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Files You Might Need and Other Fun Stuff

You may have thought that calling Mac Help Desk, or any Help desk is a relatively new phenomenon. Think again! A recently discovered help desk log shows that people have needed companies like Mac Help Desk for hundreds of years. Helpdesk.wmv (5.5MB)

Windows Media Player for Mac 9.0 - From the company you love to hate. WMP has been discontinued by Microsoft and is no longer available on the MS web site.

Winn's Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) - Plug in your own numbers and see why Macs are far less expensive than PCs

OSXvnc (Server) - For OS X only! Let's me connect to your computer via a Virtual Network Computer (VNC). Allows me to fix your Mac from afar. Requires a Cable or DSL (High Speed) internet connection.

The Best of the Worst Things You Do on your Mac

Scamming the Scammers - Could we string him along? Read the exploit here.

Technology is shifting away from Microsoft. Could this help Apple? Chick here

Is your identity safe? Check here for some common sense guidelines - ID Theft

RIAA, from the other side - Singer Courtney Love takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs."

Business Card Composer, intended at small business and home users, is tailored to fit their business and hobby related card needs. It allows to use the latest innovations of Mac OS X. Features include image masks, opacity and color graded fill options, shadow effects for text, an automatic background generator and more. Full integration with the OS X system functionality lets using data for cards from Apple Address Book. Go here for more info -http://www.belightsoft.com/composer

 

Mac vs. PC Issues - an ongoing series of (relatively unbiased) articles about the real costs of computer usage and ownership.

 

Our monthly newsletter, MacFacts


May 2009 - Our 200th Issue!!! For Your Information is 10 Little Known Mac Utilities

April 2009 - For Your Information is about Fonts 101: A Font Primer

March 2009 - For Your Information is about Recovering accidental deletion of system preferences

February 2009 - For Your Information is about iCal: Your Powerful Personal Assistant

January 2009 - For Your Information is about The finer point of finding free images


 

All Mac Facts from January 1999 onward are in Adobe Acrobat format (.PDF). You'll need Preview (Mac OS X) or Acrobat Reader 4.0 or above.


2008 MacFacts Archive

2007 MacFacts Archive

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1995 MacFacts Archive

 

Links to Other Macintosh Sites

Apple Computer

MacInTouch

Version Tracker - newest software and hardware updates

Apple Support and Information

MacCentral

MacOSRumors

O'Grady's PowerPage

MacWEEK

MacWorld

MacFixIt

MacAddict

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