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If it works plugged directly into your receiver,... 7,356 Views / 119 Replies  
If it works plugged directly into your receiver, you're TV probably does not pass through digital audio. My TV does not, i.e. the digital audio out is only used for outputting audio from digital...
Posted by psisquared, on Feb 17, 2008 at 11:52 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Re: Re: leave your PB sleep or turn it off? 4,026 Views / 58 Replies  
It's been my experience that USB connections only wake up a Powerbook if power is also connected. It's kind of nice actually, because I often pick up my sleeping powerbook from my desk to carry it...
Posted by psisquared, on Jun 1, 2004 at 01:58 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Have you tried running the hardware diagnostic CD... 2,321 Views / 38 Replies  
Have you tried running the hardware diagnostic CD that came with your mac? Although you're still using the original 512MB chip that came with your computer, they do sometimes go bad. You wouldn't...
Posted by psisquared, on Apr 30, 2004 at 02:24 AM, in Mac Desktops
I had similar problems as yours under 10.2 with... 1,418 Views / 24 Replies  
I had similar problems as yours under 10.2 with the 105 (drive not responding if disk left in for more than 20 minutes or so, kernel panics trying to access a disk that was left in for too long, disk...
Posted by psisquared, on Apr 15, 2004 at 02:31 AM, in Mac Desktops
Re: DVD Drive Disappears 864 Views / 5 Replies  
Yes, this is a common problem with Pioneer drives under 10.2.x. Apple must have a different firmware or ROM in their units that allows them to operate correctly under 10.2.x. Upgrading to 10.3...
Posted by psisquared, on Feb 24, 2004 at 01:14 AM, in Mac Desktops
omnidisksweeper 1,155 Views / 11 Replies  
Grab a copy of a utility like omnidisksweeper and find out where your space is being used. http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/
Posted by psisquared, on Jun 9, 2003 at 12:32 AM, in Mac Notebooks
One thing it sounds like you may have overlooked... 921 Views / 8 Replies  
One thing it sounds like you may have overlooked is that there is no need for a crossover cable on Apple's latest powerbooks(not sure about earlier ones). Any old ethernet cable will work as the...
Posted by psisquared, on Jun 1, 2003 at 03:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Indeed. PC 2700 RAM will work fine, as it clocks... 749 Views / 10 Replies  
Indeed. PC 2700 RAM will work fine, as it clocks it's speed down to match the speed of the Powerbook 12". If money is no object(2100 RAM is usually a little cheaper), keep the 2700 RAM and if you...
Posted by psisquared, on May 4, 2003 at 12:27 AM, in Mac Notebooks
time for fsck? 908 Views / 8 Replies  
I'd be willing to bet you have some problems with your disk that is causing the computer to scan the disk on each startup. Boot up in single user mode(cmd-s at startup) and type fsck -y. Run...
Posted by psisquared, on Apr 14, 2003 at 11:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'd also like to add that I've had some issues... 650 Views / 5 Replies  
I'd also like to add that I've had some issues with the Palm Desktop 4 software and sleep under OS X. Having the palm hotsync enabled in the palm preferences seems to cause some issues for me on my...
Posted by psisquared, on Feb 1, 2003 at 02:51 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Yep, the Titanium fits into a Z3 case. It's just... 4,101 Views / 19 Replies  
Yep, the Titanium fits into a Z3 case. It's just tall enough to fit the Titanium(actually a very good fit), and long enough to hold the Ti with a small mouse or cell phone or cabling next to it.
Posted by psisquared, on Jan 21, 2003 at 01:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Is 12" Superdrive only from Apple Store and BTO resellers? 504 Views / 2 Replies  
I've been waiting for a small PowerBook from Apple since my 2400c, which I picked up for a steal at the time since they didn't go over so well in the US. My question is why is the Superdrive 12"...
Posted by psisquared, on Jan 12, 2003 at 02:22 AM, in Mac Notebooks
And verify you're using the latest updates from... 1,945 Views / 31 Replies  
And verify you're using the latest updates from MS for Office. The earlier versions of Office were renowned for being slow...
Posted by psisquared, on Nov 10, 2002 at 02:17 PM, in Applications
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020... 966 Views / 7 Replies  
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Posted by psisquared, on Oct 28, 2002 at 12:00 AM, in macOS
If your computer doesn't ever lock up when the... 432 Views / 5 Replies  
If your computer doesn't ever lock up when the heat is normal, then you're probably right about the heat being the cause of your freezes. But, the screen shot you showed is caused by Limewire....
Posted by psisquared, on Jun 28, 2002 at 02:11 AM, in Mac Notebooks
No problems here at all. You just have to learn... 562 Views / 17 Replies  
No problems here at all. You just have to learn to keep your thumb away from the pad and it works great. BTW, anyone know of a way to disable the trackpad entirely? I would love to be able to turn it...
Posted by psisquared, on Mar 24, 2002 at 02:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks alot. Creating the file with the... 1,544 Views / 4 Replies  
Thanks alot. Creating the file with the abbreviations I wanted to use worked!.
Posted by psisquared, on Apr 26, 2001 at 01:58 AM, in macOS
know where .exrc is? 1,544 Views / 4 Replies  
A unix book I'm using refers to a vi config file called .exrc that I could use to add abbreviations of commands to vi. Any body know where this file resides in OS X? 100 thank yous to the first...
Posted by psisquared, on Apr 25, 2001 at 01:56 AM, in macOS
Before I type in a command I like to know what... 1,091 Views / 5 Replies  
Before I type in a command I like to know what I'm doing. What does that chmod 4755 command do? I've used chmod a couple of times now but I haven't seen those numbers appended to it before...
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Posted by psisquared, on Apr 22, 2001 at 11:41 PM, in macOS
Before I type in a command I like to know what... 1,091 Views / 5 Replies  
Before I type in a command I like to know what I'm doing. What does that chmod 4755 command do? I've used chmod a couple of times now but I haven't seen those numbers appended to it before...
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Posted by psisquared, on Apr 22, 2001 at 11:36 PM, in macOS
so what I've found is that if I just open up... 1,091 Views / 5 Replies  
so what I've found is that if I just open up terminal and someone who's remotely logged into my machine tries to send me message using 'talk psisquared' will not work because 'party is refusing...
Posted by psisquared, on Apr 22, 2001 at 04:02 AM, in macOS
mesg y - operation not permitted? Getting talk to work... 1,091 Views / 5 Replies  
Hello.
Okay, so I'm really enjoying playing around with the Unix underpinnings of OS X. I turned on remote login and set up an account for a friend so he can log in and do stuff too. We tried the...
Posted by psisquared, on Apr 21, 2001 at 01:35 AM, in macOS
where's tcsh prefs? 447 Views / 3 Replies  
Hello.
I've been reading a book on scripting in UNIX and the book recommended installing BASH, so I did. After installing I looked at the 'profile' BASH uses for aliases, path info , etc., and it...
Posted by psisquared, on Apr 19, 2001 at 03:01 AM, in macOS
changing apps of choice? 424 Views / 6 Replies  
When I select a file and 'show info' I have the choice of changing the generic application that opens it....but, it's greyed out. Any ideas why? I'd like to set TextEdit as the application to open...
Posted by psisquared, on Apr 6, 2001 at 10:26 PM, in macOS
any dual 533 users not having sound probs? 442 Views / 5 Replies  
Anybody with a dual 533G4 not having sound problems with OSX?

I've got a Dual 533 G4, 384MB RAM, and lose sound under OS X when using any of an assortment of sound programs...itunes for OSX,...
Posted by psisquared, on Mar 27, 2001 at 01:21 PM, in macOS
 
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