Macintosh Newsletter Archive

September 10, 2010 Issue 270: Donīt Let Go
September 3, 2010 Issue 269: iDVD 1.0
August 27, 2010 Issue 268: What Is This garbage?
August 20, 2010 Issue 267: USB or Not to Be?
August 13, 2010 Issue 266: Use Your Mac as a Base Station
August 6, 2010 Issue 265: OSX Shareware Firewall
July 30, 2010 Issue 264: Browse better with OSX and OMNIWeb
July 23, 2010 Issue 263: Set a Heirarchy for Connections in OS X
July 16, 2010 Issue 262: Resizing Your Dock on the Fly
July 9, 2010 Issue 261: Keyboard Commands in iTunes
July 2, 2010 Issue 260: Why Does iTunes Sometimes Skip?
June 25, 2010 Issue 259: Slow Motion Fun
June 18, 2010 Issue 258: Sad Mac, Bombs and Other Disasters
June 11, 2010 Issue 257: OS X Get Info Icon Launch
June 4, 2010 Issue 256: Update OS X Regularly
May 28, 2010 Issue 255: OS 9.2?
May 21, 2010 Issue 254: Keep Your OS 9 Up-to-Date
May 14, 2010 Issue 253: Time Sensitivity in Virtual PC
May 7, 2010 Issue 252: OS X Window Favorites
April 30, 2010 Issue 251: Sharing iTunes Playlists in OS 9.1 & X
April 23, 2010 Issue 250: Using iTunes Windows
April 16, 2010 Issue 249: Get Stuffit Expander!
April 9, 2010 Issue 248: Burn CDRs or CDRWs with Toast
April 2, 2010 Issue 247: Recovering a Trashed File
March 26, 2010 Issue 246: Tiny Type on Websites
March 19, 2010 Issue 245: OS X Installer Wonīt Run?
March 12, 2010 Issue 244: Quitting a Frozen Application in OS X
March 5, 2010 Issue 243: Rebuild Your Desktop File
February 26, 2010 Issue 242: No Swinging Allowed
February 19, 2010 Issue 241: Before you Reformat a Drive
February 5, 2010 Issue 240: Utilities to Rebuild Your Desktop
January 29, 2010 Issue 239: Monthly Maintenance Routine
January 22, 2010 Issue 238: Why Rebuild Your Desktop?
January 15, 2010 Issue 237: MacAddictīs 7-Step Tuneup
January 8, 2010 Issue 236: Directory Disasters
January 1, 2010 Issue 235: Font Consistency Between Computers
December 25, 2009 Issue 234: TrueType or PostScript?
December 18, 2009 Issue 233: Transporting Fonts Between Macs
December 11, 2009 Issue 232: Font Management
December 4, 2009 Issue 231: Directory - Repair or Rebuild?
November 27, 2009 Issue 230: To Zap, or not to Zap, that is the question ...
February 13, 2009 Issue 229: Defrag That Drive!
February 6, 2009 Issue 228: Adding a Keyboard Command
January 30, 2009 Issue 227: Step Back and Give It Room!
January 23, 2009 Issue 226: Text - Fonts and Slow Redraw
January 16, 2009 Issue 225: Text - Selecting Large Blocks of Text
January 9, 2009 Issue 224: Creating Stationery
January 2, 2009 Issue 223: Hidden Files Eat Space in OS9
December 26, 2008 Issue 222: Quitting a Stalled Application
December 19, 2008 Issue 221: Startup Freezes - First Step
December 12, 2008 Issue 220: Scan Drives Regularly
December 5, 2008 Issue 219: Be Prepared for Disaster
November 28, 2008 Issue 218: First Thoughts on Finding Problems
November 21, 2008 Issue 217: Keyboard or Mouse Freeze
November 14, 2008 Issue 216: How to Reboot a Crashed Desktop Mac
November 7, 2008 Issue 215: System Freezes While Printing
October 31, 2008 Issue 214: The Info in Get Info
October 24, 2008 Issue 213: Not Everyone Has to Share
October 17, 2008 Issue 212: Mouse Pointers
October 10, 2008 Issue 211: Icons and Folders
October 3, 2008 Issue 210: Visit MacFixit Today and Every Day!
September 26, 2008 Issue 209: Online Forums and Newsgroups
September 19, 2008 Issue 208: Keep Your Apple Software Up to Date
September 12, 2008 Issue 207: Protect Your Mac!
September 5, 2008 Issue 206: Two Good Anti-Virus Programs
August 29, 2008 Issue 205: Installing New Software
August 22, 2008 Issue 204: Virtual Memory - to Use, or Not to Use
August 15, 2008 Issue 203: How Much RAM Do I Have?
