Reprinted from TidBITS#809/12-Dec-05 with permission. Copyright (C) 2005, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/12-Dec-05 ------------------------------------ by TidBITS Staff The first link for each thread description points to the traditional TidBITS Talk interface; the second link points to the same discussion on our Web Crossing server, which provides a different look and which may be faster. **Applications folder symlinks ease installation** -- Readers discuss various ways of installing applications more easily. (8 messages) **Moving over user accounts without migration assistance** -- So exactly how do you move a user account from an old Mac to a shiny new one, without using Unix? (2 messages) **Bluetooth cell phones for Mac OS X** -- You're a Mac user and you want a Bluetooth-capable cell phone that's compatible with iSync and Salling Clicker, and that you can use as a modem to connect to the Internet from your Mac. TidBITS Talk readers come up with a couple of suggestions, but the pickings seem to be slim. (3 messages) **New DRM causing problems playing audio CDs?** Is a Mac's inability to play music CDs a new form of DRM or, more likely, just a bad drive? (7 messages) $$ Non-profit, non-commercial publications may reprint articles if full credit is given. Others please contact us. We don't guarantee accuracy of articles. Caveat lector. Publication, product, and company names may be registered trademarks of their companies. For information: how to subscribe, where to find back issues, and more, see . TidBITS ISSN 1090-7017. Send comments and editorial submissions to: Back issues available at: And: Full text searching available at: ------------------------------------------------------------------- .