I can't seem to password protect my local network for my Imac & Mac laptops. Help me, please.
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posted by jammy
on Nov 21, 2011 -
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My husband wrote a novel a few years back. It has pretty much sat in our house in digital and a print-out form. I will not comment on how the major publishing houses tend to not come searching in your house for The Next Great American Novel... *ahem* But what SHOULD he do?
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 12, 2011 -
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I picked up a blueberry iBook as a freebie from a neighbor. My toddler is more than thrilled - he loves Mom and Dad's laptops and won't leave them alone. The fake toy computer we tried wasn't enough for him, he wanted the real thing. So now that I have it, what can I do with it to make it the best baby computer I can create?
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posted by caution live frogs
on Mar 14, 2011 -
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I'm returning to school and would like to have some sort of portable computer. I have a few options, but an not sure which is best in terms of budget and longer-term investment.
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posted by bestillme
on Aug 11, 2010 -
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How upgradable is this iBook? A friend has an old iBook G4 he's indicated he'd be willing to let me have pretty cheaply. I use an iMac at home, but could use a nice portable laptop for occasional travel. The iBook as it is seems a little slow and sluggish to me - I'm just wondering, how "upgradable" is this model, for how much money, etc.? (details inside.)
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posted by dnash
on Jun 22, 2010 -
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I need to be ready to start shooting a timelapse video tomorrow morning. It'll last approx 5 days. I have problems making my camera talk to my laptop.
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posted by lemonfridge
on Jun 2, 2010 -
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Can I use an iPad for something I haven't purchased? Specifically, do the ebook apps only work on content I've bought or obtained through either Amazon or the iBookstore?
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posted by Toekneesan
on May 5, 2010 -
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Getting ready to give away/sell my old G3 iBook (White 800 mhz). I've wiped the drive and re-installed OSX from the original install disks. But ... I can't get past the registration screen.
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posted by jrchaplin
on Apr 21, 2010 -
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How can I effectively clean off the hard drive of my iBook G3 (running OSX 10.3) so that I can sell it? I bought it used with a fresh install and don't have any install discs or whatnot.
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posted by LokiBear
on Apr 13, 2010 -
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My iBook is locked into playing Region 1 DVDs, but will consent to play Arnaud Desplechin's "Un Conte de Noël" (Region 2) with VLC -- but no other Region 2 DVDs! Qu'est-ce qui se passe?
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posted by delayed-reaction android
on Mar 25, 2010 -
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I have an iPhone 3G and an old iBook G4 running iTunes 8.2.23, and this morning when I plugged the phone into the laptop iTunes no longer seemed to recognize the phone. iPhoto opens automatically and asks if I want to download my photos, but when I go into iTunes the phone doesn't show up in the menu on the left side of the screen and I get the spinning wheel of death. I've had the phone for about a week and it worked just fine with iTunes/my laptop until now. Any suggestions?
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posted by The Card Cheat
on Jan 16, 2010 -
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Is it safe to swap the power adapter attachment between an iBook G4 and an intel MacBook?
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posted by ndicecco
on Oct 14, 2009 -
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Going through old stuff, I found a box for an old Ibook that had a weird handwritten shipping label from "I.S. 339 School Of Communication Technology." Google says it's a performing arts school in the Bronx. What gives?
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posted by puckish
on Oct 10, 2009 -
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I have an old iBook G4 (Tiger) that I would like to use as a low-budget "media server". I'd like to set it up with an external hard drive so that our other two computers (laptop running Vista and netbook running XP) can access its files over our wireless network.
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posted by rossination
on Jun 16, 2009 -
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When it comes to re-purposing old laptops, it seems like the only option people really talk about is to turn it into a picture frame. There's got to be more that an
old iBook can do... right?
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posted by alexherder
on Apr 2, 2009 -
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The display on my iBook G4 is dying. Have I diagnosed the problem correctly, and is it worth trying to fix?
