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

Woot!  I now have Leonard.  :-D
In the 'Places' list in the Finder, I see a file called
keyedobjects.nib.  I can't do get info because as soon as i click on it,
the system asks for an app to open it. Anyone seen this or know what to

I am seeking cooperator, part-time job and gaining much profits.
We are from China. And our business is internation trade by internet
for many years. Our products is best selling in Europe. And Our
products have Top quality.

I was using my 1st gen MacBook last night and everything was Ok for a
few hours, but when I connected to my work's networl via Remote
Desktop Connection through Parallels/XP the computer hung for many
minutes. As I got no response I simply powered it on & off to reset

Is there any way in which Leopard can be persuaded to delete files on
AFP shares to the Trash? I get the 'file will be deleted immediately'
warning when I choose 'Move to trash'.
It's nothing fancy, just a home directory on a Mac Mini running 10.5

Anne gets a slightly regular 'library newsletter' which she doesn't need
to read, thank gahd, as she no longer runs the organisation that issues
it. It's an email with an attached M$ Publisher document. I know it's
locked down as tightly as a fish's arse, so I'd need a PeeCee ...

...because I had.  Turns out latest Quicktime update and Perian WMV
codec pack don't play nicely.  Reinstalling latest version of Perian
(download, run the prefpane, hit the update button) fixes it nicely...
Ric

I've been looking into buying an Internet radio device, so I don't need
to keep a Mac running.
The Squeezebox Duet <http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_duet.html> looks like
a perfect fit with its graphical remote that sort of puts the radio in

    Getting a timeout... anyone else?
Cheers ... Mark

I have a Belkin 7 port USB hub # F5U307,  after a minute or so it cuts out,
it's also running red hot, I have to disconnect/reconnect the USB lead from
the Mac to get it going again. I had problems with the previous Belkin 7
port model. Should I go for a refund and buy another make, ...

Dear All ­
I usually buy and use 3Com routers, but I have a request from a client to
investigate a better wireless router for their house.
They currently have a Linksys that they bought and it has a very weak signal

I was sitting here earlier and iChat started on its own, with a message
from my wife.
I thought I had imagined it, so quite iChat.
Later she said 'Oh, you are online'. I said I wasn't and iChat was off.

My public folder on dotmac (requiring username/password authentication)
is inaccessible with Firefox 3.0 - it only returns a very empty page -
but I am sure it worked with previous versions of FF. Has anyone else
noticed this? No problems with Safari.

Can anyone tell me if its possible to sync iPhone with two computers.
I want to be able to sync my music to it using the iMac I have at home and
also have my contacts and calendar from home put on it.   However I would
also like to either use Active Sync or the Push Exchange sync ...

A relative of mine uses beeb.net email, and received an email from them
recently. It absolutely screams phishing, but it appears to be genuine
given that the website it points to is correct for the beeb webmail,
unless the forwarded mail he sent to me has lost the reference to a

some general questions for anyone in the know about preference pains.
I've just downloaded the smartsleep one for Leopard. I understand that
it needs to be installed in /hd/library/preference pains/. I've
authenticated it as your meant to do and it works fine enough. What I