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Completion of Mail.app Migration

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I went to write an email and found the address wasn't in the Mac's address book. This reminded me that I needed to export the address book from Thunderbird to the Mac's address book.
Despite switching I have retained Thunderbird as my mail client - partly because I saw some complaints about Mail.app crashing and partly because I couldn't be bothered to import all my old mail.

But Thunderbird is doing a poorer and poorer job at spam filtering (or the spammers are getting cleverer) and it's starting to get a bit irritating. In addition, mail access from my mobile device is even worse since it doesn't get the benefit of Thunderbird's filtering. Even though I have flat rate data, filtering out 100's of spam a day on a mobile screen was too much, so I stopped using it. But one of my friend's showed my his iPhone, generating instant gadget envy and I decided I really ought to mobilise my life a bit more - even without an iPhone. So some kind of server-side spam filtering was clearly needed.

Quick HA Porn Fix

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Slightly more successful MT4 Upgrade

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So I was just about to write a long post and Tamzin Skyped me to tell me one of the links wasn't working. 

Failed MT4 Upgrade

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No, you weren't going mad, this site did take on a bit of a hacked appearance over the last 24 hours. It's all Firefox's fault.

ReadyNAS Power Supply Replacement

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Before Christmas my ReadyNAS NV power supply decided to emit a rather disgusting smell.

Windows Help files on the Mac

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Now that I've switched to the Mac I can no longer read the Cortex help file on my main computer's big screen whilst remotely controlling Cortex via RDC.

Gadget Auctions

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It is an inevitable part of a gadget freak's life that surplus gadgets will accumulate. Eventually space will run out and a massive clearance will be required. eBay is the inevitable target, but it's web interface is painful for large numbers of dissimilar items.

Sorting out my album art

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Now I've managed to import my mp3 library into iTunes I obviously want the album art sorted out properly so that CoverFlow can work in all it's glory. iTunes can fetch art, but if it's not in the iTunes Store you need to do something else. The other problem is that iTunes buries it in a secret format so that you can't use it for anything else.

So I needed to find a Mac program to import album art.

Slowly I get used to the Mac

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A few times I've tried to import a rather large mp3 library from my NAS into iTunes. And a few times it's got stuck. On a hunch I thought may be all the m3u files mixed in with the mp3's might be causing the problem. A quick bit of work with a smart folder and bingo, clean import.

But it took me a while to let go the Windows-isms and use "m3u" in the Spotlight bar, rather than "*.m3u", which probably means something else in Mac-speak.

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