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posted by penguinliz
on Mar 13, 2009 -
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The hard drive in my girlfriend's iBook (12" G4 late 2004) died, or at least that's what I think happened. I want to cover all my bases and I need a little advice on best practices.
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posted by clockwork
on Feb 17, 2009 -
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I've got a iBook G3(i think)
blueberry clamshell which can just about handle running photoshop 4 and appleworks on it. think it has OS 8 on it too. The battery is pretty much shot on it and so only runs off the mains power supply. Currently it is sitting on my shelf doing nothing.
Give me some fun / interesting / unusual ideas with what I could do with it. The more creative the better.
posted by gonzo_ID
on Jan 10, 2009 -
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My daughter has an iBook G4, running OSX 10.5 (Leopard). She's in Argentina, and having issues with the wireless connection. I need a little MetaFilter brain power: She can connect to the router in her apartment (she rents a room), and she can access 192.168.1.1, and gets router login prompt. But she can't get out to the Internet.
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posted by cameradv
on Sep 10, 2008 -
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Awesome but slightly rambunctious 8th grade class going on a school trip to the country. Rain is possible. Possibility of ultra-rare recreational computer access is likely to be a highly compelling reward for good behavior. The kids speak German. With all of these givens, what non-crack-like game should I install on the beater iBook G3 12" running 10.4 that I'm sending the teacher off with?
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posted by Your Time Machine Sucks
on Jun 25, 2008 -
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What free/low-cost/simple kinds of things can be done to the clamshell G3 iBook my mom uses for really basic web stuff to make it function better?
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posted by mdonley
on Jun 14, 2008 -
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iBook G4 battery is out of juice. Computer won't start up... even when AC adapter is plugged in. Is there something else going on?
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posted by kmtiszen
on Jun 10, 2008 -
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I've currently got a HP Mini-Note 2133 running Ubuntu. I was going to take a stab at installing OS X on it this coming weekend when I realized I could get a 12" iBook or PowerBook G4 for roughly the same price and it would still be small enough I wouldn't mind carrying it around with me all the time and it would run OS X with no hassle. I'd keep my MacPro as my primary workstation that I use for image editing and such, this would just be for email and for surfing the web on the go. If I get a G4 era laptop and install Leopard on it (want to use Back to My Mac after I roll my own dot mac) will I have any issues? I've only recently become a Mac user after years on Linux, so I never used a PPC-based system. Will application like Camino, Mail, Adium, etc all run with no problems? This is what the universal binary thing is all about, right?
Anything else I should be aware of? Any tips or tricks for slimming down 10.5 to make it run better on the older hardware?
Thanks!
posted by Brian Puccio
on May 27, 2008 -
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Can I use a powercord from an older ibook on a newer ibook if the output voltage and amps are the same?
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posted by HuronBob
on Mar 22, 2008 -
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A repair shop destroyed a non-working iBook. What would be a reasonable recompense?
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posted by anadem
on Mar 2, 2008 -
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Where can I find a laptop lap pad for a 14" iBook that has room for a wired mouse? Thanks!
posted by Brocktoon
on Feb 28, 2008 -
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Why does the AppleWorks icon appear briefly (and then disappear) on my Dock when I start or wake up my iBook? This is making me ridiculously cranky. Help me minimise my raaaage!
posted by gerls
on Feb 11, 2008 -
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iSync question: I'm trying to use a USB cable to sync a Razr V3 with iSync 2.4 on an iBook G4 running Tiger, but something's not clicking. iSync recognizes the phone and it claims to Sync it, but nothing gets added to Address Book. What's the deal? The iBook doesn't have Bluetooth capability, so I can't use that.
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posted by Sticherbeast
on Jan 12, 2008 -
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How do you remove an odor from a laptop without killing the laptop (or yourself)?
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posted by speek
on Jan 5, 2008 -
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Is it possible to use the modem in an iBook running Tiger to send and receive voice messages?
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posted by ooklala
on Dec 14, 2007 -
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