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Improve Apple Services with AirPort Base Stations

You can make iChat file transfers, iDisk, and Back to My Mac work better by turning on a setting with Apple AirPort base stations released starting in 2003. Launch AirPort Utility, select your base station, click Manual Setup, choose the Internet view, and click the NAT tab. Check the Enable NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP) box, and click Update. NAT-PMP lets your Mac OS X computer give Apple information to connect back into a network that's otherwise unreachable from the rest of the Internet. This speeds updates and makes connections work better for services run by Apple.

 

 

Recent TidBITS Talk Discussions
 
 

Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/25-Feb-08


AV Home Complexity -- Hooking up home entertainment components is a mess, and isn't likely to change any time soon. (2 messages)


Concordance Software for Mac? Readers recommend several programs for creating a concordance using a large PDF as the source. (6 messages)


Print Problem on PDF Form -- PDF was supposed to make it easy to fill in electronic forms, but one reader encounters problems (and receives suggestions to overcome them). (5 messages)


Have Eudora and Leopard reconciled? How well does Eudora work under Leopard, since the program is no longer being developed and its successors are still on the horizon? (12 messages)


Switching on a Dual 1 GHz G4 with 2 Cinema displays -- For one reader, this hardware combination seems not to offer a power switch. How to turn it on? (5 messages)


Sleep issue -- A few readers report that older machines are not able to be put into sleep mode under Leopard. (3 messages)


MacBook Pro -- Strong as an Ox!! A MacBook Pro survives a drop to concrete and works just fine... but will it last? (4 messages)


Mail threading behaviour is peculiar -- How does the Mail application organize threaded messages? The Subject line seems to be the data of last resort. (3 messages)


Alternatives to iCal? What options are available to handle calendar and scheduling tasks? Some readers find iCal to be a surprisingly poor tool. (9 messages)


AirTunes over the air only? Learn how to set up an AirPort Express to connect to another wireless base station on your network. (6 messages)


Changes in Office 2008 -- Is Word's notorious and unreliable Fast Save option finally dead and gone? (2 messages)

 

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