Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / May 2005

I was transferring some files and now my Powerbook is frozen.  I
tried holding down the power button and then I chose to shut the
computer down but nothing happened.  What do I do?  Should I let the
computer run off the battery until there is nothing left?  Is there a

I'm using Thunderbird at the moment, but I find its filter capabilities
lacking. Is there a good, free alternative that anyone would recommend?
Thanks!

Are there any common causes for iPhoto's DVD burn hanging up? This is
second-hand, but I'm told the drive (and the cursor) just spins,
continuing to do so for hours, if left.
Other programs keep working during all this.

Hi! Always me bothering you with (for some of you) naive questions. :)
Are there ``global'' file associations under osx (in particular tiger)?
I mean, I've set a .doc file to always open with word (open with > other

Has anyone else tried NeoOffice?
Having used OpenOfice on mac (very clunky, using X11 etc), Linux and
Windoze, and rather liked it, thought I'd try NeoOffice.  The Beta
seemed to have the odd bug, but so far, I've written text, spreadsheet

If I want to force a DVD to play at a different aspect ratio than it's
been encoded at (ie. I want to distort playback), how can I do that?
I'm pretty sure DVD Player won't do it, and while VLC docs say it has
something called "-sout-switcher-aspect-ratio", I cannot figure out how

I want to scan a magazine article and paste it into text edit so it
reads the article to me.  Is this possible??  Any other programs??

I have a Creative Zen Xtra 30 GB MP3 player.  I would like to be able
to transfer my music onto my Powerbook.  Creative's software is
Windows based.  :(  I can't transfer it through iTunes that I know
of and when I plug the player into the USB nothing happens.  What

How do your configure a signature for Mail 2.0?
When I go to [Mail>Preferences>Signatures] the"Choose Signature" drop
down menu is grayed out and not functional. Any help would be
appreciated.

We have previously had 2 Mac OS9 PC's installed and now have 2 cool
looking new Mac OS 10.3.9 PC's installed on a Windows 2003 Server
domain. All the files are saved to a dedicated hard drive for storage
and backup.

I've bought only a few files from the iTunes store, and would buy more,
I imagine, but it creeps me that these are limited-use file.  I
understand in the newest versions of iTunes, you can't even burn them
to disc, not that I do that except rarely.  Still I like to keep my

Hi all!  Can anybody tell me how to capture images from VLC media
player?  I have tried the print screen button but all I get afterwards
is a rectangle with a shade of pitch-black.  Any help would be great,
thanks!

I've recently discovered that I am no longer given the opportunity to
name or select a destination for a file when I control-click it. If I
control-click an image on a website, it immediately downloads to my
desktop with whatever name it had on the site. This condition seemed to

I cannot establish audio or video chat using Tiger when I try to
connect to someone who is using Comcast cable.
I am able to videochat with someone who uses dsl.
Has anyone had a similar experience?

Just wondering.
OS X version, specifically.
Thanks,
Tim