G-Books Google Group

Re: Pismo Battery shopping advice

jetrig...@gmail.com (Chris W Tucker) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:59:24 UT

Newertech are great, and in my opinion worth the money.
I got one from China and it had to go back three times.
Will not buy a cheaper one again,
My .02
Chris

Re: run iTunes from memory stick

john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu (Bruce Johnson) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:59:40 UT

Copy your iTunes Library from the PC to some form of mobile storage.
The with iTunes running on the mac, drag and drop the artist folders
into your Music panel in iTunes on the Mac. It will take a long time,
but everythign should work just fine.

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona

Re: Pismo Battery shopping advice

john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu (Bruce Johnson) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:57:23 UT

That Newertech battery was really nice when I got it for my Pismo;
well, when I got the second one...the first was DOA; OWC cheerfully
replaced it.

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

Re: run iTunes from memory stick

laurent.daude...@gmail.com (Laurent Daudelin) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:09:15 UT

Ron,

Do you think you could trim your messages the next time? Yours included the Google footer like twice, so I got it 3 times.

Thanks.

-Laurent.
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Laurent Daudelin
G-Books List Nanny

Re: run iTunes from memory stick

lavender...@yahoo.com (ron lavender) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:13:04 UT

Anyone know how to move my itunes songs from a PC to my PowerBook G4? Thanks RL
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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I wouldn't use a USB drive as any means of a permanent backup solution ( like your two iTunes libraries ) though.

Re: I'm not sure how dead my iBook is...

michaelmo...@comcast.net (MikeMoyle) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:53:36 UT

Thanks for the suggestions, all!

None of the various software resets have worked. I was actually
thinking about taking it in to the office tomorrow and starting my
desktop machine in target hard-drive mode and see if that boots the
'book up. (I could do it on the machine that I'm typing this on, but,

Re: iBook G3/800

macker...@yahoo.com (DOUGLAS SELLARS) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:29:20 UT

10.2.4...at least that is the software version I have.

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What version of OS X came installed with the iBook G3/800 ? 10.2 or 10.3 ?

thanks,

Mad Dog

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Re: I'm not sure how dead my iBook is...

ktilfo...@cox.net (Kris Tilford) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:59:12 UT

I agree, I think a damaged reed switch is more likely? It's a simple
mechanism, but hard to get at or repair. The Mac Support Store used to
have replacement reed switches at a reasonable price, but that was a
long time ago.

Re: I'm not sure how dead my iBook is...

jesco...@gmail.com (Jim Scott) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:50:53 UT

Um, sorry, but that's not the sleep switch magnet. It's there to act as a means of keeping the top center of the keyboard from bouncing if a user doesn't use the locking tab in the top center (it has the Num Lock light built into it). The magnet that activates the sleep switch on that model iBook is located on the bottom side of the right palm rest in the upper right corner, just below the bottom right corner of the keyboard. Apple stuck it there with some contact cement, which all these years later doesn't have much sticky power left. It's a 2 x 5 x 11 mm rectangular magnet.

Re: I'm not sure how dead my iBook is...

cnrtechh...@gmail.com (Chance Reecher) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:45:19 UT

No, the lid switch magnet is not under the keyboard, the magnet you
are referring to is simply there to keep the keyboard in place. The
lid switch magnet is inside the case on the far right edge right below
the keyboard. However, the magnetic reed switch in the display bezel
could have been damaged and is making the iBook think it's closed.

Re: I'm not sure how dead my iBook is...

jesco...@gmail.com (Jim Scott) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:43:42 UT

No G3 or G4 iBooks had a separate PRAM battery. Instead, they used the internal battery. Apple advised owners they had about 15-20 seconds to do a battery swap in order to not lose PRAM settings. Seems there's a capacitor that holds a charge long enough to permit this.

Jim Scott

Re: I'm not sure how dead my iBook is...

jesco...@gmail.com (Jim Scott) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:39:34 UT

Excellent point! I've found sleep magnets in 500-900 MHz iBooks everywhere but where Apple glued them at the factory. And in many cases the iBooks were acting very strangely indeed. That glue wasn't very sticky to begin with, and a sharp jolt such as the 10-inch fall could have dislodged the sleep magnet from its position just below the lower right edge of the keyboard opening under the palm rest.

Re: I'm not sure how dead my iBook is...

ktilfo...@cox.net (Kris Tilford) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:37:35 UT

On the iBook 500 MHz the lid switch is magnetic, it's a tiny coin type
magnet on the top of one of the screw holes that's covered by the
keyboard. I don't think it's likely the problem because the magnet
would have to come loose and get out of its hole and be stuck to the
surface to cause the iBook to think the lid was closed all the time.

Re: I'm not sure how dead my iBook is...

carmo...@aol.com — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:36:23 UT

The hd connector may have been dislodged, also if the ibook has a pram batt I would disconnect it and reconnect.
make sure when power adapter and batt are removed that all other devices are also removed. Try the reset function
at this time too.

John

24 kids all named mac

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Re: I'm not sure how dead my iBook is...

gionpet...@comcast.net (Tom and Lisa Peters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:29:01 UT

[snip]

I wonder if the sleep magnet was dislodged (its glued to the
palmrest) into somewhere bad.

Mad Dog