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Mac OS 7.6 January 1997.Pdf Internet everywhere Improved productivity and efficiency Integrated tools for every user- from novice to expert Improved instaUation experience •~ • The Apple Internet Connection Kit, bundled with the retail • New unified Installer simplifies the overall process, and product, is a suite of best-of-class Internet applications, walks users through a successful installation. Mac OS 7.6 including Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Claris Emailer Lite. Easier system management • For new Internet users, America Online is bundled to At a glance • New Extensions Manager na simplifies configuration and provide the simplest Internet access. troubleshooting with feature clustering, portable settings • Cyberdog lets Internet-savvy users create Internet-live "cyber­ Internet everywhere files, and exportable system configuration infonnation. 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 bri ng 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 dialogs, and speeds printing by as much as 35 percent for • New Extensions Manager 4.0 • The Apple Internet Dialer provides automatic Internet Power PC processor-based systems using a networked printer. • Apple System Profiler 1.1.2 confi!,'Ur..ttion and registration wid1 an Internet Service • 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 tion in as little as ten minutes. • QuickDraw GX 1.1.5 imaging software • 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 Oeslinolion: Printer: I Apple Trolnln9 Online Cl ... • I I Printer •I To ensure n succe.. ful upgrnde, perform nil four steps • QuickDraw"' 30 1.0.6 listed below. lo ~out · I • Text-to-Speech 1.5 rl Read lmpor tnnt Information Poges per sheel: I 4 · I I l 1. Clkk thu button (Of' WlslructkiM W bl.-bnMin9 inform.Uon. Improved compatibility with PC files and media ! Layout Direction: m ~ ! ~ Update your hard disk driuer • Windows 95 DMF Hle format support added to existing DOS I Border: I Single hn ... ... I I 2. Chc.k ttuJ: bu'tton to I.Cid~lf'\01¥ duk crtnr. and \Vindows 3.x floppies, SCSI drives, and third-parry i ~ removablt: media I Choose o disk for instnllatlon • PC Exchange 2.1.1 I 3. CUd: thb button to choost whtrti)OI¥ syst.m softw¥t 'Wfll bt tnshllf.d. [§ • Mac OS Easy Open I l nstoll the softwnre • 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. • "Personal Computer Satisfaction" brochure (pan# LO I!!;GA) • Apple OpenDoc Essentials Kit provides an image viewer fo r EHtenslons Mono er PICT, TIFF, Glf, and ]IF; a draw container; and audio and Selected Set: I M y Settings •I • "Macintosh or Windows?" video (part# LOI760A) button tools. lilliial ----___.:a Yers1on • "Why Do People Prefer Macintosh?" brochure (part# l.O t749A) Rpple S stem Pro filer ~ ~ Ene r9~Sowr 321( 1.1 System Overview 0 ~ m AppleVuton 448K 1 0 2 • "50 Macintosh Advantages" brochure (part# L004 40C) e~l Customer Cere Code: 6036 5 192 5076 7619 v ~ IIJ tg!Mr... 1.2. 1 320K - <>:~ 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) 160K 1 0.2 Finder. v7.5.6 ~ $ YT 10ZToo1 cvberdotl ... 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