Links & Credits

Mac Hints & Tips is a compilation of tips found in Mac user group newsletter from around the world, as well as many Mac-related books, magazines, websites, and individuals. Following is a partial list of some of the contributors with links to their websites. To all who have contributed to the Mac community, we all give many thanks for sharing their tips and expertise.

Mac User Groups:

Mouse Droppings, newsletter of the Corvallis Macintosh User Group in Corvallis, Oregon, one of the oldest and most active user groups in the country, and the home of Phil Russell, a highly respected Macintosh writer and the main source of hints and tips published by me over the years, as well as other MUG newsletters throughout the world. www.cmug.com

ACT, newsletter of the Apple Users Group of Canberra ACT, Australia. www.actapple.org.au

Apple Barrel, newsletter of the Ridgecrest Apple User Group, Ridgecrest California. www1.iwvisp.com/croton

Apple Bits, newsletter of the Northeast Ohio Apple Corps, Cleveland, Ohio www.neoac.org

AppleCore of Memphis, newsletter of the Apple Corp of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee. www.memphisapplecore.com

AppleGram, newsletter of the Apple Corps of Dallas, Texas.

appleJAC Digest, newsletter of the appleJAC Mac User Group in Jefferson City, Missouri. homepage.mac.com/applejac

ApplePickers, newsletter of the ApplePickers MUG in Indianapolis, Indiana. www.applepickers.org

ApplePRESS, newsletter of the Diablo Valley Macintosh User Group in Walnut Creek, California. www.dvmug.org

AppleSauce, newsletter of the Lake Macintosh User Group, Eustis, Florida. www.lakemug.com

AppleSiders, newsletter of the AppleSiders of Cincinnati Mac User Group, Cincinnati, Ohio. www.applesiders.com

AUSOM News, newsletter of Australia's largest Macintosh User Group, Apple Mac Users' Society of Melbourne Australia. www.ausom.net.au

Candy Apple, newsletter of the South Jersey Apple/Mac Users Group, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. www.sjaug.org

Charlotte MacWorkshop, newsletter of the Macintosh Users Group in Charlotte, North Carolina. www.charlottemacworkshop.org

Club Mac Journal, newsletter of the Club Mac of Monterey, Pacific Grove, California. www.clubmacmonterey.org

Connecticut Macintosh Connection, newsletter of the Connecticut Macintosh Connection in West Hartford, Connecticut. www.ctmac.org

Connections, newsletter of the MacBANG Eastern Maine Macintosh User Group, Orono, Maine. www.randadvertising.com/macbang.htm

Club Mac Journal, newsletter of the Club Mac of Monterey, Pacific Grove, California. www.clubmacmonterey.org

D2G, newsletter of the Digital Designers Group in Columbus, Ohio. http://s95211463.onlinehome.us

The Dialog Box , newsletter of the San Gabriel Valley MUG, Pasadena, California. http://www.sgvmug.org

Digital Kiva, newsletter of the Santa Fe Macintosh User's Group, Santa Fe, New Mexico. www.santafemug.org

eMug, newsletter of the Eugene Macintosh Users Group in Eugene, Oregon. www.e-mug.org

FatBits, newsletter of the Conejo Ventura Macintosh User Group, Ventura, California. www.cvmug.org

The Finder, newsletter of Mid-Columbia Macintosh User Group in Kennewick, Washington. www.macusergroup.com

The Juice, newsletter of SummitMac, Fort Wayne, Indiana. http://homepage.mac.com/vguess/summitmac

Journal, newsletter of the Club Mac of Monterey, California. www.clubmacmonterey.org

LIMAC Forum, newsletter of the Long Island Mac Users Group in Seaford, New York. www.limac.org

MacCHUG Line, newsletter of the Macintosh Chico User Group in Chico, California. www.macchug.com

MacCORE, newsletter of the Macintosh Users Group in Leawood, Kansas. www.maccore.org

MacFriends Report, newsletter of the Bay Area Macintosh Users Group in Largo, Florida. http://homepage.mac.com/naplesmug/

MacInTalk, newsletter of the Nashville User Group in Nashville, Tennessee.

