Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / March 2007

A week or so ago I had an email from Apple, I'm pretty sure it mentioned a
Apple program Photographic Studio. I can't find it. Have I made a mistake.
John

I had a graphic file (PNG) where I want to add a few yellow boxes that
are semi-transparent. The idea is to use them to highlight areas of the
diagram
I haven't been able to find a way to do this in GC. Is there another

Can you get remote controls that fit in the MacBook Pro's ExpressCard/34
slot and work with Front Row etc?
All I've found are the wider ExpressCard/54 remotes; see towards the end
of this page:

AAaaaggghhh!!
If I had any hair left, I would be tearing my hair out.  
Can some kind person please tell me, IN VERY SIMPLE TERMS, how I a
supposed to download tracks from itunes, on a Mac OS X;

As revealed in Mr. Deity episode 7:
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Ian

Again via Digg i found this article:
<http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/01/a-faster-way-to-speed-up-mailapp/>
which is supposed to speed up Mail. Anyone got any comments?
(Don't blame me if you try it and it erases your mail, ok?)

On another group I frequent I am not infrequently asked to give a
citation for what someone has said previously, often in the exact same
thread... Anyway I have never found any way to get MacSoup, excellent as
it is in other respects, to display article refs. Does anyone know how I

My Clié is dying (battery) and I'm looking for a simple PDA, simply for
calendar/diary and contact information, that will work simply with
iSync.
Recommendations, please?

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I've been using mac notebooks since panther, but only recently have I moved
toward replacing my desktop with a mac.
Maybe it's just me but my 2 year old Althlon 64 running XP feels a lot
snappier than my Macbook with 1gb ramm using the same mouse. Even if the mac

We had a power cut here for a couple of minutes this morning. Most of
our machines are on UPS or surge suppressors, but sod's law dictated
that this one PowerMac wasn't.
It doesn't boot. At all. The power light is on on the monitor (17"

10.3.9
If I have a file > 6GB, how can I save it onto multiple DVDs ??
thanks

Allah, subhanahu wata'aala, is the creator of mankind and therefore
knows his nature more intricately than mankind himself. Allah,
subhanahu wata'aala, has therefore chosen for us a religion best
suited to the nature of mankind, a religion that goes neither to the

I have to saturday - after that nothing. Over the last few months I have
seen the listings drop from 2 weeks to 2-3 days. Anyone else found this ?
David

Thought I'd get one of these, for when I'm out running.  A green one.
And some effing little plaggy cover things.
But of course the wee white earphones fell out when I tried running, and
I ran along holding one of them, like a right prannet.  I've seen other