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

So I have just taken delivery of a proverbial shiny new iMac to replace
my still moderately shiny iMac. I know that by connecting the two
together I can just transfer everything across. Relatively quick and
convenient. The trouble is, this is what I have done for the last two or

Good game! Get the demo here:
<http://www.oxeyegames.com/harvest/>
It's a base defense RTS, works well on my lowly Mac Mini and is very much
fun.

Maybe I had missed it but I was surprised to note that anyone signing up
for a Mobile Broadband tariff in PC World can get a fairly hefty
discount on the laptop itself.
Almost makes me want to buy one from there when they next get updated as

<www.floola.com>
Does it play well with your iPod? Any limitations compared with iTunes?
At some point I will take the plunge and get an iPod but iTunes has put
me off so far.

My wife has to give a presentation as part of a job interview in 2 weeks
time,  all she knows is "Powerpoint facilities are available".  I have
Keynote 3.0.2 installed on my machine. What I need to know is, just how
compatible Keynote is with Powerpoint ? Would she run into problems ...

Just got the following from Fictionwise:

After by rare sojourn into MobileMe's web front-end yesterday, I've
been poking about a little. One irritation is that the Mail app is
showing dates in US format, and I can't see how to change it. Is there
some preference I can set, hidden where I haven't seen it?

Wassup bitches?!?!??? Get the new episode : merlin mann and Adam
christianson are on.

"In a statement, police said today: "Anthony David Atherton, 50, of
Victoria Road, Heaton, Bolton, was charged with attempted rape, threats
to kill, false imprisonment and possession of a Class A drug on Tuesday
August 19."

It's a Mercury-free one made in 2004. Apple's own website is a miracle
of flannel with no practical advice whatsoever. Anyone got an address
I can send this dead battery to? Thanks, DROID

What does 'Include replies from people who follow you' actually mean in
Twitterific prefs?
As far as I can see it means 'keep replies from people who follow you
lurking at the bottom of the list forever'.

Some bloke on ebay has asked me "Would it be possible for you to tap the
serial number into the Apple website and let me know when the warranty
expires?"
Does anyone know whereabouts "on the Apple website" one does this? I can

Just logged in to mobileme.com, something I rarely do, to get a URL for
a file I've put in my public folder. After logging in, the URL I'm
seeing is http://www.mobileme.com/idisk.
Er...http? Not https? Seems a little slack doesn't it?

After dropping my iPhone and breaking my MacBook's keyboard, I got the
iPhone back today.
But it's not working.
The bottom row of buttons on the soft keyboard doesn't work - pushing

It seems reasonable to know before placing an order
when it will arrive. The Apple store only seems to say
when an order will be dispatched.
Am I missing something here?