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MP 6,1 Mac Pro 2013 Monitor compatibility
Hey Friends I'm looking to upgrade my monitor, I've been using a Asus PA248Q for about 6 years and its been fantastic. Im looking to get a 27 inch 4k monitor, my budget is around 550GBP, I've identified the BenQ PD2700U (linked below) However Im concerned about the connectivity and getting... -
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Not starting
I have an iPhone5 and it died three days ago and I thought it was just the battery, but when i charged it, the apple logo is appearing however it doesn't go to the home screen. Even if I try restarting or plugging it to my laptop, my phone is still like that. It's been like this for three days...- messedup.z
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- help help please iphone 5 iphone 5 black screen iphone 5 not turned on iphone 5c black screen phone works
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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Macbook Air only turn on when is 100% charged
I left my macbook air ( bought it in may from the apple story) in sleep mode for a couple hour. When I came back it didn't react, tried turn it on, the SMC and nothing. I left it charging and after it was fully charged it turned on. It happened the same issue this morning. Any Idea why this is...- mariaadelaidamera
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- help please macbook air not turning on wtf
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- Forum: MacBook Air
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I have an Old MacBook 4,1 and want Itunes 12.5 so i can connect to ios 10.3.1 iphone 7
Hello everyone, I have a MacBook 4,1 A1181 EMC no.2242 [which I got for free] currently running os x 10.6.8. I am in the process [haven't actually spent any money at this time] of upgrading my ram to 4G via two 2G PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM @ 667 MHz as I only have the 1G installed as two 512MB... -
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Network dropouts on Sierra driving me crackers
One of our iMacs is having serious connectivity problems. Both ethernet & wifi will drop internet access. Happens daily, randomly & repeatedly. The computer will still be visible on the LAN & can still access LAN stuff but it just drops internet. This does not happen to our other iMac which is...- rexone
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- connectivity problems dropped connection help help please imac internet connection sierra
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- Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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Help please! EBay or Best Buy for MacBook Pro 2016?
hello guys, i am planning to buy the MacBook Pro base model 2016, now I have two places I'm considering getting it from. One is from Best Buy that is Open box- excellent geek certified, and one from eBay seller that has the item new and sealed but obviously no receipt. To be honest I'm...- bonjourx
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- buy macpro buyer's guide help please macbook 13" macbook 2016
- Replies: 25
- Forum: MacBook Pro
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1-800-921-4167 Ransomware Scare Help!
Hello all, Clicked on the wrong link on a web site and was diverted to a modified "blue screen of death" with a pop-up saying to call 1-800-921-4167 to get rid of the sudden technical difficulties my computer was now experiencing. There was a voiceover that my frantic clicking interrupted...- newbie81
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- chrome help help needed help please help! macbook 13" ransomware
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Deleted my Macintosh HD, trying to reboot mavericks from a USB drive
I bought a mac book pro, mid 2012, retina version- from somebody I didn't know, off of craigslist. First mistake. It seemed to work fine, but after awhile it started freezing often and then the folder with a question mark started to appear. I was told that all I had to do was make a bootable USB...- amoe
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- bootable usb deleted hard drive failed hard drive failure help needed help please macbook 15" macbook pro mid 2012 mavericks mid 2012 macbook pro partitioning
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Screen flickering on startup - MacBook Pro 13
At the login screen and during usage, a flickering dark shadow appears on the top half of my screen. Please check the videos: I have done: * Apple Diagnostics and it says that there is no hardware problem. * Safe Mode and it continues. * I reseted NVRAM, still there. * SMC reset; nothing *...- Chomp81
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- flickering help please macbook 13" macos sierra screen
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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New to mac and some of my mp3 files are not readable on mac.
Hey guys, I have just bought a new mac and i'm a pc user, i copied all my music albums from my pc to my ext hard drive and then copy it to my mac but i notice that some of the songs are not readable on my mac and i check my hard drive from my mac finder and some of the songs are gone but when i...- FalwinHorison
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- help help needed help please itunes mac mp3 music music folders music library
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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iPhone My Messages keep disapearing and I don't even get notifications since the IOS 9.3.2 update
So It took me a while to finally move from IOS 6 to IOS 9 on my Iphone4S and when I finally did my Messages App isn't working properly. *All my old text messages are gone. *If I get a text message I don't even get a notification (yes I made sure in the options that it's not excluded from the... -
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USB Huawei 4G mobile net device not found
Dear All, I've been faced with the naked truth that my mobile net doesn't work. I have a Macbook Air, OS El Capitan and I tried (have been trying) to use my USB device to browse at my workplace or anywhere where wi-fi isn't an option. However, after installing (?) the USB device's driver, I...- Gaboristvan
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- device help please huaweie3276 macbookair notfound
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Help needed with freeing space / backing up iPad
My parents have a 16GB iPad and currently its pretty much full up of photos and videos etc. They have bought the iCloud upgrade so they have 50GB space and on the iPad it says they have 49.4GB available space. Head over to iTunes to do a backup and the bar at the bottom is telling me the iCloud... -
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Clicked on phishing link on iPhone - help please!
Feeling very stupid right now... and quite worried - any help would be much appreciated. I received a text from 'iCloud' saying my 'Apple and iCloud would be terminated' unless I confirmed my details through a link sent in the text. I don't know what I was thinking but I clicked on the link... -
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iPhone Help - Jailbreak restore
I have an iphone 5c that is jailbroken (I wasn't aware of this). anyway, I was having some issues with the phone 'searching' for service, so I did a factory reset. From there I as not able to activate the phone. After trying numerous things, I put the phone into recovery mode, tried to...- jedunn
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- dfu help please iphone 5c jailbroken recovery mode
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- Forum: iOS Jailbreaks
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Macbook Pro restarted because of a problem
It has been happening for quite some times and usually restarts whenever I am watching a show on dailymotion especially. It is getting frustrating as my warranty has also expired :( Am hoping to get some help here! Mac Details: Macbook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) Processor 2.6GHz Intel... -
Help with a 09 Mac Pro processor upgrade...
I have 2 used 3.06 hex core processors I'm in the process of installing in my 09 mac pro. The firmware update is done, the processors are being floated on 5 (each binding post) .5mm metal M4 washers and I have been able to get my mac pro to post with no red lights at all!! (small victory!) For... -
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Downgraded cydia installer
Hello, I've got a problem. I've accidentally downgraded cydia installer. Cydia doesn't work. How can I fix it? I've already tried to delete cydia substrate and cydia installer, nothing works.- nvzut
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- apple cydia help please iphone problem
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- Forum: iOS Jailbreaks
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Logged out of user randomly?
Today, I was using Google Chrome and Google Hangouts (not the extension, just the one in the sidebar in Gmail) and my MacBook Pro suddenly slowed down and logged me out. It was only this time I was logged out, and I don't have the settings to "log out after__ minutes of inactivity". I looked...- demitelescope
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- help please
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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Lots of issues with rMBP Late 2013
My MacBook Pro (Retina Late 2013 13"), is making wierd noises. If it's sleeping, and I wake it up, there is a tick sound as the screen turns on. When GPU activity is high, it makes ticking sounds when it heats up and when it cools down. It's not the fan, it is working just fine. Any ideas? Could...- dubstepcats
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- battery cpu gpu help help please logicboard macbook osx retina
- Replies: 3
- Forum: MacBook Pro