UK Mac

So what has iSteve got uo his sleeve then ?
According to Apple's 1st Quarter results announcements:- __________ Apple said it sold about nine million of its popular smart phone - more than double the figure from a year earlier. And it shipped almost three million Macs and about ten million iPods. The period did not include the iPad launch. Apple ... 23 Apr 2010 21:41

What a difference!
Plaid Cymru's slogan: "Here's to the crazy ones..." Well, OK, not really. But it's "Think Different." Daniele ... 23 Apr 2010 21:40

A haaaannnndbag?
There're a lot of handbags flying at the moment. Can we all take a slow count to ten, please? -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com) ... 27 Apr 2010 14:30

Ejecting drives with Applescript
I'm using an Applescript to unmount my local USB drives but get a dialog when I run it because one drive is partitioned into two. The message asks if I want to eject all partitions or just one. Can anyone think of a way to remove or disable the prompt? Cheers, Steve tell application "Finder" set loc... 29 Apr 2010 18:05

Airport Express alternative?
I have an Airport Express but want to extend my wireless network to my kitchen, primary purpose is to play iTunes music so I want to be able to plug powered speakers in and I want to control it with the Remote app on my iPhone. Are there any alternatives to another expensive Airport Express? TIA. ... 20 Apr 2010 18:33

No Macs at work
Because: "We don�t support Macs because of problems with authentication and security", according to our (university) IT tech people. I could understand the support argument, but security and authentication? I'd asked if I could have access to a Mac to do some blunt editing of a pdf - they're installing Acroba... 23 Apr 2010 21:41

Next generation iPhone found and dismantled!
So say gizmodo http://gizmodo.com/5520164/ Looks "plausible" -- JohnB ... 20 Apr 2010 18:33

Microsoft's 'Fix it' software
Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: According to the BBC [1]: Microsoft has launched "Fix It" software that keeps an eye on a PC and automatically repairs common faults. The software basically adds the automatic diagnostics system in Windows 7 to older versions of Microso... 20 Apr 2010 16:31

Ejecting drives with Applescript
On Apr 20, 1:00 am, Bruce Horrocks <07....(a)scorecrow.com> wrote: On 19/04/2010 22:56, Steve Hodgson wrote: I'm using an Applescript to unmount my local USB drives but get a dialog when I run it because one drive is partitioned into two. The message asks if I want to eject all partitions or just one... 20 Apr 2010 16:31

So there's no malware in the wild for Mac OS X?
Couldn't have been timed better: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/20/pinhead_mac_trojan/ Miscreants have created a new strain of Trojan horse malware that establishes a backdoor on compromised Macs. HellRTS-D (AKA Pinhead-B) disguises itself as the iPhoto photo application. The Trojan is a new variant ... 24 Apr 2010 06:07