August 8, 2008 Issue 202: Am I Using Virtual Memory?
August 1, 2008 Issue 201: Boot Crash After OS Upgrade
July 25, 2008 Issue 200: All About Shareware
July 18, 2008 Issue 199: Boot Crashes - Check Your Printer Queue
July 11, 2008 Issue 198: Choosing to Partition a Hard Drive
July 4, 2008 Issue 197: "Memory Effect"
June 27, 2008 Issue 196: Password Security Control Panel
June 20, 2008 Issue 195: More Tips on Password Security (PowerBook)
June 13, 2008 Issue 194: Rebuild Your Desktop File
June 6, 2008 Issue 193: Cursor Freeze Fixers
May 30, 2008 Issue 192: Keep Track of Serial Numbers
May 23, 2008 Issue 191: Keeping Track of Shareware
May 16, 2008 Issue 190: Freezes Related to Floppies or CDs
May 9, 2008 Issue 189: Restarting an Original iMac
May 2, 2008 Issue 188: Restarting a Slot-loading iMac
April 25, 2008 Issue 187: Restarting a Blue-and-White G3
April 18, 2008 Issue 186: Two-button Mice for the Mac
April 11, 2008 Issue 185: System 7 - Speeding Up Your Mac
April 4, 2008 Issue 184: OS7.6 - Deleting Memory Hogs Your Donīt Need
March 28, 2008 Issue 183: Software Updates
March 21, 2008 Issue 182: Buying Cheap RAM
March 14, 2008 Issue 181: Secrets #1
March 7, 2008 Issue 180: Secrets #2
February 29, 2008 Issue 179: Secrets #3
February 22, 2008 Issue 178: Secrets #4
February 15, 2008 Issue 177: Secrets #5
February 8, 2008 Issue 176: Is there one near you?
February 1, 2008 Issue 175: Get CopyPaste Today
January 25, 2008 Issue 174: Clearing the print queue
January 18, 2008 Issue 173: Keep Your Drivers Up to Date
January 11, 2008 Issue 172: CD-ROM Toolkit
January 4, 2008 Issue 171: Disk Image
December 28, 2007 Issue 170: Data Rescue to the Rescue!
December 21, 2007 Issue 169: Hard Disk Toolkit
December 14, 2007 Issue 168: Norton Utilities Keeps Peace with Your Hard Drive
December 7, 2007 Issue 167: "Slower" DIMMS
November 30, 2007 Issue 166: Monitors That Wonīt Go Past 256 Colors
November 23, 2007 Issue 165: Adapting Legacy Devices
November 16, 2007 Issue 164: EIDE and ATAPI
November 9, 2007 Issue 163: Will Turning Off the Power Harm My Mac?
November 2, 2007 Issue 162: Resetting Created and Modified Dates
October 26, 2007 Issue 161: Beware the Static Zap!
October 19, 2007 Issue 160: Booting from an External Drive (Pre-OS8.6)
October 12, 2007 Issue 159: Booting from an External Drive (OS 8.6+)
October 5, 2007 Issue 158: Rebooting After a Hard Crash
September 28, 2007 Issue 157: Heat Solution
September 21, 2007 Issue 156: Errors of Type 1 & 2
September 14, 2007 Issue 155: Error Type 11
September 7, 2007 Issue 154: Error Type -39
August 31, 2007 Issue 153: Things to Check When Your System Wonīt Boot
August 24, 2007 Issue 152: What is Removable Media?
August 17, 2007 Issue 151: Doing a Simple Backup
August 10, 2007 Issue 150: Protect Your Data
August 3, 2007 Issue 149: Donīt Lose Your Laptop
July 27, 2007 Issue 148: "It Canīt Happen to ME!"
July 13, 2007 Issue 147: Diablo & Diablo II
July 6, 2007 Issue 146: Making Scaled Thumbnails
June 29, 2007 Issue 145: Bitmap and Vector Images
June 22, 2007 Issue 144: Netscape vs. Explorer
June 15, 2007 Issue 143: Websites the Easy Way
June 8, 2007 Issue 142: ClusterWorks for Magic Time!
June 1, 2007 Issue 141: Great Books for Graphic Design
May 25, 2007 Issue 140: Take an Extra Battery
May 18, 2007 Issue 139: Sony Digital Media Converter vs. Sony Digital Walkman
May 11, 2007 Issue 138: Color Monitor Becomes B&W
May 4, 2007 Issue 137: Unexpected Shutdown
April 27, 2007 Issue 136: Replacing the Backup Battery in a Powerbook 5xx
April 20, 2007 Issue 135: Using Keyboard Commands
April 13, 2007 Issue 134: First Rule in Avoiding Disaster ... BACK UP!
