To get the most out of one charge of iPod’s battery, install the latest iPod software, use the Hold switch, and keep iPod at room temperature.

Update to the latest software

Make sure you have installed the latest version of iPod software.

Use the Hold switch

Set the Hold switch on iPod and its remote to the Hold position whenever you are not using iPod. This will keep iPod from accidentally waking from sleep and playing songs if its buttons are pressed while in a pocket or bag.

Keep iPod at room temperature

iPod’s battery works best when iPod is at room temperature, generally near 20° C, but you can use iPod anywhere between 0° to 35° C (about 32° to 95° F). If you have left iPod in the cold, let it warm up to room temperature before waking it from sleep. Otherwise, a low-battery icon may appear and iPod will not wake from sleep. If after warming up, iPod does not wake from sleep, connect the power adapter, and press the Menu and Play/Pause buttons until the Apple logo appears.

• Do not leave iPod in a vehicle’s interior when parked in the sun. Temperatures may reach up to 150° F (65 °C).
• Do not leave iPod exposed to direct sunlight for extended periods of time.

Additional tips

Charging

iPod fast-charges the battery to 80 percent of capacity in an hour. However, it can take 4 hours to fully recharge the battery. Even in sleep, iPod uses a small amount of current, and the battery slowly empties. Stored at optimal storage temperature, the battery will empty in 14 to 28 days.

• Do not charge iPod while it is in a carrying case or cover.
• You should charge iPod when it has fully discharged even if it won’t be used right away.

Pause iPod when unattended

If you leave iPod unattended, press Play/Pause to pause the song. If left playing, iPod will continue to play songs until the battery is drained–particularly if the repeat setting is set to One or All. Put iPod to sleep to save battery life. Press the Play button until iPod goes to sleep.

Backlighting

Backlighting can use a lot of battery power. If you don’t need to use backlighting, turn it off. Choose Settings > Backlight Timer > Off.

Equalizer

Turning off the Equalizer will extend your battery life. If you don’t wish to use the Equalizer turn it off. To turn off the Equalizer, choose Settings > EQ > Off

Avoid changing tracks

Avoid changing tracks by pressing the Previous/Rewind or Next/Fast-forward buttons. If you frequently change tracks by pressing the Previous or Next buttons, iPod has to turn on the hard drive to open the songs. This uses a lot of battery power.

Use compressed songs

iPod’s cache works best with songs of average file sizes (less than 9 MB). If your audio files are large or uncompressed (including AIFF format), you may want to compress them, or use a different compression method, such as MP3 or AAC, when importing them into iTunes. Also, consider breaking very long songs or tracks into shorter tracks that have smaller file sizes.

 

taken from www.apple.com 

Client-side requirements for Entourage 2004:

• Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later
• Entourage 2004 for Mac (available as part of Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac)

Server-side requirements:

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 (with Service Pack 2) or later must be installed. This is required for WebDAV support.
• Outlook Web Access must be installed and active.
• The following protocols must be enabled: WebDAV (used by Outlook Web Access and Entourage 2004) and LDAP.

Set up and use the client:

1. If you have choosen Entourage 2004 as your email exchange client, and the preceding requirements are met, then you must configure an Exchange account in Entourage.

2. Ensure that the computer is connected to a network that has access to the Exchange server.

3. To set up an Exchange account with default settings, use the Account Setup Assistant. The Assistant uses the account ID, password, and domain that you provide to automatically detect the correct settings for an account. The Assistant uses the DNS servers configured in the client Network System Preferences to locate the Active Directory global catalog server authoritative for the domain, and sends an LDAP query using the account ID and password to authenticate the user. In addition to receiving Exchange mail, all Contacts and Calendar items are synchronized with the Exchange server. If a user later decides to exclude some of his or her contacts or Calendar items from synchronization, he or she will be able to do so.

To set up the client account:

1. In Entourage, on the Tools menu, click Accounts.
2. Click the Exchange tab, and then click New. (If you see the New Account dialog box, click the Assist Me button.)
3. Follow the instructions in the Account Setup Assistant.
4. To set up your account without the Assistant, click Configure account manually.

Notes:

• If you want to specify synchronization settings while you are setting up your account, you can configure the account manually. You can also configure the account manually after the Assistant has attempted automatic configuration.
• If you create more than one Exchange server account, by default all additional accounts will not synchronize Contacts and Calendar items with the Exchange server. To set up additional accounts that synchronize these items, configure the account manually.

Entourage 2004 offers the best option for Exchange users who are using a Mac with OS X. This Exchange e-mail client provides customers with comprehensive Exchange functionality, including robust e-mail, group calendaring, and support for public folders and delegation in a corporate Mac environment.

Limitations:
Possible drawbacks to this solution may include the following:

• Entourage 2004 provides a solution for e-mail, group calendaring, scheduling, Global Address Book, and delegation only. Certain advanced Exchange features such as voting, shared tasks, shared notes, and server-side rules, are not accessible.
• Entourage 2004 does not provide full public folder or delegation support.

more info in http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/entourage2004/entourage2004.aspx?pid=entourage2004

Command Line Text To Speech Open up the terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) and type:

say MacTips.org Rocks! 

As you can see this is an extremely easy way to convert text to speech.
You can also have the computer say something after completing a command to notify you when the command has been completed.
For example:

ls *.jpg; say finished listing jpeg images

You can also speak the contents of a file by using the -f switch:

say -f text_file

You can also specify different voices by using the -v switch:

say -v Ralph Hi, my name is Ralph

There’s a whole list of available voices in the Text to Speech preferences (System Preferences -> Speech -> Text to Speech -> System Voice).

Here’s a short but useful iPhoto tip for your Thursday reading enjoyment. As you’re probably aware, there’s a Play button on the iPhoto toolbar. Click it, and the Slideshow dialog appears; set your preferred options and music then click Play, and you’ll enjoy a slideshow of your currently-selected iPhoto images.

But what if you don’t want to change the settings, and would rather just start the slideshow as quickly as possible? To do that, just hold the Option key before you press the Play button in the toolbar. Presto—an instant slideshow using your last-saved slideshow settings.

   
Ok now I would like to share another experience in developing a new desktop, running under Mac OS X Tiger in my Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook, to support my work in the office as an IT staff.  This time I would like to explain how we could run our X-Windows Application running in UNIX/Linux machine remotely, in our Mac OS X Tiger’s Desktop.

Fist thing that must be done is installing the X11 terminal in your Tiger. By default (in Mac Book) this terminal would not be installed yet in the OS. You can install it from your OS Tiger’s Installer CD, which is included in MacBook CD Package. See the step by step of this installation here.  

Then after finishing the installation, go to the Utilities Directory and find X11.app Terminal that has been installed before. Run it, and then type this comment below

$xhost <your local Mac IP Address>
<Your local Mac IP address> being added to access control list
$ ssh -X <username>@<server IP address>
password:<your password>
…
…
…
[You are in the UNIX/Linux console]
[try to run a X-Window  Application such as xclock]
$xclock

Here is the result:

Now, Enjoy your X-Window Application Running in your Mac OS X Tiger Desktop.

Regard,
Co-that