Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / December 2007

Here is the story:
I have an old database on a VAX that contains all my CDs and tracks, as
well as an indicator whether that track is good or bad. This was built
by hand, well before Gracenotes was conceived and I had used this to

I have Office 2004 for OS9, but have now downloaded Neo Office for my
OSX Powerbook. It seems very good, but I can't work out how to set the
size of the pages, the top and bottom and left and right margins in
Neo Office as I can in Microsoft's version. This is important as I

It may have no bearing on the problem but I was creating a message in my
comcast account while traveling and it wouldn't send using comcast or
mac.com so I saved it as a draft.  Right after (when I got home) comcast
seemed to hiccup (wouldn't get or send mail) but it's OK now.  The

Using Firefox 2.0.0.3 on Leopard 10.5.1 (MacBookPro) I find on many web
sites, Firefox doesn't respond to a drop down menu.  Clicking on the box
does nothing and I have to go over to Safari 3.0.4, enter the web site
and finish there.  For convenience in other apps I have Firefox set ...

How come my firewall log of my new iMac (Leopard) tells me there were
repeated attempts to make a stealth connection to my computer from
66.102.9.99 which is supposed to be the Google Inc. IP, Mountain View.
Several other IPs were noted (64.28.75.214 and 66.249.17.251).

I found a great FREE resource and would like to share since I see this
asked about a lot. It shows you how to convert dvds and youtube videos
for FREE. check it out http://www.convertvideoforipod.com

Belkin gave me an F6H550-UPS rev A to replace an old unit that died.  
The new SW (Agent and Manager) for it together consume 25% to 30% of the
CPU time!  The old Bulldog SW used a negligible fraction of the CPU, but
unfortunately it does not work with this new UPS.  The UPS works ...

Does anybody here have any idea how to get a TV program editied on
Final Cut Pro (which I think is a QuickTime file) transferred through
a network to a Windows XP server that uses MPEG 2 files?

Having a FedEx account number and preparing FedEx shipping documents on
line (<http://www.fedex.com/>) can be very handy, even for only
occasional personal or residential shipments.
If you're doing this with Safari, however, do  /not/ select "Block

Is there a way to make Mail App automatically bcc or forward an e-mail
I compose if the original meets certain criteria - such as if I send To
= Fred then bcc (or forward copy) to Jo?
I just cannot see a way to do it with the onboard filter set.

The way I understand it, iTunes offers two kinds of track deletion from
my music library. After highlighting one or more tracks,
1. Pressing the delete key will cause the track to be invisible from
  iTunes. But the disk file containing the track (.mp3, .aac, or

I have a strange problem. Preview doesn't show some pdf files. It's
not all of them, just certain ones, they show up blank and I can only
view them with Acrobat Reader.
In many cases (they're articles) the first page (which is different)

Are there any apps out there that will convert MP4 video files to MP3
sound files?
Thanks.

I would like to be able to monitor my network usage, not just in terms
of measuring how much stuff is uploaded and downloaded, but exactly
what application is doing it when.  We have satellite Internet (no,
there are no other options) and are subject to usage limits.  This

Try "Afghanistan" in Tiger's dictionary app. And then try to tell
me that it is not a bloody good dictionary and thesaurus.