Macintosh Resources
The global entry point for the Apple Web servers. Includes corporate
information, press releases, employment opportunities, investor
information, and how to contact Apple.
Key Apple Computer Home Pages
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Apple's OS X Page
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Technical informatioon, software downloads and technical support
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Macworld Forums
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Macworld.com's OS X forum
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Rob Griffiths' Mac OS X Hints Page
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Questions and answers along with links to other OS X sites and download sites
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MacFixit OS X Page
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Troubleshooting and message boards
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MacinTouch OS X Reader Reports
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Experiences of MacinTouch readers
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Ilene's Machine OS X Links
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Comprehensive list of OS X links
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VersionTracker
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Clearinghouse for software updates
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MacAddict
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MacWeek
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MacWEEK Downloads
MacWeek Columnists
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Don Crabb
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The Mac Manager
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Ric Ford
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MacInTouch
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Mac The Knife
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MacWorld
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Aquent
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Formerly called MacTemps. Technical positions for Macintosh support,
with offices in several major cities including Boston, London, New
York, Paris, Philadelphia, Seattle and Stamford.
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The Connecticut Macintosh Connection
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CMC meetings are held at the University of Hartford in West Hartford,
Connecticut.
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dealmac
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Information on where to get the lowest prices for Macs and peripherals. Contains links to dealram, dealnews and dealchat.
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Mac Central
"MacCentral is a daily electronic publication providing a platform from
which to promote, discuss, inform and generally wonder at the World which
is Macintosh. We will keep you up-to-date with the latest news and
product information and serve up an assortment of resources to help you
get more from your Mac. MacCentral ... the place to be!"
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Everything Macintosh
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Info-Mac
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MacFixIt
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Updates to "Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters" by Ted Landau.
Daily posts about problems and solutions.
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The Online MacinStuff Times
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MacinStuff Times has recently implemented an entirely new look and added many new features such
as:
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An Exclusive Deals section
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A WWW search engine
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The InformInit
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Guide to what's dispensible on your Mac and to extensions, control panels
and system-related info. From Ambrosia.
The InformInit is a shareware document/application within which you can
find almost every init Apple has ever produced, with information on what
they do, who needs them, version numbers, RAM consumption, tips and
tricks, and URLs for further information on confusing items. There is an
ever-growing section on non-Apple inits.
Available as a downloadable DocMaker file as well as readable on the Web.
A chapter on System Folder contents gives information on some of the
common items found loose in the System Folder. There is a summary of
Apple information on System 7.5.3, such as which computers need which of
the various updates (7.5 update 2.0, Revision 2), how to best install the
updates, and what changes have been made in each update. Finally, there
is extensive information about PRAM, how to reset it on various Macs, and
what actually gets "reset." Use this guide to satisfy your curiosity
about unidentified files, to help you cut down on all the spurious
extensions that you don't really need, and to generally improve the
performance of your Mac.
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The Review
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Devoted to reviews of the latest Macintosh products and interesting columns
and articles.
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Scanner Tips
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I've been told that the following three sites contain answers to
questions about scanner resolution, color and just about any other scanner
topic.
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Scanner Authority
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Scan Tips
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TidBITS
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TidBITS FTP Site Containing Back Issues
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TidBITS WWW Site Containing Back Issues
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Search TidBITS Back Issues With WAIS
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Troubleshooting on a Mac
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Zplace has launched a new page devoted to troubleshooting freezes and crashes.
It is meant to be a systematic and comprehensive guide to aid
users. It includes links at the end and links to key resources.
It is unique in pulling to together a wide array of resources.
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The ULTIMATE Mac Site
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USB Resources
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The Woz
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Steve Wozniak's Home Page
Sustainable Softworks
IPNetRouter for sharing an Internet connection among multiple Macs.
Vicomsoft
Internet Gateway for sharing an Internet connection among multiple Macs.
Cables, concentrators, transceivers, connectors.
Thursby Software Systems
DAVE
Miramar Systems
PC MACLAN
Netopia
Timbuktu Pro 32
At Home with Network Cabling
Ethernet Information from Applelinks
LineShare
Smarthome
Information about wiring and cabling.
