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macbook air m1 2020

  1. R

    Battery Myths

    Hi guys, I heard two opinions on how to conserve battery health and cycle count. A: Charge until 80% and unplugged it and charge again when battery reaches 20%. B: Charge until 100% and charge again when it reaches 20 or 30%. I heard many influencers recommend us to charge only to 80% to...
  2. K

    HomeKit Homekit For Indoor Security Cameras

    Good morning all, happy to be here and looking for some input on indoor security cameras. I'm drawn to Homekit for security purposes but concerned about the how it might limit the functionality of the cameras. Two cameras would be the only Homekit enabled devices used. I recently tried the...
  3. M

    screen discoloration (??)

    hey yall, im very new to this forum but i had a quick question. idk if anyone can see it from what i have linked but, theres like a line of discoloration on my mac(maybe??). to my knowledge i haven’t damaged it or anything, sometimes i fall asleep with it right next to me from watching netflix...
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    MacBook Air M1 Lid Sound

    Sup, y'all! Did Apple change type of magnets or rubber gasket? I remember that lid of MBA with Retina from 2018-2022 [manufacture date; not M2] closed kinda without any sound unlike MBP Am I tripping? Just my curiosity. Thank you!
  5. E

    MacBook Air M1 2020 battery not charging, barely used

    Hi there I've had a MacBook Air M1 (2020 model) that has had very little use since I purchased it last May. I admittedly haven't used it for a little while, and after switching it on tonight, it appears the battery won't charge, and I've been recommended to service the battery: I've run a...
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    Macbook Air M1 A2337 LCD Screen Replacement Parts (Europe Preferably)

    I got an out of the blue crack in my LCD screen on my Macbook Air M1 A2337, so I replaced the display assembly with a pulled original one from ebay and lost True Tone. Now I have the original display assembly with a broken LCD screen that I want to repair, therefore I'm looking for advice on...
  7. B

    Stuttering audio with BT audio

    I have been running a MBP 2017 with Ventura as a desktop replacement. Keyboard is worn out, screen has a crack but in clamshell mode, this is a great machine. I was using a pair of cheat BT earbuds with no problem. I bought an Macbook Air M1 2020. Everytime I use BT earbuds, the sound gets...
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    Gaming on Macbook air M1

    macbook air M1 i play 1/2h a day sometimes (2h in a row, so), asphalt 8, optimised for apple silicon, a game apparently not too intensive the temperatures are quite high, around 80 degrees celcius (175 Fahrenheit) Is it very bad for the battery to suffer from such a temperature for more than...
  9. R

    MBA M1 battery status

    I checked my battery status this morning on my M1 MacBook Air and I don't know should I be mad or something else. Cycle Count:95, Maximum Capacity: 83%, Status: Normal I can't believe how battery can be so bad in laptop good as Air is. I'm normal user, without big demands (cycle count proves...
  10. J

    MacBook Air is restarting

    Hi team, I'm using MacBook Air M1 and it's suddenly restarting. It's happening last few weeks any one can help, please? Attached the error report below. panic(cpu 2 caller 0xfffffe0013a56a28): Kernel data abort. at pc 0xfffffe00131cca70, lr 0xf4c77e0013796dc0 (saved state: 0xfffffe59f08834b0)...
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    buying advice: MacBook Air M1 512 GB - should i get 8gb or 16gb ram?

    hi i am a university student thinking of getting a new MacBook air m1 512gb but i need help picking between 8gb or 16gb ram. i use my laptop for normal school stuff but also to play some games like hollow knight. i make websites in wix, design graphics in canvas, and use discord a lot. most of...
  12. M

    Monterey 12.6 external monitor is not seen

    MB air m1, yesterday i plugged my mac to an external display, no problem. Left it for a night, just closed the mac. Next day morning the display is not detected by mac although its plugged as it was the day before when it was working. Anyone else has this issue? (the adapter works) My idea is...
  13. lex0613

    Macbook Air M1 Heating Badly

    I recently got a hand me down from someone who hasn't used this MacBook that much so they just gave it to me instead. My problem is, it gets really hot in the part between the MacBook Air logo and bar in the middle + the top half of the MacBook on the bottom of it. It's an issue for me because...
  14. Abbas374

    Battery drainage during sleep mode

    I just bought MacBook Air M1 8gb 512gb with 99% battery charge capacity and have 27 count cycles. My battery is losing around 1% every 1 hour and 30 minutes durning sleep mode. I close most of the things when going to sleep mode. I turned off the bluetooth and wake for network access. is it...
  15. Abbas374

    MacBook Air M1 2020 Battery Charging Changing

    I just bought MacBook Air M1 8gb 512gb with 99% battery charge capacity and 26 count cycle. I have done all performance maximise settings of battery settings. I just noticed today when I unplugged the charger my device temperature was arrant 45 to 47 degree Celsius. Is it normal? I live in a hot...
  16. SpongePudding

    Resolved Help with Numbers Formula

    Hello one and all, The formula below, which I copied from the web, calculates VO2 max based on time. By replacing 'time' in the formula with value (e.g. 52:33) the result should be 37.744. I have tried (using EXP ), but without success. I'm no mathematician so any help would be much...
  17. Richard1507

    MacBook Air M1 2020 Battery drain when sleeping

    Hi, my brand new MB Air M1 2020 drains battery when sleeping. This is output of pmset -g assertions, I can see Handoff there. Is there any way to keep Handoff turned on, but put my MacBook to really sleep when I close the lid? Thank you so much. 2022-03-22 11:12:14 +0100 Assertion status...
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    M1 MBA: Trackpad and Keyboard Non-Responsive after closing and opening lid

    Hi Folks, Have kind of a weird one here. My M1 MBA's trackpad and keyboard are non-responsive after closing the lid and opening it again. TouchID still unlocks the computer but the keyboard and trackpad still don't work. It's not a sleep issue, as putting it to sleep via the Apple menu...
  19. on the rocks

    How to get 60Hz @ 4K with HDMI 2.0 with MBA 2020 M1 ?

    Hello there, I have just switched from windows to my first Macbook. 90% Of the time I connect my laptop with my tv screen. Therefore my question is how can I connect my MBA M1 with a 4K TV screen by using HDMI 2.0. I have found several explenations about achieving this by using the display...