Mac Applications

Preparing a movie for upload to youTube.
I have a DVD (all legal, amateur video though it has been be prepared by a process I have no clue about) that plays fine on a TV and also on my Mac. It simply opens in DVD player on Tiger. Someone has asked me to load it to youTube because they have been unable to. I can see it looks tricky! Any suggestions ... 26 Jan 2010 13:12

Help authoring tools
Does anyone know of a good help authoring tool for creating cross-platform context-sensitive help that runs on a Mac? I need HTML or Java output. TIA, Ron ... 15 Jan 2010 04:58

Mail Problems
In article <140120101245514029%ken(a)glass-stones.com>, Ken Lucke <ken(a)glass-stones.com> wrote: Second, when I first open Mail, it opens fine, then sits and gives me a spinning beach ball (while it shows the number of emails to download, and it occasionally will start the download process), then just quits. ... 16 Jan 2010 18:20

newbie here and question
Jo <nietgebruiken@*nietgebruiken*.com> wrote: Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: In article <1jca3aj.ftmdrk8ari6sN%nietgebruiken@*nietgebruiken*.com>, nietgebruiken@*nietgebruiken*.com (Jo) wrote: hi my name is Jo, and I live in the Netherlands. I'm looki... 13 Jan 2010 20:01

Mac OS X - Disappearing Menu
I have long wanted to have the menu at the top of the screen to appear and disappear when needed, much as one can set the dock to do. A recent comment here in these forums again reminded me of that want. Not quite the same, but somewhat close, is the effect of installing a little applet called Menu Ecllipse wh... 16 Jan 2010 19:26

Mail creates draft of sent message
I have a new MacBook Pro, running Snow Leopard. When using the mail app, from time to time I send a message and see there's a draft of the identical message! Is this a bug? Ed ... 19 Jan 2010 01:25

Handbrake, subtitles, and iPod resolution
When I rip my films down to iPod resolution with Handbrake, I lose the ability to call up subtitles. This is a PITA for non-English films. Is there a work around? -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell ... 12 Jan 2010 08:04

KB Shortcut to Insert Date in Pages 09?
Is there a keyboard shortcut to insert the date and/or date/time in a Pages 09 document [4.0.3 (766)] running under SL 10.6.2? If not, can I create one? ... 11 Jan 2010 17:37

How to Hotwire "Find"
Periodically I am looking for a file in a folder and use the search field in the display window. I type in a few characters and it goes into search mode. But problem is that It always defaults to "This Mac" instead of the currently selected folder and to "Contents" when I am almost always looking for "File N... 10 Jan 2010 17:26

Wireless N Router Question
I'm currently using a Netgear (model WGR614v7) wireless router with 802.11g capability, with my new MacBook Pro accessing Verizon 768k DSL. I currently--only occasionally--share the network with a Win7 laptop and an iPhone 3gs, and on those occasions there seems to be frequent bottlenecks. 80% of the time it'... 10 Jan 2010 12:59