MacBook Pro :: Replacement 'apple' Key For UMBP?
May 29, 2010I miss my "apple" key. Does anyone make a apple key that would replace the command key on a unibody MBP?
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MacBook Pro :: Poll/Who Has Had Success With HD Replacement In UMBP (2009)?
Jan 11, 2010I am in the process of researching HD replacements for my 250Gb in my 13" uMBP as I would like to have more room for stuff. After searching threads here about replacements, it seems some people are having stalling and beachball issues with their replacement HDs in their uMBPs.
So here is my poll:
1. Have you replaced the HD in a uMBP (with motion sensor) with no ill effects?
2. If so, what brand and size HD? and....
3. What model uMBP
OS X :: Which Replacement Internal New Hard Drive For New UMBP
Jul 18, 2010I have just got a new 17" i7 2.66 UMBP. It comes with a 500GB Hard Drive but I would like to upgrade it to one of the newer 1TB ones.
My reasoning is to have not only more space but create a partition so I can run both OSX & Windows.
I am not sure which brands are more reliable than others & who offers the best warranty or back up service. I would want the fastest & quietest one available as long as it will definitely fit inside the notebook. Reliability & good customer service from the brand is also important as I gather my Applecare will only cover factory installed parts?
Which brand & models should I be looking at and which do you all recommend? I am not sure but I think I need to ensure that any replacement drive does not conflict with the notebooks built in sudden motion sensor?
MacBook Pro :: MBP Apple SSD Replacement?
Oct 22, 2010Since I don't have any experience replacing the hard disk myself nor know anyone that can (otherwise I would definitely opt for an X-25M);
if I deliver my 13'' MBP to the apple store and ask for an SSD placement (currently having the 5400 RPM drive), will I get one of the newer SSDs that support TRIM in boot camp?
Or can't you really know beforehand ...
MacBook Pro :: Replacement For Laptop (non Apple)
Mar 9, 2010I am looking for a replacement for my gf's - now dead - laptop (non-Apple). My preference would lean towards the MBP 13" over the 'new' MB, don't particularly like how the plastic unibody turned out and I heard about cracks and the aluminum model being superior. On the other hand, the buyer's guide states that it is due for an update (but no known refresh date yet and immediate replacement is required). However, she is currently used to Windows and is content about it - then again, she doesn't know Macs. Therefore, I am curious about possible alternatives, the laptop does not have to pack a lot of power (she would just use it for the casual things, no game or anything; office, mail, IM's, internet). I want her laptop to be of proper build-quality though and not too heavy (she's a slender girl ). So I was Interested in Lenovo too, but don't know their range of product at all. So, any suggestions? Not looking for hate on wintels here (is this the wrong forum to ask? :P), just some honest advice on good quality laptops that are not overspecced, preferably under the $1,000 mark (I know the 13" MBP surpasses that).
View 13 Replies View RelatedMacBook :: Does Apple Still Do Free Replacement Cases For It
Jun 16, 2012I have a White Macbook (early 2009) model and its starting to crack and break around the screen bezel and keyboard. I have heard that Apple were aware of this problem and was offering free replacement parts for affected Macbooks. Is this still the case and if so what is the process of booking in my Macbook for repairs.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Early 2009 model
MacBook :: Apple Care Cover Battery Replacement?
Apr 3, 2009Like they do with the Apple iPhone when the battery goes down to a certain charge? If not, what are the advantages of getting Apple Care then?
View 5 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: 15" 2011 - Ssd Replacement - Apple Care / Warranty?
Jun 15, 2012i have a macbook pro 15" 2011, i would like to change the internal drive with an SSD (OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G), but i have the Apple Care plan active. Does the drive replacement void the Apple Care? or the Apple Warranty in general ?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MacBook Pro :: Apple Put The Wrong Serial Number On Replacement Invoice?
Jun 23, 2012I purchased a MBP early 2011 which I needed to return for replacement 3 days later. This was done on the spot and a replacement invoice was to be emailed to me. I purchased AppleCare with my original MBP and I was told that this would automatically transfer and be registered with my replacement model. I must say I was pretty impressed with the speed and hassle-free nature of the service (for my first ever Mac as well). Unfortunately, I have just checked the status of my Apple Care and noted that it was listed as expired !!!
Doing my research, it appears that on the invoice for the 'replacement' unit they sent me, they listed the original (faulty unit) serial number for both the unit that was returned, and the replacement unit. This was obviously an error because they gave me a brand new unit in a new box and I am typing on it right now. I also noted that they 'returned' my old AppleCare Agreement and applied a 'new' AppleCare Agreement (with new agreement number) but it has the returned MBP serial number listed (not the new one)!
