Mac Tools

Owning a Macintosh computer is an art project in progress. One always discovers some function or property to enhance, organize, tweak, or add. One of the most common reasons to own a Mac computer is to send and receive e-mail. Choosing an e-mail client, the right browser, and any number of other tools and utilities make the experience more efficient and fulfilling, and more personal. Discussions ensue about browsers, FTP clients, e-mail clients, compression software, Adobe Acrobat Viewer for PDF files, and more.

Of course you want to enjoy music and other audio features which will bring your computer more into the center of your home or office life. Educational software abounds now and multimedia has become a powerful learning tool. All of these media have found their places in our lives and necessitated our acquiring the tools to bring them to our computer systems.

We have assembled links to what may be considered essential tools for the Mac. Macintosh computers are fairly self contained but may need other software components to blaze distant galaxies.