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Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves

Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus has been a Macintosh user for a long, long time and has written over 50 books including iPhone For Dummies and Mac OS X Leopard For Dummies. [RSS]

Headlines for Dr. Mac’s Rants and Raves

[Jun 29, 2009]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Special Report: Living with iPhone 3GS (AKA Episode #88)
[Feb 24, 2009]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Episode #87: First Look at Safari 4 Beta for Mac
[Jan 20, 2009]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Episode #86: What Does Apple’s New iTunes Pricing Strategy Really Mean?
[Aug 18, 2008]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Episode #84: When Good iPhones Go Bad…
[Jan 17, 2008]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Macworld Expo on $0 a Day…
[Oct 28, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Read This Before You Install Leopard
[Oct 02, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - In Which EyeTV 250 plus Helps Dr. Mac Enjoy Television Once Again
[Aug 30, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - iMac, Therefore I Am…
[May 17, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Two Great Programs for Free
[Apr 12, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Mac HelpMate: Cool (Free) Tool for Mac Maintenance & Troubleshooting
[Mar 22, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - How H&R Block Frittered Away Big Bucks & Irritated Potential Customers…
[Mar 18, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Come Together: Mobile Phones and Portable Music Players Converge
[Mar 15, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Crash Course: Recording
[Feb 26, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Live Guitar with No Effects (Pedals) and No Amp!
[Feb 15, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - "Interesting" Looking Hardware
[Jan 15, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Reporter’s Notebook: Part II—Hands-on with iPhone
[Jan 11, 2007]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - 2007 Expo Special Report #1
[Dec 28, 2006]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Favorite Keyboard & Mouse of the Year
[Dec 07, 2006]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Glossy or Not?
[Nov 09, 2006]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - How I Save Time & Effort Every Day
[Oct 26, 2006]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Free Mac Goodies
[Oct 12, 2006]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Redline: Virtual Racing w/Fast Cars
[Sep 21, 2006]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Five iPod Accessories Bob Really Likes
[Sep 07, 2006]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Resolving the Interview Recording Conundrum
[Aug 24, 2006]: Dr. Mac's Rants and Raves - Killer Software That’s Either Free or Inexpensive

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