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

In all the time I have been using the Mac I have never had to use
this, but I remember I occasionally did it in Windows: I want the key
code combination to put in a character. For example, for a £ sign I
just press shift-3 on my keyboard, but I should also be able to press

I realise this has been discussed previously, but its a fast moving
target. What are everyone's current thoughts on parallels or vmware.
I've just started a new job, and have a MacPro on which I want to
virtualise linux [1]. We have some instrument control software which

Downloaded with Safari:-
HandBrake-0.8.5b1-MacOS_UB_GUI.dmg
three times tonight from Versiontracker and each time the dmg refuses
to mount, giving me a "corrupt image" warning.

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I am a Linux user but a friend has asked me about her Mac - if it can be
upgraded. It is a Model M5521. I know nothing about Macs so I am asking for
help! She wants to know if it can run a later OS, but I cannot find the
exact spec. for it. It seems that 256MB is needed and a DVD ...

We are wholesaler of Nike Jordan and Other Shoes in China. We are big
Shoes Manufacturer in China. We supply many kinds of Shoes, such as
Nike Shoes, Jordan 1-22, Air Jordan, AF1, DUNK, Air max series etc.
Most of them are in stock and can be supplied surely on time. All

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a little humour for this Newsgroup!
Regards,
Rob. E

I have to make a few DVDs each year of work that I would like to
archive as img files. Is there an easy of producing img files from
DVDs etc ?
David

I've just spotted that Launchbar 4.3 is now available. It seems they
skipped 4.2 although it was (available as a beta for a while) because
of the number of new features. The most obvious difference is is a
Leopard feel to the bar itself.

Basically I want to redisplay my work laptop screen onto my Mac in a window.
At work we use a well-locked down setup - WinXP, Nortel VPN and Tunnelguard
so far I've been unable to use remote desktop to get at it, or even VNC.
TCP-IP is totally tunnelled and guarded!

Panicked phone call from daughter today. MacBook booting to blue screen
and freezing. Talked her through the PRAM reset thing but to no avail.
Well it improved the situation a little because the MacBook was at least
now giving the startup chime but still freezing at a blue screen.

Anyone know if this little dogie would work in a PowerBook G4 400MHz?
<http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/48669>
And if it would work, would it provide the full 480Mbps of USB2?

Just wondering if my spam filters might have been overagressive again -
has anyone heard anything regarding the Pixelmator beta? It was going
to be end of July as far as I knew, and that's not too long now.
Cheers,

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OK, I'm coming over to the darkside and I'm having an Intel Mac. Imac. Top
of the range. Only PPC to date in this house...
Trouble is I want it now. I'm on my second Leffe and an old iMac might do.
Apple Store UK is in my favourites, and I've bought things I don't want