Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / December 2004

I am considering purchasing an Apple iBook for the main purpose of
movie making/editing and burning to a DVD.  There are several routes
that I can take and I'm seeking advice from you.
First, the only thing I currently own is a Plextor DVD +/- R/RW (model

Forgive me, I am the new owner of a Macintosh iBook.  Is there a way to
have Ical 1.5.5 auto start when I turn on my ibook.  Is there a way to
make it start minimized?
Thank you!

So I just received iLife '04.  The installation instruction card says
that GarageBand requires a 600 MHz G3 or higher and iDVD requires a
G4/733 or higher.  No sweat, I have a G4/733.
But it also requires a DVD drive to install them?!?  How many G3/600

I downloaded Fire Fox, but cannot get it to import my Safari bookmarks.
What do I do?
TIA

When I was using System 9x I found Norton Utilities an essential
application, particularly the function which restored software. When I
moved to System 10 I got rid of NA, but I haven't yet found any
application that performs the restore function. Any advice for

System: G5 1.8mHz dual, 1 gig memory, latest OS X version installed.
A Grab question.
In every application's service menu, the Grab options of screen,
selection, timed screen are always grayed out.  How can I fix this?

Curious if there are options in how to send a folder attachment to an
email?
From time to time I have related word and excel docs that I need to
email to others. In the past I used DropStuff (I think that is the

When I send a message to a group of people under BCC in Apple mail,
after it is sent, the sent mail folder does not show the people I sent
it to. Is there no way to rectify this that at a future time I can check
who I sent the message to?

I need to save a few frames from a DVD to bring into photohop. Can I do
this with DVD player 4 (using OS 10.3.7) or do I need to use a
different program? Any help would greatly be appreicated.
Happy New Year

Using MacOS X 10.3.7, and Mail 1.3.9 ...
When I reply to a message, the mail-composing window doesn't have a
toolbar.  (OTOH, when I send a msg, the window *does* have a toolbar.)
I tried View->Customize Toolbar in the midst of a reply.  The toolbar

I've downloaded zipped folders (each containing separate MP3 + cdg
files) from alt.binaries.sounds.karaoke. I've unstuffed some of these
folders using Stuffit and played the MP3 files they contained using
SoundJam, so I know each folder contains the karaoke version (without

Santa delivered a new process and my G4 400 MHz is now a G4 1GHz. What
Apple utility reads or displays the processor temp? I found an
application called ThermoInDock but not sure what it is reading. Seems
to be stuck on 30 deg F

Adelphia had some problems mid-day Monday and into late Tuesday.  It
had to do with "authentication", and was purportedly limited to their
web-based mail access. Nobody received mail during that time.
I don't use a browser for access to mail, but the Mac program Mail.

I have OSX 10.3.7 and all of my browsers use to crash when connecting
to any web page. It happens few seconds after browser launch.
Suspecting a non standard web script I tried with many sites which
worked well in the past and browser always crashs.

I've had a mac for a couple of months, but to date have not loaded
anti-virus software because I have not had a broadband connection.  I
have now installed a boradband connection, but am disconnectning at the
end of my usage because of my virus concerns.  I realise that the mac ...