On 17 Feb2005, at 12:53 AM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote:
Hello all
I've got to reload the OS on my daughter's powerbook and I need a
place to put the data she wants to keep.
I've got an old external SCSI drive but it's only 1 Gb and I need at
least 3Gb.
Would it be possible to connect your
On 17 Feb2005, at 11:20 AM, Roy wrote:
I keep losing connection, especially with my mouse. It is very
annoying to have to re-sync so often.
Anybody have the same problems/ideas?
I think I have the same keyboard. It would lose connection and
display other erratic behavior. I was growing
On 23 Feb2005, at 1:43 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
when you compare Macintosh with similarly
equipped PeeCees, most of the time, the Peecees end up being far more
expensive than the Mac.
That's my experience also.
When I recently shopped for a Powerbook, Windoze machines seemed to be
On 26 Feb2005, at 12:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unless you are going to carry an iPod sized external drive that is
powered
via firewire you are adding significant weight and bulk to your
suitcase.
I had in mind something like this:
And I thought this would be simple.
I want to buy a headset for my Powerbook G4 to use mostly for language
programs. I am finding many different kinds with many different prices
and little explanation of what makes one better than another.
What is the experience of people here as to
On 9 Mar2005, at 5:12 AM, Luis Sequeira wrote:
I want to point out that the sound input port is line level,
which means that most mics don't just work. I have heard time and
again people saying the headphones work, but not the mic. For me,
the solution has been to connect (basically, *any*)
On 6 Apr2005, at 8:39 PM, Chris Zantides wrote:
Thanks for the advice, now to track down an iMic in Australia -)
I have noticed them on Australian Ebay from time to time.
Peter
--
G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/
I'm experiencing trouble using a headset for a language program. I'm
trying to determine whether the problem is with the program, with the
headset, or with the computer. I suspect the headset, but I'm not
sure.
The program is Rosetta Stone. I'm using an economical, no-name USB
headset.
Here's a question for those folks that skip back and forth across the
pond.
What are the electrical supply differences for European Powerbooks?
With current being different there, is the whole machine different, or
it just the powersupply different? Can one plug a European powersupply
On 14 Apr2005, at 12:21 PM, Andrew wrote:
You don't even need a different power supply, just a
plug adapter for the different shaped plugs. All PB
adapters are multi-volt.
I use my PB in both the US (120v) and S. Korea (220v)
with no ill effects.
I'm astounded. Who woulda thought even Apple
On 19 Apr2005, at 9:24 AM, Mark Round wrote:
At intervals, the power supply turns itself off. The green/amber light
at the tip of the plug goes out, and the laptop switches to battery
power. Unplugging the power supply, waiting 30 seconds and then
plugging it back in seems to solve the problem.
I was running iTunes with the visualizer on. When I quit everything
on the screen had a grey tint to it. All the backgrounds that were
supposed to be white were then grey. The desktop pix had a grey cast
to it. Every app has grey menu bars. Etc.
When I restart the system, the
On 30 Apr2005, at 8:51 PM, Herbert Goodfriend wrote:
I am trying to install iPhoto 4 from an iLife '04 DVD on a Pismo
running OS 10.3. After the window The installer needs to run a
program to determine whether it can be installed, I get a message
that iLife cannot be installed because one of
On 30 Apr2005, at 11:30 PM, Nima wrote:
The only gripe I have about Tiger so far, is that there are still no
next buttons in Mail. I mean, how strange that is?
They didn't fix that? I wonder what mail program the developers at
Apple use.
Mail also does not do something related that I miss
On 1 May2005, at 4:10 PM, P. H. Adams wrote:
I'm just curious (so don't flame me), but I've always wondered of what
use those next and previous buttons were in e-mail clients. I've
used clients that have them, and never touched 'em. Seems like extra
effort when you can hit the spacebar or arrow
On 6 May2005, at 11:31 AM, Stuart Saunders wrote:
My one pet Mac peeve. - no matter how big my screen, (now 20) Mail
always puts the scroll bar of opened messages off the right hand edge.
Does this happen to everybody (can't imagine nobody else is not pissed
off by this) Does it also happen
On 9 May2005, at 11:09 PM, MARIO RAMIREZ wrote:
I'm going off to college soon and want to get a
PowerBook G4 for school. I have about $1000 to spend
and would like the 15 screen. Since there are so many
models of PowerBook, I'm very confused. What's the
difference between TiBooks and AlBooks.
