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Reviews the computer software Airfoil 1.0.1 from Rogue Amoeba. Features. INSET: Promising Prospect: Witch.

The article presents information related to some tips on how computer can be used in an efficient manner. The Get Info window displays lots of interesting things about files and applications and one can see the selected item's size, location, and modification times, name and extension, and more in this window. One should click once on the icon in the menu bar and then move the slider that appears to adjust the system's overall volume. One can open the international preference pane and click on the input menu tab to access the special characters.

The article presents information related to the iTunes software. The iTunes allows just five users to connect to any shared library in a day. With the help of iTunes one can store music in a central location and access it from any of his home computers. The other iTunes users on other network can see the shared name that one have set in iTunes' preferences. The Sharing pane in iTunes' preferences show how many users are connected to a shared library. Each person want to create playlists to access his or her favorite files more easily with an entire household's music. INSET: Set Up a Music Server.

Reviews several computer softwares. BBEdit 8.2.3, from Bare Bones Software Inc.; ConceptDraw Business Suite, from CS Odessa; Delicious Library 1.5.1, from Delicious Monster Software; SyncDeK 6.0, from WorldSync.

Reviews several computer softwares. Boujou bullet 2, from 2d3; Maya 7 Personal Learning Edition, from Alias; Painter Essentials 3, from Corel Corp.; Smasher, from Insider Software Inc.

The article presents information on two computer software recommended by a user. When he configures a new computer, the second thing he installs is the DragThing software. With this palette-based launching utility, he can create any number of palettes that can hold anything he likes such as applications, documents, Uniform Resource Locators, folders, and more. He can then assign hot keys, view the contents of folders, quit and force-quit applications, switch applications while hiding others, and move items to the Trash. With the You Control software from You Software, it lets him pack a load of helpful utilities into menus conveniently hidden in the corners of his desktop computer. His You Control menu includes a weather module, a news reader, an iTunes controller, a calendar, a list of recent items, a list of mounted volumes, and a list of the users he has created on his own.

The article presents information on two computer software. With the LaunchBar software from Objective Development, a utility has become indispensable because the keystrokes that invoke it have become part of the muscle memory. LaunchBar opens the right thing when a computer user presses the spacebar, types a few characters from the name of the application, preference pane, document, Web bookmark, or contact name, then presses return. With the iKey software from Script Software, a user may switch among the applications with the function keys and type small bits of boilerplate text such as the snail mail address, Web Uniform Resource Locator, and more.

The article presents information on three computer software. The Butler software is similar to both LaunchBar and Quicksilver. Just press control-spacebar and start typing the name of an application, folder, Web shortcut, or file. Press return to launch the selected item. Butler can also control iTunes and enable Fast User Switching without taking up space on the menu bar, and it supports useful macros and multiple clipboard items. MenuMeters from Raging Menace is used to keep an eye on the innards of a system without opening and closing something like Activity Monitor. Its space-efficient graphics on the menu bar enables to keep an eye on the usage of the central processing unit (CPU), disk activity, memory utilization, and network activity, and each module can be individually enabled, disabled, and customized. CPU-hogging processes become obvious, excess disk activity is easy to spot, and a user can monitor upload and download speeds. With the Print Window application from SearchWare Solutions, a user can specify what he wants to print, sort, whether he wants icons to be included, and whether he wants to include and expand any subfolders. The Advanced, for-fee version adds even more control to the process.

This section presents several computer software products introduced in the U.S. market as of February 2005.