Mac Monitor, newsletter of the Savannah Macintosh Users Group in Savannah, Georgia. www.savannahmug.org

MacNews, newsletter of MacGroup-Detroit in Detroit, Michigan. www.macgroup.org

MacNexus, newsletter of the Sacramento User Group in Sacramento, California. www.macnexus.org

MacPac, newsletter of the Macintosh User Group in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

MacPUG Papers, newsletter of the Macintosh Permian User Group, Glendale, Texas. www.macpug.org

Mac Tracks, newsletter of the Southwest Florida MUG, Punta Forda, Florida. www.nut-n-but.net/swflmug

MacVIEWS, newsletter of the Professional Macintosh Users Group of Northeastern Indiana in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

MacValley Voice, newsletter of the MacValley User Group in Northridge, California. www.macvalley.org

MacsWest, newsletter of the Macintosh Users Group of Computers West, Sun City West, Arizona. www.macswest.org

Mad Mac News, newsletter of the Madison Macintosh (Mad Mac) User Group in Madison, Wisconsin. www.madison.com/communities/madmacintosh

The Mauger, newsletter of the North Jersey Mac Apple User Group, West Orange, New Jersey. www.njmaug.com

MouseBytes, newsletter of the Bay Area Macintosh Users Group in Largo, Florida. www.bamcentral.com

Mouse Tales, newsletter of the North Coast Mac Users Group, Cleveland, Ohio. homepage.mac.com/ncmug_oh

Mouse Times, newsletter of the Santa Barbara Mac User Group in Santa Barbara, California. www.sbmug.org

MUGSL, newsletter of the Macintosh User Group of Sun Lakes, Sun Lakes, California. www.mugsl.org

MUDSlinger, newsletter of the Macintosh Users Group of Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. www.mudel.org

Newsbreak, newsletter of the MUG One in Oneonta, New York. www.mugone.com

The NotePad, newsletter of the Springfield Mac User Group in Springfield, Illinois.

PMUG Dialog, newsletter of Macintosh computer enthusiasts based on the campus of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. www.pmug-nj.org

Printout, newsletter of the Keystone MacCentral in Etters, Pennsylvania. www.keystonemac.com

Scrumpy, newsletter of the Orange Apple Computer Club of Orange County in Costa Mesa, California. www.oacc.org

Seeds, newsletter of the Mac User Group in Hershey, Pennsylvania. www.hersheyapplecore.com

Signal, newsletter of the Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users' Society in Honolulu, Hawaii. www.hmaus.com

SMMUG, newsletter of the Santa Maria Macintosh User's Group, Santa Maria, California. www.santamariamug.com

SMOG Alert, newsletter of the Southern California Macintosh Owners/Users Group in Newport Beach, California. www.ocmug.org

SMUG Thoughts, newsletter of the Salem Macintosh Users Group, Salem, Oregon. www.open.org/~smug

TMUG Insider, newsletter of the Tri-Valley Macintosh Users Group in Pleasanton, California. www.clubtmug.com

VMUG Connection, newsletter of the Visalia Macintosh Enthusiasts Group in Visalia, California. vmeg.ocsnet.net

Washington (OR) University Macintosh User Group.

Friends:

Marcus J. Albers

Brian Arndt, Creative Video Solutions, a southwestern Ohio video production company specializing in wedding videography and photo montages. www.replaytheday.com

Harry Babad, macCompanion eZine

JoAnne Chapman, Microsoft Technical Support

Adrien Coblentz

Stan Coutant

Ellen Dietrich

Bill Dorrity, Goose Creek, South Carolina

Bob Glasheen

Victor Goodpasture, Chief “WOW” photographer and owner of ProDigital, in Carlsbad, California. www.prodigital.com

Welles Goodrich, Santa Cruz, California

John Gorman

Jeff Greenberg

Greg Griffith, San Diego, California

Bob Hastings

Victoria Herring

Tim Hicks, Content Strategist, TRH Communications, Victoria, British Columbia

Allen Kalka, President of the MDMUG, Mount Dora, Florida

Charles Katjivirue, Namibia

Gerukarm Khalsa

Judson LaFlash, President of Government Marketing Company in Eagle, Idaho

David Larson, member of the San Diego MUG, San Diego, California

John Law, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Randal Lyons, supporter of Mac Hints & Tips, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

