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

Just a quick note to say that Native Instruments have a Universal
Binary version of Guitar Rig 2 available. Got an upgrade email today.
Ian

I need to produce a file, probably Word, which is a list of files in a
folder and against each filename a few words of narrarative about its
contents.
Is there, please, a quick way to get a textfile version of a list of

Seeing as no-one else seems to have mentioned it...
<http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/14/apple_updates_mac_firmware/>
Just checked and the iMac one is showing up on Software Update.
Haven't tried with the MBP yet.

My brain isn't working properly - I need a simple rule in procmail to move a
message to my 'spam' mbox if it's to a certain address and *doesn't* have a a
certain header.
So, I currently have a lot of rules along the lines of:

If I take my MBP with me to Iceland next month (Brr!) will I just be
able to use a standard 3-pin to 2-pin (round) adapter and plug it into
the mains over there? It's 220v, so I'm expecting that it shouldn't be
a problem.

I've noticed prices for second hand 1.8 G5 Powermacs tumbling recently
and quite fancy one to take over audio and video tasks from my 800MHz
iBook. I'm also keen to consign my PC to the great Trash Bin in the sky
(I get my Windows fix 8 hours a day at work). I only have a couple ...

Is there any add on I can get for Mail that will show me the number of
messages downloading?  I.e. message x of y?  I'm getting that much spam
these days that I'd like to know when it's about to finish.  Seems a
simple thing that's present in most other mail readers.

What is wrong when I can play music I bought at the iTunes store in
iTunes, but not through Front Row, because the message 'this computer is
not authorized' etcetera pops up?
(The computer IS authorized of course and I have the latest OS & iTunes

<http://www.thornbury-quick-nurse.com>
Once you log in, it only seems to work with iCab, of all the Mac
browsers. Safari and Firefox go into beachball mode. IE apparently also
stalls.

Currently I open up a whole shedload of QT Players for the various sounds I
(may) need to play during a podcast. It works, but it takes up a lot of screen
space. Anyone know of an app that would do the same thing (ie have a lot of
sounds that are individually playable) but takes up ...

No really!
See
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/6147984.stm>

I need someone to do a bit of work
 - redesign my web site ..... I want a strong design input, plus -
 - SEO
 - proven track record

I have been having a problem with Unison over the last few days,
initially on my PowerBook and now on a MacBook Pro. I find that when I
start the application, the unread message count (in reality unfetched
header count) in the favorites drawer does not seem to be refreshing.

Never seen that before. Any theories?
Stuart

Leopard vs Vista 1: Prerelease Marketing
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/18839BF9-5098-460A-8276-39CC96170D6E.html
The biggest hurdle in directly comparing Mac OS X Leopard against
Windows Vista is that Apple and Microsoft have very different marketing