HELP FOR MACINTOSH USERS

Please note this website is no longer being updated due to personal circumstances. Some links may no longer be available but the entire website is being left in place since even in a restricted capacity it may still be helping people. PLEASE do not email me about changes to this website because this site is no longer being updated!


Message from Juliette:

Help! As a PC user I have absolutely no knowledge of the Mac. We have had requests for Mac related links to be added to the site, so these have been gathered by search engine. Please, folks, if you have any good Mac links, will you send them so they can be added here? Email details at the bottom of the page.


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MACINTOSH HELP AND SUPPORT

OUTLOOK EXPRESS FOR MACINTOSH COMPUTERS  A number of useful links on this site.

JUST FOR MACINTOSH USERS Tips and hints for Mac users, including: System Requirements, such as suggested browsers and the QuickTime 3.0 plug-in, Listening to Voicemail on a New Macintosh, Listening to Voicemail on an Older Macintosh with Netscape, Listening to Voicemail on an Older Macintosh with Internet Explorer 4.x, Listening to Voicemail on an Older Macintosh with America Online 4.0, Tips and Tricks, Unsupported Features.

THE MAC ORCHARD "The Mac Orchard is a carefully cultivated list of the most vital Internet applications and links for Macintosh Internet users, along with Internet software reviews contributed from The Mac Orchard's audience. These pages represent the most complete, most up-to-date collection of Macintosh Internet applications available anywhere on the Internet."

MACINTOSH POINTS OF INTEREST Lots of links here that should be really helpful to Mac users.

WEB PAGE CONSTRUCTION On-Line Guides and Tutorials, CGI Scripts and HTML Editors are listed on this site.

MAC CONNECTION GUIDE To quote from the site, "If you're a new internet surfer you may find some of this information helpful to really get you going and save you some time (and aggravation), especially if you are experiencing problems that you cannot explain. "     There are a number of helpful links from this site, as well.

TROUBLESHOOTING FOR YOUR MAC MacFixIt.com -Ted Landau maintains this Mac OS troubleshooting guide, with tips, hints, workarounds and regular updates on software bugs and conflicts.

TEXAS A&M MACINTOSH USERS GROUP More help and useful links here plus daily news on the Mac scene.

ZD NET HELP AND HOW-TO Topics include: AppleScript Scripting, AppleScript, FAQs... Hardware Desktop Macs, upgrades..., Control Panel Settings, tips, FAQs... Operating System 7.x, 8.x, upgrading, FAQs..., Customizing Screen, sounds, defaults... Online Media QuickTime, MP3... , File Management Extensions, files, versions... Performance Cache, partitions, FAQs..., Fonts True type, installing, FAQs... Shortcuts Time-savers, tricks... , Internet Browsers, FTP, TCP/IP... System Management Delete files, file recovery...

ICQ FOR MAC - HELP CENTER This site addresses using ICQ, for those with a Macintosh computer.

ISAAC'S MAC HELP PAGE Isaac describes his site as "The Mac Help Page for those on a Mac who are having difficulties getting online." He even offers help via email for those who need it!

MAC HELPERS To quote from the site, "We have attempted to list HTML resources to assist you in building your first home on the web. You will find that not ALL of them are exclusively for Macintosh, but all are usable by Mac."

NEWBIE HELP Available from this site is an IMac Help Center with focus on Mac Support.

ioNET MACINTOSH USERS PAGE "ioNET Macintosh Users Page..... Here are some useful links for ioNET's Macintosh users that will keep you up-to-date on the latest software, hardware and even some of the juiciest rumors!"

MacNN APPLE MACINTOSH NEWS How would one describe this site? News, links, updates.....

MAC USER TIPS, ADVICE AND INFORMATION The title says it all....tips, advice, and also information available on this site....

iMAC UPDATES As the name suggests, a page of updates and useful links.

MAC HELP Presented by the Huntsville Macintosh Users Group, this site has a number of useful links including one for Tech Support On-Line.

LOWER END MAC HELP DESK To quote from the site: "The Low End Mac Help Desk brings together a variety of resources available to you as a Mac user for general troubleshooting, technical support, and research." This site also offers email help by Volunteers.

FTP FILE UPLOADING FROM MACINTOSH "This page provides help for Macintosh users who wish to upload files from their Mac to a web server. It is based on use of Fetch, a popular freeware program (V 2.1.1 illustrated here). Other, similar utilities may be used, for example Netscape Gold includes an upload capability. "

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MACINTOSH SOFTWARE

ZDNET-MAC SOFTWARE LIBRARY  Titled McDOWNLOAD.COM, the description is apt! Plenty of Mac Software here, in a number of categories.

MACINTOSH SOFTWARE UPDATES There are a number of software downloads available here, for those with Mac computers.

MACINTOSH UTILITIES Web Browsers and Helpers, Internet Tools, Text Editors, Tools for Web Creation plus Miscellaneous Tools, are available from this site.

