From fwphoto at adelphia.net Tue Jul 10 06:16:28 2007 From: fwphoto at adelphia.net (FWPHOTO) Date: Tue Jul 10 06:16:46 2007 Subject: [Ti] Hinge Repair advice References: <7CCEFE1B-75AC-4077-B237-FF4EE33CD207@mac.com> Message-ID: <009001c7c2f4$86330d90$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> Hi all, I'm going to attempt a hinge repair (left side only) on my 800MHz Titanium using the Glide Kit from RADTECH & then, . . . What? For those who have repaired the hinges themselves, what did you do to stick the broken pieces back together? Epoxy? Specifically what kind? Your technique? Problems you encountered along the way? Did you then use any reinforcement? What & how? How has the repair lasted? I'd really like to put it back into more regular duty. I've been using it almost exclusively on the iCurve stand with a regular keyboard, monitor, etc., but I'd like to be comfortable with it as a (very gently handled! ;-) portable again. TIA, Frank Wiewandt From dfz at mac.com Tue Jul 10 06:48:00 2007 From: dfz at mac.com (Dennis Fazio) Date: Tue Jul 10 06:48:19 2007 Subject: [Ti] Hinge Repair advice In-Reply-To: <009001c7c2f4$86330d90$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> References: <7CCEFE1B-75AC-4077-B237-FF4EE33CD207@mac.com> <009001c7c2f4$86330d90$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> Message-ID: On Jul 10, 2007, at Tue, Jul 10 2007, 8:16 am, FWPHOTO wrote: > I'm going to attempt a hinge repair (left side only) on my 800MHz > Titanium using the Glide Kit from RADTECH & then, . . . > > What? > > For those who have repaired the hinges themselves, what did you do > to stick the broken pieces back together? Epoxy? Specifically what > kind? Your technique? Problems you encountered along the way? The Glide Kits only contain tools to loosen and lubricate a stiff hinge, not to repair anything. If your hinge is just stiff and hard to swing, this will do it and you will need no further repair. If the hinge has any cracks and is still mostly intact, you might get away with loosening and lubricating with the RADTECH kit if you will open/close it infrequently. If it's broken it will need replacement and I recommend you send it out for repair to MacService. The hinge assembly is about $80 from PBParts and the full repair with parts and warranty is $200. If you're really handy and have the time, you could do it yourself. I don't think it's worth the time and risk of damage though. I did try to repair mine (it was cracked and very stiff so that the LCD case was splitting apart. I did manage to loosen it a little (without the RADTECH tool) but in the process of bending it back and forth actually snapped the axel pin so that now the lid only works with one hinge holding the lid. The broken one just holds the display panel in place (which is just fine, actually). I did use Gorilla glue to put everything back together on the broken hinge, reinforcing the LCD halves with a small piece of metal glued to the edge on the corner. Since the hinge carries no stress, it does the job just fine. In the process, though, I damaged the display a bit so that the bottom 1/4" is just solid lines. The rest works OK and its still usable; I just have to put the Dock at the side. There are small fragile cables involved so it's not hard to kill the whole display. That would be expensive. -- Dennis Fazio From fwphoto at adelphia.net Tue Jul 10 07:21:06 2007 From: fwphoto at adelphia.net (FWPHOTO) Date: Tue Jul 10 07:21:28 2007 Subject: [Ti] Hinge Repair advice References: <7CCEFE1B-75AC-4077-B237-FF4EE33CD207@mac.com><009001c7c2f4$86330d90$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> Message-ID: <012f01c7c2fd$8e2e1e50$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> Thanks Dennis, > If it's broken it will need replacement and I recommend you send it out > for repair to MacService. The hinge assembly is about $80 from PBParts > and the full repair with parts and warranty is $200. If you're really > handy and have the time, you could do it yourself. I don't think it's > worth the time and risk of damage though. Yeah, I don't want to replace it myself. Was hoping a "repair" might be good enough. I'm glad to see they can still be replaced, though, & it'd probably be worth every penny of the $200. I wonder how long it would take? > I did try to repair mine . . . Thanks for the first person report on your repair. I think my hinge break is different from yours, though. On my PB it's the piece at the outboard end of the hinge that snapped between it & the LCD panel, that's all. I'm thinking if I can loosen the hinges just a bit to take some of the open/closing strain off the repair & do a good job epoxying the broken piece (maybe figuring out some sort of reinforcement, too) it "might" hold up. I'm hoping someone has had a similar break, repaired it, & can tell me if it all worked out OK. My repair wouldn't involve the LCD panel at all so, I guess if it doesn't work out I could still send it out for the hinge replacement anyway. Might be worth a shot. Take care, Frank From dfz at mac.com Tue Jul 10 07:42:04 2007 From: dfz at mac.com (Dennis Fazio) Date: Tue Jul 10 07:42:18 2007 Subject: [Ti] Hinge Repair advice In-Reply-To: <012f01c7c2fd$8e2e1e50$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> References: <7CCEFE1B-75AC-4077-B237-FF4EE33CD207@mac.com> <009001c7c2f4$86330d90$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> <012f01c7c2fd$8e2e1e50$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> Message-ID: <77D65420-3759-46BB-A092-87F9A3E159FD@mac.com> On Jul 10, 2007, at Tue, Jul 10 2007, 9:21 am, FWPHOTO wrote: > Yeah, I don't want to replace it myself. Was hoping a "repair" > might be good enough. I'm glad to see they can still be replaced, > though, & it'd probably be worth every penny of the $200. I wonder > how long it would take? It would only take them a day or two for the repair. Most of the time is in shipping out and back. They send you a box. You can pay extra for 2nd day or overnight, but I didn't find it worth it for a secondary machine. > I'm thinking if I can loosen the hinges just a bit to take some of > the open/closing strain off the repair & do a good job epoxying the > broken piece (maybe figuring out some sort of reinforcement, too) > it "might" hold up. I'm hoping someone has had a similar break, > repaired it, & can tell me if it all worked out OK. There should be enough friction on the other hinge to hold the lid open for use. That would allow you to loosen the broken hinge with the RADTECH tool so that it just swings freely and has no binding stress. Then the epoxy will have little demand on it and should hold OK for the few times you'll be opening and closing it. -- Dennis Fazio From tarik at opalblue.com Tue Jul 10 08:54:15 2007 From: tarik at opalblue.com (Tarik Bilgin) Date: Tue Jul 10 08:54:37 2007 Subject: [Ti] Problems with the new 802.11n Base Station Message-ID: <003401c7c30a$914e8540$c800000a@blacklotus> I bought one of the new (square) base station units. I've installed the bundled airport software on both my computers. I have it running in g/n mode, and although my Mac Mini G4 has no problems with it, my Powerbook G4 won't see the device at all! Not even running Mac Stumbler can i see the network. Anyone have any ideas? My Powerbook is an Aluminium G4 1.67 with Airport Extreme card. -- Tarik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/titanium/attachments/20070710/e556d309/attachment.html From maccare at gwi.net Tue Jul 10 09:43:17 2007 From: maccare at gwi.net (RALPH LEWIS) Date: Tue Jul 10 09:43:26 2007 Subject: [Ti] Hinge Repair advice In-Reply-To: <012f01c7c2fd$8e2e1e50$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> References: <7CCEFE1B-75AC-4077-B237-FF4EE33CD207@mac.com><009001c7c2f4$86330d90$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> <012f01c7c2fd$8e2e1e50$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> Message-ID: <33722C02-23AD-438D-A717-69708D17E249@gwi.net> > On my PB it's the piece at the outboard end of the hinge that > snapped between it & the LCD panel, that's all. I'm thinking if I > can loosen the hinges just a bit to take some of the open/closing > strain off the repair & do a good job epoxying the broken piece > (maybe figuring out some sort of reinforcement, too) it "might" > hold up. I'm hoping someone has had a similar break, repaired it, & > can tell me if it all worked out OK. > > My repair wouldn't involve the LCD panel at all so, I guess if it > doesn't work out I could still send it out for the hinge > replacement anyway. Might be worth a shot. > > Take care, > > Frank > The only problem is that that part of the hinge is part of the screen cover. It is a major problem to fix. GOOD LUCK! From tarik at opalblue.com Tue Jul 10 10:07:23 2007 From: tarik at opalblue.com (Tarik Bilgin) Date: Tue Jul 10 10:07:43 2007 Subject: [Ti] Problems with the new 802.11n Base Station In-Reply-To: <003401c7c30a$914e8540$c800000a@blacklotus> References: <003401c7c30a$914e8540$c800000a@blacklotus> Message-ID: <6D95A419-2578-49A0-B213-18252EE448F2@opalblue.com> On 10 Jul 2007, at 16:54, Tarik Bilgin wrote: > > Anyone have any ideas? My Powerbook is an Aluminium G4 1.67 with > Airport Extreme card. > Looks like I've solved it. My Powerbook was bought in the US and I understand the regulations there don't allow certain of the higher channels specified within the standard to be used. My UK Base Station was operating on channel 13 by default. Changing this to channel 9 allowed it to be visible to my US Powerbook. -- Tarik From rafe_day at nerdshack.com Tue Jul 10 15:12:54 2007 From: rafe_day at nerdshack.com (Rafe Day) Date: Tue Jul 10 15:13:04 2007 Subject: [Ti] Hinge Repair advice In-Reply-To: <012f01c7c2fd$8e2e1e50$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> Message-ID: Frank: For what it's worth, from your description, it sounds as if I had the same model PB with the same problem. I tried to use the temporary fix you're suggesting and it didn't hold up for very long (although my TiBook gets a lot of use -- I'm on it for a good 10 hours on a slow day and it goes everywhere with me). So I broke down, bought a replacement hinge, and determined to do the job myself. It took me a total of 6 hours of VERY careful work, but the PB Fixit guide was indispensable and made a tedious job tenable. Long story short, it's been working fine for a year and a half now -- although I'm still very careful opening and closing the display. Regards, Rafe > From: "FWPHOTO" > Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's Titanium computers." > > Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:21:06 -0400 > To: "A place to discuss Apple's Titanium computers." > > Subject: Re: [Ti] Hinge Repair advice > > Thanks Dennis, > >> If it's broken it will need replacement and I recommend you send it out >> for repair to MacService. The hinge assembly is about $80 from PBParts >> and the full repair with parts