UK Mac

Services menu is empty?
I don't use it /much/, but just now I went to the OS X Services menu and all it had was a grey entry called "Building". In all apps. I don't know how long it has been like that, but is there any way to make it build and/or fix it? -- Chris ... 24 Jul 2010 17:45

What happened to rock radios in iTunes?
A while back I discovered that all the rock radio stations vanished from the iTunes presets. I wonder if they're ever coming back? -- Steen ... 23 Jul 2010 21:20

iOS4 mem leak?
thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid (Tim Hodgson) writes: I think Sak mentioned this possibllity the other day, and I'm definitely seeing increasingly sluggish response on a 3GS between reboots. Anyone seen any word on this? Doesn't need to be a real leak. Safari seems to cache much more now and since it alway... 26 Jul 2010 07:16

Safari, downloaded file gets wrong name.
This doesn't happen with all file types. I've only had it happen with ..csv files so far. What happens is, I Ctrl-click the link and select "Save linked file to Download", the file down-loads and gets named "DownloadedFile". Why?! Here's the html for the link: <td> <a href="product_image_filenames.csv"> ... 23 Jul 2010 12:32

DOSBox and games on FD
I was unable to resist the temptation any longer. I have purchased Lemmings ... for DOS. Well, it was under a fiver, and came with More Lemmings too. The problem is that it's on floppy disk. I've access to floppy drives all over the place, I have machines with FD drives running DOS, Linux, and Win98. I'm inte... 25 Jul 2010 17:17

VLC appearing twice
In my 'Open with' contextual menu I'm seeing to entries for VLC, but both open the same application. I've done a search for two actual copies of VLC but there is only the one. Any ideas? Not a problem, just a wee bit odd. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in wha... 23 Jul 2010 21:20

10.6.4 set a password ?
Hi guys, I have never had a password on my iMac except for the system password of course. So anyone turning it on can open the files and stuff. can I set a general access password so that anyone starting my mac needs to input it ? but it gives access to everything ? Howard ... 24 Jul 2010 16:41

How fast would a 1.6 G5 PowerMac be?
Colin Harper <colinharper(a)x.com.invalid> wrote: Looking for an upgrade to our ageing 1.0GHz G4 eMac. It's just no good these days for the little one's bob the builder and other CeeBeebies style flash heavy websites. The little eMac I think is doing well on 10.5 with 768MB and a G4! PowerMac wasn't ... 24 Jul 2010 20:58

iPhone4 saga explained clearly and graphically
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn-YesqzvNk> Those Taiwanese know how to break it down for the new media public. -- Pd ... 23 Jul 2010 05:56

A bit of fun...Updated
On 2010-07-21 09:46:13 +0100, nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) said: iballooka <kamtek(a)nospamtoday.hotmail.com> wrote: Found the invoice dated 23rd May 1996 for my Apple Power Mac 8500 Guess the prices.... 8500/120 mhz/16 MB Ram/2 GB Hard Drive/4x CD Drive..............�2935.00 ... 21 Jul 2010 10:15