April 6, 2007 Issue 133: CAT.ppc
March 30, 2007 Issue 132: Sounds and Soundsets
March 23, 2007 Issue 131: The Most Useful Shareware
March 16, 2007 Issue 130: Vremya Sets Your Time to the Second
March 9, 2007 Issue 129: Whatīs an Error -39?
March 2, 2007 Issue 128: Corruption of MacTCP DNR
February 23, 2007 Issue 127: Shortened Startup Chord
February 16, 2007 Issue 126: ShrinkWrap for Disk Images
February 9, 2007 Issue 125: Stuffit, the Industry Standard for Compression
February 2, 2007 Issue 124: Shareware Board Games
January 26, 2007 Issue 123: Macintosh Fun Online!
January 19, 2007 Issue 122: Time and Date Problems
January 12, 2007 Issue 121: The Docking Station
January 5, 2007 Issue 120: So Who's Sherlock?
December 29, 2006 Issue 119: iTunes Patch for OS8.5 and 8.6
December 22, 2006 Issue 118: Classic Environment Hangs at Startup
December 15, 2006 Issue 117: GraphicConverter
December 8, 2006 Issue 116: Donīt Advertise!
December 1, 2006 Issue 115: Donīt Let Go
November 24, 2006 Issue 114: iDVD 1.0
November 17, 2006 Issue 113: What Is This garbage?
October 27, 2006 Issue 112: USB or Not to Be?
October 20, 2006 Issue 111: Use Your Mac as a Base Station
October 13, 2006 Issue 110: OSX Shareware Firewall
October 6, 2006 Issue 109: Browse better with OSX and OMNIWeb
September 29, 2006 Issue 108: Set a Heirarchy for Connections in OS X
September 22, 2006 Issue 107: Resizing Your Dock on the Fly
September 15, 2006 Issue 106: Keyboard Commands in iTunes
September 8, 2006 Issue 105: Why Does iTunes Sometimes Skip?
September 1, 2006 Issue 104: Slow Motion Fun
August 25, 2006 Issue 103: Sad Mac, Bombs and Other Disasters
August 18, 2006 Issue 102: OS X Get Info Icon Launch
August 4, 2006 Issue 100: OS 9.2?
July 21, 2006 Issue 99: Keep Your OS 9 Up-to-Date
July 14, 2006 Issue 98: Time Sensitivity in Virtual PC
July 7, 2006 Issue 97: OS X Window Favorites
June 30, 2006 Issue 96: Sharing iTunes Playlists in OS 9.1 & X
June 23, 2006 Issue 95: Using iTunes Windows
June 16, 2006 Issue 94: Get Stuffit Expander!
June 9, 2006 Issue 93: Burn CDRs or CDRWs with Toast
June 2, 2006 Issue 92: Recovering a Trashed File
May 26, 2006 Issue 91: Tiny Type on Websites
May 19, 2006 Issue 90: OS X Installer Wonīt Run?
May 12, 2006 Issue 89: Quitting a Frozen Application in OS X
May 5, 2006 Issue 88: Rebuild Your Desktop File
April 28, 2006 Issue 87: No Swinging Allowed
April 21, 2006 Issue 86: Before you Reformat a Drive
April 14, 2006 Issue 85: Utilities to Rebuild Your Desktop
April 7, 2006 Issue 84: Monthly Maintenance Routine
March 31, 2006 Issue 83: Why Rebuild Your Desktop?
March 17, 2006 Issue 82: MacAddictīs 7-Step Tuneup
March 10, 2006 Issue 81: Directory Disasters
March 3, 2006 Issue 80: Font Consistency Between Computers
February 24, 2006 Issue 79: TrueType or PostScript?
February 17, 2006 Issue 78: Transporting Fonts Between Macs
February 10, 2006 Issue 77: Font Management
February 3, 2006 Issue 76: Directory - Repair or Rebuild?
January 27, 2006 Issue 75: To Zap, or not to Zap, that is the question ...
March 7, 2003 Issue 74: Beware the Static Zap!
February 28, 2003 Issue 73: Netscape vs. Explorer
February 21, 2003 Issue 72: Installing New Software
February 14, 2003 Issue 71: Installing New Software
January 24, 2003 Issue 70: To Zap, or not to Zap, that is the question ...
January 17, 2003 Issue 69: Step Back and Give It Room!
January 17, 2003 Issue 69: Step Back and Give It Room!
January 10, 2003 Issue 67: Netscape vs. Explorer
January 3, 2003 Issue 66: Keep Your Apple Software Up to Date
December 27, 2002 Issue 65: Step Back and Give It Room!
