Resources
Disclaimer:
GabMUG lists links that it thinks might be of value to GabMUG members. Nonetheless, the mere act of listing is not to be interpreted as an endorsement by GabMUG. As always, let the user / buyer beware.
Local Resources
General Interest
Self-Help Resources
Items of Current Interest
- Support
- Boutique | Mac Workshops
- The Mac Tutor
- See also the About Us page on this web site for a list of GabMUG helpers.
- GabMUG web SIG
- Retail
- Best Buy has one outlet in Nanaimo
- Boutique | Mac
- Future Shop has one outlet in Nanaimo
- London Drugs has two outlets in Nanaimo
General Interest
- Switching to the Mac
- Mac User Groups
- Apple
- Apple .Mac
- Apple Canada
- Macintosh Products GuideNOTE: U.S. site
- Apple: Most Recent DownloadsNOTE: U.S. site
Self-Help Resources
- Apple Website
- Searching the 'Net for Help
- Self Help Discussion Groups
- Online Tutorials
- Paying for Help Online. Yikes!
Items of Current Interest
- Facebook
- The (Very) Unofficial Facebook Privacy Guide "Like Facebook, but wish your information wasn't so public? Time to lock your settings down. Facebook doesn't make this easy, however...."
Selected GabMUG Presentations
- DVD Slideshows Don Butt
- Wireless Home Networking Frank Croft
- Stocking Stuffers, Dec. 2010Doug McKnight
- Power Boost and Time Savers TipsFrank Croft
- Problems and Solutions
- Apple's Pro Tips Archive is well worth a look!
- Mac OSX Hints provides over 10,000 "hints" on how to do nifty things on your Mac.
- MacFixIt presents fixes for when things go wrong as well as tutorials on how to get things done.
- MacInTouch is a source of news about Mac hardware and software as well as a source for good buys at selected U.S. retailers.
- Projects and Products
- CNET Downloads for Mac is a "must" when you're looking for Mac software of all kinds. There is lots of information on the applications listed.
- InsanelyMac Deals exclusively with Mac OS X Intel issues and non-Apple products: "...the OSx86 Project offers users a place to trade and share information about OSx86 and the various hardware needed to run it...."
- MacAppStorm reviews applications for the Mac and in very well-written articles explains how to configure and use them.
- MacReviewZone provides reviews of software and hardware, buyers guides and discussion forums.
- mactopia sells and provides support for Microsoft products running on Macs.
- MacUpdate provides a daily-updated list of software updates of programmes running on Mac OS X.
- OpenOSX makes great Unix programmes available in the Mac environment in a Mac-friendly way. There are modest fees for downloading the programmes.
- Take Control Ebooks sells ebooks dealing with Mac hardware, Mac OS X and Mac programmes for between $5 and $20 U.S.