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PowerBook 150 and loose screws

Reader Albrecht reports that, when he turned on his PowerBook 150 the other day, it seemed to start up fine except that the display did not appear. Opening up the case to see what was going on, he discovered that some screws from the keyboard assembly had loosened and fallen out on to the logic board. Theses screws had apparently shorted out one of the chips on the board. He claims that, after much conversation back and forth, Apple Customer Relations in Canada eventually admitted responsibility and offered a free logic board replacement. A local dealer in his area further … Read more

TDK Global Class 2814 APB PC Card modem: software fails to recognize PC Card slot in some cases

Reader Daniel found that the TDK modem's Country Selector software did not recognize the modem in the PC card (PCMCIA) slot. Renato Parisotto similarly reports that he could not even install the TDK software because the Installer refused to recognize the PCMCIA slot. He had the same problem ("no PCMCIA slot") with the TDK 33.6 Updater.

GoMac 1.2 is out

Hot on the heels of having just released version 1.1, GoMac 1.2 is now out. This is a self-described "minor bug fix update" of the utility which provides a program bar and start menu for the Mac OS. Among other things, it fixed a potential crash on 68K machines running 7.6.1, problems with running games that require a 640x480 display, a conflict with Decor and a Shut Down bug.

Photoshop 4.0.1 is out, although you may have trouble installing it

As now also reported on several other web sites, the new Photoshop 4.0.1 update is out, but several readers (including William Harris) confirm that it is quite finicky about whether or not it will update your existing file. Most often the problem is that it will not work if the name of the Photoshop 4.0 folder has been modified in any way (although some readers report problems even with an correctly named folder). In another matter, Sung Chang writes that, after installing the 4.0.1 update: "Whenever I run a filter from the 'artistic' filters … Read more

PC Exchange 2.1.1 problem reading DOS files on a PC-formatted disk; problem confirmed by Apple

We previously described a problem with PC Exchange 2.1.1 (included with Mac OS 7.6.x) reading files from floppy disks formatted on a PC. Apple now confirms this, in TIL file 22013 as published in yesterday's Info Alley (although what they describe may represent only one case of more general problems): "This appears to be an issue with PC Exchange 2.1.1 and the way some systems format floppy disks. Floppy disks that have this problem have "FAT16 " written to their boot records; these disks are actually FAT12 directories. Apparently PC computers, … Read more

Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0.1: problems and solutions

Previously, we posted some initial reports of problems with the recently released Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0.1. Since then, several more issues have surfaced: a. Java problems (and Text Encoding Converter) Many readers are reporting problems with the Java feature of MIE 3.0.1. For example, Cary Felbab writes that "anytime I go to a page with Java in it, the program crashes when trying to start the Java applet. This did not occur in the beta version of 3.0.1." Doug DeMoss similarly writes that MIE 3.0.1 crashed every time it tried … Read more

Utility updates

a. TechTool Pro 1.0.4 coming Expect a TechTool Pro 1.0.4 update to show up shortly on MicroMat's web site. According to Luke Hamburg: "It fixes a long-standing bug with the file tests under 7.5.1 (falsely reporting Finder damage)." b. FreePPP 2.6b3 is now available for testing. The only changes are bug fixes. c. Sloop 1.0.1 is the latest update to this window navigation utility. d. Mac Identifier 2.1 is out. So is the first bug report I have received about it: Tom Macki reports that it froze … Read more

Odds & Ends

a. More on ghosting Regarding Apple's hopeful assertion that Mac OS 7.6.1 should fix most ghosting problems with monitors attached to Power Mac 6340/6400s, I continue to get user reports that the problem persists. b. Apple coming attractions Two articles from MacWEEK offer a glimpse at Apple's upcoming software and hardware. c. Total Recall: DiskEssentials, Peace of Mind As noted in a recent MacWEEK article, Total Recall plans to release a new data recovery suite called Disk Essentials. It will include three separate utilities: DiskWatch (a problem prevention program), DiskRx (a repair utility) and StopLoss (… Read more

More Microsoft Internet Explorer issues

Readers continue to report problems with using the Mail and News feature of Internet Explorer 3.0.1, including system crashes that occur when quitting the Mail window. Note: If you decide to remove Internet Explorer, you may have trouble with the Installer's Remove function. The details are on a Microsoft web page (as spotted by Tom Mackie).

Internet Config settings problems

Rob Dewhirst reports that installing RealAudio 3.x or RealPlayer 4.x will erase your Internet Config settings and replace them with its own. David-Artur Daix (as well as the Macintosh Resource Page for April 16) describe similar Internet Config changes when using Microsoft Internet Explorer. On a related note (and possibly also related to launch problems with Internet Explorer 3.0.1, as previously reported here) Ian Oliver writes that Explorer's release notes "detail a problem with RealPlayer 4.0 beta. Evidently it causes some damage to the 'Internet Preferences' file in the preferences folder. Removing this … Read more