Mac Applications

Setting Account Directory for Mail.app
Hi, I'd like to move the directory where Mail stores my mail from ~/Library/Mail to another directory. In the Advanced tab of the Accounts part of preferences, there's an Account Directory box that seems to be for this purpose. However, it's always grayed out. Is there any way to set that to another directo... 5 Feb 2006 00:41

How to Make AudioBook mp3s Bookmarkable for iPod?
I'm trying to figure out how to make large audiobook mp3 files bookmarkable for use on an iPod mini. I've googled around and seen a lot of detailed descriptions about how to do this if you are a PC user, but I'm at a loss as to what to do as a Mac user. I suspect I'm missing something obvious here... If anyone ... 1 Feb 2006 17:12

Smart Phones, Bluetooth and OSX
I'm thinking of switching my wireless carrier, and I am looking at possibly getting a smart phone. Since I have Bluetooth on my G4 Powerbook, I'd like to make sure that I can sync up calendar and address information to my new PCS. At a glance, it appears to me that Palm Treo is the most OSX friendly of the ph... 30 Jan 2006 19:37

Simple relational database program to replace Access
I have migrated from an old Windows PC to a new iMac G5, and I have a lot of information in a very old (but working) copy of MS Access on the old PC. I have been looking for a Mac replacement, but am told that the basic database in Appleworks is not a relational one and I do need this function. I have just lo... 1 Feb 2006 01:26

How to record DVDs?
hi, i just bought a imac intel...and its my first mac....im sort of a pc user trying to migrate to mac....now i want to record dvds...some people told me to use the mactheripper and then record with popcorn.... i triedd but it says the file size is too big...what should i do? what softwares to use? please some body... 31 Jan 2006 01:49

some weird itunes/ipod behavior
My wife has an older 20G ipod and I have a new video ipod. We are seeing a few different issues and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on what might be wrong. 1. Though it will sync okay, my wife's older ipod will not charge when connected to our mac via usb. Shouldn't it? I know that my new video ipod d... 30 Jan 2006 15:59

iWorks 6 and iLife 6 pricing
There is really negative stuff on the Apple Website for the new upgrades... people bought version 5 even days before 6 came out and there is NO upgrade pricing. Granted the software is inexpensive, but there ought to be SOME break for upgrades. -- Michael | "You're going to need a bigger boat." ... 29 Jan 2006 19:39

Reducing image file size
What app do I need to reduce an image file, ie make it lower resolution, so that I can email it to some friends with a very slow internet connection? can iphoto do this? Thanks Robby ... 27 Jan 2006 20:49

AppleWorks and Intel
Apparently, the new Intel based Macs do not ship with AppleWorks. Is this because AW won't run on the new machines, or is Apple phasing out AW in favour of iWorks? Any thoughts? I bought my G5 iMac in mid December, and toyed with the idea of replacing it, but I'm glad I didn't - my entire life is on AppleWorks... 29 Jan 2006 10:52

Dictionary.app and IPA pronunciation
I have noticed that the pronunciations in some words in Dictionary.app are wrong. I have it set to US English IPA. For example, the correct pronunciation of the word "sat" in IPA is [s?t] (middle letter is a combined ae). But Dictionary.app shows it to be [s?t] (middle letter is an o with a slash), which is ... 24 Jan 2006 00:08