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Ok.. so I just got my Macbook C2D 2ghz... need some help...
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Nov 12, 2006, 08:35 AM
 
Ok... several questions. Please feel free to answer one or all.

1. Is there a way, with the lid closed, and a USB kb/mouse, to power up the macbook if it's turned off? Without having to use the power button and closing the lid..

2. Frontrow.... I have TONS of dvd's that I've been encoding in Handbrake. Some of them, like the Battlestar Galactica series. How do I get these to show up in the TV Shows section instead of movies?

3. I have an WinXP box with 6 drives that I've got shared out. All formatted in FAT32 so OS X can write to them. I have them automounting. I dragged them into my start up items. They mount just fine, but my problem is that they all OPEN the individual windows when mounting. Is there any way to make them mount but NOT open the windows automatically?

4. What is the PROPER way to break in the battery for maximum battery life?

5. Displays.. (answered by previous thread)

Thank you in advance you guys.

Have a great Sunday.
     
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Nov 12, 2006, 09:09 AM
 
4. Breaking in the battery (it's actually in the manual, p. 29 in the German version):

charge it completely.

Use it without connecting it to a power source until it actually switches off in the middle of you using it.

Let it lie for another couple of hours (ideally until the sleep light turns off due to a completely depleted battery).

Charge it completely.
     
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Nov 12, 2006, 10:38 AM
 
1, the only way i can think of is you might be able to wake up from sleep, but not actually turn on.

2. there is a program out there (i don't know what the name is) that changes the metadata on the video files so you have it categorized as whatever you want.
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