Macaholics Anonymous

Welcome to Macaholics Anonymous! To navigate the site, select items from the menubar above. (Note: if you can't see an OSX-like menubar at the top of the site, javascript needs to be enabled in your browser.) This site only displays as intended in Safari, Camino, or Firefox. If you don't have one of these, you can get Safari through Apple's website or the Software Update feature of OS X. You can get Camino or Firefox at the Mozilla Site. If you're stuck in OS 8.6 or 9, you can download the Mozilla browser here or Netscape 7 here and they will at least be able to use the features of this site, albeit not in their full visual glory. If you are running OS8 or less, well, good luck. Enjoy!

To download my vCard, Control-click here and choose -Download Link To Disk- from the popup menu.
After downloading, import it into Address Book or any other contact manager.

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Routine OS X Maintenance

The easiest maintenance around is to use Yasu. If you do not have it, click the menu "Utilities" above, and select "Yasu". This will take you to a download page. After you have downloaded the Stuffit file, it will unstuff to a dmg file, which will probably automatically mount. If not, double-click the dmg file. Once it is mounted, you will have a plain white hard drive on your desktop. Copy the Yasu Release folder from there to your Applications folder.

Now, quit all open applications and open the Yasu program in the folder you just copied. A window will appear with numerous checkboxes. Just leave them all checked off and click Run. It will ask for your administrator password. Yes, this is necessary, so don't panic. Once you have entered it, it will start a long process, so go get a cup of coffee. When it has completed all steps, it will reboot your computer. Congrats, you're done. :) Once a month should be plenty in Panther, but run it more often if you are having strange issues with your Mac.