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a= A better machine. A better magazine. y , ee ———e———————— tawe! Srop Tris Ceazy Trine! imagine 0°"74470'01096' °8 anew way of publishing i a . P “ k - - “t) Ze ‘ Pi - a a ke 7. : _ x . ! 1 i - P , hi \ - Fes i 6 Editor’s Note The verdict is in—Be is out, and Next is next. 710 Letters You know, they just keep coming. What’s up with that? 24 Get Info Hot news, cool contests, and a couple of surprises as well. 20 Cravings Need it. Want it. Got-to-have-it gizmos. (Did we say we like them, too?) Reviews Nisus Writer 5, Digital Harbor’s Wav, Fractal Design Expression, Adobe Acrobat 3.0, a passel o’ personal information managers, Farallon’s Netopia ISDN Modem, Apple’s eMate 300, and more, more, more. 7S Ask Us How Easy Open works, a simple way to open read-only TeachText files by dragging them onto Word, everything you need to know about 32-bit addressing, and other handy dandy tips. 702 PowerPlay We talk with Inverse Ink and find out how it’s planning to make comic books cult classics on CD. 720 Shut Down Wit and humor on the same page each and every month. = Lo —=i a [a | ‘ ma 1 4. Yo! Here's your source for more than 30 online utilities. Plus check out our usual assortment of hot shareware, System software, and working demos. For your older Mac, some blanc et noir games. Don’t forget to click around—find the hot spot and enter to win Klondike Gold. http://www.macaddict.com 23 Now that the new and improved MacAddict Web site is more than just a gleam in our eye and a scribble on a napkin (or two), we take you on a quick tour. We show you where to find the latest news, how the sections are organized, and what on earth the just-added Clubhouse holds. Dave puts Martha to shame. Happiness is a really big sofa. No more sugar for the staff To all of you, a Marvy March. MacAddicts have Spring in their steps! :) EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Cheryl England MANAGING EDITOR Judy Lewenthal ASSOCIATE EDITORS Nikki Echler, David Reynolds, Kathy Tafel, Daniel Drew Turner (reviews) CD-ROM: Thomas Hale (director, development), Wade Albright (CD-ROM editor) ONLINE EDITOR Mark Simmons CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Raf Anzovin, Steven Anzovin, Joseph 0. Holmes, Ross Scott Rubin FREELANCE EDITOR Laura Fredrickson ART ART DIRECTOR Ken Bousquet ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Adam Vanderhoof FREELANCE DESIGNER Gloria Orbegozo PRODUCTION PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Richard Lesovoy PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Ken Brandow ADVERTISING PUBLISHER Patricia Neuray REGIONAL AD MANAGER André Lengyel REGIONAL AD MANAGER John Singer REGIONAL AD MANAGER Christina Sorrentino MARKETPLACE ACCOUNT MANAGER Mary Lachapelle ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Jana Massey CIRCULATION NEWSSTAND DIRECTOR Bruce Eldridge NEWSSTAND MANAGER Thea Selby NEWSSTAND ANALYST Terry Lawson CIRCULATION MANAGER Donna Badgett FULFILLMENT MANAGER Dana Runkle CIRCULATION CONSULTANT Gail Egbert Imagine Publishing, Inc. PRESIDENT Chris Anderson VICE PRESIDENT/CIRCULATION Holly Klingel VICE PRESIDENT/PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Jonathan Simpson-Bint VICE PRESIDENT/CFO Tom Valentino NEW MEDIA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Mary Hoppin INTERNATIONAL LICENSING: Robert J. Abramson & Associates, Inc., 720 Post Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583 Volume 2, Issue 3 MacADDICT (ISSN 1088-548) is published monthly by Imagine Publishing, Inc., 150 North Hill Drive, Brisbane, CA 94005, USA. Application to mail at Periodical class postage pending at Brisbane, CA and at additional mailing offices. Newsstand distridution is han- died by Curtis Circulation Company. Basic subscription rates: one year (12 issues + 12 CD-ROMs) U.S. $39.90, Canada $43.95, US. pre-paid funds only. Canadian price includes postage and GST (GST 128220688). (IPM 0962392) Outside the U.S. and Canada, price is $53.95, U.S. pre-paid funds only. For customer service write MacAddict, Customer Service, 150 North Hill Drive, Bisbane, CA 94005. