Mac Forum / General / Hardware / January 2005

I purchased the Ipod to use with Windows XP.  I have a laptop with the
4pin firewire.  The ipod loses power in 1 hour when you are synching
with itunes.  The 4 pin firewire does not supply power - which apple
fails to add in their advertisment.

Same problem.  I only had to do up to #23 (couldn't format) and #29 through
#33.However, I canceled out of the musicmatch and audible part.The 2.0.1
updater ran fine, then I downloaded the 2.1 updater and ran it
successfully.While I was on a roll, I installed and ran iTunes for ...

I got an iPod for Christmas and my experiences with Apple and the iPod
have not been good.  I thought I'd write a review for the archives so
others know what to expect if they also buy an iPod.
Ordering and Delivery

Where is everyone going for their information on drives?
I've trawled through a load of sites but they all get one or two reviews
which is pretty meaningless. One guy raves about a drive, the next hates
it...

I purchased a Canon Elura 60 from my cousin for a reasonable price.
It didnt come with any manuals so I am kinda left in the dark.
Anyways after filming for the holidays I tried to download to
computer and nothing. I tried to open up IMovie and nothing didnt

I'm trying to connect my PowerMac G3 beige to a PC monitor using an
MAC->VGA adapter.
But when I boot up the mac, the screen stays black, only the power LED
of the monitor starts flashing. There are six dips on the adapter to

Hello NG,
is there a way to test and learn about the new core data in tiger
without paying 500$ ?.
Thank you for your time and help

I have some Mac SE questions, and can't seem to find a specific group
for old Macs.
Anyone know of the best group for questions about the SE?
Many thanks,

Last night I was working away quite merrily on my G5 and 20" cinema
display, when the video went dead. At first I thought the machine was
in sleep mode, but soon realised that everything was up, but no video.
I rebooted the machine and still no video.

I believe that an iMac/iDVD can't recognise an external DVD writer, but
with PatchBurn it can.
I want to use a DVD writer with my G4 iMac and also with a G4 iBook, and
this, apart from my terror of attempting a replacement of the iMac's

I'm new to computers and video (well, I did a lot of computer video
back between '88 and '95, but a lot has changed since then...).  I've
got an old beige Mac G3 (running OS 9.1 ) with and Adaptec Duo Connect
firewire/usb card and a Canon ZR45.  I can get the stills from the

Christmas day I finally suceeded in burning my first home DVD.  The only
"extra" software I had to buy (beyond OS X) was Toast Titanium.  Here's how
I did it.
First I did the iMovie stuff, editing, transitions, adding iDVD chapter

There's currently a Rage128 16MB card in here.  I'm supprised 16MB even
works. :)  What's a cheap way to upgrade this?  Find a used ATI card?
Buy a Nvidia MX440 and flash the bios?  I have an MX420 laying around,
but it looks like the rom image is different from the 440.

ANy good recomondations? Looking to buy one this year. Whats so good about
dvi? I been all over the net looking for an answer but only get its digital
but not anything else I love alot of info thanks alot!
Anthony

I have a good opportunity to buy a Powermac G4 1.25 Ghz (single
processor) Mirrored Disk Drive (MDD) 2003, i.e. the model that shortly
appeared after June 2003.
I know that previous G4 models have been plagued with noisy fans