UK Mac

10.4 - Keychain not saving passwords
I've seen this problem on a few Macs (all on 10.4) in the office: the main project volume is stored on our XServe (10.5). Everyone has an alias of that in their sidebar or set it up as a login item. For some reason though, on some machines, Keychain won't save the password (checkbox has been ticked), popping ... 15 Jul 2010 23:06

'You are not connected to the internet'
Since applying the last OS update (Snow Leopard 10.6.4) I have started getting a lot of these error messages when browsing all kinds of different sites in Safari, and Firefox reports a 'cannot find server' messages similarly. My router appears to be on and functioning normally, all lights lit etc. It's incredibly ... 15 Jul 2010 12:05

TextMate, adding a new command, Linux command line Q
I've added a new command to the Text bundle on my system. I use it to massage some copy/pasted output from another system. First it uses 'cut' to remove the stuff that I don't need, then it uses 'sed' to rearrange the data, I end up with three columns, the third of which I'd like to add up. Awk can do this, and I... 16 Jul 2010 06:39

Press conference
Apple is holding a press conference at Cupertino tomorrow. About the IP4. But you probably already know this, it's all over the media. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/jul/15/apple-press-confer ence-iphone 5pm british proper time. -- http://www.dream-weaver.com/email.php Web development p... 15 Jul 2010 06:37

Never realized the Brits had such a terrible secret weapon(Rowland)
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:35:18 +0100, Rowland McDonnell wrote: Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: [snip] nor do I see herds of people in the UK leaving there for the USA , so everyone must be reasonably happy with their own governments policies. Tha... 20 Jul 2010 19:05

Cups or what?
Hi All, I'm trying to sort out a printer problem between an Apple laptop (10.5) and a (new) Canon printer (MX350). Looking on the Canon website there are two drivers for that model and 10.5: http://software.canon-europe.com/software/0037993.asp?model= and http://software.canon-europe.com/software/00386... 15 Jul 2010 13:12

Pixelmator 1.6 now out
(Well, actually as of yesterday). <http://www.pixelmator.com/> New Features • Major performance improvements • 64-Bit support • Layer Groups • Send to Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook • Import directly from cameras, scanners, multifunction devices, and devices such as iPhone and iPad • New transforming tools... 15 Jul 2010 02:20

Time Capsule failures
Not sure if it's come up here about the Time capsule failures. Charles Arthur has written about it here: <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/jul/13/apple-time-capsul e-failure-analysis> The dodgy ones have a serial number in a particular range (XX807XXXXXX - XX814XXXXXX) - mine's XX910 which is enc... 14 Jul 2010 17:39

Works outing 2010
Last year we suggested the second Friday in November for the works outing. Are we on for November 12 this year? I need to plan. MST ... 14 Jul 2010 10:59

Magic Mouse battery life
I have a Magic Mouse, delivered with my iMac a week ago. Looking at the description in the Bluetooth tab, it says the battery charge on the mouse is 82%. Does this mean that they should last about 12 weeks before they need changing? Which, incidentally, doesn't seem like a hugely long time. -- Peter ... 20 Jul 2010 00:33