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<p><p>If you buy an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, and you happen to be a user of the iTunes Store in more than one country, take note which country's store you're viewing in iTunes when you plug in the device for the first time. This will be the country the device will register with, and you will be forever barred from purchasing or even updating free apps from anywhere else. The only way out is to delete everything on the device and do a full restore.</p></p>
<a href="/article/2333"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2333', 'show')">Made For Each Other</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2333" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2333"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersWith the demise of Norton Essentials for PowerBook, CPU clearly owns the title for the most full-featured PowerBook utilities package</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 22 Nov 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2342" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2342"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersAlthough Maury Markowitz's article on avoiding non-delivery notices (NDNs) on FirstClass systems (see TidBITS #199) has some useful suggestions, a bit more explanation might be in order so that FirstClass administrators can make educated decisions on what's right for their systems.Expiry dates should be set such that the contents of a conference or folder won't be unwieldy to the new user, but more importantly so that the conference won't overflow</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 15 Nov 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2348" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2348"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersApple shamefacedly admitted last week that its introductory materials and data sheets for the Quadra 610 incorrectly stated that all Quadra 610s have a floating point unit (FPU)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 08 Nov 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2367" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2367"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersReviews are mixed so far on Apple's announcement last week that they're doing away with the "Suggested Retail Price" and will instead publish street prices "more in line with the market" in the future</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 25 Oct 1993</div></div>
<a href="/article/2388"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2388', 'show')">System 7 Pro Ships</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2388" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2388"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersIt's a little less than a year since Apple split Macintosh system software users into two groups, and they've done it again</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 11 Oct 1993</div></div>
<a href="/article/2389"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2389', 'show')">Yet Another System Update</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2389" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2389">The dust still hasn't settled from the recent releases of the Hardware System Update 2.0 and the Software Utility Update 1.0, but Apple last week released a new collection of patches and utilities dubbed "System Update 2.0.1." This collection incorporates enhancements from the two previous versions of Hardware System Update (1.0 and 2.0) and some further enhancements</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 11 Oct 1993</div></div>
<a href="/article/2412"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2412', 'show')">AWS 95 - The Latest Update</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2412" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2412"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersAdding to the string of recent software updates, Apple has released the Apple Workgroup Server 95 Tune-Up disk set, providing enhancements to the A/UX operating system software and AppleShare Pro, and some bug fixes for the AWS 95</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 20 Sep 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2413" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2413">Citing confusion among dealers and early product testers, Apple consolidated the Newton Connection Kit and Connection Pro Kit for both Macintosh and Windows platforms</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 20 Sep 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2421" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2421"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersIn TidBITS #191, I casually commented that readers asking local dealers to download DarkStar from AppleLink might consider making a purchase at the same time, to help defray the dealer's cost of accessing Apple's expensive online service</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 13 Sep 1993</div></div>
<a href="/article/2422"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2422', 'show')">MessagePad System Update</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2422" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2422">Showing that old dogs can indeed learn new tricks, Apple last week began using several new distribution methods to help new MessagePad owners obtain system software updates for the newly-released version 1.04 of the Newton OS.If you have the Newton Connection Kit 0.9 you will receive an update disk when you receive version 1.0 of the Connection Kit</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 13 Sep 1993</div></div>
<a href="/article/2432"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2432', 'show')">Apple Updates Several Utilities</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2432" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2432"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersBack in August, Apple announced a collection of software utility updates intended to replace versions already in users' hands</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 06 Sep 1993</div></div>
<a href="/article/2433"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2433', 'show')">Upgrade Your NTR</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2433" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2433">Apple has announced that replacement ROM chips will be available from service providers to fix two problems in the Personal LaserWriter NTR printer. Users who have experienced either problem are eligible for the upgrade; users who haven't seen either problem probably don't need it.The first problem would be immediately apparent</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 06 Sep 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2440" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2440"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersNo, this doesn't mean Darth Vader has been paroled. DarkStar, released last month by Apple, and officially known as the "Monitor Energy Saver Control Panel," allows Macintosh users to conserve power using "Energy Star compliant" computers and monitors</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 30 Aug 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2441" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2441">Chris W. Johnson at the University of Texas recently released an update to his free Gatekeeper antiviral utility, version 1.2.8. The new version is a maintenance release, and doesn't address new viruses, but all Gatekeeper users should obtain this update.Some earlier versions of Gatekeeper may comment that they are out of date, and suggest that the user find an update</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 30 Aug 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2442" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2442">Continuing their quest to sweep away the barriers between the world's electronic mail systems, Information Electronics recently announced the approaching 01-Sep-93 release of PostalUnion/SMTP for QuickMail, a new PostalUnion/SMTP gateway for CE Software's QuickMail.PostalUnion is IE's modular gateway technology, allowing them to develop new gateway products efficiently by using common modules in similar gateways</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 30 Aug 1993</div></div>
<a href="/article/2464"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2464', 'show')">Oh Give Me A Home</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2464" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2464">Working full-tilt on products like QuickAccess for Newton and a Casper-friendly version of QuicKeys, not to mention continuing development on QuickMail, means that CE Software has much less time to work on its other products, time which the company feels these products deserve</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 09 Aug 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2465" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2465">Turnabout is Fair Play -- There have been several products to let Mac users read DOS-formatted disks over the years, from the DaynaFile drives to the collection of software taking advantage of the SuperDrive</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 09 Aug 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2495" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2495"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersThe authors of the Rival anti-virus utility for Macintosh announced last week that Microseeds, Inc</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 19 Jul 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2523" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2523"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersEveryone's talking about PowerPC, the new processor architecture Apple and IBM have been developing, that promises to blow away all the microprocessors currently on the market</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 28 Jun 1993</div></div>
<a href="/article/2540"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2540', 'show')">Waiting for Newton</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2540" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2540">Apple's most actively publicized secret at the moment is Newton, the code name for the company's upcoming handheld personal organizer, and for the collection of new and adapted technologies making up this project</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 14 Jun 1993</div></div>
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