Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / December 2007

I noted the following hint in Safar 2.
"You can make Safari 2.0 treat PDFs the way Safari 1.X did (that is,
save them to your default download folder). Here's how: Quit Safari,
launch Terminal, and type the following:

I'm running OS X 10.4.11 on a Macbook Pro.
How do I change the notation on the built-in calculator?
RPN is turned off, and the calculator is set to basic mode.
So why does 20 * 50 = 1e+03 instead of just 1000?

I've been looking for a widget that will monitor the total amount of
data sent and received over my broadband connection. I've had a hunt
around but can only find widgets for specific isp's. Is there a widget
that will work for any isp i.e. just monitor the amount of traffic

Watch out for this app.  I installed it when it first came out and had a
lot of trouble.  I decided to wait for a later version.  I just
installed that and it caused all sorts of problems with mail and other
programs that access the internet, eventually causing my computer to

iTunes 7.5, OS 10.5.1, G5 iMac.
I admit I have too much music in iTunes: 270GB.
Is that why iTunes is so painfully slow to do *anything*?
If so, how much music do I have to delete in order to get reasonable

I have a program on my Mac G4  called " libprs500" . This program is
designed to convert .lit eBOOK files into .lrf files and export them
into the Sony Reader device.  However one can also load
"certain" .lit books into the libprs programs library and read  them

When I quickly press the button on the back of my iMac to put it in
monitor sleep mode does that also put the hard drives in sleep?
Thanks!
JayDee

Running OS X 10.4.11. on a 1.25ghz dp G4 and the Azureus 3.0.4.0, I
have been stricken by the 100% CPU usage scenario...    A little
reading around tells me that I should check to be sure that I have the
most current Java installed.  I downloaded J2SE 5.0 Release 4 (PPC):

I had two versions of Firefox (1.07 and 2.0).  I finally trashed
1.07...  but when I tried to open 2.0 I received a message:  There is
already one copy of Firefox open. Only one copy can be open at a
time.  I cleared caches, repaired permissions rebooted and still got

Formerly, when I used Anacron with OS 10.4.10, none of the steps of the
daily maintenance run would be repeated. Now, with 10.4.11 installed,
the log shows that the operation repeats once after what was previously
the last entry ("Rotating log files:system log"). Is this normal

Running 7.1.1 and unable to find what I need in the on-line Help.
In the Source pane, under "Recent" there is a persistent item that I'd like to
remove but have been unable to figure out how to do it.
At the top of the "Recent" category is a yellow-framed Event.  How do I get

I recall seeing several posts concerning the fact that one of the
iLife'08 programs is missing some features that were in an older
version.  These posts also mentioned that it is possible to run both
versions.  The only thing I don't mention is which program it is.

I'd like to do better system maintenance than I've been doing, and am looking at
these three utilities. All seem to be worthwhile. I'm wondering if buying any
two would make the third superfluous. I'm also wondering which order to run them
in, every month or two.

Good grief.  I downloaded the new iPod update (1.2.3) and, all of a
sudden, my sound volume in iTunes has decreased so much that I cannot
hear most podcasts or songs well enough even at the highest volume
setting.  Perhaps it is a coincidence but that would be hard to swallow.  

With Apple announcing that they are no longer going to supply Works with
new versions of the OS can anyone supply the name of a simple database
that's free to download and use.
I only want it for things like Xmas card lists, and records of CD's and