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early 2009 iMac upgrade advice?
Hi folks, I'm new to this forum, and have very limited experience with upgrading computers, with the exception of RAM and battery replacements. I own an early 2009 20-inch iMac, 2.66 GHz Intel Core Duo, running OS X 10.9.5. I upgraded the RAM two years ago to 4 GB (1067 MHz DDR3). As one might... -
Upgrade Snow Leopard to latest macOS version, but keep Windows XP in Boot Camp?
I may be asking for an impossible solution, and feel free to let me know whether that's the case. Here's my situation (skip to TL: DR if it's too long): My trusty iMac (Mid 2010, iMac11,2) is still running OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. It's always been quite stable, and I have Windows XP Professional...- dXTC
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- boot camp upgrade winodws xp
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- Forum: Windows, Linux, macOS, & Others on the Mac
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what is the best OS for macbook pro mid 2010?
So I got a 15" macbook pro from mid 2010 that still runs snow leopard, and I am absolutely amazed about how nicely it's been running for all these years. But after approximately 7 years of use, i can definitely tell that it's starting to tire out.. and that it's time for an upgrade. I've been...- Alek986
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- macbook pro mid 2010 maverics os sierra upgrade
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Notes Downgrade
I've been an Apple consultant for about 20 years. Things just seem to be getting worse and worse at Apple. Case in point: After updating my iphone to ios 10, I can no longer access all the text I had written into the Notes app. Instead, I'm presented with a screen with one button: "Upgrade... -
Power Mac G3 B&W G4 ZIF upgrade issue
Hello, I have a problem. I've got a B&W G3 and I've heard it's possible to swap the CPU with PM G4 Yikes!. So, few weeks later I've purchased the latter one, swapped CPUs, powered my B&W on and... does't work, I get 5 beeps and that's all. I've made some research and as far as I know I need to...- LarsG5
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- b&w cpu g3 macs g4 mac upgrade yikes!
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Looking for replacement for my old Macbook Pro 17 Late 2011
Hi everyone! I'm new here. I am currently looking for replacement for my old Macbook Pro 17-inch (late 2011) I have already upgraded my machine with 512GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD and added 2133MHz DDR3 16 GB. It is still fast enough and I love my screen size, however I'm feeling that it is time to...- Aleke23
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- gadgets macbookpro performace photoshop retina upgrade
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Someone please answer my quick question - Is it safe for iOS 9 users to upgrade right now?
hey guys, so I'm on iOS 9 and I have Pangu jaikbreak, I'm super happy with my jaikbreak but at the same time I wanna try out iOS 10 but not willing to give up my jaikbreak for it, is it safe for iOS 9 users to upgrade right now and get jaikbreak? I really don't wanna lose my jaikbreak. I have an...- Hass1234
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- compatibility ios 10 ios 9 jaikbreak update upgrade
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- Forum: iOS Jailbreaks
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G4 Cube GPU Upgrade
Quick question here. I'm looking for a video card to upgrade the stock Rage 128 in my Cube and am in a bit of a dilemma. I don't have another AGP computer to flash a PC video card, I'm using an Apple Studio Display via ADC (would prefer to avoid bulky DVI/VGA adapter cables), and Quartz...- SuperKerem
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- g4 cube gpu power mac radeon upgrade
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Mac mini 2012 wont boot from new SSD
I have late 2012 mac mini with an i5, 4 GB of ram and the standard 500GB HDD. The system had really slowed down do I decided to upgrade to and SSD drive. I cloned the current drive using CarbonCloner. I bought a crucial 275GB SSD and cloned the HDD using CarbonCloner. I think I did everything... -
Best Mac Pro Configuration Video Editing
Hey there Im a absolute newbie, so excuse me if i doing something wrong o_O At the Moment the Situation looks like this: Mac Pro 5.1 2x Quad Core Xeon 3 Gigs of RAM Wich configuration would you recommend to get this baby transformed in a heavy Video editing and render machine? I searced a... -
Install El Capitan with Super Duper
I have an iMac which I just installed El Capitan from the Apple Store. I had to load Oracle Virtual Box with Windows XP to run an old piece of software that will never be in Mac. I have just purchased a MBP late 2011 2.6 IG to replace my aging Thinkpad x200(which runs Ubuntu). The MBP has...- zarathu
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- el capitan macbook pro superduper upgrade
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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RAM memory price spikes and fluctuations
CT2K8G3S160BM That is the model number of the memory I've been trying to buy for like a year now. It hasn't been a priority so I've been occasionally tracking the price, waiting for it to come down further. It hit bottom this past June at $43.99. Spring and Summer of 2016 the prices fluctuated...- tennisproha
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- mac mac mini memory memory upgrade mini price price drop ram upgrade
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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iMac 5K - 4790K, M295X - thermal compound + second SSD upgrade + Air Vents MOD
Hi all! It was a pleasure to find this forum beginning of this year. I have iMac 5K with i7-4790K and m295X. After almost 2y of using this desktop, I stuck with unusual high temperatures for CPU and GPU. Idling with Chrome and YouTube, EyeTV, CPU was around 70 up to 102'C while gaming on Windows... -
Trying to make a final Decision
Hey all, I recently financed a late 2015 27" iMac to replace a late 2013 MacBook Pro 13" Here is some background for the decision, and situation I have here: About a year after I got the MBP, I really had no more need for a laptop, so I used said computer as a desktop for a couple years with... -
Power Mac G5 - Quad, upgrade options
Bought myself a Power Mac G5 Quad, you know the PCIe one, something keep drawing me back to them. What are my upgrade options? - SSD? - Graphics? - Raid card, ect? - Whatever you can think of...? Also software essentials? (Other than TenFourFox) I'm running 10.5.8 at present.- LAHegarty
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- power mac g5 quad upgrade
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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nTB vs TB 13" Advice for Graphic Designer
I'm a soon to graduate graphic designer looking for some advice on my replacement for my Mid 2010 13"MBP. Before I explain the options let me give you a bit of background of my general usage: I use the Adobe suite (mostly photoshop, illustrator, indesign and a little bit of after effects) on a...- dillonbradley4
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- 16gb advice design graphic ntb processor upgrade
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Macbook Pro Mid-2009 upgrade or sell
Hi all, I'm not too sure whether to upgrade my MBP or sell it to buy a more recent used machine...a new MBP is out of my financial reach at the moment. The Current specs are the original shipped specs (apart from the RAM upgraded from 4GB to 8GB): MacBook Pro 5.2, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz, 8GB...- politricks
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- macbook pro mid-2009 mpb ssd upgrade upgrading mid-2009 macbook pro
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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4,1 Firmware update error 5570
Just received a 2009 Mac Pro with 10.10.5 Yosemite installed. Whenever I try running the firmware update tool I get the 5570 error message. What should I do? Update: had the firmware update disk image named wrong. I download both version 1 and 1.5. Version 1.5 got renamed with -2.dmg. Now... -
Switching from the iPhone 5 and a quick Question!
My iPhone 5 Finally broke on me. I've had it since launch. The battery failed on me. It would go from 100% to 10% within two minutes of use. I managed to get through for a while until two days ago it wouldn't charge up anymore even after 48hrs plugged in nada it finally met its end. I was... -
Torque tool for Mac Pro?
So I am considering upgrading my 2010 Mac Pro 2.8 ghz quad to a 3.46ghz six core. I've been reading up on it and found a copy of the service manual. I am especially concerned about the screws. Some indicate that you should count the turns when you loosen them and then turn it the same number...