MacBase PDF magazine debuts today

Aug 23, '02 09:34:00AM

Contributed by: robg

Although I don't publish many press releases (most of my press contacts would claim that I don't publish any!), I felt the following was newsworthy. Today marks the debut of Macbase magazine, a new monthly PDF-only Mac magazine. I've had a chance to read through the preview issue, and it's an impressive 50 page effort. There are articles on working with the toolbar in the Finder, a look at the shareware Mac market from an author's perspective, and a glimpse at the state of gaming on the Mac (amongst other topics). I even discovered a Jaguar trick that I had not yet run across (it will be posted soon, with full credit to MacBase, of course!).

As a PDF-based magazine, MacBase is in full color and I found it nicely laid out and easy to read. Some of the articles were directed at newer OS X users, others were targeted at anyone using a Mac. Overall, it was a good balance. One additonal advantage of the PDF format is that all the hyperlinks take you directly to the referenced page in your favorite browser. Despite 50 pages of graphically rich content, the magainze is only a 2mb download.

MacBase magazine is free; the only requirement is a valid email address. The site has a published privacy policy which states, in part:

When you enter your email address to sign up for the mailing list we keep that confidential. We do not send unsolicited emails, spam, or other forms of junk mail to our mailing list subscribers. We also do not sell, share, trade, or give out our mailing list in whole or part in any way.
This made me feel better about signing up, as it more or less mirrors the policy I have in place here.

So if you're looking for something new to read regarding the Mac, check out MacBase.

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