Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / May 2005

Can't find how to change a measure of time (ie, 2:15) to decimal value
(2.25).
How do I do this?
Mac Office X; Excel v10.1.0

On the corporate net here we have a proxy that is limited to http, ftp, and
telnet.
Can I use iChat with this setup?
Thanks,

is there a replacement for the MacOS X "Browser" which looks and works
like the "Classic" MacOS Finder?
No, I'm not talking about the Finder in the "Classic"-"Box", but about
a native MacOS X (or, at worst, Darwin/Fink) application.

I thought I had read that Tiger requires an activation code, unlike
prior versions of OS X. Is this true?

The only thing I can't stand about Safari RSS is the stupid download
warning. "This may contain an application" etc. I know it contains an
application! Most of what I download contains an application! And Safari
telling me so isn't making my machine any safer. Is there a way to

I apologize if this isn't the right forum for this question, but I'm new
to the Mac and trying to find some quick answers.  A couple things have
pushed me into getting a Mac for my latest laptop upgrade (17"
Powerbook, just arrived) and I'm trying to figure out how to use it

Despite the many things about the new interface I find extremely
irritating, a notable improvement in Mail is that when replying to a
message it selects the account the message being replied to, was sent
to.

Hey, any of you checked this out? Basically, you register & each time
you search for something, you get paid for it! Crazy idea but it does
work!
Give it a try here: http://pay-pup.com/?r=40402

Hi There! Want to Get Rid of Spyware and Adware? Come check out the
Best Security on the Market! http://www.getprotectednow.150m.com Thanks.

I'm about to go there (1910 PDT here).  But I'm surprised to see no
messages here from early adopters.
Hopefully, not because all Tiger hosting Macs have crashed :-)
Phil

Earlier I wrote:
I seem to have a real problem using
SpellCatcher in Mac OS-X 10.4 'Tiger.'
 The shorthand or misspelled word is no

I hate the fact that the Mail application in OS 10.3.2 defaults to
top-posting,
and I dislike the fact that it converts ">" symbols at the begining of
quoted

I just received my family pack of Tiger.  Unfortunately its a DVD and two of
my laptops don't read that media.  My Mini will so I'm wondering how I can
take this dvd, using the Mini, and convert it to a readable format by an
800mhz iBook and a 366mhz iBook.  I have never tried to ...

iMovie 4/ Panther
once I've imported my clips from the camera into a project. I often like
to do several movies from the clips but once I drag and drop a clip in
the working pane, make a movie, I cannot use it for another movie as it

  I seem to have a real problem using
SpellCatcher in Mac OS-X 10.4 'Tiger.'
    The shorthand or misspelled word is no 
longer removed (replaced) when the correction