HARMONY CENTRAL - MACINTOSH SOFTWARE Some of the categories listed here are: Audio Editing, Audio Processing, Bass Software, Demo, Ear Training Software, Guitar Software, MIDI File Players, MIDI Sequencing/Notation Packages, MIDI Utilities, Miscellaneous, Patch Editors/Librarians, Software Synthesizers, Sound File Converters, and Sound File Players

ZD NET MAC SOFTWARE LIBRARY List of software and downloads for the Macintosh. An excellent site!

WELCOME TO TUCOWS-MACINTOSH Download site for classic Mac software plus links to: Top Picks, What's New!, News & Editorial, Help Center, Mailing Lists.

THE MAC SOFTWARE CATALOGUE As well as the software catalogue there are links to other Macintosh information sources.

FREE FONTS  Three pages of Fonts for the Mac.

MACUPDATE Macintosh Software and Games. Freeware, Shareware and Demo.

GRAPHICS SOFTWARE Complete category list for Macintosh. As the site says, "There are many different kinds of graphics software. If you're not familiar with them, or if you are looking for a specific software program, you've come to the right place. For the complete novice, it's a good idea to browse this site's articles to familiarize yourself with the various types of graphics software. If you're looking for something specific, you can explore the complete list of Mac graphics software categories below. If you still can't find what you're looking for, feel free to post to the forum where you'll get input from members of the graphics software community."

CNET DOWNLOADS-MAC The CNet download page for Macintosh software.

THE MACINTOSH MIDI USERS INTERNET GUIDE Information and Links for the Mac MIDI Musician.

CNET SHAREWARE DOWNLOADS To access Macintosh Shareware list, go to the site and select "Macintosh" in the Search Box. There are about 500 files available for Mac users!

THE MAC ORCHARD "The Mac Orchard is a carefully cultivated list of the most vital Internet applications and links for Macintosh Internet users, along with Internet software reviews contributed from The Mac Orchard's audience. These pages represent the most complete, most up-to-date collection of Macintosh Internet applications available anywhere on the Internet."

MACINTOSH SOFTWARE UPDATES Audio, Business, DeveloperTools, Drivers, DTP/Prepress, Educational, Finance, System Utilities, Font Tools, Games, Graphics, HTML Tools, Internet Utilities, Math/Scientific, Multimedia, Network/Admin, Utilities, and Word Processing.

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MACINTOSH GENEALOGY SOFTWARE

REUNION HOME PAGE This is the Web site of Leister Productions, developer of Reunion the family tree software for Macintosh!

GENE MACINTOSH GENEALOGY SOFTWARE Gene is a shareware genealogy database for the Macintosh. Use Gene to store family data and notes, draw and print family trees and pedigree charts, create web pages from your database, and exchange GEDCOM data with users of other genealogy programs. Gene is capable of handling complicated databases with thousands of names, multiple marriages and divorces, adoptions, illegitimate children, and intermarriage between relatives. A copy can be downloaded from this site.

MACINTOSH RESOURCES Cyndi's List page of genealogy software resources for Macintosh users.

GEDitCOM "GEDitCOM is the customizable genealogy application for the Macintosh for editing and viewing GEDCOM genealogy files. Using the GEDitCOM customization features, you can design your own genealogy user interface. Or, if you prefer, you can use the Default GEDitCOM Format that comes with GEDitCOM and provides a powerful, user-friendly interface with 100% access to all features of the GEDCOM standard."

PEDIGREE DRAW  "Pedigree/Draw provides for creation, editing and drawing of pedigrees of human or nonhuman families. The package consists of applications, example files, and a User's Guide (81 pages). It may be downloaded from these pages without cost, or acquired for a nominal fee on a 3 1/2" diskette. The Guide is available online in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF), or may be purchased as a printed, spiral-bound manual. Pedigree/Draw is Year 2000 compliant."

SPARROWHAWK "Sparrowhawk is a GEDCOM-to-HTML conversion program for the Macintosh. It is based on version 2.5a of Gene Stark's GED2HTML program for Windows and UN*X. Given a file in GEDCOM format, Sparrowhawk will create a set of linked HTML documents containing the genealogical information contained in the file. "

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OUR COMPUTER STUFF PAGE
OUR GENEALOGY LINKS PAGE
OUR SIMPLE STUFF PAGE
MORE GENEALOGY LINKS PAGE
OUR GEDCOM HELP PAGE
OUR HOW TO DO IT HELP PAGE
OUR SOFTWARE PAGE
OUR GRAPHICS LINKS PAGE
OUR WHAT IS NEW PAGE
FAMILYSEARCH IGI HELP PAGE
OUR HINTS & TIPS PAGE
FAMILY HISTORY HOME PAGES
OUR USEFUL LINKS PAGE
OUR BRITISH GENEALOGY PAGE
OUR EMAIL HELP PAGE
OUR MACINTOSH LINKS PAGE
WEBSITE BUILDING PAGE
OUR SHIPPING LINKS PAGE

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