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5.25in Floppies FREE
Hey everyone! I have 2 boxes of unopened 5.25in Floppies (IBM AT Formatted @ 1.2MB each) Im willing to send them off free, first come first serve- Mac03ForLife
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- apple appleiie floppies hardware media storage
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- Forum: Apple Collectors
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Mac beginner / Macbook Capabilities
Hi there dear members! I was hunting at the bay and shot down a Macbook 4.1 , 2,4 GHz Core 2 Duo and 2 GB Ram. For just 30 € It seems it's the early 2008 version As a Windows/Ubuntu user i was waiting for such an opportunity and as a full fledged beginner in terms of Mac OS X i'm searching my...- SinnedNima
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- hackintosh hardware mac os x macbook 13" 2008
- Replies: 6
- Forum: MacBook
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Macbook Pro 2015 13" randomly crashes after drained to 0 batter while sleep
I have bought my mac from a seller, which was used for demostration on sell point.It has full 2 year apple service covarage.It was only 61 battery cycle when i bought. I owned and used this machine 1 month.One week or so I havent used my mac, kept it sleeping, and last week I have opened the...- pulkas
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- battery crash drain failure freeze hardware kernel panic restart service
- Replies: 2
- Forum: MacBook Pro
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“Are iPhones Made to Break?”
I came across this video that was recently uploaded by one of my favorite channels, Alltime Conspiracies. I thought it was rather interesting considering the upcoming release of the iPhone X. Frankly, I wasn’t surprised by anything mentioned in the video with how long I’ve been following Apple...- markstafford747
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- apple hardware iphone iphone x product cycle software
- Replies: 30
- Forum: iPhone
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Digital crown resistance
I just purchased the Apple watch series 3 LTE and noticed my digital crown has a little bit of resistance when turning it. My wife's turns much smoother with ease. Her older series 2 also was smooth. Did I just get a dud?- andrewsjra
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- apple watch 3 digital crown hardware
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- Forum: Apple Watch
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What does 4SNS/1/40000000: VPOR-19.763 means ?
My Macbook Pro mid 2012 is running very slow after updating to OS Sierra. i just ran Hardware Test on my MacBook and got the following error : Alert! Apple Hardware test has detected an error. 4SNS/1/40000000: VPOR-19.763 What does this mean ? How should I know that which part is damaged ?- krishnads03
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- error hardware macbook sierra test
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Purchasing iPhone online with gift card.
Recently I was gifted an Apple Store gift card which I intend to use towards purchasing an iPhone from Apple.com. I believe Apple asks for a billing address when purchasing even with a gift card. What is the reason for this with respect to a gift card which has no info pertaining to billing... -
System Toolkit - System Information And Maintenance
Hello MacRumors users, Because this is my first post in this forum, let me quickly introduce myself. My name is Sascha and I work as a full-time C# developer. For the past two years I have been learning to write apps in Swift - I just wanted to see what the "other side" looks like ;) A few... -
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screen glitches MBP13 2017 nTB
Last week I received my MacBook Pro 13 non-TB BTO with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD, and base 2.3Ghz i5. During that week I've noticed almost daily that the screen glitches. On screen you can see the kind of horizontal noise/tearing that you used to get on old CRT monitors when the cables were loose...- project_2501
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- display glitch graphics hardware
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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MacBook Pro horizontal and vertical lines
I recently bought a new MacBook Pro (Retina screen) from Apple. It is less than 2 months old. It is the old version without the touchbar. I have just returned to my hotel to find that the dock is flickering so badly that I can't use it at the bottom of the screen but have had to move it to the...- car-a-col
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- hardware lines macbook pro retina screen screen flicker video card
- Replies: 27
- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Help finding OS X Tiger or Leopard for PPC
Hey, guys. I recently found a great deal on an iMac G5. However, it comes without a hard drive, and the seller doesn't have the original OS disc. I've got plenty of HDDs lying around to get storage on it, but no system discs compatible with the machine, so I was wondering if any of you know a...- casperes1996
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- hardware imac leopard os x os x 10.4 os x 10.5 ppc software tiger
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Siri can barely hear me...and I've replaced sensor cable 3x's
Needing help with a peculiar Siri issue; I'm usually able to diagnose or fix about anything myself and this is stumping me. iPhone se, current iOS, macOS, and iTunes. All backed up, etc. Month ago, screen breaks in my pocket. I was in a warehouse moving 20lb items around, crawling on the...- rahhb.riley
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- hardware iphone siri
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- Forum: iPhone
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iPhone 7 Pus bootloop iTunes recovery restore result into error 4013
I went to somewhere (23rd of December, Brussels time) and hadn't got my Lightning cable with me. At 5 PM my battery was around 20%. Because I hadn't got my cable with me I powered off my iDevice to save the battery that still was available. After an hour I needed something that I wrote earlier... -
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[Brainstorm] Frankenstein machine?
Hi Macrumors, In my account's tradition of coming to you with bizarre hardware questions, I've got another pickle for the community. I currently have 4 semi-dead machines lying around: - White Macbook, late 2009. The keyboard and trackpad are dead. Despite having some fluid spilled on them...- Pilopew
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- hacking hardware macbook macbook air macbook pro
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Fragmentation
At what point in a Mac's / iPhone's life do you feel that the fragmentation of Apple's hardware and services cause a major disruption to owning it? This question was borne out of a previous complaint I saw where the new Lightning Earpods don't work with all Lighting-equipped devices (but iOS 9...- visegripmikey
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- fragmentation hardware ios macos software
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- Forum: Community Discussion
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Which top cases for the 13 inch MBA are compatible with the 2012 Model?
I need to replace my keyboard. If I put a top case for the newer (or older) MBAs in my 2012 model, would it work?- cookies4all
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- hardware macbook air macbook air 13 macbook air 13 inch macbook air 2012 replacement top case
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- Forum: MacBook Air
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My applications are taking hours to open and when they do they can barely function properly.
My mid 2010 15" Macbook Pro running El Capitan 10.11 can be in one of two states. Either working like a dream or struggling to open most apps (when they do most can hardly function). It tends to be after a couple of hours after turning on that my macbook starts working again and then once it's...- Amanda_Hugginkiss_
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- apple application el capitan hardware macbook macbook pro macbook pro 15 macbook pro 2010 problem software
- Replies: 23
- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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What has happened to my Macbook Pro 13'' 2012?
I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what the problem is with my mac. So, a little while ago there were several cases of my macbook somehow waking itself from sleep mode (while the lid was CLOSED) and severely overheating, while the fans would be blasting. It would literally be hot...- alexander8317
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- beach ball hardware macbook macbook pro 13" overheating slow performance spinning beach ball
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Slow Macbook after installing SSD
Hi there! This is my first post on Mac Rumors, I hope to find some help here with my problems on this Macbook Pro (Mid 2012). So my brother came to me with his Macbook Pro, it used to run smoothly with no issues until one day. Now it has very long boot times and a lot of lag with the spinning...- caslie
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- hardware problems slow boot ssd
- Replies: 9
- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Kernel panics without something USB plugged in
Last year I had the screen replaced on my late '13 MBPr and it has worked fine until recently. At this point I need to have something plugged in to USB for it not to crash - either an external monitor or my usb soundcard. If I unplug them it's gonna it's gonna kernel panic within minutes...- pimpmypixel
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- el capitan hardware kernel panic
- Replies: 5
- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
