Well, it’s been a year since we started, and I want to thank those of you who’ve emailed me with questions, comments and encouragement! Let me reiterate my pledge. Got a question about anything Mac? Email me! I will get back to you as soon as I can, and if I don’t know the answer, I’ll find someone who does. Also, you can find archives of all Mac Maineiac articles and columns online at: http://macmaineiac.com.

There’s never been a better time to be a Mac user. To further enrich your computing experience, I encourage you again to go to a MMOOS (Maine Macintosh Owner and Operator Society) meeting. We meet the third Tuesday of each month, at 7:00 PM, at Brunswick High School. Whether you’re on the “bleeding edge”, or happy with your Performa, there’ll be something for you at every MMOOS meeting.

Apple announced this week that Steve Jobs’ Macworld Keynote Address will be webcast. If you have DSL or cable modem internet access, just point your browser at HYPERLINK "http://www.apple.com" www.apple.com at high noon on January 6th, and follow the links. Viewing the Keynote requires QuickTime 6. Heck, if you’re a Windows user and just want to see what PCs will be like a few years from now, tune in as well.

Here’s a post-holiday tip. If you’re like me, you get a lot of Christmas cards each year. When they come in, I go into my contact manager (I happen to use Now Contact), and make sure the address I have matches the address on this year’s envelope. In Now Contact, you can assign Keywords to individual records, as well as place the contacts into Categories (like Family, Friends, etc.) In Mac OS X’s Address Book, you can create Groups. In Now Contact, I assign a Keyword like “Christmas 2003” to the record of each person we receive a Christmas card from each year. That way I know that their address is current, and I have a head start on my Christmas card list for next year.

Speaking of Now Contact, a new version is available that includes a small application to sync your Now Contact addresses with the OSX Address Book, as well as place your contacts on your iPod with just one click. We’ll talk more about addresses on the Mac in the weeks to come.

© 2003 Peter F. Zimowski