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

Hmmph.
I've not been reading all your postings about the new iMacs, merely
flicking at them.
A friend (more complicated really, but ..) has just phoned me to say

Problem with 17" Powerbook G4 1.5GHz 10.4.8, DVDs containing movies also
DVDs & Cds containing music (aiffs & mp3s) will not mount, they get ejected.
Data DVDs and CDs are OK. We repaired the permissions via utilities, the HD
and permissions (again) via the startup disc. We had this ...

Can anyone tell me what the options are to 'convert' a 1.83MHz MacBook
with a Combo Drive to one with a Superdrive? Can this be done by
replacing the existing Como drive with a Superdrive and/or is it
possible to buy a 'standalone' Superdrive which, for instance, can be

Anybody using the above?
I've tried setting this up by following Apple's instructions to and by
adding two cname records at 123-reg control panel (cname
mydomain.co.uk and cname www.mydomain.co.uk) as well as deleting the

Subject line says it all but I'm currently in Windows world so can't
check.
I have a document that I would like to highlight sections with
coloured boxes that are on a separate layer and are semi-transparent

I have beeen trying to download latest SMC firmware update for MacPro.
I get told it is successful, but next day there it is again for
download. Sys profiler tells me I have SMC  ver 1.7f8, but I think
latest is ver 1.7f10. I get no instructions after download, Just a

The Open Instrumentation Project announces release V1.7 of software
for the
Syscomp DSO-101 oscilloscope hardware.
The Open Instrumentation Project (OIP) has been formed to support

Is there an app to convert xvid.
John

I have just brought home an O2 XDA Orbit PDA/Phone with free Co-Pilot
sat nav on a 14 day trial from my local O2 shop. Its a lovely little
(being the operative word) piece of kit.Unfortunately to make use of all
the features I really need to be running Windows. I am currently ...

Looks like I'm another G5 PSU victim :-(
We were having the leccy meter changed this morning, so I powered down
the computers. Went back to restart, and my G5 was rather dead looking,
I noticed the HP monitor on the DVI was on, but the Formac on the ADC

I don't know if anyone here uses Parallels Desktop and is frustrated by the
weird keyboard maps i.e. hash and quote the wrong way round etc.
This really annoyed me, and I couldn't find anything that easily mapped the
keys on my Mac Pro keyboard, so I've developed a custom keyboard ...

Having bought a copy of both now, I'm experimenting. They seem pretty
comparable for XP vms except for a few things.
VMware is lower CPU usage.
VMware is better at single window mode.

I used to use AppRocket on my Windows PC to give me the same sort of
functionality that I have with LaunchBar under OS X. I was always
struck by just how closely the interface of the Windows app followed
the LaunchBar application. I thought it god perilously close to

I start my systam and all is fine until it is time for the earth to
show up then all I see is a blue rim around the planet and I can see
right through the earth and see stars...it is like there is nothing
there.