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    Seeking 2020 Best Value Buying Advice

    Hello everyone! My family is currently sporting a late 2009 iMac (yup). It's nearing the end of its road. It's been a brave warrior, but after many years, I need to look into a replacement machine for family use, including some typical home/office use and occasional light engineering work...
  2. calsci

    Creating a Mac OS Lion boot drive in Catalina

    I'm trying to install Lion on an old MacBook that I bought. I have been able to download the installer that would have been downloaded off the App Store. I am having trouble making a bootable flash drive installer. It seems like most of the guides that had been created are now out of date for...
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    Clear Matte Skin for 2020 MacBook Air

    I just ordered a 2020 MacBook Air and was looking for a clear matte skin for the top/bottom case, sides, palm rest, and trackpad. I saw one from BestSkinsEver, but it’s for the 2018-2019 MBA. Same with Slickwraps, except I’m not sure if their “full body” kit includes the palm area. I’m guessing...
  4. mohame0603

    MBP15 - Battery Max capacity dropped to 90% in 8 months (220 charge cycles)

    Hey I am having a really bad battery issue on my 8-month MacBook pro 15 inch 2019 model. I have the vega 16 one with 16 GB of ram, my battery newer really lasted for more than 4-5 hours. Does anyone know if this is normal?
  5. EEzycade

    Which used MacBook should she buy?

    I have a friend who's a girl. She wants to buy a computer, as she doesn't own one and is sick of her using her mom's outdated slow Windows laptop. She had the idea to buy a pixel book, which I promptly but politely shot down as ChromeOS is limited, not to mention the price tag. She also does not...
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    iPad Pro use iPad Pro while plugged or charging?

    Thinking of using the iPad Pro as main computer mainly because the performance, screen quality is miles better than the Macbook and the availability of keyboard, trackpad, multiwindow, file system is available on iPad while the price of the two are very close and it's lighter too. usage...
  7. J

    Used MacBook 12" Buying Advice

    I have a near 10 year old iMac with a gradually failing hard drive and am looking to replace it, though not in kind. I've moved as much as possible towards using my iPad Pro for daily work, but there are two common applications I do probably need to keep using Mac OS X for in some form. These...
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    latest checkra1n supports T2 / Touchbar. Finally undervolting on windows?

    I'd like to undervolt my MacBook's i9 under Windows using the latest checkra1n release which supports hacking into the T2. Anyone here who knows how to accomplish that? download the latest checkra1n here. Thanks in advance.
  9. Sachapomme

    MacBook Pro 2018 - Shutting down randomly - Shutdown cause -11

    Hello, I have a MacBook Pro 2018, 15-inch, 2,2 GHz Intel Core i7 processor, 16Go 2400MHz DDR4 Memory. It keeps shutting down randomly several times a day. I bought it in May 2019 and it has been shutting down randomly ever since I purchased it. Hopefully, it is still under the 2 year European...
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    Odd battery behaviour after replacement.

    Hello there guys - new member here with specific doubts. I own a MBP 2015 15"... it was covered under the battery replacement program for Macs of this generation. Since the battery was replaced, I notice the new battery charges a lot faster and drains a lot faster... reaching a maximum of 6 to...
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    The most stable 16-inch MBP (2019) configuration for gaming on Bootcamp

    Hi guys! I want to buy a new 2019 16-inch MBP in a few months. I will use it primarily for work, but also would like to game on it. Yeah, I know Mac isn't for gaming, but in terms of mobility it's the best choice for me atm. I've run into a lot of issues with throttling and performance...
  12. Rob Hein

    Macbook Pro Mid 2010 Shut down randomly

    I got this old mac Macbook Pro Mid 2010 that has this problem, it will just shut down randomly, and give me a grey screen, i think it said kernel something, sorry im no expert here. Log file Kernel Screenshot I have read online, this is a common problem with this model, and i've tried...
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    2020 Macbook Lineup Predictions

    I've been considering what the 2020 MacBook lineup could potentially look like given that Apple is pretty much guaranteed to give the entire line the magic keyboard treatment. This is what I have so far: 13 inch MacBook Air - 128 GB SSD - 8 GB RAM - same bezels - magic keyboard - 2 USB-C...
  14. scottsavi

    Exchange Disconnection

    Hey. I have got my MacBook connected to my company wifi and all set up for pick up my exchange emails which works like a dream however... there are some random times when the connection to the server seems to drop and will not then reconnect. This issue only effects Outlook and my machine can...
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    Macbook Pro 16' Loud crack (not known speaker issue)

    Second time iv just noticed my macbook make a loud crack sound that i could literally feel with my hands on the chassis. Was very loud and only lasted a second. The laptop was opened while cold to the touch and then 25 mins in into use it happened. Not a huge issue but curious if like coil whine...
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    Correct password not accepted yet possible to reset

    Hi everyone, I couldn't unlock my MacbookPro this morning due to supposedly typing the wrong password but I am 100% sure the password was correct. I tried a few times but to no avail. When I restarted the computer (by pressing shutdown button a few secs) I was automatically shown a page to...
  17. amgff84

    Frozen Macbook & Bootcamp

    Good morning, just looking for some thoughts on my MacBook. So I have a late 2008 MacBook unibody, while it isn't fast, it's been fully upgraded including an SSD and works perfect for casual browsing and Netflix while at my Dr. Recently my old girl finally bit the dust (Dell D630C w/Windows10...
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    Is the macbook pro 2018 model still suffer from heat ?

    Hello , i want to buy the base model macbook pro 2018 2.2ghz i7 , i want to know is the heat problem still there ? Or there is a fix ? All my work is 4k video editing and internet surfing .
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    MBP 13" 2019 extreme heat and battery drainage with closed lid

    G'day all, I'll cut right to the chase. Last night I closed the lid at 50% and chucked it in my bag. I took it out of my bag 2 hours later and it was boiling hot and the battery had drained down to 20%. I think I may have found the process in the background that caused it but I’m concerned...
  20. Mihael

    How to remove all recently added photos in Photos app?

    Hello. I recently did upload some photo and videos from SD card into the Photos app on the Macbook Pro. I did a mistake uploading it to the Photos app so the new photos are all over my iCloud library; on the iPad & iPhone. Is there an option to remove all recently added photos and videos from...