Its unfortunate that, the introduction of Expose and its associated short keys, results in an annoying behaviour in the line-up of PowerBooks and MacBook Pros that are equipped with ambient light sensors and illuminated keyboards. Unless something is changed, Expose shares a few function keys with the illuminated keyboard controls; F8, F9 and F10. […]
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 these days, this issue is becoming especially cogent. By default, Mac OS X installs Read More
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 X 10.4’s default firewall settings then you most likely will not be reading this article. Read More
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 goes something like this: “…using all of the battery’s power, Read More
Thanks to an unnamed source, we have been alerted that there are further unpublished issues that affect the latest PowerBook G4 series.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 the 12”), and probably on ALL the new Powerbooks being sold in the shops today. A lot of Read More
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 1.67/1.5GHz) Memory Slot Repair Extension Program is a worldwide program covering Read More
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 bug is apparent in Mac OS X 10.4 systems which contain more than a single user, where fast user Read More
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 G4 as documented in our earlier article. For some of us the update came into our Mac Read More
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 and in most models of Mac portables from the iBook G3 line onwards, Read More
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 View Options window and checking the relevant boxes. Two of my personal Read More
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