Episode 23: Mac OS X Security,
Automator Demo, Democracy TV
A lot has been said about Mac OS X security problems in recent weeks; how serious are these threats and what can you do to be safe?
Thomas demonstrates the powers of "Automator" a super simple Mac OS X application that makes it easy to create workflows and even save them as your own applications.
In addition to finding Ask the Techies videos on our web page, iTunes, and other Blog readers, D.Lee demonstrates the free program "Democracy" for finding and viewing not only Ask the Techies videos but finding and viewing many, many more on a wide range of topics including comedy, education, health, politics and technology.
This video podcast ("vodcast" or "vidcast") is available in the older mp4 format & in a larger sized higher quality H.264 fromat (requires QuickTime 7 Player installed).
Hosts: D.Lee Beard & Thomas Settle
Show Links:
www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/
participatoryculture.org/
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Requires
the free QuickTime 7 player & a reasonably fast computer.
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Link for Mac OS X and Windows.
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