news & info

downloads

making DVDs

hardware

mail order macs

ethernet

older systems & macs

internet compression

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mac news & info

• macintouch gives daily updates on mac software and hardware

• mac central "incorporates" the recently and dearly departed MacWeek, in a less graceful lay-out

• macworld the online version of the magazine

• macsurfer

• zdnet mac news

• dailymac

• mac speed zone

• mac evolution

• mac os rumors

• mac central

• mac review zone

• xlr8 your mac

• mac fixit

• macfixit forums

• mac Addict

• Info Mac

• comp.sys.mac.system news group

• site link

• mac usergroups

• shopforacomputer's links

• everythingmac

• digital video resources

• apple tech info library

• apple's support index

• resexcellence

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mac downloads

• Apple software updates

• Mactopia's Office updates

• Word vulnerability to rtf files

• Excel & Powerpoint macro vulnerability

• MIT's mac archive

• Version Tracker

• zd net shareware

• download.com

• apple software

• macinsearch

• Eudora my favorite email program

• FreePPP my favorite dialup utility

• Apple software

• Netscape browsers

• Stuffit Expander essential decompression utility

• Microsoft downloads

• Microsoft's Mactopia

• Lemke's handy GraphicConverter shareware converts from any image format to any other

• Dreamweaver free 30 day trial download the professional web page building tool

• check your Mac for the Honk Kong Virus - (I used Eradicator)

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internet protocols and compression

• The Cross-Platform Page provides a comprehensive explanation of all the different binary formats and what you need to decode them

• Terran's helpful overview of different compression schemes

• Andrew's MacTCP Drivethru old (1996) but helpful review of mac network software (browsers, mail, helpers) with links to where to get them

• mac ipnet monitor software to trace your inet connection

hardware

• Mac Review Zone excellent

• dmoz: mac hardware

• ZD Net reviews

• Macuser cpu scorecard

• Adaptec's useful connector chart

• SCSI connectors

• IBM's useful memory glossary

• Apple: Firewire products

• G4 cpu info from macspeedzone

• DV format

• mac fixit G4 page

• SCSI glossary

• Iomega Mac driver updates

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mailorder macs

• Apple Store

• Mac Market

• Club Mac

• softclub

• Other World Computing

• Mac Zone

• Digitech

• Macbase

• Mac Warehouse

• Power Tools

• Small Dog

• Mac Connection

• Cyberian Outpost

• mac works

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ethernet

• Networking 101
• in pdf

• Networking Basics

• Ethernet page

• John's Closet

• Grant's Wiring Closet

• Grant's networking links

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older systems

• old versions

• system 6 now extinct
• compatibility chart

• 7.0.1 good for old powerbooks with no RAM

• 7.6.1 update from 7.5x

• 7.5.3
• 7.5.3 update from 7.0

• 8.6.1 update from 8.5

• 9.0.4 update from 9.0.x

older macs

• G3 processor explanation

• Blue G3 technical details

• MacWorld review of Yosemite (Blue G3)

• macintouch's G3 page

• Accelerate your old Power PC

• MacWeek on upgrade cards

• MacWeek on Power PC upgrades

• Newer Tech's Maxpowr G3 card

• MacWeek: Maxpowr review

• Mac Week: Daystar Millenium 4.5 stars

• Power Logic G3 cards

• Macweek: Powerlogic G3 upgrades

• unofficial turbo 601 card for mac IIci

• daystar's official site for same

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Apple is spearheading the burning of DVD-videos on your Mac, by packaging SuperDrive hardware and iDVD software on the new G4s. The DVD-R for General format records 4.7 GigaBytes of copy-protected MPEG-2 video and audio on $10 blanks. The DVD-R external drives based on the Pioneer mechanism claim to write the 4.7 Gigs in 30 minutes at 2X.

• Sorensen Squeeze for the Mac Variable Bit Rate compression for $150

• Apple's DVD Studio Pro uses Quicktime's CBR constant bit rate compression. For $ 1000 you get a good interface for DVD authoring

• Apple's DVD page also check out the simple iDVD authoring software

• DVD recorders comparison

• DVDplusRW org good info

• DVD RW recorder forum

• La Cie DVD R/RW drive for Mac also burns CDs for $1000 using the Pioneer DVR-103 Superdrive (an OEM version of the DVR-A03) used in the new G4s

• APS DVD-R/RW+CD-RW for Mac FireWire Pro2 uses the same Pioneer drive

• PDF brochure for Pioneer's DVR-A03 drive for PC (Atapi interface)

• digital post production

• Pioneer's white paper on the DVD-R format

• DVD-R for General has copy protection while DVD-R for Authoring does not

• DVD-video has in-depth technical info

• William Cruce's introduction to DVD-video

• MPEG org's DVD links

• DVD FAQs (frequently asked questions) comprehensive (116K bytes) info from the alt.video.dvd newsgroup

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le mac

• apple france

• macdepart

• Tidbits francophone

• applestore france

• CLG

• micro-warehouse

• macway

• IC

• gigapole

• computerbench

• VPC

• Netscape: site ftp parisien normalement plus rapide que ftp US

• Explorer: téléchargez la vf

• Pomme A les 3 suisses accros Mac ont des bons conseils, du soft et souvent des scoops

• SVM Mac

• pointmac

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