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Twin Cities Mac Dealers

Miniapples Resources
Miniapples Email Address:miniapples@mac.com
Miniapples Forum Main Page: http://miniapples.7.forumer.com/ Select Forum Link on top left page under Board Navigation.
Miniapples iTools Page: http://homepage.mac.com/miniapples/

Miniapples Professional Resources
About Computing..., Twin Cities Mac/Windows Consulting Firm. Specialists in Macintosh, Windows, and WindowsNT products.
722 5th Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414, Ph: (612)379-0174

Charles Radloff, Architect, VectorWorks SIG Leader
9979 Valley View Road, Suite #256, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (952)914-1667.

CPH Solutions- Providing comprehensive technology solutions, consulting, troubleshooting and more for Macs and PCs. 10% discount on services for all registered and current mini'app'les members. The CPH Solutions home page includes a Google Search function for searching the domain.
289 East Fifth Street, Suite 505, St Paul, Mn 55101. Chuck Hauge (612)963-5064.

The Foundation Mac Reseller, Repair, and Consultants specializing in MaxOSX migration, Workgroup Management, Asset Inventory and Analysis, and more! (miniapples foundation map)
Atomic/The Foundation, 901 North 3rd street, Suite #115, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401

Net Alliance a Mac-oriented full-service ISP, featuring advanced Web Hosting, VPN, and e-mail filtering solutions hosts the Miniapples Web site.
6009 Wayzata Blvd Suite 103, Minneapolis, MN 55416, (952)252-9210.

Steve Wilmes Consulting, Twin Cites Computer consulting and web-hosting company hosts the Miniapples First Class BBS.
PO Box 374, Cottage Grove, MN 55016, (651)458-1513.

Twin Cities Resources
Mac Training Resources
Apple Store Mall of America offers free Mac related presentations and workshops- A posted schedule of events. Checkout their extensive iCal Calendar of events!
First Tech Computer offers Mac related training classes and some free seminars. 2640 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408-1189, (612) 374-8000.
Team Electronics- offers Mac basic & Mac OSX training 7166 10th St N., St Paul MN 55128-5939; (651) 738-1243 Robert Marking.

Libraries
Dakota Country Library System Covers the South Metro from Farmington, Burnsville, Apple Valley, to InverGrove Heights and St. Paul
Hennepin Library System Covers the North West Metro.
Minneapolis Library System
Ramsey Country Library System Covers the North Metro
St. Paul Library System

Other Resources
JR's Advanced Recyclers- Applicance Depot, 8980 Highway149 (Dodd Road), Inver Grove Heights, Mn; M-F 8-4:30; Sat 10-3 is offering free recycleing of electronic equipment. 651-454-9215

Cool Tech Links
Babel fish: translates sentences from one language to another(English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Portugese, Korean, Japanese & Russian)
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia site, includes dictionary and thesaurus searches.
Google Earth- Fantastic satmap site with Mac version.
Google Maps- Maps and directions.
X-rates: Currency exchange rates between different countries
Mapquest: Provides maps to most places in the US
Merriam-Webster Online: Online dictionary
User Friendly : Tech oriented comic strip

Hardware Links
Apple: Information on all Apple hardware and support
Apple product specifications since 1984.
Chip Merchant
Crucial Memory
Digital Camera Resource Page
Digital Photography Review
EveryMac.com: Specs on every Mac and info. on upgrade cards
The Imaging Resource: Information about digital cameras and recorders
Keyspan: Makers of USB adapters to connect older peripherals to your USB only Mac.
Macintosh Products Guide
PowerBookCentral.com : New 10/03 Information on Mac powerbooks
PowerbookMedic.com: Hardware support for your Powerbook/iBook.
Powerpage.org: Powerbook & iBook information
Old Macs on the Internet: How to get your older Macintosh on the internet
Sonnet Technologies: The experts on Mac Processor upgrades.
Steve's Digicams- Digital Camera Review site.

How To
VideoHelp.com: How to make a VCD, XVCD, SVCD slideshow with a Mac.

