The Silent Way Directory: Mac and PC Links

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Choice Mac Pick: Ramseeker RAM price tracking

*Apple - Apple.com Home

The mothership connection. The official site.

*Apple - Apple.com Sitemap/Search

*Apple - AppleSpec Online

*Apple - Knowledge Base

*Apple - Legacy Products Support

*Apple - Software Updates

Add to a Network: Configuring TCP/IP

AIMUG- Apple Insider Mac User Group

AppleScript Archive at MERP

Applescript Archive at ResExcellence

AppleScript for Beginners

AppleScript Guidebook

AppleScript Primer

AppleScript Sourcebook

AppleScript- Apple Site

Applescript- application builder-FaceSpan

Applescript- iDo Script Scheduler

Applescript- scriptbuilders @ macscripter.net

Applescript- ScriptWeb

AppleScript- T+B resources

AppleWorks Users Group, AWUG

ATPM - About This Particular Macintosh

BMUG- Berkeley Macintosh Users Group

Boston BBS of Virtual Harbor, Inc.

Browser Hotrod Tips: MacInTouch Reader Report

CD-Recordable FAQ

Andy McFadden's extremely in-depth examination of computer-based CD-R and CD Audio recording drives and programs, a summary FAQ from newsgroups.

Common File Formats- Apple KnowledgeBase

Computer Cable Connectors Guide by dia inc.

Computer User

Creative Mac - News, Tools and Techniques

This site concentrates on Mac multimedia applications, graphic design and audio.

Database Pros = FileMaker

Designing AirPort Networks

Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes

Dr. Farallon Network Clinic

Extension Overload

file creator/type codes + what they mean to the MacOS

File Sharing Guide- Apple

FileMaker World: FM Directory

FireWire Target Disk Mode- Apple Tech Info Library

fixyourownprinter.com DIY InkJet + Laser Printer Repair

Folder Actions- How To

G4: How to tell apart PCI(Yikes), AGP(Sawtooth), Gigabit Ethernet, Digital Audio, QuickSilver (Apple TIL)

Google Apple/Macintosh Search

GuruLounge.net - NewerRAM's GURU

iMac Rack-Mount Project: A Reality!

Initio Miles SCSI Boards- MacGurus review

Jag's House - Where Older Macs Still Rock

Kagi shareware payment system

Low End Mac, the site for older Macs

Lynksys Etherfast router-Practically Networked report

If you want to share a DSL/Cable line with multiple Macs and/or PCs, read this report on this method, the Linksys BEFSR41 Etherfast Router/Switch.

Mac Design Online

Mac DVD Resource- Region-free firmware updates for Apple DVD drives

Mac Observer: Mac news

Mac on the Net

Mac Orchard- Macintosh Internet Apps

Mac OS Rumors

Mac Pruning Page

Mac troubleshooting guide from MacAcademy

MacAcademy put together this well-written explanation of basic mac bugfixes and maintenance (pdf file).

Mac-Mgrs Home Page

MacAddict

MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter

MacFixIt

MacFixIt Reports

MacGurus Upgrades Forums

MacInstruct

Macintosh Facts and Statistics

Macintosh News at MacCentral Online

MacInTouch

MacJournals from GCSF, Incorporated

MacLaunch - The MACINTOSH Portal!

MacMinute.com: Up-to-the-Minute Mac News

MacOptions.com - Mac Help and Tutorials

MacPiCkS

MacRadio.com - The #1 Macintosh Source for News

MacSurfer's Headline News

MacTech Magazine

MacUpdate: Macintosh Software & Games

MacWindows

Macworld Online

Macworld: mac 911 forum

mattridley.com

MERP: Macintosh E-Mail Resource Page

Microsoft Outlook Express- Unofficial OE Page

All sorts of stuff about MS OE.

