Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / October 2006

Do any know if any of the current range of virtualisation software for
OS X support
running OS X within a virtual machine? It would seem that parallels
only

Okay okay before you jump on me this is a registered version of Halo
and yes I have the cd, why does this stupid game ask me to put the cd
in everytime I play?   That is so annoying, the pc version is slightly
better and doesnt do this but it's nice to play a game and not have to

When viewing local .html files on my machine (Tiger, just before
10.4.8 - I'm just a tad scared of the 4.8 update), the bullet
points in the <li>s don't scale with the font when changing
browser text-size view in iCab (3.0.3) until browser is refreshed

Is it just my MacBook, or is Mail.app getting more and more crashy since
the last software update or two?
I'm seeing the mail application crash (popping up the 'Report bug to
apple / Reopen / Close' dialog) several times a day now. Most often,

Using the latest Firefox on the very latest OSX. I'm using it to input
text into a data-management tool that feeds into a major "how-it-works"
website, part of the publishing process. the tool has various places to
put chunks of text, and often it won't let me move the cursor ...

iMovie HD Question - How do I separate a project into TWO
PROJECTS/MOVIES?
I have an iMovie Project that contains the main movie and a funny
blooper reel.

My favorite browser is OmniWeb. I use the demo version but I would like
to register it and make it my default browser.  I don't own a credit
card so I can't register online. It doesn't seem that it's  possible to
pay OmniWeb by any means but through means of a credit card. If I ...

I've noticed that iTunes on my PPC iMac G5 suddenly and unexpectedly
loses all sound from the speakers. it did it just now, I was listening
to something, there was a loud 'ping' sound (rather like when a
lightbulb goes) and no sound, but iTunes was still playing. If I stop

I decided to learn a little bit about Applescript & Automator...
I wrote my first script to start the Terminal and write some commands in it
tell application "Terminal"
    do script " cd /Users/joss/Sites/rails/test/ ; script/server"

I have about 40 folders with many email addresses. How can I extract
all the email addresses at once into Address Book?
-Matt

What is the BEST EMAIL Program? Powermail or Apple Mail???
Also, which one will PROPERLY import all my OLD OS9 Claris Emailer
preferences, filters, email, addresses, mailboxes, etc. - so I don't
lose them or have to do tooooo much work?

If you consider this to be a Windows-only question, please ignore it.
Flames won't be read.
The installation is well along and I have a dialogue box that says
"Some files on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 CD are needed.

I am using 10.4.8 on an Intel Mini. The Address Book has data, but
seems to be locked.  I can't Edit or add cards.  In Mail when I try to
add an address from a message it appears to work but the entry doesn't
go anywhere.  I am using Address Book on two older iBooks also with

Just downloaded OpenOffice.org 2.app to see what if it will do as
a word processor. First thing it says when trying to open is that
one needs to install Apple X11. What is this when it is at home?
And how does one do this in the simplest way?

I use Mail.app with SSL to access one of my email accounts.
After the 10.4.8 system upgrade, IMAP/SSL still works ok, but
SMTP/SSL complains about the server certificate (which is valid)
and gets into a loop of continuously opening and abandoning