Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / April 2006

Hi I need to compose some lengthy technical documents with figures
drawn from drawing tools and with complicated equations.  Currently I
am using Staroffice and it provides every feature I need; however, it's
very sluggish on my 867MHz G4 iMac / 768 MB RAM.  I understand the

In following a discussion about burning a DVD, one respondent said to
check the System Preferences.
I just recently downloaded the 10.4.6 Update and there's nothing in the
Hardware section of System Preferences on CDs & DVDs that used to be in

I'm trying to burn a few avi movies to DVD using iMovie/iDVD on OSX.
However, each one-hour movie is about 350 mb.  When I import them into
iMovie, can only fit 2 movies per DVD.
Is there anything I can use to reduce the size of the avis, or something

If I buy TV shows (or any kind of videos) via the iTunes store, then
download them to my iPod, how can I get them back OFF the iPod (in case
my hard drive gets hosed)?

I have succesfully added keyboard shortcuts to several applications via
the keyboard pref pane. However, with TextWrangler they do not appear
in menu (nor do they work).
OS X 10.4.6

Now when it comes to Mac issues I'm a novice since afte 15 years of
Windows I've become a Macman! I bought an iMac G5 but haven't
figured out how to burn either CDs or DVDs although I have iDVD,
Ouick Time Player and iTunes installed. Do I need a special

I know this is an awful cheek! But no use asking a PC person
because they would not believe my ignorance about their OS and
would just assume things.
I need to use a PC for just one main purpose, to see how those

I just got finished charging up my ipod mini. As I listen to the ipod,
I go straight to the playlist section. And I find that it is not there.
Alll that is listed is some "On the go" section. How do I get my
playlist back on my ipod? I just plugged it back into the mac. and

I have RTFM.  I must've missed it.
I would like my two daughters to be able to UPLOAD to my Public Folder on my
iDisk without their having to purchase a subscription.  They are in the
up-to-date Windoze XP world.

I'm quitting Entourage and need suggestions. Must do mail and Usenet. Must
have Applescript. Is there any out there?
-- Gnarlie

I learned my router configuration on Cisco routers; my home network is
all Cisco.  Do Linksys configure the same way?  Does anyone have a
WRT54GS-BP connected to a Mac?
The reason I ask is my daughter wants me to setup a network for her

I have tried searching for information about this, to no avail:
Are videos (for example, episodes of TV series) purchased through the
iTunes store, subject to DRM like purchased music is? Do computers have
to be authorized to play iTunes-store-bought videos?

Every time I fire up Wamcom 1.3.1 it forces me to create a new user
profile. No way to use an extant profile although I by now have quite a
collection of them. I tried the default options and "manage Profiles",
using different folders, overwriting old ones (wouldn't do) etc., to ...

I was wondering if there is a LOG of your chat sessions on Ichat AV
3.1.1 (v429)??? sometimes I talk about personal and sensitve things
through ichat and i'm not wanting others to read what was written after
I closed out of the chat session with that particular person. Is there

My dad currenlty has a Mac Performa and is ready to buy a new iMac.
I just found out that the OS that ships with the new iMacs no longer
includes the Classic OS environment.  Two of his favorite games are
old mac games circa OS 6 or 7 (the games are Strategic Conquest and