Dont be worried. This is just (yet another) bug in XPress 6. Download the Badia FontAlertSilencer XTension (free) - that will shut it the hell up.

Quote: Originally Posted by siMac Dont be worried. This is just (yet another) bug in XPress 6. Download the Badia FontAlertSilencer XTension (free) - that will shut it the hell…

Firewire will still charge the device.

I haven't yet understood the hue and cry about Apple shipping iPods without Firewire cables in the first place. Firewire may be faster than USB 1.1, but Firewire 400 is about even…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter I haven't yet understood the hue and cry about Apple shipping iPods without Firewire cables in the first place. Firewire may be faster than…

Well, I think I can live with the slow USB 1.1 speed on my DP PowerMac G4 1.25. At the same time, I'm looking for a USB 2.0 PCI card, which works best with Tiger, e.g. support deep…

Nevermind, I Read the article.

Wasn't Firewire a technology pushed hard by Apple in the first place? Why have they now abandoned it on their signature devices?

Quote: Originally Posted by DigitalEl Wasn't Firewire a technology pushed hard by Apple in the first place? Why have they now abandoned it on their signature devices? gotta…

Quote: Originally Posted by Kenneth Well, I think I can live with the slow USB 1.1 speed on my DP PowerMac G4 1.25. At the same time, I'm looking for a USB 2.0 PCI card, which w…

I can live with the slower USB 1.1, after the initial fill, I usually update just a few songs now and then. What I'd really want to know is if the charging time on USB 1.1 will be …

Quote: Originally Posted by Jerome I can live with the slower USB 1.1, after the initial fill, I usually update just a few songs now and then. What I'd really want to know is if…

Quote: Originally Posted by Captain Obvious http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815104306 doesnt suffer from that deep sleep problem, haven't had a problem with it yet …

Quote: Originally Posted by Kenneth IoGear makes great products for the Mac. Right now, I ran out of USB ports on back of my PowerMac G4 and Studio Display. Can you tell me wh…

No FireWire indeed.

Guess this will finally kick me to replace my aging G4 Cube with a Mac Mini. All my music is on the Cube, then gets shared out to the network for playback on my Powerbook, one of …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter I haven't yet understood the hue and cry about Apple shipping iPods without Firewire cables in the first place. Firewire may be faster than…

Firewire is far better than USB, my Mini updates faster with firewire than usb 2.0. I am sad apple didn't put it on the nano

Quote: Originally Posted by DigitalEl Wasn't Firewire a technology pushed hard by Apple in the first place? Why have they now abandoned it on their signature devices? Apple …

Quote: Originally Posted by moki In *theory* FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 are about even... in reality, the bassackwards nature of the USB protocol ensures that this isn't the case.…

Quote: Originally Posted by robby818 This is very true. I have heard firewire described as a more "robust" technology and that usb is hampered by overhead. in my experience I …

In all honesty, whatever differences in speed exist between FireWire 400 and USB 2 on the hardware side are more than negated by software differences. Take any dual-interface hard …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Unfortunately that robustness comes with the penalty of extra hardware. More components are required to do all the error checking, etc. nee…

Very interesting! Thanks for the extra info! tooki

Your router has the capability to report its MAC address (that's the hardware address of its WAN-side network connection) as ANYTHING you want it to report. So put your Mac's MAC …