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    AAAARRRGH...

    When You Can't See Your DEADLINE — For the Blood in Your Eyes — Then You Will Understand...

    Greetings, 2026 now, checking in and just want to refresh a bit.

    I originally started my website in 2002 to publish my rants about OS-X and Adobe Photoshop workflows and troubleshooting so I didn't have to keep repeating myself in the forums.

    These Mac pages are my earliest page designs. Most of the information is dated to older OS-X and hardware, but may still be useful.

    A LOT of people don't have their sites up anymore... lots of great (broken) URLs in my Mac pages -- time moves forward....

    G. BALLARD'S BEST OS-X
    TIPS & TROUBLESHOOTING
    (averaged 20,000 Page Views a month in it heyday)

    Good places to find support on the Mac are always official Apple MAC SUPPORT and PUBLIC FORUMS about the Apple Macintosh computers. (Let's see if Apple can keep these URLs working)...

    My Best OSX Links:
    www.thexlab.com/ Dr. Smoke
    www.gballard.net/ Spare User, Maintenance, TroubleShooting
    www.everymac.com/resources/links/ Tons of Links

    Forward:

    I have little formal training with computers.

    But I've Been There and Done That on these subjects... and I have the bumps on my forehead to prove it!

    These are my lay rants -- my two cents on the subjects.

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