Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / October 2006

I can't seem to figure out to use iWeb to redo webpages that I already
have in place that aren't going to .mac. I just want something plain
vanilla like Netscape's Composer for instance, that I can use edit and
updated my webpages. Suggestions?

Two irritations with new 13" macbook 2Ghz running 10.4.8:
1. battery icon permanently shows no battery attached, but the battery
is fully charged (5 greens) and the computer keeps running when the AC
power is disconnected. I wouldn't worry about it but it won't start on

I've been having some problems lately with Photoshop files reporting
all of a sudden that certain fonts are not installed. I don't know why
or how, but when I look in the Fonts folder for these, they're not
there anymore. I'm hoping to do a "reinstall" by looking around on a

dear friends,
i could not open "tray" to insert CD, what to do? need i hav to call
hardware or software
person.  meantime i have additional..i.e. CD writer. If i use this

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a simple and free download program
that will allow me to transfer the songs on my (first generation) ipod
to my new pc.  They were all on my laptop which got broken and are thus
irretrivable. I have tried one called "longfingers but can't seem to

I've seen other posts about the best email program or best POP email
program, my query is on a different angle ---
I'm using Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 on both the MacBook (OS X 10.4.8) and the
Dell desktop (XP SP2) and am looking for the best IMAP provider.  Or

My original query got hijacked by a stupid flame war.
I have a one-page PDF that I know contains a single image, plus maybe
some text.
Suppose I open this PDF file in a pure text editor (BBEdit or the like).  

I need to scan some manuals, to produce pdf files. (I don't need
OCR, just ordinary scans.)
The software from HP that came with my scanner is mind-bogglingly
bad. As far as I can tell, it will only display the preview of

Trying to help my Daughter solve her computer problem from 900 miles away.
She has an Imac G4 with system 10.4
Currently she has a grey screen with no sad Mac only the spinning
beach ball.

Here's an example of something that is trivial to do in Apple's Font Book and
I'm curious as to how easily the same thing is accomplished in one of the
"professional" font managers such as Font Explorer or Suitcase Fusion.
When Adobe's Creative Suite 2 is installed a folder is ...

Every time I open iTunes 7, it seems to re-load the library, which
takes about half a minute or more, and does a gapless check, which
takes several seconds. Is it normal for this to happen every time? Did
not happen in previous versions. Thx. Ed

I use iMac G4, 10.3.9.
I installed a trial version of "DVD2oneX2". It installs as a bundle. It
allows you to use basic functions for 30 days.
I was not that happy with it (in my opinion "ffmpegX" does better job)

I have my Mozilla 1.3.1 preferences set so that I don't have to type the
http://www. or the .com in a URL. Until last week this worked. Now though, when
I type in a Web address without them, I'm taken to a search page using what I
typed as a search term. That is, if I just type ...

i inherited a G5 iMac that at one point had an unknown version of Final
Cut Pro installed on it. the application was later deleted. now i want
to install FCP 5. when i go to install the software it accepts my first
FCP Studio code, but then when it gets to the screen where you enter

I want to make a DVD with just audio and static pic on the background
so I can play on TV (I have seen this on commericial DVDs that
sometimes have as an extra audio with pic as the background image)
I have Toast Titanium (and G4 running OSX).