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We came across this problem today: Replies in Apple Mail app always show the same (wrong) sender date like "On 26.09.2007, at 14:08, Tom Jones wrote:" and its always 26.09.2007 in every reply to any sender, no matter on what date they had really sent their e-mail.

The solution to this is in System Preferences > International > Formats
Change the Region from "Custom" to your local Region e.g. "Switzerland"

Selbstversuch: Max kauft ein iPhone

Und weil es anders nicht ging, machte er es als Allererstes gleich kaputt.
25.04.2008 von Max Küng im MAGAZIN

Bis Ostern trug ich eine klare Meinung vor mich her, wie eine monströse Monstranz bei einer Prozession: Ein iPhone kommt mir nicht ins Haus. Das iPhone ist schlüpfrig und schlecht und was für gruusige gadgetgeile Geeks. Ich dachte so und sagte es jedem, der es nicht hören wollte: Man muss nicht auf jeden Trendzug aufspringen. Man muss nicht alles mitmachen. Sag NEIN zum iPhone!

Doch an Ostern sass ich mit Leuten zusammen, und einer von ihnen packte das iPhone aus und fing an, das Ding zu lobpreisen. Erst war ich skeptisch. Doch wenig später sassen wir in der Runde und sahen uns auf Google Earth aus der Vogelperspektive die Häuser an, in denen wir aufgewachsen waren. Dort, sagte ein Freund, in dem Wäldchen habe ich dem Lisbeth versucht die Hand in die Jeans zu schieben. Da, sagte eine Freundin, bin ich mit dem Velo in einen Kuhdraht gefahren und habe den Schädel gebrochen. Da, sagte ich, auf dem Dach dieser Scheune sass ich und schoss Spatzen mit dem Luftgewehr, und ein Querschläger ging dem Güggel in den Grind. WEITERLESEN auf dasmagazin.ch

The Apple Store on 5th Avenue - big!
Unfortunately the iphones are sold out at the moment, they should be in this week though- if we are lucky.

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Do I want one ? But of course! :-)

I am Glued to the macrumors live coverage of steve jobs keynote today . Luckily shane went to bed in time ;-)
And I like what I see - "The World's Thinnest Notebook" MacBook Air
see for yourself:

10:28 am Environmental highlights: fully aluminum case (good for recycling), first fully mercury and lead free display, circuit boards are BFR free, retail packaging are 56% less volume than MacBook.
10:26 am New Ad for MacBook Air. Plays off of the ability to fit in an envelope.
10:25 am Pre-orders today, shipping in two weeks
10:24 am $1799
10:24 am 2 GB Memory standard
10:23 am 5 hours of Battery Life
10:23 am No optical drive, but a Superdrive accessory is available for $99. Also, software comes with the MacBook Air that allows you to "borrow" a Mac or PCs optical drive.
10:21 am 802.11n + Bluetooth 2.1/EDR
10:20 am Other features: 45 Watt MagSafe, 1 USB 2.0 port, Micro-DVI, Audio Out
10:19 am Steve retaking stage
10:19 am Otellini: The processor is as thick as a nickle and as wide as a dime.
10:18 am Apple asked Intel to shrink the Core 2 Duo. Intel shrunk the processor by 60%. Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel is taking the stage
10:17 am 1.6 GHz Standard, 1.8 GHz Option -- Intel Core 2 Duo
10:16 am 80 GB hard disk standard, 64 GB SSD as an option. "they're pricy, but they're fast"
10:15 am 1.8" Hard Drive
10:15 am How did we fit a Mac in here?
10:15 am Move a window by double-tap and move. Rotate a photo by pivoting your index finger around your thumb. Of course, pinch-zoom.
10:14 am Multi-touch trackpad
10:13 am display is LED backlit. iSight is built-in. MacBook-like keyboard, but with an ambient light sensor
10:12 am Magnetic latch, 13.3" widescreen display
10:12 am MacBook Air is 0.16" to 0.76". The thickest part of the MacBook Air is thinner than the thinnest part of the Sony. It fits inside a envelope

Not so long ago I upgraded a 12" PowerBook from Tiger to Leopard OS X, resulting in a blue screen on restart right after installation.
The cause was the Unsanity Application Enhancer installed on the old system. If you do an upgrade, check if you have Application Enhancer (a helper Extension in System Preferences, used for Applications like Airfoil for example) installed and uninstall it if its there.

In case the blue screen is already there, help is provided on the Apple's Support Discussions:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1197402&tstart=45

Boot your blue screen Mac in Firewire-mode if possible (by pressing T on startup), connect to another computer and remove the following files:

/Library/Preference Panes/Application Enhancer.prefpane
/Library/Frameworks/Application Enhancer.framework
/System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Application Enhancer.bundle
/Library/Preferences/com.unsanity.ape.plist

If Firewire-mode doesn't work you may have to remove your hard disk and place it in an external drive to sort t out. For me Firewire-mode worked fine though.

Can't find the Boot Camp Assistant.app on your freshly installed OS X 10.5? No one's going to believe you? - It's part of the system they'll say..? Well, it's just happened to us on 3 brand new MacBooks.

Luckily there is an easy solution to install Boot Camp separately:
Insert the OS X Leopard installer DVD, in Finder press command + shift + g () and enter the following path:
/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/ for the Leopard retail CD or /Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc 1/System/Installation/Packages for Disc 1 that came with a new Mac.

Then double-click the BootCamp.pkg - this package is the Boot Camp installer.

Kein Boot Camp installiert? - Boot Camp lässt sich in OS X Leopard von der System DVD einfach nach installieren:
Aus dem Finder geben sie folgendens Tastenkürzel ein: (umschalttaste + befehlstaste + g)
/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/ für die Leopard DVD oder /Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc 1/System/Installation/Packages für Disk 1 die mit einem neuen Mac mitgeliefert wurde.
Dann doppelklick auf BootCamp.pkg

If your Mac won't shut down, there's a big chance the problem lies with iDisk Sync being turned on (in System Preferences), - it can even cause problems in manual mode. It may also use up a large chunk of local disk space, because the system keeps a copy of your iDisk's contents.