Mac Forum / General / Hardware / September 2004

I have a clarification question about the two bluetooth add-on options for the
iMac G5. There is the option to add Òinternal Bluetooth ModuleÓ only and then
another option to add ÒBluetooth Module + Apple Wireless Keyboard & mouse.Ó  Is
the Bluetooth Module in both cases the same? ...

  Ive been trying to send a font from live type to final cut to put
over video without a background.  It is the beginning credits for a
movie and I only want the font to show up but instead the font covers
up the video and all I get is a black screen with writing.  How do I

would like to buy a used G4-- maybe on EBAY.  greatly appreciate any
suggestions on which model(s) are most recommended... or for that
matter, is there a model i should try to avoid?

In the entire computer industry, who but Apple spends expensive
engineering talent and adds production/support complexities simply to
cripple their low end machines?
This is from MacWorld about Apple's latest line of desktops:

I thought that I read that these two could be used to create a Web Cam;
is this possible?  Image Capture doesn't recognize my iSight.
Thanks,
Ken

Anyone know of any methods that files can be shared on diskettes
between an older Mac (without USB) and a new PC (running Windows
2000)?  Both have internal diskette drives.

 I recently posted a problem exporting to VCR tape using ADVC-100
converter. Problem turned out to be software. Since Apple makes and
sells both Final Cut Pro and iMovie, I am disappointed they failed to
address their conflict in recent updates. Excerpt from Apple Tech

I have successfully tranfered some VHS tapes through a Canon SR 70 to
iMovie and burned onto a DVD. Now I am having difficulty in archiving to
an external HD and/or just deleting the old projects to make more room
on my Hard drive. eMac 10.2.8. I can not seem to figure out or ...

I've done some searching, but the results seem inconclusive.  I'd like
to know someone has gotten one that actually works.
Thanks

What's the best inexpensive voice recorder available that's
Mac-compatible? I'm using MacOS X.
It should be a dedicated voice recorder rather than a music player which
happens to also be able to record voice (due to quality). Budget maybe UK£40,

I just put in two D-Link PCI 100BaseT Network cards.
I'm using mac#2 to backup files from mac#1.
493MB of files took 20 min. @ 10Base, now 12 min @ 100Base.
165MB of files took 10 min. @ 10Base, now   6 min @ 100Base.

is this the place? if not, which ng?
the basic scenario involves a ppc beige g3, orig cpu spec of 233 mhz, now
tweaked w owc cpu upgrade, bigger drive, ram, etc, os up'ed to 9.2.2 no
prob, but the matter of trying to get osX running is not so straightforward.

I've gone and added a bunch of album art to my Library and discovered after
synching that I have much less free space on the iPod than before. Obviously
due to the increased file size now with the added art.
Is there any way to separate out the artwork from what gets synched with my

Hah!  iMacs ain't to be found.  I tried three stores and the only one
that would say when I could get one (a big chain electronics store)
said "in about a month."  They don't even have any on display.  What a
fiasco.  I had $3000 in my pocket for the middle iMac and other related

I need to transfer a large bunch of files from a PC (Windows XP) to a G4
Mac running OS 9.2.2. A colleague leant me a Maxtor 250 G external disk
which I have sucessfully used for this purpose before. Shortly before I
got it this time the disk had been reformatted with FAT-32 (I ...