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to MacAddict, RO. Box 58251, Boulder, CO 80328-8251. Imagine Publishing also pub- lishes boot Ultra Game Players, Next Generation, PC Gamer, and The Net Entire contents copynght 1997, Imagine Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited. Imagine Publishing, inc, is not afflated with the companies or products covered in MacAdcict. Standard Mail enclosed in versions: A2, C, C2, and Co. PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STANDARD CLASS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Waseca, MN Permit No. 348 =e =e ee z= = pean ee oy ee? aap ee = Tamrac 1 2 ae — We've cleaned up even more of our act. The MacAddict installers on The Disc now come sans splash screen. And they install software in their own folder, not 40 levels deep! The interface on The Disc is different as well. It looks much more like the This Issue section. A pop-up menu now switches you among soft- ware categories, and when you first reach’ the Shareware page, every piece of shareware is listed in one big list. If you have more suggestions for the MacAddict super-phat disc, send them on over to <cdrom@macaddict.com>. _—— — — ium = ——— ea ColorFall ColorFall is a Tetrisish game that is not quite as frenzied. All you need to do is drop the squares down — — <— —— = — =z 8 ~~ — m+ ee Ne eg ee Eee er er ey eee le ae yr es 8 rr a SIE Oy oe sn an shana wad t cranes beter — Deepebet. yo 5 BB brat est Poe vt Srieg Whoriees coher 4 : eles eccaoiael | Pelodia phog- ia: Coesrige =) CTE) Create freakin’ awesome electronic business cards with this easy-to-use pro- gram. Simply add a picture on the left and your contact information on the right. Save the document in ePress and out pops an eCard that any- one can double-click to get your vitals. Included on The Disc is a MacAddict eCard . with e-mail and phone con- and try to get four blocks of the same color in a row or a block. Although there is hardly ever a chance of los- ing, we find it hard to stop playing. And it even works on a Mac Plus! Mralol eter 20 MacADDICT 2 — oe tact information. Snitch fal SSARA LESERBERES. MacAddict info Pass sesTeEree esas io) | C) Te aT iso Addict wd 402 nave Kind > apotoatton progam [orem fice 0 Size : 24% on digk (24,440 by tes uted) rritl Where : Mephists: rit inited Shared Ne Wits Created: Tue, Dec 17, 1996, 5:22 PH Arte Aye * ha Pladified: Tue, Dec 17, 1996, 5:22 PM Version: eCard 40.2 ‘Mise. infe~--—-—-—, 98 © Gabriele de Sirrone, 1996 68K Only App { Comments : 32-Bit Compatible an i | erty 7 Suggeried size: Preferred sire: | ee | () Leaked Tattletale! You weren’t | supposed to tell that human out there that I’m a text file created by R*ch. Snitch. See if | ever tell you anything again. (Snitch adds more info to the standard Get Info win- dow. You can change creator and file types, too.) — nr ow =n ee 8 Oe Ge OR OF OR ee Gt —S at ele lr ee ee — — —_ — — = ee ee ee a — — = oe — _— —_— a ee — — ™ — — ——_ aa = 7 a — — =e « —=—= =<. Deconstructing installers People have reported hav- ing problems updating their System to version 7.5.5. Avoid them by following these steps: 1. Make a backup copy of everything you hold dear. 2. Use the original System 7.5.x installer that came with your Mac. When you get to the screen with the Easy Install but- ton on it, press command-Shifi- K and click the Clean Install radio button. Click the default button, which now reads Clean Install. Restart your Mac when the installation is finished. 3. Now run the System 7.5 Update 2.0 installer from the MacAddict disc. When _ that one’s finished, restart your Mac. 4, Finally, run the System 7.5.5 Update installer from our disc. When it’s finished, restart your Mac and you're done. (Third time’s a chime, er, charm!) To restore your System to its original glory, you will need to rescue any third-party exten- sions, control panels, or special folders from your old System Folder (the Finder has renamed your old System _ Folder Previous System Folder) and put them in the new System Folder. Now Is also a good time to go through your old Preferences folder and throw away preferences from applica- tions you no longer use. To be safe, keep anything you don’t recognize. Put everything you save into your new System Folder’s Preferences folder. If you use Qualcomm’s — er a= oot OP == | Eudora, make sure you move | the Eudora folder located at the ' root level of the old System Folder into your new System Folder. This folder contains ail of your Eudora mail and | account settings. Keep your old System Folder around for a few days to ensure you've rescued every- , thing important. When you are | sure you have everything you , need, you can trash it. | —Wade Albright f you didn’t happen to buy a hard drive from APS Technologies in 1993, you missed out on m® a bundled book. Fear not, “MacAddict” will come to your rescue. We have a serialization of David Pogue’s Silicon Valley thriller. In this tale of high-tech hi-jinks, a virus is implanted in next-generation speech- BH recognition — software. = Find part one of “Hard Drive” in the Finder at the root level of The Disc. A EW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OFTHE YEAR | “GIVES NEW MEANING TO THE TERM TECHNO-THRILLER, —DAVID BISCHOFF, -puthor of WARGAMES "tJ, , comm emt Sdoeay Pues rhe -the fites ona singlet : inamatter of Sankar! it will infect the wortd.. ANODVEL BY » DAVID POGUE | j fin an eMate 300 from Apple! ((- A better machine. A better magazine. D HEAT am i What’s in, store for the Mac OS * How steve Jobs: software will help modernize the Mac What it does to make your Mac even better! D wWw.macaddict. com > 4 New Power Macs! Faster! Cheaper! Better! > New! PowerBook 3400 240MHz 603e AND a CD-ROM! > System 7.6— Hidden fea tures F ; ealed! $7.99 U.S./$8.99 CANADA | | 0 _a new way y of publishing Better not shine a light down that crevasse, buddy. J Ps . 