Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / February 2006

I have a partioned IDE drive with X on one and 9 on the other.
Had a freeze this morning when in classic. Could do nothing but
turn the machine off (which poor old X seems quite unable to
handle well, I have had no end of trouble previously re this sort

Hi. I'm looking for a stencil for OmniGraffle similar to the Map
stencil in Visio: Interestate markers, traffic lights, etc. I don't
see anything like this on the Omni Group's website. Are there
alternative sources, or did I miss it?

I have Mail 2.0.2 and Mac OS X 10.4.4.
There are several problems:
One computer:
Adress book: address completion does not work

I just replaced VSE Turbo to optimize the jpegs & gif files on my
web site because they haven't offered an OSX version. Purchased
Graphic Converter, but the manual is so complex with many other
operations - could not find a section strictly on how to reduce the

I recently installed 'Sync2it', a Macintosh program that purports to
synchronize bookmarks over multiple browsers (I run a PowerBook G4 with
the latest Tiger OS). Unfortunately it seems to have 'synched' my
Firefox with my Safari by updating Firefox and deleting all my Safari

Hi, everyone.
I am trying Unison. Because usually I only use text-only discussions,
so I don't need binary features.
So which is better? Google Group or Unison? It seems that Google group

To find out what is being installed on your computer by any program, do
this.
Use the label function to label all of your current files red, or blue
or whatever color you like. Anything that will be installed later will

I have no trouble at all using TB2 (Timbuktu) on my Macs.
It is a totally different story trying to get consistant results when I
try to connect a Mac to a PC.
Sometimes TB2 works then, and sometimes it does not.

This is a quick entry to let you know about this referal program I
found. Basicly what happens is you enter your email address and define
a password, then you sign up to one of their affiliate offers (they
have some ok offers there and they're all $30 or less) then refer at

I need some direction with developing an Excel spreadsheet which needs
calculations based on entries taken at irregular intervals.
My condo association in Tucson has a pool but doesn't heat it except in
March, when one member really pushes for it. He and I will attempt to

I noticed something while using the latest iChat today:  I was just
poking around the menus, when I noticed the "Use Groups" option, which
I had never tried.  So I turned it on.
I noticed it broke my list up into "Buddies" and "Mobile Device" (which

Is there any way to get iCal to print calendar weeks in portrait mode rather
than landscape?  I would like to print out a weekly diary with the days
running downwards rather than across the page, and can't see if it is
possible.

When I try to record an extra-long playlist in iTunes, I get the
message that the playlist won't fit on one disc; I have to use more
than one.
I say OK and start burning. But in the process of recording the

I setup a user account in OS X that has limited (managed) access using
System | Accounts | Parental Controls.  I am able to indicate which
applications can be run using the "This user can only use these
applications" checkbox.  For some reason Tux Paint can not be run in

Hi. I am looking for some graphics software that can open a bunch of
Flashpix files and resave them all as JPEG files.  I have a few hundred
Flashpix photos that I want to use in IPhoto, which doesn't support
Flashpix.  The reason I have the Flashpix files is that my digital