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  1. nikikaly21

    Very slow performance mirroring on M1 iMac

    Mirroring with my AVP with my baseline M1 iMac is a bad experience. Everything slows downs, there's lag, FPS drops, Chrome is almost unusable, and it's overall a very bad experience. I have none of these issues with my M3 MacBook Air 16GB, where performance is stellar. A couple folks have said...
  2. H

    [MacBook Air M1] Green Hue/ Bleeding on the edge of Screen

    I bought a new MacBook Air M1 couple of months ago. A few days ago I noticed there was a green hue in the corner of the screen. It is there after boot and disappears completely after a few minutes. When the hue is gone I can shut it down and power it on within a couple of hours, it will not be...
    • heronet
    • Thread
    • display m1 air macbook air macbook air m1
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  3. Q

    Could this be a sensor or firmware issue? Smartctl/DriveDX showing over 1 PB's of data written to internal SSD ("lightly used" M1 Air)... 8gb 256

    • quin0a
    • Thread
    • apple silicon m1 2020 m1 air
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  4. oofio2461

    M1, M2, or wait for M3 MBA?

    Hello, I've been looking for a new Macbook for studies in Late August, the M1 looks really cheap, but the M2 looks nice and there are some rumors about an M3 model, should I buy an M1, M2 MBA now or wait for M3 MBA? I want a 13-in model, since I had issues with traveling on bigger laptops!
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    Is my disk usage normal?

    Hi everyone, I was looking at Activity Monitor today and I noticed after 12 days of uptime, I've written around 125gb to the SSD. Most of it from kernel task. I've just been web browsing and doing some light gaming. Is this normal and why is kernel task using so much? I'm also barely writing any...
    • AidanBoy132
    • Thread
    • m1 air m1 apple silicon macos macos disk
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  6. A

    New M1 Air hotter than it should be?

    I've just bought an M1 Air which seems to idle at around 35 degrees celsius (the room is around 20) while the CPU usage is 3% or less, no apps running and nothing unusual happening in the activity monitor. It easily goes into the 40's with light use. It has usually been on my lap with the area...
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    Anyone know why the M1 Air only pulls 5W from a 5V/2.4A charger?

    I have an Anker USB 3.0 (USB Type A) charger that can output 5V/2.4A for a maximum of 12W per port. When I charge my iPhone with a USB-A to Lightning cable, it pulls the full 12W. But when I use a USB 3.0 Type A to USB-C cable to charge my M1 MacBook Air, it only pulls 5W from the charger...
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    How much did you buy your 512GB M1 MBA for? Comparing to cost of 512GB M2 MBA. M1 vs M2

    The new M2 MBA is missing an extra SSD chip that was present on the M1 MBA and this makes it a bit incorrect to compare the "base" configurations of the M1 and M2 MBAs. youtube.com/watch?v=EFLXf-BeWr4&t=273s youtube.com/watch?v=Ixxn0SUdKAQ&t=364s youtube.com/watch?v=gqYaqBVT5vM&t=258s To get a...
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    How much did you buy your 512GB M1 MBA for? Comparing to cost of 512GB M2 MBA. M1 vs M2

    The new M2 MBA is missing an extra SSD chip that was present on the M1 MBA and this makes it a bit incorrect to compare the "base" configurations of the M1 and M2 MBAs. youtube.com/watch?v=EFLXf-BeWr4&t=273s youtube.com/watch?v=Ixxn0SUdKAQ&t=364s youtube.com/watch?v=gqYaqBVT5vM&t=258s To get a...
  10. H

    Dirt like fleck on my Macbook Air M1 screen

    My mac has got a dirt like fleck out of nowhere today. There was nothing until morning and now it appears out of nowhere. I thought it was a dead pixel or something but rather than a dead pixel it looks like some dirt is stuck under the screen. Does M1 Macbook Airs have a removable screen...
  11. O

    Monterey 12.4 stable on M1 MBA? Got 4 M1 MBA's in the home

    Hey all, Would you recommend upgrading our 4 family M1 MBA's from Big Sur to Monterey 12.4? My wife and 3 teenagers have been using these M1's with Big Sur since dec 2020 with zero issues. Big Sur proved to be rock solid. Count my blessings and stay on Big Sur? Now that Ventura is approaching...
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    The heaviest benchmark that no MacBook can handle - Word, someone with a MBP 16" that could help?

    Hi! I am trying to guide some colleagues in choosing their next laptop and a lot of them want to use Macs this time. I off love this development but we have problems choosing between a MB Air and MBP 16" for some. This is the problem; they are using Word a lot for working with, for example...
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    M1 Macbook Air and DisplayLink

    Hey Sorry for asking what is probably a stupid question but I have spent a decent amount of time looking around and I can't find an answer to this question. I am currently using an M1 Macbook Air and I would like to use it with two external displays. Am I able to hook up one monitor with a...
  14. R

    M1 Air MessagesBlastDoorService High CPU/Energy Usage

    Hey everyone, So I just updated from the Monterey Beta 12.0.1 RC to the official 12.0.1 build last night. Everything is working as normal but I noticed a new Process Name called "MessagesBlastDoorServices" and see that it's causing high CPU usage and Energy Impact. They both are above 90 and...
  15. X

    What cable do I need to hook up the m1 air to LG 27GN850-B

    I see apple makes a usb-c to hdmi, but this monitor also seems to have a DisplayPort. Does it matter with the m1 air? Do I need to choose this apple one, is there a third party that works better? Thanks in advance.
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    Macbook air m1 LCD worse black levels

    I'm not sure is this is just a limitation of current macs or I have a faulty unit. I received my new m1 air and noticed blacks & dark greys seemed to display on the LCD as the same shade of dark blue instead, even at low brightness which I haven't noticed with older macs. (Also night shift does...
    • echo754
    • Thread
    • bad black levels lcd lcd test m1 air macbook air 2020 poor
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  17. ThomV

    M1 and Microsoft Excel issue

    Excel for Mac 16.16.19 does not run very well on my MBA M1 8G, it's kind of slow. But since today a major part of the lint is every now and then greayed out. A total reboot works for a while, but it is annoying. Any suggestions?
  18. M

    Horizontal screen divider

    How do I fix this pls. The top panel is zoom version of where my mouse cursor is pointed at below. Im not techie so please bear with me. Thank you.
  19. W

    Messed up migration from High Sierra to M1 Big Sur, please help

    Hello, please can you suggest me what is the best way I can fix a huge mess that happened when a very incompetent shop migrated the data from the hard drive of the old broken laptop to the new M1? (macbookair 8GB Ram, 512GB) What happened: old laptop was already messed up by someone who...
    • WilliamTyl
    • Thread
    • big sur 11.3 clean install macos m1 2020 m1 air migration assistant
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  20. H

    Failed Screen - M1 Macbook Air

    Hey guys, I went to wake my m1 macbook air from sleep yesterday and could see the backlight on, but nothing on the screen. I figured maybe it was some strange sleep issue so I fully powered it off and let it sit for a few seconds. When powering it back on, I heard the mac chime and again the...
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