Articles 1-100

This stuff is pretty old; however there may be useful bits and drips that are worth the valuable pixels it takes to display them.

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100 Years of Macintosh; MS Mac Products Junk; Microsoft Dominance Threatens National Security; Free Digital Workflow Guide; Avoid ALL National ISPs; Verizon Blows It Again; USB Pocket Drives

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The New G5s; Cool Mouse Pad; MS Virtual PC Already Sucks; Ticketmonster Spams You; Epson RIP Installer Bug; Dental Office Software; Allocating Memory in OSX for Classic Apps; OSX Killer Tips; OSX Security Update; Excessive Spam Filtering; Editing Your Web Site

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Cool Trick with Target Disk Mode; Quark Gets Worse; Microshaft Homeland Insecurity; BuyMusic for Windows Sucks; How to Defeat Apple Exclusive Market for CD; Interesting New Backup Solution; Asia Unites Against Microsoft; Comcast Is Worse Than You Thought

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The G5 Rollout; Panther First Look; AfterDark Is Back; Matrix Screensaver; Satellite Internet; Memory Checking Failure; Justifying Macs in Enterprises

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Still Employing Idiots; iTunes Update to Avoid; The iLoo; Rebuilding Email Databases; Some Motherboards are Dying; Opera Is Back; My New Mini

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Apple and Speed; Screaming on the Floor; Bye Bye Virex; Dragon Burn Can't Test; Trash Those Obsolete Downloads; iPod Battery fix; Stuff for Sale

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Databases for Macs; Sell Your Old System CDs; Farewell, Original iMac; iDVD Enabler Works; Report on the Ex-Tend-It; Other Displays; Stuff for Sale

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X10 Home Automation; The iDVD Patch; No AlBook For Me; I Lied, I Did Get It; Other PowerBooks Still Need a DVIator; Living With My New AlBook; Kupla Useful Unix Trix; MacCamp's A-Coming; iPod Warning; PowerMac G4 Power Supply Exchange Program Announcement; Warning to eMac Owners

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The Fragmentation Issue; MacJanitor; Apple Advances Home Networking; Inherent Insecurity; Other Uses of Wireless; Sharing MP3s Via iPod; Getting A New PowerBook; More New Macs; DropDoc; Letters

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Don't Bother with QuickBooks 5; OS9 Drivers; FreshMeat for OSX; $1500; Attention eMac Owners; PocketDrives; Beating the DVD Region Coding; New Mac Repair Shop; The Seagate Theft

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Netscape 7 Actually Works; My Favorite Error Message; The Fragmentation Issue Continues; Quark's Bad Attitude; Depending On Old Macs

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MacCamp Come and Gone; The Unix Startup; The Apple 17" Display; Bluetooth; Micro$oft Lies Like A Gateway; The Newest PowerBooks

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Protect Your Quicken Data; Gateway Lies to our Faces; The Power Cost of Jagwire; ViaVoice Fix; Netscape Can't Read AT&T Bills; The iMirror; Mindblowing DVD

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Toasters in a Jam; The RIAA Is A Bunch of Bleeding Idiots; Apple Attacks one of its VARs; W&K Can't Find No Soul; Great Free PlugIn; Lawyers Needed to Protest; Word Alternatives

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Macworld NY Notes; End of iTools; Gotcha by the EULA; Useful Features in OSX 10.2; Other 3rd Party Announcements; Other Free Email Services; EverQuest Coming to Mac; Sun Pushing StarOffice for OSX

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Educating Yourself; More on Epson; FreeGeek and Recycling Macs; UMAX Is Vanishing; Postal Label Site; Font Problems and Acrobat; MS Wants To Take Over the World (yawn); Global Village Alive and Well; Reading Mac Disks on Wintel Boxes

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IXTV Returns; The ProScope; I Like My Epson; Bigger Screen iMacs Coming; Online Investing with Macs

