Terminal is a powerful way to control your Mac.
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FileMaker has released Bento, a $49 version of the FileMaker database for the Mac’s Leopard operating system. FileMaker is a really great database program, and this is an easy-to-use version for people who don’t have severe database demands (which is most of us).
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An editor alerted us to a problem Mac owners may have opening old files when they buy a new Mac or upgrade to the OS X operating system. They often find they can’t open documents created with Mac Write or Write Now. The solution, we found, is an $80 program from DataViz.com called MacLinkPlus 15. This gives Mac users the ability to convert PDF files to plain text, put documents on their iPods, and open e-mail attachments from PC users.
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“The Cult of Mac” by Leander Kahney; $25 paperback, from www.nostarch.com. If you love your Mac, you’ll love this book. There are an estimated 25 million Mac users in the world, about 3 percent of all computers. It’s small as a percentage, but huge as a potential sales figure for this book.
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