Mac Forum / General / Hardware / January 2006

I'd like to send my streaming FM music to my stereo receiver.  Are there
any transmitters that are designed for desktop computers, rather than
iPods?  I'd like good sound quality and no batteries.  It could be USB
driven or from the headphone output, either one.  I'm using an ...

Hey, has anyone figured out how to control bluetooth (blued) via the
command line (in OS X)?   I'm talking simple stuff like turning it on
and off, or seeing what's connected to it, scanning for more devices,
etc.

I have a 1Gz PowerBook G4 that I bought new nearly three years ago. I
want to sell my PowerBook to defray the cost of a new MacBook Pro.
One of my coworkers said she's interested in buying my PowerBook, so
finding a buyer should be easy.

I've got a 15" with a 60GB drive (Standard) - Bought it in October.
Unfortunately, I didn't get the Super Drive (Not my choice).
But I can put in a larger drive - right?  Suggestions on which one ??
Thanks,

I suppose that the issues involved are the same as for a powerbook, so
there should be some knowledge around.
I have an HP LaserJet IIP that is, well, it's almost as old as I am.  As
can be imagined, it's not USB.

I've got a Lexmark E320 which is beginning to jam often enough to need a
repair, so I'm looking at laser printers (monochrome) as replacements. The
E320 won't print some PostScript pages correctly, so I'm looking for true
PS printers, and so far I've found only the Ricoh A410. None ...

Things just keep breaking. Things just stop working. I have had so much
trouble. I never had this much trouble with OS 9. Woo hoo! OS X never
crashes, but what good is it if things just don't work? I bought 3
backup programs before I found one that actually works. I've had so

Greetings again! I posted earlier about upgrading our G4 and appreciate all
the responses we got - we're taking everything into consideration and
upgrading a bit at a time as we can afford it.
I have a new problem! I have only opened the computer a few times, but it

Hello;
I'm just ordering a Macbook this week, migrating from Linux to Mac OS X.
 I expect that in general I'll find it a smooth transition, but I've
got one question that only just occurred to me today:  In general, I

Can someone please take a look at the specs for the new MacBook Pro and
tell me if I have overlooked or misread something?
The URL is
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/intelcoreduo.html

Question from a newby mac user -- Will doing a raid configuration like this
cause air-flow problems in a powermac G5?
Thanks in advance ...
http://lippeatt.com/personal/g5raid/

I'm a bit old-fashioned in my keyboard preferences, although not too
much so.  I'm looking for an ergonomic keyboard, ideally with the
old-school 2x6 navigational keys and the inverted-T arrow keys, and with
a built in USB hub.  This will replace my current PS/2 keyboard, which

I recently picked up a Mac Mini for work as I understood we were getting
DSL; I figured there'd be no problem in hooking up via the Ethernet port.
While I'm sure that this is the case, I was just given a box with a small
outboard wireless connector or receptor, that is to connect to ...

In OS 9 with Quickeys, I could select a bunch of files and then change
the creator for all of them with but a single click. I can't figure out
how to do that with OS X Quickeys. Is it possible? Is there another way
to do it?

I do audio work and routinely need to shuttle huge files between Wintel
and Mac (10.3.9) -- Been happily using a 120gb drive formatted in FAT
16 housed in an enclosure that provides fw400 & usb2.0 enclosure.
It's time for a new drive and I can get a 200 gb cheaper than 120gb