The Mac Daniel 2000 Archive

Columns marked BOMD are the Best of Mac Daniel and have been among the 25 most popular archive articles at some point in the history of the Mac Daniel column.

Index

• BOMD Buying a newer Mac, Evan Kleiman, 2000.12.22. How to buy a used, refurbished, or new Mac to replace your old one.
• BOMD Burning CDs, Evan Kleiman, 2000.12.13. Apple may not currently offer a recordable CD option, but you can burn CDs from your Mac with the right hardware.
• Getting organized on your Mac, Evan Kleiman, 2000.12.5. With a little extra software, the Mac can help you get and stay organized.
• No-cost CD-ROM drivers for non-Apple drives, Chris Lawson, 2000.11.30. CD Sunrise and hacking Apple's drivers are two free options.
• Mac SCSI overview, Chris Lawson, 2000.11.20
• Older Mac, newer SCSI, Michael Munger, 2000.11.15. How can you use newer SCSI devices with 50- or 68- pin connectors with older Macs?
• Faster SCSI or ethernet?, Chris Lawson, 2000.11.13. Which will speed up network copying more, 100Base-T ethernet or a faster SCSI card in a NuBus 680x0 Mac?
• BOMD Free Internet access for Mac users, Evan Kleiman, 2000.11.08. There are more free Internet options for Mac users than ever before.
• BOMD Best NuBus video card for a 68K Mac, Chris Lawson, 2000.11.06
• Unsupported memory, Michel Munger, 2000.11.3. Is it safe and smart to use "unsupported" memory in my computer?
• Free Internet access for Mac users, Evan Kleiman, 2000.11.1. superseded by 2000.11.08 column.
• Accelerating unaccelerated NuBus video cards, Chris Lawson, 2000.10.30. "I've heard some accelerated video cards can accelerate unaccelerated video cards. How does this work?"
• Is my software legal?, Dan Knight, 2000.10.27. If you buy a used computer with software installed, do you own the software?
• Macs & multiple monitors, Chris Lawson, 2000.10.25. "I have two (or more) monitors on my Mac. What's the best way to set them up?"
• Upgrade a SuperMac to Mac OS 9, Michel Munger, 2000.10.23. Installing OS 9 on a SuperMac.
• Getting an older Mac on the Net, Evan Kleiman, 2000.10.19. Yes, you can get just about any Mac ever made on the Internet.
• What is a bus? What kind does my Mac have?, Chris Lawson, 2000.10.17
• BOMD What's the best NuBus video card?, Chris Lawson, 2000.10.10
• Getting started with ResEdit, Evan Kleiman, 2000.10.5. Most Mac users have heard of ResEdit. This article explains how to ResEdit it to change your system.
• Is a 2400 bps modem worth keeping?, Manuel Mejia Jr, 2000.10.3. In the age of the Web, is there any reason not to replace an old, slow modem?
• The best new Mac, Michel Munger, Mac Daniel, 2000.09.27. What is the best new Mac you can buy?
• Personalize your Mac's look & feel, Evan Kleiman, 2000.09.25. Tips on changing the visual appearance of your Mac.
• BOMD What about that new 7200 upgrade?, Michel Munger, 2000.09.20. Sonnet has a G3 upgrade for the 7200, but is it a good value?
• BOMD Upgrading an iMac, Chris Lawson, 2000.09.18
• Best Mac for a kid, Evan Kleiman, 2000.09.13. Which is the best Mac for a kid? Well, that depends....
• Upgrading a PowerBook G3, Chris Lawson, 2000.09.11
• Getting a Mac job, Julie Fugett, 2000.09.7. Julie works full-time supporting Macs. Here's her good advice for those who'd love to work with computers for a living.
• BOMD What's the best system for my Mac?, Chris Lawson, 2000.09.05
• Best compact Mac for QuickTime, Chris Lawson, 2000.08.30
• Making Macs listen and obey, Evan Kleiman, 2000.08.21. A brief introduction to using Speech Recognition to control your Mac.
• The Land Before Silicon, Manuel Mejia Jr, 2000.08.16. Travels in Russia with a PowerBook 100.
• Macster on the iMac, Evan Kleiman, 2000.08.14. There are some problems with Macster on the iMac. Evan explains how to work around them.
• BOMD Upgrading the Power Mac 7500, Chris Lawson, 2000.07.18
• Resurrected Centris, Chris Lawson, 2000.06.27 and 2000.07.07
• BOMD How to make a bootable restore CD, Charlie Ruggiero, 2000.06.21. Step by step instructions for creating and using a bootable CD-ROM with your own personalized System Folder.
• Classic printing for classic Macs, Manuel Mejia Jr, 2000.06.15. Why the best printer for a classic Mac may be the venerable ImageWriter II.
• Mac Rip-off: Performa 6218CD, Dan Knight, 2000.06.08. One user's experience with Apple's all time worst Road Apple.
• Holy grail: The Mac IIfx, Chris Lawson, 2000.06.06
• BOMD Not raising the dead, Manuel Mejia Jr, 2000.05.22. Sometimes it doesn't make economic sense to revive a dead Mac, but even in death their parts can save others.
• Field Testing the Carpenter's PB 100 Fix, Manuel Mejia Jr, 2000.05.09. Building and using a battery adapter with the PowerBook 100.
• A larger hard drive, Chris Lawson, 2000.05.05
• BOMD Follow Up on the 6100, 7100, and 8100, Adam Robert Guha, 2000.04.27. A look at upgrade options.
• BOMD Speeding a 7200 on the Web, Julie Fugett, 2000.04.21
• BOMD Choosing a good printer, Chris Lawson, 2000.04.12
• Picking an older Power Mac, Adam Robert Guha, 2000.04.06. First generation Power Macs can be quite a value.
• BOMD How can I burn a CD?, Chris Lawson, 2000.04.04
• The carpenter's trade in the computer age, Manuel Mejia Jr, 2000.03.31. A carpenter, a block of wood, an R/C battery, and a resurrected PowerBook.
• Problems with floppy disks, Chris Lawson, 2000.03.29
• Replacement screen for a 5300, Julie Fugett, 2000.03.27. Options for replacing a bad screen on the PowerBook 5300.
• Making a video adjustment tool, Chris Lawson, 2000.03.24. Would you believe you can craft one from an old toothbrush?
• BOMD Macs and digital video, Charlie Ruggiero, 2000.03.22. Starts out looking at video editing on Macs, then examines various video formats.
• Raising the dead, part 3, Manuel Mejia Jr, 2000.03.20. Ongoing work resurrecting a Mac II, plus the start of a PowerBook 100 project.
• Cleaning floppy drives, Chris Lawson, 2000.03.14
• Modem for older Power Mac, Julie Fugett, 2000.03.07
• Upgrading an LC 575, Julie Fugett, 2000.02.29
• Online with a Performa 636, Julie Fugett, 2000.02.22
• Raising the dead, part 2, Manuel Mejia Jr, 2000.02.14. More on resurrecting a Mac II.
• Setting up a Mac web server, Charlie Ruggiero, 2000.02.11
• Backing up your Mac, Charlie Ruggiero, 2000.02.4
• Connecting Macs, Chris Lawson, 2000.02.01
• Raising the dead, Manuel Mejia Jr, 2000.01.18. First episode on reviving a dead Mac II.
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