Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / August 2007

I had done a bootable SilverKeeper backup (at least it was supposedly
bootable; never tested it), about 40 GB and 125,000 files in size, from
the internal HD of an Intel Tiger MacBook to an external 120 GB FireWire
HD, which also contained 20 or 30 GB of earlier stuff put there ...

Mac Backup Software Harmful (Blog)
http://blog.plasticsfuture.org/2006/04/23/mac-backup-software-harmful/

I recently got a great deal on Path Finder so I bought it though I'm
not sure I have so much use for it.  It has easy access to the console,
so I've been idling following it's complaints for the last week. There
are *many*.

Using the latest iTunes 7.3.2, I converted a song-of-the-day 'podcast'
to AAC.
In iTunes 6 it ised to put the converted song in the music library, but
in this 7.3.2 it remains in the podcast folder.

Is there an app that helps 'find' the cursor?
I often loose track of the cursor and would like a way of either high
lighting it or bringing it to some standard place on the screen.
T

I just bought my first Ipod – an two-gigabyte Nano.
As soon as I plugged it into my USB 2 hub, Itunes and the Imac froze and
I couldn't even restart because the color wheel kept spinning on my
screen and I couldn't even get to the Finder to quit any programs, so I

How come this works like a broeeze at work on a wireless connection.
But not at home on either a wireless or direct cable connection? (In
Australia, if that matters.) It disconnects me and says host
unavailable within a second or two of logging in.

Got a question please.
I have an application starting on boot and installing an icon on the
dock that doesn't seem to be showing up anywhere in the applications
folder or in spotlight.

I've been searching for software that has the capability of letting me
specify a source (files to copy) and TWO destinations (to copy the
files to).
Basically what I'm trying to accomplish is having a backup of files

Does anybody know why it is that the above browsers will not work with
the (new) BT Yahoo Mail? Or perhaps I should say, why does BT Yahoo mail
not work with those browsers when it works with Firefox?
Many thanks

When I print a 4x6 photo, I first crop it in iPhoto to 4x6 (saving it
as a duplicate of course), then open it in Preview to print on an
Epson R800 printer, using the sheet fed borderless option. While the
photos come out borderless, they cut off just a small amount of each

I'm using a 26" LCD monitor (Gateway GTW-L26M103) connected to my PowerBook.
The default ("native") resolution is 1280x720.
When the display is set to this resolution, DVD player won't run. I click on
the icon, and after a few seconds I get the "The application DVD Player has

I've noticed that at MacIntouch
<http://www.macintouch.com/>
they've included this item:
   VMware announced that it will release the final version of

It seems to be impossible since some time to burn podcasts in iTunes as
mp3. Burning as audio is possible.
How can I burn my podcasts on a cd?
Thanks.