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MacLinkPlus

MacLinkPlus was a file format translation tool for classic Mac OS and PowerPC-era Mac OS X made by DataViz. It could convert and open files created for another operating system, or by programs that may not be available on the user's computer. Thus, it could open a Word or Excel file even if Microsoft Office was not installed. MacLinkPlus supported, among others, word processing files, spreadsheet files, database programs and graphic formats. Once installed, the application displayed an icon on the desktop onto which users could drag and drop their documents to have them converted. MacLinkPlus was bundled by Apple with new Macintosh purchases from 1994–1997. It worked in conjunction with Macintosh Easy Open in order to ease the transition of customers' documents from PCs or older Macs. DataViz also sold MacLinkPlus separately at retail, for users who did not have bundled copies. Following the unbundling by Apple, DataViz added the "Deluxe" moniker to the MacLinkPlus Deluxe 10 release in 1998, in order to distinguish it from previously bundled versions. MacLinkPlus Deluxe 13 added native Mac OS X compatibility in 2001. They continued with near annual releases until version 15 in 2004. A final version, MacLinkPlus Deluxe 16, was released in 2007.…

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MacLinkPlus was a file format translation tool for classic Mac OS and PowerPC-era Mac OS X made by DataViz. It could convert and open files created for another operating system, or by programs that may not be available on the user's computer. Thus, it could open a Word or Excel file even if Microsoft Office was not installed. MacLinkPlus supported, among others, word processing files, spreadsheet files, database programs and graphic formats. Once installed, the application displayed an icon on the desktop onto which users could drag and drop their documents to have them converted. MacLinkPlus was bundled by Apple with new Macintosh purchases from 1994–1997. It worked in conjunction with Macintosh Easy Open in order to ease the transition of customers' documents from PCs or older Macs. DataViz also sold MacLinkPlus separately at retail, for users who did not have bundled copies. Following the unbundling by Apple, DataViz added the "Deluxe" moniker to the MacLinkPlus Deluxe 10 release in 1998, in order to distinguish it from previously bundled versions. MacLinkPlus Deluxe 13 added native Mac OS X compatibility in 2001. They continued with near annual releases until version 15 in 2004. A final version, MacLinkPlus Deluxe 16, was released in 2007.…

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  1. release date: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363989446

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