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    how to check mac restore discs for right version

    Is there someway to check to see if the gray restore discs are the right ones for your mac ? I have a used computer shop that has quite a few of them.
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    boot option screen picture of lock ? EFI password?

    Well if you ever seen me post about all the cracked screens like the ibooks and this macbook I get alot of them school district surplus. I think you may remeber me asking you alot of questions about ibooks with cracked screens. Well I got a macbook with cracked screen. The thing is this I did a...
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    boot option screen picture of lock ? EFI password?

    saw a picture of a lock would'nt let me select anything from the boot option menu had a arrow but would'nt work. Could this be because it's the wrong the restore dvds for the macbook I have I purchased 2 from a puter shop it said macbook for tiger I have one of the early macbooks so i figured...
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    Keyboard shortcut for boot option menu ???

    LOL thanks. I know that I've done that I wanted to select which one to boot into without using the mouse is what I wanted to know cause of the screen. I've since took it apart and took loose the display on the lappie screen and go direct. Another question I had was when I get to the boot option...
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    Keyboard shortcut for boot option menu ???

    I have a cracked screen on a early macbook. I want to use the correct restore discs to reinstall fresh I do not have a way to use a external drive or firewire. I cannot get the the display to recoginize the installer i have usb keyboard and mouse it will work fine if I'm trying not to use...
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    Mac os snow leopard run slow on macbook?

    Thank you guys! My next question is what brand of ram is best in your opinions for the early macbooks?
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    Mac os snow leopard run slow on macbook?

    I've hear that it's best to have equal parts of ram in macbooks my max for this early macbook is 3 i think it will read like 3.33 so i'm told. My question is how much will the ram effect my macbook running 1gb and 2gb on the other side,I've also heard that putting 2x2gb can make a macbook...
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    Mac os snow leopard run slow on macbook?

    thanks i know max rum is always good. I read somewhere that snow leopard was really built for macbook pros that's why I asked
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    Mac os snow leopard run slow on macbook?

    I had a question about os snow leopard. I'm running a macbook 2.0 tiger but thinking about snow leopard instead of leopard. Is snow leopard geared more for macbook pros also i'm temp. running with 1gb memory would I notice a difference in the way it operates versus just 10.5 leopard?
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    Apple MacBook 13" white does not start

    try starting using the shift key for in safe mode , then try a pram reset ... maybe you've already done this??
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    Need help with i book

    I hope it works kernal panic is a hardware issue and could mean the hardware that's bad is the motherboard. I'm not shure if diskwarrior 4 would work in that condition but it's used to check stuff like that good luck again.
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    Need help with i book

    well really i'm not shure if it will boot cause your having a kernal panic but mine did with the panther cd it just would'nt locate the hard drive . No ibook will ever boot off usb I wish it did. the best bet is to start with the install cd of panther and see what happens .
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    Need help with i book

    ibooks don't boot off usb. You have plenty of ram for tiger. I would get a copy of panther somehow and drop that sucker in and hold the c key but kernal panics i've been told are hardware issues. I have the same ibook and few others and when the hard drive went out I could still boot from system...
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    Need help with i book

    well i forgot to mention you may have the specs under the keyboard at the top on a sticker if not the model number is on the bottom of the case at the top www.everymac.com will give you the specs of the machine. panther requires i think only 128mg of memory while tiger takes 256 and not shure...
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    Need help with i book

    well i think normally if you stick a dvd in a cd rom only machine it spits it out. Your gonna only be able to install panther or lower on it if it's cd if you want something better like tiger or leopard you going to need to do that firewire from a external hard drive or another mac but kernal...
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    ibook flashing folder then boot?

    is it true my macbook 2.0Ghz will only read 3gb out if I installed 4 gb ?
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    ibook flashing folder then boot?

    awesome fixed! runs like a champ. one question though. do you really have 14gb of ram in your mac pro?
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    ibook flashing folder then boot?

    I have an ibook that boots up first to the flashing folder with the question mark then quickly loads to apple screen , then into the os x. This just started happening but I've never seen it before is this a bad sign?
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    macbook fake screen

    no it's open it's just that everyone was telling me i had to use a external keyboard and mouse with the lid closed.
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    macbook fake screen

    ok but is it ok to use the keyboard and mouse on the laptop and not a external one with the screen open and black like it is. Everything is working on the external monitor.
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