http://ukmac.net Mac news, reviews, hints and tips from UK Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:23:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have purposely steered away from all the rumouring around Apples forthcoming announcement mainly due to the sheer volume of posts everywhere else, but today the rumours have gone some way to being confirmed after Apple sent out invites to an event on Jan 27th ( just 9 days ... http://ukmac.net/2010/01/18/come-see-our-new-creation-event-jan-27th/ Pastebot from Tapbots is a powerful and flexible clipboard manager for the iPhone that makes copying and pasting images and text between apps straightforward. Clippings are stored in a set of folders which can be kept indefinitely and which can be searched and retrieved very easily. Images can be edited/cropped etc ... http://ukmac.net/2010/01/10/pastebot-supercharges-iphone-cut-and-paste/ Facecall for iPhone is a clever app that uses Web clips to create an icon on your iPhone home screen that when launched will quick dial a selected entry in your address book. The icon defaults to the contact image from your address book but you can replace this with ... http://ukmac.net/2010/01/10/facecall-for-iphone/ Macgasm.net is a rapidly developing blog for Mac and Apple enthusiasts run by Joshua Schnell ( @macgasm ) and is supported by a growing number of guest contributors. Apart from daily news and reviews Josh and Grant Brunner also record regular audio podcasts which are available on iTunes, there are ... http://ukmac.net/2009/11/18/apple-blogs-macgasm-net/ Like many Mac using NHS Staff I was excited then quickly disappointed to discover that the new Exchange 2007 compatibility did not extend as far as allowing me to access my NHSMail email account at home. When trying to configure Mail to connect to the NHS Email service over the ... http://ukmac.net/2009/11/16/nhsmail-now-available-in-snow-leopard-mail-app/ You may have noticed that when copying an email address in Mail on Snow Leopard that the default format when you paste it back into another application has changed and now appears as :- Firstname Surname <firstname@domain.com> This is pretty annoying and to be honest it is hard to understand why Apple ... http://ukmac.net/2009/11/16/copy-address-behaviour-in-mail-on-snow-leopard/ In an expceptionally shrewd move Apple today launched a raft of new kit only 2 days before Microsofts release of Windows 7 including new iMacs, a new entry level Macbook, a new multi-touch wireless mouse and redesigned Mac Mini's including one with Snow Leopard server ! Of most interest to the ... http://ukmac.net/2009/10/20/new-imacs-and-magic-mouse-trump-windows-7-launch/ Having recently ( finally ) joined the ranks of the iPhone owning faithful I emailed a couple of friends who also have iPhones to ask what their iPhone app of the day was. Interestingly the responses I got ran into mini reviews so I have decided to reproduce them here ... http://ukmac.net/2009/10/15/iphone-apps-of-the-day/ A number of reports have been circulating today about reports of a significant flaw in Snow Leopard that can cause loss of ALL data in your home folder. According to articles at NeoWin.net and Engadget this bug is triggered when you login using the Guest account and leads to ALL ... http://ukmac.net/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-hype-or-real/ Apples annual September product event starts this evening at 6pm GMT and as usual the big Apple blogs will be posting the event live from within the hall. 9 to 5 Mac have their LivePanel up and ready to roll, Ars Technica will be posting here. There will of course be ... http://ukmac.net/2009/09/09/live-blog-frenzy-starts-tonight-at-6pm-uk/