Hardware :: Mac Display Adaptors Guide?
Oct 6, 2010
I stumbled across a MacRumors guide to connecting a Mac to an external display. It was very thorough and even provided some links to third-party converters, etc.I have been looking for the last hour, and for the life of me, I can't find it. Anyone who is more search savy than me able to find it and link?I have an older acquaintance who needs some help getting her Mac mini (late 2009) to an older composite TV, and the 9400M doesn't can't adapt out to composite. I remember that guide having a link to a real low-cost converter.
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Dec 11, 2010
Just got my new 2.8 with 5870. From the start it gave me some trouble getting it to turn on. I kept trying different plugs and such throughout the house and randomly I got it on. It was working good but I noticed that waking it from sleep the machine will click and the sleep light goes out and a red led behind the grill comes on briefly. I try pushing the power button to hear another click and the red led flashes. These problems seem intermittent and sometimes it will sleep fine. Im using 2 acer monitors connected via 2 vga-mini display adaptors.
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Jul 14, 2009
I need a step-by-step guide to display my weather image in Geektool. I got the idea from here:[URL]/The php script part beats me. My weather area code is SNXX0005(Serangoon, Singapore).
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Oct 30, 2010
What type of adaptors do you need for the new Air to be sure you can use it on all types of projectors?
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Dec 5, 2009
I typically keep one power adapter in my laptop bag and one plugged into my wall at tome, ready for when I return. I am switching from a 15" macbook pro to a 13" macbook pro. Would it be OK to use the 85W magsafe adapter to power my 13" macbook pro
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Aug 21, 2009
I have decided that I want a splitter for this movie.I think nearly every projector has a VGA connection, if there is a more popular and better connection - please tell me!Is it also possible for someone to actually pin point me to a kind of splitter, scenario:I have a movie running on my iMac for the wedding, on my MacBook Pro - I have a full screen picture of the best man.I want something where I can plug in my both computers so that I can simply flick a switch so that the projector views the other device.
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Sep 16, 2009
can any body tell me how and where to find guide to install and use
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Dec 8, 2010
where to find it?
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Dec 2, 2008
After doing quite some research and getting great advise on this fine , I have now put together this system :
- Mac Pro 2.8 Ghz Dual, 12 GB Ram , GeForce 8800GT
- Main drive Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB (system, applications, files), using less than 200GB, big files go into external archives.
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Aug 11, 2010
is there a guide for it with examples? i really like some of the desktops i see with them, but im not good at coding,..
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Dec 16, 2010
Having had a WD MyBook go bad after a couple of years, I am looking for a replacement. One priority is a longer warranty than the weak 1year offered by WD. However, since I fear that all data on this drive is lost, I also want to see if there is a better solution. Is there any advantage to FireWire over USB2.0?
One solution I am considering is an inexpensive NAS drive with two drives setup in a RAID (an example would be the Sabio Storage 2-Bay NAS Enclosure (CM200) - sold by MacMall.) Would this setup be more likely to safeguard my data?
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Oct 21, 2010
I use CleanMyMac to clean up once in a while. its great when deleting apps and such, you just send it to the trash and it finds all the extra stuff, deletes it, and quits on its own. Same when it comes to external drives, it deletes unneeded files from those as well. Once in a while I go into it to clean log files and such, I do not understand what the Universal Binary part is. I run a MBP 5,3 model, with snow leopard. Do I need to keep those files? It says its something that has to do with powerbook.
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Jan 12, 2011
I had a Mac Mini sitting around the house collecting dust, so I thought I'd boot it up to have a small computer in my room. When I booted it up it started with the standard "bung" sound, but then it showed a blank grey screen. After a minute or so the screen turned to black, then came back with the same grey screen, but with a blue folder in the middle flashing a question mark, then the old Mac two faces logo, and continued to switch indefinitely.
Both said that it was unable to open.
I then tried to eject the disc so I could try my other install discs MacBook Pro, but the drive would not eject, and I had to open the Mini up to get the disc physically out of the disc tray. When I tried to do the install with my other install disc it did virtually the same thing with identical error messages. The only way I could get it to do anything different was to hold option on reboot, and the screen would go blue with the old school clock spinning as the cursor, a button that had a arrow pointing to the right (like "next") and a button with an arrow that looked like a "refresh." "Next" didn't work even after multiple "refresh"es, even though clicking refresh definitely started whatever process it was doing over again.
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Apr 19, 2008
I know there have been a lot of posts about installing additional memory - I even watched the installation video over at OWC. OWC video shows two factory 1GB memory sticks - one in Slot A of the upper riser board and one in Slot A of the lower riser board. It says to move the module from Slot A of the lower riser board and install it in Slot B of the upper riser board to make a matched pair.
But here's the question. I have 4GB of RAM - two 1GB modules in Slots A&B of each riser board from the factory (I know - I know - I should have ordered it with the stock RAM and purchased the extra at less than the exorbitant prices Apple charges - but that's another story). I want to add 4GB more (two 2GB modules):
Move the two 1GB factory modules from Slots A&B of the lower riser board into Slots C&D of the upper riser board and then install the two new 2GB modules into Slots A&B of the lower riser board (just as the OWC video implies)?
Leave the factory modules where they are and install one 2GB module in Slot C of each riser board to provide a "balanced" 4GB on each riser board?
Options #2 seems to provide a "balanced" module location (4GB in the upper riser board and 4GB in the lower riser) so the four cores on each CPU can access an equal amount of memory for optimum performance. - but I have read that you need to install the new modules in matched pairs - but does that mean put them together on the same riser board? In the OWC video, if the two new modules were a matched pair then why wouldn't they be put one in each riser board just like the factory modules?
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Oct 1, 2009
Need the complete disassembly/ reassembly guide for the 2009 13" Macbook Pro.
