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macbook pro 16"

  1. khalitzy

    I'm pretty disappointed with the MBP 16" battery health situation.

    So many people -myself included- report that their 16" battery health is less than 100% out of the box. Now that'd be okay if it was 99 or even 98. But for most, it's 95% or even less. Now that's all fine and dandy, discharge and charge and let it calibrate, it'll be fine and report correct...
  2. 4sallypat

    Dual Ethernet using 2 TB3 to Gigabit adapters ? Any advantage ?

    So at work, I use wired ethernet for everything intranet and internet - even my 12" Retina Macbook is using a USB-C to Ethernet adapter. I just received the MBP 16" from B&H and since it's more a desktop use - I wanted to try this out. Since it has 4 TB3 ports, I thought why not connect 2 of...
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    MacBook Pro 16 Keyboard backlight

    Wondering if anyone has noticed that the keyboard backlighting on the MacBook Pro 16 is inconsistent. I am attaching some pictures that show the difference. The space gray MacBook has a purple looking background and the Silver model has more of a white light background. I also exchanged a...
  4. Jl006p

    Returning my 16 MBP

    I don’t know about everyone else but the 16MBP has been a huge letdown for me. Speakers having that “popping sound” Noisy fans when editing in FCPX/Lightroom Flickering screen when using external monitors For close to $4,000 after all the configurations I made I can’t justify this purchase and...
  5. N

    Display MBP 2015 15" vs MBP 2019 16"

    Hi, I need some advice about the screen of the new macbook pro 16". Currently I have MBP 2015 15" and I use it for programming, web design, vmware, docker and etc. For me, the screen is very important and currently I can't find the information/comparative about 2015 15" Retina Display vs 2019...
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    Catalina 10.15.2 dynamic wallpaper strange behavior

    Hi, Sorry if this has already been discussed. My dynamic default Catalina wallpaper behaves strangely : after the logging screen - 4 times out of 5 - I got a wallpaper picture that does not correspond to the hour of the day. When choosing a fix picture (day for exemple) in parameters, then...
  7. N

    MacBook Pro 16'' : Refresh rate dropdown menu not displaying

    Hi, Just bought a brand MacBook Pro 16 yesterday. After updating the supplemental update (Build 19B2106), I noticed that the Refresh rate drop down menu was not displaying in the display menu of the command center. Have any of you encountered the same problem ? Is there a fix ? Thanks a lot !
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    MacBook Pro 16" no 60Hz 4K over usb-c in macOS, 60Hz in Windows 10

    I've just got a new MacBook Pro 16" with Radeon 5500M 4GB. I hooked it up to LG 32UD89-W 4K monitor with included USB-C cable. Initially monitor didn't work at all but after some supplemental update to Catalina it magically started working but still not properly. Now I'm getting only 30Hz 4K...
  9. C

    Macbook Pro 16" 2.3 or 2.4 i9 vs 32 or 64 gb RAM for Vide Editing in DaVinci Resolve

    Hello everyone, Been reading Macrumors since forever, but now I finally made an account to post here as well. I am looking to buy a new MBP 16" to do some fairly heavy video editing on the go in DaVinci Resolve (mostly 2.6 and 4k Raw files, with lots of effects, noise reduction etc)...