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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/28-Jan-08

by Jeff Carlson


Tiger on Current iMac -- How can one get a Tiger installation disc for a current iMac model (which now ships with Leopard)? (2 messages [1])


Yoyodyne Flash: European phone experience + iPod Touch -- Traveling internationally with an iPhone (or other cell phone) has bitten a number of people due to onerous roaming charges. Here's how several readers made it work. (3 messages [2])


MacBook Air Introduced as World Thinnest Notebook -- Reader discuss the tradeoffs Apple made to create the MacBook Air, and how people value some aspects (like weight and thickness) over others (like ports and power). (5 messages [3])


Mailtrust (Webmail.us) - or other hosted email services -- A reader seeks advice about this email provider, and others discuss the merits of outsourced versus self-hosted email. (4 messages [4])


GTD on an iPod Touch or iPhone -- With the lack of to-do applications on the iPhone and iPod touch, how do people employ the Getting Things Done organizational system on these handhelds? (2 messages [5])


New to OS X but having internet connectivity problems -- An inexperienced Mac user seeks advice on why his Mac won't allow Internet access via Ethernet. (1 message [6])


Can I stop the start up chime in 10.4.11? Several options, ranging from Terminal commands to a trip to Radio Shack, are available for muting a Mac's startup sound. (7 messages [7])


iChat AV versus my home router (SIP, NAT and firewalls oh my) -- iChat's video conferencing is supposed to just work, even when traversing routers and firewalls, but that's not always the case. What combination of software, protocols, and hardware will help? (1 message [8])

[1]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1795/
[2]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1797/
[3]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1798/
[4]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1800/
[5]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1801/
[6]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1802/
[7]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1804/
[8]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1805/