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MacFixIt Reminder: Not all iWeb features available when not publishing to MobileMe

Edited by Joe Aimonetti

Some users of Apple's Web page publishing software, iWeb, may find that some elements of their pages are not functioning as they expected when published to servers other than MobileMe.

With each new release of Apple's Web page publishing software, iWeb, many features are added to enable users to create more robust and dynamic Web sites. However, not all of these features are available if you are publishing your iWeb site to a non-MobileMe server.

Apple Support Discussions user "BigEd48" writes:

"The, "hit counter" on newly constructed website does … Read more

Apple Mail deleting mail account information upon restart

Edited by Joe Aimonetti

Some users may experience an issue with Apple's Mail program where each time the application is quit and subsequently reopened, the user's account settings have been deleted.

Apple Support Discussions user "Goodyear_D" was experiencing this issue:

"With every restart of Apple Mail all the account information gets lost. With every restart of the program I have to type in the imap server, user and password and so on, again." With Mail, and several other programs, when preferences are not being saved, one can begin troubleshooting steps by testing the "… Read more

Mail unable to open after updating to OS X 10.5.8

Written by Topher Kessler

OS X users who upgraded to 10.5.8 may run into a problem where Mail will not open, and instead gives an error stating that this version of Mail cannot be used with the current operating system.

Apple discussion poster "ebpries" writes:

"After installing the OS X 10.5.8 upgrade, I get a message "You cannot use this version of the application Mail with this version of Mac OS X" when I try to launch the Mail application. I looked, but there is no newer version of Mail available...… Read more

Problems with Automator's 'Watch Me Do' feature

Written by Topher Kessler

One of Automator's promising features is the "Watch me do" capability to record user actions and play them back. Unfortunately, while this is a good idea, the implementation is very poor and many times just does not work.

Apple discussion user "bear789" writes:

"I can drag and drop, I just can't seem to make Automator do it. This is what i did, turned on Automator, pressed record (watch me do) part. then selected a file from an open folder and moved it to the desktop. stopped recording, (put the … Read more

Apple updates iPhoto to version 8.1

Users of Apple's iLife '09 are recommended to download the latest iPhoto update, 8.1. The update primarily features new template designs and a new book offering.

The iPhoto 8.1 update can be downloaded via Software Update for Mac users with iLife '09 installed on their system. New hardcover book options include a 10" x 13" size. Other features of the update include three new book designs and several holiday card designs.

You can also download the update directly from Apple.

Experiencing problems? Have feedback? Let us know! You can now follow MacFixIt on Twitter!

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Trouble uploading pictures from iPhone/iPod touch to MobileMe Gallery

Edited by Joe Aimonetti

Some users of Apple's syncing solution, MobileMe, may find that they have difficulty uploading pictures from their iPhone or iPod touch to their MobileMe Gallery, an issue that appears to be related to usernames.

If you are experiencing issues when trying to publish a picture from your iPhone or iPod touch to your MobileMe Gallery, your problems could be caused by a bug in username recognition on your device.

This Apple KB Article outlines the issues. In summary, these issues can occur if your MobileMe username is mixed case (i.e., UserName, or USERname). When … Read more

Updated: Troubleshooting multimedia in web browsers

Written by Topher Kessler

Web browsers get much of their functionality from the plug-ins they use, such as QuickTime, Flash, and Windows Media; however, there are numerous other plug-ins for displaying a variety of similar content. Sometimes viewing media with a specific plug-in will not work properly, and either display a warning of sorts, or it will seem to load fine but not play or give any output.

Update: A MacFixIt reader and I had been working on an issue concerning Safari crashing when he would attempt to access a site heavy with multimedia (in this case, Flash). He had … Read more

UPDATED: Worried about permissions?

Edited by Joe Aimonetti

First prognosis from those in the know: you probably do not have to be. That's great news for most of us who depend on the error reporting in Disk Utility to determine if our systems are running the way they should be. Many people have noticed that their permissions checks via Disk Utility after updating to Mac OS X 10.5.8 or other updates from Apple have spit out a laundry list of suspect errors.… Read more

MacBook Pros not going to sleep, with error: 'Wake reason = PCI'

Written by Topher Kessler

There is a problem some MacBook Pro users are having where the computer will not go to sleep when the lid is shut or command is given to do so. Instead, the computer will output a "Wake reason = PCI" error in the console.

Apple discussion poster "Dana Spiegel" writes:

"I have a late 2008 MBP, and within the last week have been experiencing issues where it won't stay asleep (either by selecting sleep from the Apple menu or by closing the lid). The machine goes to sleep initially, but once … Read more