Mac Forum / General / Hardware / September 2005

I have recently switched from a PC to a PowerMac. My PC had a SoundBlaster  
Audigy 2 Platinum sound card (surround, spdif in/out, optical in/out, midi  
in/out, headphone, mic).
I'd like recommendations for a replacement that I can use in my Mac. I've  

If I have more than one song from an album how do I have the album art
shoe up for each song without having to load the artwork each time for
the the different songs. Doesn't that take more space on IPOD as well
as time for me to load it each time for each song?

Hi everone,
I'm new to Mac and I have an iBook G3 with OSX 10.2.8. I run an upgrade
for 10.3 panther but i had some problems (major ones!). The mouse curser
doesnt move and is stuck on to left. I tried to run the software restore

Does an iMac G5 consume some minimum power when switched off but plugged
in?

I have a very interesting problem with my Powerbook G4 800Mhz and am
hoping for some insights.
About a week ago, my Powerbook battery stopped charging completely, and
showed 0% in the tool bar. Since the battery was about 2 years old, I

A G4 w/ 400 mhz running Panther.
What type of DVD burner would be good
for this system?
Thanks

Hi. The Mac Mini only has 32MB of VRAM. Is that really enough to drive
the Apple Cinema Display 20" model at its native resolution, at
millions of colors?  Thanks.
Roger Carlson

How can I run applications with the toast extension.
My brother sent me a whole bunch of files what they all have that extension,
if I try to run them normally it won't let me do it. Are these files images,
ad how do I convert them to dmg?

Just brought my new Nano home and downloaded some songs into it. I
bought the 2GB model, and even though I have almost 6GB of music,
creating a playlist for the Nano was no problem.
The Nano is even cooler in real life than it  looks in pictures. Just

I thought I would tell others this tale, to help them avoid the same
problem I encountered. I have a PowerMac G4 (gigabit). I visited the
Apple Store and was told I could use the new Apple Cinema HD 23 inch
monitor on my PowerMac G4. I was first told to look for a DVI port on

I have been told that completely cutting off the power (via a mechanical
switch) to an iMac G5 during non-usage times could reduce the liftime of
the build-in lithium battery. Is that true? Can I find a statement from
Apple on that issue or any advice pro or against completely ...

Hal-l-l-l-p-p!  If this isn't the right place to post this, please
advise where is.
OS 9.1, iMac DV-SE c. 2000.
Within the last two-three months I bought the subject LaCie external

I bought a new Sandisk Cruzer Mini 1.0Gb Flash Drive and did a dumb
thing by deleting some of the software that came on the drive.
It only mounts on OS 10.2 or above and doesn't mount on MacOS9.x
at all anymore.  It did when I first got it but after my error

I'm getting ready to order a new G5 and want to get a Samsung
Syncmaster monitor. The monitor only has analog connector. Will this
work okay on a G5, or will I need some kind of adapter? The info at
Circuit City says it is Mac compatible.

I have some Princo CDR-74 (74min/650MB) Multispeed CDs several years
old containing music. My iMac G4 will not accept/read these discs. Tray
goes in, iMac thinks it over, eventually spits the disc out.
Is there anything I can do to encourage my iMac to read these discs so