PowerBook G4 Alu - The painting flaked

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Moins de 6 mois après l'achat de mon PowerBook, il est survenu un défaut dans le panneau qui entoure le clavier, juste au dessous de la touche option/pomme du clavier. La peinture s'est écaillée.
Les photos du problème sont disponibles à l'adresse URL :
http://www.ezone3.net/private/apple/paintpb2006/W85190KHSQ7-DSCF661.jpg
http://www.ezone3.net/private/apple/paintpb2006/W85190KHSQ7-DSCF662.jpg
Sous garantie, j'ai donc demandé à AppleCare de changer la pièce défectueuse.
Ils ont refusé en siginifiant que les aspects esthétiques n'étaient pas considérés dans la garantie.
Hors, il n'existe à ce jour, aucune mention signifiant cette exclusion de garantie dans les clauses APPLE.
J'ai dû donc écrire une lettre très officielle à Apple les conjurant de changer la pièce sous garantie.
J'attends la réponse...
Less than 6 months after the purchase of my PowerBook, it arose a defect into the trap which surrounds the keyboard, just below the touch option / apple of the keyboard. The painting flaked.
The photos of the problem are available on the URL address :
http://www.ezone3.net/private/apple/paintpb2006/W85190KHSQ7-DSCF661.jpg
http://www.ezone3.net/private/apple/paintpb2006/W85190KHSQ7-DSCF662.jpg
Under guarantee, I thus asked AppleCare to change the defective piece.
They refused and said to me that the aesthetic aspects were not considered in the guarantee.
Except, it doesn't exist no mention meaning this exclusion from APPLE guarantee.
I thus had to write a very official letter to Apple begging them to change the piece under guarantee.
I wait for the answer...

I'm having the same problem, and I really don't see how this doesn't fall under the "workmanship" clause of the warranty. I for one am really dumbfounded that even after the TiBook fiasco Apple still uses paint at all, which can never be permanent by its very nature. What's so different about this strip of metal that it can't be aluminum anyway?
Any news here? I for one am also going to try and get this fixed by Apple, for free. Ridiculous. Factory cosmetic defect fully within the warranty. You should not be able to damage your computer by wiping it with your finger, as I did.

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PowerBook Alu-The painting flaked - Has anyone been in a similar situation

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Je recherche toute personne qui connait une situation similaire et/ou si une solution a été trouvé ou résolu entre Apple et vous ?
Moins de 6 mois après l'achat de mon PowerBook, il est survenu un défaut dans le panneau qui entoure le clavier, juste au dessous de la touche option/pomme du clavier. La peinture s'est écaillée.
Les photos du problème sont disponibles à l'adresse URL :
http://www.ezone3.net/private/apple/paintpb2006/W85190KHSQ7-DSCF661.jpg
http://www.ezone3.net/private/apple/paintpb2006/W85190KHSQ7-DSCF662.jpg
Sous garantie, j'ai donc demandé à AppleCare de changer la pièce défectueuse.
Ils ont refusé en siginifiant que les aspects esthétiques n'étaient pas considérés dans la garantie.
Hors, il n'existe à ce jour, aucune mention signifiant cette exclusion de garantie dans les clauses APPLE.
J'ai dû donc écrire une lettre très officielle à Apple les conjurant de changer la pièce sous garantie.
J'attends la réponse...
I'm looking for anyone has been in a similar situation and/or if a solution has been founded between Apple and you ? Thanks
Less than 6 months after the purchase of my PowerBook, it arose a defect into the trap which surrounds the keyboard, just below the touch option / apple of the keyboard. The painting flaked.
The photos of the problem are available on the URL address :
http://www.ezone3.net/private/apple/paintpb2006/W85190KHSQ7-DSCF661.jpg
http://www.ezone3.net/private/apple/paintpb2006/W85190KHSQ7-DSCF662.jpg
Under guarantee, I thus asked AppleCare to change the defective piece.
They refused and said to me that the aesthetic aspects were not considered in the guarantee.
Except, it doesn't exist no mention meaning this exclusion from APPLE guarantee.
I thus had to write a very official letter to Apple begging them to change the piece under guarantee.
I wait for the answer...