7 L “fh , peo gt Pee Bk ie a ay =" } _ | ee = oY 8 a or) : | a , er ae ah 5 Be aa lig’ ‘ : a eo 4 — f a . v 4 Pe - Lae > 4 - ; x a) Me " i | 1 i : ks LP “aN 7 ‘ eee. 4 ey : a are .. oa . “3 7 “ “> 2 il - ’ & 5 _ ae a e* a el 1 7 eS “Tar ~~ “a2 Ve. q .) Le tL? ve. ds A=, - tt. : - : id: Lt . _ rr ve . . 6 Editor’s Note Big Man Bill buys us, Mac addicts fight back...just read it. Letters More wacky correspondence from our wacky (but Mac-literate) readers. Get Info New Macs! New clones! A new version of QuickTime! Not to mention the scoop on DVD and a contest for winning an eMate 300. Cravings six super-sexy somethings that you can actually own, for your very own super Self. meviews What a month! PageMaker 6.5, Extreme 3D 2.0, Claris Home Page 2.0, Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.0, Poser 2.0, Command & Conquer, ATI Xclaim VR—and that’s not all! 72 Ask Us Making aliases without appending the word alias, transferring desktop patterns between Macs, how to help the Mac cause, and more. PowerPlay Get the inside scoop on Bungie's hot new real-time tactical game, Myth. 112 Shut Down screwball happenings—and not a single April Fools’ joke in the bunch. the disc 1 ra scads of great demos, shareware, and freeware, stunning videos, | awesome music, a hidden contest, throbbing eggs, and more. And, hooray, hooray, you can now pick any browser to access the Web from The Disc. i i ' ' http://www.macaddict.com Trying to find your way around the Big Apple’s Web site? EDITORAN-CHIEF Cheryl England MANAGING EDITOR Judy Lewenthat ASSOCIATE EDV ORS: Nikki €chler David Reynatds, Kathy Tafel, Daniel Drew furner (reviews) COG-ROM: Thomas Hale (director development), Wade Albright (CD-ROM editor} ONLINE EDITOR Mark Simmons CONTRIBUTING EBMORS: Raf Anzovin, Steven Anzovi, Joseph 0. Holmes, Ross Scott Rubin FREELANCE EOITOR: Laura Fredrickson ART ART DIRECTOR: Ken Bousquet ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR Adam Vanderfioot FREELANCE DESIGNERS. Gloria Orbegozo, Amy Yep PRODUCTION PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Richard tesovoy PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Ken Brandow ADVERTISING PUBLISHER: Patricia Neutay REGIONAL AD MANAGER André Lengyel REGIONAL AD MANAGER John Singer REGIONAL AD MANAGER: Christina Sarrentine MARKETPLACE ACCOUNT MANAGER. Mary Lachapelle ADVERTISING COORDINATOR: Jana Massey CIRCULATION NEWSSTAND DIRECTOR: Bruce Eldridge NEWSSTAND MANAGES Thea Selby NEWSSTAND ANALYST Terry Lawson CIRCULATION VMANAGER Donna Badgett CIRCULATION: CONSULTANT: Gail Eqbert lrmagine Publishing, inc. PRESIDENT Chris Anderson WIGE PRESIDENT/CIRCULATION -Holly Blingel VICE-PRESIDENT PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Jonathan Simpson-Bini VICE PRESIDENT/ CFO. Tom Valentine NEV MEDIA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, Mary Happin INTERNATIONAL CENSING Rodert Ud ABrrMSsOon & Assocmates dnc. (20 Post Roach scarscdale, NY 15e3 Volume .2; issue 3 MacADDICT (ISSN 1084-546%) is publienecmonihly by imadine Publishing ne, FS0:Norh Aid Dives Brisa, GA S4005 “Se: Appication to miailat Penocical Glass postage pending at Sasbang, CA and ab accitonal maiming. otices, Newsstand cistioutian is handed ty Curis Coculabon Company Basic subscnmtion tars: one yeartt? issues + 12 CD-ROMs) iS: S39. S0. Canada 343.95. US, one-Beicl funds onl: Canecian Sice-mclisces postage and (aot fee) TA eA0seR Pi GeB2soe) Ouisi¢ehe-L) Scand CANnaga, O10e 6 tSsi95. LS, pre-paichiunds anh: Far custome Serica wnte ManAceaioh Customer Senice. 