Betsy Mill, member of the San Diego MUG, San Diego, California

Mick Moore, the “Internet Entrepreneur.” Best-selling author of Home Business Success Kit. Providing the best solutions for optimizing your online business. San Diego, CA. www.quickstartexpert.com

Bill Mok, Mok.In.Touch, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Bob Nunn, Headgap.com

Janet Parkerson, San Diego, California

Andrew Patton

Phredd, Nawfuk, Virginny

Michael Prewitt

Nicholas Pyers

Cyrus W. Roton, Ridgecrest Apple User Group

Lynn Rybarczyk, retired teacher and good friend, San Diego, California

Ray Schuerger, the Sauer Kraut

Mark Sissons, Macintosh Computer Club of Calgary, Canada

Bob Smallman, Merrill WI

Michael Tippett

Michael Zeldin

Jerry Zigmont, consultant for MacWorks, System Design and Solutions for Macintosh, in Madison, Connecticut. www.macworksinc.net

Companies:

Aladdin Systems Technical Support: www.allume.com

Creative Video Solutions is a southwestern Ohio video production company specializing in wedding videography and photo montages. www.replaytheday.com

Insider Software, publisher of FontAgent Pro and Smasher. www.fontagent.com

Sterling Ledet -- Hands-on Adobe, Macromedia and Quark authorized software training and consulting for web, video, multimedia and print. Offering classroom, online or onsite worldwide training with locations across the US. www.ledet.com

TotalTraining.com -- Offering graphics and animation software training on a variety of products.

Websites:

Apple eNews. A free biweekly subscription-based email publication from Apple Computer. www.apple.com

Apple’s Knowledge Base -- Get the latest news about changes and enhancements to Apple hardware and software, and a huge searchable database of all things Macintosh. www.info.apple.com

Avondale Media. Publisher of instructional and training DVDs with subjects including Word, Excel, Entourage, Photoshop, and Digital Photography. www.avondalemedia.com

AZ-Web is a web design and hosting firm with a personalized approach to every client. They have been building and hosting custom business web sites since 1998. www.az-web.com

CDSleeves.com -- The “Original Internet Superstore” for CD sleeves, mailers, jewel cases, and more. www.cdsleeves.com

CD-R Info -- “The Recording Authority.” Tips, essays, and software reviews on writing CDs and DVDs. www.cdrinfor.com

cNet.com -- Tech product reviews, news, and videos. www.cnet.com

CreativeTechs.com -- "Left brain support for right brain professionals." Friendly expert computer support for Seattle area creative teams. www.creativetechs.com

Dan Margulis' Color Theory Newsgroup. Found at colortheory@yahoogroups.com

CoolSiteOfTheDay.com -- Features links to the coolest and best websites. www.coolsiteoftheday.com

David Creamer's I.D.E.A.S. (Intelligent Design and Electronic Art Services), a long-time Certified Apple Consultant, Authorized QuarkXPress trainer, and Adobe Certified Expert and Training Provider. He also teaches Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and FreeHand, and is a FileMaker Solutions Alliance Trainer. David is also a long-time contributor to Mac Design (formerly MacToday) and other publications. www.ideastraining.com

Ben Willmore's DigitalMastery.com -- Ben is the author of the Photoshop Studio Techniques books, one of the top Photoshop instructors, and one of the expert trainers at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) Photoshop World Expo. www.digitalmastery.com

DrBilly.com -- Dr. Billy and Associates, Southern California's Oldest Independent Macintosh Consultancy. www.drbilly.com

FileMaker.com -- Chris Moyer, The Moyer Group CEO & FileMaker Advisor technical editor, and Bob Bowers, Soliant Consulting CEO & FileMaker Advisor contributing editor. www.filemaker.com

InDesignSecrets.com -- The Indepentent Resource for All Things InDesign. Hosted by David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepcion authors of many, many books, this is your one-stop shop for infomation, podcasts, and videocasts of all things InDesign. www.indesignsecrets.com

Internet Tourbus -- Bob Rankin and Parick Crispen help you Learn how to avoid the pitfalls of the Web, master the search engines, debunk urban legends, and more. www.internettourbus.com

