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    Need Help with SSD Swap

    My wife has a 2010 MacBook Pro. I recently upgraded her ram to the highest it will accept. I also purchased a SSD so I can swap out her hard drive. So, here's my question. Right now, her computer cannot accept OS X Mojave. Once I swap in the SSD, will I be able to install Mojave? If not, is...
  2. erudyne

    What does OSX do different on the reboot after a crash?

    I have a Mid 2014 MBP that I installed a NVMe hard drive (Samsung EVO 960) in a while ago. It works perfectly (aside from hibernation) running High Sierra. It also works fine in Win 10 or Arch Linux. I can use dd to zero out the partition info on the drive, initialize with only mojave off a...
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    Which MBP 2018 upgrades would be worth it for me?

    Hey there! I'm looking at upgrading my old MBP to one of the 2018 15" versions and am struggling to decide which upgrades would be worth the expense. I do a variety of weird content related things on my laptop, so I'm looking to be broadly covered for these. These include: - Editing/Exporting...
  4. bonjourx

    MacBook Pro 15' size and weight opinion

    I hope I'm not sounding silly, but I've noticed that its mostly men that has the 15inch MacBook Pro on the forums.. i wanna know for a woman's point of view, what do you guys think of the MacBook Pro 15 inch size wise? is it too big/ heavy? I've never had a 15 inch and currently have a 13inch...
  5. SiriusNY

    MacBook Pro artefacts while loading

    Hello! After updating to MacOS Mojave, I noticed that MacBook has artefacts while loading. MacBook starts to load then an artefact appears for a second, then loading is going on. By the way, loading becomes a slower than before. Artefacts are ONLY while loading. No any other graphical issues...
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    Can I use my Macbook Pro in a Power Mac G5 ?

    I have a Macbook Pro 15" probably mid 2012 and a Macbook Pro 13" mid 2012. I also have a Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5. I was wondering if i could somehow use the power of one of the Macbooks (after I upgrade the Ram and HD) with the Power Mac. A sort of Frankenstein monster made from the two products...
  7. Mac03ForLife

    MacBook Pro 2011 Suddenly Died

    So I've been using my late 2011 macbook pro for gaming, productivity, and content creation up until about 2 months ago when i bootcamped it and installed windows 10 to the secondary partition. I've been SOLELY using the bootcamp partition for about 2 months, and just last night I started to...
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    iPhone 8/Plus Should I buy an iPhone for better integration with Macbook?

    Hi there, it is my first thread here, so welcome everyone! I have been using Macbooks at my work for some time and I absolutely enjoyed the experience, so I decided to buy Macbook Pro 2018 for myself and now I wonder if buying an iPhone is a good idea. I never had an iPhone. Currently I have...
  9. SwissDataHoarder

    Macbook Pro 2018 after update 2

    Hello i made a poll about MacOS update 2. Would be cool if you can answer it http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5b8ee476e4b0564f7676bde7 to help other user with their purchase. Please everyone should answer, not only who has problems with the mac. thank you This poll is shared on apple...
  10. sincity

    Help please

    I do not have much computer knowledge, my current computer is a Macbookpro9,2 2012 year model which has intel core i7 and 2.9 GHz processor speed and 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536MB (I have no idea what any of this means) my computer crashed and it barely works, it takes ages to...
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    Google Drive frequently crashes when running in Google Chrome on MacBook Pro 2018 32GB i9

    I have a MacBook Pro 2018 32GB i9. I’m a heavy Chrome user, with usually anywhere from 80-100 windows and 200-250 tabs spread across 5-10 desktop spaces. I realize that this can be tough on a system, however my MacBook Pro 2017 16GB i7 handles the load pretty well. I was hoping for even better...
  12. rybelis

    MacBook Pro does not deliver images in iMessage

    Recently I bought MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65) I noticed I could not successfully deliver images in iMessages. Although it looks like everything is fine and the image has been sent in my MacBook's iMessages, but actually receiver gets the small stock...
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    2018 Pro Users Do u have LG or Samsung Screen?

    Please type this command in the command prompt: ioreg -lw0 | grep "EDID" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r If you see LP, then you got LG panel. If you do not see LP, then you got Samsung. My 2017 macbook pro is Samsung Panel and it is WAY BETTER than my 2018 LG panel in terms of brightness and...
  14. Levi2000

    MacBook Pro kernel panic

    Anonymous UUID: 916B0925-6A85-A9C2-3D72-2E4A8CEF527B Sat Jul 21 12:13:13 2018 *** Panic Report *** Machine-check capabilities: 0x0000000000000806 family: 6 model: 15 stepping: 11 microcode: 186 signature: 0x6fb Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7800 @ 2.60GHz 6 error-reporting banks...
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    2018 MBP 13” with eGPU vs 15 inch

    I use a 15 inch MBP 2016 with touch bar today primarily as a desktop replacement with dual 4K monitors. I occasionally travel with it. Use it heavily with Parallels and as a developer. I’m going to upgrade to a 2018 version. Given that I use dual 4Ks, the 13 inch’s integrated GPU has never...
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    What Add On's Do I Need For a Macbook Pro?

    Hi, I'm starting college/university in September and I'm overdue a new laptop and I've decided I want to get a 13" Macbook Pro (without touch-bar). However, I'm not sure whether I should/need to upgrade the processor, memory or storage of the Macbook, or keep it at the basic model; being the i5...
  17. Bonilla

    Best option to save money for new MBP 2018.

    Hello guys I want to upgrade my MBP mild 2014 just because it feels laggy and I am starting using Lightroom and want to use final cut soon, so the question here is wich is the best way to save money for the new 2018 in your experience ? I am thinking go for educational store but I also I want...
  18. FLappleGuy

    2016 Macbook Pro GPU Restarts

    So I've seen the other threads talking about newer MBP's having static issues when opening up after sleep, and I've definitely been experiencing that issue too. My problem though is that the issue is growing for me, and I just experienced my second complete freezing of my computer, while using...
  19. bf109k4

    m.2 to SATA in 2012 macbook pro 13.3?

    Hi everyone, I got a good deal on a 13.3" Macbook Pro from 2012. It has the i5 3210M processor, the stock 500GB 5000rpm HDD, and the stock 4GB of 1600MHz ram. I am planning on upgrading both the hard drive and ram. I already have a 128GB M.2 drive at home, and I was thinking of buying a M.2...
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    help please, how to delete the free space partition

    When I tried to delete my Windows 10 with Bootcamp, my Mac suddenly crashed and the screen was freezing. So I restarted it by pressing the Power button and now I only have 64 GB (since I used 57GB on Windows and my Mac is a 128GB). The other 57 GB seems to vanish due to the bootcamp error. I've...