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My Battery Control at control strip doesnt show remaining time, why?
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My Pismo laptop frequently disconnects from the wifi signal after
periods of inactivity, maybe an hour? Connection cannot be restored
until the machine is restarted. My friend has the same problem with his
Titanium. We're both running Panther with all current updates.

Been reading posts (mainly on MacNN) about some (sounds like not all
have the problem) of the screens on the new Powerbook 12" G4 (is it
called Rev C?).
I'm considering buying a PB 12 G4 and would prefer the 12" size to the

I am looking at getting a Maxtor 250 gigabyte external hard drive fire
wire and USB 2.0. I have a 1 ghz, Ti with superdrive, one of the last
ones before the Ti was discontinued. boot ROM is 4.5.3f2 I really have 2
questions.

Hi guys;
I have an iBook G4, and the 'screw' at the bottom that holds the battery
in is incredibly loose. Is this normal? It means that the battery
sometimes slips out, and I generally leave the mac asleep. You can imagine

I have a iBook, late 2000, special edition with the DVD reader. I
upgraded the memory to 320 Mbyte. I can install OS-X (10.1 or 10.2),
but the iBook always hangs at the first boot after
installing (when the apple appears on the screen).

Short version:
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iSync keeps on adding duplicate records to my Tungsten|T datebook.  What can
I do?

My PowerBook 17 will be one year old in June. I am thinking about
whether or not to pay $349 for extended AppleCare. I am planning on
keeping the machine until a PowerBook G5 is available, which looks to be
about a year from now (or more) by my uninformed guess.

Well, it seems that this group has become the (perhaps temporary) home
for iPod problems.  They are quite portable, but techincally, they ain't
Macs.
Anyway my friend has a screwed up iPod which is only a couple of months

I'm considering buying a Powerbook G4 (the 15" with the Superdrive
looks like the most attractive option for me right now) or an iBook if
I decide to go for a budget option.
Anyway, the main uses will be Mini-DV video editing and audio/MIDI.

Got a question:
How does one pronounce the nickname/codename of the final PowerBook in the
G3 series of PowerBooks?
Does one pronounce Pismo as:

Trying to understand the "sleep" function in Energy Saver.
Can I connect to a computer that is in Sleep mode?
Can a program launch at a set time when a computer is in Sleep mode?
If Powerbook is powered by Power Adapter not battery is there any

Quick question about the AppleStore.  I am pricing out an iBook with
the educational discount, and it says at the bottom that
"AppleCare Protection Plan (APP) for Education Institutions can be
found in the "Special Products" section of your Apple Store. To add

How can I open files without saving a link?
When I click on a file like adobe.  Instead of opening it on my
desktop like an Imac, my PowerBook puts a link on the desktop.  How do
I get too it with twenty projects open on my screen?

Sorry if this the wrong newsgroup but my Google searches have failed to
answer the question:
How do I change the application preferences so my PDF files will open
with Adobe instead of Preview?