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    MacBook Pro 2016 w/Touchbar issue! Stumped

    Hey, I purchased a Macbook pro 2016 w/touch bar online and the other day it froze whilst i was using it and then shut down and "your system restarted because of a failure press any button to continue" or something along those lines appeared. Pressed a button, waited for it to load but it got...
  2. Peet_B

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro won’t boot

    Help! My 5,1 2010 Mac Pro won’t boot anymore. I’m hearing the chime, and it does all the usual stuff I hear when it’s booting up, but there’s no screen, nothing, it’s completely black. Yesterday I tried to install rEFInd, and did that successfully, only to realize my RX580 didn’t have a...
  3. alexellwood

    Resolved NVMe kernel panics with new drive

    Hi all. I recently bought an ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD 512GB for my MacBook Pro 12,1 (early 2015, i5). I'd recently bought with it a Sintech adapter to fit with it, the same one in this eBay listing. It worked for a while, but as I noticed it became a bit funny. More recent problems, it...
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    Does anyone know how much it would cost me to repair my 2017 MacBook Pro’s LCD?

    Hey guys! I have a 13-Inch 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. I got a crack in the screen that seems to have gotten worse in the past two days, it glitches my entire screen and I cant really scroll or click anything without my screen glitching everywhere, I can still use my laptop just fine it’s...
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    Are these specs good?

    Hello there buddy, Looking for a macbook pro 2015 15'' Im going to use it mostly for photoshop, internet browsing maybe video editing or in general graphic desigh. What specs are going to be best. Thanks for the help. Ps. Really really aprreciate it. Btw are these specs good for the job -...
  6. Annaifos

    I did an SMC startup, and my mac factory resetted.

    It's all in the title. Does anybody know what the heck could be the reason for this? My keyboard and mousepad have recently been acting up every now and then, and the SMC restart has always helped to unf*ck the situation. Until now. I have a mid 2015 macbook pro with el capitan.
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    I was duped into running some malicious code and now I can’t get past the password screen

    Earlier today I was tricked into running some commands. My friend’s discord (an app similar to Skype that lets people talk to each other via voice and instant message) account was hacked and someone sent messages as him telling me to run some commands. Since the messages came from a friend who...
  8. W

    Help Removing Server

    Thank you to anyone who might help with this issue. I work for a cooperation and of course all of the servers are targeted to Windows based computers. The Mac world is getting better here. I have connected to a server at another facility. The server shows as a Volume. It is on my desktop. The...
  9. J

    Mac Pro 5,1 refusing to load with hdmi connected - new GPU

    Hi guys, Newbie here! Hoping I can get some advice! I've got a mac pro 5,1 2012 and I've just installed an msi radeon rx 560 4gb graphics card, ready for upgrade to Mojave. I've got a 4k monitor which I was using on hdmi without any problems on my last card, now it seems the mac only boots...
  10. Boco1117

    I got a Power Mac G5 for free but it won’t start up

    As the title, I got it for free. I am cleaning up the classroom since it is the end of the school year and I see a Power MAC G5 sitting in the corner. My teacher let me get it home for free. It was the dual 1.8 version. It got everything, but when I press on the start button, it kind of start...
  11. Vbmalek

    iPhone XR Screen Water Damage HELP!

    My phone got splashed with water 18hrs ago. The screen looks like this now. The screen has to transparent blue spots in the right side and it appears as grainy, smudged all over the upper screen. It is also dimmed and has a bright line at the bottom of the screen. Has this happened to you...
  12. T

    Macbook pro 2015 15''?

    Hi there, i'm wonder if there 2 versions on the macbook 2015 15'' like diffrend specs and stuff, hope you could help me out. Thanks for the help!
  13. L

    Apple repair not shipped yet?

    Forgive me if this isn't in the right topic or if this site in general isn't the place to discuss this but I just don't know what to do. Perhaps I just want some piece of mind. It's been two days since I went to the genius bar for my macbook pro. At that time, the representative told me they...
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    Late 2012 Macbook Pro Retina Display Boot issues

    Hi all, I have a late 2012 Macbook pro Retina display that used to work fine up until the latest round of updates (2 months prior). Now the computer has been showing issues. Most notably if it falls asleep, the computer will awaken, work for 5 minutes and then crash with the black screen and...
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    Resolved Panic Report Help

    Hi all, I can't tell if this problem is software or hardware related. Anytime I log into the Mac it crashes within 10 minutes. This persisted through a full wipe and reinstall. Any help is appreciated. Running mojave 10.14.14 on a mac pro late 2013 *** Panic Report *** Panic(CPU 6, time...
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    The lost space, partition gone.

    Hey lads, I've been dual booting Linux for a while now, which I partitioned myself using diskutil commands. So the process for me to setup Linux took a while but everything worked out perfectly, util now. So I was interested in doing a fresh install of MacOS and dedicate the entire drive for...
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    Deleted my hard drive

    Hello, I was having issues with the speed of my MacBook, so I tried factory resetting it and accidentally deleted pretty much everything... I tried reinstalling and it, but it kept failing at the very end, and after messing about even more I can’t even select a hard drive to install it now...
  18. Skeptical.me

    iPhone XS Max Sound Volume has degenerated

    I've had the iPhone XS Max 256GB since launch. The volume was excellent, nice a loud easily heard. I have all volume controls set to maximum in settings, and in the control Panel, and in Siri. However, after months of use the sound has become noticeably lower. Its now to the point when Im in...
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    Battery Puffy? MacBook Pro Early 2015

    Hi I’ve opened up my wife’s old MBP 13” Early 2015. The batteries seem a little “puffy” - is that normal for these batteries (i.e. do they have a bubble or air layer to protect them or something)? https://1drv.ms/u/s!AlcmKqGzQ0kEg7N5fIpp662NFpzAdA...
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    Finder column with bug

    Hey there, I have a very annoying bug destroying my workflow. The with of the column view is extraordinary wide - wider than the longest file name. This bug appears with every folder anywhere. If I resize it once to the correct size, all the following folders have the correct column with. But...