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Apple Technology Update - Mac OS 7.6 January 1997

The document summarizes new features in Mac OS 7.6 that improve Internet access and productivity. It includes: 1. Bundled Internet applications like Netscape Navigator and email software, as well as options for easy Internet access like America Online. 2. Integrated Internet features like Cyberdog that allow embedding web content in documents and launching URLs from the Finder. 3. Simplified setup and configuration of Internet connections through tools like the Apple Internet Dialer. 4. Enhanced networking, printing, and compatibility with Windows files and media to improve efficiency.

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Apple Technology Update - Mac OS 7.6 January 1997

The document summarizes new features in Mac OS 7.6 that improve Internet access and productivity. It includes: 1. Bundled Internet applications like Netscape Navigator and email software, as well as options for easy Internet access like America Online. 2. Integrated Internet features like Cyberdog that allow embedding web content in documents and launching URLs from the Finder. 3. Simplified setup and configuration of Internet connections through tools like the Apple Internet Dialer. 4. Enhanced networking, printing, and compatibility with Windows files and media to improve efficiency.

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Internet everywhere Improved productivity and efficiency

•~ Integrated tools for every user- from novice to expert


• The Apple Internet Connection Kit, bundled with the retail
Improved instaUation experience
• New unified Installer simplifies the overall process, and

Mac OS 7.6 product, is a suite of best-of-class Internet applications,


including Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Claris Emailer Lite.
walks users through a successful installation.
Easier system management
• For new Internet users, America Online is bundled to • New Extensions Manager na simplifies configuration and
At a glance provide the simplest Internet access. troubleshooting with feature clustering, portable settings
• Cyberdog lets Internet-savvy users create Internet-live "cyber- files, and exportable system configuration infonnation.
Internet everywhere
documents" (on PowerPC processor-based systems only).
• America Online bundled with most systems Faster and simpler networking and printing
• Apple Internet Connection Kit 1.2 bundled with retail version Integrated Internet • Open Transport speeds and simplifies networking, provides
• Open Transport 1.1.1 with TCP/IP and Open Transport PPP • Cybcrdog integrates the Internet into Live Objects-aware easy setup for Internet connections (TCP/IP), and allows
• OpenDoc 1.1.2 (PowerPC only) documents; for example, users can bring live web pages into switching network configurations without restarting.
• Cyberdog 1.2 (PowerPC only) their documents or drop in buttons for single-click access w • Open Transport provides faster and more reliable modem-
• Apple Remote Access Client 2.1 the Internet. based and remote access connections.
• With Cyberdog, URLs can be launched from the Finder no. • New l.aserWriter,... printing software simplifies setup,
Improved productivity and efficiency
Easy Internet setup and configuration provides desktop printer icons and system-wide print
• New step-by-step Installer
• The Apple Internet Dialer provides automatic Internet dialogs, and speeds printing by as much as 35 percent for
• New Extensions Manager 4.0
confi!,'Ur..ttion and registration wid1 an Internet Service PowerPC processor-based systems using a networked printer.
• Apple System Profiler 1.1.2
• LaserWriter 8.4.2 print driver and dialogs Provider, allowing new users to set up an Internet connec- Component software simplifies the way you work
• QuickDraw GX 1.1.5 imaging software tion in as little as ten minutes. • OpenOoc~ support is built in, so users can mix and match
• OpenDoc Essentials Kit 1.0 • Includes connectivity tools (TCP/fP, PPP, and Apple Remote Live Objects-aware documents (on PowerPC processor-based
Access client) for easy Internet connection. systems only).
State-of-the-art multimedia
8 .4.2
Ins toll Moe~ OS
• QuickT!me 2.5, including QuickT!me Musical instruments Printer: I Apple Trolnln9 Online Cl ... •I Oeslinolion: I Printer •I To ensure n succe..ful upgrnde, perform nil four steps
• QuickDraw"' 30 1.0.6 listed below .
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Improved compatibility with PC files and media ! Layout Direction:
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Updat e your hard disk driuer
• Windows 95 DMF Hle format support added to existing DOS
and \Vindows 3.x floppies, SCSI drives, and third-parry
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• Mac OS Easy Open
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• DataViz Maclink Plus translators 8.1 ( Saue Settings )
~~ Print
~ 4. Chck \hlS button to bf9~ tltt W\Stl11•hon.