ezone3,
This is a user to user forum. Apple's warranty is something I suggest reading it over, and if you think you still need service, and aren't getting it, to speak to an Apple Center near you, or Apple Customer Relations at the AppleCare phone number.
I've never noticed any paint per se on the Aluminum Powerbooks. It has always behaved like anodized aluminum which has no paint to peel in the first place. It would seem strange if it is anodized aluminum for anything to oxydize in the first place.

Where can I find the Paint Icon that is used to create pictures and is on normal computers, but is not on my PowerBook?

Okay, so let's just start off by saying that I ABSOLUTELY HATE POWERBOOKS AND APPLE IN GENERAL, but sadly that is what I have. It's difficult to manage and is not at all easy and being as I'm young, I hate messing with it. There are so many things that are difficult compared to my previous Toshiba computers.
Let's just start off by saying that I make compositions. I can't make compositions without Paint. There is no start button or Icon to find paint on here. Where do I find the Paint Icon?
Second, I collect random pictures and have no idea how to contain them in certain files or where the heck to save them to or how to access them. If you could help me out, I'd greatly appreciate it.
If you can help me, thanks so much, but if not, it's quite all right. I appreciate the effort. I just really need a big huge understandable manual to help me maneuver around this maze of a computer...
Goodness, I miss my Toshibas.

http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
Stedman

Black MacBook's paint flaking off?

There are some buzz about the black paint flaking off from the MacBook.
Anybody experiencing this problem with their black MacBook?
Here is the link:
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2397

but with all the problems I've been
reading about, I'm really tempted to wait for a
while... what with flaking of the black macbook,
discoloration on the white, mooing and noise with the
macbook pro and heating issues all around...
Dude! Remember where you are. This is a support site. That means if anything goes wrong, people come here for help. But people who are happy and content with their computers don't come here.
I don't know what percentage of problems the Macbooks are having. They are new, and Apple can't test out what everyone everywhere will do with or to their computer...so when people start doing whatever they do, problems appear that were not anticipated. In addition, this is electronics and with electronics, there is a percentage chance of lemons--that's for any electronics that come out from any company no matter how reputable. So no group of electronics is going to ever be trouble free.
This question is, have there been more problems with the MB than expected given this percentage and given that it's being field tested in mass numbers for the first time? If there are more problems...why and were they taken care of? There was reportedly one bad batch. From what I understand, there are no more of that bad batch so you're good to go on the latest ones--or so I've heard. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
My opinion, the MacBook is a FANTASTIC laptop and you should get one. The keyboard can't be beat, the trackpad is great, the screen is wonderful, the built in camera is fun. It is an AMAZING laptop.
No computer is ever guaranteed problem-free forever--and certainly none are ever going to look pristine forever. Like a new car, you will eventually get that first scratch or dent or flake. Laptops take a lot of wear and tear even if you baby them and keep them wrapped in protective covers. Nature of the beast. They go places and get scratched and bumped. But at least this laptop has a magnetic plug, so you know you won't be likely to jerk it off a table and have it crashing to the floor when you trip over the cord.
And you WILL trip over the cord. I did the first week I had it. The magnetic plut pulled right out and the laptop remained undamaged.
Laptops are more delicate than desktops. Again, nature of the beast. Go to an Apple store, test out a MB. If you want it and like it, get it. Cost-wise, it's a great deal for a laptop. Buy Apple care and you'll have it covered for 3 years pretty much no matter what happens.

