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Here you will find a log with postings to helpful Mac related links on the web and software tools that can help you address specific problems or needs.

This page will be "live" in the sense that it will be updated regularly to reflect recent news from Apple as well as other interesting and helpful information on applications, technical news, troubleshooting articles and hints.

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"Dictate" for Speech Recognition

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It's now the third week of April, and I finally started to use Dictate myself. I must say that the software is quite extraordinary as the dictation process is both easy to…

Bento - New Leopard Only Database

Bento for Leopard

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The release of Mac OS X Leopard will make available to Mac users a series of brand new applications that are Leopard only.

Bento from the team at Filemaker is one of the…

Free Alternative to MS Office

NeoOffice

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If you are looking for an alternative to creating a variety of documents on your Mac, you might want to consider the free, open source alternative NeoOffice.

NeoOffice is a…

Search The Web as You Type

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The folks at Karelia Software - the creators of Sandvox which is the tool I used to produce my company website - recently pointed me to a Safari add-on that makes searching…

iMovie '08 Camcorder Support

If you're in the market for a new HD camcorder that is compatible with the just released iMovie '08,  Apple has published a list of camcorders that support iMovie '08.…

Play Windows Media on Your Mac

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Quicktime, developed by Apple, is the native media player for the Macintosh. It will play both video and audio and is everywhere in the Mac world.

Other types of media -…

WiFi Hotspot Locator

Finding a Public WiFi Hotspot can be easy if your know where to look. Here's a website that can make your search a bit easier.

Enter a Zip Code or city name to define your…

Blocking Spam on Your Mac

If you are like me, at least one of your e-mail addresses has been captured by a spammer. What started out as a trickle of offensive or useless e-mails has become a flood and…

Sharing Large Files Over the Internet

When your mail provider places a limit on the size of the files you can send, two solutions come to mind to share large files over the internet.

They work on a simple idea:…

Three Options for Remote Backup

If you care at all about your data - especially those photos, music and documents that cannot be replaced - then backup is critical. While backup to a local disk is "good,"…

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