150 Manik: Hil Grive: Suie-40, Brisbane, CA 94005 POSTMASTER: Sand adaress changes io Macdcdict Rul Box $8257 Boulder (i) SOAs oT Imeéoine Puslishing aso punishes boot Clie Gate Pavers: Neer Gengalon ho Gamer and. [he vet Entre certents copyngel (Sek lmagine Publishing Inc al fons reserved) Reprocucion in Woe oF In part's Grohbitech Imagine PEbtisning, me is:robatti- Stee Witreine compares or prodiats Covered in iacdécoiet standard Mall enciaeect if Versions: Ais, ote (Seca ty, PROGUCEDIN TRE ONTEC STATES CE PMERIGS STANDARD CLASS US. POSTAGE PAID Waseca, Nii Permit Mo, S48 | Hey Cheryl, a)-how do you “pop” a Por-tart? —just won- | derin’; 6) we're not up to anything. You're just paranoid. The company’s online branch may have gone to seed, but our guide helps you get to the core. ) | 4 MacADDICT the disc SPARE roe aa TS ey even ‘ -si i » on - fs “les ° i + ieee er a5 s . ‘ ate ely + a] eh fer tarde vat Seven 3 ym item =a [nos ~—P > The we: be aad Li oak an Pe 4-- ahs qwrt re yee ae “bgt m tr. ae snpety A oh ir. batter . Bey Se evee ve tt ‘ ’ . r A “tf Fades aa | . = F . ¥ aa “x ww slceahiahedghs ind all kinds of spiffy shareware, freeware, r beerware, e-mailware, and postcardware in this section of The Disc. We contin- ually strive to make the MacAddict disc reflect what you, the viewing public, want. This month some shareware isn't even in an installer! Please send your sug- gestions for the MacAddict superphat disc to <cdrom@ macaddict.com>. is = = « b . oa lf those bunnies on the main screen are just a little too sac- charin-sweet for you, then KILL THEM! Bunny Killer has a very simple _ interface. Twenty bunnies hop across the screen. Your cursor becomes a cross hair, and clicking on a bunny kills it. Cartoon violence is funny, but remember kids, killing real rabbits is sick and mean. 20 MacADDICT , access. — — — —9 a 7 cr, iene § , he? be, , ' : te { mm sg £ Hed a ‘ o) 4 ee a ; hy on be ae j" a8 : bat, * 7 1% By ey, — “4 oe q Hl “4 an 4 "a res at | r a0 bs r = M Tal oe ne Ts YT Yat) ™ &§ Ko ial Es Lp: ay fs >, 1" ' Y eet a wf - a | a : east ing r | i g 4 ‘ op ’ 4 rea ‘. iF : ; i 4 : es} = ' high-priced commercial Web for example—and memory- - extension that synchronizes i 2 = ee Formerly known as WebCenter, Quid Pro Quo 1.0 is an alterna- tive to the relatively few, servers for the Mac. Quid Pro Quo provides Open Transport- native performance and muliti- threaded management of connections, which makes it capable of handling tens of thousands of hits in a day. Quid Pro Quo fully supports all of the WebStar conventions for CGI handling and password To round out its features, it provides server- side includes—to automatically insert the current date and time, Geet See, rm, «eee eee ee Oo oe ee Ge ee ee Ge GG Es EE = os ote ae O66 “oe Oe oe = — 7 Eee os FS ea based file caching to speed access for clients. You can even drop in WebStar-compatible plug-ins! —WA i — «= Ri \REWARE SELECTIONS : ; 8 bY +9 : =. ee % ae a a ee aM Bed aps "y fxcpes “eae Bate ‘ xu] com: " r b ~ ata ‘ 3 t & : Lx i, Fas ted Me fc . . 4 + [ “a 5 i 13 Ru] 5 E me we er E — i 5 # | i « "| sta be i 7. 4 re 4] f ™ be * hoa ‘ i be em fe oe : * i ti can be configured to launch a second program for you, such as your favorite bookmark utility or a Web page analyzer. This is done by placing the application you want launched by ScriptSynch (or an alias of it) into the ScriptSynch Aliases folder, which is placed in the Preferences folder when ScriptSynch is installed. Although ScriptSynch was orig- inally intended to be used with AppleScript applets (hence the name ScriptSynch), it can be used to open any file, folder, alias, or application. f Scrmptsynch ABares Re 8 Sew e ht ee ere Ere est Nae cathe Not only can ScriptSynch also launch applications when an application quits, it is polite enough to quit the application it launched when the first appli- cation quits. CLimax CLimax is a unique utility that offers the graphical Mac OS a powerful command-line inter- face (CLI) that can directly con- ' trol the Mac with AppleScript (see the AppleScript how-to in our April issue, p88, to learn more about AppleScript). 1 Through its floating window, | CLimax can send AppleScript scriptSynch is a shareware ScriptSynch . application launches. When an application is launched, Netscape Navigator for example, ScriptSynch Oey Pa | Ete Presence yt et Sea ree English ital | Jicatian to = commands to applications, i target background applica- tions for scripting events, and give you an easy way to switch applications. ¥ Finder Claris Emailer —_ paw etal — ee Sl eS Se — a= =e ee abe ae —- [—— ee oe oe — -— CLimax’s window, which can appear and disappear at the touch of a key, floats above all other windows. ScriptMenu scriptMenu is an underpro- moted, yet very useful, Apple utility that places an iconic menu next to the Guide and Application menus. Although scripts can be stored any- where, such as in the Launcher Items for access via the Launcher, scripts can be written and stored in a special Scripts . folder within the System Folder for instant access from the script Menu from within any application. —Stefan Anthony elcome back to MacAddict’s serial- = ization