Photoshope Elements when selecting an action, the paint brush tool doesn't work and system keeps freezing, then catching up every 30-45 seconds

I have been having this problem with elements ever since the last OS upgrade, but it wasn't all the time and it wasn't very bad. Now, I have upgraded my macbook again, and I cannot even edit a photo!! I open the photo, choose an action, say "smooth skin", then choose the paint brush, I start to "paint" over their face and it won't paint a line, I have to keep clicking it, click - it paints, move brush, click again - it paints. Plus, every time I choose a tool or an action, it freezes for about 10 seconds, then catches up to what I am doing, 30 seconds later, it freezes again. HELP!! I have 8 sessions to finish editing by this weekend!! I just want to cry!!

Try deleting the prefs and the saved application state:
A Reminder for Mac Folks upgrading to Yosemite | Barbara's Sort-of-Tech Blog

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Why is any paint color I choose with paint brush not opaque while painting on a layer? I want to cover or paint part of a picture on the first layer. Using MAC and latest Photoshop CC

Reset the Paint Tool as shown in the screenshot:
If you are painting on a Layer, check the Opacity and Blend mode in the Layers Panel. Blend Mode: Normal Opacity and Fill: 100%
Gene

Please help me with the paint tool!

Sorry for all the simple questions, but I'm having so many problems with Flash's drawing tools it isn't funny.
What I want to do is draw a series of slightly diagonal stripes. In any other program, I'd use the line tool to draw the partitions and then use the fill tool to fill in the gaps. But in Flash, the paint tool won't do anything. It doesn't matter where I click - it won't work, and a little 'lock' symbol appears on my cursor.
I know that an alternative way of drawing the stripes is to make a square, resize it and tilt it to exactly the right angle, but this is a slow and painstaking method, and I have to do a lot of them. Also, not all the stripes are perfectly straight.
It's so frustrating, because I could do this in ten seconds with normal drawing tools, and I've spent about four hours already just trying to figure out this stupid little thing (because this stupid little thing is crucial to my project!). I'd be immensely grateful for any help. Likewise, I'd be very grateful for any help figuring out the brush tool problem on my other post. No matter how much I try and practice, I just can't figure out these drawing tools.

I am having sort of the same problem but yours I think I can solve... is the layer locked at all?
I can't fill in any drawing or shape that I draw out and it's a pain... Was wondering if this was similar to yours??

Photoshop CC for Mac - why can't I use the paint bucket?

I finally found the paint bucket tool - but when I try to use it, I get the circle w/ the cross in it (like the ghostbusters background ).
EUREKA! it didn't work with .tif or .psd files, but it DID work w/ a .jpg file!
Hopw this helps someone!

The file format does not matter (once the image is loaded, it's just bits).
The only time I know of that the paint bucket would not work is on a 32 bit/channel document.
Were you using the wrong bit depth in your files by mistake?

Where can I get an external mobil hard drive to back up my PowerBook G4 without the Intel processor?

Where and what kind (brand) of external, mobil hard drive can I get to back up my PowerBook G4 without the Intel processor? I have 93GB of Memory and operating system OS X 10.5.8. Thank you.

Donald Morgan wrote:
Gee, I hope I understand this right, you can get a Terabyte from Walmart for around $120.00.
There is one major problem with the drives you get from just walking into a Walmart or Costco or Best Buy: They are usually one interface only, and that interface is USB. That's not a problem for new Macs with USB 3, where mass-market USB 3 drives are a great and cheap solution.
But for regular transfers with older Macs, I have always found great benefit in using a drive with multiple interfaces that bridge old and new Macs and PCs. The USB version in the PowerBook, USB 2.0, has always been a slow solution. It's slower than FireWire 400, FireWire 800, and Gigabit Ethernet. For my regular backups on G3/G4 Macs and most MacBook Pros, FireWire or Gigabit Ethernet have always been the way to go because they just save so much time over USB 2.0. Maybe not for small incremental daily backups, but when moving large collections of music/videos/photos, or especially when migrating to newer equipment.
That is why like the others here, I greatly prefer the OWC drives with multiple interfaces. The slow, awful USB ports work well for old FireWire-less Macs and for PCs, while FireWire 800 and eSATA get full-disk backups and mass transfers done in a fraction of the time as the poor soul waiting for USB 2.0 to finish. (Today's multi-TB disks can take hours to copy even with FireWire 800.)
If the priority is to save money over saving time, a cheap USB drive is fine, and USB 3 will be much faster than FireWire when you get a new Mac. But I've long valued the ability of a multi-interface drive from OWC to plug into any Mac or PC put in front of me and be able to transfer data using whatever the fastest option is.
I wouldn't worry about formatting drives from non-Mac stores since that takes about 10 seconds in Apple Disk Utility.

