I really thought apple would have a much lower rate. My friend thinks this can be attributed to the white macbook line. They are apple's best seller and they are plagued with issues of cracking, and screen issues. what do you think?
View 24 RepliesDoes anyone know who manufactures the SSD drive in the Macbook Air?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI baught a refurbished mbp a year ago... The keyboard lights were not working, so I took it to a mac store. I live in kuwait so there arnt any official mac stores just authorised reslellers (who btw are rippin peopl off with profits over 100%) anyway so they told me that the hard disk was not working!
I told them that I just baught the mbp and it has to be working! They fixed it or something and returned it to me with no charges.A year later my mbp decided to use the malfunction card it stoped working. All I'd get when I turn it on is a white blank screen and a mouse cursor.I took it to a shop to fix it. He told me the hard disk isn't wokring and cannot be fixed. He replaced it.A month later instead of a blank screen I get a blinking folder. I take it back to the shop and he says the new hard disk malfunctioned again, so he replaced it.week later blank screen I take it to the shop same problem hard disk needs to be replaced.Keep in mind that by shop I mean multiple mac associated and non mac shops, I took many opinions b4 accepting that my harddisks and the info on them were indeed lost.Now I am thinkin my mbp is causing the hard disks to malfunction! Is that posible?
My wife and I both have had a mail problem that has come up intermitantly for over a year. It's happened on both Snow Leopard and Lion; on our desktop, my MB Pro, and my wife's MB Air. About once a week our mail server (AOL) rejects the password, giving the following message:We use the correct passwords, but it keeps rejecting, with this error message continually popping up. When this happens, I go to Aol.com and check my mail. The password always works, and the messages are all there. So there's nothing inherently wrong with our web mail accounts, and our passwords are right.Sometimes the problem will last a few minutes, other times several hours. And then, for no apparent reason, we open our Mac Mail app again, and it works just fine.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have been having a number of issues with my unibody MBP for a few months now. I find that after using it for a while, the trackpad and keyboard start to malfunction. So far I have cleaned the hardware as there appeared to be some dust and debris between the internal battery and trackpad, but unfortunately this has not fixed the problem. I have also discounted any software issues, having cleared the hard drive back to stock. Â
From further research I have seen that the batteries can swell (design defect?) and cause these issues. It seems to occur when the hardware gets warm during use, and having looked at the battery, it is slightly swollen and misshapen. Â
As it appears to be a manufacturing/design defect, is it possible for Apple to replace the battery? Unfortunately I'm not located close to an Apple Store.Â
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MacBook Pro
I've gone into the colorsync utility and selected display in the profile, but nothing shows up on the side window about it.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a 3 year old MacBook Pro into which I would like to fit a bigger hard drive. It is a 1.83GHz / 512Mb / 80Gb / Core Duo model.I have heard that only certain manufacturers HDD's will work with Apples's drop-protection software.Is this correct? If so, which replacement HDD maufacturer's are best suited to my MBP?.
View 4 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know the screen model/manufacturer of the new mbp 15,4 inch glossy 1440 screen?The thing is that I recieved my new mbp with the high-res antiglare, and it was just awful, now I'm thinking about getting the glossy standard model, and I'd like to research the screen before I get it.
The reason why I choosed to retun my high res antiglare is that it had a red tone, the vertical viewing angle is WAY WORSE than my 2008 mbp antiglare, the screen was not centered (flush left with a 3mm black line to the right), and the resolution (1680) is simply too high for general use (but perfect for photography, graphic design etc).I normally love anti-glare screens but this one is simply not good enough, even though it's a "high-res" one.Please share your experience with the new 1440 standard-res glossy!
Would also appriciate if someone knew where to get the "old" core2duo with antiglare 1440 option, preferably on sale, since that's still a considerable machine for me!
BTW, if anyone's interested, the screen of the antiglare high-res I received was a samsung (didn't write down the model number before I shipped it back)
Anyone having trouble with Hardware replacement due to stop of manufacturing?I went to the one and only Apple Store in Hong Kong today and after they have checked my Macbook Pro which I bought in 2007. They said my logic board is malfunctioning and there are no spare parts anymore, also there will be no parts manufactured of the Logic board for my Macbook Pro.So due to Apple's policy I am doomed to buy a new lap top as there is simply no parts to fix this Hardware problem What can I do? I expect to have bought a good product but eventually due to a Hardware problem I am stuck and FORCED to buy a new lap top. I really feel up set as I don't have any options offered besides a Apple Care plan!! But that's useless when I don't have a good running Apple Macbook right ?
