diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index ad99f803e9..ec9574be85 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -270,3 +270,14 @@ David  Jan 9 2008
     client/
         cs_account.C
         hostinfo_unix.C
+
+Charlie Jan 10 2008
+    - MGR: display MSG_USER_ERROR messages in red, all others in black 
+        in both SimpleGUI and Advanced GUI message dialogs; eliminate 
+        unused FormatPriority method.  
+        NOTE: this may need to be fixed in CViewMessagesGrid class 
+            if we implement that in teh future.
+        
+    clientgui/
+        sg_DlgMessages.cpp,h
+        ViewMessages.cpp
diff --git a/clientgui/ViewMessages.cpp b/clientgui/ViewMessages.cpp
index 13f908ebf0..2c2ccfe20b 100644
--- a/clientgui/ViewMessages.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/ViewMessages.cpp
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ wxString CViewMessages::OnListGetItemText(long item, long column) const {
 wxListItemAttr* CViewMessages::OnListGetItemAttr(long item) const {
     wxListItemAttr* pAttribute  = NULL;
     MESSAGE*        message     = wxGetApp().GetDocument()->message(item);
-    wxString        strBuffer   = wxEmptyString;
 
     if (message) {
         switch(message->priority) {
@@ -290,6 +289,15 @@ wxListItemAttr* CViewMessages::OnListGetItemAttr(long item) const {
 
 
 bool CViewMessages::EnsureLastItemVisible() {
+    int numVisible = m_pListPane->GetCountPerPage();
+
+    // Auto-scroll only if already at bottom of list
+    if ((m_iPreviousDocCount > numVisible)
+         && ((m_pListPane->GetTopItem() + numVisible) < (m_iPreviousDocCount-1)) 
+    ) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/clientgui/sg_DlgMessages.cpp b/clientgui/sg_DlgMessages.cpp
index c741b5dc82..a7e1029b69 100644
--- a/clientgui/sg_DlgMessages.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/sg_DlgMessages.cpp
@@ -566,14 +566,16 @@ wxString CPanelMessages::OnListGetItemText(long item, long column) const {
 
 wxListItemAttr* CPanelMessages::OnListGetItemAttr(long item) const {
     wxListItemAttr* pAttribute  = NULL;
-    wxString        strBuffer   = wxEmptyString;
+    MESSAGE* message = wxGetApp().GetDocument()->message(item);
 
-	FormatPriority(item, strBuffer);
-
-    if (wxT("E") == strBuffer) {
-        pAttribute = m_pMessageErrorAttr;
-    } else {
-        pAttribute = m_pMessageInfoAttr;
+    if (message) {
+        switch(message->priority) {
+        case MSG_USER_ERROR:
+            pAttribute = m_pMessageErrorAttr;
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+        }
     }
 
     return pAttribute;
@@ -582,6 +584,15 @@ wxListItemAttr* CPanelMessages::OnListGetItemAttr(long item) const {
 
 
 bool CPanelMessages::EnsureLastItemVisible() {
+    int numVisible = m_pList->GetCountPerPage();
+
+    // Auto-scroll only if already at bottom of list
+    if ((m_iPreviousDocCount > numVisible)
+         && ((m_pList->GetTopItem() + numVisible) < (m_iPreviousDocCount-1)) 
+    ) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -597,24 +608,6 @@ wxInt32 CPanelMessages::FormatProjectName(wxInt32 item, wxString& strBuffer) con
 }
 
 
-wxInt32 CPanelMessages::FormatPriority(wxInt32 item, wxString& strBuffer) const {
-    MESSAGE* message = wxGetApp().GetDocument()->message(item);
-
-    if (message) {
-        switch(message->priority) {
-        case MSG_INFO:
-            strBuffer = wxT("I");
-            break;
-        default:
-            strBuffer = wxT("E");
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
 wxInt32 CPanelMessages::FormatTime(wxInt32 item, wxString& strBuffer) const {
     wxDateTime dtBuffer;
     MESSAGE*   message = wxGetApp().GetDocument()->message(item);
diff --git a/clientgui/sg_DlgMessages.h b/clientgui/sg_DlgMessages.h
index 6f7468f53c..12d8970f65 100644
--- a/clientgui/sg_DlgMessages.h
+++ b/clientgui/sg_DlgMessages.h
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ private:
 
     bool                    EnsureLastItemVisible();
 	wxInt32                 FormatProjectName( wxInt32 item, wxString& strBuffer ) const;
-    wxInt32                 FormatPriority( wxInt32 item, wxString& strBuffer ) const;
     wxInt32                 FormatTime( wxInt32 item, wxString& strBuffer ) const;
     wxInt32                 FormatMessage( wxInt32 item, wxString& strBuffer ) const;
 
diff --git a/mac_build/BuildMacBOINC.sh b/mac_build/BuildMacBOINC.sh
index 1fb909d87d..6ced34e753 100644
--- a/mac_build/BuildMacBOINC.sh
+++ b/mac_build/BuildMacBOINC.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #
 ##
 # Script for building Macintosh BOINC Manager, Core Client and libraries
-# by Charlie Fenton 12/19/07
+# by Charlie Fenton 1/8/08
 # with thanks to Reinhard Prix for his assistance
 ##
 
diff --git a/mac_build/HowToBuildBOINC_XCode.rtf b/mac_build/HowToBuildBOINC_XCode.rtf
index 7af84b6f17..13cbb717ae 100644
--- a/mac_build/HowToBuildBOINC_XCode.rtf
+++ b/mac_build/HowToBuildBOINC_XCode.rtf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 \b0\fs24 \cf0 \
 \pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\qc
 \cf0 Written by Charlie Fenton\
-Last updated 12/17/07\
+Last updated 1/9/08\
 \pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\ql\qnatural
 \cf0 \
 This document applies to BOINC version 6.1.0 and later.  It has instructions for building BOINC for Macintosh OSX, plus information for building science project applications to run under BOINC on Macintosh OSX.  \
@@ -225,6 +225,15 @@ Note: this script builds curl first, followed by jpeg and finally wxMac.  If you
 \
 [5] Build BOINC as follows:\
 \
+\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural
+\cf0 BOINC itself is built  using the 
+\b boinc.xcodeproj 
+\b0 file.  You can either build directly in XCode
+\b  
+\b0 (more information below) or run the 
+\b BuildMacBOINC.sh
+\b0  script:\
+\
 \pard\pardeftab720\ql\qnatural
 
 \f1\fs26 \cf0 cd \{path\}/BOINC_dev/boinc/mac_build/\