Hopefully this column won’t stink and disappear like Amanda’s first Rocketboom episode. I think her replacement is a poor imitation (that’s the worst Connecticut accent I’ve ever heard), and I can’t wait for Amanda’s big comeback. Anyway, we’re already off topic and we’ve just begun!

Welcome to the first edition of the MyMac.com Help Desk. This column will be along the lines of the Mac 911 and Ask Us columns in Macworld and MacAddict, not providing tech support but answering some of those nagging questions from readers. Unlike those columns, we’ll stray a bit from the letters from time to time. Tips, hints, ramblings, other stuff. You can send your questions to tom@mymac.com. I keep saying we instead of I because this is our column, not mine. Your letters will shape it. I will try to answer as many as I can (Obviously if I get hundreds some will be ignored. Sorry.), and put some in each column.

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