I have a TiBook with a broken hinge - not just a slightly out of place hinge or a cracked but still in place hinge, but a hinge that is fully detached from its...
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Niraj N Shah
nshah@...
Feb 22, 2008 12:58 am
Hello, My daughter had caused similar damage to our TiBook. After much grinding and gnashing of teeth and research, I finally resigned myself to "get over...
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Felino A Bautista
fbautista1@...
Feb 22, 2008 1:10 am
Unfortunately she's a starving academic so a newer computer is not viable. She just upgraded to the Ti book from an original iBook Niraj N Shah...
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Mike Shulman
tripod2@...
Feb 22, 2008 3:33 am
Google shows this: http://www.macworld.com/article/43988/2005/03/powerbookhinge.html http://www.photo.is/titanium.html ...
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Dennis C. De Mars
dcdemars
Feb 22, 2008 6:08 am
I have one in the same condition. Apparently this is a common occurrence with the TiBooks. Wegener Media (www.wegenermedia.com) will install new hinges for...
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Dennis C. De Mars
dcdemars
Feb 22, 2008 6:14 am
... Do you prop the lid open for ventilation purposes, or to keep the computer from sleeping? I heard you can run the TiBook with an external monitor with the...
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Niraj N Shah
nshah@...
Feb 22, 2008 2:56 pm
Hello, I prop open the lid for ventilation purposes. Also have a fant mat under the lappy. I firmly believe in keeping those lap pups cool when they are not...
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Allison Sheridan
asheridan@...
Feb 22, 2008 3:01 pm
Niraj's TiBook used to run it's fans like crazy when it was newer, never did figure out why!...
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Tom
bozabus
Feb 22, 2008 7:14 pm
Can anyone recommend a decent USB 2.0 card for my G4 tower Mac (pre mirror front)?...
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Bradford Miller
fluglenose
Feb 22, 2008 7:41 pm
I recently got one of the new mac pro's with wireless keyboard - which as I'm sure everyone knows no longer has a numeric keypad. I'm still trying to decide if...
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Mike Shulman
tripod2@...
Feb 23, 2008 2:00 am
Any Adaptec or Belkin PCI USB2 card will work fine. Get one with 4+ ports. A FW400/USB2 card is probably a good choice too, giving you another FW buss. Keep in...
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Felino Bautista
felinobautista
Feb 23, 2008 2:35 am
Sleep deeply??...
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Mike Shulman
tripod2@...
Feb 23, 2008 3:09 am
The mac will no longer sleep deeply, it will likely just pop back awake when you issue the sleep command in the Finder, or it will not wake up from sleep very...
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Dennis C. De Mars
dcdemars
Feb 23, 2008 6:45 am
Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. It brings up a subsidiary topic. Getting the monitor for my wife has removed her need to use the MacPro for the monitor,...
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princess90503
Feb 26, 2008 5:11 pm
Hi, does anyone here get/listen to podcasts for Leo Laporte (The Tech Guy)? i have a question about the podcasts available for download from iTunes: how do i...
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Glenn Ladd
glennladd
Feb 26, 2008 7:17 pm
Been using an app on my MacBook Pro under 10.4.11 that controls the fan speed. Never had any trouble with it. I downloaded it last year sometime from a...
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Allison Sheridan
asheridan@...
Feb 26, 2008 7:48 pm
Not an issue with iTunes - choice of the podcaster how many episodes to I include. Leo keeps archives of all his old shows on twit.tv. I keep all my old shows...
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princess90503
Feb 26, 2008 10:33 pm
Hey Allison, thanx for answering about that. Seems like a long time ago, there used to be a whole bunch of the old podcasts listed in iTunes, & then i didn't...
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Mike Shulman
tripod2@...
Feb 27, 2008 2:17 am
Simply right-click on the link of the MP3 file you want from leo's website and select "Download Linked File" to save it. The mp3 file will be downloaded. After...
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princess90503
Feb 27, 2008 2:24 am
But how the heck do i right-click if i only have 1 mouse button (actually i use the trackpad on my laptop)? This is the part where i got stuck--i thought...
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Mike Shulman
tripod2@...
Feb 27, 2008 2:47 am
Well the MacOS has supported right-clicking for many years if you connect a mouse that has more than one button. For someone with a old fashioned single-button...
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princess90503
Feb 27, 2008 3:04 am
Thanx Mike. So i should do a CONTROL-click to do the right-click? And no, i don't know about the scrolling feature of my trackpad, what is that?...
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Mike Shulman
tripod2@...
Feb 27, 2008 3:22 am
First off, what EXACT model Mac do you have? The trackpad's features will depend on the model. Yes, Control-Click should work on most ANY mac to do a...
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princess90503
Feb 27, 2008 2:06 pm
Oh, my Mac is a 12" PowerBook G4. i tried the Control-Click to download the MP3 files & it worked! Boy, all this time & i didn't know i could right- click on...
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Carl Cullings
ccullings@...
Feb 27, 2008 9:40 pm
Firefox 2.0.0.12 is out now....
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Mike Shulman
tripod2@...
Feb 28, 2008 1:59 am
Carl, Are your emails a bit lagged? Firefox 2.0.0.12 came out back on February 7th. Your firefox app should alert you of new versions. BTW, Firefox 3.0b3 has...
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Bill Boyd
bboydcssf@...
Feb 28, 2008 3:43 am
The 2.0.0.12 thing that's just out is Mozilla Thunderbird....
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Carl Cullings
ccullings@...
Feb 29, 2008 7:09 am
This was forwarded to me from a friend. I wonder how valid the story is?...
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Tim & Deb McCoy
mccoytest
Feb 29, 2008 2:47 pm
I have no doubt this article is true. But does it matter? We all know that MAC users are smarter than the average user, right? Are you smart enough to use...
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Tom
bozabus
Feb 29, 2008 4:42 pm
Thanks to everyone for the advice on the USB 2.0 card. I bought a used Belkin from someone in MacHACers and it works just fine. No insomnia problems yet,...
