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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/04-Aug-08

by Jeff Carlson


Finder problem -- The Finder won't honor the preference to open new folders in one window (instead of in new windows). (3 messages [1])


MobileMe Status Page Promises Updates, But Tone Rings Flat -- Is me.com being run by a company outside Apple? (2 messages [2])


AppleTV vs. Tivo? In an effort to cut costs, a reader is paring his expensive cable television and Internet services. (7 messages [3])


Extracting Images from PDFs -- Several options are available for pulling images out of PDF files. (5 messages [4])


Secure Your DNS Since Apple Hasn't -- Even if your Mac is safely updated against the latest DNS poisoning vulnerability, a large number of other providers have yet to patch the problem. (2 messages [5])


iTunes 7.7.1 -- The recent iTunes update still seems to have problems with iPhone syncing and handling iPhone applications. (2 messages [6])


Fixes for DNS Flaw, ARDAgent Exploit Released by Apple -- Readers note the various security fixes included in Security Update 2008-005. (3 messages [7])


iPhone Google map problems -- The Maps program on the iPhone appears to be delivering different map information than Google Maps on the Web. (4 messages [8])


Upgrading Methods -- Some people believe that performing a direct upgrade to Leopard will cause problems, but is that actually the case? (5 messages [9])


Using Time Machine Across Network -- Attempting to back up a Mac across the network leads to problems with multiple user accounts on two machines. (3 messages [10])

[1]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2115
[2]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2116
[3]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2117
[4]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2118
[5]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2119
[6]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2120
[7]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2122
[8]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2123
[9]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2125
[10]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2126