![]() ![]() Just click "All controls" and now you should be able to Tab between dialog buttons. If you go to your System Preference / Keyboard & Mouse and in the Keyboard Shortcuts tab you will find: Yes, this is somewhat annoying, especially for a new switcher, but fortunately there is a solution: you just need to turn on Full keyboard access. Using the arrow keys or Tab won't let me change the selection. For instance a dialog displays "Do you want to overwrite the file, Yes / No", and "No" is selected. Is it possible to select dialog boxes buttons with the keyboard. I would say if you think you might want to do this several times it would be worth the $25 for DVDxDV. There's a good tutorial here on the iMovie FAQ. ![]() If you want to try doing this on the cheap there are some free tools that would make it possible, but it's a longer, more complicated process. In addition to the Pro version for $80, there is a home version for $25 that should do everything you want. All things considered, the short answer is: get DVDxDV. People often report losing sync between the audio and video. However, there are a lot of potential pitfalls in doing this. So you need to rip the data off the disc and convert it to DV. Basically the problem is this: the video on the DVD is encoded in MPEG-2, while iMovie needs something like DV. Okay, the first thing to be clear about is that the following only applies to non-encrypted DVDs. What is the best (and most cost effective) way to extract video from a non-commercial DVD (burned by a standard DVD player/recorder) to an Intel iMac in a format that can be imported into and manipulated in iMovie? As always, readers are invited to offer their own comments and suggestion, as well as submit more questions for next week. This time we'll be taking up questions from two weeks ago on getting video from a home DVD into iMovie, dismissing dialog boxes using the keyboard rather than the mouse, printing CD case labels, and upgrading older Macs to 802.11n. ![]() Last week Ask TUAW took a little unplanned vacation, but it's back this week none the worse for wear. ![]()
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