Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / June 2005

Recently, I've tried to eject my iPod or my external LaCie FW hard drive
and I get the message that the item cannot be ejected because the item
is in use. But, I'm certain nothing is running except Finder and
Dashboard. Is there

I downloaded the "Notebook" widget from
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/dashboard/
but can't get it to work. Would appreciate steps to follow.
Notebook worked fine on OS 9 and earlier.

Well, of course it's good for lots of things, but may it be used to
graph data collected/generated by other applications?
For example, may Grapher be used in the same manner that Gnuplot is used -
two or three dimensional data are written to a data file, and then the

Anyone know of any utilities available that run on OS 9 to magnify
sections of the screen for visually impaired users like CloseView used
to do?
Ron

TiBook (550)  os 10.3.9  Can't select text in safari.  I just get the
spinning ball.  Known problem?

What effect will Apple's move to Intel chips have on current Mac
models? Do all current Mac users own dinosaurs without a future?

I upgraded to Tiger about two weeks ago and since then I've noticed that
MT-Newswatcher (V 3.4) will hang at odd times. Once it does that my only
option is to do a forced quit, in which case I lose any unsaved changed
in the newsrc file.

any of u know how to transfer songs from ipod to another, do i use
itunes
Dave, Rep of Ireland

OK, more growing pains from switching to OS 10.4.1:
My old 8600/9.1 has a Canon C-555 multifunction printer/scanner/fax per
USB interface. I'm kind of married to this printer, because it uses the
old BJC 20 massively-large black ink cartridges that last just about

I just reinstalled OS X. Now I want to use the dashboard but I cannot
find it. Do I have to install it or how can I start it or am I using it
already?
Thanks,

Can any kind soul suggest a printer setup which would enable me to print
out a greetings card from Keynote? I have 4 slides a), b), c), d), and
would like to print them out half-sized to fit on a sheet of A5 card in
an order so as to have slides d) and a) on one side so that ...

Does anyone know a way on Safari, or any other browser, to turn off
those annoying scrolling, rolling, etc. ads? I assume it's Flash-based,
but could be another similar technology. I looked in Safari Preferences
and didn't see that option. It ought to be there to allow users, not

About 10 years ago a friend had a cool typing program on a zip-disc;
it featured a man running as you typed. If you made a mistake, the man
would stumble to the ground and make a "ohhhh" or "uhhhh" sound.
You could test your WPM rate; I managed 25 WPM using only index fingers

Any good freeware audio capture apps for the Mac that will capture, for
example, a .wma file playing on Windows Media Player for the Mac while
it is playing?  Basically just looking for a program that will capture
audio while it is being played by the audio chip on the Mac.  ...

I'm having a problem with Fire - when I first log into an AIM or MSN
account, it prompts me for my password. But on the subsequent times, it
just connects automatically. I've made sure that none of the accounts is
set to auto-connect. How can I make Fire prompt me for my password ...