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Weird, I noticed when the Powerbook is running on battery the firewire devices don't make that noise. When power adapter is plugged in, the noise reappeared.

Thanks for the advice! Yes, the DVI to VGA adapter works. I can get one screw to tighten, but then the adapter will be slanted and the other side pops out. I tried to push the adapter in as far as I could to tighten both screws but it seems like the screws are too short to "reach" the screw...

Problem is, my external firewire enclosure is making that same noise too but not as loud.

I made sure the adapter is plugged way in, but I can't tighten the screws to the Powerbook. Is it just me? I looked at the pins on the adapter and there's 1 pin that seems to be shorter than the others, will this be the cause? Geez...it's only the first time I've tried using the adapter and it's...

Any ideas what may be wrong here? Should I stop thinking about the strange noise, move on, and do something when it actually breaks/doesn't work?

When I plug in the memory card reader into my PowerBook's built-in firewire port, the device emits this high pitched buzzing noise. I thought the reader was defective, so I had it replaced and now on my second one and it's still making that same noise. It's to the point where I can't have the...

I have a 60GB secondary drive in my PC that is never being used and I'd like to swap it out to fit inside a firewire/USB 2.0 enclosure to use as a backup drive for my Powerbook. Most likely I'm just going to use it for my Mac only and if I really want to transfer some stuff from the PC to this...

This would be exactly what I'm looking for, except it doesn't seem to work in 10.3.3. Instruction says, "To compute a folder just drag the folder and drop it over the red “DROP” ball icon". When I try to drop a folder, it says, "Wrong Object".

Darn, I guess I'm still in the PC age where selecting "Properties" would show all that information. There's a lot I still need to get used to after the switch (10 months ago). I found this page: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020410125219343 Apparently there's a program...

As title, is there a way to find out the number of files/subfolders in a directory? I've done a "Get Info" in Finder but it only shows me the Kind, Size, Where, Created, and Modified. Thanks! --- Mac OS X 10.3.3

Just read this piece of information and wondering what you guys think... "This [the Terminal line that Apple provided] will potentally speed up your computer's boot up proccess... but when 10.3.3 comes up, you may have to archive and install 10.3 and do the combo update. Again, don't do this...

Which is preferred? To copy or link the file/folder? Would this procedure cause complications to future OS updates? http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20031229075054179

Thanks for the info. Did Apple intentionally slow down the startup time for a reason? Or is it a bug?

Has anyone been following up the post at apple.com regarding the startup time after installing 10.3.2? http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?14@113.8uJcaHJ9tw2.0@.599dfee8 There's a recent post of a fix and wondering if anyone has tried it and does this line in Terminal actually do any harm...