yow·private
ofa ll /bosepasswords and digital your operating system up-to- infonnation can remainprivate,
• certificatesfor e-mail and web • date is as easy as • even wben you tranifer it over
servers. 'lbep ersonal keychain built into installingMacOS9. tbe fntemet. Mac OS9 offers built-in,
Mac OS9 will keep Automatically, owr the industrial-strengtb encryption-so you
tmck oftbem lntemet, it will download can rest assured /bat
for you. just (and even install) the latestfree yourimportantfiles
speak or type updatesfor your Ma c. So you will remain secure,
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to unlock tbem all. witbout worrying about tbecbores. Ibe work/you sendtbem.
7lntemetfilesharin g.Mac0S9's 8 Internet App leSc ript. AppleScript' 9Network browsin g. Witb Mac OS9's
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• over the Internet as easily as it • andyour applications, fi"om the • navigateyour way aroundyour
works between two simplest task to tbe most IAN,yourintranet or tbe Internet with
Macs in tbe same Now ease. Now you canfindfile serv!JI"S, FIP
room. So you can you can tap the power servers and web
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set up sharedfolders ofAppleScript overthe servers thesame ·-
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that can be quickly accessed by any Internet. Andharness the way you locate -
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all available in one must-have collection.So if you 're the type who loves to explore the Internet, now is the
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Incorporating M,acUser
Features
Cover Story
Create
70 The iMac Is Back
B Y F R IT H BRE I TZ E R An in-
depth loo k at Appl e's lates t lin e Print
of iMacs. Pl us: our r eview of th e 103 Setting Type with InDesign
iMac DV Special E diti on. BY 0 LA V MART IN K V E R N G et
a first loo k at Adobe's typograph y
78 QuarkXPress versus breaktl1 rough.
lnDesign: The Great Debate
BY D E K E McC LEL LA N D A N D Get to know Apple's new breed Web
DAV I D B L A T N E R T he deskto p- of iMacs, page 70. 111 Low-Fat Graphics for
publishing battl e is ragin g again , the Web
and everyo n e's go t an opini o n BY MIKE WOO L D RID GE Com-
about which D TP powe rh ouse press gra phi cs to create speedi er,
you 'll be using in tl1e next mill en- more elega nt pages.
nium. Go behind th e scen es as
th e experts ar gue th e strengths
Graphics
and weakn esses of each. 114 Embracing Imperfection
BY cAT H Y AB E s Taking advan-
88 The Macworld Web ta ge of mist akes can lead to
Shopper's Companion beauti ful art.
B Y ELLI O T ZA RE T Yo u don 't
h ave to fi ght holid ay traffic this
year. With our guid e to the best
shopping online,
places and ways to sho p online,
page 88.
the stockin gs will be stuffed in
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thoua:htl
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Explore lnDesign's new approach
to type, page 103.
The DTP experts argue the merits of XPress
and lnDesign, page 78.
4 J a nu a r y 2 000 MACWORLD
Reviews
...
Opinion
32 Apple iBook
.C.o.n.s umer portabl e
17 Letters
34 MetaCreations Painter 6
.N.a.tu.r al-m edia paintin g software
23 The Vision Thing
....
G5 promises super BY A N D R EW G 0 R E vVh o pays 36 AsanteFast 1000 GigaNIC;
processing power, page 25. fo r App le's G4 mix-u p? Farallon PN9000-SX ;
....h Team ASA Stallion GE-11
63 The Game Room ..
Gigabit Ethernet card s
B Y c H R 1s T o PH E R B R EEN P re- ....
News sen ting t he Top 10 Mac Gamin g 38 Blue Label PowerEmulator 1.5;
T hin gies of the past 1,000 years. Virtual PC 3.0
PC-emulati o n software
25 What's Ahead for PowerPC? 176 The Desktop Critic .....
Moto r o la r evea ls futur e di r e c - B Y D A v 1 D P o c uE IfApp le ca n 40 " HP DeskJet 970
t io ns fo r t h e P owerPC chip , rein vent co mputers, thin k what it
.In.k.-.j e t printer
in c ludi ng t h e G5 with i ts p r o- could do fo r d iapers.
jec te d speeds o f up to 2 GHz.
42 Meeting Maker 6
12 How to Contact Macworld
.M.u.l.ti user calend ari ng system
26 A Downgrade for the G4
Appl e stirs u p a ho rn et 's nest by
44 Palm llle
lowerin g t he p rocessor spee ds in
.H.a.n.d h eld o rganizer
its new Power Mac G 4 lin e.
44 Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE
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Im age -editin g softwa re
New produ c ts fo r your i'v1ac, ....
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Adobe I nD es ig n and a hi g h-
Phoneline USB
speed multi fun ctio n p e riphe ra l
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fro m Ca no n. ....
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Unlock the potential of 49 Spark 1.01
28 Adobe's New Web Presence
infrared, page 95. .A.u.d. io edito r
Ad o be's new W eb site le ts you
...
create \Neb bann ers and optimi ze
51 Internet Gateway 6.5;
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IPNetRouter 1.4.2
Secrets Internet-shari ng softwa re
30 Weaving Web Graphics
Upgrades ••••
52 Polaroid SprintScan 4000
New ve rsio ns o f Macrom e di a's
.S.lid.e. scann er
F irewo rks and Dream weaver make 95 Join the Infrared Revival
ni ce with Adob e apps. BY J OSEP H SC H ORR Gain new
54 BarbaBatch 3.0
appreciation- and user tips- fo r
A.. u.d.i o.- co nversio n softwa re
your IR-equi pped M ac.
56 EtherPeek 4.0
99 Quick Tips
Eth ernet netw ork analyzer
BY LON POO L E T ips, tricks, ....
and sho rtcuts. "
58 MarkzScout 1.0
Graphics workflo w too l
••••
60 SimCity 3000
Simul ation game
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