Mac Forum / General / Hardware / October 2008

Burglary is sadly very common these days - is it possible to have my TC
encrypted?

I need some help for what to call a cable that I need, so that I can
search for it.
I have a circuit board going in an enclosure which has a mini-B
receptacle on it. (I think? it's the same kind as on my Garmin 76CSX

Help- this is an Apple wireless keyboard - we've lost the screw-on cap
that goes on the end of the battery compartment - is this an orderable
item?
T.

I'm wanting to purchase a cooling stand, one with fans, to place under my
MacBook Pro when I'm "on the road". i'm interested in the positive and
negative experiences people have had with any of the various stands
available.

How can I play or install software that comes on those mini CD's using the
Combo CD/DVD player on my iMac?
I used to copy onto a conventional sized CD to use on the iMac, but will it
load and eject these smaller Cd's or will they jam it up?.

My dad has an old PowerBook from the early nineties with lots of data
on it we'd like to retrieve for use in Mac OS X's PPC-native Classic
mode. The only ports I can find for data are an AppleTalk port and an
old modem jack. How would I be able to transfer the data short of

My client would like to know what's the best unlimited service plan
(Verizon? AT&T? T-Mobile?) to get for wireless Internet on his MacBook
Pro (Mac OS X 10.5.5; Leopard). Do they have devices with USB and card
with the antenna? I don't know how well these providers support Apple

I want to revert to 1.0 as OSX thinks Habu mice with later firmware
versions are keyboards. It's not a huge annoyance as the Habu still
works ok, but having the damn KeyboardSetupAssistant launch every time I
plug my mouse in is a drag. Neither Razer nor MS seem to have 1.0

Several of the news sites surmise a refresh is coming soon, or rather
due by now, but I haven't seen one.  Would Apple purposely wait until
January to include in the Macworld pitch??

I just picked up an eMac USB2.0, and am wondering if the Bluetooth
Option can be added in the field, or was it a Factory Only Option?
I have Memory, and an Airport Extreme Card coming for it, but wondered
about the Bluetooth Option.

Does anyone know if it's possible (I'm assuming it is) or where you
could take a Mac Pro bought in 2007 to upgrade the Processors from Quad
to 8-core?

Anyone can recommend some AGP videocard for dual G5 PPC? I have tryed
with nVidia 7800GS, and better performance I have with older Radeon
9600Pro. I thought of X850XT AGP but I would like some experience from
first hand.

Recently a good friend and I were sitting at a favorite pub, each accompanied
by a MacBook Pro. As we were enjoying favorite beverages we noticed that we
had quite different styles of using the elements of the Macintosh interface.  
We agreed that there was no right and wrong in ...

I looked on the developer's web site <http://www.avatron.com/> but see
nothing re. minimum iPod software (firmware?) required for this app.
Any ideas?
Thanks,

I have a friend who has a beige G3 tower. Where is the reset button so
when he freezes in OS 8.6 he does not have to unplug the AC plug to
reboot. I told him to try holding in the power button for 15 seconds
or so but either he did not hold it in long enough or that does not