Monitor Buyers Guide - ViewSonic

MRP: The Mac Resource Page

MUG Center

Networking 101- Link It Up

OS 9: Temporary items folder bugfix

PlanetMUG

Postforum - macintosh digital video resources

Preventing Problems (The Macintosh Bible) Ch. 7

Ramseeker: RAM price tracking

Don't buy RAM anywhere until you check this list, which is updated daily. You'll be blown away by the $ you can save. About twenty dealers are monitored, and you can sort the list by the chip you are looking for, with direct links to dealers. A MUST see!

RAMWatch - MRP

ResExcellence

How to use ResEdit to hack/customize your Mac's OS and applications.

SCSI Pages of Doom- All about SCSI

SCSI Revision Levels

Sharing DSL using PPPoE

Small Dog Electronics Mac CPU Guide

Excellent overview of Mac processors and their history, with emphasis on the Power PC CPUs up to the G3. A little out of date, from 1998, it clearly explains the merits of each processor, from 68000 thru G3, and defines terms like "backside cache", etc.

Stevland's Super Fast Computer

Stuffit Expander 5.0-remove the Nag screen

Super Infopages!

Team Mac OS X - Folding@home

Three Macs + a Printer: Networking How-to

TidBITS Electronic Publishing

TidBITS is a weekly e-mail newsletter with unbiased reviews and news. Highly recommended. Their site has an archive of info and discussion forums.

ULTIMATE Macintosh

VersionTracker - Mac Software Updates

A great searchable resource for Mac software. Has all the latest updates and bugfixes, links to software companies, plus users' comments on the differences between subsequent versions. Relatively low incidence of pinheaded user comments.

Windows: PCWorld.com Optimization Tips

Detailing the simple steps a PC user can take to tune-up Windows. These tips free up RAM, processor power and hard drive space in just a few minutes.

Windows: Optimize Windows XP

www.apple-history.com

xlr8- Accelerate Your Mac!

Yahoo! Groups- Mac OS

ZDNet

Check out this article with my picks for Mac bargains.

ABCInk.com- Ink Cartridges, Toner Cartridges

AllMac (800-WE-FIX-MACS)

Amazon.com: Computers / Brands / Apple

Amazon.com: Computers / Brands / iPod

Amazon.com: Software / Categories / Macintosh

Apple Store- Buy Direct from Apple

Apple Store- Hot Deals, Refurbished Macs

Apple App Store- Buy Software, Apps for iPhone/iPad/iOS

APS Technologies

Bargain Trader Used Computer Classifieds

Bason hard drive warehouse

Buy.com

CDW (and MacWarehouse, MicroWarehouse)

CharisMac - Your One Stop For SCSI Performance

CompUSA

ComputerGeeks.com- Hot Deals @ Geeks.com

Computer Recycling Center

craigslist: computer stuff for sale

Data Memory Systems

deal-mac. Prices are falling.

Check out this daily list of the cheapest deals on Macs and Mac equipment. They track all the best deals on other sites.

dealnews Coupons!

A list of discount e-coupons from all of the online retailers. Before hitting that "checkout" button, check this list to see if the site has an unadvertised promotion running.

dealram

Dell - Consumer; Home & Home Office; Dell Systems

Eaton & Associates - Mac Repair, San Francisco

eBay Rethink ezTradein Used Computer Value Estimator Calculator

eBay: Computers

Egghead Clearance/Auctions- Apple & Mac OS

electricdeal.com

EveryMac.com

Expercom / flymilesmicro

J&R - Your source for Audio, Video, Electronics- Hot Mac Deals

JustDeals.com

Liquidation Station

Mac Zone

MacConnection

MacGurus- Mac Hardware Sales

MacMall

Macs4Sale

MacSolutions

MacWorks

Macworld Classifieds

Macworld PriceFinder

Tracks Mac prices all over the web. Powered by Nextag.

MegaMacs - New, Used & Refurb Macs

Memory Media - CD Recorders etc

Meritline.com: DVD, CD and hardware

Onsale (Egghead) - Computers at wholesale prices

OnStream, Inc. - Recording the Digital Age

Other World Computing- MacSales

PacificCable.com - Computer cables

PC Connection

PC Liquidator - Mac Section

PeoplePC

iResQ

Mac repair with a quick turnaround. Diagnosis includes round-trip shipping.

