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

I need to redownload a Mail attachment. I have tried deleting the file
from ~/Library/Mail Downloads but I'm still not seeing it redownload -
this is a 10Mb file and it appears in about a second if I try to
redownload it.

Any bright ideas about how to set up keyboard shortcuts for inserting
such things as Greek letters and maths symbols into text? I've got a
Launchbar shortcut to the CharPalette and Keyboard Server apps, but it's
slow and clumsy (and the 'insert' button on Charpalette is greyed-out

I've just had Finder beachball me and I couldn't get out of it :( It
needed a hard reset to be able to reboot or logout. That's the first
time I've had to do that on this MBP since I got it. :)
Is there another way I could have rebooted more gracefully?

I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the same
'Cause nothin' lasts forever

Odd one here.
On a parental controlled account which used to work fine, I've opened
the Applications folder and found that about half the apps have turned
into text files (no, really...) and that some have vanished entirely.

Nancy Cartwright who does Bart Simpsons voice is in the church
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright_(actress)
she must make a tonne of money due to the runaway success of the
Simpsons.

I will be without a mac for a few weeks.
Are there any Windows utilities out there?
I have looked at mp3-direct-cut: no where near as good as Fission. By
a long shot.

Hmmmm
Got a new 8gb nano today, plugged it into my iMac - running iTunes
7.6, with all my playlists etc from my dead iPod mini...
It comes up with "This iPod requires OSX 10.4.8 to run...

It would be neat if we could have that.
If Apple do it, I really hope that Jobs doesn't ask for $20 cos he'll
sound like a total bell-end!!
Surely a firmware upgrade is all that's required?

I've just been put on "upgrade wariness alert" after the spodge of
Quicktime 7.4, which apparently doesn't play nice with FCP, After
Effects and other video applications.

Couple of quickies.
Can Hogwasher be set to always use a specific sig, rather than having to
always pick one? Im finding it a pain.
Can it be set so Internet links are clickable?

I have never had applecare, or really seen the need for it, but seeing
as sabs macbook hasn't been brilliant in reliabilty of later (backlight
went funny for a bit, shuts down when it feels like it), and as this
macbook pro is a company machine I thought I might as well get it.

After having stuck with using Xnews on Windows (and therefore running it  
under Parallels whenever I needed to) I've just realized what key features  
I needed in a newsreader.
After trying Opera Mail for a while, I found that I could use the  

Well not always, but often.
What's the score? I don't like to choke the chicken before breakfast.
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