YouTube Downloader
 

There are quite a few of these floating around and, after trying a few of them, I find that YTD18 -- the latest version -- is simplicity itself!

All you need to do is type in/ copy-paste the URL of the YouTube that you wish to keep and press 'Download' -- and it is all done!!

Check out at THIS site!

Enjoy!

Well done flimflam,

try this:
Apple - Downloads - Automator Actions - Sync Folders Action

You Tube Downloader
 

Why don't you just use Mytube - it downloads things from You Tube straight into I-Tunes and you can play them on your Iphone/Ipod Touch.

Happy New Year

TN

Sprocket,

Thank you, Happy new year

FF

And a happy new year to all the mac users, seeing as how this is the first post of 2009 :) Obviously no-one has had any problems so far ? Hoorah for Apple!

I have a silly problem, i'm searching for jpg's in the system so that I can do a bit of housekeeping, after making a backup of course! In iPhoto there are over 9,000 images. When I search in finder or spotlight I seem to only be able to find 5,000 ish. I updated iPhoto a year ago and since then I don't seem to have the same ability to search for .jpg or DSC/IMG etc files as before, iPhoto library doesn't give much help.... :confused:

I'm running 10.4.11 btw. Anyone with any suggestions ?


Thanks


SHJ

I am using 10.5.6 and checking for problems via Mac OS X and iPod Troubleshooting, Support, and Help - MacFixIt

So far no problems for me.

Google Earth 5 beta
 

Just put it on a G4 running 10.5.6 and don't get any imagery. Anyone else with the same problem?

iMac 2.4 Graphics card.
 

Hi,

I am on the verge of getting my first Mac but have a question.

There are a couple of the old model iMac 20" 2.4Ghz machines in the shop and this is the only machine I can afford.

The question is what is the graphic card rating and can it run World of Warcraft?

Banal question but important to me as I so want to be a Mac convert.

Thanks.

Miserlou,

Presumably, this is the first Aluminium iMac? Specs here:
everymac.com specs

The video card is a 256Mb one which is plenty for WoW:

WoW latest update and specs

Applemacster

And Office for Mac 2008?
 

Thanks for super quick reply. That appears to be the machine. The new model is marginally better but also 25% more expensive.

Only worry know is the wife who is a MS Office addict.
I've tried telling her that this will be easier and better but she keeps harping on about compatibility.

Anyone know whether MS Office for Mac can open .docx files?

Thanks.

Yes. It's Office 2008, running on OS X, virtually transparent with Office 2008: and a bl**dy sight cheaper :ok:

Office Mac 2004 is the same as Office 2003 for Windows.
Office Mac 2008 is the same as Office 2007 for Windows (docx etc). There is a MS converter for both Office 2003 and Office 2004 to open the later docx files.

Thanks chaps.

Even better news. Her indoors has agreed with the proviso 'as long as it does everything that the old PC can do'!

I have assured her that it can and will do it in a more friendly way and look good on the desk at the same time! Hope I am not overstretching my confidence.

Miserlou - you can also run windows on your mac if there is anything you've got that is windows only.

Miserlou:

Background Noise is absolutely correct. There are actually three ways to do it.

1 - Virtual machines - check out VMware Fusion, Parallels or Q. My experience with Fusion is that's it's stable and reliable. Google "mac virtualization"

2 - BootCamp, where you assign a bit of disk space to a Windows partition, but this requires a reboot between using Mac OS and Windows.

3. "Hackamac" or whatever it's called - running Windows as the ONLY OS on a Mac, but personally I think this is as close to criminal as you can get as Mac OS is much more stable than any Windows OS.

There is actually 4 - if all you want to do is run a single Windoze program you can use Crossover. This allows certain supported Windoze programs to run in OSX without having to load a copy of Windoze like the other Virtual machines.

A question to the mac users.....

My present reliable, but old, powerbook is displaying various symptoms of it's age and use and will require perhaps costly repairs/replacement of parts in the near future. I was thinking of purchasing a new replacement, but am unimpressed with the new offerings visually. Is there a source where one can purchase the 'old' new stock, i.e that which was new only a few weeks ago before the release of the latest offerings ?

