Mac Forum / General / General / July 2007

I'm running a dual core MacTel Mini under OS 10.4.10 with 1Gb RAM. Some
software I recently installed came with a whole bundle of documentation
in PDF format. They all installed as to be opened with Preview.
I'd prefer to read them with Acrobat Reader, so I did "Get Info" on one

Has any current AT&T customer tried just dropping their SIM card into
an iPhone without changing calling plans or contracts? I have a plan
that AT&T no longer offers (Canada calls for free) that I dont want to
give up. If I could just switch my SIM into an iPhone that I buy

In a month or so I'm gonna get a Macbook Pro (2.33, or 2.4)
This going to be a whole new adventure. It's gonna change
the way i do things and think about everything.
My mind is reeling with possibilities.

I run a G5 iMac (10.4.10 Intel) and my wife runs a G4 iMac (10.4.10).
Recently her iCal App refused to open and stupidly I had not made a
bakup of her system files - only data, on the premise that I could
always reload from the original CD.... unless of course, someone has

I am curious to know if any single locations of Apple stores or AT&T
stores sold out of their individual allotments of iPhones?  I heard
reports in advance that Apple was working to ensure no one sold out, so
that no one could buy one and then sell it at a profit on eBay.

Does anyone find Mariner Software any good?
Does it have glaring faults?
Is it worth $US50?
Any opinions?

I tried to record a mockingbird with my mic this morning.
There was a lot of noise and the bird sound was faint and
poor quality.
So i tried re-recording it.

Looking to tart up an old G4 and put OS-X on it..needs more RAM
Now I can get plenty of PC style SDRAM 168 pin ECC PC100/133 spec.. but
will it work?
Most of what is about is ECC. Will this work?

Can anyone tell me where OSX actually stores the default printer
setting?
The Printer List dialog won't let me set a default printer - I select
a printer, and click Make Default, and no joy -- ergo, my default

I ring them up to place an order for some JBL Creature II Speakers,
say I want to pay by direct credit into their bank account (thus my
phone call, rather than doing this all online - as I wish I could, but
that's credit card only, and I want to pay for this item from my bank

1. I do not get a startup tone when I start my G5. I've looked at
Finder/Help and System Preferences and can see no reference to this.
2. When I start up the G5 and have a bootable CD in the G5, holding
down the letter C on my keyboard has no effect. The G5 starts up

A friend noticed fluid coming out of his iPhone as soon as he took it
out of the package.
He discovered it was coming from a seam near the battery compartment
and returned it.

How important is the difference between 128 and 256 MBs
of video ram in the Macbook Pro?
I want to be able to use both the MBP screen as well as
my 21-in. Mitsubishi CRT (capable of at least 2048 x 1536)

Daughter no. 1 has moved out of the area so I thought it might be cool
to video chat  once in awhile. She has an iSight camera. I don't
because Apple doesn't make them anymore and I just can't see paying the
prices that I see on the web. After some research I settled on the new

I just finished refurbishing 2 older Macs.  They were free and dirt cheap so I
couldn't resist.
(side note:  I have always drooled about getting a Mac ages ago  but could never
afford one.  Most of my current systems were built from parts or dumpster dives and