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August 1st through 7th Archives

Thursday, August 7th 2003 15:00 CDT

MacResQ Selling Bare PBG4 SuperDrive MacResQ is now giving the option of purchasing the bare SuperDrive for the PowerBook G4 at $299 (with trade in of your current optical drive) or $350 if you want to keep your old drive. Details are here. You'll have to install it yourself--otherwise they'll do it for $399.

Tuesday, August 5th 2003 15:00 CDT

Reader Question: Keychain Problem

Since it seems more than one reader might be having this problem, we'll post and ask the rest if they have some answers:

Question to PB Zone readers,

Today I started experiencing a problem with Keychain Access. It suddenly asked me to enter my password when I opened Mail. I used my login password (I've never set a different password for my keychain), and got an error. Now I have the following problems:

1) Keychain Access keeps prompting me for my password, whenever I open Mail or Safari.

2) I can't create a new keychain after erasing the problem one (I've tried using Keychain Access to remove the problem file, no luck... restored it from back up, no luck... used Keychain First Aid, no luck).

I've noticed a lot of people asking about this problem on the Apple Knowledge Base Discussion board, but haven't found an answer to the problem yet.

Anyone have any answers? Anyone know if Apple is going to address this issue? Any assistance will be appreciated!

XLR8 on SafeWare

SafeWare is a prominent brand of computer insurance that covers theft and/or damage to your laptop. Accelerate Your Mac! has some comments today and yesterday about users' experiences with SW and apparently they're very positive. The relevant links are here: Today, Monday, and Friday.

Mini Mouse with Storage Released

IOGEAR has introduced a novel USB peripheral: a mouse with 32MB of flash storage built in. The press release with all the details is here. It's priced at $50.

Monday, August 4th 2003 15:27 CDT

Booq Debuts Leather iPod Case

We thought this was a very attractive case for your iPod:

BURBANK, CALIF. August 4, 2003---Booq, a fast-growing, innovative brand of laptop sleeves and backpacks, carrying cases and accessories announces the introduction of its "PodPaq nappa" iPod case, a 3G iPod case crafted from pure Nappa leather.

Based on the company's ballistic nylon PodPaq014 iPod case introduced at MacWorld NY, PodPaq nappa targets iPod users looking for refined styling, pure materials, impeccable construction and solid functionality. The full-featured product integrates a slim belt clip, two accessory pockets in a removable flap, as well as precise cutouts for controls, headphone jack and dock.

With the addition of its stylish PodPaq nappa, Booq is bringing well-designed cases of the highest quality and finish to the third generation iPods. And, priced at $49.50, this well-rounded case may prove to be irresistible to many 3G iPod owners.