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    New M2 MBA is a missed opportunity.

    In my opinion, Apple's design decisions with the new MBA are a missed opportunity. Instead, they should have released TWO devices to better differentiate their product line while covering more ground - as is, too many people of too many different stripes will be underserved, and Apple's product...
    • SmakFairy
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    • 12 inch 14 inch 2015 air macbook performance portability premium pro
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  2. greentint

    MacBook Air M1 16GB Trackpad Scrolling Stutter

    Hey everyone! I recently got a MacBook Air M1 16 gig and really love using it, but there is an issue that pops up randomly. Specifically, when I am scrolling through the browser, Safari Technology Preview, there is an occasional stutter when I let go of the trackpad, I am assuming this is called...
  3. greentint

    Macbook Air M1 electric vibration on the back when charging and plugged in to external monitor

    Hey everyone. Recently got a MBA M1 and noticed something weird. When the laptop is charging and when I plug in my external monitor to my Mac (using a Display Port to USB-C adapter) , if i run a finger on the back of the laptop lid, I feel a slight electric vibration. The charger is the...
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    Macbook Air a2179 failing to complete boot

    Hi, trying to fix a friend's MacBook air (early 2020). A drink was spilt over it last year, so opened it up and it's in great condition as only had to clean the usb-c ports which had gone bit crusty. Then plugged it in to charge and it loads to the last bit of the status bar then will reset the...
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    MacBook Pro i5 2017 Vs MacBook Air i3 2020

    I'm lost between the two I have now the pro 2017 i don't if i should get 2020 Air or stick with my and in case I use my Laptop for Video Editing and Apple Arcade
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    Macbook Air 2020 M1 Battery Capacity

    Hi, I’m new in here! I’d bought macbook air m1 about 6 months ago. I used to use windows devices, that’s why I cannot understand how macs work. I wonder if everything is right about my battery. I would like to share my battery info, please check it out and please tell me if there is sth wrong...
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    2019 A1932 Macbook Air - Dead - Repair is saying T2... Question for the forum...

    I have a 2019 Macbook Air that is dead. I've had pretty poor experiences with the Apple Store in the past so we brought it to a local repair center that we trust. He's telling me that he believes it is the T2 chip. Machine: Apple MacBook Air (13-inch Retina display, 1.6GHz dual-core Intel...
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    Do I need the new MacBook Pro?

    I have the base M1 MacBook Pro 8gb. Before that I had the base 16 inch MBP. I only had the 16 for 6 months because when the M1 came out I wanted something smaller. I do use my Mac a lot; run a education website in Wordpress and make short video tutorials in Final Cut. Basically my videos are...
  9. ctjack

    Don't buy M1 Air with 8Gb of RAM

    I was a happy camper with my Air m1 512gb/8Gb of RAM on macOS 11.2. Even though my usage got me close to 100% used, i couldn't care less because i was really making it work hard with tons of tabs open in every software while driving 2k external - so 2 displays. But then i fall a victim of OS...
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    iPad Air iPad Air now or wait? (from an eye-strain perspective)

    Hi everybody, need your help. Right now I have a 2018 iPad that I want to upgrade. I'm really interested in reducing eye strain, and I read that laminated display, true tone, automatic brightness, antiglare coating, p3 color all help in that way. Since the iPad 9 doesn't have all of that, but...
    • Vinxi
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    • air ipad
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: iPad
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    Mid 2015 MacBook Air battery problems

    Mid 2015 MacBook Air shuts down immediately after being unplugged. Tried replacing battery, and computer recognizes battery health as normal. Tried resetting SMC and PRAM. Resetting SMC solved it for maybe a day or so but back to it’s old ways. I was told it could be a logic board issue, but I...
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    just ordered the MBA M1 with 8GB RAM is it enough for....?

    ....to do some video and picture editing, office work, presentations, browsing and for watching videos ? or is it more like that I can run every program as good as with 16GB of RAM but can't open as many programs as on the 16GB RAM version? thank you.
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    Easy question, regarding an unorthodox wipe.

    So, I have based all my wrong doing to this poor mac air 2017 into one wrong move. I originally didn't think that there would be a problem formatting the entire drive and putting Manjaro (a form of linux) on the computer as the only OS. All things considering, that's actually when I lost the...
    • egogoo
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    • 2017 air format ssd linux not charging
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  14. Grogu_the_Jedi

    M1 Air fan?

    So I’m wondering, the chassis seem similar and the pcb looks to be very similar. What’s stopping us from sourcing a new heat sink (or reuse existing) and a fan? It clearly has a fan shaped cutout in the case that resembles the intel MBP of old and the M1 5v should be found somewhere on the...
  15. donnieberry

    Strange Macbook sleep bug that even the senior tech's cant figure out (Happens on both Intel and M1)

    For the record, both Mac's are on the latest version of Big Sur. So, I bought an Intel 16 inch 2019 model macbook pro around one month ago. I am a web developer so I install a lot of programs of course for my work and that is what this laptops main use is, work. So I have my chrome extensions...
  16. Derpedro

    Macbook Air M1 - Smartmontools Report / scratch questions

    Hi All, I bought my new Macbook Air M1 last week I checked the aluminium body (space gray) on store and looked fine, but at home I realized scratch on border over screen body. after contact the seller, he said can't return that because it's cosmetic issue and I didn't find that at store...
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    Shall I keep my Macbook Air M1? Missing apps from Windows.

    It's really light, fast, beautiful and silent. But I'm missing apps from Windows that I use on a daily basis: - PDF printer with profiles. For example, I can assign different printing preferences and folders to print to for PDF Printer 1/2/3 etc. - Simple text editor with macro Also, is this...
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    Buying advice for new MacBook Air.

    I know this question has been asked a lot but since I will soon buy my first Mac ever I need to ask. I am a music producer and my i7 4790k with 8 gigs of DDR3 slow ram that I have on my PC right now have served me well throught the years and I never made a project that my PC has struggled with...
  19. mrboult

    MacBook Air i3 2020 - Awful webcam!?

    Good day all, I purchased a refurbished '2020 Core i3 MacBook air Retina' a couple months back and I wanted to ask other owners about their webcam quality. Mine sucks, even in good light it looks like a grainy camera from 10+ years ago (And I'm really not exaggerating here) MY GF's 2013...
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    Do RAM upgrades make less sense for M1 machines?

    With new M1 Macs, we only get two options for the RAM: 8 and 16GB. My current daily driver is a base model of MBA 2017. With many tabs open, Pages, Preview, etc., it is starting to feel like it's not enough. Next week I'm getting M1 Air with 16GB of RAM (well, 99% sure of that). We all know...
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