Canon have finally released drives for Snow Leopard for their Image runner printers!!!
For some reason they are not available on the Australian Canon site, but you can download them from here. The file is called CanonPPD_v2.80.zip and it contains the drivers for all the Image Runner printers. Read on for how to install. Continue reading »
Nov 02
Apr 01
So your old laptop is a bit long in the tooth – working well but the hard disk space is all used up.
Here’s a few ways to get some extra space.
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Jan 14
All macs that have a built in display also have a ‘video out’ port. It will look like one of these:
Apr 20
When your computer is running a little bit slowly, how can you tell if getting more memory will help you? Here is a simple way to check whether all the memory you have in your computer is being used. Continue reading »
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G4 ibook motherboard fault.
Apparently there is a problem with some G4 ibooks. It can appear after a year or so in some machines. After being on for a few minutes, they get a blank black screen, the fan turns on, and the computer freezes. This article describes the problem and how to fix it.
Mar 26
This is the results of a survey I conducted over a year to see what different models of the G4 ibook are affected by the logicboard fault.
In this article I described the fix for the G4 motherboard fault, but it seems from the comments that more models are affected than what I described there.
SYMPTOMS:
- After being on for a few minutes, your ibook gets a blank black screen, the fan turns on, and the computer freezes.
- You can’t do anything at all except power down the computer by holding the power button.
- You restart and it doesn’t boot up.
- You squeeze the bottom of the computer tightly together just to the left of the trackpad, and it boots up.
- It tends to boot up when it is cold, but then stops working when it warms up.
Still unsure? Read more about the symptoms here and here.
Here are the results of a survey regarding the affected models:
Mar 09
With so many different battery types, how do you know whether to recharge them or flatten them every time you use them, and does it matter?
It does matter. Some batteries can be damaged if you use them wrongly, others have a reduced life. Here’s a quick guide.
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Feb 12
If you’ve got an Aluminium Powerbook, they are a great machine, my personal favourite laptop, but after a few years the hinge can get a little loose. Thankfully this is not like the old Titanium powerbooks where the hinge was broken, it is just a matter of a few screws that need to be tightened! Here’s how to do it.
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