and warranty is $200. If you're really >> handy and have the time, you could do it yourself. I don't think it's >> worth the time and risk of damage though. > > Yeah, I don't want to replace it myself. Was hoping a "repair" might be good > enough. I'm glad to see they can still be replaced, though, & it'd probably > be worth every penny of the $200. I wonder how long it would take? > >> I did try to repair mine . . . > > Thanks for the first person report on your repair. I think my hinge break is > different from yours, though. On my PB it's the piece at the outboard end of > the hinge that snapped between it & the LCD panel, that's all. I'm thinking > if I can loosen the hinges just a bit to take some of the open/closing > strain off the repair & do a good job epoxying the broken piece (maybe > figuring out some sort of reinforcement, too) it "might" hold up. I'm hoping > someone has had a similar break, repaired it, & can tell me if it all worked > out OK. > > My repair wouldn't involve the LCD panel at all so, I guess if it doesn't > work out I could still send it out for the hinge replacement anyway. Might > be worth a shot. > > Take care, > > Frank > > > _______________________________________________ > Titanium mailing list > Titanium@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From wilsonng_gum at yahoo.com Tue Jul 10 20:21:30 2007 From: wilsonng_gum at yahoo.com (Wilson Ng) Date: Tue Jul 10 20:19:28 2007 Subject: [Ti] Re: Need help to ID stolen case In-Reply-To: <20070710142134.98D02106F798@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: I remember Willow Designs closed up shop a long time ago. They made cases for the various Apple laptops.... On 7/11/07 12:21 AM, "titanium-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com" wrote: > > We're been talking the insurance company, and while can identify the > iPods and the computer, I can't remember the name of the case. It was > Westerfield or Waterfield or something like that. I believe they closed up > shop a little bit back, so it it harder to find them on the internet. :-D Wilson - Guam, U.S.A. - - - P L E A S E C U T A L O N G D O T T E D L I N E - - - You can bend my ear We can talk all day Just make sure I'm around When you've finally got something to say. -- TOAD THE WET SPROCKET From rogersnyder at pobox.com Wed Jul 11 10:14:07 2007 From: rogersnyder at pobox.com (Roger Snyder) Date: Wed Jul 11 10:14:23 2007 Subject: [Ti] Re: Need help to ID stolen case In-Reply-To: Message-ID: That's it, much thanks to everyone who offered help and/ or condolences. The funny story (as much as it can be) is they stole the case for the Ti, but left the case for the iBook (which they took). I need to go find another case for the TI now. And my wife would like a new computer for the iBook case, though that will take a while. -Roger On 7/10/07 23:21, "Wilson Ng" wrote: > I remember Willow Designs closed up shop a long time ago. > > > They made cases for the various Apple laptops.... > > > On 7/11/07 12:21 AM, "titanium-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com" > wrote: > >> >> We're been talking the insurance company, and while can identify the >> iPods and the computer, I can't remember the name of the case. It was >> Westerfield or Waterfield or something like that. I believe they closed up >> shop a little bit back, so it it harder to find them on the internet. > > > :-D Wilson - Guam, U.S.A. > > - - - P L E A S E C U T A L O N G D O T T E D L I N E - - - > You can bend my ear > We can talk all day > Just make sure I'm around > When you've finally got something to say. -- TOAD THE WET SPROCKET > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Titanium mailing list > Titanium@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 -- Roger Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about. From fwphoto at adelphia.net Thu Jul 12 20:13:09 2007 From: fwphoto at adelphia.net (FWPHOTO) Date: Thu Jul 12 20:13:28 2007 Subject: [Ti] Hinge Repair advice References: <7CCEFE1B-75AC-4077-B237-FF4EE33CD207@mac.com><009001c7c2f4$86330d90$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06><012f01c7c2fd$8e2e1e50$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> <77D65420-3759-46BB-A092-87F9A3E159FD@mac.com> Message-ID: <026c01c7c4fb$bd5702a0$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> > There should be enough friction on the other hinge to hold the lid open > for use. That would allow you to loosen the broken hinge with the RADTECH > tool so that it just swings freely and has no binding stress. Then the > epoxy will have little demand on it and should hold OK for the few times > you'll be opening and closing it. Well, that's what I'm hoping. I think I'll give it a shot & if it doesn't go so well I'll get the hinge replaced. Take care, Frank From fwphoto at adelphia.net Thu Jul 12 20:20:38 2007 From: fwphoto at adelphia.net (FWPHOTO) Date: Thu Jul 12 20:20:59 2007 Subject: [Ti] Hinge Repair advice References: <7CCEFE1B-75AC-4077-B237-FF4EE33CD207@mac.com><009001c7c2f4$86330d90$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06><012f01c7c2fd$8e2e1e50$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> <33722C02-23AD-438D-A717-69708D17E249@gwi.net> Message-ID: <027101c7c4fc$c92694a0$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> Ralph, >> My repair wouldn't involve the LCD panel at all so, I guess if it >> doesn't work out I could still send it out for the hinge replacement >> anyway. Might be