Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / May 2008

I tried to post the following message using NewsHunter 3, but after 5
minutes, the New Message window that popped up for me to write, still
said "Posting Article...".
So I infer that I will have to force kill NewsHunter 3.   Here's the

I know this has been brought up before.  But I just can't get over how
truly retarded iMovie '08 is when compared to it's previous incarnation.
I understand Apple wanted to simplify the process of pulling video in
for the home/newbie user.  However the quality of the imported ...

I have Art Explosion 250,000 that I bought long, long ago
when I used OS 8 or 9. The clip art/catalog viewer doesn't
work with OSX. Can anyone tell me where or how I can get
something that will allow me to view the catalogs/clip art?

Anyone know of one they've used with their kids and/or can recommend?

I recently received an e-mail with a subject of
Re: avoir/�tre  expression activities?
The listserv removed the header that identified the sender's
e-mail client, and there are headers for

I've had TM working since I got my new iMac over a week ago. But it
stopped working in the last day or so. I've done 2 things in the last
day that might have caused the problem.
I disconnected the drive to move the computer

Which app can you recommend for collecting notes and quotes from books,
with the intention to write your own book? It should have search/find
facilities and be able to make its own layout.
Thanks.

In Textwrangler or BBEdit what would be a GREP pattern to replace
either of two words with specific words depending on which word was
found? For example, I want the word "red" replaced with "crimson" and
also want "gray" replaced by "grey". How to make one pattern to get

Well after SP1 came out I finally decided to try Mac Office 2008.  Bit of
disappointment really.  I mean nice eye candy but for a program that is
meant to run as a Universal each program takes almost twice as long to start
up as my old Office 2004 versions - and those run in Rosetta ...

Can anyone give me a step by step explanation how I can convert a file
folder full of jpgs to a file folder full of pdfs
I understand large pdf files are easier to email
Using OSX 10.5.2

It's possible to insert Greek letters and other special characters and
symbols into an RTF document in TextEdit by following the fairly tedious
procedure of
--opening the Font window;

I having all kinds of problems with FF on my new iMac. It locks up a
lot. I had problems with downloads but I think I have that fixed.
Now it's loading all the websites that are in my bookmarks toolbar
when I open FF. Can't get it to stop doing that. Is there a setting

I just started using iPhoto and can't figure some things
out. I have Leopard and iPhoto 08 (version 7.1.3 (364)).
I've got several Events, Albums, and Slideshows created.
But Missing Manuals tells me that I should be seeing

I am using Apple Mail  3.2 and OS 10.5.2.  Mail worked like a charm at
the beginning but I suddenly can't send.  All the settings are by the
book. However, the SMTP setting indicates "off line" but I am on a DSL
connection. I have clicked "Take All Accounts On Line" and Take All

I would like to watch the Chelsea Flower Show videos on their UK site.
However, I live in Europe and the videos won't play for 'foreigners'.
I suppose using FoxyProxy would help. What do you fill in in those
windows of FoxyProxy? It doesn't seem to work at all.