Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / November 2007

My wife's Mail stopped working last night - she couldn't quit it, and
it was showing as the application in the menu bar (although she did
not see any sign that it was open other than that and the triangle
under the Mail icon).    She tried opening a window - which showed all

I have a couple of mac clients connecting to an Exchange 2003 server.
A little status window stays on constantly, saying it is updating,
sychronyzing or whatever.
Why does it do this & how can I get it to stop?

I am looking for a good newsgroup reader for Mac, currently I am using
Google Groups, but am dissatisfied with the lack of killfiles and
other features.  Does anyone have any good recommendations?  Thanks,

The /usr/bin/emacs that comes with Leopard includes carbon support.
That doesn't mean you can invoke directly and get a graphic version,
at least not that I can see.  It does mean you don't have to depend on
random builds of carbon emacs that are floating around the web, and

I'm getting a Mac Pro in January - I will install Parallels and Office
2003 in it.    This is the version of Office I use at work with
Windows.
But I'm thinking I want either Office Mac or iWork.   If I get Office,

I just got a new MacBook and am quite nerved of iDVD starting up every
time I switch on the computer. I couldnt find any options in that
program for not doing so.
Any hints?

Have you ever created a photomontage on your mac? I want to create one
for our rehearsal dinner and reception, but have never done this
before. Prior to experimenting, I have researched this issue online,
but have found limited results. I know that iDVD will create the

I originally had Photoshop 5 on my classic computer and
then upgraded to CS for my G4 with OsX. So, how do
I install CS on a Intel MacBook. Just enter the PS5 Serial
number? I understand that classic will not run on an Intel Mac.

Does anybody know wheter Entourage 2008 will support the CalDAV protocol
thus enabling it to use a Leopard Server's iCal Server?
Especially, will the MS Office 2008 Home Edition support it?
Otherwise, I think, lots of MS Office-users will drop the use of

Well fraud is kinda overblown, but it's certainly false "advertising".
For years I've been watching Jobs do the song and dance about the glory
and splendor of iChat on the Mac.  A lot of Windows people oo and ah
about that part of the demo presentations.  There's some great new

I created a CD Jewel case insert using iTunes. The option I chose was
White Mosaic. The insert includes both the playlist and the album art
for the cover.
For the album art, I imported a photo from iPhoto. The photo was

Mail help says:
Mac OS X Mail: How to Turn On or Off HTML Rendering
Follow these steps to turn on or off HTML rendering, as desired:
  €  1. Open Mail.

Question to those who have bought Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac in
a retail box.   What is in the box?   Just the disk?   Is there a
printed manual that would make it worth getting a boxed version
vs just downloading the thing and reading the manual on screen or

Hi, if I just send the movies from my camera as email attachments,
many people can see them ok. But they are sometimes so big. When I use
share command and choose small, the movies are just right except for
one thing: no sound! I have a camea that makes movies with .MPG at the

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