All 3 of my primary Apple machines have sudden, inexplicable slowness. My Quad G5, my PowerBook G4, and now even my iPhone suddenly have serious performance problems for no reason I can determine. I know there are some Mac guys on MeFi, I thought I'd ask for additional angles to investigate.
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posted by charlie don't surf
on Feb 14, 2011 -
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How should I reconfigure my Mac powerbook G4, and other mac-related growth advice.
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posted by Tchad
on Oct 25, 2010 -
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Why can't I see around half of the applications in the Applications/Utilities folder on my friend's laptop?
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posted by thecaddy
on Dec 21, 2009 -
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Help keep my old Powerbook G4 on WiFi. (Technical Mac Question.)
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posted by Mid
on Sep 11, 2009 -
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Will the lower exterior case and optical drive from a mac powerbook G4 12inch 867 MHz be compatible with a mac powerbook G4 12inch 1.5Ghz?
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posted by silkygreenbelly
on Jul 16, 2009 -
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How can I "upgrade" my Mac PowerBook G4's OS 10.3.9 to at least a 10.4.9 in order to install MS Office Home & Student Edition?
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posted by kim in chicago
on Mar 8, 2009 -
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Is there any way to fix/replace/reinstall LaunchServices in OS X? (Also: is my Powerbook doomed?)
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posted by ubersturm
on Feb 5, 2009 -
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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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i live two floors above the wireless router, and my powerbook can't get a strong enough signal. what's the most cost-effective solution?
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posted by twistofrhyme
on Jan 22, 2008 -
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Is Firefox churning my Powerbook? When I have more than a few tabs open, I hear (and see- on my little menubar app) heavy hard drive activity. It feels like it gets stuck in some kind of endless swap and the performance of the machine seems to suffer. More importantly, the noise drives me nuts. I suspect Firefox memory management issues. I know Firefox has a bad rep in this dept. Suggestions? Tweeks? Opera?
posted by Area Control
on Nov 6, 2007 -
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How might one go about creating a shortcut to controlling monitor brightness with a Mac Powerbook running Tiger (this problem also existed in 10.3) for a Keyspan remote?
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posted by kenneth
on Aug 15, 2007 -
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It's time for a new laptop. I have very strong thoughts on this subject, but I need your help, suggestions, and guidance.
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posted by davidinmanhattan
on Jun 7, 2007 -
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Is there a way to reuse an apple powerbook g4 battery to power a macbook pro? I know that it doesn't fit, but I'm hoping there is some kind of external pack that can accept and charge a powerbook battery but which can power a macbook pro. Any ideas?
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posted by jwiener
on Apr 5, 2007 -
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Is there any way that I can easily use my iMac Desktop (Current Intel Model) monitor as a second or primary monitor for my Powerbook using either the wireless network or a monitor adapter?
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posted by Bengston
on Mar 14, 2007 -
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Can I stick my Powerbook internal drive into an external enclosure and get the data off it?
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posted by modernnomad
on Feb 27, 2007 -
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About 4 months ago, my beloved PowerBook got in the way of a cup of coffee. The geniuses at the Apple Store said that the hard drive was completely fried, that the computer has become a paperweight and none of the information can possibly be retrieved. They said if anyone
could retreive the information, which was doubtful, it wasn't them and that it would probably cost me a thousand dollars or more. (More information...)
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posted by miss lynnster
on Jan 2, 2007 -
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Is there anywhere I can find step-by-step instructions for installing a Linux distro (Ubuntu in particular) on my PowerBook G4's external hard drive?
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posted by Aanidaani
on Dec 22, 2006 -
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Is it possible for me to use my PowerBook G4 as a display -- meaning, can I connect some input source and view it just like I would an external LCD?
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posted by Aanidaani
on Dec 2, 2006 -
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Do you have ant ideas for extending the useful lifetime of a 12" 867 MHz PowerBook G4?
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posted by nthdegx
on Aug 20, 2006 -
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I just adopted a barely used 12” 1.33 G4 Powerbook free of charge. I’ve been a jealous WinXP user for some time and couldn't be happier with my new acquisition, but I’m a little torn over it’s usefulness.
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posted by paxton
on Jul 21, 2006 -
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Is it possible/advisable/etc. to use Migration Assistant to migrate data to one Mac from more than one Mac?
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posted by j-dawg
on Jul 14, 2006 -
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Yesterday on the sidewalk in front of the office, my computer bag strap broke and the bag fell to the ground, denting the corner of my (loaner) Powerbook G4.
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posted by mr_crash_davis
on Jun 27, 2006 -
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EVDOFilter: I'm interested in Sprint or Verizon EVDO phone-as-modem mobile broadband service with my Powerbook, but I've never had a celphone before. Help!
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posted by Alterscape
on May 30, 2006 -
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Help me save my Powerbook G4. It keeps freezing and I have to force quit it. It will not last more than five minutes without freezing. What can I do? Is my computer dead? Is there no hope?
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posted by billysumday
on May 5, 2006 -
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Mac gurus: the last couple of days my 867 TiPowerbook has been behaving erratically. The transfer rate of the harddrive seems to have slowed right down, so even though the drive sounds normal, it's accessing
all the time. Lots and lots of drive activity and pinwheeling, but barely any results.
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posted by BorgLove
on May 2, 2006 -
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Mini-CDs be damned! How do I remove one of those "mini-CDs" from a Powerbook?
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posted by GilloD
on Apr 3, 2006 -
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