Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / February 2008

I've read that some of the scanner software that come with scanners can
remove dust specks from the scanned images.  Does anyone know of
shareware or freeware that can do that?  I've looked at a bunch of s/w
on versiontracker.com but haven't found any.  I'm running OS X Leopard.

When on Windoze I used the Broadband Speed Tester available
for it, but it isn't available for Mac OS X (I have Leopard).
Is there an add on or open source program that will determine
upload and download speeds in real time?

preferably free or shareware..  .
I have OSX 10.3.9
would like to do budgeting, checking, and bill management.
anyone have anything they like?

Joy begins to last when we experience that our happiness is not
dependent on outer circumstances
experience your inner goodness and greatness.
http://moneycantbuyhappy.blogspot.com

I tried a demo of iShowU.  It whirs then crashes with the "the program
puked" message.  The guys at iShowU, a very nice crew, can't figure it
out.  They say the program is making a call to QuickTime, and it's
QuickTime that's barfing. They asked whether I had some 3rd party

I have an HP 3055 all-in-one laserjet printer, copier, fax. I recently
installed the new Universal binary for this unit since one of my Macs
is Intel based and the old software would not work on it. But the new
Director app as HP calls it is missing a button that was on the old

When a flash drive is attached MacOS feels the need to create
a .Spotlight-V100 and .Trashes folder along with a ._.Trashes file
even if the drive is attached only to read files and not write. Is
there any way to keep MacOS from writing these unauthorized files, as

Has anyone figured out the ideal ratio for a Time Machine backup disk?
I mean, if you have say a 500GB HD what would be a good size TM backup
disk? 1TB? Of course, the drive should be in use for a good number of
years.

Well,
for Mail.app I use http://www.hawkwings.net/ for iTunes I should find
something else.
Can you suggest some good resources?

I use iPhoto 6...newest. MacBook with 2GB memory; about 9GB free Space
on the harddrive.
About 24 000 pics.....
Now it is so slow with import,or writing tags...or changing names and

Hi again everyone,
I have another question about Belkin routers - this time it is my
brother-in-law's.
Today, we set up a Belkin router for him and it all generally works

I'm kind of loathe to shift away from my keyboard whenever I can avoid
it.  One of the *very few* things I miss about Windows is the ability
to use the tab button to cycle through dialog boxes (eg: "cancel" and
"save").

As I understand it, you have to press the Apple key to open up tabbed
pages in Safari. Is there anyway to click on links and have a tabbed
page open up without having to press the Apple key.
TIA,

I have a MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.16Ghz.
I have noticed that several times a day, the hard drive starts spinning
excessively and everything on the computer grinds to a crawl. Programmes
take for ever to boot up and web pages take ages to appear.

Before I switched to Macs I was a satisfied user of Demons Turnpike
Newsreader. In recent times I've been making do with Google Groups;
but now I would really like something better. I'm looking for an
offline newsreader that also handles binaries. I'm happy to pay for