I believe with iMovie 3 you can finally save movies in the background without the application grounding to a halt as with iMovie 1 and 2 (a remnant of OS 9 code, no doubt). -- ________________________________ J-LIST http://www.jlist.com A treasure chest of unique things from Japan. Hentai manga, underground comics, DVDs and hentai products, funny Japanese kanji T-shirts. You've got a friend in Japan. Interested in my life in Japan? See the Peter Payne homepage at http://www.peterpayne.net/