Mac Forum / General / General / August 2006

Does anybody have an idea how to use Arabic languages on a mac? Is
there some third party software available, since Apple does not supply
it.
Use with Microsoft Office would be cool.

Hi all--I hope someone can help me out with this. Each of the last two
times I've put my iMac G5 (running 10.4.7) to sleep, it's shut down
completely on its own. When I start it up again there seems to be no
problem.

I have a MacBook Pro and often the cursor gets stuck in text fields (in
Safari mostly, but not exclusively).  It only happens with the trackpad,
not with a mouse.  Notably it sticks if I hit the caps lock key, usually
by accident.  After 4-5 seconds it unsticks, but it is ...

I won a Meistersinger watch in a competition - see
http://www.meistersinger.co.uk/scrypto1z.htm
Now there's no way I'm going to wear such an expensive watch - anyone wants
to buy it off me or trade something of a decent value?

I just did the math' on the cost of owning a brand new Mac Intel, the
desktop model that slurps up about 400 watts of power.
Figuring an initial cost of $17,482, and an effective lifetime of 1,825
days. (5 years) - - - the daily cost of ownership is $9.50

I am after spending between $100 - $200 for a decent program.
I would like to show an automatic slide show on certain pages as well -
erm, kind of like macromedia flash !!
Any advice or recomendations please.

Having recently moved to an "always on" connection, I've enabled nearly
all of the security features in OS 10.4, including "stealth mode":
System Preferences->Sharing->Firewall->Advanced->Enable Stealth Mode
Having done so, however, the (three) machines on my wireless LAN can no

I just received my 250 Gig mini Max hard drive from Iomega to place
under my Mac mini. Sweet, very stylish combination. Fairly easy to
install and get things running. Cost: less than $1 per Gig even after
Iomega formatting.

Up to a few weeks ago I had a broadband router which I used for PPPoE
connectivity to my ISP.  My computers just had regular private LAN
addresses (192.168.1.xxx).  When it died I replaced it, accidentally,
with just a switch (not a router).  I was about to take it back and get

the burner software on my new mac os x doesnt seem to work anymore.
when i press the "burn disc" button on the top right corner on iTunes
and it said "burner software not found". but, i have burned a CD before
on this notebook. i dont know what's wrong. help please!

We are adding an iMac to a network that was previously all PC with a
Linksys WRT54G wireless router. Will the Airport Extreme in the iMac
connect to the Linksys without additional hardware? If so, what are
the critical points in the set up? Thanks.

I got a intel iMac and everytime I tried to video chat with someone who
has windows. It won't accept them. Is there a way to video chat with
them.

I don't know whether or not this is the cause, but I've noticed that,
after installing the sw for a UMAX ASTRA 2100U scanner, MT-NW
3.4 no longer launches my Web browser when I Option-click a URL
in a message. Am I using the correct key combo? It worked fine

Is there an option or command for me to see what computers have
connected to my computer.  I know that if I go to Shift-Cmd-K I can see
all the networked but I don't know which might be connected to me.  
TK