August 24, 2006
Apple issues Battery Recall
Apple and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Thursday announced a recall of 1.1 million battery packs made for Apple’s PowerBook and iBook battery packs. Information on the recall has been posted to the CPSC’s Web site. Users who have batteries affected by this recall are entitled to a replacement battery, free of charge. Instructions are available on Apple’s Web site.
Apple follows Dell in recalling the laptop computer batteries, which were manufactured using battery cells made by Sony Energy Devices of Japan. “These lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers,� said the CPSC in a statement. Dell has recalled more than 4 million Sony-made battery packs.
It is important that Macintosh Powerbook and iBook users follow the instructions provided at Apple's page on this issue and determine if there batteries are affected. Users are instructed to remove affected batteries from their computers and use them with AC adapters until replacements are sent.
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August 22, 2006
Firewire Target Mode via Command Line
To set a machine to boot into Firewire Target mode for one boot only, run: sudo nvram boot-command='set-defaults target-mode'
From Matt Rosenberg via the MacEnterprise Mailing List.
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July 31, 2006
15-inch MacBook Pro Battery Exchange Program
"Apple has initiated a worldwide battery exchange program for certain rechargeable batteries that were sold for use with 15-inch MacBook Pro computer systems from February 2006 through May 2006."
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January 13, 2006
Garmin GPS Products For Mac OS X
According to MacSlash, Garmin has announced that it will be making its GPS units compatible with OS X 10.4.
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Garmin GPS Products For Mac OS X
According to MacSlash, Garmin has announced that it will be making its GPS units compatible with OS X 10.4.
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