How To Connect a Video Projector to a Mac

Connect your MacBook DVI or Micro-DVI cable to the side of your MacBook. Consult your Mac's documentation if you are unsure which jack you have. Connect the other end of the cable to your video projector.
Switch the projector on.
Click the Apple logo on the taskbar, then click 'System Preferences.'
Click 'Displays.' Click 'Detect Displays.'
Select the new display and change the resolution to the highest available. You now have two displays ready to use with your MacBook.
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How Do I Use Photo Booth to Record Secretly? (5 Steps)

Remove Photo Booth from the OS X dock by clicking the icon and dragging it off or by right-clicking the icon, selecting
Options and unchecking the
Keep in Dock menu item.
Click the
Launchpad icon, then click
Photo Booth to start the program.
Click the
FIlm icon to put the program into video mode. Click the
video camera icon to begin recording.
Click
Photo Booth in the menu bar and select
Hide Photo Booth. The Photo Booth window will disappear. Position your device so that the camera is pointed in the direction you wish to record.
Cut a small piece of electrical tape and place it over the green video recording indicator light; otherwise, the light will give away the fact that the Mac’s camera is on.
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How to Download Songs From a Mac Pro to an iPod

Start your computer and open your iTunes software. The main interface presents you with three main sections. There is a bar on the top that has playback controls, a display window and a search field. Directly below this is the largest window, which contains your music library. It displays the title, artist, album and other song information. On the far left is a navigation window that allows you to switch libraries (say, from music to video), view external devices and organize your playlists.
Plug in your iPod using the USB cable. In a few seconds it should show up in the window on the left under “Devices” as an icon of the iPod.
To place a song from the library on your computer to the iPod, click on the song you want and hold. Then, drag it from the library window to the icon of your iPod. A plus symbol will appear over the iPod. Let go of the mouse button. An arrow rotating in a circle will appear beside the iPod letting you know that the song is being transferred.
To transfer multiple songs, click to highlight any song you want. Then, hold the “?” key and click on the other songs you want. They will all become highlighted. Drag and drop any one of the selected songs. They will all transfer to the iPod. If all the songs are grouped together in the library, you can select the first then hold “Shift” and click on the last. This will highlight and allow you to drag and drop all of the songs at once.
To place all of your music on your iPod, first make sure it has enough space. Look at the bar on the bottom of the iTunes window. In the center it will display the amount of memory your songs take up. Then, click to select your iPod and select the “Music” tab. Your iPod’s available memory will appear on the bottom of the window. If your iPod has enough free space, click the “Sync music” box then click “Sync” in the bottom-right corner. This will erase all the music on your iPod and replace it with the library on your computer (See Reference 1).
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How to Upload a Video to iPad

Open your Web browser and open a conversion website that includes Zamzar, Media Converter or Movavi.
Click 'Choose File,' 'Upload a File' or similar button and select your video file. The file automatically uploads to the website. The upload may take up to several hours depending on the length of the video and your internet speed.
Click the output format box and select MP4 as your output video format.
Click 'Convert' to begin the conversion. The conversion length varies depending on the size and quality of your video.
Right-click the download link and click 'Save as' to save the file to your computer.
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How to Play Flash Video on Iphone (7 Steps)

Open your Safari browser. Make a new webpage, and got to iphone.livebuster.com. This will work for a variety of sites, such as myspace, blip, an metacafe, but NOT ALL FLASH WEBSITES.
Register at the site -- you need to do this if you want to watch more than 20 seconds of video. Don't worry -- it's easy to do and it's free. After you register you will be able to watch Flash videos of any length.
Wait until you receive a confirmation email from the site. This should only take up to one hour. Hit the 'activate now' button in the email.
Return to your original livebuster.com website. Hit the '+' button on the site, and add the site as a bookmark. Name it whatever you like and hit 'save'. For purposes of this tutorial, we will name the site 'FLASH'.
This is the important part. Go to your bookmarks page, and go to 'edit'. Go to the bookmark that you saved for this site -- which we named 'FLASH'. You will see the web address for the site. It will read something like 'www.livebuster.com_/javascript.window.location. . .' Put your cursor right before the 'j' in 'javascript on the address, and delete everything that comes before it. What remains will say 'javascript.window.location . . .'
Now close the bookmark process.
Now click on the flash video you want to watch. You will get a message saying 'you need flash player to view this site'. At this point, hit 'bookmarks' and click on the bookmark that we named 'FLASH'. Your video should now play.
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How to Convert MP4 to DVD on a Mac

