Mac OS X 10.4 - Tiger

Discussions between 8 June 2007 and 2 May 2008.
Subject

Weird one... (couldn't unlock from sleep)

“I enter my password and it tells me wrong name or password.”

iMac shuts down for no reason

“My iMac G5 (10.4.10) keeps on turning off for no reason. I'll walk away from the computer, come back an hour later, and it'll be shut down.”

17" MacBook Pro Battery

“My 17" MacBook Pro Battery has swelled to over double its original thickness. The system is 18mths old.”

battery problem

“At 40% remaining, the machine goes black and shuts down completely. There's no warning or low battery alert.”

fan won't stop

“Now the computer runs generally hotter than it did before and the fan runs non-stop.”

Won't Shut Down! - iMac 800 G3 - TIGER OS X.4

“It runs beautifully... but just hangs on shut down.”

External Philips harddisk goes to sleep

“One could build an Applescript to touch the harddisk every minute, but perhaps there is an easier way?”

SeaMonkey and sleep mode, with OSX

“Sometimes the machine wakes back up before I even leave the room”

iMac won't sleep

“I have tried explicitly telling it to sleep via the Apple menu but it just ignores me.”

Powerbook not waking

“It will often wake ok, but on other occasions pressing a key turns the sleep light off, but the screen remains black.”
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