worth a shot. >> > The only problem is that that part of the hinge is part of the screen > cover. It is a major problem to fix. GOOD LUCK! Not sure what you mean. Sure, one part of the broken hinge is up inside the screen casing but all I'm going to do is put epoxy on each side of the break & put them back together. Of course I know it's not quite that simple, but I don't see it as a major problem, either. The only real problem in my mind is whether the repair will stand up to reasonably cautious use after. Take care, Frank From fwphoto at adelphia.net Thu Jul 12 20:24:19 2007 From: fwphoto at adelphia.net (FWPHOTO) Date: Thu Jul 12 20:24:40 2007 Subject: [Ti] Hinge Repair advice References: Message-ID: <027601c7c4fd$4cbf1670$6401a8c0@PCCompaq06> Rafe, > For what it's worth, from your description, it sounds as if I had the same > model PB with the same problem. I tried to use the temporary fix you're > suggesting and it didn't hold up for very long (although my TiBook gets a > lot of use -- I'm on it for a good 10 hours on a slow day and it goes > everywhere with me). So I broke down, bought a replacement hinge, and > determined to do the job myself. It took me a total of 6 hours of VERY > careful work, but the PB Fixit guide was indispensable and made a tedious > job tenable. Long story short, it's been working fine for a year and a > half > now -- although I'm still very careful opening and closing the display. Yeah, I suspect I'll end up having the hinge replaced but since I already have the RADTECH kit I might as well give it a shot! ;-) It's good to see I can get the hinge replaced in any event, though, as I think my PB still has a good bit of life left in it. Thanks, Frank From lhjohns at gmail.com Thu Jul 19 18:32:55 2007 From: lhjohns at gmail.com (Linda) Date: Thu Jul 19 18:33:04 2007 Subject: [Ti] overheating Message-ID: <9e72e3bd0707191832h7158fb2cu55622dfd2c08ed40@mail.gmail.com> My titanium 800mhz laptop seems to last me working online about 5-8 min. before the fan comes on sounding like a B-52 bomber and sucking my battery dry....and then half the time not shutting off. I have the laptop propped up for venting underneath it at about a 10 degree angle....this seems to be getting worse....and I'm needing to replace my battery too...the charge doesn't last long at all!.....Any ideas?....I replaced the harddrive with the superdrive and maxed out the memory, but that's about it. Thanks--Linda -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/titanium/attachments/20070719/8f5f55fe/attachment.html From rbf at psu.edu Thu Jul 19 20:54:59 2007 From: rbf at psu.edu (Bob Fowles) Date: Thu Jul 19 20:55:21 2007 Subject: [Ti] overheating In-Reply-To: <9e72e3bd0707191832h7158fb2cu55622dfd2c08ed40@mail.gmail.com> References: <9e72e3bd0707191832h7158fb2cu55622dfd2c08ed40@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Linda, The fan on my 500Mhz Titanium recently started coming on frequently and I traced it down to MS Word which was taking 50% CPU. A few days before that I had applied the recent iTunes and Quicktime update and also the recent 11.3.6 Office 2004 update which possibly caused this problem. When I quit Word, the fan stops coming on and the CPU drops 50%. You may have an application that is driving the CPU hard. You can use Activity Monitor or start Terminal and issue "top" to see if you have any CPU hogs. Bob Fowles At 6:32 PM -0700 7/19/07, Linda wrote: >My titanium 800mhz laptop seems to last me working online about 5-8 >min. before the fan comes on sounding like a B-52 bomber and sucking >my battery dry....and then half the time not shutting off. I have >the laptop propped up for venting underneath it at about a 10 >degree angle....this seems to be getting worse....and I'm needing to >replace my battery too...the charge doesn't last long at >all!.....Any ideas?....I replaced the harddrive with the superdrive >and maxed out the memory, but that's about it. Thanks--Linda > > From kalirhe at umdnj.edu Fri Jul 20 03:04:22 2007 From: kalirhe at umdnj.edu (Henry Kalir) Date: Fri Jul 20 03:04:54 2007 Subject: [Ti] overheating Message-ID: <98d46f993f0c.993f0c98d46f@umdnj.edu> I needed to replace the battery on both the Ti 800MHz and the Ti 1 GHz. Try that first. Also - make sure the vents are not clogged or obstructed (especially when using the Ti in bed - it's easy to have those openings obstructed by the blanket! I really don't know what the effect of the changes you've made would be, but hopefully they were all installed appropriately without disrupting anything else. Best Henry -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Titanium mailing list Titanium@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium From mac at kapellos.com Mon Jul 23 06:01:47 2007 From: mac at kapellos.com (alexandre) Date: Mon Jul 23 06:02:32 2007 Subject: [Ti] OT - mac & gps Message-ID: hi i'd like to buy a gps device to use while i'm driving but also as a pedestrian. i'll be travelling to hong-kong and japan next month and i was thinking of taking one of theses devices along? do any of the existing devices work in "pedestrian" mode? which manufacturer is mac-friendly? which device would allow me to log my position/time so as to be able to tag my photos? any links are welcome, off-list too? sorry for the off-topic post? alexandre :: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.10 :: :: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.10 :: From fearsome.orange at gmail.com Mon Jul 23 