Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / August 2006

I've just realised I'm still on 10.4.6
Software Update when run manually tells me I'm up to date. Pages, iWeb
etc keep nagging me to install the available updates but won't update!
I've downloaded the combo but the installer tells me there is no

Here's something quite cool that I discovered recently - an app to convert
from one movie format to another without needing a quicktime pro license
I've successfully used it to convert video podcasts to the small size etc.
needed for viewing on my mobile phone

I don't think I can do this, but thought I'd try tapping into your big
brains...
I am about to donate a Mac Cube to my wife's parents (mainly so that we
can use iChat AV for them to see the grandchildren). They are not

I'd like to replace my Samsung laser printer with a colour laser. I
reckon the Epson C1100 should do the trick to meet my needs:
1. Occasional letters and 30 page docs in B&W, say 1000 pa;
2. Half-decent quality colour photo prints to share around, say 100 pa;

Model : M1960G/A
For printer model : LW Select 300 / 310 / 360 / 610
Any takers...?

I would like to get Bluetooth added to my Mac G4.  Apple recommends a
D-Link one but this costs around £40 which is a bit more than I really
want to pay.
Searching the internet revealed a product from a company called Mobile

One for Jim: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/goat_joyride/>.
Great headline, shame about the goat.
Paul

Royal Mail kindly sent me their blurb about SmartStamp.
"No more wasting valuable time"
Good idea, I thought. Running a small business, I could do without
having to queue at the post office quite so often.

I have a G5 Dual 2.0 gig the one with 4 Ram Slots circa June 05...
I would like to install an Airport Extreme Card and I getting confusing
information that this can only be factory installed or fitted by an
approved Apple Service Centre, I am also informed you can DIY...

Read this message until the end, and you will find out how the money flows in easy !!!!.
Follow the steps and it WILL work. Trust me !!!!!.
It's NOT illegal and it is NOT a scam !!!!!.
PROVEN ON OPRAH!  Reported in the Wall Street Journal!!!!

I posted yesterday about my trick for my MacSOUP files. Put the main
folder onto my iDisk and alias it to my main user folder on each Mac.
This will allow me to access the same groups and articles from wherever
I am, and they'll be reasonably up to date.

I've always liked the iCal application and the ability to publish my
calendar so I can view it from other places (like at work for example)
but it would be *really* good if I could actually update my calendar
from my PC at work as well as from my mac at home.

This might be of interest to some here:
<http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2006/08/steve_jobs_and
_.html>
Ian

My programming experience to date consists of:
1. ARM BASIC on Acorn machines. (Near-expert - but it was a while ago.

2. And ASP programming for Windows' IIS web server. (Only amateur.)

Just messing with Corripio...
Where is the artwork for music actually stored? Is it in the AAC file?
So if I have a thirteen track album then I increase the size of the
album by thirteen times the size of the image?