Apple iBook

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  • Newbie Network Question
  • I have a wired ethernet NetGear router with an eMac, old PC, and old iMac connected. I now have a laptop for the first time (G3iBook)Does it cause problems to just plug the laptop in every so often and presumably be unplugged 90% of the time? Is configuration necessary for this? Each time?Presu...
  • kernel panic plus trackpad not working!
  • I forgot to plug in my ibook last night and didn't power it down. I think it may have run out of power. At first, I couldn't start it up again today (after plugging it in), but then when it actually did start up, I got the kernel panic message. I've tried resetting the PRAM and P...
  • Sorry. One More OnyX Question!
  • Sorry. I just realized I had one more question pertaining to OnyX. When I'm on the Optimization page, it says to either "update" or "complete optimization" options for optimization. What do either of those options mean? I'm just a little scared to try any of those things if I don'...
  • I NEED HELP BEFORE I KILL MYSELF(NOT LITERALLY)
  • ok so i got scout film from my football coach and he put it on a mini disk, so i wasnt sure if it would work with my laptop and i put it in and it got stuck!! WHAT DO I DO?!?!?!!?...
  • iBook G3 purchase?
  • I had an iBook G3, 500MHz, 20GB HD, 384MB of ram, Tiger, Airport, etc. until about March this year when I sold it and my iMac G5 for a Core Duo mini and Cinema Display.The main reasons I sold the iBook was because of underpower, and I got about $750 for it! Anyway... I am looking for another Ap...
  • Booting OS9.
  • My daughter has a G3 iBook which is capable of dual-booting OS9 and Panther. Both are installed on the same partition. I can set the Startup Disk to be OS9 and then hold-down 'X' when booting to start-up in Panther.My question: Is it possible to do this the other way around with OSX a...
  • Blue Screen of Death, now turned Grey
  • Hey out there. I'm working on my brothers iBook G4, I'm not sure of the exact specs. He brought it to me saying one of his non-Mac friends was messing with it and messed it up. After he turned it on for me the screen was completely blue. I restarted it and once again it turned blue. W...
  • Rumbling noise when booting
  • When I try to boot the iBook G4 it makes a strange rumbling noise. It loads to the point where an icon appears with a question mark in the middle. Can someone please tell me what's going on here and what I need to do to get it going again. I'm writing this on an eMac.Many thanks iBook...
  • screen replacement warranty/cost?
  • i recently developed a horizontal line on my screen within the warranty period. so, i took my ibook to the place i bought it, they sent it to apple and apple said they wouldn't repair it under warranty. when i asked why, they said the screen wasn't covered under the warranty and they...
  • Key just fell off keyboard
  • The D key just fell off my keyboard. I can use D but have to carefully press the little knob. The key cover (?) is completely off. How do I replace it? I tried pressing down on the key cover in the hole it left. That didn't work. No Apple store within 100 miles, so can't take it in. P...
  • HP 1210 PSC USB Scanning Problem
  • I'm trying to scan a document using my HP 1210 All-in-One via a USB cable. I can print via USB (and Airport), but not scan. HP Scan in HP Director says it can't see the device. I used to be able to scan in this way.Can anyone help?bestAldo iBook G4 1.42Ghz PowerPC Mac OS X (10.4.8)...
  • Ibook internet is very slow
  • Hi,My sister has an iBook G4 and her internet is running very slow, I know for a fact its not the internet as it was running fine on my laptop before the hard drive died. I have tried deleting her trash folder but that didn't help. She has about 15GB left of storage. What else can I do to...
  • Disk Image not Mounted
  • I keep getting an error everytime i download a file ending in .dmg, the image could not be mounted. I've tried repairing the disk permissions in disk utility, re-downloading the file, restarting the computer, but nothing works...anyone have any help on this?Thanks Mac OS X (10.4.8)...
  • ibook Logic Board Replacement Period
  • I heard in another post a series of iBook G4s (Between certain serial numbers) shipped with a potential faulty logic board. I just purchased a new iBook G4 on ebay. The guy had it in storage brand new for a while, so it is only a 1.0Ghz. But, I got it for a fraction of the price. But anyway, do...
