Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / February 2008

That clippings be able to hold live URLs. Please arrange this,
Mike, for an update to Tiger.

A few days ago i heard the fan on my iMac G5 go into overdrive.  I hold
the power key down until it shuts down. And Reboot it  this happens
every 3 months or so.  Big deal.
After I'm up and running for a while I do a spotlight search and see

iPhoto preferences only shows Mail to select for emailing photos.  Since
I'm using Thunderbird as my default mail client is there a way to have
iPhoto email photos using Thunderbird?  Thanks.

controlling iTunes using the included remote works out of the box. But
I'd like a way to rate songs with it, possibly without looking at the
screen. No idea how to implement this with just 5 buttons, but smarter
people may have done it?

I think I kinow the answer to this. I have started converting old vinyl
to CDs. The software I use saves the files in a proprietary format but
its preferred (read ONLY) export format is WAV. iTunes of course
imports this. I convert these to AAC for the files I want to keep in

I am experiencing problems with my wireless mouse.  Periodically it
looses connection with the iMac; the cursor freezes, and I needed to
force the iMac to shut down by holding the on/off button down.  When
the computer restarts the mouse is functioning correctly.  Then later

I have an older MacBook Pro Core Duo (NOT Core 2 Duo) ... well not all
THAT old. It's less than 2 years old!  heheheheh
Does anyone know if there are any USB adaptors or Express Cards
available on the Australian market that will enable me to use a 802.11n

Hi new to this site ....
Can anyone tell me how to obtain an invatation code for Brokenstones ?
Tried the link from Brokenstones webpage but no joy !! :((
Does anyone know of any good torrent sites for Mac applications ?

In the OS 9 days, I used SoundEdit to manage tracks of QuickTime movies.
With that, I was able to see, edit, add, remove and change info of
QuickTime tracks. Multiple QuickTime tracks were allowed (a QuickTime
track could contain either one or two tracks). Now, Mac OS 9 is not

Do there exist any alternatives to Timbuktu Remote and Microsoft
Remote Desktop for the Mac? I want to access an iMac at work, using
if possible an open-source solution at home.
Thanks for reading,

Will all of iLife'08 and specifically the version of Garage Band
included with it run on Tiger or is this a Leopard optimized release?
Thanks.

Mail 2.1.3, Mac OS 10.4.11
I want to attach 3 files to a mail message, all saved (through Print
menu option) as PDFs with that extension.   When I select the messages
to attach via the button in the Mail window or by dragging the file into

Gimp stopped working. When I now try to start it, I get a dialogue box
coming up saying
Failed to start X11 - gimp.app requires Apple's X11
X11.app is where it should be, in Applications/Utilities and it starts

Being an on-again/off-again reader of this group I'm sure this subject
has been asked and answered several times over but I missed it. Sorry
for the repetition:  
Is there a way to 'batch change' the Name, Artist, Album, or Composer

Safari will not download PDF files from the internet. When asked to do
so, the screen turns black and everything stops. Every other aspect of
navigating the web site seems to work. When I tried to do this from a
different Mac, the same file downloads without trouble. The problem