UK Mac

Buying an old iPhone 3G
If I were to buy an iPhone 3G, how much should I expect to pay for one in decent condition? Daniele ... 28 Jun 2010 12:51

iOS4 Windows'ism
Ok, so I'm really getting on with the multitasking and that's fine (though Spotify you laggards, where's my background-playing update?). There is, however, one Windows'ism that's really annoying me: can't move icons on the task bar. Several of my apps logically group together. When running them, I'm more likely... 26 Jun 2010 19:36

MacSoup
MacSoup: I've had a read of the manual but cannot see answers to these - can you tag a thread as "interesting"? and is there any way to save a post or a thread other than copying the article to the main mailbox? Thanks -- Nige Danton email: replace the obvious with g_m_a_i_l --- news://freenews.netfront.... 23 Jun 2010 08:25

MacOS X 10.6. losing icons
I've had this minor problem with MacOS X ever since the start: every now and then, it'll lose track of some application icons. It seems to happen at random, and fix itself randomly but only after rebooting. Back in the old days, I knew how it worked and knew to rebuild the desktop if this happened. What's g... 23 Jun 2010 11:44

10.6.4 oddity with iCal alarms
Since upgrading to 10.6.4, setting an alarm for an event in iCal gives the options as: Display message 20175 minutes before Play sound "Basso" 60663 seconds after ... and other odd combinations of minutes and seconds rather than hours and days as before. Is anyone else seeing this or have I mana... 23 Jun 2010 15:05

Ipad case
I now need to sort out a case for my iPad, what are you guys buying? Lynn Live for today, as tomorrow is not promised ... 28 Jun 2010 05:11

Advanced setting on iTunes sync
Just noticed that under the information - Advanced - Replace information on this iPhone Mail is ticked. I don't remember actually ticking it and it is the only one that is ticked. Is there a reason why I would need that ticked? Lynn Live for today, as tomorrow is not promised ... 22 Jun 2010 17:10

iChat on iPad
Are you able to install iChat on the iPad? Lynn Live for today, as tomorrow is not promised ... 22 Jun 2010 18:16

Thieving posties
I have to send somebody 300MB worth of slides. They have a pissy Blueyonder account so the largest attachment they can receive is about 25MB. Yousendit want to charge nine bucks a month for the ability to send a message that size. So I bought a cheap Peckham Council 2GB thumb drive, wrapped it in a letter and sent ... 30 Jun 2010 00:00

iPad: first impressions from a non-techy
There have been plenty of reviews and impressions of the iPad from people who are technical or gadget-minded. But that doesn't seem to be who the iPad is marketed to; I thought it would be interesting to get a review from the target market, so I got Hannah - who has now had an iPad for a couple of weeks - to email ... 28 Jun 2010 11:44