Book Description

With the iOS5 software and the new iPhone 4S device, Apple has another world-class hit on its hands. This sleek, highly refined pocket computer comes with everything—cellphone, iPod, Internet, camcorder—except a printed manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back with the latest edition of his witty, crystal-clear, colorful guide: the world’s most popular iPhone book.

• Use it as a phone. Learn the basics as well as time-saving tricks and tips for contact searching by voice, texting, and more.
• Manage hour stuff in the cloud. Sync and back up your contacts and media across all of your devices with iCloud.
• Get things done. Ask Siri to send reminders, place calls, and more.
• Master notifications. Use the Notification Center to find missed messages, calendar invitations, friend requests, and more.
• Connect with other iPhone owners. Send unlimited iMessages to friends, family, and colleagues who are also running iOS5.
• Treat it as an iPod. Master the ins and outs of iTunes, and listen to music, upload and view photos, and fill the iPhone with TV shows and movies.
• Take the iPhone online. Make the most of your online experience to browse the Web, read and compose email, use social networks, or send photos and audio files.
• Go beyond the iPhone. Learn how to use the App Store, and how to multitask between your apps, organize them in folders, and read ebooks in iBooks. Download Now »

Book Description

If you plan to develop iOS applications in a corporate setting—for internal consumption or for sale to end users—you need to read this book. Veteran developer James Turner shares best practices and lessons learned from his recent on-the-ground experience planning, building, and shipping an iOS application in an enterprise environment.

With lots of examples and solid advice, you’ll learn how to use Xcode, Objective-C, and other Apple development tools within the confines of enterprise software methodologies. Don’t be deterred by Apple’s development philosophy. If you’re familiar with Xcode, this guide will help you build and launch enterprise iOS apps successfully.

• Get Xcode’s single-developer model to work in a concurrent development environment
• Integrate Xcode builds into tools such as Ant and Hudson
• Use open source libraries to connect iOS with SOAP and other backend services
• Set up a framework to test iOS apps for code coverage and CCN metrics
• Manage the legal, marketing, and production issues involved when interacting with iTunes Connect
• Meet iTunes’ requirements for provisioning and distributing your app
• Provide long-term support by sidestepping Apple’s distribution limitations

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Enterprise iOS Applications
Chapter 2. Concurrent Development with iOS Download Now »

Book Description

The book walks readers through how to train Dragon Dictate, allowing it to recognize the way readers speak. Readers will learn how to add specialized words and names and how to control Mac applications using their voice. The book then moves on to editing text documents, allowing readers to select, delete, capitalize and work with text. The book also covers having Dragon read text back to the user, allowing the user to proofread and edit dictated documents. Finally, the book covers more advanced topics, such as creating new voice commands for controlling Mac applications and controlling the mouse via voice commands.

Table of Contents
1. Getting Started
2. Using the Dragon Dictate Interface
3. Dictating Text
4. Editing Text
5. Fine-Tuning Speech Recognition
6. Controlling Your Computer
7. Using Application Commands
8. Customizing the Command Set
9. Setting Preferences

A. Menus & Shortcut Keys
B. Setting Up Dragon Remote Microphone Download Now »

Book Description

Completely revised for Final Cut Pro X and featuring compelling new footage, this best-selling, Apple-certified guide provides a strong foundation in all aspects of video editing. Renowned author Diana Weynand starts with basic video editing techniques and takes readers all the way through Final Cut Pro’s powerful features.

Each chapter presents a complete lesson in an aspect of video editing and finishing, using professional broadcast footage. The book covers Final Cut Pro’s exciting new features, including a completely redesigned interface, people detection, and Magnetic Timeline.

• DVD-ROM includes lesson and media files for over 40 hours of training
• Focused lessons take you step-by-step through professional, real-world projects
• Accessible writing style puts an expert instructor at your side
• Ample illustrations and keyboard shortcuts help you master techniques fast
• Lesson goals and time estimates help you plan your time
• Chapter review questions summarize what you’ve learned and prepare you for the Apple Certified Pro Exam

Table of Contents
Getting Started
Preparing to Edit in Final Cut Pro X
Lesson 1 Exploring the Interface Download Now »

Book Description

The power of Lion, at your fingertips. With the new Multi-Touch gestures in Mac OS X Lion, you can swipe, pinch, and tap your way to managing your Mac and organizing your life. Want your pictures to stand out? Grab files off the Mac at home while on the road? Tune out distractions? In this practical hands-on guide to Mac OS X Lion, you learn how to

• Throw away your DVDs: Encode an entire season of your favorite TV shows and manage the episodes from iTunes.
• Stay in touch: Have a video chat with far-off friends with iChat Theatre.
• Captivate your audience: Make a vacation slideshow that doesn’t stink.
• Keep your relatives informed: Build a family website with RapidWeaver.
• Survive the crash: Create an easy and comprehensive backup plan to secure your personal photos, movies, music, and more.
• Express yourself: Write and record podcasts worth listening to.
• Plus many more useful projects—both big and small—to help you do stuff with Mac OS X Lion.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Managing Your Mac
Chapter 2 Interacting from a Distance
Chapter 3 Managing Media
Chapter 4 Making Magic
Chapter 5 Getting Productive Download Now »

Book Description

Xcode 4 has a brand new user interface, built upon proven technologies that Apple itself uses to build Mac OS X and iOS, and that have produced over a quarter million Mac OS X and iOS apps.

This project-based book introduces readers to Apple’s development environment. The book is aimed at new Mac OS X and iOS developers and assumes the reader is familiar with programming and object-oriented concepts. The book starts at the basics–how to download, install, and start using Xcode–and moves to a detailed look at building and running applications. The last part of the book covers more advanced topics, such as testing, debugging, and source-code management. With the book’s approach, readers will be able to take the projects they build during the book and adapt them for use in their own projects.

Table of Contents
Part I: The Basics: Getting Started with Xcode 4
1. Discovering Xcode Tools
2. Starting a Project
3. Navigating a Project
4. Getting Help

Part II: Working with COCOA Applications
5. Creating User Interfaces
6. Adding Files to a Project Download Now »