Hiya folks, got two questions for the group and I'm hoping some one can steer me in the right directions. I'm running a Duel Core Mini and it's starting to slow down on me. I suspect it's partially due to the age of my processor. The other problem probably has more to do with the size of my HD. Starting to run out of room here, so I went out and got a 1TB external figuring I could offload a movie or two, my music + pics, and a few other things that might be slowing the system down. Basically pare the internal HD down to the OS and run everything else external. Here's my first Q; 1) How does one migrate iTunes from one drive to the another without compromising accounts or permissions? I've also recently had a G4 iBook given too me. Weirdly enough it runs faster than my Mini, however I've got one problem with it. I tried to play a video DVD on it's internal dvd drive and, well, now I can't get the damn disk out of it. When I try to eject the DVD dismounts from the desktop, the machine clunks, wheezes and grinds, then the DVD re-mounts and pops back up on the desktop. This particular flavor of iBook does NOT have a manual eject and I've tried everything they recommend in the apple tech help forum. Including taking the battery out and resetting the system clock. Here's my other Q: 2) Short of going in with a set of pliers and ruining the Drive / DVD how, the HELL, do you get a DVD out of an iBook with no manual eject? At this point I'm about ready to take it down to the apple store and have them take a look at it. Maybe even see if putting a new drive in an OLD machine might be, in any way, cost effective. After all the machine was GIVEN to me. A few bucks in the hole is, pretty much, just an investment. IF it's ONLY a few bucks. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |