Thread Seagate portable drive - copy from Powerbook G4 to MacBook Pro?
Seagate portable drive - copy from Powerbook G4 to MacBook Pro?Hi, I've just bought a Seagate portable drive so that I can back-up the work and literally everything from my rather old Powerbook G4 with a view to later copying everything from the drive onto my next laptop, a brand...view more
PowerBook Won't Power UpHi, I have a PowerBook walstreet G3. I while ago when I updated from 10.4.9 to 10.4.11 using xpostfacto, The computer got stuck at apple logo (os 9 still worked fine). I did a backup and clean install of 10.2 and the ...view more
Powerbook G4 problemHello im having a problem with my Powerbook G4 15in 1.67ghz 2gb ram 10.5.7 which has all 4,000 songs on it and is synced with most of our apple devises well this is the problem when i turn it on it make the bong noise...view more
cannot connect to internet on powerbook G4I am using a PB G4 running OS 10.4.11. I had been able to connect to either wireless or dsl until today. Now I cannot connec to either (the other computers still can.) I looked in the network setting...view more
Thread how to put parental control on social network sites?
how to put parental control on social network sites?Need some help with parental control on social network sites need to control internet traffic on my teenage kids, and is there any way to program airport express to sleep at a certain time?view more
Thread I need help choosing the 'right' backup drive(s)
I need help choosing the 'right' backup drive(s)I have a MacBook Pro on which I do mainly video editing. I make DVDs of my family and real estate stuff which I then want to offload from the laptop to my external hard drive. For the purpose of backing up this laptop...view more
Hard Drive Upgrade for Powerbook G4I have a 15 inch Powerbook G4 with a 1.5ghz processor, 1.5 gigs of RAM, 80 gig 4200 rpm hard drive. I am running Mac OSX 10.5.8. I want to upgrade my hard drive to either a 250 gb or 320 gb 5400 rpm hard...view more
Where to buy a PowerBook G4Hello! I need a portable mac. My Price range is $250 - $450. I do NOT want an Intel machine because it will not run my version of final cut pro (4.5). I have seen mac of all trade...view more
USB 2.0 ExpressCardLooking for a USB 2.0 ExpressCard. Can someone please recommend a good Mac compatible brand. This is for a PowerBook G4 1 GHz. running 10.2.8. VBview more
G4 Powerbook wifi issueMy G4 Powerbook wifi reception is extremely low. Replaced airport card and still the same. Any ideas? Could a bad earth of some description cause interference? Have tried different wifi sources and even within 1 meter...view more
Thread One volume on external hard drive not mounting
One volume on external hard drive not mountingHi all, thanks in advance for any help. I have an external hard drive connected via FW800 with 2 volumes on it and one of the volumes will not mount. It was fine until just recently. System profiler ...view more
USB/FirewireI want to connect my Sony HDR-PJ10E camcorder to my PowerbookG4, but my computer doesn't see it, because there's no Firewire-acces in my camcorder, only USB. What should I do?view more
17" 1.67GHz mouse freezing problemI have this great powerbook, it is the last gen, Leopard 10.5.8 installed, 2GB RAM and has a dual layer superdrive and I love it. I have a USB mouse that keeps freezing. It happens about once a minute.&n...view more
Thread Cant upgrade RAM, I think OWC is mislabeling their modules.
Cant upgrade RAM, I think OWC is mislabeling their modules.I'll try to keep this as short as possible 1) I have a 1.67 ghz 15" 2005 powerbook g4 with 1GB RAM. 2) It should be able to run 2gb of ram. 3) I ordered a 1GB stick from OWC, and it didn't work. 4) Thinking the stick...view more
G4 12" ram 2gb upgradehave a g4 12" 1.5 - can I add 2GB 200-pin SODIMM DDR2 PC2-6400? seems this question about 2gb was answered (no) years ago when the 2GB single didn't exist. there's only one slot on my G4. but has anyone tried this sti...view more
Bluetooth not recognized?I have recently encountered a number of problems on my powerbook beginning with the display going bad; it's going into the shop next week and I have been backing up data and cloning the operating system, double checki...view more
Bluetooth "Not Available"Hi, I've recently noticed that the bluetooth icon has a zig zag line through it and when I click on the bluetooth symbol on my menu bar, it says "Bluetooth: Not Available". It doesn't give me an option to turn it on o...view more