Obligatory iBrator post.

iTreo, dammit. iTreo.

Bah! Also, Feh!

I think the HD of my iBook is dying. Last night it started doing this thing where the drive would shut down, then start spinning up, then shut down, etc. Then the iBook would act like it was locked up (or else it was just waiting to get data from the HD).

So, do I pay $ to get it fixed? How much would, say, an independent repair shop charge? The optical drive died a few months ago, so I was considering getting that replaced. Now I'm not sure if it's worth paying to get both drives replaced... or will I save some $ because they'll only need to open it up once?

It's one of the last G3 iBooks. I'd really like to buy a new Intel PowerMac, but I don't think I can afford that before the F2F. I suppose I could buy a used laptop, or maybe a very cheap new Windows laptop. (On the right here [link] there's a Dell for $500. There's a separate special on that model - a $100 rebate and a free WiFi card....)

eta: At this point I'm just looking for something for email, web and DVD player. Plus, WiFi.

Frell. You're coming out to SF, tommyrot? Where I won't be because of crappy ginormous tax bills?

You're coming out to SF, tommyrot?

Uh-huh.

Where I won't be because of crappy ginormous tax bills?

Bummer. Stupid taxes.

Hmmm... iBook is currently working fine. I've decided that the problem's related to the cooling fan not working well - the iBook seems to have problems when it's been on for a long time (I don't let it sleep, as it never wakes up). So I guess I just have to shut the thing off when I'm not using it....

Remember when someone was asking about iTunes playlists? And remember that I responded that I had something like 100 of them? ita and others indicated that they have ways of listening to an album without having to make a special playlist for it. I've looked at one or two books on iTunes and it's not obvious to me how that's done. I imagine that if someone goes in the library and views by album that one can start playing that album. But doesn't it eventually go and play whatever's next in your library? I'd like to find a way to play an album in order and only that album without making a special playlist for it. Is that possible?

Put the album title in the search window. If it's a unique enough combination of letters you should end up with just the album you want. A search on "In My Tribe" gives me just that album, already in order (as long as shuffle isn't toggled on). A search of "So Peter Gabriel" gives me three extra songs, but I could just uncheck them if I don't want them to play.

If you are using an iPod you can browse by album.

Click on Library in your Source Window. Then click on the "Browse" button in the upper right of the iTunes winwos. You should now have a multipane view of your library. You can choose an artist in the upper left pane, and then in the right pane will be all the albums by that artist. Choose an album and it will turn up by itself in the lower pane.

Thanks. And what do you do when you want to burn a CD for someone of just that album?

Ooh, that's great, ND. I feel a bit stupid, but I've never used the browse button.