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i have expose set to start my screen saver when i put my mouse cursor in the bottom left 'hot corner' but i'd rather have it just turn off the screen. any ideas?

i use vlc for video only, i can't speak highly enough about vlc but it does lack a little in audio usability.

dktrickey: number 3 is close enough to what i wanted, i don't expect apple to code for me but the only reason i asked about this option is cos i watch tv on my mac in bed at night sometimes (perhaps too much detail) and just use my bluetooth mouse to turn it off when i'm done and the 'are you...

a while ago i found this cool freeware app that took your mp3s and updated the id3 tags based on cddb data and created genre or artsist based playlists for you. unfortunately i don't recall the name and plus it was for windows. anyone know of such an app for the mac? cheers folks...

so it does, cool thanks

fantastic, all good stuff. just what i needed. any more for any more? james

dlloyd: i think you are correct, maybe it's just vlc deciding to keep playing after quitting. however it does stop playing when i command+q or quit with the menu. a bug perhaps. i thought it did the same with mail too but perhaps i was mistaken. I have 1gb ram, 250gb hdd, 20" iMac. must have...

cool i will try them tonight. thanks a tonne. james

jbarely: awesome, that should save me a lot of time. i hate text wrap in code editors so i have some looong lines to traverse. many thanks james

bobw: I'm a little reluctant to overload my system with plugins and apps which hace to run all the time. I know it's like cryptonite to windows so I was trying my best to keep my mac healthy. Is it a resource hog in any way? Any tips on keeping my mac healthy? Thanks for the advice bobw. James

DelatMac: firstly, thank you for a quick and concise response. I'll elaborate a little on some of the more unclear items I listed. 2. home & end keys - is there no key combo (alt+end etc) to just goto the end of a line? 3. quick shutdown - brilliant, just what i needed. 4. finder...

Hello people. I guess this is an increasingly common statement but here goes.. 'I am a recent switcher, totally new to macs, and I'll never go back...duh' However I do have a handful of annoyances which I am sure there are ways around hence my bothering you nice folks. So here is a list of...