There are a few cool features in Mariah™ we wanted to make sure you were aware of.
1. PARTIAL SEARCHING
In Mariah, you have two types of searching; Gathering and Filtering. Partial searching has been added to Gathering and Filtering making these features much more powerful.
Partial searching allows you to find all items that start with certain letters no matter how many letters or words are actually in the Titles or Keywords.
EXAMPLE: If you wanted to find all the items that start with "CHRISTMAS", such as CHRISTMAS TREES and CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS, you need only to enter the first part of the word and three periods ie. "CHRISTMAS...". You could also enter just "CHRISTM..." or "CHRISTMA...".
ANOTHER EXAMPLE: You could enter just "C..." and get all items that have Titles or Keywords that start with "C" . (Shortcut: Instead of typing 3 periods you can also type "Option ;")
2. SUPPORT FOR FARALLON'S SOUND EDIT™ DOCUMENTS
You can now import Sound Edit documents directly---INCLUDING COMPRESSED SOUNDS. Of course you can also extract the Sounds as SND Resources, but it's very nice to be able to store the Sound Edit files. (NOTE: Mariah 1.0 will store and play Compressed sounds, but cannot display the Wave Form Image. This will change in future upgrades.)
3. PLAYING COMPRESSED SOUNDS
To play 4:1 and 8:1 compressed sounds you MUST have Farallon's new Sound Expansion™ INIT and be running System 6.0.7 or greater.
Farallon's new Sound Expansion™ INIT and installation documentation are included on this version of the Mariah Demo Disk. Please see instructions for installation.
4. RECORDING DIRECTLY TO A MARIAH COLLECTION
Using Farallon's MacRecorder™ you can record directly to your collections but you must have Farallon's MacRecorder INIT or the built-in microphone that comes with the new Macintosh LC and SI.
Farallon's MacRecorder INIT is available from Farallon at 415-596-9000.
5. DON'T FORGET TO ALLOCATE MORE MEMORY TO MARIAH.
If you plan to work with large color graphics and sounds you should increase the memory allocations.
6. A GREAT WAY TO USE MARIAH IN MULTIFINDER.
In Mariah's Preferences you can set a collection to open automatically when you open Mariah. You can also set Mariah to open when you boot your Macintosh. (Set Startup under the Special menu.)
This way you always have a Collection open to easily copy all your memos, E-mails, graphics, voice mails, etc. Think of it as an electronic "junk drawer" but everything you put in it is easily accessible. A good idea is to create a new collection each month.
