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Anybody have a clue why my laptop would suddenly decide I don't have an airport card installed? I"ve had it for, oh, two and a half years? Computer (powerbook, same age) was freaking out and demanding I restart it, last night, so I left it off all day. Got home, turned it on, worked fine...except suddenly says "No airport card installed". WTF?
I tried to pull the airport card out, but although I put it in, I couldn't figure out how to get it out--the little cord thing that attaches it confused me, and I wasn't sure if I could/should detach it. Sadly, that and restarting the thing multiple times did not fix the problems. GRRRRRRR.
meara, what model is your powerbook?
It's a 1GHz G4.
It's been doing weird annoying stuff where it needs me to restart it--either the "YOU MUST RESTART YOUR COMPUTER NOW" stuff, or just refusing to wake up from sleep and requiring a restart (and occasionally thinking it's 1969 after that). This spring I had to reformat the hard drive three times in about a month. This weekend, it was doing that again (requiring restart after about 5 minutes of using it) and I was sore afraid....but then it's working fine today, other than that whole lack of acknowledging the airport card.
Here's Apple's page on installing the card: [link]
Some other site suggests removing the AirPortSW.pkg file from /Library/Receipts/ and reinstalling the airport software.
Whoot! I *finally* have the internets at home again. Since I'm reinstalling Firefox, anyone have some must-have extensions that I should be seeking out?
I like Gmail Notifier. [link]
Also, Google Browser Sync. [link]
And Copy as HTML
And then there's DownThemAll! [link]
I have TabBrowser Preferences and Forecast Fox.
And then there's DownThemAll! [link]
HMOG I need that. Thanks!
Tab Mix Plus - Essential, the extension I'd pick if there can. be. only one.
All in one Gestures - Mouse gestures, very useful.
Extended Status Bar - It's just a display of stats not functional.
RiteOfTongue - Can spellcheck a selected word.
PDF Download - Get a choice of what to do with PDF files. I find it useful.
Grrrrrr. DTA doesn't work on the site I need it for. Oh well.
Grrrrrr. DTA doesn't work on the site I need it for. Oh well.
There are several versions of DTA. I don't remember what the difference is between the versions. Anyway, you might want to poke around and try another version or maybe some other similar extension.