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
can you put face time on a 2-3 year old macbook pro?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm about to order a Mac Pro, and have recently heard that it's important to use RAM from the same manufacturer (per riser) In Mac Pros. In other words, if the Mac comes with Crucial RAM, it's advisable to add only Crucial RAM within the same riser.
View 13 Replies View RelatedLately, my laptop has been freezing for no reason. I've only had it for a year now. Sometimes when I open it to wake it up from sleep, nothing will appear on the screen, but the light indicates that it is on.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I know one can improve performance on a PC by defragging and hard drive clean-up There must be someway to improve my 4 year old Macbook there is still over 100Gb of space on the hard-drive?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 4 years old
I went to the refurbished online store and I noticed they are both selling for the same price. One is the latest generation and has all the nice features like 7 hour battery life and better screen, but the other has the dedicated gpu. I will be playing a fair amount of games, and I am wondering if the 9400m will be enough.
View 2 Replies View RelatedDate is revert to the year 2000 when turned back on after battery drains to no power.Â
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iPod nano
I have a Mac OS X (silver iMac) and starting this morning it will not let me login to my account, which is the single and only account, and the admin. I shut it down last night as usual, and it did so just fine, and it boots up the same as well.
My keyboard, however, is screwing up. Buttons like the "return", "shift" and "control" apparently count as characters, and since my password is a series of dots I can't tell how it's malfunctioning. I can't login at all.
I've tried restarting the computer several times, unplugging it and replugging it, and changing which USB port the keyboard was plugged into. I've also tried typing one key over, on both sides, just to see if it would work. I have no idea what's wrong here - does my computer have some sort of virus? Or is it my keyboard? Is there any way I can reset my computer, or just manage to login? I'm really stressed out here, and willing to listen to anything.
I recently got hired into a Tech position and inherited the current iMac machine running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 (now updated to .4 build). I was in the process of De-Personalizing the machine from the previous person who worked in this office, but when I proceeded to try and install some important updates for Final Cut X and entered my Apple ID and Password, I was given an Unknown Error dialog box. Hitting OK I then noticed the 'Unknown Error (4), please try again later' dialog box. This is rather frustrating.Â
I was wondering if the reason it is not working is because the versions of the programs where purchased under a different Apple ID (the previous employee who worked here). Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Mac App Store
Would any owners of current model 2010 Mac Pros be so kind as to post what manufacturer/model hard drives Apple uses for their stock 1TB and 2TB drives? I read somewhere on the forums that someone believed the 1TB to be a Caviar Black, but I find that hard to believe, so if anyone could please check their drive info for the stock 1TB/2TB and chime in
View 9 Replies View RelatedFinally I am shopping for monitor for my home desktop computer. I would prefer LED version but Apple has it only at 24" size. The 30" is not LED.I am wondering if LED version of 30" ACD is expected to arrive in some not so distant future? Or maybe someone can recommend good 30" LED monitor from other manufacturer?
View 10 Replies View Relatedi'm thinking of buying another LCD, and have bought LG W2453V, however, the quaility of it is not good as my iMac (when both in win7 and in Mac), so i plan to return it, but still wonder what kinda LCD panel iMac uses, i may just go get the same one.
View 5 Replies View RelatedMy MacBook (2007, late mid-year model) is overheating and the batter cover has buckled. Now the battery does not seem to want to charge. Do I need to replace the battery? The computer? What will help? I'd like to use the computer for as long as possible, though I realize I am probably overdue to replace it. It is my only computer at the moment.
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MacBook 13 inch, 2007, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Anyone uses Convert on the Dashboard? The Currency convert has been not-working on my computer for a while. I'm not sure if any others noticed the problem. Basically, it doesn't convert to the right number... It even gives me different values when I put in the same currency on both sides of the equal sign.
View 2 Replies View Related Ever since Yosemite update, my Login Screen Font displays only [A] [A] [A] [A], but will display normal font in Safe Mode. I've deleted third party apps, and ran disk Utility, but problem persists. Also getting freezes and SLOW performance, Wifi cut-outs, etc. I'm attaching a copy of my diagnostic test ran.
