MacBook Air :: Read All Threads / But Still Can't Decide Re-MBA
Dec 29, 2010
Have spent a lot of the festive break reading these discussions and still can't decide between 11'' or 13.'I will be replacing a G4 PB which is acting as my desk top. My main needs are: email, internet, Office, music storage and photography( playing rather than serious user!). I suspect the 11'' may do for my needs, but the 13'' seems 'better value for money' and perhaps more future proof?
I could sum it up by saying: my heart says 11'' but my head says 13!.I need to buy before Jan 4th to beat the UK VAT rise. If I spend any more time researching this on the net, either I'll go mad or my wife will leave (tempting choices! -just kidding!)
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Dec 8, 2010
I really wan't to know if there are anyone out there who can swear that their new MBA (13") doesn't creak AT ALL? I mean some ppl says that their MBA dosen't say anything at all! Is that really true? Or is it just because you (owners of non-creaking MBA) don't notice or is it because you don't think it is a problem?
I would also like to hear if any of you have made the creaking go away (for good) by tighten the buttomplate?
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Apr 30, 2010
Before the recent update to the MBP's the 13" MBP was a hot topic of discussion here, now it's quiet.
Focus seems to have gone to the 15" MBP's.
I wonder why, people not happy about the update to the 13" MBP? It's not 'that' bad ... or is the new 15" so well spec'd now that people want it regardless.
13" MBP was Apple's best selling computer in recent months, I wonder if the 15" will end up back on top now?
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Jun 21, 2009
if I have four windows open in Safari and hit Expose, sometimes the windows are neatly exploded into a square, with each window at a corner of the square. Other times, the same four windows are sort of scattered in a stair-step arrangement. Yet other times, the SAME four windows are just randomly scattered across my desktop.
I'm just curious how Expose determines how to scatter the windows, and if there is something that I can do to control the window scatter order and structure?
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Dec 9, 2010
Just browsing around, noticed this one process...seems like a lot of threads compared to other processes.
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Jul 17, 2010
I've been recently realizing that every time i use safari or socialite for a few mins I get a lot of 'beach ball' time. The application would show in red (not responding) in activity monitor and kernel_task would have over 1,900 threads, that will decrease slowly after I force quit the applications.
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Dec 13, 2010
If I format my Mac and leave it to factory settings, can I re-use my Parallels 5 and Windows 7 licenses no problem? Or would some step be necessary?
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Dec 4, 2009
There are some folks who insist on sending me e mail with either no subject lines or very vague subject lines.
What this ends up doing is associated messages with no subject or vague subject lines together when they really are not related at all. I've attached an example; that four different conversations from four different people, and none of them are related at all, but they are all part of one thread.
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Jul 31, 2005
I've used Google's instructions to set up my Gmail accounts on Mac Mail using IMAP. The only issue I'm finding is when I have messages in my inbox, all I see are the emails that were sent to me. To see the messages I've send, I can only do this by clicking on sent mail.
Is there anyway to see my messages in their threads just by clicking on the inbox, just how it works when using Gmail via their web site? I can get the view I want when I click "All Mail" but then I have hundreds of emails rather than what's in my inbox. I've searched everywhere but have yet to find a solution.
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Feb 15, 2011
When I connect my external hard disk (Maxtor) to my Mac Book Pro, I am not able to copy/transfer files to it, though I can copy from it to my Mac. How do I change the permissions from Read Only to Read and Write?
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MacBook Pro
Mac OS X (10.5.6)
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Oct 4, 2010
I cannot put files in my flash drive for some reason. How do I change this setting? My flash drive format is Windows NT File System (NTFS).
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Jul 19, 2009
I am trying to decide between the 2.66 GHz MacBook Pro and the 2.8 GHz. I would like to do some gaming on it (in Bootcamp). I mostly play Steam games (Counter-strike Source, Left4dead, Team Fortress 2, Portal). Is the 2.8 GHz worth the extra cost for the 6mb cache in the processor and 512mb video RAM?Has anyone played these cames on either of the two models and can comment on your experience?
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Feb 27, 2012
I can not get the read out loud to read the whole document , all is activated and I have checked the 'whole document' is clicked in the view menu The reader , reads only the section within a thin lined box, which i have to continue to manually move onto the next group of words My documents are PDF files and windows for mac?
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.0.1, Brand new
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May 2, 2010
This is a rather bizarre issue and I will try to explain the best I can. First off, I did a search, and found nothing recent that could help me with this issue.
Here are my specs: Uni-body Macbook Pro (late 2008) 15"-Snow Leopard I have checked for all updates, and am up to date on all things.
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Jun 16, 2012
I want to get a new computer and I can't decide between the MacBook Pro 13" and the MacBook Air 13". I like that the MacBook Air is thin and light, that it has a higher display resolution and flash storage, but I also like that the MacBook Pro has more hard drive space and a better processor. I want to use it mainly for normal daily tasks but also for some games and photo editing. Initially, I went for the Pro but I watched some videos with the MacBook Air handling some really demanding games surprisingly good, so I though it could also be a good option. Does the SSD make a big difference in speed?
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MacBook Pro
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Oct 17, 2007
The drive in my G5 tower will read/write commercial or blank CDs and will read/write blank DVDs, however, it will not read most commercial DVDs. When I insert them it tries to read it then after a few seconds it just spits them back out. Occasionally commercial DVDs will read and mount fine, but this seems to be rare.