Stuck with the paint and repaint methods

I am supposed to create a JApplet with a button and a background color. When the button is clicked the first time a word is supposed to appear (I got that part), when the button is clicked the second time the word is supposed to appear again in a different color and in a different location on the Applet (I got that part).
The problem is that the first name is supposed to disappear when the second word appears. So I know I have to repaint the screen when the button is clicked the second time and draw the first string in the same color as the background color to make it invisible.
My problem is I am not sure how I can code to apply different settings each time the button is clicked. Can anyone help? Please let me know if my explanation sucks. I will try to explain better. However here is the code I have so far. I added a counter for the button just for testing purposes.
I just need some hints on what to do and if there is a easier way than using that if statement please let me know. I probably make it harder than it is.
Thanks in advance and Merry Christmas.
import javax.swing.*;
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   import java.awt.event.*;
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      Font largeFont = new Font("Lucida Sans", Font.ITALIC, 20);
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You're putting your program logic in the paint method, something you should not do. For instance, try resizing your applet and see what effect that has on number of button clicks displayed. This is all a side effect of the logic being in the paint method.
1) Don't override paint, override paintComponent.
2) Don't draw/paint directly in the JApplet. Do this in a JPanel or JComponent, and then add this to the JApplet. In fact I'd add the button, the and the label to the JPanel and add the label to the JApplet's contentPane (which usually uses BorderLayout, so it should fill the applet).
3) Logic needs to be outside of paint/paintComponent. the only code in the paintComponent should be the drawing/painting itself. The if statements can remain within the paintComponent method though.
4) When calling repaint() make sure you do so on the JPanel rather than the applet itself.
For instance where should numClicks++ go? Where should the code to change the label go? in the paint/paintComponent method? or in the button's actionlistener? which makes more sense?
Edited by: Encephalopathic on Dec 24, 2008 9:37 AM

Lost use of the paint brush. Can anyone tell me how to get it back?

My student can't seem to get the paint brush to work. We closed the document, didn't save, opened a new one but nothing was different. We seem to be stuck in some setting that won't allow her to paint. I deselected everything, zoomed in, changed the size of the template, nothing helped. I'd like to get her back working again in the morning if anyone can offer a suggestion. Thanks.

Paint Tool not selected? If you're looking at the set of tools on the left, tap and hold the currently-active tool at the top then swipe down to the 4th set of tools. Here, you have the Paint Tool, Effects Paint Tool and the Spray Tool. Just swipe on over to the tool you need (Paint Tool in this case) and release.

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Darlene,
Another way is to use the Replace Color Tool. The Hue/Saturation method is probably easier, but I thought I'd mention Replace Color for your information.
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=18IBCKnJchzoxfLEaw7Bu93j9W5jS
In my example I changed the 3rd label in your picture to red.
1. Roughly select the label using the Lasso tools.
2. Enchance>Adjust Color>Replace Color.
3. Click on the label in the picture; it will appear in the box as white on black background. In general you would move the fuzziness slider until just the portion you wish to change appears white. In this case since the yellow is uniform with sharp border the fuzziness slider had minimal additional effect, but I did move it all the way right to capture the fringe pixels.
4. Play with the 3 Transform sliders to get the desired result.
In this next example I changed the top of the lighthouse from red to green (why I would want to do that, I don't know!).
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1XhqCAvgc0zVWReJDkUB2OLDQChSy
Note that in this case I didn't have to move the fuzziness all the way right.