Download and install the free Burn software program to the Mac's desktop (see link in Resources). Run the Burn software program. Select the 'Video' tab at the top of the Burn software program's main window.
Drag the MP4 video file into the open space at the center of the Burn software program's main window. Click on 'Yes' when a window pops up asking to convert the MP4 file to the MPEG-2 video format.
Click on the drop-down menu in the window that appears and select 'NTSC.' Navigate to where the MPEG-2 file should be saved and click on 'OK' to close the window. Wait as the MPEG-2 video file is created from the MP4 video file.
Click in the open column next to the icon of a disk at the top of the Burn software program's main window, and enter in a name for the DVD you are going to make.
Select 'DVD-Video' from the drop-down menu to the right of the name of the DVD you are going to make.
Click on the MP4 file in the open space of the Burn software program's main window. Press the 'Delete' key to remove the MP4 file. Drag the MPEG-2 file into the open space where the MP4 file was.
Click on the 'Burn' button on the Burn software program's main window. Wait as the DVD burner's disk tray ejects. Put a blank, recordable DVD on the disk tray. Press the 'Close Disk Tray' button on the window that appears to close the disk tray.
Wait as the DVD is burned. Quit the Burn software program when the DVD has been completely burned. Eject the DVD and watch the video you have converted from an MP4 video file on a stand-alone DVD player.
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How to Use a USB Camera Instead of iSight (3 Steps)

Connect the USB cable attached to the external webcam to an available USB port on the computer. Allow 10-15 seconds for the computer to recognize the external webcam.
Select the 'Photo Booth' program, a program that uses the webcam to show you live video of yourself, from the applications dock at the bottom of the screen. Select 'Camera' from the options at the top of the screen.
Select the external USB webcam from the list of options from the menu. The computer will switch from the default iSight webcam to the external webcam. Because Mac programs are all in sync with one another, these settings will be used for all other installed programs on the computer.
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How to Use an External Camera with Photo Booth

Disconnect your external camera if it's already connected to your Mac. If your webcam came with any driver software on a disk or from a website, install it before proceeding. Open Photo Booth and then reconnect your external camera.
Click Photo Booth's Camera option on the menu bar and select your external camera's name to display its video feed in the main program window.
Click the 'Effects' button if you want to select an effect before you snap a picture or record a video in Photo Booth. The video pane will display nine thumbnails showing your webcam feed with different effects applied, including distortion effects, color effects, customized backgrounds and animated items. Click the right-arrow button on the screen to view additional pages of effects. After you find the effect you want to apply, click it to return to the full-size video stream.
Click one of the three square icons near the bottom left corner of the video preview. Click the first icon to make a series of four consecutive images, the second icon to take a single picture or the third icon to record a video.
Click the red camera icon to automatically take one or four pictures, or to start recording a video. If you are recording a video, click the red camera icon again after you finish recording.
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How to Password Protect Apps On An iPad (5 Steps)

