November – December 1999 — Vol 21 No 6
Source
Open PDF • Nov–Dec 1999 • Vol 21 No 6 • 96 pages
Overview
Year-end 1999. Cover content: - The Making of a Problem — p. 5 - Adobe Acrobat Captures the Web — p. 23 - Spells for Wizards: A Review of Books — p. 27 - Starry Night: Deluxe & Pro — p. 30 - Networking Made Simple — p. 34 - QuickTime 4.0 Player — p. 37 - iBook: Vision in Blueberry — p. 67 (Apple iBook clamshell — launched July 1999, in Blueberry color) - Saga of Mac Fan — p. 72 - FileMaker Pro Demystified — p. 74 - A Resource for Apple Users — p. 91 (Apple II section)
(Full TOC not extracted in first 4 pages.)
Highlights
iBook: Vision in Blueberry
Apple iBook (launched July 21, 1999) — consumer laptop, translucent clamshell design (Blueberry, Tangerine colors), AirPort wireless networking. Pi's first major iBook coverage.
Adobe Acrobat Captures the Web
Acrobat 4 Web Capture — turning websites into PDF.
Spells for Wizards: book review
Wizardly Mac books — possibly Robin Williams or other Mac-power-user titles.
QuickTime 4.0 Player
QuickTime 4 (released October 1999) — new player UI with brushed metal look (preview of Mac OS X aesthetic).
Networking Made Simple
Home networking primer — broadband era arriving.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans (President; specific bylines not extracted in first 4 pages) Topics: iBook Launch 1999, QuickTime 4, Web Capture, Home Networking 1999 References: iBook, QuickTime 4, Starry Night Pro, Adobe Acrobat 4
Connections to other issues
- iBook Launch 1999 continues iMac-era consumer revival
- QuickTime 4 brushed-metal preview of Mac OS X UI
- Closes Volume 21 — Y2K rollover next issue