Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / December 2005

I am trying to install Fink on my iMac G5 running OS 10.4.3 with 1 gigbyte
HD.  Every time I attempt to install fink onto the HD I am a sked to indicate
which destination volume to install the Fink software.  I indicate the
Macintosh HD and I am told that "You cannot install Fink ...

As a fairly recent, and very happy,  convert to Mac I have been
disappointed to find that the tax software program (Tax Cut) I'd been
using on the PC doesn't seem to be available for Mac.
Has anyone found a good  Mac OS X program?

Last year the IRS made arrangements for the tax software companies to
have online versions of their software available for free.
The program started in 2003 and apparently is scheduled to be available
this year.

With Tiger (Not with anything that Word Perfect used to let me do, I
mean), I need help finding a program or software.
I'm working with some volunteers just recently, and I need some
recognition for their time and effort.  I'd like to print off something

Time to stir up the troops, things are getting dull in this NG.
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I kept the exact words of the post messages themselves the same, even

Hi, I installed Mac the Ripper a copple of days ago, used it yesterday
and now it's gone on my harddisk.  Tried to download it again, but he
keeps on opening it in acrobat reader.  Can somebody help me on this
and tell me what to do to install it again.

I've decided to escape from powerpoint but I've found one killer problem
with keynote. It will not let me decide when I want to advance to the
next slide but, using the play option, insists on playing it. So how do
I do a full screen presentation advancing to the next slide by ...

I'm a new user coming from Windows and am looking for a good newsreader.  
I've been using Thunderbird under windows but MT-NW seems to have
several features that T'bird lacks.  Anyhow I want to read news without
using the mouse very often.  I've found out how to do a few things ...

Can I subscribe to a Podcast without having an iiPod connected to my
computer and just use iTunes on my computer to play the Podcast?
TIA

I've got a sawtooth and i'm trying to boot from a SATA drive off of a
PCI.  Every once in a while it works, but not always. I'm using 10.4.2
. Is this possible or do I have another problem?
Anyone?

I just started getting a message saying Unexpected error #-109 when
trying to open my palm desktop on a mac. It was working fine, than I
modified some things in my address book and memos. I can still sync and
my palm is working fine. Any suggestions? HELP!

When I launch Preview (or double click a PDF etc.) on my 10.4.3 system
the Finder seems to lauch the application, but nothing happens. It looks
like Preview is broken.
Is there an easy way to selectively reinstall that application from the

I saw some very reasonalby priced Philips DVD+R discs. Decided to
backup
my iTunes folder using Backup 3 to said DVDs. Keep gettng this message:
"There was a problem burning this disc. The media is not the right type

i have a dual 1.8 GHz power PC g5. a couple weeks ago twice the fan
kicked on loudly, someone told me it was a system chrash and to do some
maintenance, i zapped the PRAM and then i rebooted holding down
command-s, at the prompt i typed in

Is anyone using Salling Clicker ( http://www.salling.com/Clicker/mac/
) as a remote for Keynote presentations? I would probably use a Palm
TX as my client.
How well does this work?