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Nov 13, 2009
When I bought my first Mac (macbook) a couple of years ago, I read on this or on another forum about a link where I could print a nice, compact, fold-up, page of keyboard shortcuts. It printed out into 8 small sections on 1 page and was designed to be folded up very compactly and portable. Does anyone remember where I might have got this? I've lost one and the other got wet. I've tried googling with no luck.
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Jul 31, 2010
I have a new iMac 27 i7 with 8gb of ram coming next week. I'll be installing Windows 7 for use in bootcamp mostly for iracing. Do want to install the 32 or 64 bit version of windows?
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Apr 16, 2009
i've downloaded stuffit.exe on my mac, so that i could open a sit file but now i don't know how to open stuffit. What should i be doing with it?
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Nov 16, 2010
Apple has officially dropped the support for Win XP for Boot Camp on the 2010 MacBook Air. However, a lot of users would like to use Win XP as this saved much more space than running Win 7. A lot of users would like to use XP instead. Here is an incomplete guide on running XP on these new MBA.
Before we starting doing that, you have to know the limitations at the moment:
1. Brightness control is not working. I write this guide and hope other members can make the brightness work.
2. Never, never use softwares like Parallels / Fusion to call this XP partition. This will result the boot looping and you have to restart the whole installation again.
3. After your successful installation, do backup the partition with Winclone. This saves you time in future.
Let's see the tools required:
1. Win XP SP 2 installation disc in CD.
2. An USB CD ROM / DVD Rom.
3. WiFi Internet connection.
4. Boot Camp 3.0 (you should find somewhere else)
5. Winclone software (freeware)
Some people considered the Boot Camp drivers for 13" MBP 2010 could work as it contains drivers for Nividia 320M drivers. However, this will end up "Blue Screen" during installation process.
Here is the installation process
1. Use Bootcamp to shrink the Mac partition and create an Win XP partition. note that your Win XP installation cannot work except using Bootcamp. Afterwards, you can simple use Winclone to backup the successful installation and do whatever you like. I will create the partition at minimum (20Gb).
2. Download the drivers for Boot Camp for Win 7. You will find it useful in future.
3. Install windows XP SP 2 as usual. I format the partition as NTFS.
4. After the install, you will find the XP at strange resolution scale and strange movement on mouse. That's normal.
5. Install Boot Camp 3.0 for XP and restart. This will make your WiFi works.
6. With WiFi working, go to system update. Though you find the Nividia driver there. Don't install at the moment. Do all the updates like SP 3 and other updates as you will. This will require several reboots. Do as usual.
7. After you have done all other updates, install Nividia driver from Windows Update. This will result for correct resolution after reboot.
8. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Hardware manager. You will see at lot of hardware with ! mark. These are the drivers missing.
9. Get back the files for Boot Camp for Win 7 for your MBA, go to Boot CampDrivers directory. You can see all the folders. Though Apple tells you that the drivers only works on Win 7 but most of them works on your XP with the 32-bit version.
10. Some of drivers you have to install:
AppleAppleBluetoothBroadcomInstaller.exe
AppleAppleDisplayInstaller.exe
AppleAppleiSightInstaller.exe
AppleAppleKeyboardInstaller.exe
AppleAppleMultiTouchTrackPadInstaller.exe
AppleAppleNullDriver.exe
AppleAppleODDInstaller.exe
BroadcomBroadcomEthernet32.exe
CirrusCirrusAudio32.exe
MarvellMarvellInstaller.exe
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Jan 1, 2011
I am upgrading the size of my hard drive on my 2006 Macbook Pro, so I can run/upgrade the OS.
After I put the new hard drive in, which do i restore/install first? First restore my complete backup of my computer which includes the old OS 10.4.11 -or- first install the newer OS (10.6) and then throw on the entire old backup restore?
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Feb 28, 2008
i tried searching but couldnt find much info on it. Would it be possible to put a SSD drive in the macbook?
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Aug 14, 2008
What do you guys use to keep your Macbooks relatively scratch free?
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Mar 2, 2009
The reason I am asking is because I am not sure if I can discuss selling my iMac.
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Jun 4, 2009
I am trying to figure out how to properly use Onyx and it just seems daunting to use - because of my unfamiliarity with OSX...and the terms used.
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Jun 24, 2009
I attempted to change the username of my Tiger 10.4.11
However I forgot the consequences..
Amongst the essential missing files include:
* iTunes library
* Pictures
The main problem is, the memory indicates the files are still on the computer somewhere; instead of 298 GB I still have 240 GB.
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Jun 28, 2009
I've been a bit of a PC nerd my whole life. I've always been the one who fixed my family and friends computers, tinkered with downloaded games software, overclocked, etc... I always really enjoyed a new projected because of all of the research and work it would entail, and then because I knew I was working towards the end product that I wanted.
I got my new 13" MBP yesterday and just sat down with it tonight for the first time, and in about 5 hours i've installed about a dozen big programs, made a boot camp partition, and i'm finishing installing windows 7 right now...
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Nov 5, 2009
Is there some set of instructions on removing the superdrive on the 2009 Mac Pros?
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Dec 15, 2009
I have had my Macbook Air about a month now, still loving the laptop but I definitely see the need to replace the thermal paste with something better, I have Artic Silver 5 left from when I did it on my Mac Mini Core Solo to Core Duo upgrade.
Does anyone have a picture of how much thermal paste needs to be applied?
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Mar 6, 2010
So im looking to start customizing my mac. Starting with changing the default icons. Are there any guides on installing the custom icons that you download?
Is there also a guide for applying different docks?
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May 17, 2010
My firefox keep crashing every time I open buyer's guide page and some other web sites too.
I'm very new to Mac and I really don't know how to fix this.
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