I am looking for suggestions on how to get this rectified for the following reasons:
- I need my Apple Care that I paid for to be applied to the correct unit
- I need my current Apple MBP to be registered to me as the owner (I have no idea who they would have it registered to at the moment given the invoice is incorrect .........)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
PowerPC :: Apple Pro Speakers / G4 Cube With MacBook - PowerWave / IFire Replacement
Oct 27, 2008I'm looking to replace my current failing speakers and I'm thinking of getting the old Apple Pro Speakers (with that fancy connector) or the USB ones that came with the G4 Cube. Griffin had their PowerWave thing a while ago that could amplify the USB speakers because the USB port didn't have enough juice to power the speakers like it did on the Cube. My question is, does anyone know of an alternative USB amplifier that could get the job done? Or a way to convert the Apple Pro Speakers into a usable form? I have the unibody MacBook, is this even an issue anymore, or are the USB ports the same power as the Cube's?
View 5 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: Buying Online - Dead Pixel - Repair / Replacement From Apple Store?
May 3, 2010If I buy a MBP online (say Macmall) and it shows up with a problem (dead pixel, etc.) can I take it to an Apple store for repair/replacement? Or do I have to return it to where I bought it?
View 2 Replies View RelatedOS X :: Apple Replacement Procedure?
Apr 29, 2009A couple of years ago I purchased an iMac c2d 24" BTO with upgraded Graphics (7600 256mb), 2 GB of memory and a 500 GB hard drive. This has failed three times and Apple have decided to replace it with a new iMac 24 2.93GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 256MB memory etc .
I have to send my old unit back first then they will send out the new machine.
My question is how do I follow the machine trail? I have yet to receive a call to arrange pick up of my old machine and I've checked on Apples web site under my account and can see nothing about the new machine.
Can any one who as been down this road especially in the UK enlighten me as to what happens and how to view things.
OS X :: Apple Replacement Discs - Get Leopard Again?
Mar 24, 2009I have misplaced my Leapord Install Disc and I need to use it. If I borrowed a disc from a friend in real life would that work or does each disc only work on the specific Mac it came with? Also, does Apple give out replacement discs or would I have to purchase Leopard again?
View 10 Replies View RelatedOS X :: Apple Replacement Options - Possibly Itunes 9
Sep 18, 2009im playing a song in itunes 9, not al the time but enough to be annoying either itunes song jumps and the whole mac will freeze for a split second and do this untill i stop playing the song or the song will play fine and for example safari will freeze for a split second and i can't do anything and it repeats until i stop playing the song again, anyone else had this
View 4 Replies View RelatedHardware :: Replacement Power Supply 40 Gig Apple TV?
Jan 4, 2010I could purchase another power supply for my Apple TV? I managed to lose it during my last move.
OS X :: Does Apple Sell/give Replacement OEM Install DVDs?
Dec 29, 2008My friend purchased a used Macbook and needed to reinstall Leopard on it (to remove the previous owner's junk), so he borrowed my install DVDs. Alas, the first DVD got stuck in the combo drive, so he had to send it in (under Future Shop's Product Replacement Plan, not under AppleCare, but FS sent it to Apple for repair). When he got it back, many weeks later, the DVD didn't work and could not be booted from. Will Apple give me a replacement? Does it matter which one of us calls? I'm thinking they might want the serial number to find the incident information, and since it's his Mac that was sent in, that he should call.
will they let me purchase a replacement OEM DVD (with iLife and everything that came with my Macbook)? Anyone know how much?
OS X Mavericks :: Apple Logo And Spinning Wheel After Hard Drive Replacement And Restore
Aug 26, 2014I replaced my hard drive at the weekend in a mid 2010 MacBook Pro with a Samsung/Seagate 1TB 2.5 inch 5400RPM SATA II Hard Disk Drive. The install of the hardware went fine, and the computer recognised it no problem. I went through the process of formatting which again went ok, then I moved on to the restore of the old image from my time machine.
After the 4 hours or so it said restore successful and a restart was required - after the restart I am presented with the apple logo and spinning wheel and can make no progress beyond this point.
I have tried 3 restores now - all of which were 'successful' and have the same issue. I have checked the disk using the repair tool and there are no recoded issues so I'm at a loss.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
MacBook Pro :: The Cheapest SSD's For A UMBP?
Aug 11, 2009Anyone know where I can find the cheapest SSD's for a uMBP?I've already look around and the prices are ridiculous!
View 22 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: Use UMBP As A PC Screen?
Sep 17, 2009I'm going on holiday in Mid-October, and I have a computer there waiting for me, but I don't have a monitor available so would like to hook it up to my macbook pro's screen for obvious reasons.
Anyone ever done this? The computer just has a standard VGA output.
MacBook Pro :: Best Aftermarket SSD (for 17in UMBP)?
Jul 10, 2009I am considering a purchase of a 17" unit. I will probably buy a base unit and then upgrade the memory and possibly the HDD myself (this is largely driven by procurement transaction limits). Is there experience here in adding a SSD to the 17in? I could manage with 256Gb, but have 500Gb drives reached the market yet?
View 5 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: UMBP W/ 8GB RAM Paging Out Constantly?
Jul 30, 2009I have a 17" 2.93 UMBP w/ 8GB RAM. I have two X25-Es as boot drives and use an external 1TB Caviar Black as my home folder. I rum virtual machine from the external.