MacAttorney.com -- How to Deal with Common Macintosh OS X Problems is presented by Randy B. Singer, co-author of The Macintosh Bible, the world's best selling book on the Mac. www.macattorney.com/tutorial.html

MacFixIt.com, trouble-shooting solutions for the Mac. www.macfixit.com

Ric Fords macintouch.com, the long-time supplier of the most up-to-date information on everything Mac. www.macintouch.com

Michael Flaminio's macnews@insanely-great.com -- A Macintosh newswire service that provides daily news updats on everything Macintosh. You can subscribe to free daily emails by going to www.insanely-great.com/macnews.php

MacObserver.com -- You will get your Mac news here from now on. www.macobserver.com

MacOSXHints.com -- Tips submitted by readers. www.macosxhints.com

Allen Wyatt's MacWordTips.com -- A website devoted to MS Word tips and scripts. www.macwordtips.com

www.MugCenter.com -- The Mac User Group Resource Site. www.mugcenter.com

PlanetPhotoshop.com -- Online Photoshop news, tips, and tutorials sponsored by NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals). www.planetphotoshop.com

QuadStar.com -- A Broadview Heights, Ohio, company focusing on providing excellent computer service and support to the local educational and business community. www.quadstar.com

Scott Sheppard's OSXFAQ.com. One of the world's top OS X tip site. www.osxfaq.com

Fred Showker’s 60-Second Window -- A very popular column in user group newsletters for more than a dozen years.
www.60-seconds.com

Small Dog Electronics, an Apple Specialist and reseller of Apple Macintosh computers, peripherals, and software. www.smalldog.com

Sterling Ledet -- Hands-on Adobe, Macromedia and Quark authorized software training and consulting for web, video, multimedia and print. Offering classroom, online or onsite worldwide training with locations across the US. www.ledet.com

TidBITS.com -- a free email and Web publication covering the Macintosh Internet community. www.tidbits.com

TotalTraining.com -- Offering graphics and animation software training on a variety of products. www.totaltraining.com

XLR8YourMac.com -- Accelerate Your Mac website with the latest Macintosh upgrades and news. www.xlr8yourmac.com

Authors:

David Blatner's Tips & Tricks by ALAP, Inc. -- An InDesign plug-in from A Lowly Apprentice Production Inc. (ALAP), a leading provider of extended technology for the publishing and graphic desing industries, and source of many excellent plug-ins for InDesign, QuarkXPress, and Photoshop. www.alap.com

David Creamer's I.D.E.A.S. ( Intelligent Design and Electronic Art Services ), a long-time Certified Apple Consultant, Authorized QuarkXPress trainer, and Adobe Certified Expert and Training Provider. He also teaches Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and FreeHand, and is a FileMaker Solutions Alliance Trainer. David is also a long-time contributor to Mac Design (formerly MacToday) and other publications. www.ideastraining.com

Dave Cross is the Senior Developer of Education and Curriculum for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Dave is co-author of Photoshop Trade Secrets and Photoshop 7 & Illustrator 10: Create Great Advanced Graphics, as well as a contributor to Photoshop User Magazine.

Helene DeLillo is a professional photographer with many high-profile clients including those in the beauty, fashion, and entertainment industries. Her digital images have appeared in the pages of Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and Time Digital, as well as on the covers of Digital Camera, Photoshop User, and Studio Photography & Design magazines. www.dancingicon.com

Katrin Eismann is the author of Photoshop Restoration & Retouching as well as a contributor to Photoshop User Magazine , and an internationally recognized artist, author, and educator. Checkout her website at www.photoshopdiva.com.

Martin Evening is a professional photographer and digital imaging consultant, and author of Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for Photographers and an official Adobe road show speaker for Photoshop 7.0. Martin is also a contributor to Photoshop User Magazine.

Daniel Giordan is a contributor to Photoshop User Magazine and the author of The Art of Photoshop (Sams Publishing), which features instruction on digital imaging with Photoshop as it profiles his artwork. www.artofphotoshop.com.

Jan Kabili is the author of Photoshop 7 Complete Course (Wiley& Sons) and co-author with Lynda Weinman of Photoshop 7 ImageReady Hands on Training for the Web (Peachpit Press). Jan is also a contributor to Photoshop User Magazine.