The Aluminium is not portable: too delicate, while the iBook is
rugged and sturdy.
This statement has been bothering me. What's it based on?
Could you please tell us how you arrived at this conclusion or give
objective evidence of this assertion? You can see our problems here,
On 29 May2005, at 8:29 PM, pamark wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone know if the 300mhz iBook has an internal mic? I was
using it
to try and do a audio chat with someone and I could hear them but they
could not hear me. Is there somekind of software or setting I am
missing? Any info would be
On 30 May2005, at 2:52 PM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote:
This a personal opinion, but based on personal experience...
Let us have the experience it is based on. We are free people
who will make up our own minds based on personal experience and the
experience of others. We resist
On 4 Jun2005, at 8:53 PM, Kathryn Odell wrote:
If so, would this hold true for iPod shuffles as well? (I have the
usb charger for the Shuffle.)
If you're plugging the iPod into a USB port on the computer to
charge it, you don't need to change anything on it. What comes out
of
On 5 Jun2005, at 10:24 AM, Tim Hodgson wrote:
On Sun, Jun 5, 2005 at 3:03 pm -0400, Peter Saint James wrote:
UK plugs have round prongs (I think)
Er, not quite!
You are correct. I was mistaken. It's continental Europe that
has the round prongs
On 6 Jun2005, at 1:18 PM, Simon Tang wrote:
When I was in Italy last year, internet cafes costed an arm and a leg!
What are the alternatives for travelers in Europe?
In the US, there are some places that offer free connections.
Libraries also offer a place to get on-line. Is
Several months ago, we discussed using or not using surge
suppressors with Powerbooks, and I found out the hard way that we
came to an erroneous conclusion.
We concluded that the power adapter would protect the Powerbook
from a surge. Turns out this is not true.
I have to
On 23 Jun2005, at 11:24 AM, david wrote:
As to why computers aren't equipped with surge protectors, that is
easy. They wear out. Each time a surge is clamped, a little of its
usefulness is depleted. They need to be replaced frequently.
Then make it replaceable, like an automobile
On 16 Jul 2005, at 2:00 AM, Claire Hart wrote:
I've looked in System Preferences under Keyboard Mouse, but can't
find anything that seems to be related.
Look in System Preferences under Universal Access. See if any
assistive devices are on.
On 16 Jul 2005, at 9:47 AM, Dennis Reeder wrote:
If I include a Bcc panel in an email message I am unable to get an
address into the panel.unless I drag it there.
I just tried it. It doesn't work for me either. There is no
BCC box in the address book window.
It would
On 18 Jul 2005, at 11:24 PM, Amber wrote:
I am not sure what is going on with my Powerbook. I have the 15
Al 1.25 Ghz model and it keeps shutting itself down instead of
sleeping when I shut the lid completely to take break.
This is happening even on a full battery.When it is plugged
On 19 Jul 2005, at 12:39 AM, Harry Corsover wrote:
1. I don't see how an address is added to an email by clicking on
it in Address Book. I started with this message, clicking in the To
field. Then, in Address Book, clicking on an address does nothing
except open that contact in the
On 25 Jul 2005, at 9:43 AM, Brian McEwen wrote:
Cal is not wanted as it doesn't deal well (they say) with double-
booked time slots, which are common for this group. I've not
played with iCal at all, is this correct/ is there a workaround?
It seems to be able to handle more than one
On 26 Jul 2005, at 7:30 AM, Brian McEwen wrote:
I know the department sec'y didn't like ical. And you may know
who has the real power in a department... :)
This means that there are two possibilities. 1) The person does
not know all of the ins and outs of iCal and so it seems like
There's something about spamming that has me puzzled.
I'm at a loss to see how it pays. I can't imagine enough
people dim enough to buy something from a spammer. Who could
possibly believe they could get anything worth having from someone
who obviously is out to exploit
I bought a HP 2175 all-in-one machine with the intention of
scanning some multi-page documents to PDF, only to find out the
machine won't do this. This is a surprise since other HP machines
do. HP support [sic] claims that only machines with document feeders
will scan
A few days ago I asked about scanning software that would make
one PDF file of multiple scans. Turns out there is a method to do
this built into Tiger, according to macosxhints. It adds an
additional step, but the price is right and it seems easy enough.