My question is this: is it abnormal for a machine with 8GB of OWC RAM to page out (right now at 2:02 after boot page outs are at 421.5 MB). Usage is moderate (Safari, iTunes and a Parallels VM with 512 MB virtual RAM assigned). I'm thinking my RAM is either crap or defective any constructive.
MacBook Pro :: UMBP Brightness Dim Over Time?
Sep 8, 2009I recently purchased a unibody macbook pro 2.8Ghz (awesome machine by the way) and was wondering whether would the LED screen get dimmer over time like the previous non unibody models?
When I had my powerbook and non unibody macbook pro, I had a habit of keeping the brightness at full and realize after a while it starts to get dimmer and dimmer. A good fren alerted me to try and keep the brightness at 50% to conserve battery life was wondering do u any of u notice the same dimming occuring on ur UMBP?
MacBook :: Screen In 13" Versus New UMBP
Jun 9, 2009It'll be interesting to see if the screen in the 13" MBP announced yesterday is the same one that Apple quietly started putting in the MB a couple of months ago. Someone recently posted that Apple changed the display in their UMB after they complained about the washed-out look of the screen. I wonder how difficult it would be to get Apple to agree to a replacement based on the differences between the old and new displays.
View 4 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: UMBP 17" 9600m GT Only Running At PCI-E X1
Jun 21, 2009Just noticed this on my uMBP 17" (the first 17" version), while running XP in Boot Camp.
GPU-Z is reporting that the 9600 M GT is running with only ONE PCI Express lane! NVIDIA control panel is showing the same thing!
Am I seeing things, or is it really only using 1 lane? The chip definitely supports x16.
See attached screenshots.
MacBook Pro :: Way To Remove Individual Keys On A UMBP?
Sep 9, 2009I was just looking for a definitive answer on whether or not it is possible to remove individual keys on a uMBP without opening it up and dissecting the innards. I have one key (delete) that I'd like to pop off to clean.
View 11 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: WD 640GB External HDD For Internal In UMBP?
Dec 9, 2009so i thought i might as well aksed you people here for some opinions.im in need of large capacity HDD for my uMBP. and i want the 640GB WD cause i heard good review for it, however the WD distributor in my country haven't stock it yet, and they say it might be a little bit as late as early january cause i need it urgetnly, here the question, the WD distributor in my country do have stock for 640GB but its the external one, the My Passport [URL]i have bad experiences in online shopping cause in my country the custom is terrible, and they took very long time to scan for shipment, so i thought is it okay if i buy the wd external one then i pry open the casing and put the harddisk inside my umbp ? are they basically the same drive ? and is the casing ( after opened) can be used with my older hard disk to be used as external one ?sorry for my broken english, but i need the answer as son as possible,
View 24 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: Using Mid-09 UMBP With Hitachi 7200 Drives?
Jan 21, 2010I've read all the horror stories about how the mid-09 MBP hard drive firmware update and non-Apple 7200 RPM HDDs don't get along. Most of these seem to be related to the use of a SATA 3.0 drive (which shouldn't matter, since mechanical hard drives can't even make use of the full SATA 1.5, but I digress).
I'm about to buy a new Mac, and, even though the Macbook, which doesn't seem to have these problems, would suit my needs just fine (my camcorder is USB and my digital cameras both use CF), I might spring for the MBP anyway (likely to get the additional 2" of screen space on the low-end 15", which has the closest resolution to what I am used to on my outgoing T60).
Obviously, I could pay Apple to upgrade to one of their 7200 RPM drives, assuming I get the 15". But that seems silly, since I can buy, for less than $100 (i.e., half the upgrade cost from Apple, plus I keep the old drive), a Hitachi Travelstar 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0 drive. My questions are:
1) Has anybody successfully upgraded to such a drive (or its 320 GB little brother, which is otherwise speced the same) in a mid-2009 MBP?
2) If so, did you have to downgrade the firmware as suggested in these forums?
3) If so, did you have to "tweak" the drive in any fashion to make it work?
MacBook Pro :: White Stain On Back Of Umbp Lid
Aug 10, 2010I just had my i7 15' mbp 15 days ago. today, I just noticed a white stain on the bottom left of the lid (on the back). No matter how many times I tried cleaning it, it is always there. It is visible at low light conditions. Could this be a manufacturing defect?
View 4 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: Best Lock And Security Cable For 15" UMBP?
Jul 31, 2009I've got a new 15" uMBP and would like to find what you guys would recommend in terms of a lock/security cable?
View 7 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: Working Experience With The Corsair 256GB SSD On The Mid-09 UMBP?
Aug 11, 2009From reviews, it looks like the Corsair 256GB SSD is not bad except the random write speed.
Anybody is using this SSD on the mid-09 uMBP? any issues? I'm considering a SSD for my mid-09 15" 2.53GHz uMBP, but it seems that several members have reported issues for using OCZ SSDs on mid-09 uMBP.
