I'm new in the Mac World.
I wonder if I can place any DVD+/- RW drive into a Mac computer. Are they compatible normaly?
If not, does somebody know where I can find a list with supported devices for internal DVD drives?
Shouldn't the usb 3 port be backward compatible with a usb 2 device?. I am having trouble iwth this on my new retina
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I just jailbroke my iPhone 3GS and installed MyWi to work with my iPad. I also tried it on my MacBook Pro using Bluetooth. After I paired my iPhone and MacbBook Pro together everything worked fine. Now under the Airport Menu I see a separate category labeled "Devices" which is just below where my Home Network is.
My questions is how do I go about deleting this? I've tried everything. I deleted my device under Bluetooth Preferences, quit MyWi, messed around with the Network Preferences and it still appears under the Airport Menu. I even clicked connect but of course that doesn't work since I quit everything and deleted the device in Bluetooth settings. It's not even listed under "Preferred Networks" when you click on the advanced tab. It appears as "(my last name) Hotspot" and is under a tab labeled "Devices"
My iTunes sidebar shows that I have two devices are attached when in reality no devices are attached. I delete them and every time I open iTunes, they show up again in my sidebar.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I am going to buy a Mac Pro, with the 2.66Ghz Intel Xeon's I am wanting to run Bootcamp with OSX and Windows 7 on the unit. If I have a GTX 285 right now for my Windows Box could I just move the graphics card over to the Mac Pro and use it on both sides of the spectrum of OSX and Windows or am I going to have to buy the Mac Edition of the Nvidia GTX 285.
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I've not looked it to this yet, so I'm totally in the dark.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have loved being a Mac owner since 2008...UNTIL now. WHO can educate me on the compatibility of Lion with the following (I currently have a 2G 2008 MacBook with 10.6.8 Snow Leopard)
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With this move to Lion/the Cloud, I cannot get a straight story from Apple on compatibility of Lion with MS products (Word, Excel, PPT.). Totally different scenario when I was a PC CONVERT. Apple sales people could tell me all that I needed to know to move from PC to Mac. A little bait and switch now that I am on board.
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MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
How can I determine which SSD (if any) are compatible upgrades to my Macbook? I currently have the OEM 250gb drive and am exploring options that can speed it up a little more while keeping it functional for another few years. I'd want a drive that is at least 256gb or maybe larger so as to not be losing any space. I'm currently running 10.6.8 and am hoping to leapfrog directly to Mountain Lion this month when it releases at the same time as installing the new SSD. This is a 2008 (late fall) 13" aluminum chassis Macbook with the 2.4 Intel Core 2 duo processor and 4gb of 1067 Mhz DDR3.
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unibody 13" - late 2008, Mac OS X (10.6.1), 250GB / 4GB
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can anyone using SL Gold master or the latest pre release confirm if this software works?
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