here's what the itunes crash log said:

/System/Library/Frameworks/SyncServices.framework/Versions/A/SyncServices
0x96596000 - 0x9659afff com.apple.iPod 1.3 (13) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPod.framework/Versions/A/iPod
0x969d3000 - 0x969d3fff com.apple.vecLib 3.3.1 (vecLib 3.3.1) /System/Library/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/vecLib
0x970ae000 - 0x970b3fff com.apple.agl 2.5.9 (AGL-2.5.9) /System/Library/Frameworks/AGL.framework/Versions/A/AGL
0x99a8b000 - 0x99ab4fff com.apple.CoreMediaPrivate 15.0 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreMediaPrivate.framework/Versions/A/CoreMediaPrivate
0x9a41a000 - 0x9a420fff com.apple.ipodsynchronization 2.2 (36.0) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPodSync.framework/Versions/A/iPodSync
0x9c082000 - 0x9c0c2fff com.apple.CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate 20.0 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate.framework/Versions/A/CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate
0x9fb14000 - 0x9ff69fff com.apple.CoreGraphics 1.258.85 (???) /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/CoreGraphics

Well, technically you can achieve to some extent pretty much everything MobileMe does. The value is the fluid, integrated way that MobileMe services work together and work with your Mac.

So yes, it's worth it but only if you plan to use everything it offers. If, on the other hand, you only want a personal website then no, it probably isn't worth it.

Any thoughts or comments regarding signing up
for and using this service? Is it worth the cost and what value does it add?

Thanks

iWeb is great if you're not concerned about coding or having much control over anything. Drupal is a CMS, not software for Mac OS. It resides on your server and you still need to manipulate it with a separate code editor like TextWrangler. GoLive was discontinued and replaced by Dreamweaver.

There isn't any single program you'd use to do all of the above. Most developers use a number of tools and manage the files on their servers themselves. Dreamweaver is pretty good if you really insist on having a program manage files for you, but Dreamweaver is buggy as are all Adobe products, and still isn't the *only* thing you'd need.

For example with point 5, there isn't any program that *does* that for you - you'd need to write scripts that run on your server and also manage your own mySQL database. Or altneratively, you'd use some premade script package like Drupal or Joomla and modify it to your needs. Info-Mac is based on heavily modified phpBB.

If you really haven't done any of this before at all, you should just start with the basics. Go get yourself TextWrangler and Google some intro to HTML and CSS tutorials, then move on to PHP and mySQL. After you feel sufficiently comfortable with all these things, decide which set of tools you think would suit you the best.

Hi! Dear Info-Mac-ers,

Few years ago I asked at Info-mac what was the best database software.
Someone answerred that I should have asked for something much easier like "What is the meaning of life?" ) Now that I know the meaning of life, I have another easy question.

What is the best website builder software for OS X?

In that field I am at a lower level than a beginner but I am "computer éducated" at least a little. I know how to code in symbolic computatioin software for example and of course I use Mac software and I use Mellel, Nisus, FrameMaker anb Canvas (before they died), Igor, equation editors, électronic simulation software and many others. (I was not bad in fortran coding also).
Nevertheless I do not want to learn html or something like that; in my way of thinking, it is the job of the computer to remember all that coding stuf.

I will have to begin at a low level to learn but I would not get stuck half way because I would have chosen a too simplistic software. On the other hand I would not have to spend years to do my first web page.

What I would like to do?! In growing importance order...

1) Static web page (and multi pages) with text, photos, pictures, equations and with links between different parts of my website and links toward other website. (Basic).

2) Static documents (like PDF) placed in my website and to be downloaded by other people everywhere in the world.

3) Possibility to ask for a password before specific documents can be downloaded, to make these documents available only to specific person. Possibility to have many different password for many different collaborators.

4) Possibility to include forms (with many fields and po-up menus) to be filled by visitors (with or without passsword), and, of course, a way to store these gathered informations.

5) Eventually, a way to gather credit card information to sell documents like books. Then the security will be mandatory.

6) Do I forget something important? Please tell me!

7) All that with a software making such a website easy to maintain, modify and develop. You know, that kind of software that makes you happy and confident when you turn it on, not something that makes you regret to wake up in the morning.
The price is not irrelevant but I am prepared to pay a little for "the best" software. "A little" could mean up to $300 but if someone tell me that I will get into paradise for $301 or even $310, I would go for it.

I searched in Info-mac and everywhere on the net but stil not being able to conclude.
I heard and read (article, tutorials, reviews) about: iWeb, Dupral, GoLive, Dreamweaver, Rapidweaver, Create, Freeway...

So, what is the best website builder software for OS X?

Thank you very much.

Normand

That does sound easy. And I do want to save the music I have on my Macbook, so thanks for the tip about the burn folder.
Thanks!

Try importing one into iPhoto and clicking "Edit" and then "Enhance." It probably has the same effect.

Ok, well it's pretty simple. If you have a FireWire cable simply connect your iMac to your MacBook Pro, restart the iMac and immediately hold down T until you see a bouncing FireWire icon. You'll then be able to access the files on your iMac from the MacBook as if it were an external hard drive. Locate your User's Music folder on the iMac - it'll be located at /Users/yourusername/Music - and copy that to the User folder on your MacBook.

iTunes will automatically detect that it's an older version and update it.

This will erase any music you already have on the MacBook. If you don't want to do this, you could also simply create a burn folder on your iMac's desktop, open iTunes and drag out all the songs you want into this folder on your desktop, and burn it. Pop it into your MacBook, select all the songs on the disc and drag them over the iTunes window and iTunes will import them automagically.

You could also do all of the above over a home network.

OS X.

I'm running OS 10.4.8 on an older G5 ( dual 2Ghz processors 8Gb RAM) with a couple of older 24" apple flat panel cinema displays. I recently set up the screen saver to use images in the picture file. ( actually a great way to have a random slide show). The images look great; sharper, more vivid, better contrast. better in fact than they do when I've finished with them in Photoshop. Can someone tell me what the software does to the images so I can replicate it?
Thanks,
Al Sharp