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I got so much better at dad jokes when I became apparent.

So far, so good!

Thanks, Muaad! I’ll release new videos to help you Excel at spreadsheets!

Are you talking about the "Drop Video Intro" box that appears to the left of the DVD menu when you choose your DVD template? I have been unable to remove it. Might it be possible that you clicked "Switch to Classic?" If so, then you should see a button for "Switch to Updated." When you click that, you'll be put back into the view I show in my video.

Hi and thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I did in fact hit the Switch to Classic button. However switching back doesn't solve the issue. This is Not a serious problem for me. I don't plan to use this particular function very often. It's more a curiosity. I had it, did something stupid and now it's gone. Strange !

It's been my experience that chapter markers in your videos, like those created in Final Cut Pro X will be preserved when you add the video to a Toast DVD project.

Here are 2 videos that I think cover what you're looking to do. Let me know and I can make one that answers the exact question you have. 1. How to Purchase and Use iTunes Music in a Mac Photos Slideshow -- th-cam.com/video/rSr-M10d-rQ/w-d-xo.html 2. How to Avoid Unsupported Audio (Music) in Photos for Mac Slideshows -- th-cam.com/video/GjPptH5Hnpk/w-d-xo.html

At this point, I say you check out Burn, which is a free and open source app. I'm not all in on Toast. There are a few shortcomings that lead me to rethink the app I should use for making DVDs. This video shows Burn: th-cam.com/video/rQZww61OolE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XNfXRok-xuvYS1o-

You’re right. You do for El gato. There are other cheaper option out there. I just wanted one with a portable screen. I already had a laptop, so that wasn’t a problem for me. Although, everyone is in a different situation.

Roxio Toast 20 looked like it would have a dark mode, however Pro is a collection of apps, rather than a pro version of what Titanium is. I'm disappointed.

I totally understand. I just bought Pro to see how it stacks up against Titanium and I am a bit underwhelmed. I'll give it a few days, but I'll probably return it. I'll keep looking for a better alternative.

Thank you for that feedback. You’re not the first to tell me that. I’ll be taking a slower approach in future videos to ensure that I cover the topics clearly, even for folks who aren’t super technology oriented. Thank you for taking the time to drop a comment!

Glad it's helpful. You know, I had Toast Titanium, but not Pro. I just bought it to see how they compare and it looks totally different. It's like Toast 20 Pro is a collection of apps and not a sort of all-in-one app like Titanium. I'll give it a few days, but if it's all I see here, I'll probably return it.

You can impose order after the fact, or if you make an Album in Photos, the order you specify there get's respected when you create the slideshow.

Yes, probably. On TH-cam it might be a copyright claim or takedown. On somewhere like Facebook, the audio might become muted. I touch on this a bit in this video: th-cam.com/video/BAj-vk0xnBo/w-d-xo.html&si=K48ee-Law1xb3bcx

If you have an Apple TV and your Mac is on the same Wi-Fi, you should be able to use AirPlay to play it on the TV, no dongle needed. Otherwise, if your Mac doesn't have one of those USB to HDMI dongles, you could use one of those and an HDMI cable to the television to play that way. Otherwise, you can export the show to a movie file. The only downside with this is that it will reduce the picture quality in the exported file. Here's were I talk about how to Export a Show: th-cam.com/video/BAj-vk0xnBo/w-d-xo.html&si=M8Ufj_UNM32_vdmn Mac How to AirPlay to Apple TV: support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/stream-content-to-apple-tv-mh40624/mac

Awesome!!

Don’t worry. You didn’t purchase a second time. Apple remembers which items you’ve purchased. It should allow for redownloading without extra cost.

I sometimes have to close Photos after I purchase a track in Apple Music. Once I do that and open Photos again, then it will show.

The file will be too big to email, but you could send a link to it via Google drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or iCloud Drive. There are other ways, too, but those are the most popular option that people tend to use nowadays

That's. very good question. I haven't tested the Blue-ray features of Toast. I need to buy a drive and experiment.

