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

I bought a referb Macbook Pro at end Sep. I've discovered it has a
problem with its optical drive (doesn't read some discs, can write some
but then not read them afterwards when my other machines can).
Phoned Apple tonight - they took me through diagnostics and says it

I get Connection refused errors reported by the client, but I am pretty
sure I am following the instructions.
I'm using the latest version of the GUI package.
has anyone had success, or know what I'm getting wrong?

So, again, armed with some info offered by some kind users on this
list I was able yesterday to re-set the workgroup name to match that
of the PC's in my mates iCafe on my loaned eMac.
I could browse shared folders on the Mac from a PC but still couldn't

Is it necessary to use XP Pro via bootcamp, as opposed to XP Home in
order to get the best use out of the processor? I've read that Pro is
needed to support more than one processor, but is this the same case
with the core duo?

Didn't know that existed. You can access it from Reset Password dialog
box in Accounts System Preference. Click on the button with a key icon.
Not that I'll ever use it...
Ian

Is it possible to have Mac OS X play a sound file during the boot process? Note
that I'm not talking about logging in, I mean the time between pressing the
power button and getting the login screen.
Thanks.

I hate it,
I have an album I ripped from cd, when i just the scroll CD view it has
3 copies of the album art, 1-3 songs attached to each album, it is not
even that is song 1-3, 4-6 etc.

Is it just me for whom Firefox 2 crashes continually? It seemed fine
until I deleted the old version, and now it crashes with regular
monotony.
kt.

Thought I'd be in London yesterday, but...well...I wasn't...
Any photos out there?

I've just been sent something in .ppt form. I don't have Powerpoint on
this Mac. Before I fire a flea into the ear of the person that sent it,
is there any *free* powerpoint reader in existence for the Mac? If not,
I'll summon up some polite abuse and get them to send the file in a

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Dear All ­
Every time I start up Safari I get a message about being unable to load a
plugin called (null) v.0.6.
Where does Safari store plugins? I couldn't find it by Spotlight, nor by

Right, I have a G4 tower upstairs (where the router and airport extreme
is) or work and an iMac and Intel Mac Mini.
My flat panel 17" iMac seems to be losing connection to my (home)
network. Totally random, it's ok sometimes for a while, then cuts out

What's the best and/or cheapest way of capturing video from my Sky+
digibox on my Mac?
Grateful for any assistance - no idea what to do at all!
(Intel Core Duo 2GHz iMac 20", Tiger OS, lots of RAM, big HD, etc.)

From boingboing:
<http://www.boingboing.net/2006/11/01/apple_drops_trusted_.html>
This sounds pretty significant - and a Good Thing - but this is the
first mention I've seen of it.