Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / June 2008

I just now tried to post a reply in another thread, and 40tude has decided
to post my many of the NGs I subscribe to instead of just the one I'm
replying to. Why does it want to reply to all kinds of groups when I only
want to reply to the one? Is there a way to control this?

It's been a while since I have dragged text out of applications onto the
Desktop to create clippings but was surprised that when I did this from
Word (2004) it does not create a text clipping but a picture clipping.
Is this normal behaviour? I notice that if I do the same thing from

I created a sparse bundle, with a start size of 100 mb, then started
to copy files to it.  It ran out of space before I was able to copy
everything to it.
I thought sparse bundles automatically expand in size.   Do I need to

I just got a copy of Windows XP that I intend to install under Boot
Camp.  I also have Parallels installed on my MacBook Pro, and according
to the Parallels manual, can use the Boot Camp Windows to boot into a
Parallels virtual machine.  I am chosing to make Boot Camp effective

The alt-fan.cecil-adams newsgroup is discussing whether to move over to
misc.facts.straight-dope in the wake of the decision by several ISPs to
discontinue access to the alt.* hierarchy. In anticipation of this move,
a number of AFCA posters have started cross-posting to MFSD. ...

This just started today, so I'm wondering if there is a possible
"Friday the 13th" virus for Macs originating from some country with a
time zone ahead of the U. S.  At random times, the CD drive not only
opens by itself, but keeps opening and closing, sometimes partially

-------- Original Message --------
Subject:     [Fwd: Major Mac OS X Vulnerability]
Date:     Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:42:34 -0400
From:     Vivian Hasiuk <hasiuk@physics.upenn.edu>

I want to center an in-line image in Pages '08 but cannot see how to
do that. I suppose I could make it a floating object (which does
appear to allow placement) and then move it as I add or delete text,
but that seems hokey.

I'm writing a very long document (100 pages)  and what I would love to
be able to do is change right margin in teh wiord processing software,
so that I have a nice wide
gutter, maybe a third of the page. (Okay, that I can do in Word for

Just playing on my iMac tonight, trying things out. Talk about ironic.
Leopard has this great new feature, Coverflow, which allows me to see my
files, well, you all already know. But it's not available in iPhoto, and
I can't access my photos from Finder to use it! So I can see ...

Not too long ago I came across and tried the application "Docker" which
provides one with an almost elegant interface which provide one with a great
many options for customizing the dock such as overall kind, appearance,
position, and so on, and without requiring one to dawdle ...

Looking for a freeware app that gives instantaneous and average up and
down speeds for a dsl connection in a small window.  Recommendations?

How can I get image sizes to match in Photoshop and Indesign?
For example, in Photoshop I just saved a TIFF at a three-inch width.
But when I placed the file into Indesign, the width is shown in the
Control panel as 2.659 inches.

In order to be able to make a VPN-connection with the computer system of
my company, I needed to install Check Point Secureclient on my iMac at
home, together with a certificate.
I think I did everything right, as the SecureClient status window says

So, I finally gave up on Apple's isync today and
purchased missing sync. After several hours and
about 50 syncs, I think I finally have unique
address entries (ical seemed to behave). I had