You must first scan
There is an interesting article in Editor and Publisher about
how a newspaper in St. Petersburg, Florida, heavily using Macs,
covered Katrina's damage in New Orleans.
Newsroom in St. Pete was communicating with its reporters and
photogs in NOLA using iChat. A stunning pix of
On 5 Sep 2005, at 4:44 AM, Kochkodin wrote:
Peter Saint James wrote:
There is an interesting article in Editor and Publisher about
how a newspaper in St. Petersburg, Florida, heavily using Macs,
covered Katrina's damage in New Orleans.
Newsroom in St. Pete was communicating
I'm having trouble getting Mail to send messages.
I believe (but don't know) that it's because my ISP
(Earthlink) made changes to the outgoing mail server settings.
Evidently they made these changes a month ago, but I just started
having trouble in the past day. I
On 7 Oct 2005, at 2:38 AM, Stuart Saunders wrote:
Ed sed,
I've only ever bought 1 thing on ebay and it was in lousy shape so
I'm
skittery about it...- it's such a pain to return things
I've gotten more good deals than bad ones on ebay.
There are plenty of scams on
On 9 Oct 2005, at 4:05 PM, david wrote:
BTW, am I the only one who thinks that the whole Apple Store thing
is turning into a disaster in the making? When my local Apple store
opened the 'genius' truly was incredibly knowledgeable. The last
time I went I overheard the 'genius' say things
The display on my 15-inch, Al Powerbook running Tiger
sometimes dims when the computer is inactive for just a few minutes.
I can get it brighten again by moving the mouse or hitting a key, but
this is quite inconvenient and irritating.
This habit is not consistent. It
On 8 Dec 2005, at 5:46 AM, Brian McEwen wrote
I have to have a section break in the document, I want the first
couple pages to have a different margin than the last few pages (is
there another way to do that in Word 2004 without a section break?
the page setup/ allow to selected text
On 4 Dec 2005, at 12:18 PM, Amber R. wrote:
The primary problems I am having are password refusal and repeated
return to the sign in page. Sometimes I can't sign in at all even
though just a couple hours earlier, I had used the same user name
and password. It's very frustrating -
On 11 Jan 2006, at 2:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A long cord would be nicer tho. My housemate keeps ripping hers
out because she can't quite get to the wall.
Ah, yes. I had that problem. I solved it with a piece of old
technology called an extension cord.
On 13 Jan 2006, at 10:30 PM, sandra ragan wrote:
Personally I prefer a trackball and a pressure sensitive pen...
mice causing aggravating repetitive strain problems.
...
Keyboarding certain types of input is definitely faster than a
mouse, but far more hazardous to the health of human
with desiring something better than 1152x768 resolution, I wonder
how many of us could cope with high resolution on small screens as
we advance in age? I keep looking at a new 12 powerbook, but keep
fretting about whether my eyesight would cope with font sizes
beyond comfortable
On 12 Jan 2006, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote:
it is a rather sad state of affairs when Applecare Customer
service does not understand their own policies and coverage
Unfortunately, this is not confined to Apple.
To my mind, the problem is that the techs (using the word loosely)
I lost one of the rubber feet to my Al Powerbook. The Applestore I
went to says it is not covered by AppleCare and want $7 for a piece
of rubber about the size of a bug pie.
Anyone have good luck improvising a foot for a Powerbook? What did
you use?
TIA
On 22 Jan 2006, at 9:03 PM, Lawrence Sica wrote:
You the consumer, making one copy, are not performing a felony.
And it's a fine distinction but the act of copying is not illegal
in this case. The people selling the program are selling an
illegal program possibly though. One major
On 1 Feb 2006, at 9:52 PM, Steve Peckey wrote:
I am also looking at a program called Nvu a web authoring program also
open source take a look see what you think. www.nvu.com
I'm finding it buggy. It will not consistently produce text in the
proper format. On one page the text
Some recent experience with internet cafes leaves me with a question
that perhaps some of you who manage networks can answer.
Usually I can simply plug the network cable in my powerbook and it
connects without a problem.
Sometimes I need to prompt the powerbook to connect to the
On 14 Feb 2006, at 10:28 PM, Al Poulin wrote:
Is anybody here happy with using their iBooks or small screen
PowerBooks as desktop machines? Do you hook up an extra keyboard
and mouse? Happy with the small screen? Or do you hook up a
larger monitor? Elevate the laptop on a stand?
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