MacBook Pro :: Installing SSD In Penryn 2.5?
Oct 23, 2009I just purchased a 2008 15" MBP from the refurb store and would like to know whether it's possible to install a ssd?
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Hardware :: Downgrading/Switching From Penryn MBP To Penryn Black MacBook
Jul 14, 2008I think I have to give a brief history of my Mac life first. I previously owned the last generation iBook, then a MacBook (entry-level) 3rd gen before I upgraded to Penryn MBP this April.
I bought the MBP because I fell in love with the keyboard when I got to try the display unit in one of the Apple resellers here (I am from Manila, btw) so I sold my MacBook then upgraded to the Penryn MBP (entrylevel - 2.4ghz, 15inch).
MacBook Pro :: Penryn LCD Brightness Whine?
Mar 5, 2008I originally purchased a SR MBP a couple weeks ago and come to find out, the LCD was bad and Apple declared it DOA. I went to the Apple store and swapped it out for a new 2.4GHz Penryn MBP. I am running Vista via bootcamp and am noticing a high pitched whine coming from the top left hand side of the keyboard, near the LCD. Puzzled as to the cause, I started playing with some controls to see if anything made a difference and noticed that when I dim the LCD to the min, it almost goes away. When I turn off the LCD it does in fact go away and when I increase it to maximum brightness it also vanishes. The noise seems to be the loudest when the LCD brightness is set in the middle. This problem only occurs in Vista, not OSX. I thoroughly toyed with the brightness in OSX and listed carefully, but like I said, not noise is present.
Should I be concerned and call Apple, or just ride it out? It does bother me a bit considering I use Vista for Office 2007 tasks. However, since the problem only occurs in Vista and not OSX, it this indicative of a software issue, or do you guys think it is hardware related? cmm26red
OS X :: Macbook Pro Penryn LCD Screen Bleeding?
Dec 15, 2008 so my LCD has these crazy lines
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Anyone know if I can go to the AppleStore to fix this? I've had this Penryn since March. Also any idea how long?
MacBook Pro :: Why Not A Black Anodized Aluminum MBP With Penryn
Jan 16, 2008Wouldn't that have been more impressive than that razor blade thing they're calling the MacBook Air?
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Dec 12, 2009I bought 160GB X25G2 only to realize (later) that my MBP17 SATA is indeed limited to 1.5Gb so it made me think - shouln'd I utilize this Intel in my i7 iMac and get some cheaper slower SSD for my MBP? If so which one?
Or is the read speed only half of benefits of SSD and the access time and write management being the other part? (I read about some issues with jmicron controllers etc.)
MacBook :: Will Penryn T8300 Work With T7200 Logic Board
Jan 18, 2010I take a T7200 board and put it in a penryn T8300 machine? I know little things like the battery connector and the inverter board connector change from removing so many of these boards, but I never kept good documentation of the connector types between the different boards.
I am totally fine with this not being the same specs as it was before, it will still be a nice machine, but I don't feel like spending $500 on a logic board for it.
MacBook :: 820-2279-A Logic Board - Santa Rosa Versus Penryn
Apr 16, 2010I have a White MacBook (13-inch Early 2008 model A1181) Penryn 2.4Ghz. The current logic board in there is Apple part# 820-2279-A. Is a late 2007 Santa Rosa 2.2Ghz board (with the same part number 820-2279-A) a direct swap for the Penryn board?
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Mar 13, 2010How can I tell what my MBP is? 2007 2.4 model.
Am I right in thinking Penryn is a newer better motherboard?
PowerPC :: Penryn MBP RAM Usable In 1.25GHz G4?
Jun 30, 2008so I'm thinking of upgrading to 4GB RAM for my Penryn MBP....and I'm wondering if i can swap my current two 1GB sticks in a 1.25GHz Powerbook G4 that my friend has? I double-checked and found out that the Powerbook G4 could take in 2GB of RAM max.
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Jul 28, 2009I just finished up a fresh install of Windows 7 and downloaded and installed the NVidia driver from their site directly since the one in the Boot Camp files is pretty old and technically the Vista driver anyway.
But I still need the Brightness, Sound, etc key functionality. Is there a way to selectively install Boot Camp drivers? That's the only one I need. The wireless, chipset, video and everything else works just fine (and in some cases better) than the ones included in Apple's setup.
MacBook Pro :: Installing OS X Onto New SSD?
Dec 12, 2010Ive got a 13" MBP and a 120GB Vertex 2E with the optibay option where im going to put the factory HDD in the optibay.
First of all im not worried about retaining any information on the drives so it 'should' be a straightforward task.
Once all the components are in place do i just pop in the the OSX cd that came with my mac into an external optical drive and reinstall the OS?
MacBook Air :: OS X 10.5.7 Is Not Installing
Jun 1, 2009My mac says I can upgrade my OS to 10.5.7 with a size of 737MB to install along with itunes and a Quicktime update. The update (and programs) download fine, the problem comes in with the install. When I shut down my computer and begin the install process, the status bar moves only a little bit, then stays put. I left my computer on my desk for about 30 minutes and it is still at the same spot.
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Jun 17, 2012So a while ago i got a copy of windows and installed it completely over my macbook pro, making it the only operating system.I was wondering how to switch back.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X :: Installing Snow On Macbook
Mar 18, 2009With Leopard, everything is GPUID but after I partition, I can't install the OS (Snow) I get a yellow.
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Oct 2, 2010I installed a new SSD from Crucial and I want to recover from my Time Capsule. How do you boot from the CD? I've done the press Option key and there I can choose the OSX install cd but then after I press it the screen changes to the apple logo and sits there. Do I need to wait for a long time or something? Did I press the wrong keys?