07:08:50 2007 From: fearsome.orange at gmail.com (Jean-Paul Thuot) Date: Mon Jul 23 07:09:01 2007 Subject: [Ti] OT - mac & gps In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <44eba1290707230708o6b5e2828mec110fb293e1b2bb@mail.gmail.com> As a surveyor I've used both Garmin and Magellan handhelds. My suggestion is to just go into a shop and take a look at both. Magellan tends to have larger screens on their handhelds, but the interface is clunkier than Garmins. Overall I prefer Garmin. Whichever you get, make sure you get one that is USB, not Serial. One other option is to get a Palm pilot that has bluetooth, and a GPS unit to go with it. They have bigger screens and you'll have more options in terms of software to go with it. For software on the Mac, take a look at GPSBabel+. Works great with just about any GPS unit you'll buy. Cheers, Jean-Paul On 7/23/07, alexandre wrote: > hi > > i'd like to buy a gps device to use while i'm driving but also as a > pedestrian. i'll be travelling to hong-kong and japan next month and > i was thinking of taking one of theses devices along? > > do any of the existing devices work in "pedestrian" mode? > which manufacturer is mac-friendly? > which device would allow me to log my position/time so as to be able > to tag my photos? > > any links are welcome, off-list too? > > sorry for the off-topic post? > > alexandre > :: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.10 :: > :: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.10 :: > > > > _______________________________________________ > Titanium mailing list > Titanium@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium > From Trilith at insightbb.com Mon Jul 23 07:53:36 2007 From: Trilith at insightbb.com (Ric Stofer) Date: Mon Jul 23 07:53:45 2007 Subject: [Ti] OT - mac & gps In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <133CB65B-9269-4CDD-A3BB-23A5BD72E2E1@insightbb.com> I use a Garmin 660. You need to check on the Hong-Kong, Nippon maps though. Ric On Jul 23, 2007, at 9:01 AM, alexandre wrote: > hi > > i'd like to buy a gps device to use while i'm driving but also as a > pedestrian. i'll be travelling to hong-kong and japan next month > and i was thinking of taking one of theses devices along? > > do any of the existing devices work in "pedestrian" mode? > which manufacturer is mac-friendly? > which device would allow me to log my position/time so as to be > able to tag my photos? > > any links are welcome, off-list too? > > sorry for the off-topic post? > > alexandre > :: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.10 :: > :: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.10 :: > > > > _______________________________________________ > Titanium mailing list > Titanium@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium From mac at kapellos.com Mon Jul 23 08:07:08 2007 From: mac at kapellos.com (alexandre) Date: Mon Jul 23 08:07:13 2007 Subject: [Ti] OT - mac & gps In-Reply-To: <133CB65B-9269-4CDD-A3BB-23A5BD72E2E1@insightbb.com> References: <133CB65B-9269-4CDD-A3BB-23A5BD72E2E1@insightbb.com> Message-ID: <8A9B0226-A68B-492F-AFBD-20B5A6377803@kapellos.com> On 23 juil. 07, at 16:53, Ric Stofer wrote: > I use a Garmin 660. You need to check on the Hong-Kong, Nippon maps > though. > Ric yes, concerning tomtom, i've moticed you can't buy map of japan on tomtom.com? any reasons? alexandre :: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.10 :: :: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.10 :: From jwegriffin at mac.com Mon Jul 23 08:37:02 2007 From: jwegriffin at mac.com (John Griffin) Date: Mon Jul 23 08:38:03 2007 Subject: [Ti] OT - mac & gps In-Reply-To: <44eba1290707230708o6b5e2828mec110fb293e1b2bb@mail.gmail.com> References: <44eba1290707230708o6b5e2828mec110fb293e1b2bb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I have a Garmin Nuvi 650 for driving and for walking (it has settings for both). It has a wide, bright screen and works really well IMHO. For a $100 or so more you can get a Nuvi 660 that can handle hands- free Bluetooth phones (Cell phones are something I have decided to stay away from and try to keep my brain cells intact). These Nuvis have SD card slots that you can upload music and pictures to (it has a music player and photo display). You can also upload POI. special interest data and maps to the card. Also you can use a traffic FM unit that for a monthly fee will direct you away from traffic problems. For hiking I use a Garmin eTrex Vista handheld. This little sucker is a very powerful unit that keeps track of where you are, where you have been and where you need to go. But to use trail maps, you need something like RouteBuddy or MacGPS to work with your unit. It is a serial unit so you need a Keyspan USB/Serial adaptor, and unless you have BootCamp and Windows installed on your computer, you will find it quite frustrating to to get data in and out of it. If I was starting over, I would ditch the eTrex Vista and get one of the newer eTrex colour units with a USB interface and an SD card slot. jg On 23-Jul-07, at 10:08 AM, Jean-Paul Thuot wrote: > As a surveyor I've used both Garmin and Magellan handhelds. My > suggestion is to just go into a shop and take a look at both. > Magellan tends to have larger screens on their handhelds, but the > interface is clunkier than Garmins. Overall I prefer Garmin. > > Whichever you get, make sure you get one that is USB, not Serial. > > One other option is to get a Palm pilot that has