Although, you’d expect iChat AV to function without much set up, sadly, there are a few ports that must be opened before iChat AV can function. With the advent of Mac systems with built-in iSights…
With the advent of Airport Express Firmware Version 6.3 which facilitates for multiple speaker play, life got simpler and a little more complicated all at the same time. If you’ve not altered your Mac OS…
There are a plethora of myths about batteries. Lithium-ion or Nickel-based batteries, they all share one thing in common – charge cycles. Apple’s definition of ‘charge cycles’ can be found at Apple’s Lithium-ion Battery care page and it…
Thanks to an unnamed source, we have been alerted that there are further unpublished issues that affect the latest PowerBook G4 series. “The problem occurs on the high-resolution models, 15 and 17 inches (update: also…
Right after a battery firmware update and recall, Apple has recently launched their latest remedial effort for the last of their PowerPC G4 brood. This time, it concerns your 15″ PowerBook’s memory slot bay/s. “The PowerBook G4 (15-inch…
Although, Mac OS X software update release 10.4.4 was touted to address over 183 known bugs that remain unresolved in update 10.4.3, the fast user switching bug seems to persist and remain, un-attended to. The…
10 January 2006, Apple issued the Aluminum PowerBook (15-inch) Battery Update 1.0, applicable to PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD) computers. This update is issued to address the reported battery failures in this particular model of PowerBook…
If you press the power button on your Mac portable and it fails to power up, it can be due to a misbehaving Power Management Unit (PMU). One of the self-help remedies is to reset the PMU…
You can choose your preference of View Options and if you’re like me you’d like to view everything at a glance. This can easily be enabled in the Finder View menu by opening the Show…
A limited number of 15-inch PowerBook G4 computers exhibit a display issue which may cause faint white spots to appear on the screen over time. The 15-inch PowerBook G4 Repair Extension Program which began on…