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Nov 4, 2010I'm installing my new SSD tonight and then using my old hd as an external drive for backup. It's brand new so the only thing on it is a couple days of web history After I install the SSD do I just use the restore disks to reload the OS?
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Nov 8, 2010My wife would like one of the new 11" Macbook Airs, but would also like to run Windows. Has anyone here been running Windows on the new Macbook Air, and if so, how smoothly has it been operating?
Would I be better getting the 4GB version in terms of RAM for that operating system?
MacBook Air :: Installing Applications From CD?
Nov 22, 2010How would I install applications that I currently have on a CD onto the MacBook Air? For instance, MS Office 2008. How can I fully install it (with the license key, etc.).
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Nov 23, 2010I am going to play BlackOps on my MacBook Pro and I need a windows installation CD. Will this: [URL] CD be everything I need to do that? Or will I have to get this one: [URL] ?
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Jun 16, 2008I've done searches here on this topic, and it seems like everyone gave in and picked up the Superdrive.
I've made a partition using bootcamp assistant, and I have an .iso of the legal disk. I used to install a VMware image, but I plan to replace it with the bootcamp image once I get that done; haven't even activated windows.
I have installed rEFIt; have the .iso and the files copied from the iso into the BOOTCAMP partition; but when it tries to boot to there, it complains about not being a system disk, or some such. One poster noted having two entries in rEFIt, and the useful one had something about a boot/cdboot.efi option, but I don't see that option in rEFIt anywhere.
Has anyone else made progress on this?
Also, it'd be great if one of these things could be made sticky, given the hassle it seems to be, and the several threads that have cropped up with questions, and not much in the way of answers.
MacBook Air :: Installing Software From CD On Different PC?
Oct 20, 2008I'm away at my parents and forgot my superdrive. Can I install software I have on a CD using my parents computer's cd drive?? I can't find the application to use in apps > utilities
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Apr 1, 2009I had a MacBook a while back and it broke. I managed to salvage the HD and the RAM. Soon, I am going to buy another MacBook (new white plastic, nvidia series) and I was wondering if I could just remove the HD of that machine and put in the old HD from my last MacBook? Would it still work like the last one did, or would there be differences because of new hardware? Not sure about this at the moment.
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May 21, 2009I want to install windows xp pro with sp2 using boot camp on my macbook.
All I will really use it is to play one online game which is battlefield 2, other than that i plan to use Leopard OS.
My question is, will i really need internet security for the windows partition? even though im just using it for one game and no browsing at all?
If so, what are some good free programs so i wont need to buy one.
Also, if windows for some reason does get a virus and is affected will the Mac partition also be affected?
too many questions sorry, its my first macbook and dont know much about it.
MacBook Pro :: Installing RAM - Screws Won't Fit In?
Jul 1, 2009I was replacing my RAM y'day for my 13inch macpro, opening the back cover was very easy, but when I tried putting it back, two of the small screws won't tighten fully. A small part of the screw (25%) wont screw in completely. I can sense the the screw projection when I feel it with fingers. I tried the same angle as shown in the manual to unscrew and screw. And I took spl care to use the same screws for the same holes. I tried to fix it for 1hr, but the two small screws never fits.
MacBook Pro :: Installing Leopard On A New MBP?
Jan 24, 2010I would like to buy a new MBP but would need to remove Snow Leopard and install Leopard. Is this possible? I know Snow Leopard can be installed on older machines but an not sure if Leopard will run on a newer model...?
Never mind why, but I have reasons for needing to do this.
OS X :: Re-installing OSX For Older Macbook?
Apr 19, 2010I have a quick question, maybe a softball for the experts here.
I'm prepping my wife's older Macbook (white, 2006) for sale on eBay, as I have recently replaced it with the newest model. I'm going to wipe the computer and re-install OSX.
My question is this: Can I use the OSX Snow Leopard disc from her new Macbook to wipe/reinstall on her old one, thus having Snow Leopard installed instead of Tiger?
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Macbook Not Installing OSX 10.7.3
Feb 3, 2012I have downloaded OSX updated 10.7.3 through software update. Once it has downloaded I follow instructions to restart and install the update. My macbook shuts everything down and lands up at the login screen. Please help to install this update
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: How To Shut Down After Installing New OS
Mar 22, 2012I am selling my MBP, so I used the Snow Leopard desk to "wipe" my data from the machine, and then I re-intalled OS 10.6. Now the computer is at the "welcome" screen as if it was just purchased at the store. It asks you to select your country, your languge, etc, and then it asks if you are restoring from a Time Machine backup or what exactly you'd like to do.
My problem is (and I know this sounds stupid) I don't know how to turn the computer off now that it's as this "beginning" stage. It doees ot have the usual selections at the top of the screen (like the Apple Menu, etc), so I'm not sure what to do. For now, I just closed the lid and I'm hoping that it worked and it's currenlty sleeping.
But I'd like to be able to shut the machine down so that I can ship it to the new buyer.
PS: I also have the new iLife that I'd like to put on it (it had it before I wiped the data), but I can't figure out how to do that either. The machine is not setup for a user yet, and I don't want to mess it up for the person who is buying it. Is there anything I can do that will allow me to install it?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: MacBook Pro Not Installing It?
Jun 16, 2012I recently tried to wipe my HD and reinstall OSX Lion again to wipe my computer and start again. But now i am having difficulty installing Lion again as when i reset my MacBook Pro it comes up with the internet recovery and the option to reinstall OSX Lion.Once i click on that option it says its verifying the update with apple, then comes up with an error message saying an error occurred while preparing the installation please open application again. Or something along those lines this effectively leaves my computer unusable as i cannot do anything else with it.
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7)
