AOL for MAC OS

Hi - i subscribe to AOL & have just installed AOL for MAC OS on my ibook. I live in the UK but it seems that the AOL SOFTWARE is linked to servers in the USA....so when I log-on the welcome page it assumes i'm in America. Does anyone out there (in the UK)use AOL on their MAC whose welcome page points to aol.co.uk rather than aol.com? Can anyone help me adjust my settings OR is there a UK version of AOL software for MAC? Any advice much appreciated.

Under AOL at the top of the screen click on preferences.
Then in the new window click on www on the left hand side.
The in the homepage text box enter www.aol.co.uk.
Job done
Also check you regonal settings in system preferences (international and date and time). If you mac is still set to US and not GB then AOL will default to the US server rather than the UK server.
Once set to GB even if you type aol.com you will get a redirect to the UK server.

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