Dear Pauline,

Thanks for your message - I would love to have them on board they would be more than welcome!

Please ask them to go to my site and sign up to the newsletter:

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As you say having an iPhone without an iTunes account does not make sense. I have an iPhone 3G and also a UK iTunes account so I can install and download apps. But if I didn't have the account I would think twice before getting the iPhone.

Hi! Copy your iTunes folder across to your Time Capsule. Then start up iTunes holding down the "Option" key. iTunes will ask you to select an iTunes Library - simply guide it to the one on your TC.

Which is the best way to organize my iTunes Music Library?

Here is the scenario:
MacBook Pro HD of 120GB
Time Capsule 500GB
Mobile Lacie 250GB

Folder containing audio files: 136GB

My music folder is obviously too large for it to be kept on the HD. So I leave it on the Time Capsule and import the audio files into iTunes from there. This means that if the Time Capsule is off or I am away from home the audio files in iTunes would be dead since I don't copy them into the iTunes Music Folder. I usually play music when I am at home and my MacBook Pro is stuck the desk. I have also backed up my music folder on a 250GB Lacie Mobile HD which is very small and portable.

I need to devise a way of being able to play my music both from the Time Capsule (when I am at home) and from my portable Lacie (when I am on the go) from the same iTunes Library. As things are now, for me to be able to play the music from my portable Lacie, I would have to add the 136GB of music into the iTunes Library. This would mean that I would end up with doubles since the Library would have audio files imported from the Time Capsule and from the Lacie.

I'm wondering whether moving my iTunes folder in the Home Folder to both the Time Capsule and the Lacie, and consolidating the library would solve the problem. All I would have to do is change the iTunes folder from the iTunes preferences depending whether I want to play music from the Time Capsule or from the Lacie.

Any ideas?

Cool...Complete novice Michelle explodes old iMac!!

Seriously though, it was this statement from <http://penguinppc.org/about/intro.php#what> that go me intriged

"Why use it?
PowerPC is a well-established architecture that's been used in high-end and embedded production systems since 1994. Linux is the fastest-growing operating system and supports a wide range of hardware, large and small. In fact one of the advantages of PPC Linux is its binary compatibility: a program built for a high-end server will work equally well on your desktop.

Because Power Macintosh contain PowerPC chips, many PPC Linux users were originally Mac users. One of Linux's advantages is that it supports old and slow machines quite well, meaning a Mac that is unable to run Mac OS X can still be useful as a server or even a workstation. Along similar lines, some companies have found they can convert old RS/6000 and pSeries to run Linux and much more current Linux software, such as virus- and spam-filters."

I also found out that preG3 is called Old World and G3 G4 and G5 are New World, and you can find old world linux software for your ppc8600 quite easily - choosing which one is the hardest....

I did prevously check out UBUNTU (XUBUNTU for older systems), and i was very impressed, but they are currently only offering support for Linux on Intel Mac's but not on PPC - which i thought defected the object!

Hi I remember when usenet groups were available in Malta. Not too sure what the situation is locally but probably the best way to start on this is to ask your ISP in case they are blocking any ports.

Does anyone remember when a long time ago we used to use outlook express on our Macs we used to be able to use the msn newsgroups??? Well that is my only experience with newsgroups. now i just love downloading stuff. I'm a big Science fiction fan, of which there is nothing available on Malta TV of no matter which service you use. So i download it instead! Anyhow i was surfing the web - checking out info on "torrents" - and someone commented that downloading torrents was way to slow and that using newsgroups was faster - i became intrigued and found out that you counld download binary files from newsgroups via usenet - BUT how on earth do you become a member of a newsgroup???? how do you find them? I downloaded "thoth" and "unison" but i am at a loss as to how to use them...... Any info Anybody???