Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / January 2008

I'd been hoping for an announcement of 10.5.2 - or at least a quiet
release of it. Nothing so far. On past precedent, is this something
that would be trumpeted, or just something that happens at the end of
Macworld?

I AM ALIENATED IN UK.COMP.SYS.MAC FOR SPEAKING MY MIND.
I hate gays> They have AIDS.
Butt f.cking queers have no place in society. They should all be
killed.

I'm setting up a small home network with three Mac minis under Leopard 10.5.1.
(migrating from Windows/PC environment).
Two new Intel machines and an 2005 G4 serving as file server, updated to
Leopard as well.

*       doesn't have its own colour picker (so no hex values)
*       can't do smart quotes - you need to use the Character Palette
*       can't export optimised for the web
*       can't trim images automatically

So, does the solid state hard drive of the top of the range MacBook Air
mean that there's zero start up time?
Ian

Using an iMac as a monitor for my G5... It's not possible, is it?
I'm thinking about upgrading my Mac at some point this coming tax year and
reckon this time round the top-spec iMac would probably suit my needs.
However, I have a fancy soundcard in the G5 which I'm reluctant to ...

UK: £200/£270
US: £130/£190 ($230/$330 plus UK-style 17.5% VAT)
Yes, I'd love to pay 50% extra, I'm British.
That's rather higher than the standard 10%-15% UK tax Apple add on for

This used to be a useful source of Mac info.  But now too much off-topic
material to wade thru.  GET A MODERATOR !
Goodbye all.

Has anyone worked out if the Apple TV v2 will be able to access .AVI,
VIDEO_TS, and/or .MOV files?
That's the only thing I'm waiting for!

When I double-click a .swf file in the activity window, it opens & plays in a
new window instead of downloading. This is happening on both an iBook & an
iMac. The weird thing is that I did this last night on the iBook (same .swf),
and it downloaded the file. Any thoughts?

Now available via iTunes.
But it is 162Mb, and downloading *very* slowly.
Danny

Am I wrong or wasn't there one single 'boom'?

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And for the duration of Macworld 2008 it's 20% cheaper.
Jim

I am having a seriously senior moment this morning with iTunes... how
exactly do you buy stuff? I am trying to buy the iPod Touch software
update. In iTunes when I go to the iTunes Store pane there is a link
right in the middle saying iPod Touch January Software Upgrade. When I

Last night I dropped my iPod - and it has now stopped working -
It is a 1st gen 4gb Mini...out of warranty
I have surfed and found "kaizen it solutions"  in Sheffield, but does
anybody know/suggest a good alternative for iPod medical aid in the