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The New eMac and the Microshaft Protection Scam; Replacing Internal Drives, Avoid HP Printers Under OSX; Fighting Spam; Eudora for X; Macs on a Cruise; Pacifier and Europa Now Local Again

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Sending A Message on a Network; Mac-Compatible GPS; PRAM Batteries; Eudora on ATTBI; Macs Shipping Severely Fragmented; Typing on Air

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Aliasing OSX; Discipline; Invisibles; Digital Cameras Compatible with iPhoto; Dental Office Software; Desktop Pictures; Clearing Deleted Files; Napster Alternatives

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Faster, Cheaper Macs; Desktop Pictures; Desktop DB Security Flaw; Protecting Your Email; Compacting Mailboxes; Saving Attachments; Guns & Modems

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Macworld: the New iMac, iPhoto, Other Stuff; Alias Management; Favorites Folder; CD Copy Protection Scheme Excludes Some Macs

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Costing Microsoft Customers; You Don't Know Mac; Mystie Mess; G5s A'Coming; Mac Designs Xbox; Apple Wins Maine; Avoid LinkSys

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Taking Screen Snapshots; Internet Telephone for Mac; G5 Is Coming; OSX Future; OSX Present; the iPod; Corrections and Nits

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Recording from Vinyl and Tape; 128-Bit AirPort Cards; Run OSX on Older Macs; OS 10.1; Mozilla; DVD Settlement; More Are Abandoning Windows

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Mac Security, Double Arrows, Mozilla is Ready, Macs Last Forever, XP Screws Everybody, Windoze Daymares, Avoid UMAX Scanners, Cisco Router Fix

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Macworld NY Expo; Buy That RAM Now; AirPort on the Fritz?; Six out of Ten; Ho-Hum, Another Virus; The SirCam Worm and How to Block Large Attachments; Eudora Welty Dies at 92; An OSX Insecurity

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Use Sherlock More; More on Zips; Intel Screws Mackers; Microsoft and the BS Alliance; Get A Firewall, Dammit

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Determining a Dead Zip Drive; Mac-Only Gaming Site; Odd PageMaker Problem; Garage Sale; The New iBook

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No More Qworst, Maybe; Font Management in Detail; Letters (firewalls, Suitcase for OSX)

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OSX Notes; Alien Psoriasis; Readable Email Font; Sonnett Cuts Prices; Birdwatching Software; Mafia Cracking Bank Servers

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StyleWriter Still Works, Maybe; USB Cards Not Total Answer; Cubes as Servers; A New Standard for Ugly; Mad is Dead; Download Problems Caused by URL Access; RIP, Global Village; Network An Epson; Letter, The Computer Store; The Titanium PowerBook; Qworst Hell; There Are No IT People

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Type 41 Error; Don't Register Your Mac; Bye Bye Stylewriter II; OS 9.1 on top of 8.6; Self-Help at Cisco Tech Support; Letters and Corrections; Great Crypto/Copyright Rant; Beware The Subscription Scam; Nasty MacLinkPlus Bug

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I Installed OS9; AirPort Antenna Hack; ObjectSupportLib Bi-Monthly Report; USB Converters; MacInvoice; Free Mac ISPs; New Mac Shop; ComputerBits Radio; E-Forms; Site for Writers; Prices Drop; Macworld Expo

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CueCat for Macs; Control Strip is Useful; Decoding Some Attachments; Macintosh Products Guide; Law Office Macking; Oracle Comes On Board; HyperCard Returns to Macworld; Internet Call Waiting

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Politics and Macs; Don't Feed the CueCat; Hilarious New Eudora Feature; Rescuing Files

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Upgrade for 7200; Global Village Gotcha; Boxed Version of SoundJam MP Plus Causes TCP/IP Problems; Rebuttal from Comet Systems; Farewell to TouchBase; Quarterly ObjectSupportLib Warning, and an alert; Updates For OS9; OSX? Not Me

