Technical assistance: Macintosh

What browser version are you using to access the Internet?
How much memory does your computer have?
What operating system does your computer use?

What browser version are you using to access the Internet?
To determine what version in Internet Explorer you have:
Open your Internet Explorer browser.
Click and hold down the Apple menu in the top left corner of the screen.
Select "About Internet Explorer..." at the top of the menu.
The version number is the number not in parentheses in the bottom left corner.

To determine what version of Netscape Communicator you have:
Open your Netscape browser.
Click and hold down the Apple menu in the top left corner of the screen.
Select "About Communicator..." at the top of the menu.
At the top of the page, the version number will appear after the words Netscape® Communicator.

How much memory does your computer have?
Double click on the hard drive icon located on your desktop.
The amount of disk space is right under the name of the hard drive in the form x items, x GB available.

What operating system does your computer use?
Click and hold down the Apple menu in the top left corner of the screen.
Select "Apple System Profiler" near the top of the menu.
Click once on the triangle next to "Software overview" if it does not already reveal "Mac OS overview" right below it.
The system version can be found after the heading "System", for example "System: 9.0.4 US."

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