An avid Macintosh user since 1986, Dan Frakes is freelance OSX columnist for MacWorld magazine. He also wrote chapters for Mac OS X Disaster Relief with Ted Landau. He teaches OS X sessions at MacWorld Conference each year. Dan developed and maintains his own well-known award-winning Mac OS shareware program. He ia also the moderator of several large Mac e-mail lists. He also has supported Macs at a major university and is an independent consultant.