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Smart Copying; MediaBridge A Waste; Modified Folders; Office98 Update; Apple's Dog and Pony Show; OSX; CD/DVD Changer; New Monitors; Great iMac Stands

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New Macs; Invisible Files; Voice/Fax Controller; ObjectSupportLib Good News; Other OS9 Installs; Firewire to SCSI; Keep Your Mac: Articles and Links

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InDesign Now Works with Inkjets; You Will Be Assimilated; About OneClick; Free Quicken98 Upgrade; Web Bugs warning; Comet Tracks Your Browsing (if you use Windows); Hope for OSX; OS9 or Else; More OS9 Problems; Ebay and Old Macs; Antique Virus

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Macking Five Years; Microsoft Conspires to Plant Favorable Letters in Newspapers; Eudora At Risk Too; OSX: A Breather; OSX: Bad As I Feared; OS9 Updaters; Don't Perform All Firmware Updates; Tipworld Is Back; MacAlly Keyboard/Mouse Problems; iMovie News; Try Finding 8.6; Real Estate Investment Software

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Microshaft Gets What's Coming; GeoPort, the Modem from Hell; SGI Flat Screen Monitor; More on Ethernetting a New and Older Mac; OS9 Supported on NuBus Macs; First Attack on FireWire; Me and Bits on Radio

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iBook on a Plane; My Trip to NYC; Why Netscape's Security Certificates Expired; More SETI Times; Ethernetting Two Macs Together; MacDeals; Zip/USB Problems; OS9 Update List; Downgrading From 9 to 8.6; Sharing your Epson Printers on a Network

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The iCab Alternative; 8.1/Quadras correction; More on Intuit; Sending Attachments; Linux on Mac; SETI Packet times; Serious Symantec Screwup; Creating PDF files

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iTools brouhaha; Bye Bye Netscape 3; SETI@home; Navigation Services problem; Letters

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New StuffIt Deluxe; PowerBar Replacement; MacAttack; More on OS9; Dealing With .exe Attachments

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Mad Ignores Us; Quicken 2K Problems; 21" iMac; No More Credits or Easter Eggs; AirPort Base Experiences; MP3 on the iBook; New Used-Stuff Shop; Useless Waste rant

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Firewalls; Ole Mac Sighting; Got Me An iBook; Timbuktu; OS9 Sucks Bigtime; Finding Specialty Software

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Word 98 Save Bug; Avoid OS9; New iMac for $999; Army Moves to Mac Servers; Quicken 2000 Incompatibility; Free Quicken Upgrade; Another Good Utility (TypeIt4Me); No Stamps For Macs; Get Stuffed; Beep Codes; Closing Chuckle

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Getting More Whelmed; Free Quicken98 Upgrade; G4 Upon Us; HD Upgrade trick; Remove Unnecessary Extensions; Adding Unnecessary (but fun) Extensions; More on Long Filenames; MP3 Player

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The Whelming iBook; Wireless for Other PowerBooks; Now Contact Lives; SCSI Card source; The Orb is Shipping; Cheap Tape Backup; Scan and Fax; Regrettable Food

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New SilverLining; Pirates of Silicon Valley; Alternative to Jaz; PowerBook G3s and Modems; Lock your G3 PB Keyboard; Crash on Wakening fix; MacAmp and MP3; Multi-Function Printer

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Temporarily Using Someone Else's ISP; G3 PowerBook Insomnia; New Multi-Function Printer; KeySpan SX Pro Bug; Apple Firmware Updates; QuickBooks and Y2K Followup; Good News about Iomega; ObjectSupportLib: Delete It; SCSI Is Voodoo; ATM Deluxe/Suitcase 8; iMac Mouse Alternative; AOL Assistant; Command-Tab Fix

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Q&A; iMac Buyer's Guide; Tip from Tipworld; Future Dream Machines; MS Again; Lose The Dancing Mac; No Juno for Mac; 3-Button Mouse for iMacs; Need Odd Parts?

