Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/04-Aug-08

Finder problem — The Finder won’t honor the preference to open new folders in one window (instead of in new windows). (3 messages)

MobileMe Status Page Promises Updates, But Tone Rings Flat — Is me.com being run by a company outside Apple? (2 messages)

AppleTV vs. Tivo? In an effort to cut costs, a reader is paring his expensive cable television and Internet services. (7 messages)

Extracting Images from PDFs — Several options are available for pulling images out of PDF files. (5 messages)

Secure Your DNS Since Apple Hasn’t — Even if your Mac is safely updated against the latest DNS poisoning vulnerability, a large number of other providers have yet to patch the problem. (2 messages)

iTunes 7.7.1 — The recent iTunes update still seems to have problems with iPhone syncing and handling iPhone applications. (2 messages)

Fixes for DNS Flaw, ARDAgent Exploit Released by Apple — Readers note the various security fixes included in Security Update 2008-005. (3 messages)

iPhone Google map problems — The Maps program on the iPhone appears to be delivering different map information than Google Maps on the Web. (4 messages)

Upgrading Methods — Some people believe that performing a direct upgrade to Leopard will cause problems, but is that actually the case? (5 messages)

Using Time Machine Across Network — Attempting to back up a Mac across the network leads to problems with multiple user accounts on two machines. (3 messages)