And, just out of curiosity, what happens to all the stock that has been superceeded ? Does it get sent back to the factory and disassembled and reconstituted in some way into another product or even manufacturer or what ?


regards


SHJ

SHJ,

The online AppleStore usually has clearance stock, although these are normally no more than one version old. Typically, they are end-of-line, or fully warranted Macs which have been returned to Apple (all customers can take back their new Macs within two weeks of purchase for a full refund, for example). They go for around 10% discount on the price of a new machine. Currently, the UK AppleStore only has 13" MacBooks on clearance.

Applemacster.

Well, I've been and gone and done it now.
I am now the proud owner of a 20" 2.4 Ghz iMac and looking very beautiful it is too.

Wife has not yet tried to use other than Safari (but I think I will put Firefox on it anyway) and is well impressed.

I'm having a Macnerd friend round next week to help me get the Time Capsule set up as external storage for the whole network and get the 3 windows XP machines to share the network.

Guess I'll have to invest in MS Office for Mac if my mate doesn't have it already.

Cool machine!

".....I'll have to invest in MS Office for Mac....."

Why? NeoOffice (a version of OpenOffice for the Mac) - http://www.neooffice.org/ - is actually MORE compatible with MS Office than MS Office for Mac.

I was quite disappointed with MS Office for Mac - slow, clunky, many features omitted and files are not perfectly compatible with MS Office for PC.

NeoOffice is excellent, better in fact than the "official" native OpenOffice for Mac.

Give it a whirl, I doubt you'll regret it - and the price is right.....

:ok:

iPhoto 09 puzzler
 

Has anyone installed iPhoto 09 and found that slideshows put together using 08 have become messed up. IE settings changed, times, Ken Burns effect and slide order not as they were?

I seem to have had a lot of work rendered useless since I installed 09.

I also lost a lot of work in a slideshow I had done in 09 when I clicked on the settings icon and the settings panel opened in "All Slides" and appears to have reset all the times and transitions I had in the show, to the same 5 seconds and a single transition for all slides in the show.
I am trying to see where I may have caused the problem but I am stumped.

I'm seriously looking at dumping 09 and re-installing 08.

Thanks Mac.
My wife finds Excel indispensable. This seems to be a major issue for most Neo users. Great if you don't need Excel.
How does iWork cope with Excel?

Mouse response.
 

OK. The family loves the new Mac except for one thing.
The mighty mouse seems to lag when they play online games like training their pets on Facebook and the wife is complaining about pain in the arm as a result..
I have switched to the old mouse which is better but still not quite fast enough.
Mouse response is set to fastest and I have tried several different mats as these sometimes cause this type of problem but to no avail.

Is there anything else I can adjust or buy to correct this?

Miserlou,

The problem you're describing is something affecting all OSX users. Basically, it's just the way Apple has programmed the mouse to feel.

This article may be of interest to you :

TidBITS : Mac OS X's Mouse Acceleration Problem


Hope this helps...

The best thing you can do is chuck the mighty mouse in the bin and get a good Logitech or similar. I have a Logitech with programable side buttons that I use for Exposé.

i love Mac to death but the mice are crap :eek:

I also use a Logitech mouse. I need a bunch of extra buttons for the way I work.

But the Mighty Mouse can be reconfigured for much better response than default.

Mac Malware Info
 

I have recd this on another Group: could be useful to all:


Trojan.OSX.RSPlug. A through G.

Suggest the following corrections and additions to your information:

1) There is no free Mac compatible scanner for malware at F-Secure. Please remove the link.

2) There is a very good free Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard malware scanner from PC Tools called iAntiVirus that has been kept up-to-date. I highly recommend it to everyone running Leopard. You can download it here:

iAntiVirus - Free AntiVirus for Mac

3) There is also a free scanner and removal tool from macscan.securemac.com called 'DNSChangerRemovalTool'. You can download it here:

DNSChanger Trojan Horse Removal - OSX.RSPlug.A OSX/Puper

However, I would not count on it detecting every version of Trojan.OSX.RSPlug. The MacScan folks have only documented 5 of its 7 variations.

