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| | I have a LaserWriter 4/600, which I purchased back in '92 or '93, I think. It works perfectly. However, it requires a SCSI connection with the Ethernet port. When I bought a new computer in the mid-90's, a Mac G3, which I still have, I was advised that I could … |
| | I just installed an airport card on my girlfriend's G4. After I closed and started up the computer, the CD Rom Drive could not be found. This has never happened before and the cd rom drive was working as of a few days ago. I didn't touch any other connections … |
| | Hi everybody,I'm new to this joining a community thing,but hopefully someone out there can help.I have a g4 ti/500 that all of a sudden will not start.Some of the time I get the grey apple screen but no progress indicator,a couple of times I got the indicator but it would … |
 | Hi, I have a 24" Intel iMac in the same room as an Apple TV that is connected to a big screen plasma TV. Both the iMac as well as the Apple TV come with Apple remotes. However, everything seems to be on the same frequency. Whenever I want to … |
| | Hay im getting a Apple laptop but i don't know what one to get..heres what im using it for.....Games....school work....Internet....House use...and i want to hook it up to my other computer this broadband...do i need anything special...how much will a wireless contetion be....thanks.... PerkO......:) |
| | OK I fixed my iBook but im gonna give it to a family member for Christmas and am wondering when is the best time to get a new Macbook Pro. Do mac's come out in yearly models so if I buy one now they will have a new model in … |
| | I have a g4 that stays on the white screen after turning it on. I took it to a mac shop and the guy ran disk warrior on it. I got it back and was able to boot it up once and backup everything, but now it stays on the … |
| | So tell me what is a AirPort card and do i need one and whats does it do...HELP |
| | hi I managed to acquire a Wallstreet Powerbook on eBay with a Sonnet 500MHz cpu upgrade. It came installed in an original Wallstreet and I decided to try it in the PDQ revision model. Everything I could find said that the sonnet cpu upgrades would work in either motherboard but … |
 | I'm thinking about getting an iphone for christmas, but the thing is I hate AT&T and I don't want to pay $70+ a month for features i don't use. So I've found different ways of unlocking the iphone and was wondering if once it's unlocked I could take out the … |
| | Hi all, I have a 667mhz MacBook Pro duo Intel. I shopped for memory and decided to upgrade from my 2x500mhz cards that came shipped with the book. From New Egg, i received a Patriot 2gig pc2-5300 card. I plugged the new card in and it wouldn't work with either … |
 | Maybe somebody needs help how you put photos on your i pod nano? I found a solution. For all those wishing to transfer their photos onto a photo-capable iPod (all iPods with colour screens): [url]http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101/photo/1/[/url] |
| | I have been using an ext USB drive with no problems on my powerbook with 10.3.9. I needed to transfer a few big images to a win machine, after plugging it in there (unsuccessfully) I returned the drive to the mac and now it says "you have inserted a disk … |
| | Hi, I'm somewhat computer literate, but am lost on how to find the following: I bought a liteonit.com CD burner...just a basic one, probably already obsolete. Anyways, I've never been able to make it work. It was supposed to be Mac-compatible plug n' play with firewire, and my connections are … |
| | My neighbor gave me a G3 imac, because he couldn't do anything with it. I plugged it in and pressed the power button on the front; all that happens is a pop from the left speaker, no fans, no other noises and the display doesn't even flicker. I replaced the … |
| | I have a powerbook G4 that will not boot up. It gets to the first apple splash screen, and after about 10 minutes of that, just shuts off completely. I was able to boot it into single user mode, and run fsck, which returned an I/O error. I am a … |
| | Is it possible to use a Imac G4 as a monitor for a mac mini? I wondered if using it for a target startup disc, would enable you to use the mac mini as the GUTS of the computer.. My brother has a G4 that is really slow.. and I … |
| | Having trouble migrating from PC to Mac set up; Step #1 buying new iMac to operate wireless ADSL in paralell to existing PC. Is following going to do the trick. . D-Link DSL924 Wireless ; Will it require adapter/ connect with iMac or NETGEAR DG834PN plus recommended adapter eg WG111T … |
| | Since I last shut down my Mac, the tracking on my mighty mouse has been all crazy. I try to point in one place, and the then the arrow shoots across the screen. Sometimes, it seems to work better than other times. Sometimes it is particularly madening - the pointer … |
| | I have an iBook G4--no disks--daughter left them at school Cannot boot up Went into single user mode and ran /sbin/fsck -fy came up with disk0s3: I/O error Invalid key length (4, 12283) ** Volume check failed any suggestions Many thanks in advance Gary |
| | My ibook died and will not restart no matter what I try. The screen is black. The battery is full as green light on at electricial connection. The hurrah sound does not come on when I press start button; nor start plus apple button; nor start plus apple plus control … |
| | Here are the system specs of this machine: OS 10.4.3 Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model: PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.1) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 2.7 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.35 GHz Boot ROM Version: 5.2.4f1 … |
| | hello i'm running OS 10.2.8 because i was running out of room because of the 35+ gigs on my itunes/ipod i recently bought a firewire harddrive. after transfering legions of files, various music librarys, etc. when i go to play a song on my itunes i cannot, because itunes 'cannot … |
| | I'm trying to repair my hard drive via disk utility from the install disk. The only problem is, when I start up from the cd everything freezes and white horizontal lines appear halfway down the screen. I'm trying to repair the disk because disk utility's "verify disk" gave me a … |
 | Hello, I'm afraid to hear the possible truth to this question, but... The screen on my eMac contracts a bit in size for a fraction of a second to a second. Seems to only do it when using a browser, not just when my slide show is running or if … |
| | Since iTunes 7 I have not had any success updating software on my iPods. I have a nano and a mini (both earlier generation). When trying to update software using iTunes 7 (rather than the old iPod Updater) I get an error about my firmware file being corrupt. I have … |
| | Hello everyone, [INDENT]I've just joined today and have come up through the electronics industry, moving over to the IT industry where I have had experience building and repairing PCs and more recently repairing G3 and G4 Power Macs. I have just aquired a faulty G5 Dual 1.8GHz PowerMac. This machine … |
| | Hi there My powermac tower G5 was working fine until yesterday and today the screens wont receive signal from tower. I just bought two Samsung monitors and installed it to the computer it work fine for a couple of days and now it does not receive the signal from the … |
| | Hi guys. Brand new to Apple computers as I got a "defective" G4 from my neighbor. He was going to throw it away but I told him I would try to fix it first. When I power it up, it makes a musical "greeting" power up sound and the monitor … |
| | I was talking to a nice woman the other day and she was having a trouble with her External Disk Drive. Below is the chat log I had with her: "[15:31] <tallmacgirl> i think ive made more trouble trying to fix the glitches . I just want it to run …  |
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