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

I have a .jpg file on my mac desktop that will not move to trash -
attempts to do so get the message -- "The operation cannot be completed
because the file is locked"   Please what is causing this and how to
trash or otherwise delete the file.

There's a really interesting (I think) column over at ATPM:
<http://www.atpm.com/13.07/atpo.shtml>
It's about the decline of real research at Apple, and elsewhere. Quite
depressing, and I'm sure there's plenty of room for argument, but the

Phoned Apple today,
I got a great lady who said she was going to do everything she could for
me.... I logged on this morning and the date was still next week. 10
mins ago it updated. My imac is going to be here yesterday now :) amazing.

BT are offering 1GB free online storage for non BT customers. (BT
Digital Vault). Just set mine up, no catch except you have to access it
once every 90 days.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/idg/uk/MacworldUk/~3/129712122/index.cfm

Okay, so I've finally got a round tuit, so I want to look into working
out why this MacBook Pro has so much trouble sleeping. In fact, I've
often had trouble with my Macs sleeping, which implies it is software
rather than hardware. But all the previous troubles are vague (and

Hi,, looking for help.. little hystory:
Have Ibook G4 900z, 512+128 ram, airport instaled after...
I changed the HD because it have already burn out. so I bought a
60giga western. But it never worked 100% it was too slow, the way I

I have an external HDD which I use to back up most of the content of my
MacBook Pro - you know the sort of thing, lots of pictures, lots of avi
files and a bit of music and some apps.
What I've never done is run anything like Retrospect as it takes charge

Getting frustrated waiting for my imac ordered on the 26th. the Apecode
site is not updating and I have a delivery date of next week despite
shipping from Cork on the 30th.
Anyway, i tried to phone Apple at 7.50 to be told opening hours are 9 to

cheap computers
http://cheap-computerss.blogspot.com

Get Paid to Surf Ads.
Now you can get paid to surf ads..All you need to do is register on
their site, surf ads for 30 seconds.
And you will be credited with the earning immediately. Ist'nt dat

According to the Reg a number of vulnerabilities have already been
uncovered in the iPhone software - including one in Safari that could
allow hackers to get the phone to call the high cost phone numbers.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/03/iphone_hacking_progress/

I'm looking for recommendations for a 2 button + scrollwheel type mouse
for MacBook, must be bluetooth. Any recommendations? I've read that the
Kensington 72414 PilotMouse Bluetooth Mini Mouse is unreliable with OS
X. Any real world experience out there?

I've found a small but useful change which has happened in 10.4.10 - at
least, I think that's what's caused it.
In some applications (eg Pages) in 'Open Recent', if there are two files with
the same name you get to see the complete path, not just the top level and

hallo an alle und so manche,
also mein problem:
ich habe nun ein macbook. möchte gerne mal das I-chat ausprobieren.
es scheitert bei dem account. ich kann mich nicht erinnern jemals

I can't seem to find a facility to set an out of office auto-reply in
Entourage.   Must be one there, surely?  Any ideas?
TIA