Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / June 2005

Hi, I just bought a iPod mini, and now I'm having problems with my
USB cable, 1 week ago it was working fine, but now it only charges,
the sign 'Do not disconnect' I never saw it anymore, Can anyone
help??? please :?:

I somehow cracked the LCD screen on my 4th generation 20G iPod.  Does
anyone know if Apple will cover this under warranty and fix it for me,
or will they charge me to get it fixed?  It is only 6 months old and I
am not sure why it broke so easily, it wasn't dropped or anything.

Got a Wallstreet PB with a CD-R/RW and a Zip100 drive which USED TO BE
"hot-swappable".  Now, if I change drives, the PB locks up until I
replace the drive it had in the bay at last startup (or restart).
Everything else seems to work OK, and this isn't a major problem... but

Does anyone know where I can get old versions of the updaters?
I am trying to locate the Windows 1.4 version of the Updater so that I
can downgrade my iPod from 1.5 to 1.4 so I can run Linux on the iPod so
I can do voice recording (the hardware I have purchased to do this,

       I am not a Mac user (have used Linux for a very long time and am not
looking to switch). However, a member of my family was recently in the
market for a laptop. Her choices were between the numerous wintel laptops,
HP's Linux laptop and due to my prodding, a Mac ibook G4.

Hi there, would anyone be able to point me in a direction to obtain the
pinout layout for an iBook G4 keyboard?
It is a "CM-2 E206453".
The purpose for this is its from a 2004 iBook that unfortunately died

My PB180c is on its last legs, and I'd like to get the useful files off the
disk. It seems like the best way to do this is by connecting the machine to
my old desktop Mac via a SCSI connection.
I do have the special cable that's needed for SCSI disk mode.  What I no

Is there an app or plug that will boost the audio volume for an iBook a
little?  Watching DVD's with the level all the way up on both the menu
bar and the DVD player still isn't quite loud enough for my hearing.
Or something like VolumeLogic (works for iTunes) for the DVD player ...

Hi have a 2 usb G3 iBook.Problem is the charge circuit is duff.Works fine on
a charged battery but battery doesnt charge in the iBook(light is green all
the time).Tried another psu with same result.If I remove the battery it
doesnt power with the psu alone.I suspect the dc-in ...

I have looked through Apples web site but cannot find the definitive answer
I am looking for, so I will ask here.
I own a PowerBook G4.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 1 hour while

I'd like to run my iBook as a desktop computer with a monitor connected
and using USB keyboard and mouse -- but I have little desk space so I'd
like to maybe have the LCD display on iBook turned off and clam-shell
case closed.

Anyone know of a place to purchase a Battery Pack for
a PowerBook 520?
Bruce in alaska

My powerbook 1.5 aluminium makes quite a bit of noise from the
circuitry/memory/processor when set to Highest in processor performance
and running Classic. The noise is loud enough to be annoying. It's like
the electronic noise you get from memory but I think it comes from the

Could someone point me to the direction (right?/left?) as to how I
could connect to the internet with my Powerbook 160? It works pretty
well, and it seems that at its prime someone was using Compuserve to go
online. I have access to bellsouth and att dialup. Someone told me once

After 18 months of faithful service, the light at the plug end of the AC
adapter on rmy trusty 17" PB started to blink. It seems to be related to
how the plug seats in the PB. When the light is out I believe the cord
is still doing its work (according to the menubar indicator).