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As well as information we offer the chance to troubleshoot your mac on our forums.  So why not join the community head over to the macmend forums and get some machelp.  As a community we dont’t try to muddle you with deep tech or look downour noses at you if you are a beginner.  Using computers should be easy and so should getting help.  Its why we use macs and why we like them.

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For years we searched for decent accounting software on mac that lived up to its name, we tried them all Quick this and that, MYOB, Accountz and some in between, some shareware and some competely out there.

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So surfing around I found this photo, which says it all for me.  To be honest I am getting a bit sick of uber cool dudes being used to promote computers. Everyone is so clean and wholesome. The reality is microsoft owns part of Apple, they are both big players producing operating systems.  There is a convergence going on.  What we want to know is how much willl it cost, not just in money but in time and energy.  So much at the moment is given away and the move toward virtual online operating systems is inevitable.  In the mean time enjoy this photo.

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We wanted it when it first came out and complained about being left behind when google didn’t bother with a mac version of chrome.

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Recently we have been getting a little fed up with the Mac Finder, yes it has been improved and tweaked to make it run smoother and faster but it still lacks some basics that many people would expect or perhaps used to be in OS 9 (tabbed windows is an example).  So we decided to take a look at a few alternatives.

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Everyone has their favourite utilities, ones they can’t do without or that considerably enhance their computer experience, here’s macmends, we use them, so we want to recommend them, 5 simple utilties that will support and extend your your mac use.

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