Help & Support
Useful Mac Pointers
If you are using the computing facilities of the University of Cambridge Computing Service you might first want to have a look at the general information provided by the Computing Service.
On this page we have put together a list of sites, mainly outside Cambridge, that you might find useful as soruces of further information:
Apple Computers UK Ltd
- Apple UK Site
- Apple UK Higher Education Site
- Apple Spec Database - contains technical specifications of Apple products.
- Search Apple's Knowledge Base
Non-commercial Software
- Some useful programs and updates kept locally
- Free Open Source Software for OS X
- TuCows Macintosh site
Commercial Software Companies
- Adobe - including info on Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, PageMaker, PhotoShop
- EndNote
- FileMaker - Info on Filemaker and Bento
- McAfee - info on VirusScan for Mac
- Microsoft (Mactopia) - info on Microsoft Office for Mac
- SPSS - info on SPSS for Mac
Where to buy Apple products
- Apple Higher Education Store - personal or institutional purchases with education discount and extended 3 year waranty.
- Apple Store Grand Arcade - should be able to match education discount.
- John Lewis - local
- Jigsaw
- Cancom
- 2nd Chance PC - if you are interested in buying Refurbished Macs
- Crucial - for memory upgrades
General
- MacWorld
- MacInTouch
- Mac Supporters - Jiscmail mailing list for Macs in HE
- MacUser magazine online
- TidBITS