of David Pogue’s B® Silicon Valley thriller. Find ~~ ny J * es — WN Bes a i part two of Hard Drive in : the Finder at the root level i of The Disc, in which our | — . ers 2 ae ; gta I r le See ee no ~~ “= = . ain § feisty heroine, Ellen, gloats § about 50 percent college § discounts on Macintoshes. Ahh, those were the days. g - hi vEW VORK MES NOTABLE ROCK OF IKE ear 0 i" "GIVES NEW MEANING TO THE TERM TECHND-THRILIED. * _OAVID BISCHOFF, author of WARGAMES . mpu "ed A at 4 d, Sutieouee aha: a in armatter of weeks, te will infect: the wooed... AMOVEL RY ey | : p is - = ie “¢ ' m Me ee TSU De ed TF T.:, Wi =, aad ~~ ety rs Pes me ie 8 ee im ‘ee tll wt ete amen, ots Se me ee” fd ele ee ee” we ee ed ee ew ee ee eb, ee ee ee ee rem eee ee eee re ep OD See oo —_ A better machine. A better os — Make a Web Page An. minutes or_less! _MacAddict Lab Reveals all (and | more - Make ( Custom Icons he L ‘ | | DE eS > Tht a el — ae $7.99 U.S./$8.99 CANADA] re r =e oom alle : - | ’ 0 S > m M g * , i) 1 = > TE? i! : = F \ | ' 7 ° J *& mtg . . _ = — be? | " ' a. ' 4 A a - i 7 he’ ‘ % > ' a : “ii & a wae ss 2 c. By a “ —" --. “ . | me ] ‘ iS 1 ov 4 a =, 5 ~~ aE hl Cnet 2 ~ - a 2 ' a | ; ! - i a a | J "y ° | i = = a —" aii se re . £ Py z — 0°"74470°01096' "8 What gives? Haven't those advanced alien ae civilizations discovered | imam? a - cutlery yet? an seen Sc ake acne eee ae REED | WER YET 6. ed ES eR ET A oe a ae ces a. . faa Le ss a" 6 # Editor’s Note A warm, fuzzy missive on the most personal of computers—the Mac. Letters More madness from our readers, aS well as a few sensible questions (and answers, too!). Get Info Introducing the Twentieth Anniversary Mac, a contest for winning an Epson color printer, five browser plug-ins that you must have, more on Java, and our Pick-a-Steve survey. Cravings olurp ‘em up! Six superhot products that will make you pant. Reviews All new stuff! The MessagePad 2000, Mah Jong Parlour, Lightwave, Rama, Fetch, and more! 2 Ask Us Defragmenting your hard drive, icons gone wacko, understanding IDE drives, and other techie questions answered. 6 PowerPlay Get the hard facts on how MacSoft will affect the future of Mac gaming. 2 Shut Down Oddball clippings from the bizarre world of computers. Thousands of desktop patterns, icons, and customization utilities jampacked onto The Disc. Plus, a contest to win Command & Conquer, original music, and a new interface! : ver acAadict. Standard Ma STANDARD CLASS http://www.macaddict.com nclosed | 2, A3, 0, C U.S. POSTAGE PAID 3 Waseca, MN Permit No, 348 22 Get your daily fill of Mac stuff on our Web site. We’ve got hot news from Apple; we've got areas of interest for gamers, artists, Mac aficionados, Net surfers, and productivity mavens; we've got just ' tons of Mac regalia! 4 MacADDICT - all kinds of spiffy shareware, freeware, beer- ware, e-mailware, and post- cardware in this section of The Disc. We continually strive to make the MacAddict disc reflect what you, the viewing public, want. Please send your suggestions for the MacAdaict superphat disc to <cdrom@macaddict.com>. i i i i i i, ie ee - In “How to Use MacsBug” (084), we show you many ways to use MacsBug to enhance your use of the Mac OS. Here are a few tips on how to enhance your use of MacsBug. —Stefan Anthony KeyQuencer KeyQuencer, a macro engine utility offered in both commer- cial and shareware versions, includes a Debugger exten- sion with which you can create ee aa aS ee oo, re ~- = r eae ee ee ae ee ee ee eae as ae a ware ge qet*.2 42 a=’ = ane 2 a2 G2 SS ean a ae sae Se ee = — =< =< — = —_ — =— <_s = — 5 | ' : - - ‘ , | ry é 4 | al . 4 = 7 a al ak ‘ wot tat i 1 a " mad oe Feo _" . * Maaved -bwinek. to ya Tp i es W ~4 oo . ry a ‘ pl i — = T ge ae r 7 ‘ px ered at ai oh a ; Z Fi é ee is <2 z ot “| ia hy i : E r=, tay at ra te iad rm eee} Aes ye ro8 = " Si a ; 1 i | J . 4 | a ; on bea aaa aay — et _— 7 ie ie. 1 J bone +| as RA aq ae) ¢ me 2 s ‘c = : 5 : Was os is . oF) ut fae : : h : i || oe 4 4 3 ’ re. aa. HM hak j re. A, ia at ia A wt, tg ess “ef Shy Mog! bodys er re & At oa oe AE ae, 5 t. = ,, ye 1oe 4 ; Pins ty oi ‘ [ She roe SS hd _. * “= he 7 . = , = ey ae kph ey ene Ao eas SP ube — eo" or, Ay A pe bag macros. When you drop into . DBugR MacsBug, these macros will automatically perform long and tedious commands, such as creating a log file, writing pages and pages of informa- tion about the system environ- ment into the log, closing the log, and exiting MacsBug. j j lf you’re more the visual type, take a look at DBugR, a $3 shareware control panel from Alessandro Montalcini, who also is the author of KeyQuencer. When you click DBugR’s floating debugger icon, DBugR can perform the same tasks that