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Links last checked: March 16, 2011

Macintosh sites
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Please note: All sites whose name begins with Mac are sorted by the second word in their name
MacinTouch is under T, MacZone is under Z, etc...


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Special sites include:

Apple's knowledgebase article HT1395 - This article contains all the necessary prerequisite firmware updates before upgrading to Mac OS X 10.2 and above

Mac OS X Updating FAQ

Apple's Macintosh Product Guide , its Sherlock 2 Plugin (only works with Mac OS 9 through X 10.1.5 or earlier) , and advanced search page

Macintosh Game Page - links to various resources for games on the Mac

Frames based search of the MacDownload software archive - From Ziff-Davis's MacDownload public domain search engine

Mac OS X speed FAQ - learn about optimizing techniques for Mac OS X


Mail attachment encoders


Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2's Mail.app requires that attachments be preencoded prior to being attached and prior to receiving from the other end. These utilities below help both Mac and Windows users encode properly for Mail to receive and send attachments. Mac OS X 10.3 has much fewer instances of needing one of these though attachments should be made Windows friendly by selecting Attach document from the toolbar of a new message window and marking the checkbox on the attach file dialog box: * Note above software marked for Mac OS 9 may work in earlier versions of Mac OS.

MIT Hyperarchive search engine - An info-mac archive in hypertext with built-in search engine


My Internet connectivity for old Macs , OpenTransport , Mac OS X ,FreePPP , andOpenTransport modem/Mac OS X modem support list for use with OT/PPP and Remote Access under System 7.6 or later.

C!Net's Search Engine - A search engine of most of the Mac software available, both commercially and in public domain.
Spin down fix - a short Applescript that prevents nonboot hard drives from spinning down in Mac OS X 10.2.2.


* Note: entries below where no link is present are links where the website address was not able to be verified at last check, and may be removed at the next update. If you have an updated entry, please e-mail me at the address on my guestbook page.
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