PowerBooksPlus

PowerMax: Your Source for Apple Macintosh

PowerON Computer Services

Pre-Owned Electronics, Inc - Refurbished/Used

Price Watch(tm) - Street Price Search Engine

Price tracking site. Somewhat incomplete, few mac sites tracked, but useful anyway.

PriceMac.com - Product and Price Comparison

Excellent site- search for the item you are looking to buy, and it returns the prices at a number of online sellers, including state taxes.

Proline: Quality Disk Drive Installation and mounting parts

RAMJet

RamSeeker/MacSeek RAM price tracker

Don't buy RAM anywhere until you check this list, which is updated daily. You will be blown away by the $ you can save. About twenty dealers are monitored, and you can sort the list by the chip you are looking for, with direct links to dealers. MUST see!

RAMWatch - MRP

Refurb Madness

ResExcellence Mac Price Hacker (nextag)

Tracks Mac prices all over the web. Powered by Nextag.

SF Advertiser Classifieds- Computers

Shopper.com: Where to buy online (CNet)

This price tracking site covers everything! Plus it has ratings, shipping rates, whether it is in stock, and tells you what state the dealer is in, so you'll know if you will have to pay sales tax. You can even sign up for "price drop" notification.

Shreve Systems - Macintosh Parts and CPUs

Small Dog Electronics

This is a great all-Mac dealer with good deals and knowledgable folks.

SonyStyle USA | Sony VAIO® Computers

StreetPrices.com: Your Low Price Search Engine

Sun Remarketing- Used Macs

Tech Depot Your Online Technology Superstore

ThinkGeek :: Computing

Used Mac Dealers List

Walmart.com - Computers & Peripherals

Weirdstuff

A Better Finder Rename, Select, Info, Attributes- publicspace.net

"A Better Finder..." collection of apps and Contextual Menu plug-ins to change and move files in batches: Rename, Select, Info, Attributes, Creators & Types. Excellent and highly configurable!

4D WebSTAR - WebSTAR Server Suite

Adobe Acrobat Reader Download

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe- Create PDF Online

Aladdin Systems - StuffIt Deluxe

Aladdin Systems - StuffIt Expander

Aladdin Tuner - Tune It In, Turn It Up!

Alsoft: The Utility Company

Ambrosia Software, Inc.

Anarchie- Stairways Shareware

AOL Add-On's for Macintosh- Really Ready Tools

AOL alternatives- eMailman

Be Incorporated

Bing Software

Black Cat Systems - Macintosh Software

Bookmarklets- free browser tools for power surfing

ChaoticSoftware - AutoTextTyper, etc.

Coaster for the Macintosh

Control Strip Outlet

Control-Click.com Contextual Menu Plugin Archive

Copernic

An interesting way to give PCs a "Sherlock-like" application for searching the net.

CopyPaste, iView and KnowledgeMiner

CopyPaste is a great extension that adds 10+ clipboards, which last through restarts, to your Edit Menu.

Corel WordPerfect 3.5e updater for OS 9

Dantz

Dictionary.com/Word Lookups Apple Data Detectors

Add a dictionary and thesaurus to any program for free...

download.com (CNet)

Dropbox.com Free Online Storage

E-Mail Address Conversions-InterGuru

emulation.net: Emulators for the Mac OS

Eradicator: SearchWare Solutions

EURL- Blufire Software

Excalibur Latex Spell Checker

Extension Overload

Fetch Softworks

FileMaker

FreePPP site

Geoport Audio - App for Mac-to-phone recording

Hippo- Cogco

Adds an "open with..." option to the MacOS Control-click contextual menu.