Scott Kelby is Editor-in-Chief of Photoshop User Magazine and Mac Design Magazine, President of the NAPP, and the author of numerous books including Mac OS X Killer Tips, The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, and Photoshop Down & Dirty Tricks. www.scottkelby.com

Michael Kieran is a guest speaker at conferences and contributing editor to magazines, and a contributor to Photoshop User Magazine. Michael is the author of Photoshop Color Correction (Peachpit Press). www.colorweb.com.

Julieanne Kost is the Graphic Arts Evangelist for Adobe Systems, and a popular speaker at MacWorld and Photoshop World Expos. Julieanne is a master of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. She is also a contributor to Photoshop User Magazine.

Michael Ninness is the conference chair for the Professional Photoshop Conference at Macworld and the FTP Photoshop Conference, a contributor to Photoshop User Magazine, and author of Photoshop 7 PowerShortcuts.

Deborah Shadovitz is the writer of the GoLive column for Mac Design Magazine, as well as featured articles for MacAddict Magazine and Photoshop User Magazine, and is the author of Adobe GoLive Bible (John Wiley & Sons Publishing). Deborah was also a board member of LAMG, the Los Angeles Mac Group. www.shadovitz.com

Colin Smith is the co-author of six Photoshop books and a columnist for PlanetPhotoshop.com, as well as a contributor to Photoshop User Magazine. Colin is the founder of Photoshopcafe.com and has released a Photoshop training CD.

Books:

Adobe Creative Suite 2 How-Tos, written by George Penston. Clear but concise explanations of the features and functions of '100 Essential Techniques' you may already be marginally aware of, but may not understand how to use. Published by Adobe Press.

Designer's Guide to Mac OS X Tiger, written by Jeff Garnet. This book is especially geared toward designers who’ve become comfortable working under Mac OS X and are ready now to make the Tiger transition. Published by Peachpit Press.

FreeHand Visual QuickStart Guide, written bySandee Cohen. This is a fast, easy, and inexpensive way to learn the latest version of the enormously popular illustration program. Published by Peachpit Press.

InDesign Breakthroughs, written by David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepcion. They have scoured the online forums, interviewed Adobe engineers, and gathered together answers to over 200 of the most-commonly asked questions, and presented in a fun-to-read style. Published by Peachpit Press.

Mac OS X Killer Tips, written by Scott Kelby is Editor-in-Chief of Photoshop User Magazine and Layers Magazine (formerly known as Mac Design Magazine), President of the NAPP, and the author of numerous books including The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, and Photoshop Down & Dirty Tricks. www.scottkelby.com

Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, written by David Pogue, computer columnist for the New York Times and creator of the Missing Manual series, is the #1 best-selling Macintosh author.

Mac OS X Power Tools, written by Dan Frakes. This book takes you step-by-step through insightful and essential tips, shortcuts, and solutions, covering software installations, networking, security, software, and much more, and is certain to turn you into an OS X expert. Published by Sybex.

Mac OS X Support Essentials, written by Owen Linzmayer. This book is based on Apple’s official training course for Mac OS X Support Essentials, an in-depth exploration of the Macintosh operating system. Published by Apple.

Photoshop WOW Book, written by Linnea Dayton and Jack Davis. The award-winning guide to getting the most out of Photoshop and ImageReady. Comes with a CD full of phenomenal Photoshop Styles, Actions, and Before & After tutorial files.

Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2, written by Mordy Golding. Filled with industrial-strength techniques and best practices required to get you up-to-spped fast. The definitive reference for the serious Illustrator user. Published by Peachpit Press.

Real World Adobe InDesign, written by Olav Martin Kvern and David Blatner. It was David's presentation of InDesign at Adobe's booth at the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco that convinced me to switch from QuarkXPress to InDesign. This new book covers all aspect of this powerful program, and I highly recommend it.

