Mac Forum / General / Hardware / April 2008

External lacie 120 running, but not recognized?
I have a Lacie external hard drive (120 gigs).  It has been great for
a while, but the other day using the Firewire, it is no longer
recognized.  I can hear it whiring and it sounds ok (I have had failed

Hi all;
I have PowerMac G5 dual 2.0
http://support.apple.com/specs/powermac/Power_Mac_G5_Early_2005.html
I got logitech X-530 5.1 speakers and I intend to use them in "full

What’s the maximum numbers of characters I can use for files and
folders in OS 10.3? I seem to be able to make a lot of them but when I
try to copy them to a hard drive that was formatted with an older FWB
that was running system running 8.1 it just say something like an

I was wondering if anyone knew where I can find USB drivers for my Apple
display? I'm using Vista SP1... Thanks in advance - CES

I will soon be taking an international trip on AA and they provide
12 volt power via a female cigar lighter under the seat.
I wonder if something like a Radio Shack or other inverter
will work.  Some convert 12 volt DC to AC that the Mac

I'm trying to help out a friend who has a PowerPC G5 with onboard sata.  She
bbought a WD Hard-drive and a Thermaltake External Esata case.  When she
connects the drive, she get and Icon on her desktop which is good as the OS
sees the drive.  But the bad part is it shows up as ...

I have a G5 iMac with a 17" screen.  Two days ago, a thin (1-2 pixels
wide) vertical blue line started displaying.  This line goes from the
very top to the bottom of the screen,  and it displays no matter what
application I have running. I have the screensaver set to ask for a

Has the Aluminum Keyboard Update fixed the issue that Mac Minis have with the
Aluminum keyboard?
The Aluminum USB keyboard would not allow the Mini to recognize start-up keys
(such as "C" for booting from CD/DVD; Opt for choosing a boot volume; "T" for

I have an iBook G4, which I use sometimes in an auditorium which has a fancy
projector, inputs for the laptop, connections to the internet etc. I'm not
sure if I can connect to their speaker system. I know I can power regular
speakers from my laptop through the audio out, but what ...

Considering a 320 GB FIREWIRE/USB/ESATA unit as a backup for my macbook
pro. Looks like La Cie has dropped the price on the unit.
Any idea why...is it "obsolete" now?
General opinion on this unit, if any?

how do I format an external hardrive to HFS+ ?
Thanx for your help.

I've looked and looked for an answer on this...
Directly from the apple store I bought an imic (first generation white
one) and shure microphone. The input levels through the system (sound
control panel and imovie) are feeble, stronger than line-in, but still

Can my MacBook drive a plasma HDTV? In terms of just resolution, it
seems possible: HDTV is 1920x1080 and my MacBook is supposed to be
able to do up to 1920x1200. One issue is that most plasma TV's I've
seen have 15-pin VGA input, rather than DVI. Is there a converter for