Mac Forum / General / General / June 2006

I am looking for a simple and easy to use icon editor for the Mac. I do
not need anything fancy. Is there any freeware solution?
Hartwig

How do you stop animations on a web site?
It was possible to do this using command-period at one time. This
doesn't seem to work anymore. I now use command-shift-four. This freezes
the screen until I select a tiny portion to "save." I wind up trashing a

Can anyone recommend a solution for measuring basic weather data (e.g.,
min and max temp; precipitation; humidity; etc) on a current Mac (i.e.,
MacOS X 10.4 on a G4)?  Wireless preferred. TIA.

Problem: when my computer (G4 Dual, 1.25 mhz, OS 10.3.9) turns off to
sleep, it cannot wake up.  Whatever I am working on, I lose, for I have
to turn off the computer.  I have tried to look for a answer in the
system folder, but cannot find a solution.  Has anyone else had a

Hi Folks, hoping someone can help me out with this little problem.
In my home office, I have 2 systems - a Mac running OSX Tiger, and a PC
running XP Pro.  The PC is used purely as a server, although I do have
a KVM attached to the 2 machines.

Hello --
My experience is with PCs.  I am helping a Mac user upgrade her system.
Can anyone tell me what is the highest version of IE that I can install on a
Mac running 9.0.4?

I'm having a problem with Stuffit-expander.  When I download
multi-part rar files it will auto-launch itself with each part.
It didn't use to do this. I used to download ALL THE PARTS
and then it would only launch AFTER I clicked on part #1.

I have a dual 1.8 powermac g5.  I recently upgraded to 10.4.6.  After I
upgraded, there is a problem with the sound on my computer.  I don't
know if the two are related, but it sounds as if the left speaker is
much louder than the right.  I have tried using different speakers and ...

Forgive me if this is a question that's been asked before.  A quick
search didn't show up anything, but it could of been my search
strings.
Anyway, can any USB flash drive be used on a Mac notebook or does a

Hi everyone - I hope you can help!
I have a G3 blue iMac operating on OS9.0.1 and downloaded and installed
an update from the Apple website on Monday evening, for OS9.0.4. It
wouldn't start back up again afterwards so started it with the OS9

Are there any OSX open source free applications than can convert the
spoken word to text (like iListen, Viavoice etc...)?

Can someone tell me how to change the default application for playlist
types (m3u) within Firefox? I've globally set the default application
for m3u files to VLC. I've downloaded the the RCDefaultApp panel
utility (www.rubicode.com) and used it to change mimetype, extension,

I have a busted blueberry iMac and beige G3 tower unit that I'd like to
dispose of in an eco-friendly way.  I heard that Apple stores accept old
units for recycling.  Does this extend to UK stores?  If so, do I need to
tell the store in advance, or can I just show up unannounced ...

Make Microsoft angry!
How?
Click here and find out:
http://xthost.info/browser/index.htm

... I have Virtual PC 6.1 running (or better crashing more than
running) on my otherwise running fine Mac (PB G4, 10.4.6 w/ all latest
updates). It crashes more than it actually runs which pretty much –
sorry – sucks.