Publications:

Acumen Journal -- A free monthly technical publication in PDF format for customers and friends of Acumen Training. Each issue has two articles: one each on PostScript and Acrobat. www.acumentraining.com

Before & After. “How to Design Cool Stuff.” This publication is a “must subscribe” for designers. It has been sharing its practical approach to graphic design since 1990. Find them on the web at www.bamagazine.com

The Design Authority, "your best source for ideas, techniques and inspiration." Design tips and shortcuts for print and Web. Published by Element K Journals. Check out their website for subscriptions to many concise, easy-to-read monthly journals for a variety of topics. www.elementkjournals.com

Jay J. Nelson's Design Tools Monthly -- An executive summary of graphic design news which includes Mac news and rumors, new software and hardware announcements, upcoming seminars and shows, interesting websites, and other valuable information. You may request a free sample copy of this monthly newsletter by going to www.design-tools.com or calling 303.543.8400.

Digital Imaging Magazine. The essential resource for the imaging professional, is published by the Cygnus Imaging Group, the world's largest publisher of photographic and imaging business publications. www.imaginginfo.com

Dynamic Graphics Magazine. Graphic design ideas, inspiration, and information to help graphic designers produce successful, professional, attention-getting publishing projects from start to finish. www.dynamicgraphics.com

Electronic Publishing Magazine. Covering trends in electronic design, digital prepress, and computer-based publishing and printing. Written for artist, illustrators, and leaders making buying decisions. www.electronic-publishing.com

Great Output Magazine -- An educational reference guide that focuses on proofing, printing, finishing, displaying, and selling digital images. www.pdia.org/gomagazine.asp

InDesign Magazine, a complete resource for InDesign professionals. Published by Creativepro.com in PDF format. www.indesignmag.com

Layers Magazine, (formerly known as Mac Design Magazine) is the top graphic design magazine published today. Layers Magazine is edited by Scott Kelby, the President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and also editor of Photoshop User, the NAPP's excellent newsletter. www.layersmagazine.com

MacAddict Magazine. "A better machine. A better magazine." Every issue of MacAddict is packed with in-depth how-to articles, fact-filled features, and expert reviews, plus a monthly CD of hot product demos, tutorials, freeware, and video how-to stories and interviews. www.macaddict.com

macHOME Journal, the ultimate magazine for the Macintosh consumer, offering practical advice for everyone. MacHome Journal offers excellent how-to articles and advice on purchases, and Hot Tips on line. www.machome.com

Macworld Magazine. The ultimate resource for Mac users. Each issue is packed with practical how-tos, in-depth features, the latest troubleshooting tips and tricks, industry news, and is home of Chris Breen's Mac 911 columns. www.macworld.com

PC Graphics Report. A short, easy-to-read summary of the latest news, reviews, tips, and tools for graphics, digital photography, and web design. www.pcgraphicsreport.com

Photoshop User Magazine is the newsletter of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. If you use Photoshop, you should belong to NAPP. Find them on the web at www.photoshopuser.com

Studio Photography & Design Magazine — Resource for the photo professional, published by the Cygnus Imaging Group, the world’s largest publisher of photographic and imaging business publications. www.imaginginfo.com

Union Tribune Newspaper. The major newspaper for San Diego, CA. www.signonsandiego.com

X-Ray Magazine. Quark software workflow solutions and implementation. www.xraymag.com

Other Sources:

Crywolf Computers -- San Diego’s premiere Macintosh specialists for retail, repair, and training. www.crywolf.com

Mac OS X Troubleshooting Seminar -- Presented jointly by Marc L. Mintz (of Marc L. Mintz & Associates) and the New Horizons Computer Learning Center. Marc is one of the most respected technical trainers in America, conducting workshops around the world. He is currently featuring a 5-day hands-on Mac OS X Mastery Workshop. www.marclmintz.com

Sterling Ledet -- Hands-on Adobe, Macromedia and Quark authorized software training and consulting for web, video, multimedia and print. Offering classroom, online or onsite worldwide training with locations across the US. www.ledet.com

Fenton Jones (fenton@fentonjones.com) who created the original programming for the Mac Hints & Tips database on the web, and Bill Holmes (billholmes@adelphia.net) for finalizing everything and getting it all to work on my new site.

If you are not a member of a Macintosh User Group, I highly recommend that you find one in your area and join. User groups are the greatest source of information and help available to all Mac users -- from novices to experts. You can find one in your area by going to apple.com/usergroups/find