  • copying & burning dvds
  • hii am wondering how you copy dvds and then burn them.i went on a forum and they suggested mac the ripper. It is all above board dvd's, they are training videos that i have to copy for my boss, nothing illegal.when i used mac the ripper it put the dvd into a folder (a VIDEO_TS folder ) tha...
  • Tip of stereo adapter broken inside iBook
  • That's the jist of it. The tip of stereo adapter broke off and is lodged inside iBook (2006) audio output.My question is, should I venture and open the bottom and attempt to remove the piece.? Is that easy to do? Is there a site that would provided with step by step instructions for this?O...
  • Incorrect login password
  • Im a student at UNO. I was visiting my parents and working on my laptop. I used to be a pc user and only have had this mac for about 4 months. I have two questions.I had logged out of the computer to keep my little brother from messing anything up when i saw he was trying to guess my password....
  • Screen keeps dimming
  • Whenever the computer is idle for a minute or two it dims the screen. I go into the energy saver and the "dim screen before..." is not checked. What's going on?It might have happened during the last upgrade, but I'm not sure.http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1087/picture1pp0.pngMessa...
  • RAM problem
  • A little over a year ago. I added 128 mb of ram to my ibook. Everything was fine until this summer when I was having display problems. I sent it in and when I got it back the ram was taken out along with a note about it being not up to spec or something like that. The sheet I got back with the...
  • how to restore size of internet browser window on display
  • I have a 1.42 GHz iBook G4 with 1.5 gig memory that i purchased last December and I've been getting acclimated to the notebook and how to operate it as time has permitted since then. This is my first experience with an Apple computer and OS X.Today, I was on my ISP, SBCYahoo DSL, using the...
  • Screen Spanning & external monitor
  • Hello,This morning I experimented my iBook and screen spanning.I got my resolution to 1280X1024, but- The mirrored image sat in the middle of the external screen..I don't know if this is my monitor that is doing this, or if it's some setting I can set on either the laptop or monitor.A...
  • Blank Screen - Dead Hard Drive?
  • I get the blank grey screen when I turn on my computer. The kid at the apple store tells me its a dead hard drive. He offered to replace the hard drive for $300, but I need the data off the drive. I'm told it will cost upwards of $1000 for someone to recover the files. Sounds ridiculous to...
  • Mmm, Toasted Hard Drive
  • Yup, my hard drive on my Ibook G3 is TOAST. My local apple store quoted my $185 for a new 30 Gig drive, and $120 for installation.I think I'll pass on the drive, but they said that they can only install apple drives due to the fact that if the non-apple drive fails they won't be respo...
  • Hey,I have an iBook G4 1.42Ghz 1.5GB RAM and I wou...
  • Hey,I have an iBook G4 1.42Ghz 1.5GB RAM and I would assume that my computer should have no problems. But, lately my computer has been extremely slow, it took 3 minutes to open up iTunes and Mail. To me this makes no sense and I am thinking, should I re-install OS X' If it matters, I have...
  • When iBooks move to Intel, will all the apps you c...
  • When iBooks move to Intel, will all the apps you can buy out now for PPC work or does every single company have to redesign their products to work on Intel? Or I heard there's something called Rosetta for that. Am I right? Because Im going to college in 2009 and might buy an iBook around J...
  • Can I Use a Cellular Phone as a Modem?
  • I have seen numerous cell phone manufacturers, including mine, the RAZR V3, sell a USB cord and Windows software to use the phone as a modem. Does anybody know if such a device/software exists for the Mac people as well?Since Mac people are much more concerned about hardware compatibility being...
  • Airport signal keeps disappearing
  • Hello -After 'sleep' my iBook keeps failing to connect wirelessly to my Airport base-station.Rewriting my password in Internet Connect doesn't work for some reason.In order to clear it, I have to go to System Preferences/ Network/ Connect and reput the password there.Any ideas wh...
