Thanks again,
Very good advice that's obvious when someone points it out to you, you just
wonder why you didn't think of it yourself!
At the rate that things computer change now, something twelve months old
probably belongs in a museum,
Happy New Year from Potters Bar,
Regards,
Alan.
"Paul Smith" <Paul@nospam.windowsresource.net> wrote in message
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> "Alan" <alan111@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>> Thanks for that. If this is the same with all Apple programs, should they
>> be avoided?
>
> My attitude is only ever have the applications you really need. Nothing
> annoys me more than having an untidy system with lots of stuff you never
> use on. But then I'm the same in real life - I can't stand stuff just
> lying around the room!
>
> Saying that a lot of media on the internet is produced in the .mov format,
> so generally you'd need QuickTime (I have it installed). And if you've
> got an iPod you need iTunes because Apple have locked them together.
>
> Otherwise Windows Media Player does basically the same thing, which is
> what I use for media and for syncing music and video with my Smartphone
> and my Creative MP3 player.
>
>> 'It's generally a good idea to download the latest version of any
>> software
>> from the net if you've got access, versions on CDs can be very old in
>> some
>> cases'
>
>> It never occurred to me (again) that it would be a good idea to do that,
>> I will from now on,
>
> The same with a lot of things, even more especially things like graphics
> cards, where not having the latest drivers can cause lots of issues with
> newer games. There's usually a minimum of about a month between a product
> being manufactured and being in the shop, I work in retail and know of
> cases where things like graphics and sound cards have sat on shelves for
> years before being sold.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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