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{{Short description|British computer magazine, 1985–2015}}
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{{Infobox magazine
| title = MacUser
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| image_size = 200px
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| editor = Adam Banks
| frequency = Monthly
| category = [[Computing]], [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]]
| company = [[Dennis Publishing Ltd.]]
| firstdate = 1985
| lastdate = 2015
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20150120010257/http://www.macuser.co.uk/ www.macuser.co.uk]
}}
'''''MacUser''''' was a monthly (formerly biweekly) computer magazine published by [[Dennis Publishing Ltd.]] and licensed by Felden in the UK. It ceased publication in 2015.<ref>[http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/16/long-running-apple-rag-macuser-magazine-shuts-its-doors-after-30-years Long-running Apple rag MacUser Magazine shuts its doors after 30 years] - AppleInsider, Jan 17 2015</ref>
 
In 1985 [[Felix Dennis]]’ Dennis Publishing, the creators of MacUser in the UK, licensed the name and “mouse-rating” symbol for MacUser to [[Ziff-Davis]] Publishing for use in the rest of the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dennis.co.uk/dennis_site/about/directors.php|title=Dennis Publishing - Board of Directors|work=Dennis Publishing|accessdateaccess-date=February 9, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708050440/http://www.dennis.co.uk/dennis_site/about/directors.php|archivedatearchive-date=July 8, 2010}}</ref> The UK MacUser was never linked to the US MacUser. When Ziff-Davis merged its Mac holdings into [[Mac Publishing]] in September 1997, that new company gained the license to use the MacUser name. However, it opted to keep the [[Macworld]] magazine brand-name alive, albeit with MacUser-style mouse ratings. As a result, only the original UK-based MacUser remains, and the UK edition of Macworld is unable to use the mouse rating symbols used by its fellow Macworld editions.
 
The UK [[magazine]] was aimed at [[Apple Macintosh|Mac]] users in the [[design]] sector,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dennis.co.uk/dennis_site/brands/index.php?view_id=63|title=Dennis Publishing - Our Brands |publisher=Dennis Publishing|accessdateaccess-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref> and each issue brought the reader up-to-date with news, reviews, ‘Masterclass’ tutorials and technical advice. Masterclasses take the reader through tasks such as photo [[Photo manipulation|retouching]], design techniques, and creating movies.
 
== Staff ==
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* '''Contributing Products Editor''' - Kenny Hemphill
* '''Contributing Writer''' - Alan Stonebridge
* '''Production editor/sub-editor/layout''' - Kirsty Fortune
* '''Publisher''' - Paul Rayner
 
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150120010257/http://www.macuser.co.uk/ MacUser magazine homepage]
*[https://archive.org/details/texts?query=Macuser+ Archived MacUser magazines] on the [[Internet Archive]]
 
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[[Category:Defunct British computer magazines published in the United Kingdom]]
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[[Category:Magazines established in 1985]]
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