  • Reading photo data on poorly burned DVDs
  • I had burned some photos onto a few DVDs and there must have been some failure, as I cannot get these DVDs to read when I put them in.What happens is the disc spins for a few minutes and then stops. There is no disc icon on the desktop and there is no disc in the finder. I assume that the disc...
  • projector image not as bright as monitor
  • dudes and dudettes,i watch movies/TV at home via my iBookG4 on projector. everything is honky-dory... EXCEPT!... the projector is kicking out an image several shades darker than what it is on the iBook monitor. i tried to mess with the projector setting, but the result is not really an improvem...
  • Max Charge at 68%
  • The max charge of my iBook G4 (the 800mhz version) is now stuck at 68%. It also cannot calculate the time until full charge, but gives an ETA of 2:30 for remaining charge. This is not a software error I believe. The actually battery, when using the battery tester never rises above three indicat...
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  • Airport signal keeps disappearing
  • Hello -After 'sleep' my iBook keeps failing to connect wirelessly to my Airport base-station.Rewriting my password in Internet Connect doesn't work for some reason.In order to clear it, I have to go to System Preferences/ Network/ Connect and reput the password there.Any ideas wh...
  • Reading photo data on poorly burned DVDs
  • I had burned some photos onto a few DVDs and there must have been some failure, as I cannot get these DVDs to read when I put them in.What happens is the disc spins for a few minutes and then stops. There is no disc icon on the desktop and there is no disc in the finder. I assume that the disc...
  • projector image not as bright as monitor
  • dudes and dudettes,i watch movies/TV at home via my iBookG4 on projector. everything is honky-dory... EXCEPT!... the projector is kicking out an image several shades darker than what it is on the iBook monitor. i tried to mess with the projector setting, but the result is not really an improvem...
  • Max Charge at 68%
  • The max charge of my iBook G4 (the 800mhz version) is now stuck at 68%. It also cannot calculate the time until full charge, but gives an ETA of 2:30 for remaining charge. This is not a software error I believe. The actually battery, when using the battery tester never rises above three indicat...
  • Mmm, Toasted Hard Drive
  • Yup, my hard drive on my Ibook G3 is TOAST. My local apple store quoted my $185 for a new 30 Gig drive, and $120 for installation.I think I'll pass on the drive, but they said that they can only install apple drives due to the fact that if the non-apple drive fails they won't be respo...
  • Hey,I have an iBook G4 1.42Ghz 1.5GB RAM and I wou...
  • Hey,I have an iBook G4 1.42Ghz 1.5GB RAM and I would assume that my computer should have no problems. But, lately my computer has been extremely slow, it took 3 minutes to open up iTunes and Mail. To me this makes no sense and I am thinking, should I re-install OS X' If it matters, I have...
  • When iBooks move to Intel, will all the apps you c...
  • When iBooks move to Intel, will all the apps you can buy out now for PPC work or does every single company have to redesign their products to work on Intel? Or I heard there's something called Rosetta for that. Am I right? Because Im going to college in 2009 and might buy an iBook around J...
  • Can I Use a Cellular Phone as a Modem?
  • I have seen numerous cell phone manufacturers, including mine, the RAZR V3, sell a USB cord and Windows software to use the phone as a modem. Does anybody know if such a device/software exists for the Mac people as well?Since Mac people are much more concerned about hardware compatibility being...
  • how to restore size of internet browser window on display
  • I have a 1.42 GHz iBook G4 with 1.5 gig memory that i purchased last December and I've been getting acclimated to the notebook and how to operate it as time has permitted since then. This is my first experience with an Apple computer and OS X.Today, I was on my ISP, SBCYahoo DSL, using the...
  • Screen Spanning & external monitor
  • Hello,This morning I experimented my iBook and screen spanning.I got my resolution to 1280X1024, but- The mirrored image sat in the middle of the external screen..I don't know if this is my monitor that is doing this, or if it's some setting I can set on either the laptop or monitor.A...