bluetooth, and a GPS > unit to go with it. They have bigger screens and you'll have more > options in terms of software to go with it. > > For software on the Mac, take a look at GPSBabel+. Works great with > just about any GPS unit you'll buy. > > Cheers, > > Jean-Paul > > On 7/23/07, alexandre wrote: >> hi >> >> i'd like to buy a gps device to use while i'm driving but also as a >> pedestrian. i'll be travelling to hong-kong and japan next month and >> i was thinking of taking one of theses devices along? >> >> do any of the existing devices work in "pedestrian" mode? >> which manufacturer is mac-friendly? >> which device would allow me to log my position/time so as to be able >> to tag my photos? >> >> any links are welcome, off-list too? >> >> sorry for the off-topic post? >> >> alexandre >> :: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.10 :: >> :: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.10 :: >> From cramp at xs4all.nl Tue Jul 24 10:08:55 2007 From: cramp at xs4all.nl (ryan) Date: Tue Jul 24 10:09:14 2007 Subject: [Ti] os9 installs for 1Gig Message-ID: Hope this isn't redundant, or too irritating to those os X users who will never understand why, Shure I love osX, but i really need a bootable os 9 install (not Classic) for a 1Gig Ti G4 Powerbook. i have music software i wrote that will only run under os 9 and bought the 1Gig as the last, fastest portable machine for that purpose. but didn't get any original disks with the machine. After clean installing os X 10.4, , I found I cant install os 9 from any of my sources disks. Developers versions of os9 at our studio are all apparently too old for this particular machine which i according to Apple Support accepts only the original installers or universal os 9 releases later than 2003 if anyone has any idea how to get ahold of this os9 install disk please let me know so far I have only located one in German but I would prefer to run an English copy. Joel Ryan -=-=-==------==-=--------=-=-------------=------------------ Joel Ryan :: STEIM :: Institute of Sonology http://www.xs4all.nl/~jr http://www.theforsythecompany.de http://www.steim.org -- =-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-= Ryan cramp@xs4all.nl =-=-=-=-=- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/titanium/attachments/20070724/3d6d57da/attachment.html From mac at kapellos.com Wed Jul 25 05:27:27 2007 From: mac at kapellos.com (alexandre) Date: Wed Jul 25 05:28:05 2007 Subject: [Ti] OT - mac & gps In-Reply-To: References: <44eba1290707230708o6b5e2828mec110fb293e1b2bb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: after a little research: both tomtom and garmin devices have a "pedestrian" mode. tomtom is more mac-friendly tomtom devices (one and one xl) have poor battery life, around 2h. not good when you're walking around since neither tomtom nor garmin provide useable maps of japan (where i will be driving in august) i will be postponing the acquisition of a gps device until my next big road trip. thanks to all who helped, alexandre :: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.10 :: :: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.10 :: From dfz at mac.com Wed Jul 25 08:43:29 2007 From: dfz at mac.com (Dennis Fazio) Date: Wed Jul 25 08:43:33 2007 Subject: [Ti] os9 installs for 1Gig Message-ID: <941D22EB-4AEE-4BB5-BE40-D25F60396D53@mac.com> On Jul 24, 2007, at Tue, Jul 24 2007, 1:08 pm, ryan wrote: > if anyone has any idea how to get ahold of this os9 install disk > please let me know I don't know if OS 9 is available for download on Apple's web site (probably not), but I believe it was available on Jaguar and/or Panther install disks. If you can get one of those, you should be able to get an OS9 installation. -- Dennis Fazio From mikemmac at gmail.com Wed Jul 25 09:15:02 2007 From: mikemmac at gmail.com (mike mac) Date: Wed Jul 25 08:58:36 2007 Subject: [Ti] os9 installs for 1Gig In-Reply-To: <941D22EB-4AEE-4BB5-BE40-D25F60396D53@mac.com> References: <941D22EB-4AEE-4BB5-BE40-D25F60396D53@mac.com> Message-ID: <46A77706.7080907@gmail.com> I have a disk that is PowerBook G4 Mac OS 9 install (gray back with white copy) OS version 9.2.1 Dennis Fazio wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2007, at Tue, Jul 24 2007, 1:08 pm, ryan wrote: > >> if anyone has any idea how to get ahold of this os9 install disk >> please let me know > > I don't know if OS 9 is available for download on Apple's web site > (probably not), but I believe it was available on Jaguar and/or > Panther install disks. If you can get one of those, you should be able > to get an OS9 installation. > From jwegriffin at mac.com Wed Jul 25 16:10:26 2007 From: jwegriffin at mac.com (John Griffin) Date: Wed Jul 25 16:10:28 2007 Subject: [Ti] OT - mac & gps In-Reply-To: References: <44eba1290707230708o6b5e2828mec110fb293e1b2bb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Have you looked at: http://www011.upp.so-net.ne.jp/mametaro/index-e.html Actually, if you enter "gps japan maps" in the Google search field you will find quite a few hits. Enter "Garmin" or "Tom Tom" as well, you could cut down the link list considerably. The reason I got a Garmin over the Tom Tom is that the Garmin built- in maps have much more detail when it comes to rural roads and trails. They also seem to have a more up-to-date list of POIs. Good Luck... jg On 25-Jul-07, at 8:27 AM, alexandre wrote: > after a little research: > > both tomtom and garmin devices have a "pedestrian" mode. > tomtom is more mac-friendly > tomtom devices (one and one xl) have poor battery life, around 2h. > not good when you're walking around > > since neither tomtom nor garmin provide useable maps of japan > (where i will be driving in august) i will be postponing the > acquisition of a gps device until my next big road trip. > > thanks to all who helped, > > alexandre > :: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.10 :: > :: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.10 :: > > > > _______________________________________________ > Titanium mailing list > Titanium@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium From rbf at psu.edu Wed Jul 25 16:20:29 2007 From: rbf at psu.edu (Bob Fowles) Date: Wed Jul 25 16:20:46 2007 Subject: [Ti] MS Word 2004 using excessive processor time (CPU) Message-ID: I alluded to this problem under the thread Overheating. Environment: 500Mhz Powerbook 10.4.10 I first noticed MS Word 2004 using excessive processor time a few days after I applied the latest iTunes and Quicktime 7.2 update (7/14) and the Microsoft update 11.3.6 (7/13). Prior to that I upgraded to 10.4.10 (6/21) from 10.4.9 but the problem occurred after the previously mentioned updates. These are the only system changes I am aware of before the problem occurred. After those changes, the fan started coming on more frequently, and Unix top and Activity Monitor showed that Word was always using 50% even when NO files were open. When I quit Word, CPU usage decreases by 50%. When I start it, CPU usage increases by 50%. My temporary circumvention is to quit Word immediately after using it. I used to always run with Word as an active application. There are many posts in the Apple forum about people having problems with the QT 7.2 update. Some have managed to go back to 7.1.6 to eliminate the problem but it is not a simple task. If you haven't applied that update, you might want to wait a bit. Bob Fowles From mac at kapellos.com Thu Jul 26 05:17:01 2007 From: mac at kapellos.com (alexandre) Date: Thu Jul 26 05:17:43 2007 Subject: [Ti] OT - mac & gps In-Reply-To: References: <44eba1290707230708o6b5e2828mec110fb293e1b2bb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: thank you john for the link, but there's no way of seeing what the maps look like. i'm new to gps so i need more details! ;-) http://uud.info/en/navi/ provides a good and "useable" map, but then i read the limitations: > ** WARNING ** > > 1.A route generated with this Software does not contain any road > restriction such as one-way road. This Software is recreational > purpose only, and not a replacement of the car navigation system. > 2.You are responsible for the vehicle. You may be in danger when > you simply follow the route and may violate traffic rules. Always > drive safely and follow traffic rules. Do not use the automatic > routing and navigation feature if you do not understand this > limitation. sorry, i'm not spending money on this product! alexandre :: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.10 :: :: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.10 :: On 26 juil. 07, at 01:10, John Griffin wrote: > Have you looked at: > > http://www011.upp.so-net.ne.jp/mametaro/index-e.html > > Actually, if you enter "gps japan maps" in the Google search field > you will find quite a few hits. Enter "Garmin" or "Tom Tom" as > well, you could cut down the link list considerably. > > The reason I got a Garmin over the Tom Tom is that the Garmin built- > in maps have much more detail when it comes to rural roads and > trails. They also seem to have a more up-to-date list of POIs. > > Good Luck... > > jg > From tyreeford at comcast.net Tue Jul 31 02:30:21 2007 From: tyreeford at comcast.net (Ty Ford) Date: Tue Jul 31 02:30:30 2007 Subject: [Ti] Weird screen off problem Message-ID: <46AF012D.9000801@comcast.net> Months after having my hinges fixed. My Ti book 800MHz now has some weird mechanicval situation where the screen goes dark and the little white light at the bottom of the screen lights up. If I press the space bar the G4 lights back up again. The menus shows the reconnection of my airport and an attacched Firewire drive burps as well. There appears to be a mechanical issue somewhere in the upper right corner of the keyboard area. I can get the G4 to "turn off" sometimes by pressing down near the On/Off switch or right speaker. Sometimes it's fine. Sometimes it's exceptionally finnicky. Any one have a clue what connection might be loose and how to tighten it. Regards, Ty -- Audio Equipment Reviews and Production Services Acting and Voiceover Demos http://www.tyford.com Guitar player: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RZJ9MptZmU Subscribe to the music produced here at http://tinyurl.com/2tknqg From mail at simonroyal.co.uk Tue Jul 31 03:47:12 2007 From: mail at simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) Date: Tue Jul 31 03:47:39 2007 Subject: [Ti] 550Mhz Logic Board Message-ID: Hi I didn't get the 500Mhz logic board upgrade on eBay I was after last week. However, I have spotted a 550Mhz logic board also on eBay and have a few questions if anyone can answer them. My PowerBook is a 400Mhz G4 with 100Mhz system bus. It came in 400Mhz and 500Mhz models and you could put the logic board from a 500Mhz into a 400Mhz and it would work. Nine months later, Apple brought out a second range a 550Mhz and 667Mhz model. Both had gigabyte ethernet and 16mb AGP 4x graphics card (the original