Start time: 12:48:54 12/03/14Â Model Identifier: iMac12,1System Version: OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)
Kernel Version: Darwin 14.0.0Time since boot: 6:08Â SATAÂ Â Â ST31000528ASÂ
FileVault: FileVault master keychain appears to be installed Diagnostic reports  Â
2014-12-02 System Preferences hang  2014-12-02 pkd
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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
When I synch audio/video I get either a file with audio only or a graphic representing a compound clip.Â
if I could choose two clips and let FCP X synch them with a click, but that's not my experience at all...
how will i register my new macbook pro for the free 1 year service and repair warranty?Â
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Two days ago my MacBook (OSX10.4) crashed; VLC player froze when I was watching a tv show. I though 'no biggie, happens now and then' and hard-resetted my 'book. Tried opening the file again with Quicktime, again, computer froze up. Waited a couple of minutes, hard-resetted my laptop again. Only this time, the screen got stuck on grey/lightblue-ish screen during boot-up.
Tried a lot but couldn't get my MacBook up and running again. Started up with the OSX cd popped in and went to Disc Utility. Mac then told me there was a 'Invalid Node Structure' and that 'The volume could not be repaired'. During a third or fourth start-up this changed to Mac saying there was a'sibling error'.
I checked some sources online, figured out this should be something fixable. One possible option was Disk Warrior. Supposed to be *the* tool with problems like these. I replaced my malfunctioning HD, put an old HD in my MacBook, reinstalled OSX and put the malfunctioning HD in a stand-alone case and connected it too my MacBook. As we speak DW is busy rebuilding the directory but it has been doing so for over a day now. I've read online that it can take a couple of days though. My HD is 250Gb with 30Gb empty space when it went kaput.
Now, there seem to be a couple of other alternative options. These lads talk about Tech Tool Pro - apparantly some other program that could help: [URL]
Then there's a couple suggestions/methods mentioned online that either involve booting up in single-user mode and type some code [URL]
Has anyone ever had their HD act up like this? Any experience/recommendations regarding the programs/methods mentioned above? I'm pretty new with Mac (used PCs for ages, switched to Mac quite recently) and I'm kinda at wit's end here :/. I was in the process of backing up my stuff, but there's a boatload of data on that HD that I hadn't archive yet.
The AirPort on my new iMac 21.5'' 4670 is having problems these past couple of days. Every time I put the machine to Sleep and wake it up again, the AirPort cannot find any network. My wireless is fine and there are other wireless networks the machine can detect when it functions well. I have to restart the computer to have the AirPort work properly again. I thought it was a temporary issue, but after repeating a couple of times, it seems to be very easily recreated. And sometimes the AirPort does not function even from a restart. I have to restart another time to have it work.
Does anybody else have the similar problem? I hope it's just a software problem that will be addressed in 10.6.2.
(I posted here because it never happened on my other Macs before.)
Is it possible to find out the RAM manufacturer on a Macbook (it's a 3rd party module) by the part number? I've been searching for the past half hour, didn't found anything relevant Here are the full RAM specs:
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm not saying you should do this, but I figured out how to upgrade the hard drive in the new iMacs to one of a different manufacturer. My i7 came with a 1TB Seagate. I now have a 2TB Hitachi in there. All I had to do to get the thermal sensor to work is cut off the part of the connector on the thermal sensor cable that didn't have wires attached to the pin outs, then fit it on to the new one. At first, the fan ran at full speed. It would start at about 2500 and slowly creep up to 5500. I just flipped the cable over and the fan runs at 1200 rpm now.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI went a couple weeks ok with the Scanner and Image Capture. And then kaput, it doesn't work. I thought about it some and it seemed to stop working after I did Software Update on March 17th, 2012. In that update was a "Digital Camera Raw 3.1.0" update. Which makes me very suspicious. Here is the error I get when I open Image Capture: So, it recognizes the scanner but can't do anything in Image Capture or the with the scanner buttons. I ran Software Update again, just to see if there was a new updated scanner driver but nothing came up. I really want to avoid using the manufacturer's SW drivers etc.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB Ram, 250 GB HD
