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Your Guide to Macintosh Discussion Groups

Sure the Web is a great resource for news, information, tips/tricks, software, etc, etc. for Macintosh users. After all the MacOS is the platform of choice for creating Web content, but if you are not also making use of the Usenet, then you are missing out on one of the best resources available to Macintosh users.

The Usenet, aka Internet Discussion Groups, is made up of users like you and me who share ideas and information on a variety of topics. This type of exchange not only helps you get answers to your questions, but also helps to build the sense of community that Mac users share with each other. This sense of community is often cited as one of the main things that makes the Macintosh and Mac users different.

Mac Related Discussion Groups Directory: Here I have listed all the Mac related newsgroups that I could find. I'm sure you'll find at least one that fits your interests and needs. If I have missed any, please feel free to let me know

A Note on Newsreaders: To access the Usenet you need to use either a newsreader application or a special browser interface. Here are my thoughts on both of these solutions.

Other Usenet Resources

Here are some general Usenet resources which you may find helpful. If you have questions about the Usenet, you will want to check out the FAQs page which has links to several Usenet related FAQs.

Usenet Info Center Launch Pad
Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies Homepage
MG's House of News Knowledge
news.announce.newusers archive
Infoseek's About Usenet Links
More Usenet Links...


Searching the Usenet

Although Usenet posts are regularly flushed from your ISP's servers it is possible to search through past Usenet messages via specialized archives. Deja News, Inc. is one such archive site. In order to give those of you unfamiliar witht he Usenet a easy way to get started, I have configured the search field below to search the comp.sys.mac hierarchy of the Usenet which is where most Macintosh related groups can be found.

DEJA NEWS:   
Searches the comp.sys.mac Usenet hierarchy.

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