Official Apple Thread

[Nomi]

Alright, I've got a Macbook Core Duo under Apple Care, approaching its second year, and the battery is a gigantic piece of crap at this point. It shuts down at 87%, 52%... Doesn't matter. I have tried to let it completely discharge and recharge but I cannot ever get it down to low percentages. System profiler says 157 power cycles, fair condition.

Am I covered for a replacement? I'm not close to an Apple Store so I don't want to make the drive if they're going to tell me to just buy a new battery.

[bbobb]

You're probably covered even without Apple Care. Check your version number, it's probably one of the defective ones. Just call up Apple about it.

I got my replaced a few months ago out of warranty and without Apple Care because it was one of the defective models.

[Nomi]

Okay, back to my older G4 iMac (lamp style). I have tried a new HD (since I knew the original died) but we're not sure if it works. The factory RAM was suspected dead, so I removed it and added user slot RAM that is confirmed good.

It won't boot from the install disc (this is a Macbook install disc, if that matters). Error screens enclosed.

[kedawa]

Doesn't the G4 iMac have another, harder to get at, RAM slot? It could be that RAM that is causing it.

[Nomi]

Yeah, that's the factory RAM, I removed it. Apparently I'm an idiot for using my Macbook install disc, since it won't work with this. I can't fix anything else until I get an older boot disc. Oops.

[Grave]

Yeah, that's the factory RAM, I removed it. Apparently I'm an idiot for using my Macbook install disc, since it won't work with this. I can't fix anything else until I get an older boot disc. Oops.

Yeah, fuck them for giving you halfassed machine-specific recovery discs with your expensive machines. Back when I got my MacBook Pro, you couldn't even buy a version of OS X with Intel support outside of your recovery discs, and I was trapped out of the state without mine and couldn't find any to borrow. Strangely enough, Windows Vista worked without a problem.

[Nomi]

well, I got ahold of a 10.2 disc 1 and figures everything out. The factory RAM was bad, and so was the HD. Popped in a new HD, format, bam. Machines works like a charm now. Thanks for the RAM tip guys, I wouldn't have figured that one out myself.

And Grave, I'm not mad about the specific install disc thing, given that this is an OLD G4 machine and 10.5 isn't even officially supported for it. I just wanted to see if the Macbook disc had Disc Utility on it. I would have needed an older OS disc eventually, anyway.

[B-Ri]

anyone suggest any good FTP programs?

[Jason]

we use Cyberduck for FTPing at my job... that's about the extent of my knowledge, seems to work well.

Can somebody explain to me the advantage of running Windows applications on Macs... is it just to utilize the Unix based OS? (if that). I've always just dealt with strictly mac apps/operating systems when using macs.

[K3V]

Transmit is good.