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

Okay.  It's like this:
I've got a 10.3.9 G4 and a 10.4.7 G5 and an HP LJ 1320n printer.
I've also got a gigabit switch and a 10/100 hub (both unmanaged Netgear
jobs).

I need to set up and maintain a database of themes in texts, because I'm
finding that things I used to be able to recall immediately I now can't,
and end up spending ages pulling volumes from shelves trying to find
what I was after.

Ok, I've kinda got peer-peer working, although I suspect signal strength
isn't good over the route between my two macs (they constantly lose
connection).
However, I can't get Internet Sharing to work unless I turn off the

I installed OSX server in the end, it seemed rude not to.
It is up and connected to my slow DSLMax connection.
DNS got set up ok, and seems rather logical. However, mail admin seems
to be missing a bit.

Can anyone recomend a nice site that contains bittorent link - things
to UK TV programmes?
I seem to be able to find lots of links to US tv programmes downloads,
but I'm after finding an epsidode of a programme we missed because of

Dear All ­
Just set up a client with a new OS X machine, imported emails from Outlook
Express OK, exported OE address list to Address Book (using Address Book
Importer - v handy utility).

Can anyone offer me advice on the gear and set-up I'd need to connect
my Mac (G5 OS10.4), plus my daughter's desktop PC (XP) and my other
daughter's laptop PC (XP) to a single broadband router.
I've already got a Zyxel Prestige 600 Series router (for the Mac) and a

I've always had Apple users down as intelligent and slightly eccentric.
All my experiences here confirm those suspicions :-)
Got me thinking about what the preferred tipple would be for a crowd
like that?

I'm very impressed with NeoOffice. Is tehre a web design equivilent that
works on Intel Macs?
Regards
Stephen

I've trying hard not to fall into the trap of forever waiting a bit more
for the next latest thing. But there's a couple of things which are still
bugging me.
How do Apple usually handle OS upgrades? When leopard is out will it be

When I hover my Mac mini cursor over items I get a yellow post-it style
note popping up - how do I disable this please ?
dan

Can anyone recommend any companies in the North , ideally North West,
who specialise in mac upgrades?  I want someone to supply/fit some
memory to an old G3 iMac, it sounds a bit fiddly to me (it's a tray
loader) .  macupgrades.co.uk sounds great and price is OK but it is

I've decided to keep the MacBook Pro 17 inch I've been using for the
last week. The heat is tolerable, especially on battery. I'm using it
now on battery and it's cold to the touch (only been on for about 15
minutes admittedly). I've got another battery for it to give 5+ hours

Ok, I've ditched the idea of trying to use my old router/modem, with a
wireless box, or peer to peer between the Macs. I just kept losing the
wireless signal, or could only get it to partially work.
I've just been out and bought a Belkin G+ MIMO wireless modem/router. It

http://www.boinx.com/miraclesight/
Only PPC macs currently but looks cool.