Looking for Mac help online

Posted by nigel on Tue, 21/07/2009 - 20:23 in Blogs 1247 2 comments | report

As an Apple Mac newbie trying to make the transition from Windows I am always on the lookout for tips and help to get me up to speed on this new system.

My latest find is an excellent Mac blog simply called Mac Tips & Tricks at http://www.mactricksandtips.com/. It does what it says on the tin, and by subscribing to the RSS feed I'm receiving a bite-size Mac tip into my Inbox every day. I have learned a lot already, often just simple little tips - like how to do a forward delete on the MacBook (which has no delete key!) - which are in fact huge time savers.

So that's my current favourite. Anyone want to suggest any other good Mac sources online?

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Some Mac Forums, and an RSS Newsreader

Paul_S | Wed, 22/07/2009 - 13:58 | Permalink

I use the RSS feed on Mac OS X Hints. I use the Vienna RSS/Atom Newsreader (Freeware), and I can quickly flit past stuff I'm not interested in (I don't have an iPhone for example, so I just skip those articles).

If you want to ask questions, there are:

MacFixIt forums
AppleInsider forums

Other forums which were recommended to me a couple of years ago, but have only looked at occasionally:

MacNN Forums
MacLife
Mac Rumors (I ignore the speculation bits)

Mac Helpline

fuddus | Wed, 08/09/2010 - 16:49 | Permalink

If it helps, I've comes across a great site at http://www.machelpline.net - they provide online Mac Support but also they can just answer questions about basic things, or show you how to do things on the Mac. It's not just a technical support line. I've used it a few times and they've been really excellent. It is a pay site but when you register you get one free credit to try it out and I have to say it's not expensive and they respond very quickly. Hopefully it may be of some use to you and others!

Regards,

David.

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