Select the 'Settings' icon from your home screen or the main menu. This is where you go for all general settings as well as settings for specific functions of the device. Settings for your mail, iPod, photo, video and Safari can all be accessed from this menu as well. For more information regarding specific settings, see the link in the Resources section.
Select 'General' followed by 'Restrictions.' You will see a list of apps pop up in your browser as well as a check box that says 'Enable Restrictions.'
Check the 'Enable Restrictions' box to activate the password prompt. You will see an icon pop up that says 'Set Passcode.' It will look familiar to the general password prompt that you see when you initially log on to your iPad.
Enter a four-digit password that will be easy for you to remember. Remember that this password will control access to specific apps and is a different password than the device code.
Select which apps you would like to apply the new password to. When you are done selecting the apps, press 'Done' to complete the process.
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How to Shut Off the Camera on a Macbook

Click on the QuickTime icon in the Dock of your Macbook to launch the video application.
Click 'File' from the QuickTime menu, then click 'New Movie Recording.' The iSight camera's light glows, indicating that it is on.
Click the red button to record a video.
Click the black button to stop recording the video. The iSight camera's light turns off, indicating that the camera is shut off.
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How to Burn a DVD With a Mac (7 Steps)

To burn data: Insert a blank disc. A dialog box will come up asking to name your disc and select the proper format for your disc such as picture, audio or data. The name of the disc will appear as an icon on the sidebar of your Finder window. Drag files to the disc's name in Finder, followed by clicking on the icon when you are done adding files.
Click File at the top of the screen, followed by 'Burn Disc' from the drop-down menu.
To burn video or audio: Insert a blank disc into your DVD drive. A DVD-R is recommended for DVDs you plan to use in personal DVD players, as not all DVD players are compatible with DVD-RWs.
Start the iDVD program. Single click the 'Go' button at the top of your screen and click on the Applications bar from the drop menu. Double click on the 'iDVD' button in the Applications folder.
Select 'Create New Project' or 'Open Existing Project.' Select 'Open Existing Project' if you already have a video file on your computer that requires burning. Locate the folder the video file is in and double click the file to open it.
Add a theme to your DVD. A theme is a style that appears on the menu screen of your DVD before the video plays. Apple provides a variety of themes, or you can customize your own. To add a theme, click 'Themes' at the bottom of the iDVD menu, followed by scrolling through the different themes. When you have found the preferred theme, click OK.
Check your project for errors. Click the 'Map' button and look for any exclamation points. These exclamation points represent errors that should be fixed before burning. Once you have corrected the errors, save your project and click the Burn button located at the bottom of the iDVD program.
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How do I Change the Orientation of QuickTime Movies?

Open your video file in QuickTime Pro.
Select 'Show Movie Properties' from the 'Window' menu. Select 'Video Track' from the properties window. Click 'Visual Settings.'
Use the 'Rotate' buttons to change the video's orientation.
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How to Stream Video in XCode (4 Steps)

Open the Xcode software on your desktop and open the project for your iPhone or iPad app. Double-click the code file you want to use to play the movie.
Set up the movie controller to display the video. The following code sets up the video variable and sets the video to fill the entire screen:MPMoviePlayerController* movie=[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:'movie.com/movie'];
movie.scalingMode=MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
Replace the 'movie.com/movie' with the URL that contains the streaming video.
Play the video. Add the following code to play the movie:[movie play];
Release the movie control after the movie finishes playing. The iPhone or iPad automatically closes the movie, but you can use the following line of code to close the movie when the user clicks your interface button:[movie release];
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How to Connect a Mac to a Plasma TV

Plug the Display Port end of the Display Port to HDMI cable into your Mac. If you own an Mac laptop, the Display Port is located on the left side of the computer; on a iMac desktop, the display port is located on the back of the computer.
Connect the HDMI end of the cable into your plasma TV. The HDMI input is probably located on the back of your plasma.
Change your plasma TV's video input source by pressing the 'Source' or 'Input' button on the remote control for your TV. Press the button until you reach the HDMI input that your Mac is connected to.
Change your display settings on your Mac. Click the 'Apple' menu in the upper-left corner of your Mac and select 'System Preferences.' Click the 'Displays' icon under 'Hardware.' Then press 'Detect Displays' to optimize the display settings.
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