Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / March 2008

I am trying to use Handbrake to rip my DVDs and synch them onto my
iPod Touch.
I seem to be able to rip the movies and they show up in iTunes as MP4
files.  I even selcet them for transfer by synch, however tehy don't

To cut some text from a scotchlite adhesive foil, I need to vectorize
the text (EPS vectorized).
What tools are recommended to do that once in a while (not wanting to
buy an expensive Adobe Tool)?

Hi at all,
do you know if there is an utility, runnning on Windows Platform, and
opening and extracting the PKG Apple's files?
thanks a lot

Here's what I'd like to do via an Automator application that is fired up at
login....
a) Do nothing until a specified time and then
b) Open Time Machine Preferences

When I occasionally use coverflow it is very useful.  I'm looking for
an image or a file and I can zip through them, hitting my space bar for
a somewhat larger display.  There is then an icon displayed to produce
a full display of said image/file.

Many ages ago I had a Quadra 660av machine, and one of the things it
could do was answer calls and take messages.  I can do that with Skype
calls, but I've not been able to do that since the 660av on my Mac.
I'd love to have my Mac answer the phone after a couple of rings and

I have a Fifth Generation iPod Classic 30G with lots of memory left.  
I'm on OS 10.5.2 with the latest iTunes 7.
I rented my first movie from the iTunes store and cannot move it to my
iPod.

Is there anyway to have the today block in the month view highlighted
or even a different color ,when you open ical you have to search for
the correct day?
Allan

Can versions 15 or 16 of MacLink Plus Deluxe read old WriteNow files on
an Intel-processor MacBook running Tiger? -- or not?
The list of translatable formats in the MacLink Plus documentation says
they can translate WriteNow files, although read only.  My registered

Would someone reccommend some Fax software?
I am using pagesender and I don't like it.  I also tried Faxstaff Pro
and I am not impressed with it.

Was in here a few weeks ago about getting music from my MBP to my
stereo. Airport Express was suggested, but apparently I wasn't clear
because AE did not do part of what I wanted.
    So_

When I copy a paragraph from a Word document to a Mail message, the
paragraph formatting (e.g., hanging indent) is copied into the Mail
message. Sometimes I don't want that, but I haven't found any way to
change paragraph formats within Mail. Is there?

With Safari when I go to http://games.myway.com/index.html and click on
Crossword it doesn't start the crossword puzzle.  I get a window and it
says EXIT HERE with some google ads at the top but no crossword puzzle
at all.  When I go to the same site using Firefox there is not a

Yes, I've googled, God knows I've googled long enough to know there are
millions of hits on something like this.
I'm writing a novel, let's say, and I have character descriptions
assigned to each character.  I have a drag-and-drop location for a

What is the best Apple IIe emulator that works on an intel mac, and has
great keyboard support?  I want to play Archon and Archon II.  I can't
find an emulator that runs these :( The keyboard input never works.
Laters...