Excellent backward compatibility The new J.aser\Vriter 8. 4.2 print dialogs are more flexible, easy to Mac OS 7.6's Installer displays tbe recommended process for
• System 7-ha~cd use, and allow )'0 11 to cbouse your printer dynamically. ensuring a successful OS upgrade.
State-of-the-art multimedia Improved compatibility with PC files and media
Easy to produce high-impact media with video, 3D graphics, Ability to easily share disks and media with Wmdows users
virtual-reality scenes, and text-to-speech conversion • PC Exchange lets users open Windows 95 disks, as well as
• QuickTime<~~~ Media Layer provides easy-to-use multimedia, DOS and Windows 3.1 floppy disks, SCSI drives, and
with standard interfaces and file formats that support removable media.
For more information ...
multiple applications and multiple platforms. • Support for DMF, the Windows 95 floppy disk format for
Media efficiency-author once, playback everywhere PCI-based machines, is included. Web sites
• The Quick1ime Media Layer is the industry standard for Users enjoy the richness of the Macintosh platform with
cross-platform media authoring and playback. access to both Mac OS and Wmdows data Mac OS http://\vww.macos.apple.com/
Convenient access to the latest versions of the industry's • Mac OS Easy Open lets users open Mac OS and Windows Why Mac http://www2.apple.com/Whymac/
best multimedia technologies files even without the application in which they were
created. Apple Worldwide ·rfaining hnp://www.trai ni ng.apple.com/
• QuickTime 2.; and QuickDraw 30 1.0.6 are included.
• Maclink Plus, a product of DataViz, converts Windows illes
Better support of multimedia on the World Wide Web to Mac OS formats, and vice versa, with new support for
• QuickTune 2.5 supports smoother and faster playback of ClarisWorks 4.0 (both Mac OS and Windows versions).
Free materials
larger movies.
• Quick'l1me 2.5 fast start lets movies play while downloading. Excellent backward compatibility
• "Mac OS 7.6 At a glance" handout {pan# UJ2182A)
• MPEG support provides access to this common Internet file Preserves customers' investment in existing IDes and
format. applications • "Go Figure" handout (pan# LOI9T:I)
Drag-and-drop ease of use for working with Apple's • System 7-based, so existing files and applications run • ''Why Macintosh?" brochure (pan# LOI667A)
multimedia technologies without modification.
• Apple OpenDoc Essentials Kit provides an image viewer for • "Personal Computer Satisfaction" brochure (pan# LOI!!;GA)
EHtenslons Mono er
PICT, TIFF, Glf, and ]IF; a draw container; and audio and • "Macintosh or Windows?" video (part# LOI760A)
Selected Se t: I M y Setting s •I
button tools.
Rpple S stem Pro filer
lilliial - - - - ___.:a Yers1on • "Why Do People Prefer Macintosh?" brochure (part# l.Ot749A)
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AppleVuton 448K 1 0 2 • "50 Macintosh Advantages" brochure (part# L00440C)
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<>:~ M ethl ne: Power Macintosh 6 100/60 Mechlne 10: 65 ~ @I Text Enco .•.Converter 1601( 1.0.3 tvberdoQ ... • Video of Apple's Internet Strategy {part# LOt96;A)
Finder. v7.5.6 ~ $ YT10ZToo1 160K 1 0.2 cvberdotl ...
Syst em: v7.6b6 US v ~ KJ h t liob Te _ peecb 1.5 192K - Eng1hb ... • Mac Advocate CD- nOM(part# L02177A)
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