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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/15-Sep-08

Cleaning a Mighty Mouse? Remember the days of cleaning mouse trackballs? Good thing those days are over – unless you own an Apple Mighty Mouse, which has a little scrolling trackball. What’s the best way to clean it? (13 messages)

Question: launching Top Hit in Spotlight — Leopard changed the behavior of selecting and launching the first Spotlight search result. (4 messages)

Unlocking iPhone 3G to avoid AT&T — A reader wonders if it’s possible to use an iPhone 3G on Verizon’s network. (No, it’s not.) (5 messages)

Suggestions about setting up RAID under Leopard on 10.5? A software RAID setup that worked under Tiger isn’t functioning under Leopard for some reason. (3 messages)

New iPods: Is iPod Classic Going Away? Apple now offers just one configuration for the hard drive based iPod classic. Does this mean the model will be dropped in the near future? (37 messages)

Is the Price of an iPod Touch Too High? A Web site compares the cost of the iPod touch with various PDAs. (4 messages)

MobileMe annoyances — Readers aren’t happy about being Apple’s beta testers for the paid MobileMe service. (2 messages)

ThinkTank – More – and now? The hunt is on for outlining software that replicates (or at least imports data from) these older applications. (5 messages)

iPhone 2.1 Provides Highly Anticipated Bug Fixes — Readers discuss changes in the latest iPhone and iPod touch update. (10 messages)

“LoJack” for Cell Phones — Software that helps locate a stolen cell phone could be useful for the iPhone. (3 messages)

iTunes 8 breaks AirTunes — One reader finds that the iTunes 8 update no longer plays wirelessly to an AirPort Express, but others aren’t seeing the problem. (4 messages)

Monster List of Mac Backup Software Updated — Joe Kissell discusses the fact that his list of backup applications includes only software with a graphical interface. (2 messages)

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