Craft Edge

That is how those machines work and is not really relevant to the software. Only the smaller craft cutters usually have a load mat option. Also those have an origin point at the top of the mat. The larger more professional grade machines (like the SilverBullet) have the origin in the bottom, right c...

If your truetype is already showing up as rhinestone circles, it was already pre designed to be used with a specific stone size. If you scale it larger, the stone holes will also increase and there is not a way to maintain a specific stone size. If you use a normal truetype font and apply the Rhines...

This is most likely due to a limitation of the Cricut itself as compared to every other cutting machine on the market, these older Cricut models are the worst in terms of cutting accuracy.

I'm cutting ok with the same setup. I would try to download and install SCAL again http://www.craftedge.com/updates and also the current driver http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP/MacOSX/FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_3.dmg If that does not help, maybe try to contact them through their support contact page