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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk for 27-Apr-09

by Jeff Carlson


Canceling AT&T contracts -- When your iPhone contract is up, does AT&T (or other carrier) unlock the device? (3 messages [1])


Spotlight GUI -- Spotlight strives to stay out of the way, which is a problem when you're trying to use it. Readers discuss how to perform better Spotlight searches. (17 messages [2])


MS Word 2008 -- A protected Word file from a Windows user can't be opened in Word 2008 for Mac. Other software may be helpful. (9 messages [3])


Scanner for slides Recommendations -- What options or services are available for scanning slides? Readers make lots of excellent suggestions. (34 messages [4])


Navigating the Next Generation of Mac Twitter Apps -- Readers compare the latest applications for viewing Twitter streams. (10 messages [5])


Two different MacBook Pro problems -- Booting from older DiskWarrior discs may not work for the latest versions of Mac hardware. (3 messages [6])


Why Snow Leopard Should Be (Almost) Free -- Readers debate Adam's article questioning whether the next version of Mac OS X should be a free update. (35 messages [7])

[1]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2606
[2]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2607
[3]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2608
[4]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2609
[5]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2610
[6]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2611
[7]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2612