Big Book of Apple Hacks

Chapter 14. Multimedia Hacks

If you consider the history of the personal computer, you’ll note that the device has gone through distinct phases. In the early days of personal computing, machines were woefully underpowered for any but the most mundane tasks, and personal computers were largely restricted to hobbyists. As the computing power increased, so did the number of programs available. The added utility meant computers moved from hobby-oriented machines to spreadsheet number crunchers and graphically challenged game machines. Useful to be sure but not something that would have the masses slavering to grab the newest machine.

Personal computers really went mainstream with the explosion of the Internet. As hard-drive size swelled and bandwidth increased, computers went from flexible but general-purpose devices to a repository for anything that could be digitized. The allure is clear: a one-stop shop for accessing all your personal media and a portal to millions of other multimedia sources. In this chapter, we explore how to master your multimedia-filled life using your Mac.

HACK 112: Let Your TiVo Meet Your Mac

You want your TiVo content to go mobile with you but you don’t want to resort to using a Windows machine just to get the benefits of TivoToGo? No problem: you can reach feature parity with your TiVo-owning Windows-using counterparts with this media-expanding hack.

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