HotFax MessageCenter PRO

Housecall- Mac OS remote access

Client-based software for remote Finder navigation. Great for diagnosing Mac problems from afar.

iCab - Mac web browser

Idea Keeper

InformINIT -- the Original and still the Best

Internet Explorer 4 Mac Update Channel

I've settled on Internet Explorer over Netscape's browser for many reasons. Check here for the latest version of Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer for Mac

Internet Explorer security patches/updates

Intuit

iTunes 1.1 old version

iTunes 1.1 hack to make it work with OS 8

iTunes 2.0.4 for Mac OS 9

iView Multimedia OnLine

LetterHeader- Two Bits Worth Shareware

Mac DVD Resource- Region-free firmware updates for Apple drives

Mac Font Vault

MacsBug Mac Debugger

Mactracker - Specs for all Macs

McAfee- Virex for Mac

Microsoft MacTopia - Free Downloads

Microsoft: Outlook Express

mozilla.org

MYOB- Account Edge

Netscape Netcenter

Get the Navigator/Communicator browser.

Netscape Products: Archived Products

Network Associates

Newer Technology, Inc.

Nisus Writer 4.1.6 Free download

Norton AntiVirus Product Updates

OpenUsing Contextual Menu Plugin, Applescripts - Damian Carter

OPUS MacOS and DVD Hack Apps and Patchers

Outlook Express Menu contextual menu plugin

Check out this contextual Menu plugin for Outlook Express, which gives you easy access from the Finder to attach files to a message, etc.

Panic - Macintosh Software That Rocks

Polar Orbit Software - gURLfriend

This site has a few unique utilities, such as gURLfriend and PRAM Battery Checker.

PrintToPDF

ProVUE Home Page- Panorama

QuickBooks

QuicKeys- Startly Software

QuickTime Download - Apple.com

Rainer Brockerhoff: Zingg, XRay

ramBunctious

Redpoint Software

A few utilites, including HelpLess and CapsOff. These extensions disable the Caps Lock and Help keys.

ResEdit Download at ResExcellence

Roxio

Runtime Labs: MacSQL Monitor

Search Standard Sherlock PlugIns

SETI@home: Macintosh Client Software

ShrinkWrap

Stalker Software- CommuniGate

Symantec Technical Support

Symantec's United States Homepage

TaxCut Premium Home & Business Federal & State Tax Prep Software

Techtool- Micromat, Inc.

Terry Morse Software -convert Mac files to HTML

Universal Game Emulator- MESS WIP

URL Manager Pro

Virex- McAfee

Virtual PC by Microsoft

vMac- MacPlus emulation on a new Mac

Web Ad Blocking Under MacOS, Linux/Unix, BeOS

WebFree

This OS 9 control panel will block advertisements from loading when you visit web pages. It speeds up access and is customizable, so you can expand it's list of blocked tags. Can be set to block cookies. Not compatible with OS 9.2.

webwasher.com- block ads

Zapada Home - instant browsing without ads!

Blocks ads from loading via a page that you load for each session. No Control Panels, no extentions.

ZiffDavis Net Mac Download

3Com

@Home Network

Adaptec

Adesso, Inc.

Asante Technologies, Inc.- Networking

ATTO Technology SCSI accelerators

BLACK BOX Network Services

CD Stomper Pro

Contour Design, Inc.- Ergonomic Accessories

Dazzle* Hollywood DV-Bridge

DriveSavers Hard Drive Data Recovery - USE DISCOUNT CODE DS15248

Efficient Networks

GeeThree.com-home of the Stealth Serial Port

Gefen Systems- monitor, keyboard extensions

Global Village Communication

Griffin Technology- Serial, Video Adapters

Handspring handheld computing products

Initio SCSI cards

JABRA computer telephony hardware

LinkSys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router

The Linksys BEFSR41 Etherfast Router/Switch is one method to share one DSL/Cable highspeed line among multiple Macs (and/or PCs). Also serves as a network switch (better than a hub) and firewall.

Logitech

MacCables

NTI1.com - Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) Switches, splitters, extenders

Palm Computing

Smart and Friendly

Sophisticated Circuits, Inc.- Desktop Dialer

Yamaha

ZephIR! by studioZee

ZyXEL Products - DSL / Cable Sharing Routers