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
Thread How Do I Instal Mac OS 9.2.2 on my Powerbook G4 1Ghz DVI?
How Do I Instal Mac OS 9.2.2 on my Powerbook G4 1Ghz DVI?Hi Folks, deadline looming and I'm going a little crazy here. I have an OSX partition and a Mac OS9 partition on the internal HD of my Powerbook Titanium 1Ghz. The OSX partition has 10.4.11 installed and the O...view more
Help! DVD stuck in driveAfter having run Disk Utilities off the OSX install disk, I restarted my machine, after which I tried to eject the install DVD. While the icon duly disappeared from my desktop and the disk spun down, instead of ejecti...view more
Thread replacement UJ-875S reading only DVDs not CDs
replacement UJ-875S reading only DVDs not CDsI've just replaced my dead UJ-816-C with a UJ-875S superdrive. The drive is reading DVDs fine, but will not read CDs of any type. Oddly enough it will accept a blank CDR and burn to it. However, it rejects blank DVD-R...view more
Pixelized picture in DVD playermy DVD player shows the picture, but it has fairly large and random pixelations when i try to watch. What is wrong with it? if you need i can email you a screen shot of it.view more
Thread Powerbook G4 compared to first gen macbook?
Powerbook G4 compared to first gen macbook?My husband needs a computer for internet and basic applications like Microsoft word. We do not need iSight or fancy programs other than the basics. Nor do we need much HD space. I would like to know ...view more
My powerbook g4 wont bootHello today i need to ask some people why my powerbook g4 wont boot it goes all the way to the blue screen and then it has the spinning lines than it goes to the mouse cursur and just stays there. I trien reseting pmu...view more
how do i duplicate a DVD?A friend of mine made a DVD of a VHS movie of our wedding and my parent's 50th wedding renewal of vows. both of my parents have now passed on and i wish to duplicate this DVD to give to my siblings as gifts. &...view more
Thread Anyone know how to get Lightscribe to work on Mac?
Anyone know how to get Lightscribe to work on Mac?I bought and I/O Magic lightscribe for my mac. I bought the burner at Staples from a salesperson that knew I had Mac only. The CD burner works just fine. I just cannot get the lables to burn. What a pain! Anyone know ...view more
drive makes noise when I tap on laptop topMy superdrive hasn't worked for awhile but I am only now getting around to asking this question: When I tap on the top of my computer, often the drive will make a noise like it is trying to eject a disc. I cannot put ...view more
Thread Slow startup suddenly and OSX DVD won't mount either!
Slow startup suddenly and OSX DVD won't mount either!For some reason, my 15" PowerBook G4 on 10.5.8 is suddenly taking 6 minutes to boot. I zapped the PRAM and PMU, Onyx'd it, fixed permissions etc etc. The startup is maybe a tad quicker, but still much slower than befo...view more
Thread Powerbook doesn't want to boot from cd anymore
Powerbook doesn't want to boot from cd anymoreHi everyone, My girlfriend's PowerBook G4 crashed, so I tried to boot from a 10.4 dvd I have. The computer booted once from the DVD, but then I had to shut it down for logistical purposes (understand: I had to move it...view more
Video DVDs will not mount, gives error.I'm getting an errors when I try to mount a DVD video. Not a DVD with data on it like the iLife installer, which works just fine, but your common video DVD. I've tried a bunch of random DVDs from my video library and ...view more