[gui-talk] Fwd: MacFixIt.com to offer free access to tutorials and articles starting September 2, 2009

[Steve Pattison]

From: Esther moriond at mac.com

Hi,

One of the web sources of information I use to troubleshoot  
problems, especially ones related to new Mac system software update  
releases, popular Apple software, or new Apple product releases, is  
the MacFixIt.com site.  Two features make this a useful site to  
check: first, there's a wide readership that reports on any problems  
and attempted solutions encountered after software updates.  This  
means that if you happen to encounter a problem, it's likely to be  
reported in by someone else to MacFixIt, and there will possibly  
even be a posted solution for a fix.  Secondly, they run periodic  
articles and tutorials about the Mac. The content can be freely read  
by the general audience for 3 days after posting, but up till now  
you needed to have a MacFixIt Pro subscription to read content after  
3 days.  Starting in September, all content will be made available  
without charge, as outlined in the appended announcement:

Cheers,

Esther
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                CNET MacFixIt            August 6, 2009
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Dear MacFixIt Pro Subscriber,

Today we are announcing a change to MacFixIt.com and the MacFixIt Pro
service. As you are probably aware, MacFixIt was acquired by CNET  
(with
VersionTracker) in 2007. One benefit of that acquisition is that we  
are now
able to provide all of the content on MacFixIt.com for free.

As of 9/2/2009 all articles will become available free-of-charge,  
allowing
anyone to access the most timely, comprehensive and unbiased library  
of Mac-
related repair and troubleshooting advice available online. We will  
no longer
offer paid subscriptions to MacFixIt.com.

Regards Steve
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