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OSX Price Drop; MS Inadvertently Helps Police Find Melissa Author; I'm Getting Tired of Microsoft; Don't Get Too Smug; Need Odd Parts? Use "Find" More Often

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Pentium III Hype Alert; Better iMac Mouse; PowerBooks; Eudora Update; InDesign Release Soon; Architects Using Macs Website; More on the New G3s; No 6-Slot Macs; More on OSX Server

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More on Playstation Emulator; Y2K Update; Qualcomm is Screwing Up; CompUSA is Pathetic; More on the New G3s; OS X Server; How Fast is Fast; Which Mac for You?

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Macworld Expo: Sony Playstation Emulator; More and Cheaper iMacs; Radical New Pro Macs; StuffIt SpaceSaver/Eudora Conflict; Avoid MacWarehouse; Really Obscure Bug; More on 8.5; Macs and Y2K; Slow Global Village Startup; The Microsoft/Apple Investment; the iMac Apple Loan Program; Curing Windows Viruses with Macs

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Bug in Virex 5.9; Norton 4.0.1 Update; Good News about Iomega; Serious Excel Bug; G3 Card for 6100-7100-8100 Macs; New Numbers to Learn; Better Resolution for Color Classic; Another Good Essay; New Java for Mac; The JS/DoJ Suit

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This whole column is 8.5 info only (short).

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Apple Market Share 13.5%; Disk Doctor 4.0 tip; Write to Intel; Hire Mackers First; US West's Bad Lines; BusinessMac Column Online; Free Spell Proofing Software; Open Doc Just Resting; The Return of Cloning; Keeping Your Mac in CorporationLand; Road Apples

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CorelDraw 8; New Adobe Page Layout Coming; Warning - Norton 4.0 Problem; Construction Management Software; Cheap 3D Cards; BIOS Bug Redux; Mailing List for DTPers; iMacs TOO Popular; iMac Updates; Sharing Modems and Printers; Safe and Sane IP Addresses

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System Software for Ancient Macs; Earthlink OK; New National MacISP; MacWeek Is Dead; The NuBus G3 Update; Running VirtualPC At Maximum; DVD Gotcha; Dayna Bye Bye (Thanks to Intel); Microsoft Bashes of the Month; FrontPage Gotcha; Software For Hair Salons; Problems with Control Strip; Eliminating that Annoying QuickTime Advert; PowerBook Backlog; Bad Windows Virus

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About Action Files; Upgrade for LCs; MacNC; SmartCard Reader for Mac; Macs at The Habit; CyberSitter At It Again; Tourette's Syndrome Bug; USB Right On Track; New Email Lists for Mac Users; Control Panel Reminders

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OS 8.5 is Next; The New iMac; Flat Monitors; Read the Mac Press; Ease of Use; Cheap Portable Word Processor; Fixing Sync Problem with Now Contact/PalmPilot; MacDraft Still Around; Justice Dept. vs. Microshaft

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The Hong Kong Virus; Hotel Management Software; Beware the Zip Plus; QuickTime Pro on the Cheap; More on the HFS Extended Time Bug; Allegro Is Coming; Best Wintel Emulator

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Fixing the Type 41 Error; SCSI Devices On or Off? View As Buttons; Editing the Connect To script; Do I Need Explorer; Netscape Launches PPP Connection; Daylight Savings Time and HFS Extended (SERIOUS Bug); Quark Kills mTropolis; Clever Phone Number

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8.1 is Okay; Newton Is History, Maybe; Hacking Broken URLs; Cheapest Web Retailers; Compact Mac on Web; Beware Older Shared Library Manager

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PowerWatch is Back; PowerBook Screen Repairs; Forget About 8.1 for now; Using Finder 7.6 under OS8; Faster Printing in FileMaker; Teachers' Mac Resources; Keeping Intel Out of Schools; Netscape Is Free; Unknown App Cannot Quit

