Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / March 2005

I have been trying to set up my Apple mail to access my gmail account
via POP.. I have followed all set-up instructions on google site.. I
have checked and re-checked all settings.. BUT I get the following
error message..

what tools are available for creating installer packages for OS X ?
My cheapest choice would be using tar for my source code and providing readme files.
Thanks
Lothar

Pages from iWork seems to be a very good application from playing with
it for some time. As a version 1.0 it still has minor shortcomings, but
Apple seems to be listening to feedback.
So may I suggest you use it and give Apple feedback.

Are there differences which favor 4D or FileMaker as a database? I'm
inheriting a DB from a Windows user who set it up in Access. I'm told it's
relational, but I have no clue whether Access really is relational.
On the other hand, I've used MySQL databases from within PHP scripts. ...

We all know what Sherlock is, IMO it's a very helpful app.  Now looking
at Tiger's Dashboard, which Steve Jobs announced and demonstrated at
both the '04 and '05 MacExpos - it looks like Dashboard's new widgets
that mimic and, in some cases, beat out Sherlock's own utlilities,

I am new to mac OX X and have also my old windows/linux system in
paralell.
Is there a similar program that can 'forward' keyboard and mouse
events to another computer ?

In evaluating project management software for a 6-year project, the
lack of truly functional PM software apps for Mac OS X has finally
pushed us to consider using MS Project 2003, which exists only for
Windows. No Mac OS X version is available. I don't know whether MS

In evaluating project management software for a 6-year project, the
lack of truly functional PM software apps for Mac OS X has finally
pushed us to consider using MS Project 2003, which exists only for
Windows. No Mac OS X version is available. I don't know whether MS

I've got a rule in my Mail to run an applescript every time it gets an
E-Mail from a certain address.  I know the rule works, because when I
select the message and manually go to "Message -> Apply Rules," the
script executes just fine.  But it won't run without me doing that.

Any advice on batch-validating large collections of URLs in Netscape 7,
or in URL Manager Pro, or in Safari, provided I can transfer the
collections of URLs back and forth between Safari and Netscape?
By "validating" I mean checking that the web page pointed to by the URL

I'm browsing an html document in Safari.
The document includes references
<src="../images/important.gif" alt="Important:">
The image in question is not there.

How do you enter Chinese characters into Sherlock's "Translation"
facility?  I think I recall somebody saying that you use Pinyin, but
when I tried that, it didn't seem to recognize them as Chinese words.
For example, I tried "wo3 shi4 mei3 gou2 ren2," and it just came back

800mhz iMac 768MB ram and iDVD 2.1
Just started messing with iDVD. Created a slideshow using 6.8MB of
pictures and a 2.4MB mp3. Things look OK on the preview. Am having
problems burning the DVD. Put the disk in and name it as usual. Click

I would like pdf files to open with Preview as default rather than with
Acrobat as they tend to now. Where can I set this preference?

Looking to purchase a copy of : Serius Programmer or Serius Developer, for
Macintosh.
drop me aline.
TKS -