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Mac OS X (10.4.10)
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Apr 22, 2012
I just switched from Snow leopard to Lion and i don't like the way that Lion has the mail preview set up as a 3 column vertical format. I thought in Snow Leopard you could change the set-up so it's either horizontal or vertical, but I can't seem to find that option in Lion. I want to have the list of my email messages in the top, horizontal window and the preview of the selected message in a horizontal window below. Am I missing this option to change the view format from vertical to horizontal somewhere?
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 5, 2012
How do I change a file or folder permissions from 'read only' to read/write.
I want to edit some music track information in iTunes, but my iTunes music folder is 'read only'
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 24, 2010
My mac mini cant read DVD movies but can read Burned CD and Installers. I tried the DVD's with my macbook but works just fine. tried burning some files and it works as well. what do i need to do to fix my problem? do i need to update something or download some programs?
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Jul 3, 2012
Need help on why Macbook pro 13" 2012 cannot read USB flash drive and CD's(attachment from purchased books). Though these are easily read by PC.
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Nov 5, 2006
I know this is lame, but I searched and can't find a solution. When I click on a day in ical it says it is a Read-only calendar. I repaired permissions, but it still says read only. The strange part is, in the Get Info screen, it says Read-Write for all the users.
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Jun 16, 2009
I'm buying an external hard drive to use as a backup for my MacBook but also as a network drive that all the computers connected to my router (Airport Extreme) can use. There are two MacBooks and two PCs that connect to the network. I only need my MacBook to be able to write to the hard drive but I need the two PCs to be able to access and use the files on the hard drive. I was going to get a 1TB external and give it two partitions. The first partition is going to be the Time Machine backup for my MacBook and the other will be accessed by all computers on the network. What format will the second partition need to be so that both MacBooks and both PCs can view and use the files? Also what external hard drive would you recommend?
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May 2, 2010
there my mac for some time has not been able to play dvds. It will attempt to read them, but then just spit it out after some time, if I try a bunch of times 6-8, I can sometimes get it to work, however, this rarely does.
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Dec 26, 2010
As the title says, I have a card reader that works great with a CF card, but the MBP won't recognize an SD card. This is a new problem for me. I also have an express card adapter for SD that won't read the card, either. I have tried 4 different SD cards, and these exact cards have worked for me in the recent past (within the past 2 months). They work fine in the camera. I also tried connecting the camera via usb, which was unsuccessful. I tried blowing air on the cards and the reader. I cannot get the cards to be read on my wife's macbook. This makes no sense to me, as it worked fine the last time I tried. I find it hard to believe that all cards are corrupt, or the cable is the problem because it reads the CF card.
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Sep 27, 2010
I am actually trying to decide if to get the old 30" cinema display or not.I'm a graphic designer and my fear is that apple will never make a matte display...Here in Italy it's still sold in the apple store. I have the unibody macbook pro, and so I've been reading through reviews now for a week ... my biggest concern is the dual-link dvi adapter... I still see posts (August or September 2010) with people experiencing issues, even with the firmware 1.3!I wanted to ask you people if I should go for it or dig the 27 inch even though it's glossy... I have a few people in the office (also graphic designers) working on iMacs and got used to the glossy.
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Aug 12, 2010
I have an external Transcend HD, which has been working perfectly fine for around 5 months now. It is NTFS, and I use NTFS-3g and Macfuse. Been running fine. Was able to read and write. Suddenly I am only able to read though. I go into the "Get Info" pane and the option to choose whether I want to read and write, or read only is gone, and all that it says is "You can read only". getting this back to read and write is really appreciated. I really need this disk.
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May 16, 2010
I was trying to write xmp data to my photo's, when I got errors on photo's in certain folders. ?Writing XMP Metadata? did not complete successfully. It seems all jpegs in a few particular folders have generate this error. I then noticed all those files were lacking a creation date. When trying to copy the "image taken on" date to the "creation date", using A Better Attributes, I didn't appear to have the right permissions.
Now this is, to me at least, the weirdest part: when I open Get Info on any of the images, it says "You can only read", even though all privileges are set to Read & Write (screenshot attached). The folder itself says "You can read and write". So far I've only seen this on files/folders on an external hard drive, formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). It's a WD My Book, connected via USB through a hub. Anyone ever seen this before? Is there anything I could try to fix this?
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Jun 19, 2008
Last night I could not read any DVD on my MBP. It would make noise like it was reading them and then it would spit them out. On the other hand it still reads CDs fine. I have since noticed that this is a very common problem among slot drive users. What are my options? Is there a simple and inexpensive fix (like cleaning it with compressed air) or should I look for a replacement drive? If I get a replacement drive and I attempt to do it by myself, would any slot drive work, or do I have to look for an specific model? How have you guys coped with this issue? My MBP is out of warranty. I have contacted a local authorized service shop and I am waiting on their response.
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May 18, 2009
I just burned a cd with my macbook and it won't read it. Btw I tested it on my PC and it works fine. It's so wierd, it just reads a random CD and not the other one.
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Jul 13, 2009
I just got the new MBP 13.3" 2.2 GHz. I have a DVD that I backed up all of my pics, documents, etc. on. But it's not reading it.
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