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Got Me a G3; Battery Life; Epson Printer Speed Problem; Beware of FastBack; PowerBook Lamp Source; Mac/Windows Tutorials; Clean OS8 on a Zip; PowerWatch Web Page

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Bug in OS8 File Manager; 8.1 Improvements; The G3: Problems and Workarounds; Don't Upgrades Suck?; Netscape 4.0.4; Big Laugh at MS; PowerComputing Fades Away

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Avoid Sleep Mode; Precise Mousing Surface; Sticking (Gravel Road) Mouse problem; Useful Panels and Extensions; Letters

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Source for Cables; Encryption News; WebTV Alternative; Microsoft Mistreates Temps; NOW and Again; About Catalogs; Oddities & Curios; 13 Monitors, Max; Bits from the EvangeList

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Insecure about Jobs; No More HP; Norton FileSaver Settings; Iomega Drivers; Avoid Sharp Scanners; Microsoft Greed; VoiceMail blocks modems

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Installing Norton Utilities; More on OS8; NOW Software Blows Off OS8; Other Bits

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First Look at OS8; What To Install; Four Monitors; Ethernet Slowdown; Word Macro Viruses; GraphicConverter for PC; Navigator Enhancer; USR Modem Troubles

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Avoid Supra modems; Sony Camera Gotchas; Search Oregon Law; College Loan Program; Your Mail Order House is Lying; IRCle; Problems with OT/PPP

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Go For A Portable; Using The MessagePad; More on the Sony Digital Still Camera; Problems with Iomega Drives; Improving Jaz Reliability; Put Your Stuff on CD-ROM; Global Village Getting Crowded

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Imagina Dumps US West; Now THREE Monitors; Brief Lesson on Fonts; Partitioning Your Hard Drive; FaxBack for Mac; Construction Software site; Networking Macs and PCs

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More on 2nd Monitors; Stop Netscape Crashing; Hitachi monitor; MMX Hype; Internal Batteries; Warning about Shreve; Annoying Message; Fun with Anagrams; Faster than a Speeding Porsche; More on NeXT Acquisition; Boycott Microsoft page; Apple Facts page

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Find That File, Net Nannies Censor More than Sex; Turn Off Desktop Printing; Annoyances OnLine; Astrology; Web Surfing with a Plus; Apple Club

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Intranets; Local or Mail Order; Correct Terms; Other ISPs; Excerpts from MacWay; CyberViewer

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"New ISP for Mackers; Farewell to My ISP; Apple, Hire A Clue; Genealogy Software; Scam Alert; One-Hand Typing Manual; URLs for Hypochondriacs

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"Neat Tip" of the Month; Extensions Manager; More on Iomega; Special-Interest URLs

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Collapsing Calculator; Buy Some RAM;
Stream, Part II (cut from the magazine); Ghosts in your Documents

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Bits & Drips; About the 7200/75; Stream again (part repeat from #14); MS Bash of the Month

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Intellihance Review; Rant Against Iomega; Stream International; Beware of Strange SCSI

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Alert of the Month; A Lazy Compendium

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MacCamp; More on Upgrade 2.0 Got Me A Newton; Barksdale on Apple's Future

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Faxing from Quark, cont'd; Shootout Results; Installing System 7.5 Update 2.0; Microsoft Bash of the Month

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Mac Sales Records, Mac/Windows Shootout, Two or Three Monitors, Port Problems, Faxing from Quark

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Apple bashing; Web Weaver; Assigning RAM; Recovering 4D password; DVD

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Radius and Apple; Q&A; Zap PRAM; the Telcom "Decency" bill

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Apple is Healthy; PCI PowerMacs; Hacking and 2600; C|NET Central and NetVR

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Local Vendors; Miscellany

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The Views panel (and View By menu)

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Buying Stuff for your Mac

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Backing Up

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Useful Extensions and Panels

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Font Utilities

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Adobe Acrobat Review

  

Report on MacCamp

  

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