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

My mate's G3 iBook with 10.3.9 can connect to my home network with
this built in airport.
However, he cannot connect to the internet. It always says server not
found.

Young'uns PC lappy died before Christmas and I replaced it with an Acer
- although she wanted a Macbook Pro.  I suggested a paper round but she
didn't take up the option!
Time to sell on what remains of the old lappy which died due to the

I used a Sony Cybershot camera to take some moving images. They are
MPG files.
I would like to turn them into Flash movies (so they can be played on
a web browser) but the movies cannot be saved (or they are less easy

I missed the last Expo so didn't get to meet any of you guys that I
haven't met before. I've also moved to a new area and don't want to
repeat the mistake I made in Chester of being (reasonably) close to
people but not making the effort to go say hi.

Just seen it on <www.macupdate.com>, Version 2.1 of NeoOffice - Now
Intel compatible, and a new database module too.

I have tried Ripper/iSquint and also Handbrake and after all night
vigil got the .mp4 file on to the desktop.
But iTunes wont accept it, the movie page remains blank and black.  I
even tried dumping the file straight onto the iPod icon on the

I've installed EYETV and Toast v7 onto a MacBook Pro.
I can record a program and burn it onto a DVD if the program file is
in the library. However, if the file is no longer in the library but
still on my hard drive, I cant get Toast to recognise it. If I drag an

Apologies if these have been here before.
Via Daring Fireball and very funny.
<http://www.lauriemcguinness.com/>

Is it possible to delete a file from within Front Row, any keystroke
combination that will do this?
Thanks,
Moose

For ages now, I've had a boxed Logitech ScanMan 32 in my shed, and
yesterday I decided to see if it worked. Then I discovered that
there's no software in the box, although all the hardware seems to be
there.

I would much appreciate an idiot's guide to backing up. I have
invested in a 250GB Lacie Firewire drive and have put everything on
that. Cool. But what is the best way of keeping it up to date? Is
there a simply way of automating/semi-automating the process so the

Well I'm sitting here enjoying the new Core 2 Duo iMac which arrived
yesterday and got set up this morning. Used the migration assistant
which took about 45 minutes (some 30Gb of data) and ... well .. that's
it.

A friend at work has recently been given a PowerMac G4, 400MHz.
He wants to use a specific sound card and some software that requires a
500MHz+ processor and more RA<, or so I am told.
Knowing very little about the PowerMac myself I've googled it and don't

Would I be able to connect/share my internet connection from my
(ethernet-wired) iMac to my AE-equiped iBook if I stick a USB WiFi
dongle in the iMac?
Cheers ... Mark

My G5 Dual 2 has a buyer so its replacement is on order: Mac Pro 2.66
with only bluetooth configured to order (3 day ship rather than 24
hours).
HDDs: