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    Upgrade or Buy New Mac?

    I'm still rockin' a G4 Ibook in daily use.max out your ram,upgrade to 10.5.8 switch to 10-4 fox or the newest Camino browser and you'll be good to go for another year or two!
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    Macintosh Powerbook 5300c Questions

    Batteries are available from www.welovemacs.com. They list for 69.95.
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    Sims 3 won't install onto Macbook.

    Bad disk ? maybe a faulty optical drive? Your Mac is still under warranty so I'd take it to the Apple store. As for the disk, see if it works on another Mac. If not maybe you can return it.
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    iTunes for OS 10.3.9?

    Tony F; Leave YOUR attitude at the door please. It was not your question to begin with. if anybody should be upset it would be the OP. The only "qualification" that you have is that you are a rude jerk yourself !
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    download when script editor wont open

    A file with the exe. extension is a Windows ONLY file and cannot be opened natively on a Mac. However with a 3rd party app it can be done.Go to this site http://echoone.com/filejuicer/formats/exe for a detailed explanation.
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    sound

    Would be a great help if we knew what model Mac it is and where exactly is this red light flashing at.
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    How can I get rid of favicon in Firefox toolbar?

    In Firefox open, view> toolbars> customize.Bottom left hand corner you will see a box that allows you to display favicons with text,or text only or reduce size of toolbar. That should take care of your problem !
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    Update/upgrade Power Mac G5

    First off the newest version of OSX you can run is 10.5.8 due to your machine being a PPC,not intel and never can be. As far as upgrading, I would definitely upgrade the ram. Yours is a early 2005 model and will support up to 4 GB. of ram.You can upgrade the HD and video card as well. The big...
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    HELP !! need advice.

    I do this quite a bit,it's no problem. Go to Macupdate,com and look for a program called "BURN". It's freeware and a good little disc burning app. Just open it up and in the upper right corner you'll see a widow listing different formats. Select ,PC(joliet) and do your burn! Of course if you...
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    imac 5521

    The flashing question mark means that the Imac can't see the HD or there is no OS installed. You'll need to find a install disk which in your case would be OS 9.04. It will be hard to find the disk nowadays but you can try EBay or Amazon. If you can't find the original install disk, the retail...
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    Upgrade OS

    OSX 10.4 will run well on your IBook. However you will be limited as to any new programs you'll be able to install. The newer versions of ITunes,IPhoto.ILife will not run on 10.4 also most newer browsers will not run on it as well although you can use the newest versions of TenFourFox or Camino...
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    Upgrade OS

    I would go with 10.5.8,which is the highest OS that your IBook will support although you'll have to go to third party sellers to find a new copy,Last I looked, Amazon had some new for $139 ! A note about Firefox. For the G series of PPC's you might want to try TenFourFox as your browser. They...
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    My hard drive is locked?

    Since you have a TM backup at this point I would erase the disk on the MBP and reinstall your OS from the proper install disk. Or you might use your disk utilities to repair permissions on the MBP drive and see if that works.
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    My hard drive is locked?

    If you can start your MBP using target disk mode see if the drive is visible If it can't be seen,looks like the drive could be on the way out.
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    My hard drive is locked?

    Go to the finder click, on your hard drive icon and click info,see if you have read write permissions enabled for your log in.
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    Mac hdd named Untitled read write permissions

    I get that icon every time I install a new app. It goes away and turns into the proper icon the first time I start the app from the folder, not the dock. OSX 10.5.8,G4 IBook.
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    Macbook Pro shutting off at 5% battery life

    My question is why do you need to run it down to 5% ? If you are doing this to maintain battery life it's redundant as your recalibrating externally every month or so. If your having problems at 5% why not change at 10% ! Also remember that the battery figures at best are an approximation and...
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    Whoisconnected - Can Someone Please Help Me?

    What you have there are apps that will call home or are listening for instructions such as Date & Time (Apple time server) My browser is showing 8 different address's right now which are the servers for this webpage, but it's nothing to worry about. For an idea of how much your apps call...
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    Upgrading hard drive

    You might want to head over to www.subrosasoft.com to check out CopyCat X and see if it will do the job for you. Might want to take note that it is a $59.99 commercial app.
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    iCloud

    Somehow I just know that stashing music in the cloud will be a problem.First off, I'll have to upgrade all my equipment to handle Lion and second I'm like the OP. Third,when Icloud goes up it will most likely be a hackers no.1 target and I don't want to be part of that. I like to control backups...
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