Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / August 2007

Why would a 120GB WD Passport USB drive work fine direct to a USB port
of my MacBook Pro yet be unseen when hooked in via a 4 port USB hub
although it lights up?

W-a-a-a,  my 2 week old MacBook Pro "blew up" today, DVD drive does not
spin up, can't eject that CD I have in the drive.
Phoned Apple tech' support, genius there suggested all sorts of things,
nothing he suggested worked.

Sometimes when I close the lid on my MacBook, instead of sleeping as
expected, it shuts down and restarts when the lid is opened.  This even
happens w. a charged battery.  Any ideas?
Thanks,

Greeting to all,
Over the past days something happened on my MacBook Pro and as a
result, every time I start my MAC, it automatically opens Toast 6
Titanium.

The biggest mistake in my life was to buy this piece of junk $2,000
MacBook....being a programmer its the worst thing I have ever
experienced....damn the costs, I can afford it...but, its the most
"User Enemy" system I have every encountered and yes, I have been

An elderly relative, who has used Windows in the past, would like a
laptop and a wireless broadband connection. I suggested she buys a used
Mac of some kind because I believe security would be better (Firefox or
Safari rather than Internet Explorer) and the Mac applications she'll

I have been asking Apple about the Santa Rosa chipset, and the response
I have had from several people (Apple Store, chatting with an "expert")
says specifically that none of their computers have Santa Rosa.
Many articles articles and reviews state that the MacBook Pro has had

How does one set sound files, other than the ones in System
Preferences|Sound, for various actions or am I stuck with the predefined
Apple sounds?

The hard drive on my wife's MacBook crashed the other day, taking with
it a lot of important information. First, we were surprised this would
happen on a Mac; second, it was less than a year old. The Apple Store
we took it to agreed to replace the drive for free (under her Apple

So far I have tried two external USB drives, a 120GB WD and a 160GB
Seagate, and neither has had anything anywhere remotely close to 480MBPS
data transfer for backup.  The notebook is a MacBook Pro purchased in
July '07.  What am I missing here?  Is FW400 the only way to go or ...

Hello, I have a Intel MacBook and I would like to know if is it
possible to install a second hard drive in it?
  Thanks
  Raphael

I think mine has gone.  Apple says their part number is 661-3233.  Two
questions.  1.  Where is it in the laptop, or how do you change it?  2.  
What is the type and number from typical battery manufacturers, if there
is one?

I got a new MBP and gave my old Ti PB to my wife.  I suddenly started to
have battery problems, which apparently have nothing to do with
Migration Assistant.
The original battery showed no charge and would not charge.  The

I have a g4 ibook that works (better than my 1 gig g4 powerbook).  It
only has 128 megs ram, a 10 gig hard drive, the 1 gig g4 has a 80 gig
hard drive 1 gig memory and a dvd rw.  How hard is it to install each of
these parts?  How do I even get the powerbooks open?

I never had this problem with my PowerBook, but the MBP will just
freeze.  The mouse won't move.  There is no evidence of any activity
taking place.  The only solution seems to be to power down and back up.  
This seems to happen about once or twice a week, and I have only had the ...