Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / February 2005

I've got around 7,000 songs on iTunes, and I was trying to find out how
many different artists I had -- but couldn't figure out how to find this
out.
Any ideas?

Looking for something that will let me add movies already encoded as VOB
files to a DVD-R, and possibly add a very simple menu, that can be
viewed in a stand-alone player.
iDVD won't touch VOBs and Toast doesn't support multiple audio streams.

Just for kicks, thought I would evaluate MacSpeech's latest offering of
"iListen" version 1.6.4 for OS X.
Supposedly, correction of dictation mistakes can be done by voice,
completely hands free, no keyboard needed at all.

The update hasn't caused any problems, and the spinning pizza wheel of death
that frequently came to call when running Safari is gone.

Friday  February 18, 2005  12:49PM
I have a new E-Mac in one room.  I have a high speed connection set up
and working.
In another room I have an iMac that I purchased in 1999.

Disclaimer: complete newbie who needs help, haven't read the FAQ, did
RTFM and googled and found no answer. Please set followup-to to either
.system or .apps if you feel it's appropriate.
http://developer.apple.com/darwin/runningx11.html says that one can a

I want to delete entire installation of YaBB from my host server to
allow a clean re-installation.
When I try to Delete Folders and Files I get the message that some
"can't be deleted" because "Directory is not empty". (In at lest one

Is there a way to test & diagnose the superdrive in my Mini?  It just went
kaput, or so it seems.  I've only had the computer for about 2 weeks and
haven't done any cd burning until today.
After about 7 cds it just ate two.  The first was a burn from iTunes.  The

I'm just asking for a little reassurance or advice here regarding where
applications should best be installed?
I understand the basic concept that applications installed in my
computer's primary Applications folder are available to everyone, while

Often I copy text from a website (or email) to paste in a Word document.  
The spacing is all off, with some very short lines, while others are
longer.
I've tried everything I can think of that will remove the 'return'

I just finished my 2004 tax return and discovered a significant flaw in
TurboTax. My tax situation is simple: just W2s, bank interest, state
taxes, a run-of-the-mill deductions. TurboTax figured line 42 (taxable
income) correctly but brought back the wrong tax from the tables. I

Several sites I read regularly use frames in such a way that when I
first open the site, focus is on the top/left frame, often a banner or
navigation strip, and the PageDown key doesn't immediately work for
reading the page beyond the first screen. I generally have to click in

In Audacity I cannot figure out how to convert an imported .wav stereo
file to mono. I guess the first step must be to Split Tracks.  But no
matter what I do after that, the exported .wav file is always stereo.
Help appreciated. Thx. T-L

I'm not sure why this is, but I know someone who uses AOL and I cannot
see them on line even though they are on my iChat buddy list.  Is
there some incompatibility between iChat and AIM?  He also uses an
older iBook.

Any one hear anything about when Panther is to be superceded by Tiger?