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The OS X programs listed below have hyperlinks to download them....... Mariner Software has a GREAT word Processor AND Spreadsheet Application for Office requirements in an OS X and OS 9 environment for a VERY economic price
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FILE MANAGEMENT REDEFINED !! Path Finder is
a Finder replacemet that runs as an application after OS X loads up
which essentially returns all the functionality of OS 9 to the finder; running
seamlessly on top as a speedier finder replacement! Open GL is a marvel
oh well I'm ranting here this is wonderful as it adds a fuly functional
trash can you can move anywhere on your desktop freely, and a set of
menus to access all os x applications on a drop down menu. You can also
alias any hard disk folders to your Boot hard disk Applications folder
in OS X(from other than your boot HD) which contain files you want to
easily access by copying aliases of them to your boot OS X. This allows
the applications menu to see them HD. VERY very well worth the 35 dollars
it costs to register it. It simply add features to Mac OS X that are not available elsewhere!!
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Here is the process for removing the Classic environment from the Mac OS X startup volume in an effort to save space. The steps are relatively simple, and are as follows (generally you can save about 1 GB of disk space by eliminating Classic, dependent on a variety of factors): First, make sure Classic isn't running via the Classic pane in System Preferences. Next, drag the "System Folder" folder at the root level of your hard drive to the trash. If Mac OS X won't let you delete the folder, open it and trash all of its contents. Restart, and you should now be able to delete the folder itself. (Alternatively, type the following in the Terminal: sudo rm -rf '/System Folder' -- you will be prompted for your administrator password. ) You'll also want to delete /Applications (Mac OS 9) after rebooting. You can also delete the following files: * /System/Library/PreferencePanes/Classic.prefPane to remove the Classic preference pane from System Preferences |
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Oh.....There's this $30 Mac OS X Web Server GUI software interface suite........ |
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Great Office Program for OS X! Full alternative to Microsoft Office X! OpenOSX Office.....$40!! Fully released and available at this web site, this is a very exciting program that takes advantage of the XFree 86 interface (also installed if not already in your OS X OS) to deliver a full Office suite for the low fee of $40 OpenOSX Office is available here
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FAVORITE MAC OS X WEB SITES 
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Mac OS X HARDWARE RECOMMENDATIONS I recommend a minimum processor at 400mhz G3/1mb backcache, or 466 G3/512-256kb backcache.Actually the fastest G3 processor you can get is recommended for OS X. If possible to do honestly I recommend you get the fastest G4 processor you can afford.OS X is optimized for the G4 and it really shows in performance. I also recommend an ATI Radeon video card or GeForce 2 minimum video processor. A good upgrade card for PCI Macs is the ATI Radeon 32mb. For hardware Quartz Extreme 2d support in Tiger you want a minimum of a Radeon 9600 in a desktop or 9700 mobility or a nvidia 5200 or better. Now that Tiger OS X is on the market, and has quartz 2d acceleration using vectors, I recommend only a G4 processor or better for Tiger as a G3 will not be able to use Quartz extreme 2D-even in software rendering mode. Also for hardware acceleration use a Radeon 9600 or Radeon 9700 mobility or greater. Quartz Extreme 2d draws Mac OS displays as Quickdraw is deprecated in Tiger meaning it will not be further developed. Quartz GL aka Quartz Extreme 2d is the new rendering path, and it's all about the vectors folks....... As to memory I recommend a minimum of 512 megabytes of RAM. This is the necessary level for a reasonably good performance from OS X especially on older systems with a minimum processor recommendation. If you are seeing too much of the spinning wheel, make sure you defrag with Norton Speed Disk if Jaguar 10.2 or below, or use Diskwarrior 3 on Panther OS X 10.3 as well as at least 512mb RAM. The Radeon 7000 PCI video card does run well in Beige G3's in OS X 10.1.5 or later, and as well in Blue & White G3 towers (can be found on eBay)-or also preferred to that is the new Radeon 9200 PCI video card. The ATI Radeon 8500 or higher is a good choice for an upgrade video card for AGP equipped G4 tower Macs running panther, Tiger machines will benefit most from a Radeon 9800 agp. Gamers will want the fastest processors and video cards that they can afford..Beige G3 Macs that use the Revision A ROM chip cannot use 4 port usb 1.1 cards, cannot use usb 2.0 cards, and cannot use faster than 24x internal Apple cd rom drives. Some models of the Blue & White G3 tower also have problems with 3rd party firewire devices using the (2) Apple supplied Firewire ports. This will involve the purchase of a separate firewire PCI card, and using one of those ports to run the device in question. Revision A motherboard B&W G3 Macs cannot use larger than 10gb hard drives. To check which type of B&W G3 motherboard you may have try this link. Consider this by being aware of these upgrade barriers on these otherwise upgradeable computers. Any issues involved with G4 upgrades to either the Beige or Blue & White G3 systems has been addressed by the 3rd party (as in the case of flash ROM code for the B&W G3), or even silently by Apple itself. Another excellent video upgrade for AGP Macs is also the nVidia Geforce video cards. I do not recommend a slower video chip than I have already mentioned-and the Voodoo 1-2-3-4-5 cards are unsupported in Mac OS X. It's just that window resizing will be somewhat of a slower issue otherwise.In the case of the older bondi iMacs (and later) in OS X, I would recommend the Sonnet 500mhz G3/firewire port upgrade. This will run OS X acceptably on the bondi iMac, and newer-as well as adding a Firewire port to these Macs.I also highly recommend some kind of 500 mhz processor upgrade for older powerbooks running OS X. The issue with the iMac and the Powerbook (and even older iBooks) is that the video is non-upgradeable to anything well supported in OS X. Therefore a G4 or fast G3 upgrade, and the fastest available become important when running OSX, because of it's higher graphics demands which are served well in the faster G4 and G3 chips; especially if unassisted by stronger video chips such as in older G3 iMacs, and Mac laptops. I am not currently aware of any iBook cpu upgrades, although some iMac processor upgrades may also run in an iBook. I also recommend a fast hard disk at 40mb or better, 7200 rpm. The new serial ata drives are as fast as 10,000 rpm. These drives are the current speed freaks of the hard disk set. If you have a Powerbook or iBook, try a 7200 rpm drive for a good upgrade choice. I would also have at least 512mb RAM (768mb preferred) per processor in whatever machine I have running OS X. Some more memory really lets the processor stretch. This is because to UNIX likes RAM in order to run really well. My current Tiger configuration is to run in a Mac Mini with tweaks enabling Quartz 2D Extreme via software......My other configuration is to run Panther OS X 10.3 in my Blue and White G3 DVD ROM drive with Powerlogix G3/900mHz/256kL3 cache at a 1:1 ratio with a radeon 7000 video card, 1024mb ram, 40gb and 60 gb hard drives, usb and firewire cards. I have JUST gotten an iMac 20" Intel Core Duo computer with 256mb Video ram option. It runs Tiger VERY nicely and I look forward to Leopard OS X 10.5 on this hardware! To sum up, Run Alsoft Diskwarrior if your Mac is misbehaving-or once every 3 months or so. (Norton Systemworks Disk Doctor and Speed Disk in OS X 10.2 Jaguar and below) Unless you have incompatible software Diskwarrior will fix most anything. Make sure your programs and utilities are up to date for the version of OS X you are running. With this regimen of preventative maintenance for OS X you'll have a fast running Mac with OS X, and the elegance and grace that for some time has been missed since the 1980s but is back. That's the true ART of Apple Computer !! |
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