EveryMac.com
- specs and comments on every Apple computer ever made
E-mail
Etiquette - some great hints to reduce spam & junk mail while keeping
your friends & relatives
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Other stuff
Weather - dashboard widget - set several cities if you wish - 5 day
forecasts + hi/lo temps
On-line Bibles -
Parallel Bible (instantly
see same verse in a dozen translations) - NET
Bible (shows original Greek/Hebrew)
Cool Hidden Things on OSX - did you know that there are invisible
icons in your System Preferences folder that only appear when needed? Example:
plug a Wacom Tablet
into your Mac and the Ink icon will pop
up in System Prefs. This will allow you to open any word processing app
and write directly with the Wacom pen tool.
Watch a 16-second QuickTime
movie showing how your handwriting can be instantly translated into computer
fonts for text docs, note keeping, e-mailing, etc. (Note: if movie won't play,
download it to desktop as a QT movie.)
Recent hackings
of personal e-mail accounts led to discussions of how to better protect our
privacy. The best rule is don't do anything in the dark that you wouldn't want
to be brought into daylight. There is a trail of numbers following you everywhere
you go on the internet. 'Anonymity' is a deception that quickly evaporates if
the 'gatekeepers of secrets' (such as Google, Wikipedia and WikiLeaks) decide
that you are not on their side.
How to Create a Portable Encrypted Safe - store your passwords and
important numbers in an encrypted safe file that can be carried with you on
a USB stick, CD or uploaded to an on-line mailbox. Make a password-protected
disk image using Disk Utility on your Mac computer. Read
a more detailed tutorial at MacInstruct.
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Hammondsport Mac Users Group
- Hammondsport, NY 14840 - www.hportmug.com
RefDesk - the mother of
all sources
OldApps
for Mac - downloads for many vintage apps as well as earlier versions of
current apps
OWC
- Other World Computing - best prices & shipping on RAM memory, HDs, burners,
accessories
MacFixit
- latest reports on glitches, bugs, probs with Apple products - partly free
iFelix
- best help page for peripheral setup help (AirPort. printers, wifi, etc) when
using cross-platform Mac OSX - Windows XP)
iFixit
- excellent step-by-step take apart guides for mac laptops
University
of Indiana - wealth of mac help tips (though some are IU specific)
downloads
Weather - dashboard widget - set several cities if you wish - 5 day
forecasts + hi/lo temps 
Cool Hidden Things on OSX - did you know that there are invisible
icons in your System Preferences folder that only appear when needed? Example:
plug a 
Scarier Than Big Brother? Read this 
How to Create a Portable Encrypted Safe - store your passwords and
important numbers in an encrypted safe file that can be carried with you on
a USB stick, CD or uploaded to an on-line mailbox. Make a 
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