>So, new iMac => can I assume you are running Leopard?
I suppose, if that's what was on it when it came out of the box.
>What you describe sounds strange indeed. Can you post screenshots
>somewhere (http://drop.io/).
I notice its doing it the other way around now. And its changed the time to AM now. Sheer bedlam.
>Also I assume the icon at the bottom is unlocked?
Yep.
> There is indeed no "Save" option in most Mac OS X applications.
>That is because the UI folks at Apple decided its superfluous... you
>made the change, so the assumption (on their part) is that you want
>to save it.
Very sensible. Pity it doesn't follow through on that assumption anymore.
>Also do you have NTP enabled? ("Set date & time automatically").
I've tried both ways. Nothing actually works. http://drop.io/d6y9htk