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  1. mac_4eva

    MacBook Pro 15" Mid-'14 Performance/Battery Status Today

    I was wondering what kind of battery performance other owners of the top-end MBP 15" Mid-2014 (w/ NVIDIA 750M) are experiencing and would love to hear your thoughts. My system stats via coconutBattery: Age: 22 Months Load Cycles: 980 macOS Battery Status: Good Design Capacity: 8440 mAh (same...
  2. kirkbross

    Downloading El Capitan is like eating nails

    I have El Capitan installed. However, I want to download the El Cap installer, make a bootable thumb drive and install it clean on a new SSD. In the App store, I can initiate a download (I *think*??) but have no way of knowing if it's download or not, other than an endlessly spinning progress...
  3. T

    When's the actual MBP release date?

    So they'll announce it on June 13, but when will I be able to pick it up at the store or have it delivered to my door? Same day, a week, two, or?
  4. purple panda power puff

    Irritating issue with macbook after uninstalling an adblocker...

    Hey, so about a week ago i installed a free adblocker to get rid of the youtube ads you have to skip through after having about 2 months of 2 minute plus ads that i couldn't skip through (generally the same one too) so then i noticed not long after that when clicking on a video it won't start...
  5. S

    Macbook Pro mid 2010 resistor values

    Hello, I am an ex-lurker, sub-genius type person who is trying to repair a MBP that appears to have a few problems. I can't seem to find a dedicated mothrboard repair forum here, so apologies for the inappropriately positioned new thread, if anyone can suggest a better place for it I would be...
  6. milesz

    Installed unsupported Yosemite on late 2006 macbook pro

    I went from Lion to Yosemite using Macpostfactor v1.0.1. The first boot up went to Yosemite and when I added the updates and reboot it when back to Lion. Also, When I tried to reboot the sys using the option key, I can see the Yosemite driver, click on it and it opens back in Lion. How can I...
  7. S

    MBP headset & connector question

    Hi. I'm about to replace a Logitech USB headset that I bought for my PC back in the day. They've done me good service, but are falling apart now. They were comfy, on-ear, with a good volume and mute control inline and a boom mic. My problem is, I am struggling to find headsets with USB...
  8. Chocolatemilty

    Old HDD Not Recognized by Early '11 MBP

    So, I recently upgraded my Early '11 MBP to an SSD and optibay drive, and wanted to wipe my old hard drive to use as a networked drive for media on our Time Capsule. Well, I cannot get Disk Utility to recognize the drive using this USB SATA Cable...
  9. CastingWhisper

    Kernel Panic -Mac Book Pro 2010

    So I've been having problems with my Mac Book Pro (mid-2010) with multiple restarts ranging on average of 5 a day. I am a graphic designer and while my work is saved this is very aggravating that I have no idea how to fix. Does anyone have a solution?? OS X El Capitan V 10.11.1 MacBook Pro...
  10. A

    Sudden High-Pitched Overheating

    Hello. I will preface this post with some information. I have a Macbook Pro 15 inch running OS X 10.9.5. I've had the computer since December of 2014. The other day, I took my computer out of the bag that I keep it in. It had been in the bag all day, and has been under the conditions it was...
  11. K

    Benchmark - No Safari Option for Query Data Source

    Hi all, I have a late 2011, 15-inch Macbook Pro (processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7; memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3; El Capitan), and it seems like Safari (version 9.0.3) has been getting increasingly sluggish. I tried the usual stuff - emptying the cache, clearing the history, deleting favicons...
  12. I

    windows 10 won't boot shows black screen

    My windows 10 installed via bootcamp was working fine till yesterday when I turned my macbook off and than when I tried to boot in torder windows 10 later the windows won't boot just shows the black screen and nothing else and it's not the laptop turned off black it's like the grayish black when...
  13. Golden.delicious

    Prohibitory Sign, Won't Reboot OS X - NOTHING works

    It's a recently refurbished MacBook Pro 15" from late 2011 I tried resetting the pram with shift+commmand+p+r while powering on. Same prohibitory sign. I tried command+r. Same. I tried command+shift+r for the online recovery. Nothing. I tried holding down shift while powering on to run safe...