Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / March 2007

Does anyone know if the keyboard backlight on the Powerbook can be
de-coupled from that infernal light sensor that "automagically" adjusts
the light intensity of the keyboard?

Well, that's just part of the question.
First, some context. I have a Kensington universal car/air adapter for
my G4 iBook. That's what lets me plug my iBook into a car cigarette
lighter port, or an airplane seat port. In this Kensington adaptor,

I have an original Powerbook G3 aka Kanga or 3500. It has 96m RAM
and runs MacOS 9.1. I would like to use it with WiFi.
I've read the usual pages and tried several cards. One is a WaveLan
silver (aka ORiNOCO) that works on several other powerbooks, from a

It is time to upgrade my G4 PowerBook -firewire 800. I am on my 3rd
motherboard and my AppleCare just ran out.
My question is: how many times per year does Apple upgrade the processor
speed and other basic component specs of the top of the line $2500 15"

I hope this is the correct group, I apologize if it is not.  My
daughter just recieved a new small clip type shuffle.  We have an
older g3 mac 500 mgz running 10.2.8.  The itunes will not recognize
the new shuffle.  I have tried to look at the apple site and it shows

This is the most exasperating part of owning a Mac laptop (with 10.3.9
software using certain security settings).
You download a regular update offered by Apple, then it prompts you to
reboot. Do that and your airport is dead. No amount of turning airport

I was given an IRISPEN as a gift.  I think it is a great idea if the
darn thing will work.  I installed it on my Titanium G4 PowerBook that
is running Mac OS 9.2.2.  When I activate the IRISPEN application I get
the message that the IRISPEN is unplugged and there is no driver for

I feel a headache looming...
Will a 20 gig HD from a 550 Powerbook work in a 333 Lombard?
I know there might be an ATA version issue with the Lombard, but somebody has
tried this, I'm sure.

I've been enjoying the old Powerbook 1400, but it keeps dying on me.
Now it won't restart up at all. I've googled the issue and found that a
fix is to reset the Power Manager on the back of the machine.
So, I reset the PM a few times and it worked a few times. Now that

Someone just gave me a 1400cs with a Cruise Card in it.
Finally figured out how to pop the X-Jack out and plug
the dang thing into the wall...
Which cards will work with this machine to go wireless?

I've had my 12" PowerBook G4 (1.5 GHz, 512 Mb RAM) for about two
years, and just recently the battery has been acting quite strangely.
When I run on battery-only, after about 40 minute (varies quite widely
though), the computer will shut off completely (not sleep, and the

Korea's Samsung Electronics has developed a docking station equipped
with a fuel cell capable of powering a laptop for a month. The dock
uses a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with a maximum output of 20 watts.
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells(DMFCs) are best suited to producing small