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  1. megalosaurus

    Someting going on with retina MacBook

    Hi! Since there seems to be so many people in the know here I thought I'd see if this is something solvable. I have a 15" retina, mid 2012, i7 with 16 gig of ram which by far is the best laptop I've ever had and it has been working like magic up to now, but in the past couple of months the...
  2. goncalocmota

    Macbook 5,1 (late 2008) freezing w/ green lines

    Hi, I'm new here so I hope I'm posting this on the right place. I have a macbook 5,1 (late 2008) which was working really fine. Unfortunately, recently it started to freeze. It doesn't do it all the time but it is specially after waking up from sleep. When that happens sometimes, but not every...
  3. A

    freeze/crash when selecting photos for upload to websites...

    MacBook Air running Sierra. I've just put Sierra on this machine and have software-updated everything. I've noticed that I can't upload photos to a website without the spinning ball/freezing. Using craigslist and now trying to add photo avatar to Mac Rumors - when I click "choose file" to upload...
  4. janeauburn

    iPhone 7 Plus freezing / locking up

    Two different units, one with iOS 10.03 and the other with 10.1. Both freeze occasionally--sometimes more than once per day, sometimes once every day or so. Unresponsive to home button, screen tapping, anything but resetting by means of pressing power button along with down volume button. No...
  5. Razor Time

    Phone App Freezing since iOS Update to 10

    I have been having problems with my phone dialler/app since upgrading to iOS10 where by it will freeze up and the only way to use it is to force the dialler/contact list to shut down and restart. Any ideas how to fix this?
  6. SteveJobzniak

    Disable YouTube 60 FPS (Force 30 FPS): Save battery and reduce YouTube CPU usage by 2-4x!

    This was inspired by the fact that my MacBook Pro 2010 uses over 100% CPU and starts lagging when trying to play 1080p60 videos on YouTube. Safari slows down, the video freezes, the audio glitches and the browser feels like it is going to crash, all while the "VTDecoderXPCService" process uses...
  7. S

    iMac (2009) freezes

    My 2009 iMac (10.11.6 OSX 21.5 inch) freezes apparently randomly, even when using only Safari or Firefox apps. The mouse cursor will move but clicking doesn't do anything so I have to manually turn off and then turn on the computer. The temperature (measured with a kitchen probe digital...
  8. lmorrison101

    MacBook Pro various issues

    Hi, My MacBook Pro has been acting up in recent weeks, all beginning with these horizontal lines that appear on the desktop and in application windows (and can be moved around with the window). Then my MacBook Pro started hanging on even the most simple of tasks (opening applications, watching...
  9. celestialbrat

    Macbook shutting down when closed and plugged In

    Macbook 13inch mid 2012 Running on Yosemite 10.10.05 Despite what I do to my power settings my macbook will shut completely down when plugged in after about an hour. But will stay in sleep mode for days/ until it runs out of power when not plugged in. Seem like something is backwards here...
  10. dj92100

    Early 2015 rMBP freezing

    Hey everyone, this is my first post, and unfortunately it's not about anything good. I got my Early 2015 MacBook Pro at the end of 2015, and within the past few weeks it's been locking up. It's happened about 5 times in total, 2 of them today (5/11/16) within 10 minutes of each other. As an...
  11. zw-gator

    External SSD freezing after period of no use

    I’m having trouble with a newly purchased external SSD. I’m currently using it to store photos and edit them within Lightroom. After 5min of not being used (ex. watching a YouTube video and not using Lightroom), when I go to use Lightroom again, the SSD and Lightroom will totally freeze up and I...
  12. Y

    early 2013 rmbp 15inch freezes after display replacement

    Hi guys Sorry about the wall of texts but I want to give all the information I have. My macbook keeps on freezing since I picked it up from apple store after a display replacement. The staff at the Apple store aren't exactly helpful and don't want to take responsibilities for it or help at...
  13. R

    9.3.1 still bad after ? weeks now! IT'S APRIL 18th!

    Just read about the massive $ in gold retrieval from old phones that Apple is collecting. That's nice. Now, how about getting my (less than 1 yr old,) iPhone 6+ to work correctly after the iOS 9.3.1 updates and supposed fixes !!! I have spent many, MANY days, and far too much time on this...
  14. A

    Late 2015 iMac 5K Freezing

    Hello, I recently bought a new iMac 5K and am running into a freezing issue. Any help troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated. Here's the info I have: Late 2015 iMac 5K 27" 4 GHz Intel Core i7 24 GB RAM (4 GB x 2 factory, 8 GB x 2 OWC) AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4 GB 512 GB SSD El Capitan...
  15. buckingham2015

    I have to constantly turn wifi off/on on my MBP or my connection stops responding

    Hey guys, so I just moved into a new house in November 2015. I've had MBP 15" Mid 2014 model since October 2014. I'm running El Capitan 10.11.3. I've never had an issue with its connectivity anywhere else, but since I got to this new house I've had nonstop problems. Essentially, I'll be...
  16. MrAverigeUser

    Spotify and Deezer leading to beach ball and freezing ?

    Although my MBP 2012 i7 15" has just been upgraded (1TB SSD and 16GB) and works very fine, I had sometimes more and more beach balls and sometimes freezing of Safari since some months. It´s rarely really disturbing, but nevertheless very irritating. I read an interesting posting a week ago that...
  17. witalobenicio

    MacBook Pro freezing in any action with SSD

    Hi guys. I have a MacBook Pro mid 2012 and about 5 months ago i upgraded him with a 120Gb SSD Kingston. Everything was normal, until last week when i put him in sleep mode and then when i open it was a total freeze. I tried to put other SSD in my Macbook and it freezes too. But if i use my old...