Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / July 2005

Using 10.3.8 and Apple's Mail - the application keeps on forgetting its
passwords and asking me to enter them; this happens about 4-5 times a
day. Each time the 'remember password' box is unchecked.
My patience is almost exhausted. Please, can anyone tell me what is

When I try to play some wmv files that I download from the net, I do not
get any video, just audio - this is so both with the Media Player and
VLC and it happens on my desktop and my wife's Powerbook (under Pather
and Tiger). Anyone knows whether it's a case of a missing codec ...

hi i have some avi movie files how do i open them up in mac os x
10.3.9?
Thanks Adriel

I have been using Entourage to read my office mail through weboutlook.
I would like to use apple mail but for some reason i can not send mail.
Is there a way to have apple mail send through the weboutlook server
instead of trying to use the smtp server (which blocks my attempt ...

It's the only think that's keeping me from
installing 10.4 on my work computer.
Has anyone had experience with it?
Thanks,

Anyone else having problems with the 4.9 upgrade? I have upgraded three
computers, two with OSX 10.3.9 one with Tiger. The two with 10.3.9 have
MAJOR problems, almost as though they were running with insufficient memory.
Scrolling in any of the iTunes folders is slow and jerky in ...

I'm getting up there in years and am new to computers AND have just
switched from pc to Mac so I don't follow technical discussions. I
need an easy to use photo program that allows me to combine several
photos into one (jpg or bmp format.) Is Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0

Every time I start up my powerbook or even start a program my internet
connect starts to dial the modem then gives me a dialogue box that no
dial tone was detected. I can't seem to find any way to stop this. I
only use airport with my powerbook G4/15 with latest update of Tiger.

I posted this on Apple's FCP discussion page, and so far no responses
have come up.  Perhaps one of you might have some ideas?
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I've noticed something strange with AIFFs of background music I've

Hey Everyone
Is there a program where I can enter an address and get a map to the
location, without accessing the internet? I have Google Maps, but
that only works with an internet connection. I need something where

I tried Compuserve today for mac OSX and also cancelled today.  It
appears they are just a copy of aol.  As I understand Compuserve at one
time was different than aol and was their own commercial online service,
where one could get easy access to information without all the ...

I've tried Xine, VLC,  m-player, and all I get is audio with and echo + no
video, or audio + no video or absolutely nothing.  Sure the window$ media
player works on this file, but it bogs down the computer and drops frames
here and there.  Is it me or has m$ speed crippled it on ...

Does anyone know where I can get old versions of the updaters? (and BTW
I am primarily looking for a Windows version but, in a pinch, a Mac
version could help)
I am trying to locate the 1.4 version of the Updater so that I can

I'm copying and pasting a pic into the message body.  A 100k pic becomes
a 4 mb pic once in the message plus there is some sort of attachment
which I definitely don't want to send.  ???  Is this a quirk with OS X
Mail when inserting pics in the message body?

I am trying and have tried many times and many different ways to get my
favorite board game Stratego to play in Tiger OS 10.4.1 but have had no
luck.  The game crashes everytime I try to play the game.  Okay first
person to get it working will get $10 via paypal.com.