macros can when using KeyQuencer’s Debugger extension. WS hay or? i . ‘é -. TTT eee sues Lt ceeds Lo Aeeart iy} Ree a eee + oT ty 4 eel La +. " pa Bla =i pe i - Be ee Tey _. DAVID POGUE. nak. de 8a: ae es a ae ee 4 ¢ } S | | fal ag, | ¢ elcome back to MacAddict’s seri- alization of David Pogue’s Silicon Valley thriller. Find part three of Hard Drive in the Finder at the root level of The Disc, in which an intrepid Ilsi owner tries to install our hero's speech-recognition soft- ware without setting off his virus program. ; ; # compat 1 , eaeninan - sccthaa Hive ee wainate eileen Inamatteorol weeks, — it will infect the world. ANDVEL BY Pres en) A = “5 42 4; = at oT _ Se ee << 13 4 pe a ea a A ASW POAA TAPES NOTABLE BOOK GF THE YEAR El “GIVES NEW MEANING TD THE TERM | TECH ROSTRRILE, —DAVID BISCHOFF, sd -payner of WARGAMES ah. amet te weirs 2) i aeenhee wee detest bh bene Ca te Be ie seen a =; * ae Se ee eS ye Es i gt es en pete 9 ee ee Se 8 a es eT Ss ee . « « . -" - _ . » es “9 - , : z - . . es a 7 ; 7 | a. : - », o% ir? ' ~ $1 ~ ot ie nl ; yt, * she * a a . - f] Fahne We” & d . . : =. oe A ; Mh. a | (wr, — Fd “+ ca be 5 7 he 7% o' We listen to her rant and rave all month long—now it’s your tum. Letters Oddities, absurdities, even some useful stuff. Hey, you write this, not us! Get Info Brand-new Power Macs, a “Find Clarus” contest, and System software names sorted out. Cravings Got to have them. Got to have them. Got to have them. Get it? Reviews Four hot, new hardware hunks, a super-duper SuperCard, and a 604e speed demon. Whoa! Ask Us Make a file or folder invisible in the Finder, force menus to stay down when you move the mouse over them, get the scoop on SRS sound, and a whole bunch more. PowerPlay The secret behind Lion Entertainment's successful PC-to-Mac ports. ma2 Shut Down scraps, clippings, comics, and a smattering of unintentionally funny stuff. Lots of freeware (free software) as well as our usual mind-pleasing selection of demos and shareware. Be sure to check out the highlights from our interview with Woz. And, oh yeah, a contest, too. And sound- tracks. Ooh, and staff videos. ‘. a a. 5 Fy J ” ee One . : . a a ® a S “<> jh Ps =r. Ao tee “ eeytey ie “9 Be Be att <eht 7 i me a oe ee ? aye os 1 4 AS ike en 7 oe pe * Ih = F re - ., rie an . ra’ - ; | | an 2k £7: Ne - J va “ie http://www.macaddict.com 22 To help you figure out what's going on, and when and where, we added a calendar of Web events to “The Web Site” page. There’s something new on the site every day, whether it’s a hot shareware product, a sneak peek at something from Apple, or your chance to ask questions. Take a look! Take several looks. Go ahead and stare if you want. ™ Vacations? Why, MacAddict is Fantasy Island! ae 5 Georgi, Macs are so better. To the addicts in i ~ Jerusalem, thanks much for the sweets! 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DAVID POGUE | = Dar el Satin iy UR CTC TL op lt il Qe Esa Bre aed all imagine # WU a new way of publishing Larry may be a hunka- hunka burnin’ love, but this is ridiculous. 8 Editor’s Note A tribute to kids—they're scary-smart these days (the ones who read MacAddict, anyway). Letters It just doesn’t end...end...end...end...end...end...end.... Get Info Apple’s new pipsqueak PowerBook (and we mean that in the bestest way), the future of OpenDoc, our latest poll, the MacAddict index (with apologies to Harper's), and more. 32 Cravings Six dee-lightful products that have us practically quivering in anticipation. Reviews Infini-D 4.0, speedy StarMax computers, the QuickTake 200, X-Plane, bunches of CDs, kids’ software, and a galaxy of other neat stuff, too. 90 Ask Us Understanding error messages, tips on Apple’s Extensions Manager, and curing the “Can’t shut down” blues. Plus a new Easter egg and solving the mysteries of the Startup Items folder. 94 PowerPlay Mac games are getting harder to find on retail shelves. Find out what one group of developers is doing about tt. 112 Shut Down The bulletin board of the bizarre. 12 26 16 Zoom around in our all-new 3D interface to find the mysterious UFO, the destruction of a PC, a contest for winning Deneba Systems’ Canvas 5, and tons of shareware and demos. STANDARD CLASS 3 U.S. POSTAGE PAID http://www.macaddict.com weed Ns Permit No, 348 . —— 24. We're starting the summer with a bang—you'll find special Web events | z z for Father's Day, the summer solstice, and all the regular days, too. Check ae : our daily calendar for Web events coming to you soon! 4 MacADDICT jebeenay ee i Geetlt Bacb.e _t . elapse ee VE “4 » a : - ‘ wee REM cottes Ties ere Nate 21 tt settee Tie 2 ~ & © aie. 