Powerbook 520c on the web?

I have a powerbook 520c with a floppy drive. When I plug the ethernet into my network, the server doesn't assign it an IP address. Also, there is no browser to use once the connection is up and running.
Is there any way to connect to my iMac via ethernet and connect to the internet via its airport connection? Is there a way to copy files from the iMac to my 520? The iMac is running 10.4.

Yes to all.
Older versions of the MacOS only request an IP address (and indeed, turn on TCP/IP) when an application tries to use TCP/IP. So if you don't have any TCP/IP apps, you'll never have TCP/IP turn on.
As for web browsers, your best bet is iCab (http://www.icab.de) It's the most modern 68040-compatible browser out there.
For getting it on the 'net in the first place, if your iMac connects via AirPort, and you want to plug the 520c in to the iMac, you'll need to turn on Internet Sharing. It's in the 'Sharing' pref pane, under 'Internet'. Tell it where to share the connection from (AirPort,) and where to share it to (Built-in Ethernet.) Then click 'Start'. Finally, plug the Ethernet cable in to both the iMac and the PowerBook.
How to copy files? Well, you need to enable AppleTalk on the iMac (Network pref pane, 'Configure' your adapter that will connect to the PowerBook, go to the 'AppleTalk' tab, and check off 'Make AppleTalk Active'.) Then you'll need to tell the PowerBook to use Ethernet for AppleTalk (Either the 'AppleTalk' or the 'Network' control panel, depending on if you're using 'Classic' or 'Open Transport' networking,) finally, enable file sharing on one of the computers. (I find it easier from the newer Mac,) and connect from the other one.
Hope that helps!
(P.S. If you have the PCMCIA adapter, you can even have your PowerBook connect wirelessly with an old WaveLAN/Orinoco card! See http://www.penmachine.com/techie/airport1400.html)

I have a PowerBook 145B but something is wrong with the systemfolder so it wont boot. I've downloaded System 7.0.1 from Apple and put it on Floppys with my Macintosh Classic. The PowerBook boots from the floppy, after a minute its just white. What to do?

I have a PowerBook 145B but something is wrong with the systemfolder so it wont boot. I've downloaded System 7.0.1 from Apple and put it on Floppys with my Macintosh Classic. The PowerBook boots from the floppy but after a minute it just comes up a window thats completely white.
I've tried a lot of things, but my Macintosh classic (with original floppys) runs 7.0.0. And the PowerBook needs atleast 7.0.1 and did run 7.1.0 as original OS.
How do I fix this?

Because your PowerBook 145B shipped with OS 7.1, it can't run an earlier version of the Mac OS, such as 7.0.1. Unfortunately, Apple never made OS 7.1 available for download. You can run OS 7.5.1, 7.5.3, and 7.5.5 on your PowerBook, but I'd recommend doing so with the maximum amount of supported memory - 8 MBs. The 19-part download of OS 7.5.3 is segmented, so that each one will fit on a 1.44 MB floppy disk. The problem is that the 19-diskette set isn't an installer set as such, having no bootable disk. It's solely intended to be used to transfer the individual segments to the resident hard drive in the computer. Once that's done, double-clicking the first .smi segment creates the OS 7.5.3 installer disk image on the desktop, which you drag onto the hard drive icon. This produces a folder with the OS 7.5.3 installer in it. I've done this before with an old Mac LC and it works. You can also download the 3-diskette OS 7.5.5 Update and run that. These downloads can be found on the same page where you found the OS 7.0.1 download: Older Software Downloads.

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It was charging without a problem after the incident now it isn't charging at all

How ironic, I just finished painting a bedroom, sat down and saw your post first. You phone is likely toast as the paint has likely seeped into other crevices around the switches, buttons, mic, speaker ports, etc. depending on how much paint got on it. As Peter said, take it into an Apple store and see what they say.

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