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

I'm putting a blank DVD in my drive (iLamp)  and getting  'could not
connect with drive Error Code 0x80020022' when I try to burn.
I tried it on my wife's identical machine with the same result.
Anyone know why this might be? System Profiler says I should be able to

The keynote was impressive. Update your calendar on your Mac or iPhone
and it was immediately reflected on all other synced devices including
the web apps.
Something has changed.

Ho hum - this is getting worse and worse.
I'm on Leopard, iLamp, WM6, MS 4.0.3.
It wants each time to go through every calendar appointment and Contact
name, and endless asking for corrections that i have put in before.

Can anybody recommend an uber cheap external HD that works with
Timemachine -
I have a 160 gb HD imac with OSX 10.5
Thanks!

What is the opinion of the group regarding favourite applications so far
? I am particularly interested in reviews of File Magnet and finding out
which is the best voice recorder app.

Going away tomorrow, and suddenly thought how nice to get my bookmarks
so i can access them from anywhere.  Then, having furtled my way around
Evernote, Del.icio.us, and looked at some others, none seem to have the
function to import a bookmarks file.

If you're sick of the iPhone...
I have a lot of macros in MS Word 2004, some of which I put in there
several years ago.  Until recently they were all working fine - now they
aren't. And when I do a command for one of them, I get the same 'Syntax

Hi have a netgear non wireless router, this connects to my housemates isp
(BT) I want to change it for my beelkin wireless one that currently has my
old broadband settings on. How do I set it up for use on housemates
broadband do I just plug it in and go? Can I plug it into the ...

I think I know the answer here - no - but in case I'm overlooking
something is VMware any faster or slower when running on a MacBook Pro
instead of a MacBook?
The only significant hardware difference I can think of is the graphics

I've just noticed that the Mail application on the iPod Touch now makes the
unit's internal speaker give a few bleeps when a new message comes in.
Pretty sure it didn't do that under 1.1.4
Jim

I just cannot get my smart folders to show up on the Mobile Me web interface.
I have syncing enabled and this includes the smart folder option. All other
folders show up ok, except for the fact that the default for nested folders
is open/expanded and I cannot change that to ...

I haven't seen any for a while but the all time figures interested me a
little...

OmniFocus for iPhone is great. It does everything I hoped it would. Be even
better with GPS supported location set-ups.
ian

I have several font folders on both Macs I use - (one Tiger one
Panther). is there a folder (ie a location) where all fonts should be
and where I should add new ones?
Thx