Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / February 2008

In our office, we have a number of well developed Access 2003 & 2007
databases in use.  A couple of art designers are required to use the
databases.  I set up virtual pc and run Access 2007 to make them accessible.
After the use for some time, they found very paintful to use this ...

Prior to Leopard, each file icon had a distinct look; you knew at a
glance which was a PDF, Excel or Word file.
Now they all have the same bland whitish look, and you need to pay close
attention to their extension to identify them.

When downloading playlists from my PC to DVD, to stop my computer from
being too slow, I find some songs have a exclamation mark when I play
DVD. Message saying file cant be located - but I have already deelted
it!

Whenever I restart my Mac with Palm One 4.2.1 installed it reads,
"Palm Desktop Background - File Is Busy.
Everything works fine but how can I get rid of this message.

I download some "wbp" files from internet and I have an application
which can handle them (once downloaded).
The problem is that Safari does not handle them properly (they are shown
as binary data in the browser rather than starting a new download).

I have some MPEG video clips that QuickTime (7.4.1) will not play.
Also, MPEG Streamclip will not play them. However, VLC does play them!
Cool, but I want to burn them to a DVD. Now, VLC can transcode, and I
tried that, setting the audio and video both to mp4. This gave me a

Am still wrestling with iWeb which is new to me.
I want to make several websites, all totally different from each other,
so with their own web address.
Until now when I have made one site successfully, and want to add a new

I asked this a long time ago and there wasn't a way to do it.  Is there
a way yet?  Sometimes I want to save just part of a mail item and I want
to remove all the clutter.  This is easy in Windows.  I don't know why
it is seemingly impossible in OS X.

Is it possible to type a caption or title on to a photo whilst it is in
iPhoto?   I need to do this in order to send some photos to overseas e-mail
correspondents who don't know the subjects.
I know it is possible to tile and describe them in the Information box in

Since MacOS 10.5 PDF files which I send to Windows users as attachment
in Apple Mail often have some additional characters after the suffix.
Anybody else with this problem? Any solution?

I use an Intel IMac and have a Lacie HDD attached to it. Presently I'm
set up in the power section to sleep both the Mac HDD and the monitor at
14 minutes. Everything runs normally.
I've been considering the way I use the computer and am taking a look at

I just discovered that the following URL no longer
works in firefox (2.0.0.12) after the 10.5.2 upgrade
and the graphical upgrade coincident with it (but
requiring another upgrade cycle).

I have just installed the latest version of Audio Hijack Pro, 2.8.0,
which no longer users APE to perform instant hijack. I am using OS
10.4.11.
I have found that the Instant Hijack components conflicts with NeoOffice

I copied a bunch of .ics files in my ipod's calendar file.   I open my
iPod and see each calendar item.
Then I plug it into my iMac and sync all calendars.
Now my iPod only has one .ics (iSync-Work.ics) file that contains the

I just recieved a jpeg picture CD from a friend over seas.  I have no
idea of what program he used to burn it or what computer and OS he is
using.  He is moving and I cannot contact him.
I am running Mac OS 10.3.9 on a 17 inch iMac.