TiBook only had 10/100 ethernet and 8mb AGP graphics card). From looking at the logic board of the 550Mhz it looks exactly the same, all the ports and connectors and casing looks the same, unless anyone knows any different. The 550Mhz featured a 100Mhz bus but the 667 had a 133Mhz bus. So my question is, can I put a 550Mhz logic board into my 400Mhz machine? If not why not? Simon Royal -- computer advice, repairs, upgrades and support, hardware and software, Mac & PC -- www.simonroyal.co.uk -- the box says requires Windows 2000 or better, so I bought a Mac -- there are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/titanium/attachments/20070731/3725d909/attachment-0001.html From malcolm at fireflyuk.net Tue Jul 31 04:06:11 2007 From: malcolm at fireflyuk.net (Malcolm Cornelius) Date: Tue Jul 31 04:06:38 2007 Subject: [Ti] 550Mhz Logic Board In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > From looking at the logic board of the 550Mhz it looks exactly the > same, all the ports and connectors and casing looks the same, > unless anyone knows any different. The 550Mhz featured a 100Mhz bus > but the 667 had a 133Mhz bus. > > So my question is, can I put a 550Mhz logic board into my 400Mhz > machine? If not why not? You would need more than just the logic board. IIRC the keyboard connector changed, I would assume the heat sink did as well.. Locations of connectors for e.g. trackpad, optical drive etc. may have changed as well. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk From malcolm at fireflyuk.net Tue Jul 31 04:19:45 2007 From: malcolm at fireflyuk.net (Malcolm Cornelius) Date: Tue Jul 31 04:19:56 2007 Subject: [Ti] Weird screen off problem In-Reply-To: <46AF012D.9000801@comcast.net> References: <46AF012D.9000801@comcast.net> Message-ID: <66F065DE-4AE8-46B1-BCF6-D33E63FBB510@fireflyuk.net> On 31 Jul 2007, at 10:30, Ty Ford wrote: > Months after having my hinges fixed. My Ti book 800MHz now has some > weird mechanicval situation where the screen goes dark and the > little white light at the bottom of the screen lights up. > > If I press the space bar the G4 lights back up again. The menus > shows the reconnection of my airport and an attacched Firewire > drive burps as well. Er, isn't that just it going to sleep ? -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk From kshook at cae.wisc.edu Tue Jul 31 06:17:10 2007 From: kshook at cae.wisc.edu (Kynan Shook) Date: Tue Jul 31 06:17:45 2007 Subject: [Ti] 550Mhz Logic Board In-Reply-To: <20070731104745.B189411DBAE3@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20070731104745.B189411DBAE3@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <6812098A-7134-4CE7-BF74-C7A3B94842E9@cae.wisc.edu> Simon Royal writes: > So my question is, can I put a 550Mhz logic board into my 400Mhz > machine? If not why not? It's been a long time since I've dealt with these, but I'm 99.9% sure they are incompatible. One reason that occurs is that the DVD drive is different; the 550/667 drive was smaller, and I think with a different connector. Kynan From dfz at mac.com Tue Jul 31 08:49:19 2007 From: dfz at mac.com (Dennis Fazio) Date: Tue Jul 31 08:49:50 2007 Subject: [Ti] 550Mhz Logic Board In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3455B939-CE6E-4289-85CE-35E81E76CF28@mac.com> On Jul 31, 2007, at Tue, Jul 31 2007, 5:47 am, Simon Royal wrote: > I didn't get the 500Mhz logic board upgrade on eBay I was after > last week. However, I have spotted a 550Mhz logic board also on > eBay and have a few questions if anyone can answer them. > > [...] > So my question is, can I put a 550Mhz logic board into my 400Mhz > machine? If not why not? I think there were some design changes that would preclude such a substitution, though they look alike. XCelerate your Mac might have some info on what upgrades are possible for your PowerBook. The only other thing I would mention is that purchasing logic boards from private parties on eBay without warranty and the ability to return it no questions asked is high risk (unless it's pretty cheap and you're willing to suffer the loss of the purchase price or go through the hassle of getting your money back). I purchased a TiBook logic board via eBay and it didn't work when I got it installed. I had to have it repaired at extra expense. -- Dennis Fazio From tyreeford at comcast.net Tue Jul 31 15:05:17 2007 From: tyreeford at comcast.net (Ty Ford) Date: Tue Jul 31 15:05:26 2007 Subject: [Ti] Weird screen off problem In-Reply-To: <66F065DE-4AE8-46B1-BCF6-D33E63FBB510@fireflyuk.net> References: <46AF012D.9000801@comcast.net> <66F065DE-4AE8-46B1-BCF6-D33E63FBB510@fireflyuk.net> Message-ID: <46AFB21D.20404@comcast.net> Malcolm Cornelius wrote: > > On 31 Jul 2007, at 10:30, Ty Ford wrote: > >> Months after having my hinges fixed. My Ti book 800MHz now has some >> weird mechanicval situation where the screen goes dark and the >> little white light at the bottom of the screen lights up. >> >> If I press the space bar the G4 lights back up again. The menus >> shows the reconnection of my airport and an attacched Firewire drive >> burps as well. > > > Er, isn't that just it going to sleep ? > not when it happens erratically when you touch the upper right quadrant of the case. Ty Ford -- Audio Equipment Reviews and Production Services Acting and Voiceover Demos http://www.tyford.com Guitar player: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RZJ9MptZmU Subscribe to the music produced here at http://tinyurl.com/2tknqg