Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / January 2005

I want to script-control Quicktime Pro's slideshow function.
The input files' directory (I want to display 10.000 files) must be
acessed manually -- with path information - I want to remote-control
that with a Perl script later):

Ive set up a WPMac group at Yahoo Groups, web address
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wordperfectmac/. Joining is free, easy, and your
email address can be hidden.
This is intended as another WP resource, with a comprehensive set of links to

I've got a Quicksilver 2002 with the Pioneer D107 superdrive installed.
After installing Panther, it can now read DVD+R disks.
I need to extract the DVD content off of a DVD+R disk to use in iMovie,
but I can't seem to get it to work right.

I've recently acquired numerous video files in AVI and MPEG formats. I have
QuickTime Player 6.5.2 and MS Windows Media Player for MacOS X 9 and have
been unable to play some of the files with either application. I had to
download a DivX codec to view some of them. I'm wondering ...

What application do I need to open a .wmv file on my os 10.3.7 mac?
Ed Kearns

I have the old apple 17 lcd  and like it very much . Am now looking at buying
a 30 inch lcd tv and if anyone knows the producer I'm going to look at there
products first
hope some one can help

Is there any utility that meters how much time is actively spent in
certain applications over the course of a week? And is it possible to
limit the usage of those apps after a set quota?
Specifically, I want to know how much time is being wasted^H^H^H^H^H^H

I recently came into posession of an Apple LaserWriter 4/600 Postscript
printer that I hope to attach to my wife's 350 MHz iMac running Mac OS
10.2.8. I hooked it up using a Keyspan USA-28X USB/Serial Adaptor. I
installed the relevant drivers and duly noted two new ports in her

I've found a serious error in MacSOUP which seems to be linked to the
programs very limited support of unicode.
If you paste the text from an article in Encyclopædia Britannica 2005,
you will frequently get this:

Hi! i'm new to Mac (i have a macPBg4) and i'm really loving it!!!
(i spent my last 10 years on win...)
my question...
i'm on a LAN with my mac, all other hosts are winXP machines

Would appreciate constructive comments on how to net work with two PC's
running XP on my home network.
Briefly, I have a Linksys/Comcast Router/Gateway, with the PC's running
Window XP on a wireless LAN through the router, and my OLD Mac PPC G3

I am using the mail application from MacOS 10.2.6.  Is there a way to
limit the size of the attached files that get downloaded?
I am using a phone line to connect to the internet and these large files
are clogging up my internet connection.

I  thought I'd seen in the last six months a review of Dot Mac (.Mac)
accounts, pro and cons, etc.
But I can't find it.
Anyone seen any reasonably objective review of that Apple service?

I continually fight battles with my Wintel-centric colleagues about
cross-platform compatibilities, even in MS Office.
Developers have neglected the business users of Macs in several areas,
among the most annoying for me being a replacement for MacProject.  But

I have a large letterboxed QT file which I'd like to crop to reduce the file
size.  I want to remove the black bars, and thus change its dimensions.  (Keep
the width, but reduce the height.)  Is there a way to do this?