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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/18-Feb-08

by Joe Kissell

Scan Mac News Headlines at Alltop -- A reader comments on the selection of Mac news available at Alltop. (1 message)

Beachballitis -- Readers discuss possible causes of a frequently occurring spinning beachball of death. (6 messages)

More Mileposts Along Road to 3G iPhone -- What does AT&T's recent announcement mean to people who live outside major urban areas? (4 messages)

Please Welcome Eliana Wren Carlson -- The youngest member of the TidBITS family receives some of her first email messages. (3 messages)

10.5.2 Wait or Try? Is it finally safe for anyone to install Leopard, or are there remaining issues that might induce someone to wait for a later release? (23 messages)

Leopard 10.5.2: TidBITS Complains, Apple Listens, Sort Of -- The pluses and minuses of Mac OS X 10.5.2's improvements get a detailed going-over. (7 messages)

Starbucks Deal Brewed with AT&T -- The new Starbucks-AT&T alliance provokes speculation and commentary from readers. (14 messages)

Leopard Emerges from Beta as 10.5.2 Ships -- Readers ask about solutions for continued annoyances in Mac OS X 10.5.2. (8 messages)

Transparent Menu Bar, Die Die Die! At least one reader was quite content with the transparent menu bar. (1 messages)

Slide show presentation software -- What's the best Mac software for creating a slide show presentation with video content? (8 messages)

Mac OS X 10.5.2 Update: Dock Stacks Go Bye-bye -- Apple does appear to listen to its users, at least on some occasions; readers discuss the welcome return of proper folders to the Dock. (9 messages)

Keyboard characters jumbled -- A reader's keyboard characters mysteriously become rearranged, leading to an inability to type passwords (among other things). (5 messages)

AirTunes added to Apple TV -- The newly improved Apple TV now apparently has AirTunes support, though with a catch or two. (1 message)

Vagaries of Apple's DVI-to-ADC adapter -- Why won't an external display work on a MacBook Pro when its lid is closed, as Apple says it should? (1 message)

Backing up/moving Time Machine data sets/drives -- The process of moving a Time Machine volume to another disk is fraught with peril. (2 messages)

AT&T Express Card -- The new 3G AT&T Express Card is nice, but will you get a discount if you're already paying for an iPhone plan? (1 message)

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