Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / December 2007

Just got a new iMac which mens no more classic.
I need some recommendations for simple calendar programs to use for an
organization.
In classic I was using Calendar Creator and Calendar maker. Both old

I've been having some interesting times with MT-NW (3.5.2) and Leopard,
in that the application tends to hang, waiting for confirmation after
sending a post out.
Except occasionally when it doesn't hang. Randomly.

   I had read sometime in the past that the 2007
version of Quicken for the Mac had some pretty
severe problems and limitations compared to the
Windows version. My sister is returning to the Mac

Is there a Mac app that will let me add DVDs that I have purchased, not
from the iTunes store, to iTunes and my 30GB iPod?  This would be on a
MacBook Pro that I bought in July of '07.

I'm a newbie trying to burn my first iTunes playlist to CDR, but keep
getting the message: "The attempt to burn a disc failed. The device
failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry."
Can anyone explain what may be going on and suggest a remedy, please?

Every Christmas the family plays Bingo. When I was still in the
thrall of the Dark Side, I had a really nifty program that would
generate the Cards and print them. I looked through Versiontracker
and the Bingo card generators either don't do number Bingo (apparently

Some years ago I made up a database of names and addresses using
OpenOffice.  The file is in .wdb format.  
Now OpenOffice will not open the file and says that a "connection to the
file cannot be established".  

I have a situation where I write aviation tutorials that appear on web
sites. I also have a situation where I'm using an IMac OSX 10.4.10 with
Firefox as the browser. I have to copy these tutorials off the web pages
and store them on my Mac. From time to time I have to send the ...

i have intel 2.8 dual core,256mb ram,geforce fx 5200 256mb,simmtronics
moterboard. my computer shuts down after 5-10min & sometimes even
30-50min after i start a game,the computer wound not boot(manually)
till 5-10 min after shut down.games work fine when i detach the

I made the leap from Windows & Outlook to a MacBook Pro over the
summer.  It's time for Christmas cards again, I've entered addresses in
the Address book for everybody - well sort of.  For a family, I use
"John & Debbie" instead of creating two cards.  So how do I print the

iBook G4, OS 10.4.10
Background:  Maybe a year ago I set up a website with iWeb
(http://web.mac.com/barbschaller/iWeb/Hanging%20Out%20with%20The%20Tattoo
ed%20Lady/Welcome.html).  At the end of March this year something got

Sometimes, and this has been happening more lately with one
newsgroup (alt.html) but not others, when one tries to quit MT, a
notice says that it is in the process of sending an article. Fair
enough if you have just posted. But this can sometimes be a

I want to save something (in HD if possible) from the saved file in
my DVR that has a USB port. Can I save it to my MBP HD (10.4.11) and
then onto a DVD that I can play on a standard DVD player?