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  1. B S Magnet

    Other The Replacement Battery Thread for Early Intel MacBook laptops

    Replacement Battery Thread for Early Intel laptops, 2006–2012 (and select 2013s) WikiPost struck: 21 August 2024 Last updated: never OVERVIEW As with some of the other WikiPosts in the Early Intel Macs forum, this one is beginning life as many other have: as a stub. What the EIM community...
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    • aftermarket battery capacity battery quality consumer advocacy crowdsourcing macbook macbook air macbook pro replacement battery third-party
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    • Forum: Early Intel Macs
  2. marissak

    Just a word of warning about cheap aftermarket batteries...

    We got this 2012 13" MBP that had a tired battery (unsurprisingly) so we replaced it exactly a year ago with a battery from amazon. Been working fine. The laptop was closed with charger plugged in for a couple of weeks. My business partner wanted to use it and when he opens it, he saw the touch...
  3. nemoryoliver

    How to update EFI BootROM firmware on an aftermarket SSD?

    Besides switching back to the OEM SSD just to update the EFI firmware. Are there other workarounds? Opening the iMac for each OS Update that requires an updated BootROM will be a pain. If my boot drive is an External NVMe SSD (ex: Samsung X5) will I ever have problems with the BootROM when...
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    • aftermarket bootrom efi firmware imac m.2 nvme pcie securerom ssd
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    • Forum: iMac
  4. B S Magnet

    The Project “Gemini” clamshell iBook

    This opened iBook clamshell has turned up today [note to mods: this is not my auction], and it got me to look into at what project Gemini was. Then I found a short video clip [content note: music] demonstrating the Assistive Touch Technologies Gemini (basically, a clamshell iBook iPad), and it...
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    • aftermarket assistivetouch capacitive gemini ibook clamshell
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    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  5. B S Magnet

    The significance of minor PPC750CXe chip variations?

    This is still some time down the way, but in the planning for a BGA remove-and-replace of the PPC750CX chip on my clamshell 466 (or another 466 down the way) to a PPC750CXe, this post on another thread steered me toward looking at the availability and pricing of PPC750CXe standalone chips...
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    • aftermarket bga diy ppc g3 ppc750 soldering upgrade cpu
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    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  6. ZapNZs

    What Apple-Branded accessories/peripherals would you most like to see in the future?

    I am curious what accessories/peripherals people are most interested in seeing *Apple-Branded* options for (in regards to the Mac.) *In this case, Apple-Branded means a product that is sold by Apple with the Apple logo directly on it, sold as a product where all warranty service/work...
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    • accessories aftermarket apple branded peripherals
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
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