Mostly Mac Articles


Many of the older articles were written for the newsletter of a now defunct Mac User Group. These days I'm writing them at the request of members of The Senior Macintosh User Group (SMUG), which is still alive and is located in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California. Some are compilations of my answers to troubled users of Macs, who post their questions in Apple Discussions. Many of the Articles actually contain real information, one or two are a bit whimsical, and most, but not all, are about Apple's Macintosh computers and its OS X operating system.

 

 

Leopard

The newest cat gets a section of its own, with a three page review, plus a page of modifications and a bonus of icons.

 

Tiger Problems

A Miscellany of Mysterious Tiger Problems: Disappearing Drive space, Disappearing Drives, and Visible Invisibles.

 

Panther Clone

Panther: Partition a drive and make a clone.

 

Terminal Mac

Are you an old Mac hand and afraid of the Terminal? This article's for you.

 

Panther Problems

The Black Cat has arrived and fixed many Spotted cat problems. Unfortunately it has a few of its own.

 

Jaguar Problems

A few final words about the Spotted Cat and its problems, before the Black Cat arrives and drives the Jaguar to extinction.

 

Clone OS X

You've got OS X and want to make a system clone, and it isn't a drag and drop thing anymore. Well, it can be, almost.

 

X on X

So you want to run freeUNIX programs on your Mac, and you have tried the Terminal, here's what to do next. Go on the Next page for instructions on installing the GIMP as well.

 

Networking

You've got a new Mac and an old Mac. Your files are on the old Mac. Now what? Networking, that's what!

 

CD Mac 2

Further adventures in sound. I've ventured into recording my old LPs and audio tapes onto the Mac, and making them into CDs. The first page deals with SimpleSound and OS 9. Click the Next Button at the bottom to go on to the more complex business of doing the same OS X.

 

CD Mac

For Christmas I got blank CDs, MP3 files, and a machine that plays DVDs, CDs and MP3s, so I ventured into the land of musical CDs, created on the Mac.

 

Mac OS Xi

I set out to explore the brave new world of OS Xi, or 10.1 as Apple calls it. Whatever you call it I'm enjoying every moment, even the weird ones. Page Two is all about the Dock.

 

Web Work

Instructions on using free software to construct a web site and put it up on your ISP. Or you could just use iTools and make it on the Apple servers.

 

Applescript

A set of instructions to get started with Applescript, by someone who doesn't actually know how to write Applescript.

 

Resurrection

A cautionary tale about acquiring sad old computers. I'm just not quite sure what the caution should be.


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