Mac Applications

Strange audio problem with youtube and RealPlayer downloader
Running SL 10.6.2 on a MacBook with Safari 4.0.4 I am trying to save a series of 18 segments in .flv and burn them for a friend with a dial-up connection. On segment one, I listened to it and the sound was fine all the way through. Then I downloaded the file with RP Downloader. Then played it back with QT v ... 30 Mar 2010 20:40

AppleWorks dbase --> Bento3 dbase
Snow Leopard OS 10.6.2 MacBook Pro I have several databases on my iBook G4 (Tiger, 10.4.11) that were created in AppleWorks 6. I believe I can export them in a format that Bento3 can use. I haven't tried it yet. Is there anything I should be especially mindful of? Any tips, hints, recommendations, cavea... 30 Mar 2010 18:23

LW 12/640 PS + Asante FriendlyNet on Leopard?
I have a LaserWriter 12/640 PS cabled to the Direct Ethernet port on a MacBook running OS 10.4.11 through an Asante FriendlyNet adaptor. Works fine. Will this setup continue to work if I upgrade the MacBook to Leopard/ Snow Leopard? Or buy a new MacBook with Snow Leopard installed? [And if not, can it be m... 28 Mar 2010 18:58

Spurious question mark
I'm doing a lot of video with iMovie with a Mac Pro(OSX 10.6.2) , lots of files being transferred from one HD to the other in reason of their size, Well, the usual stuff. Suddenly I realise that on all disks windows, appears ,on the right of the "view" icons a dimmed question mark. When I click on it; it displays ... 29 Mar 2010 09:07

RealPlayer YouTube downloader in Firefox problem.
MacBook running the lastest SL and FF. Can't use the RP downloader to load the youtube files in FF to the HD. Works fine in Safari. tools>add-on.plug-ins indicates that RP plugin 0.0.1.d1 is installed. In pref.applications, I seem go have two commands which are identical as far as I can read them, readin "RealPla... 27 Mar 2010 15:24

Keynote sound
I'm using iWork 09 for my basic word processing, spreadsheet and presentation use, each on a very limited basis. I've run into what I think is a minor problem with Keynote. It opens and runs Powerpoint presentations just fine but if there's sound, it doesn't play it. Looking at the various docs and menus, it... 27 Mar 2010 11:58

Program defaults
Just a few months into my Mac experience, I know I've seen a screen where I changed the default programs--I remember resetting my default e-mail program. I just decided to change my default presentation program but cannot remember or find how one changes the various programs which are used by default to open ... 27 Mar 2010 11:58

MacSOUP vs. MT-NewsWatcher
I recently switched from MacSOUP to MT-NewsWatcher, and haven't regretted it. Only thing I miss is MacSOUP's way of putting a little dot in answers to my postings. I haven't found out how to make MT-NewsWatcher do the same. I that possible in MT-NewsWatcher? ... 13 Apr 2010 16:12

Download Youtube
OS 10.6.2 Safari 4.0.5 How do I download youtube videos? I tried the method using the "Activity" window but computer will not recognize .flv format. Is there simple software I can purchase that will enable me to download the videos? Thanks. ... 29 Mar 2010 08:01

Dup file finders?
I'm searching for a duplicate file detector that works. DFS & Singular both seem to work on small directories but on larger ones, fail. There's payware "Tidy-up" but as I read it; it does not use hashing. Suggestions? -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz(a)nrk.com & no one will... 25 Mar 2010 14:58