UK Mac

MobileMe calendar beta - anyone on it?
I applied for the beta same day it was announced, but haven't received a mail inviting me on and I don't see anything about being able to share calendars when I log in. Graphics have changed but not much else. Anyone get a mail and are definitely on the beta? I trying to work out how I'd tell for sure. Ch... 25 Jul 2010 09:44

UK iPad usable in Portugal?
Hello, Family from Channel Isles have asked daughter (Lancashire) if she would buy them a 32Gb iPad (WiFi + 3G) for them. Apparently they're not on sale ther until Nov. The machine is for use in Portugal by their student daughter. My mobile use is limited to �10 a time PAYG and lasts me about 6 months, most... 20 Jul 2010 05:55

iCal is blank and refuses to quit
When I open iCal (version 3.0.8) the are no entries visible on the calendar. There are no calendars listed down the left-hand side and a lot of the menu items are greyed out. Clicking the + to add a new calendar has no effect. The application will not quit unless I force quit. iMac with OSX 10.5.8 Any help ... 26 Jul 2010 14:57

10 Vintage Apple Ads That Time Forgot
From Mashable.. <http://bit.ly/du1I3P> Mark ... 19 Jul 2010 04:51

Changing permissions
I have a Palm data file on which I want to change some things. Get info tells me that I have read and write access, and that 'staff' has read only, 'everyone' has read only too. This turns out to be a pain in the bum, and I'd like to make then read & write. How do I do this? Short of the workaround which is ... 19 Jul 2010 20:11

iPod repairs...?
Emiuly's iPod Touch has poor contact on the headphone socket, I got them working again a while back using a stripped down cotton bud and some cleaning solution. It's playing up again, and the cleaning trick isn't working too well this time. Any recommendations for repairers? There's loads of them in the web, but ... 17 Jul 2010 15:14

What's are the effects of using lower quality RAM?
I've just bought a new Mac Mini as a replacement for my G5 PowerPC - primarily to allow me to upgrade to Adobe CS5. I thought it wise to max out the (SODIMM) RAM to 8GB and having picked myself up off the floor after discovering Apple's price for memory, spent a couple of hours trawling the internet for somethin... 19 Jul 2010 10:14

iBooks
Been a bit bored this afternoon, with no energy to do anything after a 70-ish hour week at work last week. So I got around to browsing iBooks. There's one particular book I want to read (Start the Car - The World According to Bumble by ex-cricketer David Lloyd). Price at Amazon - �9.49. iTunes store audio... 20 Jul 2010 21:16

simple mailing list
On 17 Jul 2010 16:47:25 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: I've been asked to set up a mailing list (where all recipients can post) for a dozen non-techies. I'm after something that is easy to subscribe and unsubscribe to, and doesn't require setting up new email addresses or accounts. Is the current c... 23 Jul 2010 14:44

More 'Angry Birds'
15 more levels, plus a new bird. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ ... 19 Jul 2010 12:28