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

This is odd. If I search for 'mark franklin' on the iTunes store, it
tells me that the store is 'temporarily unavailable'. If I seach for
'franklin' it's fine. And it's not just giving me the wrong error when
it can't find anything either, because if I search for 'qbznl9j' then I

I routinely use Firefox but thought i'd give Safari a go.  It is Safari
2.0.4. on OS 10.4.10.
I dont like the dark grey appearance and the small font on the bookmarks
toolbar - i's like a lighter colour and clearer font - bit like Firefox

Watch out Nokia 5200 Tri Band Unlocked GSM Cell Phone Video
http://mobilephone-guide.blogspot.com/2007/06/nokia-5200-tri-band-unlocked-gsm-c
ell.html

On some sites I get an icon with the word below, "NetBlockade". I assume this
is something to do with NetBarrier firewall(?) -perhaps not, just a guess
because of the name and icon- and is used to block popups and the like. This
also prevents access to some items e.g., videos in ...

... is now on Software Update
Installed OK... we'll see

I have just bought my 1st brand new Intel Duo iMac, and I am chuffed to bits
having done so.
My question is "Can it be sited next to an old 19in CRT"? Would the
magnetism from the CRT affect the workings of the iMac?

When I launch Terminal it tells me that I have new mail. Entering 'mail'
tells me that there are 442 messages. Is there a command that will delete all
of these at one fell swoop?

I've been tech support for my boss in his personal life for about 18
years. Videos, TVs, Hi-Fi, computers, you name it. He's scared of
technology, but needs to use it.
I migrated him to an iMac recently and it went very well, he actually

Anyone using the OS X Eclipse and able to get it to upgrade itself to
v3,3? I can download a new copy, but that would mean installing a load
of plugins again and I don't want to. The normal "find and install
updates" bit is telling me I'm fully upgraded, but I'm only at v.3.2.2.

The article includes six parts.
   Part 1: Rip DVD movie to iPod (Windows)
   Part 2: Convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD,
MPG to iPod MP4 or H264 format (Windows)

'Dexter' is very fond of of his PowerBook (or is it an MBP?).
Seems somewhat appropriate...
Mark

me looking for advice again. I am trying to stick to Safari rather
than Firefox for a bit. One problem I have is links in Newsfire are
opening new windows in safari whereas Firefox opened new tabs. I have
turned on Tabbed browsing etc but I still end up with 5 or 5 Safari

I am trying Nemo newsreader again. It seems to have improved quite a
bit and the kill file options seem good. Nice interface too, anyone
else using it ?
David

Even Lindsay Lohan buy Latest Apple iPhone
http://mobilephone-guide.blogspot.com/2007/07/even-lindsay-lohan-buy-iphone.html

I can't recall if it was here or at work but someone was whinging that
eSATA wasn't available on MacBooks. Now it is, for any MacBook with an
ExpressCard slot.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/07/06/review_tempo_sata_express/