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Here’s our first year in review. You stil send us really weird letters—and we still print them. Imagine that. Win a Power Mac 6500/300, check out UMAX’s sub-$900 Mac clone, find out what to expect from Connectix Virtual PC, and learn Mac OS 8 tips. Oh my gosh! We crave a product that has “PC” in its name! Find out why! Reviews Brand new versions of Macromedia Director and MetaCreations Painter, two cards that let you watch TV on your Mac, and four hot games. This month we answer your top 20 questions and give you helpful hints on how to quickly and easily find answers to other questions for yourself. Behind the scenes of the addictive shareware game series, Exile. (Hint: it involves talking spiders.) A shareware bonanza! Over 100 shareware programs to delight, amuse, and otherwise entertain you. Plus, a chat with Apple Fellow Guy Kawasaki, a sampling of pro-Mac propaganda, and more. http://www.macaddict.com 3 Introducing our new Mac ammo site! Want ammo to prove that PCs are not cheaper or faster than Macs? Go here. Want to find out which vendors are Een pr long-time Mac supporters? Go here. Want to hear (or submit) stories of Seiriba rice fe esis aacihess wen bravery and success in the face of hostile forces?...you get the idea. Sool allah ale dal ad abet dla 4 MacADDICT A better machine. A better magazine. $7.99 U.S./$8.99 CANADA ——= \ ™ 10> My Haep Devwe's | —— Gonwa Be Srufreo! | | WwWWwW.mMacaddict. COM ~Lincciuinn, eile A iend A ef a* a {, a 44 we = s ‘i » 4 a | n 1 r | ft 2 i 4 A © ’ : { 4 : t : i 4 L 4 } 7 i ber a ; aes ea : : =} St Sa" Oh pt — = a , ‘a Le” ey Jey Editor’s Note Is Steve Jobs’ return to Apple a bite in the right direction? Letters You scribble, you jot, you send us your innermost thoughts. We mostly laugh. Get Info Technote tidbits for Mac OS 8, caches and their importance explained in plain English, a field guide to cables, the infamous MacAddict Index, a brand-new contest, and more. Cravings oix products so hot you'll wonder how you got to be so cool without ‘em. Reviews Find out just how well Connectix Virtual PC works, what's up with Ray Dream Studio 5.0 and GoLive CyberStudio 71.1, and how the new version of Heroes of Might and Magic shapes up. Plus more! 92 Ask Us sending email attachments to PC-based friends, taking screenshots of pulled-down menus, hiding files from prying eyes, and other timely tips. 276 PowerPlay All the latest and greatest news hot from the top electronic gaming convention around—E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo. 112 Shut Down Can we possibly make fun of Bill Gates any more? 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You will, after you see these six fab Mac gadgets. »4 Reviews Are G3 upgrade cards worth the money? Also, 3D worlds, text, and an accelerator card, plus a slew of graphics, tools, and hardware. "oOo Ask Us strange desktop rebuilds and other Mac mysteries explained. PowerPlay Instead of the usual preview or interview, this month we give you a new view on classic video arcade games. Since he read the article, Associate Art Director Adam Vanderhoof now plays Dig Dug nonstop. 20 Shut Down The new Steve Jobs Action Figure and a baby Bill Gates. Need we say more? 1 2 We've got an exclusive Mac Demo of Bungie’s new game Myth: The Fallen Lords. Now you do, too. Sure, there are 14 other fantastic games on The Disc, too, but who cares about that when you can play Myth: The Fallen Lords? — ! http://www.macaddict.com 1 This month, we wish Apple a happy 21st birthday and treat you to our regular cavalcade of unusual mayhem, mischief, and merriment. Rev up your modem and come party with us! on ok ] : "TT . ir Tat [ ULG CMU q ay ~ ‘, ame 1€d iv Vy Pawson C ‘ate Bailey | ta 34468% & mL ed nts — | fr org | iT. EN GER Peggy More: ‘i! 7 24, "i A . a oft TV Wik = , Ss ~9 Ps saieals HEY NIKKI, WAS THAT YOU GOING OFF ABOUT “THE MOST BORING PIECE OF SELF-SERVING GARBAGE I'VE EVER READ’? EEK. SPARE THE AUTHOR! i oe Pe A better machine. A better magazin p PHOTOSHOP. PAINTER, Lee ILLUSTRATOR... OMYTH RIVER eREALPC CFILEMAKER PRO @FALLOUT § ADDICTS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES J —_ $7.99 U.S./$8.99 CANADA | | | | | | | : - . “Bs, 2 % ma 0 74470'01096' "8 | the future of media 6 Editor’s Note Annual predictions from MacAdaict editors. Letters No, we won't give you a new G3 Mac. Stop asking! 18 Get Info We're not the only ones ganging up on Microsoft—find out who else is and why. Plus the best Mac OS 8 books, a really hard contest, and a bunch of great ideas for filling your PCI slots. Cravings Gasp, pant, wheeze. We're not ill, just excited about these products. Reviews A fistful of great games plus some practical stuff, too. Ask Us Zip drive questions, calculating folder sizes in Mac OS 8, and more. SS PowerPlay A sneak peek at MDK and its host of wackoid aliens. 