Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / October 2004

But of a puzzle this one.  I am able to get hold of a Dual 1.25GhzDP
(FW 800 model), which has all the hallmarks that it is a 1.25Ghz DP -
Radeon 9000, 80Gb HD, Airport Extreme, Bluetooth module spot, FireWire
800 port.  The ethernet sticker on the back states that it is a

Does anyone have a g4 powerbook with a broken screen but functional guts
they would care to sell ?
Must be g4
Cheers Andrew

Just wondering, what items are disabled when you go into safe boot?
It looks like nothing has changed ( the safe boot from windows where it is
just BARE, and looks basic)
I tried to use Itunes but that didn't work, all the sound seems to be

I admit I only ever come here when I'm having problems.  And yesterday
I discovered Apple's 4x DVD-r Media seems to be being phased out (no
longer stocked in my local Apple Store).  So, I was wondering, was
DVD-r media does everyone use?  After some searching it seems this is

Am trying to use a mousepad for my stock eMac optical mouse... and it
jumps occasionally all way across the screen.
Have tried various pads... no difference.
What's wrong with this thing?

I have received a few file of the PPS type. I don't know how to open
them is there any one that can help.
I thank you.

I'ld like to copy my DVDs to my hard drive. Apple's DVD Player allows
you to open a "Video TS" file, but when I open the files copied to
the hard drive, the image is there for a little while (intro,
scene selection) but when i play a selection the video goes, and

While trying to find out why I haven't seen sight nor sound of my iMac G5
yet, 5 weeks after ordering it, the person at the Online AppleStore
Australia told me that he doesn't know of anyone in the entire country
getting any machines yet.  Yet its still says 3-4 weeks delivery on ...

I acquired at a good price a 160 gig external USB2 hard drive in a
silver 3.5 inch high case with just the words "Mobile Disk" on it.
Took a chance on it as there isn't a brand name on it anywhere! I
bought it for a PC laptop to do some heavy temporary storage with. It

How can I save streaming .wav files from windows media file
David
www.ripview.com.au

I was given an apple personal laserwriter on the weekend but I need either a
localtalk-to-ethernet or USB-to-serial adaptor to hook it into the network.
Anyone have one they want to part with for a reasonable price?
Cheers

I would just like everyone in australia to realise who fantastic john howard
is. look at all the wonderful things he has done.
1) he has helped relieve the
fear for many americans that terrorists would get them by making australia

I want to upgrade my iMac that is currently running OS 9.0.4.  If I have an
OSX CD can I just use it to update, or should I be installing the updates
from 9.0.4 onwards first, such as 9.1, 9.2, 9.2.1.....are there any after
that last one before OSX came in??

Hey All,
Typically eBay is a good way of guaging if a new product is about to
be released by Apple as everyone tried to off-load their current
machines to have the $$$ to by the next generation.

A mate has offered me his PowerBook  G4/550 (Titanium) to buy
Standard spec
Could someone give me a fair estimate on a price please
David