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    Other iPhone 12 resale value

    Hello everyone, I am planning to get into the apple ecosystem this fall. I am debating between the small (regular) iPhone 12 and the normal (non max) iPhone 12 Pro. Usually i keep my smartphones for a long time (my current Android one is approaching 5 years - the upgrade is urgent :)), but...
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    What to do with my busted 2011 27" iMac?

    I'd like to get some value out of my 2011 27" iMac (with the i7, 2GB Radeon HD 6970 and 12GB of RAM) but don't know if doing so is worth my time given the condition of the machine: The GPU is broken. Turning the machine on brings me to an Apple logo with some red stripes and no further. Yes...
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    15" MBP resale price in 2 years - is it worth bumping up specs?

    I'm gonna buy the new 6 core 15 inch MBP soon. My plan is to keep it for 2 years and sell it, to buy the 2020 model then. I'm currently working fine with 512 GB SSD and 16 GB RAM. BUT since I have the option of bumping up from 16GB/512GB/2.6 GHz to 32GB/1TB/2.9 ghz, and paying around 33%...
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    How to best prepare my mac pro for a sale

    Hi, I want to try to sell my early 2009 mac pro and a c2005 Powermac G5. ( and my '07, 09, and '11 MBPs!) What should I do to prepare them for sale in terms of wiping my data and password from the hard drives yet making sure they have the most current as possible OSX and standard apps...