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  1. bonjourx

    iPad Pro iPad Pro 10.5 pricing help!

    hello, I need some opinions. I’ve been trying to look and compare prices for the iPad Pro 10.5, but there’s different pricing and I’m planning on selling my 3 month old iPad Pro 10.5 256gb WiFi rose gold with Apple Pencil and apple care until October 2020. Would 650 be a reasonable price for a...
  2. bonjourx

    iPad Pro 10.5 with Apple Pencil and AppleCare plus 2020

    hello, I need some opinions. I’ve been trying to look and compare prices for the iPad Pro 10.5, but there’s different pricing and I’m planning on selling my 3 month old iPad Pro 10.5 256gb WiFi rose gold with Apple Pencil and apple care until October 2020. Would 650 be a reasonable price for a...
  3. Lyrik

    Disk Partition Problem

    I used this common in terminal (diskutil partitionDisk disk2 GPT HFS+ newdisk R) from another post here to try to get my 1TB Toshiba External USB HD to work on both PC and Mac. I was trying to do this WITHOUT erasing any files on the drive. Not only did it repartition, it erased everything and...
  4. B

    Bluetooth NOT Working After SSD Install [iMac Mid 2010 - 21'']

    Hi everyone, recently I replaced my old Superdrive (not even working anymore) of my iMac 21'' Mid 2010 with an SSD Drive. Unfortunately, even though the SSD is correctly detected by the machine, I’m not able anymore to use Bluetooth. For some reason the computer does not recognise the Bluetooth...
  5. H

    iPhone 6 Plus Charging Issue After Battery Replacement

    My battery was draining incredibly fast so I replaced it with an aftermarket battery kit from amazon, following a youtube video. However, with the replacement battery, I could not turn on the phone, so I switched it back to the original battery. After closing up the phone, I can't charge the...
  6. I

    iPod Screw on IpodMini won't come out, help needed.

    Hello everyone. I'm trying to change the hard drive in my ipod mini for something better... but first I have to get the guts out! I can't get one of the screws in the top of the mini out. It will turn but not move up or down. If it moved just a little bit I would just use something to pull it...
  7. icefyre101

    iPhone X iPhone X has dust on the portrait mode lens, shows up in photos

    I got an iPhone X for xmas and I just noticed a speck of dust in my portrait photos. the speck wasn’t in any of my old pics, only ones from today. that really sucks, now I have to take to apple store to repair. any possible way to fix? or at least find out how it got in there? I know those...
  8. A

    Screen Issues after water damage.

    Hi there, I have a 2017 macpro 13" that I purchased new a few months ago. I spilled a glass of water over the key board the other night. I quickly flipped it over, powered down and dried it off, let it sick a couple day before powering it back on. everything but the screen seems to be working...
  9. S

    Which hard drive? Help.

    Hey All! Would love some help deciphering which is the best hard drive for my Macbook Pro 2012... I'm looking at revamping my Macbook Pro. I have a 2012, 15", 2.6ghz, 8gb RAM, i7 quad core. Currently it just has a 1tb hdd) I use it for everything but I do a lot of video & photo editing in...
  10. C

    Can't remove partitions on High Sierra 10.13.6

    Hello everyone. So, I need some help, I have these partitions created I suppose by installing bootcamp and stuff and I can't remove any of these. If anyone knows how to remove them please help XD. I really need a way to only have 1 solid disk instead of 5. The "-" sign does not work on any of them.
  11. Mac03ForLife

    Spam posts and MacRumors

    This may not be the place to post this, so sorry mods in advance Anyways, this is where most of the spammy posts I see are conglomerated. Things like "resolved --****** then some sketchy link claiming to get you to lose 100lbs per day, etc" Is there anything macrumors can do about these? As...
  12. T

    MacBook Pro 2012 Burnt MagSafe Port

    Hi all, I currently have a Mid-2012 MacBook Pro (Retina display, core i7, 15”) with a partially burnt MagSafe port, such that it can no longer charge. I’d like to repair it for as little money as possible, and am comfortable doing precise/delicate work to disassemble the laptop! The cause...
  13. I

    Help! MBP screen flickering

    Hi! Just got a MacBook pro mid 2012 (A1278) and the screen is not working properlly. As you may see in the picture, there is a small spot where I can see the screen, but otherwise it is flickering in some parts, others stay white or gray. Is there a quick fix to this? What could have coused it...
  14. T

    Games lag - unless screen recording is on

    Hi guys. I've got a two-weeks-old iPhone XS (bought new from an Apple store) on iOS 12.1 facing a strange issue. I've been playing a lot of Girls' Frontline and noticed that the game lags and stutters a lot during combat. I mentioned it offhand to some friends and they said that it runs...
  15. CliqueQ

    Looking for replacement parts

    Hello, today my 2017 non Touch Bar Mac was in a accident and fell on a concrete floor basically the damage is to the lower top part of the Mac and the top part. I wanted to know if it is even financially a smart idea to replace these parts and where could I even get genuine parts? P.s. I added...
  16. V

    Gaming and Joystick Help - Old iMac

    So I'm looking for Christmas present advice - have very little knowledge and would appreciate all help available. My dad has a very old iMac (09/10 I think), it's update to highest level of iOS it can but I'm not sure what that is. When we used to have a PC he loved to play games like Call of...
  17. S

    Extracting files from old Macbook Pro hard drive

    Hi all, This is my first post here so apologies if this has been raised before. If there is another thread can someone please point me in the right direction? I currently have a MacBook Pro 13", a few days ago the system crashed, just switched to a black screen, I left it a while, then...
  18. bonjourx

    Is it safe to update to Mojave now?

    I keep on getting the update to install Mojave and I'm wondering if its safe to update now? are there any recent issues or problems or bugs that have been not solved yet? I'm thinking of updating my OS but I wanna make sure that it wouldn't crash my computer.
  19. C

    Mac Mini Server 2011 randomly reboots after reformat

    Hello! I have a 2011 Mac Mini Server running on Sierra 10.12.6. It will randomly start rebooting itself. I am looking at the crash reports and I am not understanding what it is spitting out. It looks like the error is pretty consistent between all of the crash reports. Please see as...
  20. infinitytekk

    iPhone X Apple is screwing me over

    less than a year ago I got an iPhone X as I'm legally blind and use it for HomeKit and transport apps it's a great device that helps me everyday, the problem started a few weeks ago the device got super hot so I stopped using it I go back and look at it a while later the lcd is messed up and the...