Mac & Apple News
AppleInsider: news and rumors about Apple
Mac OS Journal: Monthly news about the Mac and Apple
MacAddict: wacky Mac magazine
MacDailyNews:Mac News
Macworld Online: General Macintosh magazine
MacTech Magazine: magazine for Mac programmers
Mac Virus: latest news on all Mac viruses(there aren't many)
Mac OS Rumors : more news and rumors about Apple
MacNN: More Macintosh news
The Mac Observer: More Macintosh news
Yahoo! AAPL stock message board: Discussion about Apple's current and projected finanacial situation
Woz.org: Site about Mac and Woz news

MacOS/Apple Applications:

Mail
° Store Mail folders and Prefs on a Secure Disk (MacOSX Hints) (4/08)
° Saving copies of email you send. (Mail Help-seach on proceeding title.) (4/08)

Mac Help
Accelerate Your Mac
Apple.com Discussions: A complete set of Apple Product Forums where you can get answers from users like you!
Mac Fix It
Mac Tips Cafe

Mac Programming Links
Tips for becoming a programmer: Speaker at one of our programming SIG meetings
Apple - Public Source : Source code available from Apple
Apple - Developer : Apple's site for Mac developers
Game Developer's Conference: Annual conference for those wanting to create games.
GUI Central : Information about the Mac GUI(pre OS X)
InformINIT: Everything you ever wanted to know about the Mac OS
MacTech Magazine:Both a magazine and website dedicated to programming the Mac
Metrowerks WorldWide: Producers of popular Macintosh compiler
OpenGL on the Macintosh : Apple's info on using OpenGL on the Mac
Real Basic : An outstanding programming package for beginners and experienced.

Misc/Anti-Spam
Mailblocks.com less expensive, better capabilities. Requires real person authentication.
SpamArrest.com stops all incoming email until sender verifies or you approve it.
SpamCop.net has database of known spammers. You can add to the list.

Online Mac Stores
DealMac.com- Find the best Mac hardware or software prices
MUG Store Home(need user group name and password, usually posted on the bulletin board): discount Mac hardware and miscellaneous items
MacBuy.com: Compare prices on Mac hardware and software
Apple Store: Apple's online store
ClubMac: Online mac supplier
PC/Mac Connection : Another online Mac supplier
MacResQ : supplier of used Mac equipment and parts
MacWarehouse : Onlice Mac supplier
Mac Zone : Online Mac supplier
Outpost.com : Online Mac supplier
PowerBook Products: Supplier of Powerbook parts and upgrades
Small Dog Electronics: Apple Specialist selling Macintosh computers, software, and supporting products, has incentives for mini'app'les members on the mini'app'les BBS. Always By Your Side. If you are a member and not signed on to the miniapples BBS see the BBS page for instructions to access.

Software Links

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Online Training Links & Related Utilities
Iphoto
iPhoto Atomic Learning: iPhoto Tutorials
iPhoto 2&4 Atomic Learning
iPhoto Librarian: Allows you to launch iPhoto with different Library folders.
iPhoto Buddy: Another iPHoto Library Manager

Classic System Software (OS9 and earlier)
System 6 Heaven: Devoted to extolling the continued virtues of System 6

Graphic Software
Adobe.com- Photoshop, GoLive, Illustrator.

General Mac
Pure Mac
Mac Resource Page

Mac OSX
Aquafiles.org
Apple's OSX Applications List: Over 3000 OSX applications available
CRJ Tools- ebooks for download, includes Easy guides to Safari, Apple Mail, and System Preferences.
iCal
iCalshare.com
MacOSX Hints
MacOSX.org
OSXfaq.com
OSX Utilities See the Mac OSX Tips Article
OSX Terminal/Unix Links See the MacOSX Terminal Article

Software download sites:
CNETDownload.com
MacUpdate: recent updates of Mac software
TUCOWS: site to download Mac software from
The ShareTheMac UsersGroup: Collection of Mac shareware downloads and info.
VersionTracker.com

Utility Software
Aladdin Systems, Inc. : Makers of stuffit, dropstuff and other Mac compresion software
Adobe- Makers of more Mac software than you can shake a stick at.
Adobe Acrobat Reader- needed for PDF files
Cassady and Greene: Makers of Conflict Catcher (ClassicOS) and other OSX programs.
Micromat: Makers of Tech Tool Pro and Drive X
Symantec: Makers of Norton SystemWorks
Roxio: Makers of Toast Titanium

Game Software
Aspyr
Ambrosia's home page : Mac only shareware games
Bungie Homepage: Popular Mac game software company (Let's hope MS doesn't ruin them!)
Inside Mac Games: Review and info source about Mac games
Feral Interactive: Great games such as Max Payne, Black and White, and F1.
Fantasoft : Mac shareware AD&D type role-playing and arcade game software
GraphSim Entertainment
MacGamer.com : Reviews and info about Mac games
MacPlay
MacSoft
Spiderweb Software: Mac role-playing shareware game software, similar to Ultima type games.

Children's Software
Humongous : Creates slightly offbeat children's software
Knowledge Adventure: Creates educational software
The REVIEW ZONE : Reviews children's software and books

Search Engines
MacInSearch.com: Macintosh search engine
The ULTIMATE Macintosh: Allows searches for every possible Mac website