112 Shut Down straight from our twisted minds into your hands. 30 86 A graphics fan’s dream come true, The Disc features demos of the best commercial graphics products out there as well as a host of graphics shareware. Plus games, sound, interface, and text goodies. And don’t forget to check out It's a Wonderful Mac—Jimmy Stewart would cry! 10 http://www.macaddict.com Can we do it? Will we do it? Is it finally time to change our garish purple- 1 6 and-green color scheme? You'll have to visit our Web site to find out! RC: ‘Cause it's all about you, babe. Mari: CaboWabo “needs you. Editorial & art corrals, and Cheryl: thank you or playng with me. This space is yours 0 jr This little application by Sarwat Khan does something rarely seen these days, and that is to paint, and nothing else. lt accom- plishes this quite well without unnecessary extras to gobble memory. Painting is equipped with common palettes, including Apple and grayscale, plus many familiar tools, such as the marquee and paintbrush. Unlike its predecessors, however, this pro- gram is made for current uses such as designing Web graphics. Images can be exported as JPEGs as well as saved in PICT format. —JG ‘MacAddict18;Graphics & Sound:Painting 1.1 Sa Mareen Lusk. Pink Turqueice Cadeviurn Larmen =f fy 1 Codwvae..t Yehow F ESE jurectine YoRry | Ge Naples D.,. Yetlow [7] ih = Codey Yew ghee por egee eben ar ererr res —- ——— 6 ately et oe ee et pe ers — _ Tr ree fas = et Se Sooo = Awale © Didier & Olivier Guillion: Awale : Oe ee ss as ae me ge wee ee ee ee one illustrate how unneces- sary it Is to put Jots of bells and whistles in a game. According to the authors, Didier and Olivier Guitlion, Awale dates from ancient Africa. It is a game of terti- fory and strategy in which each player’s goal is to cap- ture as many seeds from the board as possible. A catchy drumbeat introduces the splash screen, leading into a colorful window with 12 stone-tone bowls filled with four seeds each. A yellow window on the bottom of the screen lets you know how many pieces are in each bowl and where each move will wind up, although your opponent will quickly outsmart you if you don’t think fast. —JG — MacAddicti8:Furn & Garnes:Awale 2.2 ° — » : 7” > , / oe = ee | = ae at Co ee a Or .- =“ agh!y he _ _ i Fb. . — =e *, ee a "—4, 7 . : ie - . ’ e +. : ae «wees r. io. j e, es ‘ L , pa nT , . be . i ye = - wee ae “ pe . oh > - Par e 5 - ‘ “ 5. ae ~ ae > pts * ‘ : . v . at . cette C4 ie .# “4 mr | a(t ‘, ™ ne + - os = _ ‘ a > ‘“? “an ee! y . é aes). oa ne AE es nt , y an . . eRe * Ne! 2 ma’ f wn . “Ties / 7 tt Ol an Soe 7 i Ye ie ag ee ; tt . wy “a “aT a> — a wef oe af 7" ' wet Pie 8 ee pe . ay “ay ‘ . Are ' pe ere, ' aa 2 2 . 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Unlike many of its kind, the interface is relatively simple and Visual, so you don't have to fiddle with code. | The single window displays options to tune everything from System Icons to the identity eae ee i System icon Tuner mu te er re ne ae ere identity Tuner 3 ee i we the System itself. A help window on the bot- tom of the window describes each option so that you know what you're getting into every time you push a button. —JG MacAddicti 8‘User Interface:8 Tuner 3.0 This is 8Tuner's main window for the running session. You can access all S main tuning options by clicking on the icons. You can also acoess other operating options from the menus when this window is open. | Here are the details of what each option performs: 14 MacADDICT of ihe machine and the more delicate areas in | FP ae ee Oe Oe liver Scotting saved Cheryl! Pulling out a bad diskette, Oliver was able to stop the Penterminator from erasing Cheryl from history. In honor of this great feat, Oliver receives a copy of Worms from Team 17 Software. —KT | 2 Ou, too, can gussy up Steve Jobs as seen on page 71. On The Disc, we have both a demo of Cosmopolitan Virtual Make- over and a public relations photo of the man himself in the “from MacAddict” folder. Although the demo wont let you import the picture, the full version will. —KT n this, last, Al cine: instaliment of MacAddict’s exclusive serial- ization of David Pogue's Sillycon Valiey thriller, all loose ends are tied, the con- sultants are paid, and just enough threads are left for a the final, _ sequel! Don’t miss Pogue's latest, The Microsioth Joke Book (Berkley Books, ISBN: 0425160548), available in a real bookstore. —KT BigPicture 3.7 CiayScape 3D D’ Studio 1.1 Drop*Preview 1.0.1 DSP Screen Collection V4 Font Gander Pro 1.2.7 ImageViewer 4.5 Painting 1.1 QuickNailer 1.4.1 RenderBoy