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APS Technologies
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Hard Drives, Other Storage Devices
APS Price List
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Chip Merchant
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RAM
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Coast to Coast Memory
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RAM. Also known as 1-800-4MEMORY.
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LaCie
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Hard Drives
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The Mac Professional's Book Club
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Books, obviously
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MacWorks
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Megahaus
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Hard Drives
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Shreve Systems
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Used parts and refurbished systems.
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Sun Remarketing
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Used parts and refurbished systems.
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Proxim
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Networking products for Macintosh and lesser computers.
Formerly known as Farallon.
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UMAX Technologies
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Scanners and other peripherals.
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Adobe Systems
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Creator of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, PageMaker, inDesign and Adobe
Type Manager.
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Alsoft
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Alsoft produces two utilities, PlusMaker and PlusMaximizer, for converting
hard disks to Apple's new Macintosh Extended Format (HFS Plus). PlusMaker
(an 875K download) enables you to perform the conversion without
reformatting; PlusMaximizer (a 265K download) gives you the option of using
512-byte allocation blocks instead of Apple's default size. Each utility
costs $29.95, or both can be purchased together as a 1.1 MB download for
$39.95.
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Connectix
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VirtualPC, Ram Doubler and Speed Doubler
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GenieWorks
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Developers of the Java editor SpotCheck, designed to help a Java programmer
produce correct code without relying on confusing and untimely feedback
from a compiler. As of October, 1998, the editor sells for $20.
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Micromat Computer Systems
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Publishers of TechTool Pro, a utility for diagnosing and repairing Mac
hard drives, including those formatted with HFS+. It also tests RAM, CPU,
floppy drives, scanners and CD-ROM drives.
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SmartStuff Software
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Publishers of FoolProof
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Symantec
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Publishers of Norton Utilities
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Tenon Intersystems
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PowerMachTen Unix for Power Macs
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Mac TeX-LaTeX Web Site
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Loads of information about various versions of TeX and LaTeX implementations for the Mac.
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Webstar
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Web Server.
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Alpha
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FTP Site
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Conflict Catcher
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Frontier
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Frontier is a free scripting environment which includes Web site
management, CGI scripting, and network communications capabilities.
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Download Dispatch
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Keeping up on the latest software and updates for your Mac is easier than
ever with the for the Mac, from your friends at
DOWNLOAD.COM. Every week you get the latest
scoop on the new software that can be downloaded right from DOWNLOAD.COM.
In addition, you also find out about the latest updates to the software
you already have. What could be easier?
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EMACS
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GNU Emacs 20.6 for Mac OS Release d5 -- Home page of a GNU Emacs 20.6 for
Mac OS, which implements many of Emacs's features. This release adds
support for fontsets and international character set support. It is
distributed under the GNU Public License.
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Email Effects
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$10 shareware. A graphics package that draws using ASCII characters,
making it easy to create neat signatures and other special effects for
email. The program has a professional interface, excellent online help and
tool tips support.
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Eudora
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The POP email client from Qualcomm. Both shareware and commercial
versions are available.
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IRCLE
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An IRC client for the Mac.
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MacWEEK Downloads
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MetroWorks Codewarrior
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Includes compilers for a variety of different languages.
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Opus
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A music-notation shareware package.
A fully functional demo can be downloaded. Registered users
can print out the program's manual and get free tech support via email.
Bye Sincrosoft srl.
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OzTeX
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Shareware TeX application for the Mac.
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PageSpinner A Web Authoring Tool
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According to TidBITS,
"at $25, PageSpinner represents one of the best shareware values"
around.
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RealAudio
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From Progressive Networks. The RealAudio Player is free for individual
use, and provides improved audio quality and stereo streamed audio over
28.8 Kbps modems, while the $30 commercial Player Plus features improved
playback via buffering (even on slow or flaky connections) and a "record"
mode for offline listening. The free Real Audio Player is about 1 MB and
requires a 68040 or better processor; Player Plus requires a Power Mac.
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ShrinkWrap
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ShrinkWrap supports large volumes (such as CD-ROMs, hard disks, and
removable media), self-mounting disk images, and new image formats
(including DiskDup+, Apple Drive Containers, and PC disk image files).
ShrinkWrap remains free for non-commercial individual use; commercial users
can register through Kagi Shareware. From Chad Magendanz.
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StuffIt