4) ClamAV is IMHO essentially worthless for detecting Mac OS X malware. My last evaluation of their malware definition list indicated that it is nearly a year and a half out-of-date.

5) Another name for Trojan.OSX.RSPlug.E is Jahvah-A. This is the name used by Sophos.

6) The malware naming system remains chaotic, despite the fact that a standardized naming convention has already been established.

7) Determining a complete list of malware for Mac has been equally chaotic and unverifiable due to the unwillingness of a few anti-malware providers to share data and malware definitions.

For example, I am only aware of a '.G' version of Trojan.OSX.RSPlug because it is listed at PCTools.com. I have been unable to find any detailed description of its specific features.

8) The term 'Anti-Virus' is now antiquated. The correct term is:

Anti-Malware

This is because viruses are now a minor portion of the plethora of dangerous computer software. Other forms of malware include Trojans, worms, bots, spyware and adware.

9) The best 3rd party Mac security information sources I have found are SANS.org and Secunia.com. Both have extremely useful email newsletters.

+200 No Flags,
Thanks. I have downloaded USBOverdrive and have a much more 'natural' to my mouse.

Miserlou.

I'm no computer expert but have always used a Mac laptop. Recently - about 1 year ago - upgraded from the i-Book to a MacBook (Leopard - 1G RAM). Had to get a way of accessing various PC based products, so I got Parallels 4.0 late last year and it was dead slow - until I realised that I was running it on 500K RAM. Just increased the RAM in the Mac to 2G and assigned 1G to parallels.
The difference is unbelieveable! I can now run XP and Mac together with the only cost being a slightly slower Mac. Anyone needing to run both XP and Mac together, I would definitely recommend Parallels - but you need at least 2G RAM.

Gooneyone

Memory prices are so low and you could get 4gb ram for your macbook I think. Try crucial.com and run their memory checker.

TN

Thanks TN. I checked that and it can only take 2G.

Depends on what programs you need to run.

I used to be a (quite) happy Parallels user - but I only use Windoze for a few programs (mainly IE for websites that dont behave properly with Firefox)

With Parallels I got fed up with having to load Win XP every time I wanted to do a quick task so now I use Crossover - I find this loads a lot quicker and doesn't need as much memory as Parallels to run properly. But, Crossover does not support all Windoze progs - even if it doesn't officially support the one you want to use it's worth giving it a go as you may be surprised.

Just opened my new MacBook..... this is a totally new experience for me. I had read this thread before deciding to move into the Mac world.... Thanks for the information.

Mutt

'Onya, mate!

Hang in there and you will soon find that it is a far better computer than what any of us could have ever told you!

Enjoy!!

:ok:

:cool:

:D

Welcome to the enlightened thread Mutt :ok:

If you get any problems just ask - we have a pretty good cross section of Mac aficionados on here who are bound to have an answer

How can I get the web cam going when using msn. I work in a remote site and it would be great to see the wife and kids when we chat using msn. WE chat on msn and she sends me the camera option but I cant see that option

Ta

You can't use your webcam with Microsoft's own MSN client, as they essentially stopped supporting the Mac version quite some time ago. Apparently, a new version (web-camera-capable) is to be released, but it hasn't yet appeared.

However, you could try Mercury Messenger for Mac OS X which supports webcam use over MSN.

Applemacster

BTW - will the isight cam work with Skype?

Font size in Entourage for Mac
 

Has anyone an idea how I can reset my seemingly permanently enlarged font in emails. I adjusted the font through "preferences" a few days ago and ever since the receivers of my mails get something like font size 18 when I have mine set to 10 and it is 10 when I look in sent items but when someone replies with my original text in view the letters are massive!

I have MS Entourage 2008 for Mac recently installed)

thanks

Yes :ok:

mindless extra characters to allow the post