Dan Brockett has written a free tutorial on Apple Soundtrack, the loop-based composition tool included with Final Cut Pro 4 and available now as standalone software. Dan’s tutorial goes over instructions for beginners who are new to music-making and digital audio, but there’s intermediate and advanced information, too, plus tips and downloadable finished projects and media. Brockett is a writer/director/producer.

We’ve talked about some of the wear and tear that can occur on the Titanium PowerBook G4 15″ laptops, especially early models. Our friend Troy Kingsbury at Small Dog Electronics has figured out how to repair Titaniums that come unglued, have latch problems, or get scratched so you can finally make your Ti as good as new again. I liked his tips so much I got special permission to reprint it here on the PowerPage.

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Want the sex appeal of a backlit keyboard but don’t have the cash for a new 17″ PowerBook G4? Russ White from
Small Dog Electronics walks us through the process of installing backlighting on other Apple portables.

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