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  1. 81Tiger04

    Air or Pro?

    My wife had been using MacBooks since they were clunky, plastic white things 😆. Well, a year ago my wife took a leap and purchased a PC for work. Fast forward to now ... She wants to go back to a Mac (big surprise ha ha). What would you suggest she do as far as her Mac purchase? Pro or Air...
  2. 81Tiger04

    MBP or MBA?

    My wife had been using MacBooks since they were clunky, plastic white things 😆. Well, a year ago my wife took a leap and purchased a PC for work. Fast forward to now ... She wants to go back to a Mac (big surprise ha ha). What would you suggest she do as far as her Mac purchase? Pro or Air...
  3. Devyn89

    iPad Pro 11” iPad Pro + MacBook Air or 12.9” iPad Pro?

    Howdy y’all Presently I’m trying to decode what the best solution for my needs is and I’m curious to hear some of your opinions. I don’t need you to tell me what is best for me, but what your experience has been. First a little background. Currently I have a 2018 11” iPad Pro, pencil and Magic...
    • Devyn89
    • Thread
    • ipad pro macbook air
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: iPad
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    just ordered the MBA M1 with 8GB RAM is it enough for....?

    ....to do some video and picture editing, office work, presentations, browsing and for watching videos ? or is it more like that I can run every program as good as with 16GB of RAM but can't open as many programs as on the 16GB RAM version? thank you.
  5. Ghost-Hardware

    MacBook Air shutting down while charging at night

    Hi everyone, So lately, I've been experiencing an issue with my MacBook Air 2020. It's an Intel i5 model with 8 gigs of RAM and I'm currently running macOS Big Sur 11.3.1. I am used to charge it all night. Since something like 2 or 3 months I guess, when I unplug it, I can hear the starting...
  6. C

    Battery 88% MacBook Air M1 2020 16GB

    This seems like a huge decrease in battery health. Cycle count is 39. Coconut battery report below: Computer has been in daily use for six months and is usually always plugged in.
  7. A

    MacBook stuck in diagnostics

    Hello, i have MacBook Air M1, and for the last couple of days i’ve been trying to do diagnostics to check if everything is good with my mac but, whenever i reached to “checking your Macbook” “about one minute remaining” my macbook hets stuck and the only way to restart it is to turn it off...
    • Albaqllawa
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    • apple bigsur issue macbook air
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: macOS
  8. petev

    Can’t decide.. 2020 M1 MBA or this year’s MBP?

    I would like to buy a new 13” macbook, as my current MBP (2017) has several issues that I believe are not really worth fixing and I don’t know if I should wait for the new M1 MBP or buy a 2020 M1 MBA. I would use it for iOS development only basically, but my issue is this. The current M1 macbook...
  9. S

    so how THIN do you think the UPCOMING Macbook Air is like?

    this is the OLD macbook air this is the UPCOMING macbook air
  10. A

    Macbook Air M1

    So, i’ve had my MacBook Air M1 since December, few weeks ago i was doing some work, and noticed that my screen started flickering in purple, i spoke to the apple support told me to do few things to check if that problem would occur again, went in safe mode, problem didn’t happen, so today while...
  11. GSWForever8

    White bezels or black bezels?

    What do you like? Black bezels or white bezels?
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    MacBook Air with white bezels

    Just wanted to share this quick mock-up I made of a MacBook Air with white bezels, I personally think it looks great!
  13. E

    Unlock with Apple Watch not working on MacBook Air or iMac after 7.4 update

    I updated my iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch this morning. Unlocking the iPhone with mask on automatically via Watch is great. BUT, neither the MacBook Air nor iMac are unlocked with the Watch now. I confirmed in Settings that Unlock with Apple Watch is still enabled. This was working as recently...
  14. slplss

    iPad Pro (Poll) Macbook Air or iPad Pro 12.9 for a student

    The only Windows applications I use is Chrome, Zoom, Teams, Office, Onedrive, iCloud. For entertainment, Netflix, Youtube, Twitch. Hearthstone is my guilty pleasure and only game I would play outside of PC. IMO it's insane MB Air and iPad Pro 12.9 cost almost the same, but you are getting much...
    • slplss
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    • ipad pro 12.9 m1 chip macbook air student
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: iPad
  15. B S Magnet

    Has a battery charger utility/manager for Mac laptops (PPC or early Intel) ever existed?

    This question seems kind of far-fetched, but I have to ask nevertheless, especially considering the prevalence of Li-ion batteries being prone to damage (including swelling) or failure, when left plugged in to a charger at maximum charge for extended periods of time. Also, considering the...
    • B S Magnet
    • Thread
    • battery charging ibook laptops macbook macbook air macbook pro powerbook
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  16. E

    Switchres X macbook air display problem

    I recently installed SwitchRes X on my MacBook air (using macOS Big Sur, not M1), and it was going fine until I created a custom sized display and used it, and then my screen went black. I tried to fix it, but nothing worked but plugging it into an external monitor, which actually made the...
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    water droplets on keyboard of MacBook Air 2019. is that critical?

    hey guys, just wondering how serious could be trouble caused by a few droplets of water on my keys? I washed my hands and totally forgot what seller said to me about water. i started typing and saw that on 4 of my keys ( r, v, f, c) were droplets. i worked for 15 minutes more after this...
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    Request: A1466 EMC2925 Bios

    Hi there! I'm having trouble with this 13" MacBook Air. The computer turns on, fan spins, all power rails OK, but no chime, no backlight, etc. So, I removed the U6100 and soldered one from a non-identical non-donor board, and it works "OK"*, so... The firmware is corrupt. Does anyone have a...
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    2021 Macbook Air: not a redesign? Wishlist for next Macbook Air

    2021 Macbook Air: not a redesign? we might not see a redesigned Macbook Air 2021 so it might be a silicon upgrade only so for the next Macbook Air upgrade, what's your wishlist, aside from usual silicon chip upgrade 14 inch screen in same chassis, with small bezels 1080p webcamera extra...
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    Student confused on which M1 MacBook to buy

    So I am a second year computer science student. My 2017 15" MacBook pro recently had some problems so I need a new laptop. I read the buying guides on this forum but I still don't have a clear decision Currently, I am deciding between: 256GB MacBook Air 7 Core GPU and 8GB of RAM 256GB MacBook...
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