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    Macbook Pro 15 early 2011 startup problems.

    So the a1286 battery in my mbp15 8.2 went bad. I replaced the battery last night and connected the charger. The light on the charger stays green and doesn't turn orange to signal that it's charging the battery. I made sure to buy a genuine A1286 battery from a reputable dealer so I don't think...
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    Buy an External Display for Macbook pro retina 15 mid 2015

    Hello Everyone! I'm buying an external display for my Macbook Pro Retina 15" mid 2015.... I think a Dell 4k p2115q would be a good choice...but unfortunately I'm on a budget, and was thinking maybe about an Acer R240hy Bidx...but not sure if that will be a great loss of quality for me? Any...
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    Does my 2018 MacBook Pro 15" 512GB have slow SSD speeds?

    Expected (as advertised on Apple's website): Write: 3000 MB/s (give or take) Read: 2600 MB/s (at least) Actual (tested using Black Magic): Write: 1600 MB/s Read: 2600 MB/s Is anybody else experiencing something similar? What are your SSD write/read speeds? There seems to be a community...
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    Replacement of graphic card

    Hi, first of all, sorry if I use the wrong terminology, but I am not technical at all. I have a MBP 15" (late 2011) that stopped working a few days ago. Suddenly, the screen became crazy and the computer turned off. Since then, I cannot restart it. It get blocked on the screen with the loading...
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    new Macbook Pro 15 speaker issue

    hi guys, i just received my new macbook pro 15 with touchbar. Everything works fine excepts for the left and right speakers. The left speaker if way more louder and clear than right speaker and right speaker is low and deep, anyone experience similar issues? 2.7ghz/512gb/460/15/2016
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    Help! Is the 2016 MBP powerful enough (for VR)?

    Hi all. I'm about to buy a new laptop in a few weeks. My problem is this: I've worked as a professional photographer and video producer for years and always had a Macbook Pro. Now I'm getting more and more requests for VR productions, and would need a suitable computer. I can use the Windows PCs...
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    2012 Macbook Pro 15" - upgrade or buy new?

    Hi guys, I have a 2012 Macbook Pro 15": https://support.apple.com/kb/sp694?locale=en_GB Long time ago I've put 16 Gb RAM. Recently, it started to slow down quite a lot, so considering upgrading with a 250Gb SDD Drive. My questions: a) Do you reckon it is worth investing? b) Or better get a...
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    Macbook pro 15 mid 2014 screen scratchers and hard to clean.

    Hi i have a 2014 mid macbook pro 15, i keep the computer very clean and keep it in a very clean studio eneviroment, i hardly ever move it and the most i do move it is from one room to another. Now and then i do take it to my brothers studio he rents on the bus but thats just a 10 minute buss...