Apps & Accessories

August 5th, 2009

Q. Where can I buy Mac accessories?

Currently MacNUS have various links with Mac accessories resellers to provide special deals via mass purchase for MacNUS members. Updates will be provided on random basis. If you require a certain type of accessories, you can email any exco (contact in the contacts page) and enquire about it. Or you can visit the various Mac reseller shops in town, such as Sapura, which is located in the Central Forum Bookstore.

Q. What programs on the Mac can I use for accessing the Internet?

To See the extensive list of Mac Applications please refer to the Mac Applications Page in the MacNUS Starter Kit

Answer: You have plenty of options! Below is a small selection of Internet programs that you may want to try. All these programs listed are free-of-charge.

Instant Messengers

Adium
The best multi-service IM client for the Mac! ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!, AIM and others all under one program.
Link
Adium Xtras (to download custom icons, message views, etc)
Microsoft Messenger
Microsoft’s official (and hopelessly lagging the PC version in features) MSN client.
Link

Web Browsers

Safari
Apple’s official web browser.
Link
Firefox
The popular “alternative” web browser on both PC and Mac. If something doesn’t work properly in Safari, this is the first alternative to try.
Link
Camino
This is based on the same “rendering engine” as Firefox, but is clean and fast.
Link

Other browsers you can try out (less popular, but nevertheless have their own loyal followers) include: Opera, Shiira.


  1. March 4th, 2007 at 23:03 | #1

    Can someone advise me how I should install Octave for Mac OS? I’ve been googling but it’s led me to dead end after dead end.. HELP!

  2. March 4th, 2007 at 23:04 | #2

    i need it for my course (ME2142) btw…

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