December 20, 2002 Issue 64: Installing New Software
December 13, 2002 Issue 63: Adding a Keyboard Command
December 6, 2002 Issue 62: Adding a Keyboard Command
November 15, 2002 Issue 61: Freezes Related to Floppies or CDs
November 8, 2002 Issue 60: Monitors That Wonīt Go Past 256 Colors
September 13, 2002 Issue 59: Text - Fonts and Slow Redraw
August 30, 2002 Issue 58: Slow Motion Fun
July 26, 2002 Issue 57: Rebooting After a Hard Crash
July 19, 2002 Issue 56: Step Back and Give It Room!
July 12, 2002 Issue 55: Bitmap and Vector Images
July 5, 2002 Issue 54: Using Sherlock to Trash Old Files
June 28, 2002 Issue 53: Will Turning Off the Power Harm My Mac?
June 21, 2002 Issue 52: Sad Mac, Bombs and Other Disasters
June 14, 2002 Issue 51: Battery Types Recommended by Apple
June 7, 2002 Issue 50: Rebuild Your Desktop File
May 31, 2002 Issue 49: Am I Using Virtual Memory?
May 24, 2002 Issue 48: To Zap, or not to Zap, that is the question ...
May 17, 2002 Issue 47: Prolong Your Battery When Traveling
May 10, 2002 Issue 46: Battery Types Recommended by Apple
May 3, 2002 Issue 45: Step Back and Give It Room!
April 26, 2002 Issue 44: Monitors That Wonīt Go Past 256 Colors
April 19, 2002 Issue 43: Airport Security Checks
April 12, 2002 Issue 42: How to Reboot a Crashed Desktop Mac
April 5, 2002 Issue 41: Installing New Software
March 29, 2002 Issue 40: Graphics - Deleting Drawn Objects
March 22, 2002 Issue 39: Am I Using Virtual Memory?
March 15, 2002 Issue 38: Font Consistency Between Computers
March 8, 2002 Issue 37: Rebuild Your Desktop File
March 1, 2002 Issue 36: Slow Motion Fun
February 22, 2002 Issue 35: Installing New Software
December 14, 2001 Issue 34: PRAM ... to Zap, or not to Zap?
November 16, 2001 Issue 33: More Font Fundamentals
November 2, 2001 Issue 32: Font Mysteries
October 26, 2001 Issue 31: Doing a Simple Backup
October 12, 2001 Issue 30: Dealing with a Corrupted Directory
September 28, 2001 Issue 29: Quitting a Frozen Application in OS X
September 21, 2001 Issue 28: Getting Started with Mac OS X
September 14, 2001 Issue 27: Trashing the Wrong File
August 31, 2001 Issue 26: Kudos for Stuffit Expander
August 24, 2001 Issue 25: Sharing iTunes Playlists - OS X & 9.1
August 17, 2001 Issue 24: Play Your Heart Out with iTunes!
August 3, 2001 Issue 23: OMNIWeb - the Browser Alternative for OS X
July 20, 2001 Issue 22: USB Voodoo - What to Do When Your Mac Won`t Do It
July 13, 2001 Issue 21: Downloads Look Like Garbage Text
June 29, 2001 Issue 20: Apple`s New DVD Authoring Software
June 15, 2001 Issue 18: Dealing with Application Lockups
June 8, 2001 Issue 17: Online Fun for Readers
May 25, 2001 Issue 16: Online Fun for Readers
May 18, 2001 Issue 15: Seeking Out the Strange
May 11, 2001 Issue 14: Start Playing Around!
May 4, 2001 Issue 13: Utter(ing) Silliness
April 27, 2001 Issue 12: Having Fun with Your Mac
April 20, 2001 Issue 11: Doing the Essential Backup
April 13, 2001 Issue 10: Upcoming Resolution of Zip Drive Woes
April 6, 2001 Issue 9: What to Do if Your Mac Won`t Boot
March 30, 2001 Issue 8: Keep Track of Those Registration Codes!
March 23, 2001 Issue 7: Adapting Legacy Devices
March 16, 2001 Issue 6: Mousing Around
March 9, 2001 Macintosh-tips Newsletter, Issue 5: Keep It Clean!
March 2, 2001 Macintosh-tips Newsletter, Issue 4: A Desktop to Suit You
February 16, 2001 Macintosh-Tips newsletter, Issue 3, Taking a Screen Shot
February 9, 2001 Macintosh-tips Newsletter, Issue 2, More Quick-Click Shortcuts
February 2, 2001 Macintosh-tips Newsletter, Issue 1, Keyboard Commands
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