Mac Forum / General / Hardware / August 2004

Do you recommend Zif processors to upgrade the speed of my beige G3 or
to upgrade my G3 to a G4?
Tony

I accidentally added a song to the On-the-Go playlist.  How do I delete
it?  (I never use On-the-Go playlists)

Hey I just got a SuperMac by Umax, Mac Clone for free.!!.
Funny thing is that it works great, and has at least two grand worth of
software on it (that I will promptly remove).
It's a G3 250 MHz with 128 MB RAM and a 2 Gig hdd.

After our earlier thread regarding bluetooth mice, I decided to try the
MX900 with USB Overdrive.  I definitely want to use USB Overdrive to
program in keystrokes for the mouse buttons.
I had concerns about it not applying to the Bluetooth mouse because I

Does anyone know if it is possible to 'link' two Powerbook G4's together to
enable them to work on the same Photoshop documents.  I have Google'd and
only found software called Pooch which doesn't seem to fit the bill.  I have
not found any other information.  Any help would be ...

Hey there -
Basically, I'm having problems with my iPod. When I connect it to the
computer, it will not appear on the desktop or iTunes, and will only
recharge the battery. I have tried different firewire cables, and

Anyone know what the trick is to installing a second IDE in a beige flat
2.66 G3 please?
I have ROM revision $77d.45f2 and understand this to be significant as it
means that I should be able to put one in?

I read a post on one of these newsgroups which stated that while
OS 9.2.2 runs fine as Classic under OS X, it runs poorly if you
boot directly into it and use it as your primary OS.  I need to
know if this is true.  Is this something which is widely reported?

I need to replace the "slave" IDE drive in my 867 MHz G4 single cpu Mac.
Running OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.2.8.
Mac Connection has the following two 120 GB HDs in stock:
Hitachi "Desk Star" HIT 14R9202

I'm desperately looking for the Turtles song
Let Me Be.
I do have the song on tape but need it as an
MP3.

Can an Airport wireless card from an iMac be installed in an iBook?
Thanks

I am going to buy the 17" Powerbook mainly for editing purposes (FCP). I
would like to increase the editing screen by buying another monitor for
this laptop. I was wondering which would be the best monitor to fix to
this Powerbook? If I also wanted to get another extra video monitor ...

Other than the streaming audio (and looks), what is the difference between
the AirPort Extreme and the AirPort Express?
Thanks

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Hello,
I'm facing the problem that our Mac G4 restarts automatically after
shutting down. I tried to disconnect some USB and Firewire devices

I'm in the process of upgrading my old Power Macintosh 5400/120.  I
want to add a new hard drive and an internal CD writer.  Since it's so
old, I wonder if there is a difference between what my computer
expects and what the new EIDE devices provide?  Will this be a