Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / January 2006

Anyone tell me what the best OCR software for OSX 10.4.4?
Omnipage is pretty expensive and doesn't have very good reviews.
Dan H.

Say I have a whole album on my iTunes list.  I don't have the album
cover.  I go to Amazon and get the jpg.  I drag and drop it onto the
space allocated in iTunes.  Do I have to do that for each track of the
album?  Is there any simple way of ensuring that each track gets the

where can i download a copy of Script Editor for OS x 10.3.9?
i can't find it on my instillation disk or on apple's site and i
really need to reinstall it.
SE's preference files aren't saving my settings for formatting changes

my documents used to automatically open in Preview, rather than opening
in Adobe - anyone know how to change the default so a new doc doesn't
automatically open in Adobe?

These may be stupid questions, but:
I've thought about buying vpc v.7 with WIN XP or Win 2k for some PC
programs I wish had been ported to OSX.
But what if I get a Mactel computer in the next year or two? And what if

I purchased iWorks with my iBook a few months ago. Is it legal to
install it on my G5 iMac also? I know it is for my copy of Office 2004,
but I can't find anything about iWorks. Thanks.

I installed Tiger (10.4.4) a week ago and now the print dialog box works
only the first time it is used after Filemaker launch.  It will not work
after that.  Never had that problem before. Don't have it in other apps.
What it does/does not do:  trying to print 'from'  'to' and ...

Perhaps another NG would be more appropriate for this question.
I plan to buy a Mac Mini and would like a compact keyboard. I've
never had any use for a ten key pad. Are there any wireless,
under $100 compact boards available? Dan

I have a G5 PPC running 10.4.  
I believe at one time it used to go into sleep mode.  But now it
doesn't.  The Energy Saver is set to put the display to sleep after 15
minutes and the computer to sleep after one notch to the right of 15

WHY OH WHY is QuickTime player 7.0.4 such a useless program?
I can use Safari to go to video.google.com, and Safari will play anything
that I search for.  But when I download one of those videos, QuickTime
will not play it, claiming that some required plug-in is missing.  I

A friend with Windows sent me a .cda file. How do I convert it to
something that I can play on my Macintosh with O/S 10.4.4?

In order for the new Web CT to operate on my Mac with OS10.3, all older
versions of Java must be uninstalled.  I seem to have several older
versions, but the files seem scattered and are hard to identify as being old
or new.  

I am looking for an affordable solution to touch-type with my right
hand only, i.e. an implementation of the TWERQ feature, also called
half-QUERTY or a half-keyboard, which allows you to type e.g. the
letter f by pressing the space bar and the letter j, i.e. a mirroring

Does anyone know if there's any really good DVD cataloging software out
there for OS X?

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