MacSupport-Links

Macintosh OS X Links

The following are links that you might find useful. Take note of the Special Deals from the Apple Store and the Software for unique Businesses. These last are the special software for Dentists offices, retail stores, lawyers, finance and a whole range of specialty software.

Apple Store Genius Bar

http://www.apple.com/retail/cortemadera/week/20051218.html

http://genius.apple.com/customer/?store=R071

Shopping (price comparisons)

One of the great things about the web is shopping and getting the lowest price. Pricegrabber is my favorite. Put in your Zip code and it compares prices including tax and shipping. Make sure you heed the “Seller Ratings”

http://www.pricegrabber.com/

http://www.pricescan.com/

Good prices on Sunglasses
http://www.zbestglasses.com/
Mac Shopping

http://dealmac.com/ - great site for good deals

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ - before buying a new Mac, check this site. It will tell you where it is in it’s ‘product cycle’ i.e. when it was last upgraded and when to expect the next upgrade.

http://www.bradsdeals.com/merchant.cfm?mid=239

http://beyondmicro.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv - reliable with good prices on external hard drives

http://www.lg-internet.com/catalog/index.php?osCsid=c18a4558432ea27e2474133fbcd507c1 - best, reliable source for inexpensive cables

http://www.systemshootouts.org/ - An interesting site that compares the real costs of buying and owning a Mac to similar Windows computers. Good info.

From the Apple Store

Special Deals

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=Promos&siteID=RvEiSnI7NyY-qo8W9CDKJYUG7gBimaNnjA

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/StoreReentry.wo?siteID=RvEiSnI7NyY-PcP6etnU5bKyLpxvSSb7gQ&family=Rebates

Apple Certified Refurbished Products

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/StoreReentry.wo?family=SpecialDeals&siteID=RvEiSnI7NyY-BNUye1rStrm81pczA*A9eQ

Apple Products on Sale

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/StoreReentry.wo?family=Sale&siteID=RvEiSnI7NyY-3PUPOPpSlLiqFpMJkDO5uQ

Mac News

http://www.macworld.com/

http://www.macaddict.com/

http://www.macrumors.com/

http://www.tuaw.com/

http://www.thinksecret.com/

http://macslash.org/

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/collections/macradio.html

http://tech.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html

http://ptech.wsj.com/

Download Software

Version Tracker is the site I go to when I want any Mac software; upgrade or new, commercial, shareware or freeware

http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/

http://macupdate.com/

http://www5.zdnet.com/mac/download.html

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/drivers/

Internet Speed Check

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer.asp

Macintosh Forums – problem solving

http://www.macfixit.com/

http://www.macfixitforums.com/php/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=Forum36

http://www.macfixitforums.com/php/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=Forum35

http://www.macfixitforums.com/php/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=OfficeX

http://www.macfixitforums.com/php/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=Forum39

http://www.macosxhints.com/

http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat=

http://www.macosxhints.com/

http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?14@139.wfypa9bTmFn.21@.3bbce1b0

http://www.thexlab.com/

Cable Modem diagnostics

http://192.168.100.1/

Macintosh eBooks

Take Control are excellent ebooks on a whole range of Macintosh subjects from buying a Mac or digital camera to setting up a wireless network.

http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx/?14@572.PcLOan4o9i2@.3c5102d6

Computing with Bifocals is designed for an advanced beginner to get you into technical competence.

http://www.macobserver.com/columns/firstmac/2004/20040915.shtml

home.austin.rr.com/ncg/beginnersmanual.html

Maps

http://maps.google.com/

http://mappoint.msn.com/(iai53o55rwz50u5512quqn55)/map.aspx?C=41,-96&A=7500&L=USA0409&P=%7CF4%7C&TI=United States

http://www.mapquest.com/

http://maps.yahoo.com/

News

http://news.google.com/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

http://csmonitor.com/

http://nytimes.com/

http://www.marinij.com/

http://www.sfgate.com/

http://iht.com/

http://www.latimes.com/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

http://www.npr.org/

http://www.economist.com/

http://www.time.com/time/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032542/

http://www.brook.edu/

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

Digital Cameras

Thinking of buying a digital camera? The following sites compare the various offerings out there. As much information as you ever wanted to know.

http://www.dcresource.com/

http://www.steves-digicams.com/

http://www.imaging-resource.com/

http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2636504,00.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/

Typing Software

http://typingsoft.com/all_typing_tutors.htm

Switch to Mac

http://securityawareness.blogspot.com/2005/05/mad-as-hell-i-switching-to-mac_25.html

http://www.apple.com/switch/

Compare the prices of various Macintosh systems with equivalent Windows computers

http://www.systemshootouts.org/

Training and Technical Support for Macintosh users

Training and Technical Support
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