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M2 pro Macbook Pro vs M3 Macbook air
Hi, Im going into this college this fall semester and upgrading my 2020 i3 Macbook Air. As i was looking I saw a $1400 m3 MacBook Air (13 inch) with 16 GB of RAM and a 512 ssd. Furthermore, I saw an Apple refurbished M2 Pro MacBook Pro with 16 GB of RAM and 512 SD and it would cost $1500. I use...- Milly342
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- #macbook
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Macbook Pro M2 pro 16 inch (12 cpu 19 gpu) VS Macbook Pro M3 Pro 14 inch (11 cpu 19 gpu)
Hello, I am thinking of buying a MacBook in the coming months, but I haven't decided which model to buy. My priority is performance, screen sizes are not important to me, I need whichever is more powerful. Purposes of use: -Adobe programs -Office Programs -Final cut -I have lots of tabs in...- melihenesbakal2234
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- #apple #applesilicon #m3 #mac #macbook #macbook m2 pro #macbookpro #macbookpro #m3 #m3pro #macbookprom2pro #macintosh
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MacBook Pro from 2011 with catalina
I bought a MacBook Pro from 2011 completely new and put Catalina on it. I need to know if its good for editing or using blender. It has 4GB memory, around 270 GB free space and graphics are Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB. Is it good for blender or video editing ?- vdivon
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- #catalina #macbook
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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About increasing font size of the menu and display bars
Dear all, Im a MAc newbie using macbook air m1(ventura 13.1.2) with external monitor(29inch) set up. My issue is that I cannot increase font size of things like file,edit,view on top neither the downloads bar when in chrome as marked in pic. However I know cmd and + will increase inside...- bjessim
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- #font #macbook
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Waking mac from clamshell mode after sleep
I am a new user to Mac. Just shifted to to macbook air from windows and now using it on clamshell mode with external lenovo monitor. My macbook air has the latest Ventura 13.3.1. I wanted to know two things: a) Does macbook wake up only on mouse movemenbt and mouse click and not on keyboard...- bjessim
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- #external display #macbook #macbookair m1 #mouse #ventura #waking up
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- Forum: MacBook Air
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Display resolution changing automatically at times (connected to external monitor)
I am using my macbook air with m1 chip connected to my new external monitor (lenovo 29inch, resolution:2560 x 1080). My external monitor is connected to the laptop via HDMi cable and used to work fine the intial few times. Off late when it wakes up from sleep , the resolution resets to 1920 x...- bjessim
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- #display #external display #macbook #macbookair m1 #monitor
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- Forum: macOS Ventura (13)
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Airdrop Not Working on MBP 2012 MD101
Airdrop never work on my MacBook Pro 2012 MD101, can’t read device and can’t find by other device. I’ve already try many solutions from articles or Apple Support like turn off firewall but still same. The bluetooth and Wifi on my Mac is working fine. What should i do? is there a hardware...- Aegon.hunters
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- #airdrop #macbook
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MBP M1 2020- 260 cycle count with 90% capacity- concern to no?
Got my MBP M1 2020 last year in March. Cycle count 260 and capacity 90% should I be concerned? please help. I use my laptop almost every day. how do I preserve the health ? How about your macs numbers? please share- geek2022
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- #m1 #macbook #macbookpro #macbookprom1 #mbp #pro
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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M1 MacBook Air Display Burn-In
I literally just received a refurbished set hours ago and after an hour of use, the display started to show this pinkish hint and it left a mark on the display. Anyone knows how to troubleshoot this?- Alkaliar
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- #macbook #macbook air #macbook air display #macbook issue #macbookair m1 #macbookair2020 #m1
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Is grenoplus usb c hub killing macbook m1?
Hi, is there anyone who uses Grenoplus usb c hub? Specifically https://grenoplus.com/product/9-in-1-xten-c-2-combo-hub/ for macbook m1? Is it safe? Im so worried if it will fry the motherboard despite already updated my mac to 11.2.2...or shouldn't i worried that much? -
2015 12" MacBook Big Sur poor performance
HI all, Just a word of warning for any 2015 MacBook owners upgrading to the first release of Big Sur. About 2 months ago I did a fresh install of Catalina on the MacBook so its a recent install, I went ahead and installed Big Sur yesterday and it is almost impossible to use, everything is...- tomscott1988
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- #2012 #bigsur #macbook #poorperfo #slow
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HELP, please HELP
I need some help, because I'm not tech-savvy. I tried to use Dosdudes1's Catalina Patcher to update my late 2008 aluminum macbook, using a 32 gigabyte flash drive. When it updated, my mac popped up as a recovery page, however the new catalina button styles were on the buttons, and there were new...- annatheg
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- #catalina #catastrophe #boot #frustration #mac #reset #help #macbook #mavericks
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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Macbook air or pro?
Hello, Im looking to buy a macbook. Which configuration is better? I need a laptop for casual browsing, netflix, watching live streams on twitch, some school work. I want to be able to have multiple tabs open, keep a few apps running in the background or at the same time without slowing the...- yenefikirr
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- #2020 #air #cpu #i5 #macbook #pro #ram
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Startup Disk Update Error Doesn't Go Away
I have a 2018 Macbook Air that is running the latest version of Catalina, which I want to downgrade to Sierra (10.12.6). I followed these instructions: https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/downgrade-macos-3581872/ Everything worked fine until it came time to actually boot from my...- potassium507
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- #catastrophe #boot #frustration #help #macbook
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MacBook Pro 13" 8GB VS 16GB
Hey everyone !! I'm looking for a new Macbook PRO to my daily job as a developer but I have doubts about what RAM should I choose... 8GB vs 16GB? Is enough 8GB to use apps for developing?- corelhas
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- #macbook developer macbok pro programming
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Amazing eBay Find! - Mid 2007 MacBook 2.16 ghz
This is a 2.16 Mid 2007 MacBook I scored on eBay for only $75. It is in perfect working order and has very little signs of age.- CPark98
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- #apple #mac #macbook
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- Forum: Apple Collectors
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Razer Core Compatibility
Will the Razer Core work with my Early-2015 MBP 13" (Intel Iris 6100) using Apple's Thunderbolt 3 to 2 adapter?- sk2018
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- #compatible #core #macbook #razer #work apple
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iPhone eraser
I am looking for a few programs.. - A reputable program to completely erase data on an iPhone? I am aware of the factory settings to erase all the content, but I am looking for a program that will also write over any erased files so they are never recoverable? - A program that will clean up... -
Stupid question
It may sounds stupid, but here is my question. Why when i don't use a device (for me it was my iPad & MacBook Pro) for long, when i start using it, it is very slow? And after some time using it intensively it starts to be normal again. Is it hardware or software related? I know this happens to... -
New rMB Picked Up Yesterday... 1st Steps?...
So, after picking up my new rMB yesterday, I will open it later this afternoon. I'm EAGER to open it, but I can't with my partner. Long story, in which I won't type out here. LOL! ANYWAY, I'm trying to figure out what the 1st steps should be. Obviously, I'll able able to explore the world of...- ShawnTXDFW
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- #apple #macbook
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- Forum: MacBook