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The Metronome in GarageBand offers a steady beat that helps you keep time when you’re recording or just listening to your song. The feature also uses a one-measure Count-in so that you can get ready when you’re recording a song, just like you hear live bands do when performing.
You can turn the Metronome and Count-in on and off as well as adjust the Count-in bars on both Mac and iOS, and this tutorial shows you how.
Want to enhance the quality of your music production in GarageBand by using cool sound effects? Learn how to add, edit, reorder, and remove plugins for your tracks, and take your sound to the next level.
Everything that you create in iMovie, whether a Trailer or Movie, is considered a Project. You can make as many Projects as you like. And if you end up with a huge list of them, you’ll want to know how to manage those Projects. You may want to play, rename, edit, duplicate, or delete a Project. This tutorial shows you how to do all that in iMovie on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Apple has ramped up its gaming chops by announcing at its annual developers conference in the summer that iOS 13, iPadOS, tvOS 13 and MacOS Catalina 10.15 software updates bring support for the wireless Xbox and PlayStation game controllers, namely Sony's DualShock 4 controller and Microsoft's Xbox Wireless Controller with Bluetooth. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to pair your Xbox or PlayStation controller and use it to play games on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV and Mac, navigate the user interface on your Apple TV and more.
Spelling and grammar are very important when composing a document, especially business agreements, school papers, and similar. Knowing how to check for spelling and grammar errors will save you from stupid mistakes that could embarrass you and paint you as unprofessional.
The overall size of Apple's rumored 16-inch notebook will be close to the current 15-inch MacBook Pro models because the machine will take advantage of ultra-narrow bezels to accommodate a 16-inch panel expanded from the original 15-inch one.
Whether you’ve used GarageBand before or are completely new and just learning, Apple Loops can help you build or enhance your creations. These handy little bits of music come in all forms, from drums to guitar to vocals, and beyond. Some loops are there waiting to be picked by you, while others may need to be downloaded. So depending on the type of song you’re composing, you might want to toss one in or start right off with one. Either way, we’re going to help you out.
This tutorial shows you how to download and add Apple Loops to your songs in GarageBand.
The title is an important part of the movie you create in the iMovie app on Mac, iPad, or iPhone. Whether it's short and sweet or long and descriptive, the title, as you know, lets others know what the overall movie is about.
You can add a title to your movie at any point during its creation, and you have some terrific tools for making the title appear as you like. This tutorial shows you how to add and edit a title in iMovie on your Mac, iPad, or iPhone.
The iMovie app on iOS and Mac is one of those apps you only open if you really need it. And many people delete it just to save storage space. But if you are interested in creating some movie magic on your device, then there’s no better way than with iMovie. And the best place to start is with how to create a new project. So, open iMovie on iPhone, iPad, or Mac and follow along!
iDB reader Niles Mitchell took it upon himself to look at another new feature of iOS 13, mouse support, and what better way to do that than with the original Mac mouse and keyboard?
Learn how to efficiently sort, organize, and search your emails in the Apple Mail app of your Mac so you can stay on top of your inbox and quickly find what you need.
Learn how to insert and use columns in Pages on Mac to change the layout of your documents.