@@HeyIvan No worries! It would be helpful to know how/if the other software works too. If you figure anything out, let me know. :-) Thanks for your reply!

@LoganPlooster Will do!

After some experimentation, it seems like rotating the picture in the Library is the easiest way to rotate an image. On the Mac, I control-click or right-click an image and choose to rotate. Then, when you next look at the slideshow, you'll see the image has been rotated. If you have iCloud Photo Library turned on, you could do the rotation on your iPhone or iPad and it will sync back to the Mac.

You can crop the screen recording. And one tap can toggle the display of the playback controls at the begging of video playback. Let me know if this is confusing.

Thank you! Very helpful video and reply.

I’m glad it helped.

That's weird. Can you try creating a new slideshow and see if that fixes the issue. I once had a problem where I had to create a small separate Library because my project Library was being picky. The other thing I think is that maybe the Theme you're choosing is playing a video or two back in its entirety, which can go against the custom timing. Does your project include any videos?

There doesn’t appear to be a way to change the color, unfortunately.

@@HeyIvan So bizarre, since the premade templates all have different colors.

@user-yt4ei6ef6g let me take another look to be sure I’m right.

I gave in and changed the background to a lighter color. But now the text looks low res after export, is that normal?

@user-yt4ei6ef6g dvd-video format is 480p, so low resolution for sure.

Yes. You can click the T in the filmstrip at the bottom. Then press delete.

The Elgato promoter requires a computer. I’d recommend something else instead.

You need reflector to make the Mac an AirPlay destination.

@@HeyIvan Really? I can airplay mirror from my iPad and iPhone to my Mac right now without that app. Maybe it's a new feature?

Perhaps. I think you can with a cable, but I’m not sure about wirelessly. Tell me how you have it set up.

Not with this method. There are tools that claim to do it without a computer, but I haven’t tried them yet. a.co/d/hoZ9lQG

I don't think you need to convert them. However, you'll notice that the final slideshow is compressed quite a bit. So, the quality won't be as good as your original files.

@@HeyIvan I just exported it and the file's now about 5gb...able to play on Quick Time Player and it looks like I s/b able to share the .m4V movie file from here..thanks for the tutorial and your feedback!

Great!

The theme you choose will constrain how many chapters appear on screen, but you can have more than one screen of chapters. For example, if your chapter menu has room for 6 thumbnails, then if you had 11 chapters, the first page would have 5 thumbnails. The last position will be a link to the next chapter page that will have 6 thumbnails.

Glad it was helpful! Let me know if you have any other Mac questions. :)

Unfortunately, no way to shuffle the images. Each slideshow is a collection of images in the order you set. The only hint I see is about using the Mac's screensaver feature to generate a random order. I don't know of an app, but I'm looking into it.

I know what you mean. Sometimes things take a long, long time on macOS, but rarely do things freeze all the way. Glad it worked!

I had no idea you could do this. I'll have to try it out to see how it works. Your question makes me think of searching to see whether QuickTime has a file size limit. I found an article that seems to indicate that 4 GB is the largest. I don't know if it's true. Will have to experiment. It seems like the answer is more complicated than I first thought. discussions.apple.com/thread/8412605?sortBy=best You might want to experiment with different frame sizes. Perhaps the file size is big because you're using full quality images to produce a 4K or similar result. The Photos app reduces quality to 1080p to sidestep file size issues. I'll have to try this out -- Apple Article for creating a movie with an image sequence. support.apple.com/guide/quicktime-player/create-a-movie-with-an-image-sequence-qtp315cce984/mac

@@HeyIvan Thanks for looking into this. Let me know what you find. I've tried exporting the slideshow in 480 and 720 resolution neither complete the export. Total file size is ~ 2GB. Tony

Weird. Have you tried using keynote? It should let you do what you’re after, I think. Both 720 and 480 will look blurry because of how much the quality will be reduced.

Oh. You should also take a look at iMovie. It’s a different way of thinking, but it should be able to produce superior results compared to QuickTime.

Thanks, Muaad!