Mac Forum / General / Hardware / December 2005

I had to reinitialize my iMac G5's hard drive and reinstall everything.
When I do this, I use PodWorks to get the songs off my iPod and back
into the computer.
But when I fired up iTunes for the first time, it said (and this is the

This is not a joke, this is seriously a way to get a FREE 60GB IPOD
VIDEO, this is proven to work and is absolutely free if you follow my
directions completely. You can try it for free, don't send me any money
at all, this whole process takes absolutely no money, just a little bit

I just got my first DVD-equipped computer, and I burned a DVD (-RW) to
back up some files...I went to "reburn" it (isn't that what rewriteable
means?) and I get the message: "Insert a blank disc to begin". What am I
supposed to be doing? (I was clicking on the "Burn" button in ...

Is the following a known problem?
I have just purchased a second-hand iMac G3 SE 600 Mhz with 250 Mb
memory and 80 Gb HD. This is a graphite model which I believe came out
early 2001. It is currently running Panther 10.3.9.

I just bought an iMac G5 with the 17 inch monitor.  I discovered that
everything seems to be about 75 percent size--type appears small, 11
inch high pages are only 8 inches high, etc.  I tried Apple support and
after trying a couple of "fixes" suggested by the furriners, they

I am about to jump on the DVD-burning bandwagon to archive my photos and
downloaded music.
My preference is to add an INTERNAL DVD burner that is as "Apple compatible"
as possible - whatever THAT means.  In the old days, I recall Apple's disk

I just put in an order for a new LaCie DVD burner; in my haste, I forgot
to order any blank DVDs for it. :-\ Anyway, this is my very first DVD
burner, and I was wondering what type and brand would be best for this
particular burner (DVD-R? DVD+R?). Also, what software would I have ...

So, I want to get an old PowerMac to add to my collection
of computers, but I need to be able to run 2 monitors off
it at 1600x1200 (either analog or DVI or one of each).
Did any of the G3 PowerMacs come with dual monitor cards

My son is having a problem with his G4 Titanium Powerbook. While he's got it
at college and I haven't been able to play around with it to troubleshoot,
he has explained that he can't get it to boot up properly, even from the
original OS X discs. I think that it may be a problem with ...

I can't remember how to do this.
My iMac won't recognize anything, and since yesterday, not even Norton
Utilities startup disk?
I have Panther Systen installation disks and it won't recognize them

I don't think the first generation iMac G5 came with a built-in Airport
Card.  How can I add one and where can I buy it as I don't see it in the
AppleStore online.
TIA,

Which is better:  Drive Genius or TechTool Pro?  They are about the
same price.  I use Disk Warrior also.
Thanks,
earle

I purchased a 200 GB Barracuda by Seagate and when I plug it in using
an external enclosure and a usb 2.0 connection, the drive shows a
maximum storage capacity of only 186 GB.  Is this the maximum storage
that I can get, or is there something that i can do?  I know that with

We have a truly baffling problem with a 1.8ghz single processor G5,
which will gradually spin up its hard drives and never spin them down
again. They thrash around even when no applications are launched. In the
first minute or so after startup they are quite quiet, but after that ...

Is Blueman Group going to start playing on Apple- shaped drums? They'll
surely be shown on the video iPod. I can see them being highlighted on
a Mac ad for their latest release. Geez, how weird.
Steve Jobs says that the master plan for months now has been developing